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Muustmi IBatltJ JJmmutl SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT TOPWIW.ffIRI'V SCOREBOARD High school Softball Friday ■ Region 4-AAAA tournament (elimination game) Stockbridge 3, Northside 1 High school Football Friday Georgia High School Football Scores By The Associated Press ■ Appling Co. 41, Jeff Davis 20 ■ Athens Academy 32, Whitefield Acad. 9 ■ Baldwin 27, Westside 24 ■ Brunswick 48, Lakeside- Evans 0 ■ Buford 44, Decatur 0 ■ Bulloch Acad. 21, Brentwood School 20 ■ Callaway 44, Pike Co. 7 ■ Camden Co. 53, Johnson- Savannah 0 ■ Cario 31, Thomas County Central 7 ■ Carrollton 22, Cass 17 ■ Carterville 31, Sandy Creek 0 ■ Carver-Atlanta 8, Clarkston 0 ■ Chamblee 56, Driud Hills 7 ■ Charlton Co. 55, Long Co. 0 ■ Creekview 53. Sonoraville 0 ON DECK High school Softball Today ■ Warner Robins at Lowndes and Valdosta, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively ■ Westfield at state tourney at Southern Pines Complex in Dublin and versus Stratford (best two-out-of-three) to start, 10 a.m. High school Cross country Today ■ Warner Robins and Northside at Westover Invitational, time to be determined IN BRIEF WR Rec to begin basketball registration The Warner Robins Recreation Department will begin basketball registration Oct. 21. It will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the department's office off Watson Blvd. Fees are as follows: $25 for city residents, SSO for county residents and SBS for out of county residents. Participants must be at least 5 by Dec. 31 in order to partici pate in the basketball program. Registration will continue until filled, during regular business hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday, In addition, coaches are also needed. Call 929-1916 for more information. Registration begins for Upward Basketball Registration has begun for the 2006-2007 Upward Basketball season. The cost per child is $75. Where you sign up and register is where you practice and play the games. You may register at the follow ing locations in Warner Robins: Second Baptist at 2504 Moody Rd (923-7101), Friendship Baptist at 1322 Feagin Mill Rd. (953-9509) or Shirley Hills Baptist at 615 Corder Rd. (923- 5571). Goggin to play 100 holes of golf for charity Each Fall Landings Golf Club PGA Professional Bill Goggin has played 100 holes of golf in one day to benefit local charities. This year's proceeds will go to a new women and children's homeless shelter in Warner Robins, The Community Outreach Service Center. To that end, Goggin will be playing “100 holes for the Homeless” Oct. 23. Call him with your pledge today at 478-923-5222 Ext. 4 or e-mail your pledge to him at Bill@goggingolf.com. Donations are 100 percent tax deductible. Late turnovers end Utestfield's rally From staff reports Westfield roared to life in its home game and region opener against Stratford. The only problem was it was short-lived, came late in A Stratford 35 Westfield 7 the third quarter, and more importantly, was followed up by a pair of turnovers. Those, the fumbles, ulti mately resulted in Eagle scores and helped lead to a 35-7 loss for the Hornets. Westfield actually threat ened to score first in the con test first picking up a pair of first downs on its opening possession and then, after holding the Eagles to three and-out on its first touches, driving down the field but missing a field goal. That ML gHkr mm ffiE&mk k jM ENI/Gary Harmon Panthers runner Brandon Golden (34) heads up field as quarterback Casey Hayward looks on and a Central defender pursues, Friday in Perry. Perry dominates Central By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Casey Hayward had two rushing touchdowns, but it was an extra-long interception return by sophomore Michael Walker in the fourth quarter that shook off the sluggishness of the second half Friday for Perry High’s football Panthers. Perry defeated Central High of Macon 35-14 at home for the first win in the south sub-region of 4-AAA. Andy Scott’s charges improved to 3-2 overall, and will try to go 2-0 in the sub-region on the road next Friday at West Laurens. HoCo gamble pays off against Lowndes By JAMES TIDWELL Journal Staff Writer VALDOSTA - At some point in every season, most football coaches face at least one moment of truth. For Houston County head coach Doug Johnson, one of those moments arrived Friday night against Lowndes. Clinging to a three-point lead, the Bears were deep in Vikings’ territory and faced with a fourth down and two decision with 32 seconds left in the third quarter. After losing a heart breaking loss to Warner Robins in the Region 1-AAAAA opener last week, Houston County could not afford to drop to 0-2 in the region. With that in mind, Johnson opted to go for the first down instead of a Sports drive featured a fourth-down conversion by the Hornets, but it was another fourth down conversion that fell short that ultimately turned into a Stratford score and the lead midway through the second quarter. Both teams took a few pos sessions but that, 7-0, is how things stood at the half. Stratford, which won the coin toss but deferred until the second half, made that pay off as if scripted. The Eagles took the ball, drove down the field and scored - their drive also featured a fourth-down conversion. The extra point made it 14-0. Westfield answered that almost immediately. Zach Young, on a reverse, took the kickoff and sprinted down the sidelines, finally stepping out of bounds on the 46. Two plays later, he ran it to Stratford’s 12. See RALLT, page jR & Perry 35, Central 14 on the board in the third with one touchdown before Perry reasserted itself with a scoring drive that ate up most of the fourth quarter. The Chargers had a nemesis, the fumble, but Perry had one of its own in the kickoff coverage game. Central returned a kickoff into Panther ground JP® Houston County 31, Lowndes 14 to pull away for a 31- 14 rout of defending Class AAAAA state champions at Martin Stadium in Valdosta. Houston County improves to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the region with the victory, while Lowndes dropped to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the region. The Bears capitalized on the fourth down conversion a couple plays later as sophomore quarterback Jeff Thompson scored on his second one yard quarterback sneak with 10:33 JBr %' jkgF |r ~ F j&tt* x A”* > ** ENI Gary Harmon Westfield’s Trent Usher looks for running room in the Hornets’ game at home against Stratford Friday. The Panthers were in command at half time 21-0, but only ran one three-and out series inside their own 20 in the third quarter. Central got field goal in a pivotal region road battle. The move paid off handsomely as they made the first down and then rattled off 14 unanswered points with the score 28-6, but the ensuing drive ended on Walker’s interception. Kenny Davis, Dexter Johnson and Hayward each scored first half touch downs as Perry introduced an I-for mation look to the offense. Hayward had 67 first-half rushing yards on five carries while Davis gained 44 on 13 totes. Hayward would finish with 86 rushing yards and had two key completions in the fourth period while Davis had a defensive presence in the second half. The biggest problem for Central on offense was the fumble. See DOMINATES, page 3B left in the fourth quarter for a 24-14 advantage. Houston County finished off the Vikings on the next possession as senior running back Eric O’Neal scored on a three-yard run with 4:07 left in the game for a 31-14 lead. Lowndes tried to mount a late drive, but Bears senior defensive back Kyle Griffin sealed the deal with an inter ception with under a minute remain ing. Trailing by 10 points, Lowndes fought back to cut the lead to 17-14 as junior Darriett Perry scored on a 11-yard run with 1:46 left in the third quarter. Houston County extended its lead to 17-7 with 5:34 remaining in the See GAMBLE, page 3B SECTION B Northside rolls past Stockbridge By JOE SERSEY Journal Correspondent Deonta Jordan scored from every facet of the game as Northside defeated Stockbridge 43-6 Friday night at McConnell- Talbert Stadium. The Eagles Northside 43, Stockbridge 6 remained undefeated at 5-0 and are 3-0 in 48-AAAA. Stockbridge fell to 3-3 and 1-1 in 48-AAAA, Jordan started the rout with a 20-yard run and less than two minutes later, he was credited with a safety after blocking a Stockbridge punt that rolled out of the back of the end zone. Jordan added another six points when he ran back a Tigers’ fumble 24 yards for a touchdown. Sandwiched between Jordan’s successes were three other Northside scores. Jacobi Rodriguez camped in the left corner of the Stockbridge end zone to col lect a Marques Ivory 25-yard touchdown pass. Ivory added two more touchdowns of nine and five yards, and Torry Veal added a touchdown in the third quarter. Devon Pike kicked four of-four extra points and Othman Falah kicked anoth er to make the numbers come out right. Stockbridge’s lone score came late in the second half against Northside’s substi tutes. Tyler Bass hit Vance King in the flat and he broke two tackles to romp into the end zone. The extra point kick failed. Northside was up 23-zip after the first quarter. When it comes to the Eagles, it’s hard to define a slow start. Northside’s Ivory missed on three straight passes and the Eagles were forced to punt on their first posses sion. Stockbridge began its exer cise in futility against the Eagles’ defense, also going three and out, but Northside’s Charles McKenzie blocked the punt and Jordan covered it on Stockbridge’s 29 yard line. Three plays later, Jordan burst through the middle for 20 yards and a score. Again, it was three and punt for Stockbridge See ROLLS, page jB