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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 1 Efl ‘m-jr&MMJL WTfifwwm'fgfp* r r frjrr r ity l *"r/* I*r-^rir^v* KljA)! 'I 1 . -v"t'Bk t* ft**. . 1 '" ■' ▼ | : i j Kip ,«■ .... .x*^Mfl^flflMflaaaSßaooofr?ou<»o^«v»«qafc^... JBUBM—" '■■•— ___ •Journal Don Moncrief Westfield's Hannah Jones takes a pitch Saturday in Dublin. ADVANCE From page ill a leadoff single, followed by a walk and pair of singles turned into two runs. The Lady Eagles actually had a third run cross the plate on a fly ball, but she was ruled out on an appeal she didn’t tag up. | §| E .;:;! E » | ft: *** Journal Don Moncrief The Lady Hornets huddle up on the mound prior to the start of game 2, - - :: '■ 'U " ' » , V Journal Don Moncrief Head coach Rodney Culverhouse provides instruction to Daryl Ann Thompson who led off with a single and was later moved around, and subsequently stranded, at third. Firearms deer season set to start Special to the Journal White-tailed deer are the most popular game animal in Georgia, and since 96 per cent of deer hunters pursue this species using modern firearms, they eagerly antic ipate the opening day of fire arms deer season Oct. 21. Firearms season in the Northern Zone runs through Jan. 1, 2007 and in the Southern Zone, the season runs through Jan. 15, 2007. Last year, 228,848 licensed hunters harvested 274,175 deer using mod ern firearms, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. Deer hunters can choose from a variety of hunting locations in Georgia. WRD manages more than That set up the “if” game. In that, the Lady Hornets scored three in the first, one in the second and one in the fifth to advance. “I was just pleased,” said head coach Rodney Culverhouse. “Needless to say they were a little ner vous in the first inning of the first game. “But they held their com 90 wildlife management areas encompassing more than one million acres. All hunters should check the 2006-2007 Georgia Hunting Seasons and Regulations, available at www.gohuntgeorgia.com or from license agents, for any special county regula tions, including either-sex days and antler restrictions. Hunters also should note that the season bag limit remains at 10 does and two antlered bucks. Regarding the buck limit, one of the two must have at least four points (one inch or longer) on one side of the antlers. There are no additional ant ler restrictions except in counties with special antler restrictions. For more information on posure. I was real proud of them. “In the second they left some runners on but they played good defense. They didn’t let it (the loss) get them down. They came out there and scored right off the bat. “Their confidence just began to build from that point on.” firearms deer season, visit the WRD website at www. gohuntgeorgia.com, contact a WRD Game Management Office or call 770-918-6416. “Protecting Health & Property Since 1976” Pt'.aen iLrcc pi- s r c : onr ro L c oi n c Eclusive Perimeter Defense^System FULL SERVICE PEST CONTROL • TERMITE C:ONTROCVrERMITF. LETTERS ANIMAL CONTROL-BIRD MANAGEMENT, Residential • Commercial • Industrial WARNER ROBINS 478-922-1221 * 1877-922-1221 On-line coupons available at: www.peachtreepeStcOTOofcom Up to 10% Senior Citizen Discount On AU Services m i SPORTS GAME From page tB the blocking team. Even if you take away the blocked effort by All- American candidate Gordon Ely-Kelso, that’s still four touchdowns scored by Tennessee in the second half. We must have made the Memphis Tigers defenders, who gave up 41 points to the Volunteers the week before, feel pretty good about themselves. At least they didn’t let UT cross the half-century barrier. It was an innocent little 24-14 lead at halftime and turned into a 51-33 embar rassment. I expect that out of BYU vs. Hawaii. No one has ever accused Phil Fulmer of running up a score, and it’s not going to happen here and now. We Bulldogs went from wel coming back our preseason starting quarterback Joe T. to wondering what is going on with Joe T.O. That’s what he’s going to be referred to in this space for at least a week. And it’s a name probably already coined by hoards of writ ers and angry/sarcastic web bloggers and radio callers in two states. No, it’s not comparing Mr. Tereshinski to a cer tain professional football showoff named Owens. There’s another thing T.O. stands for, and it’s not time out. All you need to look at is one line on the statisti cal yardstick to see where Tennessee really blew out Georgia: The turnover margin. The Bulldogs, Joe T.O. to be specific, gave the football away three times. The Volunteers, with short fields to work with each time, turned them all into points. Georgia took the ball away zero times. We were also feast or famine in the kick return game. Either we broke loose all the way or the Vols cleverly pinned us in a corner. Can you really fault the defense for a touchdown scored after an offensive giveaway practically at the CONTEND From page iB exceptional well.” As a team, Warner Robins’ girls finished 10th with 256 points. Northside was ninth with 229. Lovett was first overall. It had 82 points and was followed in the top five by North Gwinnett with 83, Pace Academy with 104, Columbus with 159 and Centennial with 172. Individually, the Demonettes were led by Brittney Stewart, who added yet one more first place finish to a long list of many. Elizabeth Lambert led the Lady Eagles with a 14th-place finish. For the boys over all, Warner Robins was eighth with 303 points and Northside was 20th with 600. Marc Kushinka was 23rd to lead the Demons individ ually while Daniel Gazaway paced the Eagles with a 53rd-place finish. On a sidenote, Caroline Mauldin for Warner Robins added another first to her resume in the junior varsity race. Westover Invitational Cross Country Saturday in Albany Girls team results: edge of the red zone? By the way, in case you haven’t seen it, the points allowed average shot up to 14.2. When you think about the back-to-back shutouts Georgia had earlier in the season (or was it about 10 or 12 years ago?), not only doeß the other team’s offense not drive the ball down the field, but also you don’t have takeaway scores or the special teams break downs. And who would have thought Georgia’s No. 1 touchdown-maker after a month of play would be ... fullback Brannan Southerland with six. It’s one of those things now you wish you would have bet on, but there’s no way you would have made such a wager in August. There were some ques tions concerning Joe T.O.’s return as the starter, the big one being would he fin ish the game. Anyone who doubted he would hit it right on the nail. Matthew Stafford had the honor of the last series, which ended the only way it could. My question of the week: Can you call it a quarter back controversy when you have more than one play er vying for the starting job and not one of them is worth an empty sack of dimes? Mark Richt might be checking to see if Logan Gray’s graduated yet. Allow me to step off the sorrow wagon and say once again how blessed I feel to be working in a county with a high commitment to quality high school athlet ics. I could say that about any community I’ve been a part of the past 14 years, but with Houston County you’re talking about one place with so many success ful schools. The only regretful thing I can think of about this cur rent prep football season is that I can only be at one game on a Friday night. Usually that game turns out to be an instant classic, like the back-to-back weekends when I saw two games each decided when the trailing team scored last but' failed on the conversion try. 1. Lovett - 82 2. North Gwinnett -83 3. Pace Academy - 104 4. Columbus-159 5. Centennial - 172 6. Winder -barrow - 176 7. Norcross-179 8. Shiloh-196 9. Northside - 229 10. Warner Robins - 256 11. Bleckley County - 319 12. Tift County - 344 13. Lee County - 352 14. Westover - 395 15. Mary Persons - 397 16. Colquitt County - 413 17. Lowndes - 437 18. Berrien County - 530 19. Hardaway - 543 Warner Robins individual results: Brittney Stewart - Ist - 18:36 Danielle Atkins - 20th - 20:18 Brittney Hill - 58th -21:53 Becky Atkins - 112th - 23:38 Melanie Custer - 114th - 23:41 Northside individual results: Elizabeth Lambert - 14th - 20:05 Janay Wilson - 16th - 20:16 Kelly McKinley - 62nd - 21:59 Lucie Vyslousilovan - 79th - 22:27 DeMonica Banks - 81st - 22:32 Boys team results: 1. Peachtree Ridge -36 2. Lovett -49 3. Centennial - 112 4. Shiloh-137 5. 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There have been quite a few outstand ing pitching performances this fall, none better than the seven-inning perfect game thrown by Kristen Graham of Warner Robins. Again, I am unable to see every game, and this is one I had to read about in the scorebook the next day. But it didn’t stop me from mak ing an astute observation to anyone who cared to listen. A no-hitter is a big deal, especially one that goes the full seven frames. But to me a perfect game at the high-school level is far more impressive no matter whom it’s against. I’ve only covered fast pitch softball since 2000, but I’ve seen a lot of high school baseball in these 14 years. In both these dia mond sports, the one thing a majority of the batters will do is take pitches. I think most coaches would agree that a small percent age of the high school hit ters have mastered the art of hitting; therefore, most of them would rather take a walk than look foolish with a swing. Graham’s perfect game was against Colquitt County, and the final score was 4-0. The point is to go seven innings and face 21 batters without a walk is rare. And a lot of the kids on the field are still learning how to play defense, so to not have an error somewhere is like a bonus gift. Really, though, I don’t care about any of this. We’re starting to get basketball schedules in here. Now the real fun can begin. 6. Columbus - 202 7. Pace Academy - 203 8. Warner Robins -303 9. Westover-311 10. Northside/Columbus - 338 11. Lee County -361 12. Winder -Barrow - 380 13. Bleckley County - 385 14. Tift County - 411 15. Berrien County - 426 16. Colquitt County - 428 17. Lowndes County - 484 18. Cairo - 502 19. Fitzgerald - 593 20. Northside - 600 21. Shaw-608 22. Monroe - 609 23. Albany - 612 24. Hardaway - 689 25. Mary Persons - 693 26. Terrell County - 843 27. Worth County - 844 Warner Robins individual results: Marc Kushinka - 23rd - 17:05 Jeffrey Nakayama - 60th - 17:52 Bryan Hitch - 78th - 18:09 Ryan Dimes - 86th - 18:20 Matthew Drapeau - 90th - 18:27 Northside individual results: Daniel Gazaway - 53rd -17:48 Grant Steadman - 152nd Kurt Dzwonkowski - 158th Cameron South - 159th Max Burgess - 220th Junior Varsity race: Caroline Mauldin, Warner Robins - Ist-20:20 r Starting flfl $3,995] (As Shown) ja 3B 00038980