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Mousfam Patly TJmmutl TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT ifww isnm 1 ON DECK High school Softball Friday ■ GHSA state Sectionals at Southern Pines Softball Complex in Dublin: Houston County ver sus Region 4-AAAAA No. 4 seed. 4 p.m.; Warner Robins versus Region 4-AAAAA No. 3 seed. 6 p.m. Saturday ■ GHSA state Sectionals at Southern Pines Softball Complex in Dublin: Houston County and Warner Robins (only “if" either falls into the losers bracket Friday), to be determined. High school Cross country Saturday ■ Westfield at GISA state tour nament at Georgia Children’s Home in Macon. 9 a.m. High school Volleyball Today ■ Area finals: Houston County versus team to be deter mined, 5 p.m. (Note: Check out Wednesday’s Houston Daily Journal for more on how the Lady Bears made it to the Area finals) High school Football Thursday ■ Tift County at Houston County. 7:30 p.m. Friday ■ Westfield at Deerfield-Windsor. 8 p.m. ■ Peach County at Perry, 7:30 p.m. ■ Upson-Lee at Northside, 7:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Coffee at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m. IN BRIEF WR Rec to begin basketball registration The Warner Robins Recreation Department will begin basketball registration Saturday. It will be held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the department's office off Watson Blvd. Participants must be at least 5 by Dec. 31 in order to participate in the bas ketball program. Fees are as fol lows: $25 for city residents. SSO for county residents and SBS for out of county residents. 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. Goggin to play 100 holes of golf for charity Landings Golf Club PGA Professional Bill Goggin will be playing 100 holes of golf in one day Monday to benefit the new women and children’s homeless shelter in Warner Robins. Call 923-5222 Ext. 4 or e-mail him at Bill@goggingolf.com to make a pledge. Habitat to hold softball tourney fund-raiser The Houston County Habitat for Humanity will hold a softball tournament Nov. 6, proceeds of which are to go toward the Houston County Habitat for Humanity. The cost is S3OO per team - teams must have at least nine people with a maximum of 15. Trophies will be awarded and the first pitch is slated to be thrown at 9 a.m. Call 218-5545 or e-mail kcripe@flintemc.com for more information. Landings offers several golf opportunities The Landings Golf Learning Center is currently offer ing Junior Super Saturdays: October Group Lessons. The cost is $lO per visit with no signup necessary. The course is also mak ing signups for its Winter Golf Program. The cost is $250 up front. The program runs from November through February 2007. There is a limited signup. Contact Goggin at 923-5222 Ext. 4 for more. j *. ■ mS Rfc'f .W I tSBoNP, % ,* •• IVV m W BC . j £ 4 . 7 r. *gL VVf n i\ r :r m •* n Ji Journal Matthcw Brown Caroline Pfohl still can’t get the "I can’t believe what I just did” look off her face as she and happy teammates return to the dugout. Pfohl’s solo home run jump-started one of several late comebacks the Hornets pulled off Saturday in Dublin. Lady Hornets take the long road to title Journal Matthew Brown With the championship-winning catch still in her glove, center fielder Jamie Marshall gets a hug from head coach Rodney Culverhouse. Local golfers to contend in 21st Annual Georgia Womens Team Championship Special to the Journal Darla Stahl, Cheryl Stafford, Dana Carpenter, Sissi Gann, Jean Davis, Debbie Smith and Susan Christopher of Kathleen, Donna Curtis, Jean Martin, Kimberley Piper, Joann Nelson and Jeanne White of Warner Robins, Fran Coody, Susie Greer, Brenda Duke, Nita Bridges and Lori Soles of Perry, Ann Clark of Centerville and finally, Patricia Bowlin of Bonaire are all slated to con tend in the GSGA 21st Annual Georgia Women’s Team Championship today- Wednesday. The event is to take place at The Hampton Club on St. Simons Island. GON to hold its annual banquet Special to the Journal The Warner Robins/ Perry chapter of the Georgia Outdoor Network will host its second annual banquet Thursday at 6:30 at the VFW on Corder Road, according to Steve Burch. Burch is the founder of the GON and the pub lisher of the popular hunt ing and fishing magazine, Georgia Outdoor News. He said he started the GON in an effort to give Georgia’s outdoorsmen more input on important Sports STATE CHAMPS It will be 18 holes of four-ball stroke play on day one followed by 18 holes in a scramble format in the final round. The field has been divided into seven flights by handicap index. The Georgia Women’s Team Championship began in 1986 and has been played at GSGA member clubs across the state. This year marks the 21st annual event and the second time in as many years that it will be contested at The Hampton Club. The Hampton Club will play at 5,600 yards and a par 72 for the Championship flight of the Women’s Team Championship. At A Glance What: Georgia Outdoor Network Warner Robins/Perry chapter second annual ban quet When: Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Where: VFW on Corder Road Cost: S4O each, S6O for couples and $25 for youth 16-and-under Other: Tickets can be pur chased at Chuck’s Gun and Pawn or by calling 953-9320 issues and to raise funds for local and state' proj ects. By MA TTHE W BROWN Journal Sports Writer Audrey Clearman and Caroline Pfohl each had walk-off game-winning hits in extra innings, Kelsey Gilliam pitched and pitched and pitched from sunrise to sunset, all part of Westfield’s dramatic charge towards the 2006 GISA Class AAA softball championship Saturday at Southern Pines in Dublin. In winning Westfield’s first state softball title in five years, the Hornets played five games Saturday, two of which went extra innings, three of which featured come-from-behind rallies and three of which would The GON Warner Robins/Perry banquet is being organized by John Trussed, a local outdoor writer who is serving as banquet coordinator. Also serving on the ban quet committee are Arnie Harris, Art Christy, Brian Fobbus, Darrell Long, Jay Walker, Brandon Trussed, Don Meek, Raye Jones, Shay Little, C.J. Walker, Steve Engle, Grady Trussed and Bob Turner. Highlights of the ban quet will be a chicken See BANSfI/ET, page 6B have meant “wait until next year” if the final score went the way of the opposing team. Westfield beat Tattnall Square Academy twice in extra innings, lost to First Presbyterian Day in the winner’s bracket final, but then knocked off the Vikings twice when it came down to them and the Hornets in the championship round. In the ‘if game, the Hornets, which had no more than 30-minute breaks between all of their games, won the first-place prize 6-4 in the only contest they didn’t trail at least once. HORNETS 6. VIKINGS 4 (champi- 2 fast, 2 good 2 be caught TBMMMT '"'ln rWHIF"’ i'" ShHHhb K ■ ■K —Mill ■■—: i » Journal Don Moncrief Warner Robins’ Brittney Stewart crosses the finish line to lead the Demonettes - some 200+ yards ahead of the next finisher - during the Coach’s Cup hosted by Warner Robins and held Saturday on the Pearl Stephens Elementary School course. Overall, the Demons won for the boys while Tift County edged out Houston County for the girls. For a complete story along with other pics, see Wednesday’s Houston Daily Journal. SECTION B onship) Westfield not only didn’t trail in this winner-takes-it all situation, it made it quite hard for First Presbyterian to mount a comeback rally by scoring four times in the top of the first inning. With one runner on and one out, Gilliam and Clearman each hit the ball on the ground, neither one yielding an out but with one run crossing the plate. Hannan Jones loaded the bases on a hit, then Jennifer Wrye’s single plated two runs. With two outs Jamie Marshall’s single made it a 4-0 game. The Hornets had to See TITLE, page zB