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2B ♦ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006 MS / ■ j<§~ /J rfMflL J»'L| l i IhT kj—m a iW ■EWf -* JMr.' ' Jb - WP*' » V|A_ 4MF : '!rar ’' ' ;’iAL* .TA4IGMfc 1 ‘ w AH ';W flpSg !■ |k ' < V»- I>* '3fp / : ' ? - *¥&M JBf *?- ***** HRMb vir y' / ■* *», v ,. Fl t* » •Journal/Matthew Brown Audrey Clearman takes a pitch during an at-bat in which she would rap the game-win ning hit in the eighth-inning of the opening state tournament game against Tattnall Square. jR t' ■ I J . jj '■ 1 jj v V . r •louriiiil Matthew Brown Darryl Ann Thompson and Hanna Jones celebrate the eight-inning Westfield win against Tattnall Square. TITLE From page iB work around a slew of errors all day, and with two errors and a Katie Maddox hit FPD loaded the bases with one out in the home first. One run scored on a Hannah Billingsly hit. Mason Moreland, the most reliable fielder all day at sec ond base, made the plays on the next two batters to retire the side. Still 4-1 in the top of the fourth, Moreland bunted her way on base to lead off and took second on Daryl Ann Thompson’s sac rifice. Gilliam’s hit drove in Moreland. With the bases empty, Clearman singled and scored on Wrye’s third RBI of the game. Wrye, the catcher, threw out a basestealer to end First Presbyterian’s second inning. Sydney Smith, from left field, got an assist to sec ond base on a fourth-inning hit. Even with an error start ing off FPD’s sixth, there was a heads-up double play from Gilliam to Clearman at first base to Jones covering second base. Billingsly hit a leadoff home run in the fourth inning (6- 2). With two outs and one on in the seventh, the Vikings had three straight hits to cut the lead down to 6-4. Jamie Marshall, in center field, hauled in a hard-hit ball for the final out and the championship. HORNETS 6. VIKINGS 5 (first final) FPD was the home team for its first try to wrap up the state title, but with Westfield Solunar Tables, By Mrs. Richard Alden Knight Release week of Oct. 22-29, 2006 AM PM Date Day Minor Major Minor Major 10/22 Su 5:50 11:50 6:05 0 10/23 M 6:30 12:15 6:50 12:40 10/24 T 7:20 1:05 7:50 1:35 10/25 W 8:10 2:00 8:45 2:30 10/26 Th 9:10 3:00 9:45 3:30 10/27 F 10:10 4:00 10:45 4:30 10/28 S 11:15 5:00 11:50 5:30 10/29 Su 11:15 5:00 11:45 5:30 Baijssy 1-75 Exit 136 • 967-6877 batting first Maddox got touched up for two runs on two hits and some daredevil baserunning by Clearman. Moreland led off with a hit and tagged up on a deep fly ball to left with one out. With an error on the relay throw, Moreland reached third base. The Vikings chose to walk Clearman intentionally, but Clearman didn’t stop at first base. That drew another bad throw allowing Moreland to score. Clearman scored on a flare from Jones for the 2-0 lead. Morgan Johnson’s lead off home run got First Presbyterian on the board in the home first. Johnson also led off the home third with a triple and scored the tying run on a groundout. Westfield still couldn’t keep leadoff batters off base as Billingsly started the fourth on a hit. She was unable to score from second on a double as Jones took the throw from the outfield and got a strike to Wrye for the out. Clearman couldn’t hold first base on Jones’ throw that would have been the third out, but fired the ball to Wrye for another suc cessful play at the plate. FPD would use its outs wisely in the fifth scoring the go-ahead run, 3-2, on one hit. Maddox was rolling with 12 outs in a span of 13 batters going into the sixth. Gilliam broke that string with a one out hit and advanced on a wild pitch. After a Clearman single, Gilliam tried to score on a wild pitch. The out was there, but the catcher dropped the ball. The inning continued with two outs, and with two runners in scoring posi SURPRISEi Gift Certificates Now Available at, J Vy>v# im P jj v MMCHf CAR AUDIO £> VIDEO 478-9 71-4888 38855 tion Caroline Pfohl, already with big hits to her cred it Saturday, got a two-run single to make it 5-3. Pfohl scored a key insurance run as Marshall reached on an error. That run was important because the Vikings scored one in the home sixth on a Billingsly double and a relay error (6-4). The seventh started with a three-base error and sacrifice fly, but Gilliam coaxed two pop-ups J HiiillSM r v if *.3’ll|Wp! Journal Matthew Brown To enhance the impact of Westfield’s cheers from the dugout, Haley Way bashes a couple of softballs on the metal bench. "Have Cameras, Will Travel" <VK TURNER vv-vjn. iinniun Aerial lhct(Braph> | rad I inner • 4/S- W/-Hl3 ir 47MM-CS6I wheels.tire package 3M Window Tinting auto, Home, business, I MENTION THIS ADD SAVE 10% ‘Off Remit price only - SPORTS mm,,.... —..— — frey- Journal Matthew Brown With head coach Rodney Culverhouse in his spot, Clearman takes a few steps off third base. to end it. HORNETS 11. TROJANS 10 (eliml nation) The game that showed this might be Westfield’s day started with the first Hornet lead in regulation innings. The home-team Hornets jumped on Tattnall Square for three runs on four hits in the first inning. Three of the hits and all of the runs came with two outs. With Moreland on base, Clearman beat out a bunt with two outs to earn an RBI. Jones tripled to right and scored on a Wrye sin gle, Westfield left the bases loaded in the second. Tattnall Square, getting its first hits off Gilliam, tied the game in the top of the third. Again, all runs came with two outs as Logan Smith’s line drive ended the shutout. No one caught a pop-up that fell fair and plated a run. The Trojans would tie it on the fifth hit of the frame, but Marshall ended it with an assist at the plate. The Hornets had another bases-loaded deal go to waste the home half. Thompson was left on base after a lead off double to the fence in the fourth. Westfield would not waste a leadoff walk in the fifth to go up 4-3 as Smith got down the sacrifice and the run came in on an error. Tattnall Square also left runners stranded on third, Jones helping out with a great play to end the top of the sixth. Thompson, though, had her second DONATE TO GOOD Wl LL. ♦ 2209 Moody Road ♦ 115 Margie Drive J ♦ 1355 Sam Nunn Bivd I ♦ Galleria Mall - 2922 Watson Blvd m www.goodwillworks.org m Building lives, families, anticommurimer [39572. f""' .* %.vmL i B ... 2pr * M'' f 8 4^ Journal Matth«*w Brown Kesiey Gilliam runs out a batted ball in Westfield’s only loss of the state Final Four. straight leadoff double, in the home sixth, without get ting back to the plate. Logan Smith’s chopper over third base did bring in the tying run in the seventh, and it started a three-run rally with a double to center by Gaylyn McMicHael and Becky Wolfe’s RBI hit to the fence (6-4). Hornet coach Rodney Culverhouse gave Pfohl her first action of the day with a pinch-hit appearance to lead Get an early start on the New Year! Join for the months of October & November and get DECEMBER FREE!* "New members only. • 24 Hour Access • Personal Training • no Contracts 1030 Ball Street (Downtown Perry] 987-8516 00038833 100 037721 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL off the home seventh. What he got from her was a home run to spark the first of three straight big rallies. Westfield still needed one more in the seventh and got it on a bloop hit by Marshall, sacrifice by Shae Horsting and RBI hit by Thompson with two outs. It was an error-filled top of the eighth for the Westfield defense, which gave up two runs. See WESTFIELD, page 3B 62Z& • Free Weights • Treadmills • Family Plan Available one lob at »timail