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Mansion Bailg AJmmtal WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT 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 cuuntry Saturday ■ Westfield at GISA state tour nament at Georgia Children’s Home in Macon, 9 a.m. 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 making 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. HE SAID IT “I’ve never had a crowd in the big leagues for me before. On opening day I was with Boston, I got a standing boo." - Stan Papi, after getting three hits in a game Lady Bears secure at least No. 2 seed Special to the Journal Relax coach, they’ve got it all under control. Such might have been the advice for Houston County head volleyball coach Tony Jones. His squad traveled to Union Grove Friday and Saturday to compete in the Area tournament. In the end, the Lady Bears Fin ished 4-1, qualified for the state tournament and earned a right to play the host for Area champion and the state’s No. 1 seed. That match was to take place Tuesday at Union Grove (results pending). iKjpi Ijllllipr Ml m BJ f// A ' tv 4 ***'’*" | ™ -ftps j^^^**** I** 1 ** s v' f ‘ ■> --f • m -.. - / Demons win inaugural Coach's Cup Tift County first for girls By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor One hour. That’s approximately how much quicker times were for the Coach’s Cup. Fast, right? Well yes, but it’s actually not a reference to the runners - there were no rocket skates allowed - who took part in the inaugural event, which was hosted by Warner Robins High Silver Dollar to hold NHRA Luicas Oil finale Special to the Journal Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds will host the final 2006 NHRA Southeast Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event Friday- Sunday. The race is the last of six in the division where drivers in eight classes can earn valu able in points toward divi sional and national cham pionships. The division’s TracStar Systems Satellites Top Sportsman class will also be run in conjunction with the event. Gates at Silver Dollar Raceway open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials start at 11 a.m. Friday and continue Saturday at 9 a.m. Comp Eliminator and Top Sportsman qualify Friday at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Top Sportsman will qualify at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. and Comp Eliminator will run at 2 and 5 p.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car are slat ed for two qualifying passes Saturday at 4 and 7 p.m. Eliminations begin Sunday Sports i la° y A? m That said, here is a little more on the “under control” part. Seeding for the Area tournament •Journal Don Moncrief Runners, incuding Houston County’s Megan Breitbach (275) who finished sec ond, Warner Robins’ Danielle Atkins (223) who finished fourth, Lady Bear April Holloway (276) and Sarah Coonce (281) compete in the Coach’s Cup Saturday on the course behind Pearl Stephens Elementary School in Warner Robins. ■ ■■ -jrn. ... , School on the course at Pearl Stephens Elementary School. It was, however, a reference to the speed in which their times were catalogued/recorded into the computer. You see, Saturday marked a dry run for a particular brand of soft ware to do so and that’s the estimated time Warner Robins head coach David Erpelding said he saved. He added that wasn’t too shabby for a “smaller meet.” Invitees were participants were specific, those from Region 1-AAAAA: Warner Robins, At A Glance What: 2006 NHRA Southeast Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series finale When: Friday-Sunday Where: Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds at 9 a.m. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will run first round at 1 p.m. Tickets for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event are $lO Friday, S2O Saturday and S2O Sunday. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. Military personnel with a valid identification card are eligible /or dis counted tickets. Silver Dollar Raceway is located 23 miles west of Interstate 75 on Georgia Highway 96. The track is 50 miles east of Columbus and 40 miles southwest of Macon. For more informa tion call the track at 478- 847-4414, or visit www. SilverDollarßaceway.com. Area tournament Frlday-Saturday at Union Grove Game 1 - Houston County 2, MLK 0; Game 2 - Morrow 2, Houston County 1; Game 3 - Houston County 2, Warner Robins 1; Game 4 - Houston County 2, Mundy's Mill 0; Game 5 - Houston County 2, Morrow 0 UKL 0--; £sr jjiiir - w v ' phiio xi ENI Gary Harmon Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club member Mary Ann Gibbs warms up for the Georgia Horseshoe Pitcher’s Association state singles tournament Saturday at Rozar Park in Perry. Gibbs won the overall title for women. For more, see Thursday’s Houston Daily Journal. this past weekend was: No. 1 Union Grove, No. 2 Houston County, No. 3 Morrow, No. 4 Luella, No. 5 Warner Robins, No. 6 Mundy’s Mill, No. 7 M.L. King and No. 8 Redan. Lithonia and Stephenson, Jones said, chose not to participate. The Lady Bears’ seeding put them against M.L. King. Easy enough. Houston County beat them in two games and by the identical score of 25-20. “I was a little concerned about the match up with MLK,” Jones said leading up the match, “as they felt we got by them on a technicality, Houston County, Coffee County, Tift County, Colquitt County, Valdosta and Lowndes. The last - the Vikings - were the only no-show. Erpelding added he expected the time saving to be more like three to four hours for a bigger meet. In other words: The software was a success. The same could be said for Warner Robins boys. The Demons finished first overall. Their score was 54. Tift County See CUP, page xB Singles champion and they felt they could beat us.” He explained the “technicality” by say ing MLK was late by two hours for their Area match at Houston County and the first game was forfeited. However, Jones added: “Our girls played well and dominated in all the areas of the match.” The win set up a second round matchup with Morrow. The two were no strangers having split during the regular season, and this is where the “under control” part at least begins. The Lady Bears lost two games to one, with, he said, identical scores See SECURE, page jR Hornets, Knights in same boat By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Westfield football play ers don’t need to look too SL Westfield at Deerfield, Friday. 8 p.m. I n Albany on Friday, the Hornets will swarm around Deerfield- Windsor’s stadium for a game that could well keep only one team’s playoff hopes alive in the south region of GISA AAA. Last weekend, Westfield dropped to 0-2 in the region while Deerfield- Windsor snapped a four game losing streak and won for the first time in league play 48-0 over Sherwood Christian. The 3-4 Knights stand alone in fifth place in the south region standings at 1-2, but the Hornets can leapfrog over them with a victory and remain in the playoff hunt with three more games to go. Deerfield-Windsor is a program that tasted a state championship four years ago and continued as a favorite in the former four-region setup up until this season. The sub-. 500 mark See SAME, page }B SECTION B far away from campus to find a little never say-die inspira tion.