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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL : '~' J ~'"" ENI/Gary Harmon Westfield head football coach Ronnie Jones talks to the players during a timeout during a game recently. SAME From page iB the Knights carry may be a result of a difficult sched ule as one loss was 20-17 to defending champion Riverside Military. The result that jumps out, though, is a 28-20 defeat at the hands of Pinewood Christian, which moved up from Class AA this year after playing for that divi sion's state title in 2005. “(Deerfield-Windsor) has lost to Tattnall (Square) and Riverside; so has every body else,” said Westfield head coach Ronnie Jones, recognizing that Southland Academy did upend Riverside on opening week end. Southland is anoth er team to knock off the Knights during that four game slide. “Southland's gotten bet ter every week,” said Jones. “It’s a tough region that we’re in. (Deerfield) has a region win and we don’t. We need something positive. We need a win so bad.” The last time the Hornets and the Knights hooked up on the gridiron was in Albany during last year’s playoffs. Westfield came back to Perry with the win and a semifinal berth. Deerfield-Windsor has some key seniors back from that team, including quarter back Paul Reese. “They probably have, in my opinion, the best athlete in the GISA,” said Jones Eagles blast Baldwin Below are a couple of photos from Northside’s win over Baldwin Friday. Contributed photos "> ,- «;„ * •v' a ".' ■; '■- ' alfE-Slltefei is&&M& lis ■s:' m, &j% g m! ▼«* uAs* M^mmLammrnm j j ;s%sHMfc % ' wmM%>. lUiPr »kv^| fit tor', v ™ 1 pp^ •«sfi»pv,* : . ,V ' jß ll ’ j|Hr ;^Kwmgt jhh A P i „, '"IMiiPPf- :...^„..:' '—,...i : — —3MI Marques Ivory (11) looks for daylight. Looking to spring a block is Jordan Dooley (72). igsk. ■|l| %s%s&% ■ §}. & v &s< - , o%u. Jj^^ly& Northside defend ers drop a Baldwin runner. about Reese. “You have to hem him up. He’s done the same thing to everybody he’s played. They have some other good players, but he’s most of their offense. It seems he’s gotten quicker than last year. “They have some big guys up front. Southland has started doing the same thing we are on offense, and they were able to move the football (on the Knights). At times, there hasn’t been anybody - when we decided to - we haven’t been able to move the football on.” What has been Westfield’s problem in that regard is consistency. Last week at First Presbyterian Day in Macon, the Hornets lost 31-14 when the Vikings dominated the football in the second half. The final the week before against Stratford was 35-7, but the Hornets were within strik ing distance until things fell apart in the final period. “I can’t brag in any way about the two (region) losses we’ve had,” said Jones. “We played one game (Stratford) three good quarters and we played (against FPD) one good half. We were right in that ball game 17-14 ... we had four plays in the third quarter. “I think the thing I don’t understand as much is our kids when they see some thing go wrong they hang their heads instead of fight ing. That’s what it comes back to. We just need a win, something good to happen to us and we need to feel good about ourselves. “Hopefully we can play four quarters. That’s what it’s going to take. We haven’t done that in a while.” The inspiration the foot ball players might be seek ing lies with the Hornet softball team, which on Saturday overcame one deficit after another to win the state championship. The ladies won two games in extra innings against Tattnall Square, and both times had to rally in the seventh inning to force overtime. “They would come in one inning and be down two and catch back up,” said Jones, who was there for the cel ebration in Dublin. “They never quit. That’s the kind of thing we need. We can take lessons from them. They did a great job.” The other bit of motiva tion Westfield football can take to Albany is the fact that there would be a seri ous uphill climb from 0-3 in the region to the top four in the final standings. The Hornets still have to play Southland and Pinewood, which is undefeated after a win last week against Stratford. “Not but four teams are going to go (to the play offs),” said Jones. “Us and Deerfield have our backs against the wall. Both of us need to win this football game. If we don’t, it’s going to be tough to get in the playoffs.” SPORTS SECURE From page iB in each game of 25-22. That put them in the losers bracket and against Warner Robins - with the winner qualifying for state and the loser’s season being over. Houston County won two games to one. The Lady Bears won the first, 25-20, lost the second 25-22 and then won the third 25-15. “Coach (Tracy) Fendley had her team ready to play and they gave us a run for our money,” said Jones. “That was the best I had seen Warner Robins play all year. “I had an uneasy feeling after we lost the second game, but a couple of the girls stepped into the huddle and said this is for state, let’s handle our business and that is what happened in the third game.” The win assured Houston County at least a fourth seed at state and also set it up for a quarterfinal match against Mundy’s Mill. The Lady Bears beat the Versus M.L.King Games Kills Aces Assists Digs Blocks Samantha Moncada 2 14 8 Devon Preston 2 2 2 2 3 Dhwani Pate! 2 6 9 Brittany Pierce 2 2 1 4 1 Morgan Hollars 2 3 1 15 4 Nicole Williams 2 2 1 Catherine Goodman 2 3 3 3 1(1 Adrianne Pate 1 1 2 Jennifer Doebreiner 2 3 2 1 Versus Morrow Games Kills Aces Assists Digs Blocks Alicia Hess 1 1 Moncada 3 167 Preston 3 2 7 2 1 Patel 3 8 8 Pierce 3 2 7 6 3 Hollars 3 1 18 12 Williams 3 12 2 Goodman 3 3 2 3 2 Pate 2 i 1 1 Doebreiner 3 1 Versus Warner Robins Games Kills Aces Assists Digs Blocks Hess 2 3 Moncada 3 48 Preston 3 14 2 1 Patel 3 * 4 12 Pierce 3 3 6 4 Hollars 3 4 14 10 2 Williams 3 4 1 Goodman 3 2 5 3 4 1 Pate 2 I 1 Doebreiner 3 4 3 Versus Mundy’s Mill Games Kills Aces Assists Digs Blocks Hess 1 1 Moncada * 2 3 Preston 1 2 1 Patel 3 Pierce 1 Hollars 16 6 8 Goodman 6 3 3 Pate 2 3 Doebreiner 2 Versus Morrow (semifinals) Games Kills Aces Assists Digs Blocks Hess | 2 | 1 Moncada 2 24 Preston 2 17 2 Patel 2 4 Pierce 2 1 2 2 Hollars 2 1 5 6 Williams 2 1 1 Goodman 2 4 2 1 2 Pate 2 1 Doebreiner 2 18 1 '\ M ’sf' ■• a .Mm* "TTllilffliWli Mti -fPli &jßfc . I HI 1 » IIP fflWB MEXICAN 6BIHI M[ g I OPENING SOON .. .1 I Steaks * Seafood * Salads * Sandwiches m H landing Pointe Shopping Center -zl jjf 402 Hwv 247, Suite 1200, Bonaire, 6A. i] p«*: (47*| . JlSj Far: (478) 329-8387 J WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 ♦ All-Area team 0 Jennifer Doebereiner - Houston County 0 Morgan Hollars - Houston County D Catherine Goodman - Houston County □ Catherine Causey - Warner Robins 0 Deanna LeShoure - Warner Robins □ Chanda Okyere - Morrow □ Kayla Potter - Union Grove (Player of the Year) □ Brooke Bailey - Union Grove 0 Krissy Patrick - Union Grove 0 Brie Ard - Union Grove 0 Jess Etress - Union Grove □ Mikala Flonnoy - Redan Lady Tigers two games to none and with scores of 25- 10 and 25-6. That win set them up in a semifinal rematch against - guess who - Morrow. This time, however, it was Houston County’s turn. The Lady Bears defeated Morrow two games to none with scores of 25-19 and 25- 22. “(Assistant) coach Michelle Christesen has referred to us as the ‘Cardiac Kids’ all season and if I didn’t know Stats from the weekend: better I would say the ladies wanted to take the road they did to the finals on purpose,” Jones said. “They came onto the floor with such a deter mination and drive and they never trailed in either game.” The Lady Bears are now 37-9 overall, and as an added bonus, the All-Area team was announced Monday with Jennifer Doebereiner, Catherine Goodman and Morgan Hollars all being selected. 3B