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The Northside High School varsity football cheerleaders stopped long enough for a photograph while warming up to
cheer their Eagles on to victory during a recent game. Jenny Gutshall is the varsity head cheer coach. The Northside
High cheerleaders are, front row from left: Katy Mercer, Miranda Stephens, Rebecca Hildenbrand, Katie Hartzog,
Ashley Pernett, Lauran Smith and Sarah Davis. Back row from left: Rachel Brown. Becky Swartz, Courtney Bobbitt,
Ashleigh Faircloth, Michelle Gifford, Shannon Ford, Jasmine Adams, Teris Dunn, Kayla Ferguson, Ashley Williams,
Tabitha Guttierez and Shealey Stafford.
PITCHERS
From page iB
Flight for Elder Men fin
ished second. He had a 4-2
record - the winner of that
bracket went 6-0.
McKim notched 158 ring
ers - more than the pitcher
who finished first - out of
270 tossed for a ringer per
centage of 58.52 (that, too
was better than the first
place finisher, whose was
55.43).
In the D Class for men,
Jerome Kennedy also fin
ished second. He recorded a
4-1 record and had 51 ring
ers out of 234 tries. His ring
er percentage was 21.79.
And, Ronnie Miller, from
the B Class for men, was
also second. He finished 4-2
and had 100 ringers out of
270 tossed for a 37.04 ringer
percentage.
Other Perry competitors
were: Suzanne Miller, who
finished 1-3 and was fourth
in the A Class,for women;
Howard Kuehn, who was in
the Elder Men’s Class with
McKim and finished 1-5 and
was fourth; Dane Clark, who
was in the A Class for men
and finished 4-3 and was
third. John Rackley was also
in that class and finished
3-4, which was good enough
for sixth.
Lady Hornets - the anatomy of a champion
By PHIL CLARK
Contributed
When Rodney Culverhouse
and Jeff Eubanks loaded
up their 14-player squad of
fast pitch softball players
and headed for Dublin last
Saturday, the Lady Hornets
probably were not the
favorites to de-throne John
Milledge after four straight
state championships.
For the most part, the
Macon media leaned
toward Tattnall and First
Presbyterian.
There was justification.
Both have excellent teams.
But Westfield beat both dur
ing the regular season.
So it should not have
been surprising that the
team pulled off the ultimate
achievement.
But here, our girls were
the choice all along!
What they did was come
away from Dublin early
Saturday night with the
school’s second fast pitch
state championship trophy,
awarded to Culverhouse by
GISA Assistant Director
Tommy Whittle as the
absolutely beautiful, warm
Saturday began to turn a
bit cool.
It became even cooler for
Culverhouse when he was
doused with a bucket of ice
water. It was worth it!
It was a long, grueling
day for the local ladies.
After winning the first
game of the day against
Tattnall with some late
heroics, the Lady Hornets
would face the always
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Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club member Chuck Poole warms up for the Georgia
Horseshoe Pitcher’s Association state singles tournament Saturday at Rozar Park in
Perry.
Finally, Buddy Ayer com
peted from within the D
Class for men along with
tough, Jimmy Turner
coached First Presbyterian
Lady Vikings, a team that
boasted of two excellent
starting pitchers.
It turned out, though,
that it wouldn’t be enough
as the Lady Hornets refuse
to read the headlines and
went about the business of
bringing home the trophy.
It was a day in which
every Lady Hornet played
a role.
From the dramatic pinch
hit home run by sophomore
Caroline Pfohl that ignit
ed the Lady Hornets in an
elimination game against
Tattnall, to excellent defen
sive plays, to key hits from
all up and down the line-up,
there were heroines every
where.
Sparkling plays in the
outfield in the early games,
including a crucial throw
home by leftfielder Jamie
Marshall to nail a base run
ner at the plate, keeping the
Lady Hornets in the game.
Jennifer Wrye’s block of
the plate to tag out a run
ner after a sparkling turn
and relay throw by Mason
Moreland on a throw from
the outfield was also big.
Strong throws by Hanna
Jones at shortstop nipped
several runners and fir 4
baseman Audrey Clearman
made numerous outstand
ing plays at first, especially
on a play following a suc
cessful sacrifice by a First
Presbyterian batter.
Clearman turned quickly
and threw to second base,
Kennedy. Ayer was 2-3 and
finished fourth; and, Gordon
Van Der Griff competed in
"After six seasons of fast-pitch
softball, GISA class AAA still has just
two winners, Westfield with the first
and last and John Milledge the four in
between."
anticipating that the run
ner would round the bag.
She did, and was tagged
out. Both Jones and
Clearman were outstanding
at the plate, as well.
Shae Horsting, the third
baseman, had some key
hits to keep rallies alive,
and Daryl Ann Thompson
was spectacular in the out
field, shifting from right to
left then center at various
times.
Thompson also had some
crucial hits to drive in runs
as the Lady Hornets contin
ually battled from behind
in all but the championship
game.
Jennifer Wrye had timely
hits all day, and threw out
an FPD runner trying to
steal second base to cut off
a rally, as well as the block
of the plate to deny another
run.
Sydney Smith made some
good running catches in cen
terfield in the early games,
and Moreland was sensa
tional at second base, mak
ing all the routine plays,
and some blue-star ones as
well.
And how do you measure
the importance of pitcher
Kelsey Gilliam?
SPORTS
the E Class for men and
finished sixth with a record
of 0-5.
The sophomore pitched
every inning of all five
games, including three
extra innings, to post four
wins. Like her teammates,
Gilliam also had key hits
during the day to keep ral
lies alive.
And Pfohl added another
key hit when she drove in
the winning runs in game
four to send the double
elimination tournament to
the ‘if game.
You can’t overlook the
importance of Ashley
Moreland and Haley Way,
a pair ,of freshmen with
exceptional speed.
Both were used as pinch
runners or courtesy run
ners in every game.
And in the dugout, it was
impossible for the team to
get “down” with the upbeat
attitude and encouragement
of senior Kaitlin Chasteen
and sophomore Jenni Grier.
Though they didn’t get
into a game, both played
vital roles in the total team
effort.
After six seasons of fast
pitch softball, GISA class
AAA still has just two win
ners, Westfield with the first
and last and John Milledge
the four in between.
The nation suffers from
a lack of appreciation
I’m a fairly laidback guy.
If you don’t believe me, just
ask me. But if there’s one
thing I can’t abide, it’s a
lack of appreciation.
Take the University of
Texas, for example. Davy
Crockett, Tennessee’s leg
endary hero, died at the
Alamo fighting for Texas
independence and his
payback is Texas stealing
Tennessee’s logo and col
ors.
It’s a wonder Texans
didn’t steal the dog too.
But in that regard, I think
Tennessee got the end of
the deal. I’d much rather
cleanup after Smokey than
Bevo.
Plus, there’s more meat
on a longhorn steer than
a dog. That means Texas
fans will never starve and
will always have more fer
tilizer to spread when brag
ging about their teams.
Crockett probably would
have opened the gates of
the Alamo for Santa Ana
had he known the perfidy
with which Texas would
repay his sacrifice.
The lack of apprecia
tion the Braves showed for
Maddox and Glavine irks
me, especially since both
pitchers made the playoffs
and I just watched Glavine
beat St. Louis in the first
game of baseball’s NLCS.
I will always say that the
Braves should have kept
Glavine, Millwood and
Maddox, but the Braves’
front office went with youth
and look at who held the
staff together, an almost
40-year-old pitcher, John
Smoltz.
The youngsters were on
the disabled list.
Another thing that irks
me to irrationality is media
frenzies.
The new pukes jumped
on the Terrell Owens sui
cide attempt, ignoring the
real possibility he would
have a logical explanation.
I didn’t believe he tried
to commit suicide, I only
wished he did.
But after that non-story,
the same media slimes
leaped on the rumor Joe
Torre was out at New York,
and Lou Pinella was in
even though Pinella made
Governor proclaims
opener as ‘TIP day*
Special to the Journal
Governor Sonny Perdue
recently signed a proc
lamation designating
Saturday, the opening day
of modern firearms sea
son for deer hunting, as
Turn In Poachers Day in
Georgia.
The mission of TIE Inc-,
a non-profit organization,
is to protect wildlife from
poachers by increasing pub
lic support for wildlife law
enforcement, according to
the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, Wildlife
Resources Division.
“The ownership of all
wildlife is by the State of
Georgia. It is held in trust
for all Georgians to enjoy,”
says Perdue. “A poacher
is one who takes wildlife
illegally, thereby depriving
other citizens of our state’s
natural resources.”
TIP creates a framework
to promote ethical hunting
and to promote the conser
vation of natural resourc
es.
Georgians are encour
aged to contact the TIP
hotline when they witness
a poaching violation. This
information is forwarded to
WRD for further investiga
tion. '
If a tip leads to an arrest,
TIP pays a reward to the
individual who reported the
violation. Callers to TIP
can remain anonymous if
desired.
Poaching violations,
include hunting during
illegal hours, taking over
the limit of wildlife and/or
fish, hunting or fishing in
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
it clear he
had never
been con
tacted.
Again,
the sports
writ
ers were
wrong.
Then
there was
the feed-
Joe Sersey
Journal
Correspondent
ing frenzy in the death of
Cory Lidle. That was played
to death.
His demise is unfortunate
but when media munchkins
start relating Lidle’s death
to the danger of terrorist
attack, I tuned off the tele
vision and started reading
the “Koran.”
One national media out
let actually took up several
minutes of prime time news
to explain why Lidle might
have crashed into the build
ing and how unfair the FAA
is that it doesn’t have the
same flight restrictions
on other cities as it does
on Washington, DC. and
Baltimore.
The worry is that other
baseball players will get
their pilot licenses and tar
get the Sears Tower.
What I’ve learned from
all this is that too many
people spend way too much
time watching the news
channels.
I’m also, angered that too
much commercial time is
spent on political ads. What
happened to the Coors
twins during commercial
breaks of sporting events?
If I’m going to have to
watch commercials between
baseball innings, please
make them more enter
taining. Have the politi
cians kiss babes instead of
babies. Just be careful who
Foley’s smooching.
Also, end the ads before
the next half inning starts.
I resent returning to the
Mets/Cardinals game to
find that Reyes already has
an oh-one count.
I won’t support any can
didate or purchase any
product advertised during
sporting events if those
candidates or products
interfere with the reason
I’m watching.
There, I feel better.
unauthorized areas, killing
deer illegally, hunting over
bait, buying or selling wild
life or game fish, killing or
being in possession of non
game/endangered species,
stocking wildlife, hunting
or fishing by illegal meth
ods and more.
Georgia citizens can help
fight poaching by calling
the TIP hotline.
This line can be reached
by dialing 1-800-241-4113
outside metro-Atlanta
or 404-656-4863 inside
metro-Atlanta or by call
ing *DNR for Cingular call
ers or by sending an email
to TurnlnPoachers@dnr.
state.ga.us.
Callers should try to
obtain the following infor
mation:
■ A description of the
violator
■ A description of their
vehicle
■ The location of the vio
lation
■ Date and time of the
violation
■ The type of violation
For more information,
visit www.georgiawild
life.com (select “General
Information”, “Law
Enforcement” and “Turn
in Poachers and Polluters”),
contact your local WRD
Law Enforcement Office or
call 770-918-6414.
To make a tax-deductible
donation to support anti
poaching efforts, send a
check made payable to TIP
to: Turn In Poachers, Inc.
3423 Piedmont Road, NE,
Suite 540, Atlanta, Ga.,
30305.