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2B ♦ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2006 DEMONETTES From page iB crossed home. 31* 4m 1 ' jf Journal Matthew Brown Katie Farinelli looks to see if Warner Robins teammate Lauren Graham reached first on her bunt during Saturday’s state softball sectionals. Both Farinelli and Graham scored in the third inning of the 3-2 win that sent the Demonettes to the Elite Eight. Journal Matthew Brown Amber Conlon waits for her turn to bat with her Warner Robins teammates cheering on in the Southern Pines dug out. LADY BEARS From page iB triple in a four-run rally. “The game ball went to Kaitlyn Carriker,” said Griffin. “That was the first whole game she’s pitched all season. That was awesome. “Brianna did an awesome job, too. We just felt we couldn’t pitch her anymore. Kaitlyn pitches in practice some. She can pitch, but doesn’t really like to. But I told her we had to use her, and she did the job. “I told the girls we worked the whole season for this. Winning the region was great, but we worked to get to state, and we met that goal.” BEARS 8. NEWNfIN 4 The Bears scratched sin gle runs in three different innings for a 3-0 advan tage on the Cougars, which was coming off a 3-2 loss to Warner Robins. With two outs in the first, Ashlee Burkett reached on an infield single and scored as Kourtney Thomas drilled ts* 5 * Wl Jf-Jllpi i* J||§J3p pIl mam ~ i ***“» mM it Journal/Matthew Brown Houston County High freshman pitcher Brianna Hancock sets to deliver the ball to a Tift County High batter Saturday. DEMONETTf S 4. UNION 6ROVE 0 On Friduy, Warner Robins and Union Grove, the Region 2-AAAAA champions, met for a spot in the winners bracket a double to left. In the third, Bethany Crenshaw bunted for a sin gle, and Burkett followed with her second hit in a row. It was Thomas again with the RBI as she hit a high chopping single. Burkett’s two-out dou ble in the fifth followed a Newnan error and led to the third Bear run. Carriker pitched out of bases-loaded trouble in her first inning with help from a tag she made at home on what was a wild pitch. She only gave up three hits and walked two through five scoreless innings and got more defensive help when Thomas, at shortstop, caught a line drive for a double play. Without getting a hit, Newnan would load the bases with one out in the sixth. The Cougars ended the shutout on a chopping hit, then with. two outs stole the lead 4-3 on a long three-run single to left by Wimberly Larkey. She was caught stealing second for the last out on a throw from finals. While the Demonettes coasted in the opening round against Hiram, Union Grove had to battle from behind to beat the fourth-place team - Burkett to Thomas. Erica Vasquez’ leadoff double in the top of the sev enth led to the tying run as Newnan booted a grounder by April Collins. Crenshaw, by the interna tional tiebreaker rule, was on second base to start the top of the eighth. Burkett served a 3-2 pitch to right for a single. Newnan fielded the next ground ball and tried to catch Crenshaw off third base. That didn’t work, and Crenshaw would score the winning run on a bad throw back to the pitcher. Carriker followed with a solid shot to right for a two-run triple and scored on Taylor Fountain’s ground out that Newnan conceded to get the first out. Carriker retired the side in order in the home eighth. BEARS 3. TIFT COUNTY 1 Against a Region 1-AAAAA rival, Hancock limited the Blue Devils to one run on four hits with seven strike outs in seven full innings. See HOC O, page jB SPORTS Jenkins High - from Region 3-AAAAA. Kristen Graham scattered five hits and walked two in seven innings for the win. She struck out four. She received a 3-0 lead to work with in this game on a first inning rally. Lauren and Kristen got on base with singles. Conlon put down the bunt, but the first baseman dropped the ball to load them up. Snipes put the ball in play for an RBI, then Jensen Barrett drew another error from Union Grove on a grounder to third. That resulted in two runs and the 3-0 edge. Union Grove threatened in the second inning with two hits and two runners in scoring position. With two outs, catcher Macy Brown pounced on a ball hit just fair in front of the plate. Her throw to first just barely got the third out. The Demonettes would leave the bases loaded in the first and third frames, and they couldn’t take advan tage of Farinelli’s leadoff hit in the fourth nor Barrett’s two-out double in the fifth. Farinelli’s bunt single in tit to liter SUSHI 0 SALE 9 Remington 710 Package x , - T ITO 7mm Remmington 300 Winchester MUST SHOW THIS AD Select Boots & Clothes 70% OFF Treestands Starting at $59" Heritage Gun Safe $699" [3O x 60 textured green, Are rated! 90 Days Same As Cash. In Store Financing. Store Hours 603 Watson Blvd. 8:30 am - 6:30 pm Warner Robins Mon. - Sat. 922*9851 GHUGK'S BAIT & TflCKl GUNifINDPfIWN y'y ' '' l ' ■ out of the third J Tm m inning against /..&■ * : jP a Newnan. mWp & fIEgL .. Journal Matthew Brown the sixth would lead to the fourth Warner Robins run. Kristen Graham followed with a hit that was almost caught on a dive, then Conlon singled for the RBI. DEMONETTES 11. HIRAM 0 Conlon got the chance to pitch first for Warner Robins, and she only had to work five innings against the Hornets of Paulding County. Her biggest problems came in the first inning when she gave up a hit, a walk and had two errors occur behind her. Hiram had the bases loaded with one out, but Conlon got a force out at home and a strikeout to end it. From there, Conlon retired the side in the second, third and fourth innings. 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