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♦ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006 2B '****Z. L _ - _s*a— raiti# EN! Gary llarmon Westfield’s Erin Walker heads to the finish line as Hornet fans cheer her on during the GISA state cross country meet held Saturday in Macon. State Cross Country Results GISA - AAA Westfield Hornets varsity boys - 9th overall (out of 13) - defeated every team in their region Jacob Parnell 17 18:22 Hunter Wojohn 50 20:30 Evan Grantham 54 20:57 Zack Hamsley 66 21:44 Hank McCord 67 21:49 Jared Howard 74 23:17 Will Walton 83 25:41 Westfield Hornets varsity girls - 9th overall (out of 12) - defeated all but one region opponent Leigh James-Artigas 17 22:28 Mallory Eubanks 25 23:05 Cally Brown 57 26:12 Erin Walker 64 27:16 Elizabeth Stokes 65 27:26 Kim Campbell 72 28:53 Westfield Hornets JV boys - Bth overall (out of 12) - defeated all region opponents Jimmy Mehserle 25 10:21 Barrett Stanley 43 11:06 TraeTolleson 45 11:14 Thompson Way 47 11:17 Gabe Gattis 48 11:17 Karl Nelson 69 11:41 Ryan Sichelstiel 73 12:59 Westfield Hornets JV girls - 10th overall (out of 14) - defeated all region opponents Caroline Amos 29 11:36 Ellen Grier 56 12:13 McKinley Walton 69 12:47 Courtney Hamsleyßl 13:35 Sarah Kate Johnson 84 13:49 Callie Ray 91 15:02 a w jw yK f jBBr ShK mmt Jacob Parnell passes a run ner while sprint ing to the fin ish. ENI/Gary Harmon 1 tomorrow's Houston Maitg .ijouriutl 'BRNtttREBDOntHKBEDBtJ/ View stats ;, pictures and a variety of Pregame radio show I sports related information. Starts at 7:30 Phii Ctorh and tiitrh Johnstone are the most experienced high school play-by-play announcers in middle Georgia, with over fifty years of combined time behind the sports mikes. Enjoy every game this season on Itlfw 100.9, with each broadcast beginning thirty minutes before kickoff. Ifhx 100.9 en courages you to support the Hornets in person if possible, but if you can't, be sure to join us on game night. Take your transistor radio to the game and get the inside scoop on what's going on. ' * 4 ENI Gary Harmon Westfield’s Hank McCord comes around the bend headed for his last lap. v \ --iS^*'- *^ J """i v . ENI Gary Harmon Lady Hornet Elizabeth Stokes, center, passes runners as she works the first hill climb. WESTFIELD FOOTBALL SPORTS ELITE From pafft iB “This is more like play ing with your friends and being able to do good around town.” Conlon recalled the days of going to the World Series as having a lot of build up and anticipation, and said that same feeling is return ing with this trip to the Elite Eight. She said this Warner Robins team has gelled together with the same goals, and the best feeling at the south sectional was “relief” in that they were able to avoid any losers bracket ‘do or-die’ games. “(In Dublin), I think every body was pretty relaxed,” said Arnett. “I hope to go into this weekend the same way. Everything from here on out is just another game. I think they’re all excited, but I hope our nerves are going to be under control.” “It’s exciting,” said senior outfielder Sam Snipes. “We’ve never gone this far. We have a good team, so we should go in there strong. We bonded as a team, and we have a lot of talent. If we hit, we should do fine, because our defense is strong.” “It’s good competition, but we have a really good chance,” said Graham, who wouldn’t approach a start against Woodstock with any sense of awe. “It’s going to be like throwing against any other team. We just have to play together as a team.” “I think it’s not going to be any competition we haven’t already seen,” said Conlon. “Nothing that we can’t beat. It’s going to be great to show them we’re as good as they are even though they are up north and we are down south.” HOUSTON COUNTY Houston County High’s dream of a state softball championship could become a reality if the bat of catcher Ashlee Burkett remains as hot as it was at Southern Pines in Dublin. Out of her 12 hits in five games, there was a three-run home run, hi bij{| iif Inf eCAi e f-l§l gMtUEJcSi' Rcningtin no Package I • ... t mh 7mm Remmington 300 Winchester f "must s"how this ad” 1 fc——————— Select Boots & Clothes 70% 011 Treestands Starting at $59" Heritage Gun Safe $699" (30 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 GHUCK'SBfIIT&TfICKI GU N ANO PAWN 0003/816 a grand slam, two doubles and the game-winning RBI hit in the last do-or-die game against Newnan High. Burkett said she’s been fighting tendonitis in her elbow and let it rest for a week leading up to the sec tional. “I hit way better than I did (during the season),” she said. “(The elbow) felt really good last weekend. “Our defense was real ly good. I think Brianna (Hancock) did a good job pitching all those games.” Burkett refers to the freshman pitcher who was forced into a lot of duty in the south sectional with top pitcher Chelsea Burroughs herself nursing a sore arm. It was Burkett’s job as the catcher to make the pitch calls to Hancock and Kaitlyn Carriker, the winning pitcher against Newnan with eight innings of work. “I really don’t pitch very much,” said Carriker. “I play third normally, and that’s where I practice. All (our pitchers) go to pitching les sons every day.” But Carriker got the call from coach Cristi Griffin that she was needed in the circle with the season on the line after Hancock threw 13 innings for two wins earlier in the day. “I knew I had to go out there and try my best and not let the team down,” said Carriker. “We had good defense, and that helped. We threw a lot of curve balls and change-ups to throw the bat ters oil.” The game went eight innings tied 4-4. Houston County, the visiting team, scored four runs in the eighth. Burkett’s single broke the tie, but Carriker really made it easy for herself by adding a two-run triple. Bethany Crenshaw, second baseman, is the only senior for the Bears. All weekend she was sporting a bruise on her chin as a result of taking a ball to the face the previous Monday. But no marks can take away her excitement at the prospect of playing more games against the state’s HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL best. “Our team really works together well,” said Crenshaw. “The young girls play together, and the older girls - there aren’t many of us - work together well with them. We about lost the last one, but we worked through it as a team. We struggled a little bit, had a few bad errors, but we picked each other up and worked well as a team.” Griffin has led the Bears to both the first fastpitch region championship and first Elite Eight appearance in 2006. Now comes the task of looking for ways to get past Peachtree Ridge, the team that beat No. 1 Woodstock in a north sectional winners bracket final. Peachtree Ridge’s season includes a 2-0 win against Warner Robins. The Lions, based in Suwanee, play in the same region as another strong 5A program at Collins Hill. “Woodstock and Collins Hill have all beat them dur ing the year,” said Griffin. “I don’t know much about them besides that all the competi tion up there is good. All four (north sectional) teams are really good. We just have to do the best we can to put the ball in play and play good defense.” “I’m pumped,” said Crenshaw. “I think we might surprise a few people. I hope we have something to show them.” “We have to keep our bats going,” said Burkett. “Our pitching needs to stay after them.” As for Burroughs’ avail ability for Columbus, Griffin said she went to therapy on Monday and considered let ting her throw on Tuesday. 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