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Jiuuston Journal FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT mi n,>vK"t>iiWV " ON DECK High school Softball Today/Saturday ■ GHSA Final Four at Columbus (softball complex): Warner Robins and Houston County, to be determined High school Football Today ■ Warner Robins at Tift County, 7:30 p.m. ■ Pinewood at Westfield. 8 p m. ■ Southwest at Perry, 7:30 p.m. High school Volleyball Saturday ■ Houston County at state tour nament at Berkmar (versus to be determined), 9 a.m. IN BRIEF South Coast League to hold tryout camp The South Coast League of Professional Baseball today announced that its inaugural tryout camp will be held Nov. 11 in Bradenton. Fla. The camp will be held at Robert C. Wynn Field on the campus of Manatee Community College, home of the South Coast League's Bradenton Juice. All participants are required to pre-register for the tryout. To pre register. go to http:/'www.south coastleague.com/tryouts. The cost to tryout is S4O. which can be paid by credit card, check, or money order. South Coast League uniform player contracts - including the Macon Music, which is part of the league - will be offered on the day of the camp to qualified participants. In order to participate in the camp, players must have prior professional baseball playing experience or have played at least two years of college base ball within the last three years. Directions from I-75: Take Exit 217 (old No. 41) This is a west bound exit onto State Road 70. Take SR-70 to 34th Street West (about eight miles). Turn left at the traffic signal at 34th Street West. Go south through the traf fic signal at 57th Avenue West and the field is on your left. HoCo swim team to hold car wash fund-raiser The Houston County High School swim team is having a Car Wash Sunday at the Wal mart on Watson Blvd. (in the Garden Department) from 1-6 p.m. All proceeds benefit the swim team members. Also, the Houston County High School swim team is sponsoring a Coke sale - S2O per case of 24. Drinks include carbonated beverages, Dasani Water. Powerade. Minute Maid bottled drinks. Hi-C juice boxes. Orders must be placed by Nov. 3 with delivery before Thanksgiving. To place an order call 478- 954-6833. WR Rec to begin basketball registration The Warner Robins Recreation Department has begun basket ball registration. Registration will continue at their office on Watson Blvd. - until all ages ages/teams are filled - during regular business hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday. Participants must be at least 5 by Dec. 31 in order to participate in the basket ball program. Fees are as fol lows: $25 for city residents, SSO for county residents and SBS for out of county residents. 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. Playoff picture begins to clear By MA TTHE W BROWN Jourmil Sports Writer Soon, Daylight-Savings Time will end, darkness will fall earlier, all of which must mean the high school football playoffs are lurking around the corner. But wait, there are still three weekends left in the regular season, including this one. ■ That is true, but for high school teams in Houston County, these next three weekends will say a lot about who makes the playoffs, who won’t make it past Nov. 10 and who the qualifiers might be playing in the opening round. One team with quite a hole to fIF m Mr I A'* w >. sqiO *’. »-• ‘-w .Jnsif W* Ifs ! ' 1 T t j . j j ifca3 ■.*&s’ */ • ■ / --j! TW V • j , * . •> ,■ _ * iu -5 m ' 1 > » *1 •«'** W WmSSSKmim —_ m bmEel Ml **—ia Demons, Blue Devils each have hands full By MA TTHEW BRO WN Journal Sports Writer In terms of athleticism, size, a sophisticated offen- sive scheme and veteran defense, Tift County High is one Region 1- AAA A A football Warner Robins at Tift County, today, 7:30 p.m. team that has it all. What the Blue Devils don’t have are an undefeated region record and first place all to them selves. Tift will want to change all of that in Tifton Friday when first-place Warner Robins High, with a 3-0 mark in 1-AAAAA, comes to town. Demons head coach Bryan Sports climb out of is Westfield Schools. As was reported over and over again in the preseason, the GISA adopted a new system for Class AAA, which has just two regions instead of four. From those two regions, four teams each will play for the state champi onship. In the south region, Westfield stands at 0-3 in a tie for last place with Sherwood Christian. The Hornets need to run the table these next three weeks in order to have an outside chance at the playoffs with a 3-3 record. Here, though, is Westfield’s big obstacle. Just ahead of the Hornets in the standings are Stratford and Deerfield-Windsor, tied for fourth Way saw Tift County first hand last week when the Blue Devils eked out a 20- 17 overtime win against Houston County High at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. Two nights later, on the same field, Warner Robins endured its own survival test against Coffee County High with a flurry of points in less than a minute. “They are like every other team in the region,” said Way about Tift County. “They don’t have any glar ing weaknesses. They are pretty wide-open on offense in the formations they run, but play-wise they are pretty basic. They get you spread out to defend the whole field. “Their defense is pretty base. They don’t line up in See HANDS, page iB place at 2-2. Both of those teams hold a win against Westfield, which hurts the home team in head-to head tiebreakers. Either Stratford or Deerfield-Windsor is going to end up with at least three wins because they face each other on Nov. 3. Between second-place Pinewood Christian (3-1) and third-place Southland (2-1), one of those schools is going to win at least one more as they play each other on Nov. 10. Westfield has both Pinewood and Southland as upcoming opponents at Marvin Arrington Field. Tonight, it’s Pinewood with its 7-1 record in its first season in the AAA classifica tion. Pinewood played its entire non mMmk *-£,if'' m H& i ' - Hr im m m. am. ENI/Gary Harmon The Demons’ Mark Wright Jr., sails a pass past Coffee defenders Saturday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. Warner Robins will be headed to Tift County today. region schedule against former AA rivals like Robert Toombs and Bulloch, but also proved the record was for real with wins against Deerfield-Windsor (28-20) and Stratford (21-0). First Presbyterian Day snapped the Pinewood winning streak last weekend 28-0. Pinewood has amassed 1,988 rush ing yards while giving up 1.495 total yards. So Westfield’s best hope lies with Southland losing three in a row. That streak would have to start tonight against Sherwood. The FPD Vikings, by the way, stand in first place at 3-0. Two county teams get an See PICTURE, page iB Legends of the Fall The Perry Chamber Fall Competition was held Tuesday around the area. LEFT: Mike Lewis from Perry squeezes off a shot. BELOW: Shooters take part in the skeet shooting competition held at Henderson Village. Activities included a golf tournament at Houston Lake Country Club. See Saturday’s Houston Daily Journal for more. ENI/Gary Harmon SECTION B