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SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 28, 2006
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ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ GHSA state tournament at
Columbus (softball complex):
Warner Robins and Houston
County, to be determined
High school
Football
Today
■ Warner Robins at Tift County,
8 p.m. (Note: Rescheduled to
today due to inclement weather)
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ 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 try
out 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.
The South Coast League's
inaugural 90-game season
opens in May of 2007.
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.
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.
Waterford to hold Junior
Golf Clinic
Waterford Golf Course will
hold a Junior Golf Clinic Nov.
20-21. Times are: 10-11:15 for
ages 5-10; 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. for
those ages 11 and up. The cost
is SSO which includes lunch for
both day, prizes and more. Visit
the course to sign up.
Lady Bears, Demonettes fall in openers
By MA TTHEWBROWN
Journal Sports Writer
(Note: The elimina
tion game between Warner
Robins High
and Houston
County High
in the GHSA
state softball
tournament
scheduled for
Friday was
rained out in
Columbus.)
Both the
Demonettes
and Bears put
themselves in
HOUSTON COUNTY
BEARS
GHSA state
tournament
Game 1
- Peachtree
Ridge 9
Houston
County 4
early holes
Thursday, holes they were
unable to escape despite
their best efforts in opening
day play at the GHSA Elite
Eight ‘softball tournament
at South Commons Park in
Columbus.
Warner Robins High’s
5-3 loss to No. l-ranked
Woodstock and Houston
County High’s 9-4 set
back at the hands of No. 7
See HOCO, page lB
Perry polls past Southwest
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
• “This week we were big
ger, faster, stronger, meaner
and tougher,” said Perry
head coach Andy Scott after
his team
defeated
Southwest
56-6 at Herb
St. John
Stadium
Friday
night.
Six differ-
Perry 56,
Southwest 6
ent Panthers scored touch
downs in the rout and place
kicker Ray Guin made every
point after.
The Panthers took advan
tage of excellent field posi
tion throughout the game.
Perry’s worst offensive starts
were from its own 35 to
open the game and even that
resulted in a touchdown.
From its 42 that was only
one of two possession in the
game that didn’t result in
points, and from the Perry
22 that, too, ended in yet
another touchdown.
Casey Hayward started
the drubbing when he broke
lose for 41 yards on the fifth
play of the game to put the
Panthers up 7-0.
On their next posses
sion, Panther Kenny Davis
sprinted to the outside for
an 11-yard score.
The Panther went into the
second quarter leading 14-0,
and were driving for another
Patriots spoil Hornets’
Homecoming, more
From staff reports
Trail early. Fade late.
Such has
become the
pattern for
Westfield’s
Hornets.
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between
they move
the ball
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Plnewood 28,
Westfield 14
- and move it quite well at
times - but in the end come
up short.
Such has been the case for
the past few games - result
ing in a three-game losing
skid - and such was the case
in the team’s Homecoming
loss Friday against Pinewood
(now the slide is four).
Westfield fell 28-15. It
trailed 14-0 at the half, cut
that to 14-7 early in the
third but then gave up two
late touchdowns.
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Journal Matthew Brown
Houston County girls fastpitch head coach Cristi Griffin hits infield practice before the
start of the Lady Bears’ state tournament game Thursday in Columbus.
score.
Perry had taken possession
after a desperate Southwest
team, facing fourth and
one at its 42, failed in its
attempt.
Hayward ended the drive
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Perry defenders take the legs out from under a Southwest runner in the Panthers’ win Friday at home.
Considering the condi
tions, it was almost a sure
bet turnovers would at least
play a role. They did - some.
In fact, the Hornets lost it
twice early in the first quar
ter. Both came deep inside
Westfield territory. The first
didn’t cost but the second
led to a Patriot score and a
7-0 deficit. Westfield drove
nicely down the field follow
ing that but eventually had
its drive stall.
The Hornet defense held,
however, forcing Pinewood
to punt. Westfield took over
on their 40 and drove - a
15-yard run by Joel Revis
helped as did pass comple
tions via Chase Ellis - deep
inside the Patriots’ red zone.
But on a fourth down try,
Ellis’ pass went incomplete.
Still, Westfield had
Pinewood pinned. Or so it
appeared until a 59-yard
a minute and a half into
the second quarter when he
threw his first of two second
quarter touchdown passes.
Akeen Felder leaped over
a defender to catch the nine
yard toss for the score.
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Zach Horton sacks Pinewood’s quarterback Friday at home.
scamper resulted in another
touchdown. That came with
less than a minute to go
before the half.
The Hornets put them
Perry scored twice more in
the second quarter by tak
ing advantage of Southwest
miscues.
Davis’ second touch
down was set up when the
Southwest punter tried to
selves back into the game in
the third quarter. They took
the opening kickoff, started
on their own 20 and drove
the distance. The drive was
SECTION
B
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
A stagnant Demonette
offense woke up in the sev-
enth inning
with three
runs on four
hits.
It could
have been a
game-win
ning rally
if not for
Woodstock’s
actions in
the top of
the inning.
Woodstock’s
Wolverines
WARNER ROBINS
DEMONS
GHSA state
tournament
Game 1
Woodstock
5, Warner
Robins 3
led 2-0 through six innings
of play, and put two run
ners in scoring position on
two hits in the top of the
seventh.
Warner Robins pitcher
Kristen Graham recorded
her 11th strikeout of the
afternoon for the second
out. She had two strikes on a
batter who slipped a ground
er past the infield for a
See WR, page iB
beat the Perry rush and
shanked the ball. After
bouncing off of several play
ers it was covered on the
Patriots’ seven-yard line by
Tay Brown.
See PERR Y, page jB
highlighted by several good
runs by Zach Young and one
of 15 by Trent Usher on a
third-down play.
See HORNETS, page iB