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Mmtsimt ©aily djmmtal WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT "TfIPT ON DECK High school Football Friday ■ Lee County at Northside, 7:30 p.m. ■ Houston County at Newnan, 7:30 p.m. ■ Perry at Cairo, 7:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Mundy’s Mill at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m. High school Basketball Thursday ■ Westfield girls at Central Fellowship tourney, teams and times to be determined Friday ■ Westfield girls at Central Fellowship tourney, teams and times to be determined Saturday ■ Westfield girls at Central Fellowship tourney, teams and times to be determined ■ Warner Robins and Northside at Ladies Night Out tourney in Griffin, teams and times to be determined Monday ■ Warner Robins and Northside at Ladies Night Out tourney in Griffin, teams and times to be determined High school Swimming Saturday ■ Warner Robins and Perry at the Sixth Annual Blue Devil Invite in Columbus, time to be deter mined IN BRIEF Perry Youth Wrestling Club sets registration The Perry Youth Wrestling Club will be hold registration Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Perry High School multi-purpose building. All students ages 5-14 are eligible. The cost is S2O which includes a club T-shirt. Also, each wrestler will be required to purchase a USA wrestling card on-line prior to the first practice. The card is $35. Cards can be purchased at Team Georgia Wrestling at the website www.themat.com. The club will also be selling wrestling singlets for S3O for the ones who want to compete at the local tournaments. The club will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays (practice begins Dec. 5). Any day that school is closed due to inclement weather or winter holidays, there will be no practice. For further informa tion, call Coach Randy Moss at 988-6291. Also, the club will hold a golf tournament fund-raiser Dec. 16 at Perry Country Club and the Perry Takedown Classic Wrestling Tournament will be held Feb. 10. Warner Robins playoff tickets go on sale General admission tickets - and any reserved seat tick ets left over from a Monday sale - for the Demons’ Saturday playoff game against Mundy’s Mill will be on sale in the front office at the school. All tickets, reserved and gen eral admission, are SB. 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. Prep Sports + to air cheerleader competition Prep Sports + announced it will air the GHSA State Cheerleading Championship Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Perry placed sec ond at the championship. r : MjF s9fom + A j| fA#** ? ;,y M ip* rat* * ENLGary Harmon Perry quarterback Casey Hayward gets a little help from a friend - alias Tay Brown, who is blocking - in the Panthers’ win over Northeast Nov. 3. Perry will travel and play Cairo in the first round of the state tournament Friday. Peppy ppeps fop Caipo By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer One point. That’s wh@t separates Cairo High School from winning the Region 1- AAA foot ball cham pion s h i p this season. For the 9-1 Perry at Cairo, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Syrupmakers, that only loss was a 19-18 overtime defeat at the hands of Monroe High of Albany, which used that upset to steal away the top seed of 1-AAA in the GHSA championship bracket. So Cairo, a ranked team in the AAA classification all season, has to settle for the second seed, which means only one guaranteed home game in the playoffs. That comes on Friday, and it is against a Perry High School Panther squad, which is looking to build on the Schools make a run at state championship Special to the Journal Warner Robins, Houston County, Northside and Perry each qualified teams for the state cross country champi onship held this Saturday in Carrollton. Both Warner Robins and Houston County and Northside each sent its girls and boys teams while Perry its boys. For the Demonettes and the Lady Bears in AAAAA, Houston County finished 17th and Warner Robins 18th. Collins Hill was the top team finisher overall, Locals to compete in senior tourney Special to the Journal Aubrey Walker of Perry, Hal Baker of Bonaire and David Smith, Ron Baggett and Eddie Wiggins all of Warner Robins are among those listed to compete in the Georgia Stage Golf Association’s 15th Annual Sports Directions to Friday’s Perry High GHSA playoff football game at Cairo High School. D Take 1-75 south to Cordele. 0 Exit off interstate at Ga. Hwy. 300 going towards Albany. 0 As you enter Albany, turn right on Clarke Ave. (landmarks are BP Station on immediate left and Miller Brewery on right). 0 Proceed west 2to 3 miles on Clarke to U.S. 19 South. 0 Take U.S. 19 South through Camilla, then another 14 miles you come to Ga. Hwy. 111. 0 Turn right on Ga. Hwy. 111 West and go about 16 miles to U.S. Hwy. 84. 0 Turn left onto U.S. Hwy. 84 towards Cairo. 0 As you enter Cairo there will be a Burger King on the right. At that point, turn right on Fifth Street. Cairo High is on the left about two miles down. momentum of three straight home wins. The latest victory for the Panthers came last Friday at Herb St. John Stadium by a 27-0 win against Spalding High. That win assured Perry, which finished sec ond in the 4-AAA south sub region, of a spot in the tour nament. When Nortlieast- Macon beat Mary Persons, the runner-up of the north followed by South Forsyth and Brookwood. Individually, Brittney Stewart, who finished .sev enth, led the Demonettes. “Brittney ran a great race,” said Warner Robins head coach David Erpelding, “and still made the top 10 back to back years, which I think is a first for a girl in Houston County. “This is (also) the first time that both the Warner Robins teams were in the top 20 in the same year. “I feel that we are making great strides in the sport of cross country and hope one Georgia Senior Four-Ball Tournament today-Friday at the Lakes at Laura S. Walker, Waycross & Okefenokee Country Club, Blackshear. The format for the tour ney is 18 holes of four-ball stroke play each day. The field of 96 two-man sub-region, in another 4- AAA play-in game, the Perry Panthers stepped up a spot to the No. 3 seed. Cairo High knows about big-game situations in football. Among the nine victories is a pair against Class AAAA clubs, Thomas County-Central (31-7) and Bainbridge (30-13). Perry head coach Andy Scott See PERRY, page iB day we will be able to be in the top four at the state meet. “There were 4 teams in the top 20 at the state meet this year from Houston County and I do feel this is a first. For the boys in AAAAA, Warner Robins finished 20th and Houston County 31st. Parkview was the overall winner there. The Panthers were chased in the top three by Walton and Brookwood. At the AAAA level, the Lady Eagles finished 21st overall. Lakeview- Ft. Oglethorpe was first, See RUN, page iB teams is divided into five flights by handicap index. The Championship flight will compete at Lakes at Laura S. Walker with the first through fourth flights playing at Okefenokee Country Club. See SENIOR, page yB No shortage of toleot or youth ooiong county's best All-Houston County SOFTBALL By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor How do you know you have an awesome All-Houston County fast-pitch team - and even better, a sound crop of talent for the future? Simple. Look at the mix. In it you will find not only members of the Georgia Independent School Association’s AAA state champions - Westfield - but also players for two teams - Warner Robins and Houston County - that made it all the way to the Georgia High School Association’s Elite Eight. Those are pretty select groups in their own right, and as far as the future, 10 of the 26 names submitted are sophomores. Six are juniors and three are freshmen so that means there are only seven seniors on the list, The bad news for us (in a “good news” sort of way) is it was almost impossible narrowing the list down to a first and second team this year (every name had a legitimate argument for, and you can see we simply could not get either team down to nine). The good news for the players is it’s going to be even harder (for us - but we’ll enjoy the challenge) next year - and then some. All-Houston County Fast-pitch First Team • Bethany Crenshaw, Houston County • Chelsea Burroughs, Houston County • Ashlee Burkett, Houston County • Amber Conlon, Warner Robins • Sam Snipes, Warner Robins • Kristin Graham, Warner Robins • Allison Dickey, Northside • Crystal Greer, Perry • Ashton Jones, Perry • Kelsey Gilliam, Westfield • Audrey Clearman, Westfield • Jennifer Wrye, Westfield • Mason Moreland, Westfield Second Team • Kourtny Thomas, Houston County • Brianna Hancock, Houston County • Sarah Ling, Houston County • Katie Farinelli, Warner Robins • Cherie White, Warner Robins • Jensen Barrett, Warner Robins • Kittery Maine, Warner Robins • Taelor Bousman, Northside • Kristen Smith, Northside • Kim Dominy, Northside • Marla Patterson, Perry • Ashley Craddock, Perry • Daryl Ann Thompson, Westfield First Team • Bethany Crenshaw School: Houston County Year: Senior Position: Second base Impact: Hit .275. She had 25 hits in 91 at bats. She also had an on-base percentage of .309 and scored 20 runs. She was a key member in helping Houston County qualify for the AAAAA state tournament (Elite Eight). “Bethany was our only senior,” Griffin said. “She showed leadership on and off the field, at practice and at games. She made some outstanding plays in the field and only made six errors all year. She was an Honorable Mention on the 2005 All-region team.” • Chelsea Burroughs School: Houston County Position: Pitcher Impact: Recorded a pitching record of 16-2 and had an earned run average of .042. She was a key member in helping Houston County qualify for the AAAAA state tournament (Elite Eight). # Ashlee Burkett School: Houston County Year: Sophomore Position: Catcher Impact: Hit .419. She had 39 hits in 93 at bats includ ing eight doubles, three triples and two home runs. She also drove in 30 runners. Of particular note: In the Sectional tournament she hit .775 and was a key member in helping Houston County qualify for the AAAAA state tournament (Elite Eight). She had less than five strikeouts for the year, said Lady Bears head coach Cristi Griffin. “She is a tremendous catcher,” Griffin said. “She was voted to the first team All-region team her freshman year.” • Amber Conlon School: Warner Robins Year: Senior Position: Pitcher/infielder Impact: Hit .378 with eight doubles, two triples and one home run. She had a .899 fielding percentage (64-72). She also scored 18 runs and had 26 RBI. On the mound, she was 8-0-1 with 60 strikeouts and was a key member in helping Warner Robins qualify for the AAAAA state tournament. “Amber has played everywhere for me in four years,” said Demonette head coach Brenda Arnett. “(She’s a) great kid to have on the team and will be greatly missed.” • Sam Snipes School: Warner Robins Year: Senior Position: Outfield Impact: Hit .241 with three doubles and two triples. See BEST, page 2B SECTION B