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Houston BaUtJ
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 25, 2006
The Home Journal's
SANDLOT
SCOREBOARD
High school
Basketball
Monday/Tuesday
Westfield girls at the
Tattnall Tourney
■ Mount de Sales 54, Westfield
32
■ Tattnall 58, Westfield 41 (Note:
More in Tuesday's Houston
Daily Journal)
ON DECK
High school
Football
Today
■ Houston County at M.L. King,
7:30 p.m.
High school
Basketball
Today
■ Houston County at Bradwell
Institute, time to be determined
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 build
ing. 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 com
pete 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.
Waterford to hold Junior
Golf Clinic
Waterford Golf Course will
hold a Junior Golf Clinic Monday-
Tuesday. 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.
Westfield squad to
compete in tourneys
Westfield's competition
cheerleading squad will com
pete Thursday at 6 p.m. in the
Heart of Georgia Cheerleading
Competition.
Westfield is also hosting the
event which will be held in the
Westfield gymnasium. Also, The
Georgia Independent School
Association state cheerlead
ing competition is Dec. 9 at 10
a.m. at Tattnall Square Academy.
Westfield hopes to repeat as
state champs (it is the defending
champs for the past two years).
Winter Players Pass
available for golfers
A Winter Players Pass is
now available for purchase at
three northern state park golf
locations. It’s valid for play
at Arrowhead Pointe at Lake
Richard B. Russell in Elberton,
The Creek at Hard Labor in
Rutledge and Highland Walk at
Victoria Bryant in Royston. The
card provides the holder with
unlimited green fees at the three
courses for three months and
costs SIOO.
The pass is available in lim
ited quantities and for a limited
time. It's valid from December
until February 2007. Cart rental
is not included, but is required
for play.
The pass can be purchased
at any of the participating cours
es, online at www.GeorgiaGolf.
com or by calling toll free 1-800-
982-3691.
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Phyllis Isley works on forms. The 57-year-old is a third-degree black belt.
NS, Perry
crack Cup
standings
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
At first it appears Houston
County and Warner Robins
took a step back.
After all, the Bears/Lady
Bears were ranked ninth
in the Georgia Athletic
Directors Association Dodge
Director’s Cup - the Georgia
High School Association
sponsored measure of an
athletic program’s overall
efficiency - just over a week
ago.
In the latest standings
they are 16th.
Ditto for the Demons/
Demonettes. They were 14th
and now they’re 23rd.
And that despite the fact
Warner Robins and Houston
County added more points
to their totals (points com
ing from finishes at the state
tournament level).
The Demons/Demonettes
did have 40 points. Now they
have 70. The Bears/Lady
Bears did have 60. Now they
have 100.
The problem is some other
schools fared better at state
and thus shuffled things
up, but both schools can
See C UP, page iB
Sports
The cats meow
Bears look to regroup following key losses
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
A good way to make Greg
Nix depressed is to remind
him that Jamal Brunson,
Quinton Banks, Reggie
Pero and a few others
aren’t going to show up for
Houston County High bas
ketball practice anymore.
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A Houston County player goes up for a layup during practice at the school Nov. 17.
SEASON
PREVIEW
HOUSTON COUNTY
The Bears of 2005-2006
- with that solid class of
seniors leading the way
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Smoke and Shadow.
They’re the name of cats, two
“very spoiled” cats but they could
also be descriptors for Phyllis Isley -
owner of those two very spoiled cats by
the way.
Isley is a third degree Decided Black
Belt - since May 2005 - but she’s not
your typical practitioner of the art. (Note:
“Decided” is a term used to describe a level
of black belt. It’s a half rank above the
other level, which is “Recommended.”)
Isley is 57.
Taekwondo came into the picture, a
good bit out of necessity, in the late fall
of 1999.
She said she had seen information
about the school in Statesboro where
she lives - although that’s not where she
trained then or instructs/trains today
(more on that later) - and she had talked
to a friend who had praised the program
for improvements to flexibility.
Sounded just like what the doctor
ordered.
In fact it may have been just that
considering the fact she was looking for
a way to continue rehabilitation from a
serious accident.
“I had been told by my physical thera
pist that to completely recover I needed a
program of regular stretching to improve
mobility in my hip and shoulder joints
and to my lower back,” she said. “It
worked. I had my first truly pain-free
days in more than two years about six
months into the program.”
By December she had obtained her
See ARTS, page 2B
“I had been told by my
physical therapist that to
completely recover I
needed a program ol
regular stretching to
improve mobility in my hip
and shoulder joints and to
my lower back. It worked. I
had my first truly
pain-free days in more than
two years about six months
into the program.”
- Phyllis Isley
- grinded through some
tough times and a tough
region to win the 1-AAAAA
tournament championship
at Tift County High.
“It was really special
because of our players,” said
Nix, who is now at work
getting Houston County
ready to defend that title.
SECTION
B
“I had those boys for four
years. Just like I’ve had
these seniors right here for
four years. We’re going to
miss them.
“Since I’ve been here, I
haven’t had a season where
we’ve returned just one
starter. But I don’t think
I’ve ever had a team either
that had nine seniors. We’ve
committed to nine of them,
and they’ve committed to
us. Before it’s all said and
done, this is going to be a
good group.”
The Houston County sea
son was set to start on Nov.
21 at West Laurens. Nix was
still waiting on several ath
letes from the Bears football
team that qualified for the
state playoffs. Among the
players who started practic
ing from the first day, Nix
projects four to be starters.
“We have Jon Nolton,
who played a lot last year,
two or three quarters a
game,” he said. “He rotated
with Quinton and Avery
(Wright). He averaged
around five points, four
rebounds and a couple of
blocked shots. He’s gotten a
little taller and thicker, and
I believe he’s going to have
a real good year.
“We have Vic King back,
who rotated with Reggie
some. He’s our point
guard. Josh Nelson, who’s
See REGROUP, page zB