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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. Age not a factor for this martial arts student/instructor I <§ jf* ip - * ,r A i . : j ' .• , ' -• . Contributed 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. JKI i.. v , tarn ENI/Gary Harmon 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