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Mouston Batly
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 6, 2006
The Home Journal s
SANDLOT
ON DECK
High school
Basketball
Thursday
■ Dutchtown at Northside, 6
p.m. (Note: Originally scheduled
for Friday.)
Friday
■ Perry at Warner Robins. 7
p.m. (Note: Awaiting - per boys
head coach Chip Malone - word
on probable reschedule.)
■ Westfield at Trinity Christian
tournament, teams and times to
be determined.
Saturday
■ Northside at Perry, 6 p.m.
(Note: This game rescheduled
for Jan. 20, 2007 per Lady
Eagles head coach Cassandra
Willson.)
High school wrestling
Friday
■ Houston County, Northside
and Perry at Baldwin tourney,
5 p.m.
High school swimming
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Bearcat
Bash in Bainbridge. 9 a.m.
■ Houston County at Chatham
County Invitational, 9 a.m.
High school football
Friday
■ Northside versus St. Pius X, 6
p.m. in the Georgia Dome
Saturday
■ Warner Robins versus
Peachtree Ridge. 9 p.m. in the
Georgia Dome
IN BRIEF
Demons playoff tickets
go on sale
Tickets for Warner Robins'
semifinal playoff game Saturday
are currently on sale - while
supplies last - at the front office
of the school. All tickets are sls,
and are valid for all the games
played Saturday.
Warner Robins Rec to hold
Christmas camp
The Warner Robins
Recreation Department is regis
tering boys and girls ages 7-12
for Holly Days Christmas Camp
to be held Dec. 21 through Jan.
4, 2007 (Christmas holidays
for Houston County Schools).
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. except Dec. 25 and Jan.
1, 2007. Each day. according to
a release, will be full of games,
songs and seasonal crafts.
Experienced camp counselors,
campers are well-supervised,
structured program. The cost is
$75 for city residents: sllO for
county residents and $l4O for
out-of-county.
Call the department at 478-
929-6946 for more information.
YMCA offers special
sign-up promotion
The YMCA is currently offer
ing a special promotion where
they are giving away one free
month of gym membership to
all new members. The center
offers: gymnastics, jiu-jitsu, fit
kidz, dance and much more. A
family membership consists of
an SBS joiner’s fee plus the first
month of S4B. Under the promo
tion, you pay SBS and your first
month of service is free.
The offer will expire Dec. 31.
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. The pass
can be purchased at any of
the participating courses, online
at www.GeorgiaGolf.com or by
calling toll free 1-800-982-3691.
Demonettes swim to second, again
Warner Robins
boys finish third
Special to the Journal
Warner Robins High School’s girls
swim team finished second, while the
boys came home third at the Pace
Academy Invitational Swim Meet this
past weekend.
The Demonettes’ record is now 17-2
while the boys are 12-7.
Pace Academy won both the girls and
boys meet (the final point spread was
not available at press time).
For the girls, sophomore standout
Anne Culpepper led the way. She earned
40 points by, according to Warner Robins
coach Barbara Hawkins, “dominating”
the 200 and 500 free events. She also
swam to a state qualifying time in the
100 Freestyle during the 400 Freestyle
relay.
Both Rachel Sundry and Brittani
Wharton also won their events - the 100
Backstroke and 100 Breastroke, respec
tively, while earning 64 points between
them.
Additionally, Shannon Sulik earned a
first place ribbon with her “stunning”
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Perry swim squad
increases numbers
From staff reports
As Perry High School’s
swim team has grown, so
has its success. The team,
according to head coach Lee
Ledger measures 21 strong
this year. That number was
nine last year. Ledger cred
ited part of that increase to
a change in venue.
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Warner Robins’ Erik Hanson swims to a first-place finish in the 100 Fly. He also led the Demons in terms
of points earned/contributed to the effort. He compiled 36.
“We are now practic
ing at Fort Valley State
University,” he said, “(Just)
a short 15-minute drive
from our school.”
Proof of their newfound
strength in numbers came
at the Coffee County
Invitational Swim Meet
See PERRY, page zB
Talley, Benefield pace Panther grapplers
From staff reports
As a team and in regard to a score there
wasn’t a whole lot to report, said Perry
wrestling coach Randy Mizell, in regard to
the Southside Slam the Panthers competed
at this past weekend at Eagle’s Landing in
McDonough.
Individually, however, Perry had two wres
tlers finish 4-2. They were seniors Dustin
Talley in the 130-pound weight class and
Drew Benefield at 125 pounds.
Talley also improved his record to 5-2
overall, with four pins, while Benefield is
Bear
Duals
Houston County
hosted the Bear
Duals, a 10-team
format, Saturday
at the school.
ABOVE:
North side’s
Devlin Walker
attempts to work
himself free of
a West Laurens
wrestler.
LEFT: Eagle
female wrestler
Chelsea Cook
grapples with a
Raider. See 2B for
results.
ENI/Gary Harmon
now 5-3 overall, also with four pins.
As a team, Mizell said it was a “great
experience for our younger guys because
they were able to face really good wrestlers
from the Atlanta area.
“We had five starters not go - for various
reasons,” he added. “So we had to move a
few wrestlers into higher weight classes to
eliminate forfeits.”
He also added the team should be back at
full strength for Friday-Saturday’s Baldwin
Brawl, which he added, is a 10-team round
robin tournament in which “we will wrestle
nine matches in two days.”
SECTION
B
HoCofades
to Raiders
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Houston County welcomed
some new faces into the flow
of basket
ball season
Monday
with the
first home
contest of
2006-2007.
However,
with too
many cold
shooting
West Laurens boys
70, Houston County
57
spells, the Bears dropped its
second game to West Laurens
High 70-57
in the Bear
Den.
The Bears
could only
muster
seven points
in the fourth
quarter,
which began
Inside'!
Williams
leads Lady
Bears past
Raiderettes
- page 2B
with West Laurens’ Raiders
leading 54-50.
Jon Nolton, Houston
County center, had 24
points. The next closest in
the scoring column was Ryan
Stallings with 10. Rashad
Turner added eight.
Nolton had two strong
scoring quarters, the first
and the third. With his team
down 15-10 in the opening
period, he had two good
looks at the basket in the
paint for four points.
Eric O’Neal, playing in
his first basketball game
after the conclusion of the
Houston football season on
Friday, found himself all
alone underneath to convert
his first attempt of the sea
son. Josh Nelson, another
football player making his
hard court debut, provided
the assist.
West t Laurens would
See FADES, page iB