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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” See SWlM,page itt •>' 4,/"., Wr Ik - ■ K. / Jr fcfpf? jP mBES j 5? Nk I jj« . a!* fit!. f ...... Mi • %L --m *. WT Wr^~ * F % % ttte mm < - i 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. Sports . ( v* ’•"/• • 1 m . ■ —i —» mmmmmmmmmmmmm —■ —■ — ; ———» —. — * ; —-—. —« > Contributed/Bruce Avery 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