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MIMING Friday: eature on Northside’s Deonta Jordan, as well as a preview of the Eagles’ matchup with St. Pius X
uUmlNb "" Saturday: Feature on Warner Robins’ Buford brothers, as well as a preview of the Demons’ matchup with Peachtree Ridge
Mansion flatly Tjaurual
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 7, 2006
The Home Journal’s
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SCOREBOARD
High school
Basketball
Tuesday
■ Westside girls 44. Northside
36. Top scorer for Lady Eagles:
Janay Wilson, 13. Seminoles
52, Eagles 46. Top scorer for
Northside: Delaun Mitchell 11.
ON DECK
High school
Basketball
Today
■ Dutchtown at Northside. 6
p.m.
Friday
■ Westfield at Trinity Christian
tournament, teams and times to
be determined.
Saturday
■ Westfield at Trinity Christian
tournament, teams and times to
be determined.
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. Experienced camp coun
selors, campers are well-super
vised, 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.
YMGA 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 can be purchased at
any of the participating courses,
online at www.GeorgiaGolf.com
or by calling 1-800-982-3691.
Willis leads Demons
over Peach County
By MA TTHEW BROWN
' Journal Sports Writer
Still with a six-man varsi
ty basketball roster, Warner
Robins High
had four
starters
score in dou
ble figures
Tuesday in
a 68-58 vic
tory against
Peach
County
High at
home.
Warner Robins boys
68, Peach County
58
Both Peach County and
Warner Robins are still
involved in the state foot
ball playoffs, but basketball
season is in its early stages.
For the home Demons, this
represented the first victory
of 20()6-2007 in the home
debut.
Kenny Willis, after strug
gling to score one week
before at Perry High, had a
team-high 22 points. Point
guard Pierre Miller had 14
points. Kenny Fluellen was
next with 12, and Braxton
Duggar scored 10.
With both Willis and Miller
connecting on 3-point shots,
Warner Robins jumped out
to a 10-2 lead. Miller had
an all-around strong floor
game as later in the first
quarter he pushed the bas
ketball down court after
an offensive rebound and
flipped a pass to Stephen
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Demonette Cherie White takes a spill while contending for the ball with a Lady Trojan
player.
Stratford sweeps Westfield
From staff reports
Westfield’s girls and boys
took to the road and to Macon
Tuesday where
both played
and fell short
to Stratford.
The Lady
Hornets lost
56- while
the Hornets
were beaten
57-
Westfield’s
girls, which
Stratford girls
56, Westfield 28;
Eagles 57, Hornets
40
trailed at the half 25-14,
couldn’t get any of its players
on track or in double-digits. It
also couldn’t find an answer to
Virginia Hershey who scored
21 points for the Lady Eagles.
Teammate Sara Ann Manocheo
had 10. Hanna Jones, one of
five sophomores - the other
seven are freshmen - led the
Lady Hornets in scoring with
6. Mallory Eubanks, one of the
Sports
Edwards for two. Edwards
was the only substitute on
the bench available to coach
Chip Malone.
Miller scored two more
points off his own steal,
pushing the Demons to a
21-7 lead after eight minutes
of play.
Warner Robins was look
ing at a runaway in the sec
ond quarter. Willis, at 4:17
until halftime, sank a 3-
pointer to put his club up by
17, 30-13. Miller picked up
a pair of assists, including
a hard pass through several
people to Duggar. The point
guard was on the receiving
end of a fast-break feed, and
the ensuing lay-in doubled
up Peach County 36-18.
Peach’s own offense
showed signs of warming
up prior to intermission.
With a 3-point field goal, the
Trojans ended the first half
on a 9-2 run and trailed by
11, 38-27, at the half.
Warner Robins’ own shoot
ing success went in a differ
ent direction at the start of
the second half. More than
two minutes into the third,
Edwards ran the floor to get
his team’s first field goal.
Peach, with an open look,
got as close as eight, 41-33.
The Demons answered
with some of their easier
attempts of the half, Willis
getting an assist on the break
to Duggar and Fluellen scor-
aforementioned ninth graders,
had 5, as did another fresh
man, Abby Goodroe. Mekensie
Jackson had 4, Haley Way and
Mason Moreland 3 and Sheldon
Hiley finished out the team’s
scoring with 2.
The loss dropped Westfield to
1-3 overall. They, along with the
Hornets, are slated to play next
at the Trinity Christian tourna
ment Friday and Saturday in
Dublin.
As far as the Hornets, they
34-21 at the half.
They had problems stopping
Will Schorr who scored 17 and
Ross Rabun and Russell Henley,
each of which scored 11.
Nash Murph, the Hornets’
only senior, led them with
8. Riley Sims had 7, Casey
Young 5 and Cohen Carpenter
3. Everybody else, Keenan
Malone, John Peake, Spurgeon
Green Wade Tillman and Matt
Amrit had 2.
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Warner Robins’ Ricky Ritter (12) and Peach County players battle over a rebound during
the teams’ game Tuesday at Warner Robins.
ing after a turnover. In the
last minute of the third,
Willis sank two 3-pointers,
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A Warner Robins wrestler struggles to maintain his grip against Perry's Drew
Benefield during their match Tuesday at Warner Robins. The Demons won the
match 42-33. For more, see 28.
and Warner Robins led 55-
40.
The Trojans had three
Demonettes open strong,
soar past Lady Trojans
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Warner Robins’
Demonettes never looked
back after an 11-0 run to open
Tuesday’s
non-region
girls basket
ball action
at home.
Four play
ers scored
in double
figures in
Warner
Robins’ 64-
Warner Robins girls
64, Peach County
59
59 triumph against Peach
County High.
Symone Wilkerson led the
way with 13 points. After the
big scoring run started the
contest, Wilkerson banked
home a 3-point basket and
cut inside on the dribble
for two more points. The
Demonettes were ahead 18-6
after the opening quarter.
SECTION
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3-point makes in the sec
ond half and several
See DEMONS, page iB
Cherie White had 12
points, including a basket on
a drive at the end of the first
half. She led her team to a
29-10 lead at halfitme.
Kittery Maine, senior cen
ter, was a spectator for most
of the first half due to foul
trouble. With a fresh start in
the second half, she had nine
of her 11 total points in the
third quarter. She couldn’t
avoid picking up another
foul, but Antoinette Howell
took her place in the post
and proceeded to contrib
ute five points before the
period’s end.
The Demonettes led 50-22
going into the fourth quar
ter. Peach had one of its best
runs of the night of seven in
a row, prompting more regu
lars to return to the court.
Liza Gaines, Warner Robins’
other double-digit scorer,
See STRONG, page iB