Newspaper Page Text
Moustmt 3Jmmral
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 8, 2006
The Home Journal’s
SANDLOT
1 flff I mWTWV
ON DECK
High school
Basketball
Today
■ Westfield at Trinity Christian
tournament, teams and times to
be determined.
Saturday
■ Westfield at Trinity Ch'istian
tournament, teams and .imes to
be determined.
High school wrestling
Today
■ Houston County, Northside
and r erry at Baldwin tourney.
5 r.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
Today
■ 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.
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 avail
able in limited 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 1-800-982-3691.
Hornet All-Stars
Zach Young and Ryan
Campbell both seniors at
Westfield, have been selected
to participate in the 25th annual
GISA All-Star football game
Saturday at Mount de Sales’
Cavalier Fields. These two play
ers will compete for the Blue
All-Star team that will also be
coached by Westfield Head
Football Coach Ronnie Jones
as he serves as an assistant for
the Blue Team.
Enlightenment
Northside preps to tame any Lion rally
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Time for a little enlighten
ment.
Thomas County-Central,
with its five state football
championships, is leading
St. Pius X by 20 at home
in last week’s GHSA AAAA
quarterfinal contest.
So then why isn’t
Northside High, bracketed
to face the winner of this
JT % mk ■
ENl'Gary Harmon
Northside quarterback Marques Ivory struggles to break free of a Habersham Central defender this past Friday at
McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Eagles' Jordan bashing pads, turning heads
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Let’s say Northside High
School football is completely
brand new to you except for
the past two years (as it is
to this writer). Not only has
one particular player made
an impression on you with
his tenacity and skills from
both the linebacker and
fullback positions, but also
with an interesting habit he
has prior to every defensive
play.
Before the Eagle defense
gets lined up each and every
time, the players need to
know the formation and the
coverage. The job of relay
ing this information, for the
past two years, has belonged
to Deonta Jordan. Before
anything is said, he will bash
both fists onto the shoulder
pads of a teammate.
Is this a product of his
own intensity, a newcomer
to the Eagle football scene
might wonder?
“Northside’s been doing it
for a long time,” explained
Jordan, who along with the
Museum of Aviation to host its annual runs/walk
What: 11th Annual Museum of Aviation
Foundation marathon, half marathon and
5K run/walk
When: Jan. 13, 2007, 8 a.m.
Where: Robins Air Force Base
Cost: SBO for relay team, S4O for the
marathon, S3O for half marathon and $lB
for 5K run/walk
Contact information: Race Director
John Hunter, 926-6686 or 953-5335
- e-mail hunterjh@cox.net; Mary Lynn
Harrison, 923-6600 - e-mail Mary Lynn.
Harrison@museumofaviation.org
Sports
game in
the Georgia
Dome,
playing
the Yellow
Jackets?
The next
thing we
know, we
wake up
Northside versus
St. Plus X, today,
6 p.m., In the
Georgia Dome
Saturday morning to find
that the Golden Lions edged
out Thomas County-Central
by one.
rest of his teammates are in
the middle of preparations
for a second straight trip
to Atlanta’s Georgia Dome
today to take on St. Pius X
in the GHSA AAAA semifi
nals. “It’s what we do when
we get ready to break the
huddle, let the players know,
‘Pay attention, I’m fixing to
call the play.’
“I received (the duty) when
I got here. It comes natural.
I like doing it.”
But that’s only a small
part of what football fans
get to see in a Northside
game from Jordan. He is a
playmaker and a hitter as
evidenced by his quarter
back sack last Friday when
the Eagles beat Habersham
Central 34-0 in the quarter
finals at McConnell-Talbert
Stadium.
The visiting Raiders were
trying to get into Eagle ter
ritory by converting a third
down in the first quarter.
Jordan blitzed his way past
everyone for the tackle,
which took away 11 yards.
“I love making big plays,”
he said. “But if weren’t for
Special to the Journal
The 11th Annual Museum of
Aviation Foundation marathon, half
marathon and 5K run/walk will be
held at the Museum of Aviation Jan.
13, 2007.
The Museum of Aviation
Foundation and the Robins Pacers
Running/Walking Club sponsor the
event, according to a release, “one of
the fastest growing marathon races
held in Middle Georgia” and a mem
ber of the 2007 Run & See Georgia
Grand Prix Series.
Proceeds from the event benefit
the Museum of Aviation.
"They just battle. It seems like it's a
group of kids that doesn't want to let
their teammates down, let themselves
down. They probably come from families
that have high expectations of success."
- Northside head football coach Conrad Nix
“You have to have a lot of
respect for a group that can
mr r
" ■" V • yBL
wm*"
'.. aSBf f l iid^P rr
n _ ?j|t r *
-.. Hr wKf
: M X»L -'\L ' X^BT-S''’ 7
■' / . J - w* i *»■»>
;• » -*sk*di
%m » | • j'• ' > -•-,; 1 %
* •- *■«
ENI/Gary Harmon
The Eagles’ Deonta Jordan fights for yardage against Habersham Central defenders
this past Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
the D-linemen in front of me
opening up the path for me
Last year a total of 551 runners
and walkers from all over the United
States participated in the races held
on Robins Air Force Base.
All three courses are USA Track
and Field certified, making the
events qualifiers for premier nation
al and international events like the
Boston Marathon.
All three races are also run on
Robins Air Force Base having rela
tively flat courses with several short
inclines. Runners and walkers
whose registrations are postmarked
by Jan. 5 are guaranteed, according
to the release, a “quality colorful
do that,” said Eagles head
coach Conrad Nix, who will
to go get the quarterback ...
I give a lot of credit to the
SECTION
B
lead Northside against St.
Pius X in Atlanta today with
a spot in the state cham
pionship game on the line.
“Coming back from a 27-7
deficit to winning the ball
game in overtime. It’s sort
of unheard of in high school,
and probably very rare in
college and the pros.
“To see where the guys
rally around and make a few
plays, and the other team
doesn’t make a few plays. It’s
a thing you really don’t want
to see when you’re playing
somebody like that the next
week. At the same time, you
really admire somebody who
is able to do that.”
As for how St. Pius X, the
No. 3 seed from a sub-divided
Region 6-AAAA, managed to
pull off this particular come
back, Nix said it was a case
of the Lions sticking to their
offensive game plan.
“The quarterback made
some long runs, a couple of
big throws. He just didn’t
panic,” he said. “He had
great huddle presence, pock
et presence, and it was just
one of those things. Thomas
County-Central couldn’t
stop him.
“They are predominantly
an option team. They will
give you a multitude of for
mations, but they are going
to run the option a lot: dive,
quarterback pitch in differ
ent sets. They will get in the
shotgun some.”
From a defensive stand
point, St. Pius X did give
up a significant number of
points to the Yellow Jackets,
but had its moments late in
order to make the win pos
sible.
See TAME, page 2B
defensive linemen playing
See JORDAN, page iB
long-sleeve shirt on race day.”
Trophies are also awarded to the
overall top three male and female
finishers in each race; the overall
top male and female masters in each
race; the top active duty military
male and female in the marathon;
the overall top male, female and
mixed marathon relay teams; as well
as the top three male and female
finishers in fourteen different age
categories.
Each marathon and half-mara
thon runner will receive a medal
lion with ribbon as they cross the
See MUSEUM, page iB