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3&mstmt Haiiy; Tjonninl WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT *TfWMT ON DECK High school Basketball Friday ■ Windsor at Westfield, 6 p.m. Saturday ■Westfield at Central Fellowship. 4 p.m. High school swimming Friday ■ Warner Robins at Landmark Christian, 5 p.m. Saturday ■ Houston County/Northside Invite, 9:30 a.m.. at Fort Valley State University High school football Friday ■ Marist at Northside, 7:30 p.m. IN BRIEF 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 the first month is free. The offer will expire Dec. 31. Museum to host its annual walk/runs 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. All three courses are USA Track and Field certified and all threes are also run on Robins Air Force Base. Runners and walkers whose registrations are postmarked by Jan. 5. 2007 are guaranteed, according to the release, a “qual ity colorful long-sleeve shirt on race day.” A variety of trophies/awards will be offered. Entry fees are SBO for a relay team. S4O for the marathon, S3O for the half marathon and $lB for the 5K run/walk. Each marathon and half-mara thon runner will receive a medal lion with ribbon as they cross the finish line. The start time for the mara thon and half marathon is 8 a.m. The 5K run/walk will start at 8:15 a.m. Race packets may be picked up at the Museum of Aviation Century of Flight Hangar on race day only between 6:30-7:30 a.m. A picture ID is required at regis tration/check-in. Award ceremo nies start Jan. 13, at 9:30 a.m. in the Museum's Century of Flight Hangar. A $5 surcharge applies for registrations after Jan. 5. To register or for more information call Race Director John Hunter at 478-926-6686 (day) or 478- 953-5335 (evening) or email him at hunterjh@cox.net. Or, con tact June Lowe or Mary Lynn Harrison at 478-923-6600 or email MaryLynn.Harrison@mus eumofaviation.org. On-line detailed race informa tion can be found at http://robin spacers.org or www.museumofa viation.org. Demonettes swim to third-straight second Special to the Journal When is second place acceptable, or at least tol erable? When you beat 18 teams to get there. Such was the case for Warner Robins’ girls swim team. The Demonettes fin ished runner-up - for the third-straight meet (they also have a tournament win on their record) at the Bear Cat Bash in Bainbridge. The team came in behind Columbus High, 74-57. The Demons (26-12) at the same meet were sixth out of 20 teams. Bainbridge High was first on their side of the house. Northside also competed at the meet with its girls finishing fourth with 51 points and the Eagles fin ishing 13th with 5. As far as the girls in regard to scoring, Senior Abigail Cunningham and iJjHH Journal. Don Moncrief The Georgia Independent School Association’s 25th Annual All-Star football game was held this past Saturday at Mount de Sales’ Cavalier Fields in Macon. Westfield’s representatives for the annual event were (pictured): head coach Ronnie Jones (as an assistant) and Ryan Campbell and Zach Young. The players, seniors, were selected by GISA coaches. ill, jSMHVjR I ** v Reflecting on some little-known contributions High school football for us all comes down to one game in 2006. I will take this oppor tunity to reflect on some of what has happened since Sept. 1. There are several things I know a lot of local fans, players and coaches would just as soon forget, so I will not drudge up those unpleasant memories. In terms of positions on the field, there were some significant strides made by players not even on the radar screen in all of my preseason chats. Take placekicker for example, where a pair of freshmen came on strong. They are Devon Pike of Northside and Ray Guin of Perry. Pike has been calmly and consis tently making his PAT tries ever Sports Junior Anne Culpepper led the way. They both scored 12 points each. Cunningham won the 200 Free with, according to coach Barbara Hawkins, a “stunning finish” at the wall to out touch Northside High School’s Lindsey Duprey. “Abby lengthened her strokes to really beat her to the wall,” Hawkins said. Culpepper also placed sec ond in the 100 Back and won the 200 IM with, Hawkins said, an “amaz ing” state cut while she went on to swim the 100 Fly and place second behind Duprey. Rachel Sundry also con tributed eight points for the Demonettes. She was second in the 500 Free and fourth in the 100 Back. Brittani Wharton also scored five points - earned See SWlM,page jB Hornet All-Stars t~ —HHKL—I Matthew Brown Journal Sports Writer to qualify for the state playoffs. The real kicker to make a splash this year was David Clark at Warner Robins. He was the only freshman on the 2005 roster, and now he is in the school-record books as a sophomore. An area that was really fun to watch . k 4i i "% .M lJh Contributed Demonette swimmers celebrate their second-place finish at the Bear Cat Bash this past weekend in Bainbridge. hjL ‘ *4ji Ibbll^h^l B^BBBBB^ : j* /V sf since Day 1. Perry coach Andy Scott must have wondered where Guin’s kick ing was early in the season (see Jackson game for reference), but the youngster did provide some key points late against Spalding wfygn the Panthers attempted was the defensive line, especially at Houston County High games. Those guys, from Princeton Dean to Dexter Holman, could move. And keep a big eye on big Kanorris Davis at Perry. It’s like he doesn’t have a set position, more like a hybrid of some sort. Northside is going for that elusive state championship against Marist, but even as the Eagles kept winning games this year I would bring up this point in our offices. Northside may well win it all, but will we be wonder ing if last year’s team that came up short against Statesboro was overall a better squad? My main point of argument in that was the running game. See BROWN, page zB SECTION B Bears take Chatham Invitational From staff reports It turned out to he a very productive weekend for Houston County’s girl’s and boy’s swim teams as they competed in the Chatham County Invitational held Saturday in Savannah. For starters, and perhaps most important, the squads qualified two boys and two girls relay teams - the 200 Medley and the 400 Free - for the state tournament to be held in February in Atlanta. In addition, said head coach Jamey Richardson, the team has qualified for nine individual events and he listed them - the names of the people who have qual ified as well as the event(s) they have qualified in - as follows: Sophomore Annie Bratcher, who has quali fied in the 200 Free and the 100 Breast; Junior Justin Burkholder, who has quali fied in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Breast; Junior Joey Morgan, who has qualified in the 200 and the 500 Free; Senior Cameron Tufts, who has qualified in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Free; and Senior Brennan Lawson, who has qualified in the 100 Breast. The other good/great news from this weekend was the fact the Bears defeat ed Benedictine - in part, Richardson said, to the 58 relay points scored for the meet title. “A key here,” he said, “was the performance of the younger swimmers as they delivered 14 points in the 200 Free Relay and finished third with 12 points in the 400 Free Relay.” Also, added Richardson, Sophomore Nathan Meece, Freshman Michael Morgan, Freshman Karsten Tufts and Burkholder performed “well” to finish second in the 200 Free Relay (less than a second behind). Overall, Lawson led the way in terms of points con tributed to the team’s finish. He had 18. He also teamed with Josh and Joey Morgan and Tufts to claim 18 points in the 200 Medley Relay and 18 more in the 400 Free Relay. Tufts finished with 16 points, Josh Morgan, 16 and Burkholder and Joey Morgan, 13. As far as the Lady Bears, See BEARS, page jB