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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 21,2006
The Home Journal’s
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ON DECK
High school
basketball
Chick-fil-A Bear Brawl at
Houston County
Today
■ Campbell girls versus Perry,
7 p.m.
■ North Clayton girls (bye in
first round) versus winner Peach
County versus Houston County,
4 p.m.
■ Hiram boys versus Perry, 5:30
p.m.
■ Westside boys versus Warner
Robins, 8:30 p.m.
■ Boys losers game 1 and 2
versus each other, 2:30 p.m.
Friday
■ Winner between Hawkinsville
versus Warner Robins girls ver
sus winner Campbell versus
Perry, 7 p.m.
■ Girls losers game 1 and 2
versus each other, 1 p.m.
■ Girls losers game 3 and 4
versus each other, 4 p.m.
■ Winner between Hiram ver
sus Perry boys versus winner
Westside versus Warner Robins,
5:30 p.m.
■ Winner between Hawkinsville
versus Northside boys versus
winner Peach County versus
Houston County, 8:30 p.m.
■ Boys losers game 4 and 5
versus each other, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday
■ Girls final, teams to be deter
mined. 7 p.m.
■ Girls loser game 7 versus win
ner of game 5 (for third place),
4 p.m.
■ Girls loser game 5 versus
winner game 6 (for fifth place).
1 p.m.
■ Boys final, teams to be deter
mined. 8:30 p.m.
■ Boys game 11, teams to be
determined (for third place), 5:30
p.m.
■ Boys game 3 winner versus
game 6 winner (for fifth place),
2:30 p.m.
■ Boys game 3 loser versus
game 6 loser (for seventh place),
11:30 a.m.
IN BRIEF
Red Cross to hold
inagural bowling tourney
TThe Houston-Middle Georgia
Chapter of the American Red
Cross will hold its inaugural
“Roll into the New Year'' Bowling
Tournament Jan. 20, 2007.
The tournament will be held at
the Gold Cup Bowling Center on
Russell Parkway and will start at
10 a.m. and last until 1 p.m.
According to a release from
the American Red Cross,
“Everyone is encouraged to
participate regardless of bowl
ing experience, as this will be a
scratch tournament.’’
The entry fee is $l5O for
a six-person team. It includes
pizza and soda.
Registration will be available
on the day of the tournament.
Visit www.middlegeorgiared
cross.org for a registration form
or call 923-6332 to sponsor the
tournament.
Winter Players Pass
available for golfers
A Winter Players Pass is now
available for purchase at three
northern state park golf loca
tions.
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 1-800-982-3691.
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Westfield’s Keenan Malone works under pressure against Tattnall defenders during the
Hornets’ game against the Trojans Tuesday at home.
Tattnall beats Westfield
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Brett Layson, just over two weeks removed
from leading Tattnall Square to a state football
championship as the quarter
back, had 19 points on the
Westfield basketball court to
spark the Trojans to a 58-34
win against the Hornets.
Westfield’s defense held the
Trojans to just five points in
the first quarter, but then it
was the Hornet offense that
Tattnall 58.
Westfield 34
sputtered the rest of the con
test. Westfield had just four points in the sec
ond period while missing lay-up after lay-up.
Nash Murph had 15 points from the center
position to lead the home team. Point guard
Keenan Malone had seven points while Steven
Peake came off the bench to score six.
Malone in fact scored Westfield’s first points
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Lady Hornet Daryl Ann Thompson goes for a steal or jump ball.
Defensive effort not enough for Lady Hornets
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Westfield girls basketball coach Jeff Eubanks
could have given his young Lady Hornets
high marks for getting on the
offensive boards and forcing
turnovers Tuesday in their
home contest against Tattnall
Square.
But scoring points counts
the most in team sports, and
Westfield was unable to turn
most of their hustle plays into
scoring. As a result, Tattnall
LadyTh>jans63,
Lady Hornets 35
Square cruised to a 63-35 win in Perry.
The Lady Trojans, with advantages in size
Sports
of the game over two and a half minutes into
the action. He would also score off a steal in
the opening period.
Late in the quarter, Murph popped in a turn
around jumper and sank a long 3-pointer on a
possession the Hornets fought hard to main
tain. On the defensive end, Westfield blocked
two Tattnall shots and stood on top 11-5 going
into the second period.
But while the Hornets were having problems
scoring on the inside, the Trojans hit two 3-
pointers in the first three minutes of the sec
ond. The next thing Westfield knew, it was a
tied game, then Tattnall Square surged ahead
for good. The visitors stuck back a missed
foul shot and had another basket on a fourth
chance attempt.
The Trojan lead at halftime was 22-15.
Despite Murph’s six points early in the
second half, Tattnall Square ran out to a
10-point lead. Murph added a pair of steals
See BEA TS, page zB
and experience, overcame strong defensive
efforts by Mason Moreland and Haley Way by
throwing the long inbound passes to get 1-on-l
or even 2-on-l situations.
Westfield was as close as five, 10-5, in the
first quarter when Daryl Ann Thompson stole
one of those outlets. Way got an offensive
rebound to Moreland for a long jumper.
But Tattnall Square, with two 3-pointers,
ended the first quarter on a 10-0 run (20-5).
Way continued to play a strong game added
steals and offensive rebounds to her totals.
Westfield could only capitalize on a few of
these chances, though. Hanna Jones made
a steal with an assist to Mallory Eubanks
See EFFORT, page zB
GBGA finalizes
2007 schedule
Special to the Journal
The Georgia State
Golf Association has
unveiled its competi
tions schedule for the
2007 season. The slate
of events includes 18
statewide competitions,
18 qualifying rounds
for two state champion
ships, three interstate
matches, an intrastate
competition and 17
qualifying rounds for
USGA national champi
onships.
The GSGA’s lon
gest-running event,
the Georgia Amateur
Championship, takes
place at Ansley Golf
Club’s Settindown Creek
Course in Roswell, July
12-15, 2007.
Now in its 86th year,
the Amateur is making
its first appearance at
Settindown Creek. The
championship was first
contested at Atlanta’s
Capital City Club in
1916 where it was won
by 14-year-old Robert T.
“Bobby” Jones, Jr.
Qualifying rounds
for the 2007 Amateur
Championship will be
held at 12 sites across
the state from June 4-
25.
The 26th annual
Georgia Mid-Amateur
Championship revisits
the Country Club of
Columbus for the first
time since 1998. The
2007 event is scheduled
for May 18-20, 2007.
Qualifying rounds for
the Mid-Amateur will
be held at six locations
statewide from April 9-
23, 2007.
Two GSGA women’s
Nobody wins when
things end in a tie
I find it extremely
interesting that
during the regular
high school football sea
son, none of the games
were allowed to end in
ties but for the most
important game of the
season, the title game,
the Georgia High School
Association refuses to
allow any tiebreaking
procedure.
Fortunately for
Houston County read
ers, Northside had the
good sense to put a
whipping on Marist to
make the GHSA policy
a moot point.
Peach County also
had the foresight to
win convincingly rather
than end with what is
basically a no-decision.
A tie in a champion
ship game is like win
ning an all expenses paid
vacation to Iran. Mixed
emotions run rampant.
I can go through the
rest of my life knowing I
won something, but I’m
not sure I want to brag
about it.
It could be compared
to waking up one morn
ing to find out Terrell
Owens married my sis
ter.
I could boast about
having a famous athlete
"Mostly, I believe If teams can't
win the game in regulation, they
deserve the tie. But Americans,
including me, want a clear-cut
winner."
SECTION
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championships will cele
brate their 10th anniver
saries in 2007. Both the
Georgia Women’s Match
Play Championship and
GSGA Senior Women’s
Championship began
in 1998. The Women’s
Match Play takes place
April 11-13, 2007, at
Sunset Hills Country
Club in Carrollton, the
only host site in the
history of the event.
The Senior Women’s
Championship returns
to Callaway Gardens in
Pine Mountain for the
second-straight year,
Aug. 20-21, 2007.
GSGA is once again
offering three events
specifically for senior
men (age 55 and above).
The fourth annual
Senior Tournament
takes place at Eagle’s
Landing Country Club
in Stockbridge, May 7-
9, 2007.
This is the only GSGA
competition to not only
feature Stableford scor
ing, but also a Super
Senior Division for play
ers age 65 and older.
The Ford Plantation
in Richmond Hill will
host its first GSGA
competition when
it holds the Georgia
Senior Championship,
Aug. 29-31, 2007.
The Senior Four-Ball
Championship, the sea
son’s final competition,
takes place Nov. 14-16,
2007, at Jekyll Island
Golf Resort.
The 42nd annu
al Georgia Junior
Championship, tradi
tionally a showcase of
the state’s top junior
See GSGA, page zB
Joe Sersey
Journal
Correspondent
in my
fam
ily but
then
I ’ d
have to
admit
who
he was
and
have
to hear
for the rest of my life,
“Couldn’t she have
married Osama bin
Laden?”
Mostly, I believe if
teams can’t win the
game in regulation,
they deserve the tie.
But Americans, includ
ing me, want a clear-cut
winner.
I point the finger at
GHSA. The individuals
who set policy fail to
show any consistency.
Why have tiebreak
ers during the regular
season just to change
the policy for a champi
onship. For sure there
wouldn’t have been any
ties in the playoffs, so
why have one for the
championship game.
Imagine the Super
Bowl with the Atlanta
Falcons in attendance.
They bought tick
ets because that’s the
See SERSEY, page iB