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Mouetot Bail*j 3jmmutl SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT ON DECK High school basketball Today ■ Northside al JB Hawkins tour nament, teams and times to be determined Tuesday ■ Mount de Sales at Westfield, 4:30 p.m. IN BRIEF Waterford to hold high school golf conditioning Waterford Golf Club will hold high school golf conditioning in January (Tuesday for Houston County, Wednesday for Warner Robins and Thursday for Northside). It is set to be held from 4- 5 p.m. For additional details, ask your coach or e-mail PGA Professional Krag Woodyard at pgaprokrag@pga.com or call him at 478-447-9399. YMCA has job opening for fitness director The Houston County YMCA is now accepting resumes for the position of full-time Fitness Director. Qualified candidates possessing a strong desire to build a quality program, man age their own department and be part of the national and local YMCA movement may submit their resume to Jim Mercer, CEO at jmercer@hocoymca.org. Salary and benefits are com mensurate with experience, education, certification and a proven track record. Resumes will be accepted until Jan. 5, 2007 with the position start date to be mid-to-late January. Red Cross to hold inagural bowling tourney The 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. 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.middle georgiaredcross.org for a regis tration form or call 923-6332 to sponsor the tournament. 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 “quality colorful long sleeve shirt on race day." A $5 surcharge applies for registra tions after Jan. 5, 2007. Entry fees are SBO for a relay team, S4O for the marathon, S3O for the half marathon and $lB for the 5K run/walk. A variety of trophies/awards will be offered. The start time for the marathon and half marathon is 8 a.m. The 5K run/walk will start at 8:15 a.m. Each marathon and half-marathon runner will receive a medallion with ribbon as they cross the finish line. On-line detailed race informa tion can be found at http://robin spacers.org or www.museumo faviation.org. 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 registration/check-in. To register or for more infor mation call Race Director John Hunter at 478-926-6686 (day) or 478-953-5335 (evening) or email him at hunterjh@cox.net. Or, contact June Lowe or Mary Lynn Harrison at 478-923-6600 or email MaryLynn.Harrison@m useumofaviation.org. Local liflers take first at battle of countries kAJi ;< * Til ' Contributed Pictured are members of the Next Level Power Team, a group of local power lifters who recently competed and won at the WNPF Battle of Countries meet in Atlanta in November. They also set several world records in the process. r . Up-* ' _ _ _ Journal/Matthew Brown Westfield 119-pound wrestler Nickolas Kinnebrew tries to work out of some trouble in a dual match against Mount de Sales Thursday at Westfield. The meet marked the Hornets' season opener. jp| , % j£/ .Journal/Matthew Brown Luke Campbell shakes the hand of visiting Mt. de Sales coaches after winning an exhibition match. Perry Horseshoe Pitchers’ Club holds awards banquet From Staff Reports The Perry Horseshoe Pitchers’ Club held its annual awards banquet Dec. 8 at the Hawkinsville steak house. The group also held officer elections at that time. Those voted upon were: Tom Carter, who was re-elect ed president of the organiza tion, Buddy Ayer who was re-elected publicity director and finally, Mary Ann Gibbs, who was elected secretary/ treasurer. Honors handed out by the club were as follows: Dave McKim was singled out as the Spring League Champion and Ayer as the Summer League Champion. McKim also picked up rec Sports ognition for having the High Average and the High Game during the spring, while Howard Kuehn had the High Average for the summer and Gibbs had the High Game for the summer. Gibbs was also recognized for having the High Game Over Average for the spring and Alma McKim was recog nized for having it during the summer. Gibbs picked up one more honor on the night and that was Club Champion. Chuck Poole was singled out as the Most Improved pitcher and he also received the Sportsmanship award. The club’s Rookie of k the Year honors went to See AWARDS, page jA They also set several world records Special to the Journal The Next Level Power Team competed in the WNPF Battle of Countries meet in Atlanta Nov. 18. The meet, according to a release, is one of two in which world records can be set in the WNPF. The meet was comprised of 72 lift ers from various regions. The Next Level Power Team entered the competitibn with a 3- O record and this victory brought their record to 4-0. The team was sponsored by Odorßan of Perry. The Next Level Power Team consisted of men and women of various ages. They competed in the squat, bench press, and deadlift catego ries. Dr. Johnny Gayton, a local oph thalmologist and powerhouse, weighing in at 165 pounds, fin ished the competition with 1,102 combined pounds lifted. Gayton said he never imagined he would break 1,100 pounds at his age but he set state records in the bench press, squat, deadlift, and power curl competitions. His deadlift of 437 pounds set Mat opener > • if if:;:mj Iglßigg vlf ' zJIM® It ■ imt - jm——— i Contributed Perry Horseshoe Pitchers’ Club’s new officers are, from left: Buddy Ayer, who was re-elected publicity director, Mary Ann Gibbs, who was elected secretary/treasure and Tom Carter, who was re-elected president. Results of Westfield's home match against Mount de Sales Thursday: Class Results 103 Jared Parnell (WHS) won by forfeit 112 John Stephens Craft (WHS) lost to Josh Putman (MDS) by pin in first period 119 Ben Kinnebrew (WHS) lost to Adam Purvis (MDS) by pin in first period 125 Cody Walker (WHS) lost to Hunter Spivey (MDS) by pin in the first period 130 Nic McGehee (WHS) won by pin in the first period over Chase Harned (MDS) 135 Joel Hyder (MDS) won by forfeit 140 Cole Crouch (WHS) won by forfeit 145 Halston Kirkpatrick (WHS) won by pin in the first period over Stephen Chwat (MDS) 152 Jonathan Palomaki (WHS) won by pin in the second period over Austin Brantley (MDS) 160 Daniel Brennan (MDS) won by forfeit 171 Luke Campbell (WHS) won by pin in the second period over Trey Smith (MDS) 189 Daniel Montgomery (WHS) lost to Nathan Brier (MDS) by pin in the first period 215 Chris Barosso (MDS) won by forfeit 285 Matt Mcßride (WHS) won by forfeit Team Scores: “Westfield 42, MDS 42 Westfield wins the tie-breaker with more Near Fall Points in match, 8-3. In exhibition matches: D Hunter Hall (WHS) won by pin in the third period over Cook (MDS) Q Karl Nelson (WHS) won by pin in the first period over Bradley (MDS) Q Jeremy Rowland (WHS) won by pin in the first period over Chris Barosso (MDS) D Jared Parnell (WHS) won by a score of 10-0 over Josh Putman (MDS) Q Cole Crouch (WHS) won by pin in the second period over Jarmez Eason (MDS) 0 Matt Mcßride (WHS) won by pin in the first period over Houston Hams (David Emanuel Academy) Season record: 1-0 PAGE 6A a world record for his age group and weight class. Gayton also fin ished first overall in the master’s division. Rody “Rowdy” Burnam, an engineer at Armstong in Macon also had an impressive perfor mance. According to the release, he had the crowd screaming as he slowly lifted a 418-pound deadlift. This gave him first place in the 165- pound Subs class and broke state, national and world records in his weight class and age group. Brian “The Diesel” Duckworth, won the No. 1 Teen title in the competition and also became the No. 1 pound-for-pound teen in the WNPF. He broke all records in the 181 Teens Division, previously held by his teammate, Jeff Chapman. WNPF president, Troy Ford, considers “The Diesel” the most promising teen in the organiza tion. Tammy Sherman also took home first place in the 132 Open Division for women. She also set records with all her lifts. The meet was her first. See BATTLE,page iB