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Houston
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 16, 2007
The Home Journal’s
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High school
Basketball
Today (through Saturday)
■ Region 1-AAAAA tournament
in Valdosta
■ Region 4-AAAA tournament
at Mt. Zion
■ Region 4-AAA tournament at
Spalding
High school soccer
Today
■ Aquina/Meadowcreek at
Houston County, 5:30 p.m.
IN BRIEF
Upward soccer
registration under way
Registration is now being
taken at Second Baptist Church
(the church office) for Upward
Soccer. It is open to girls and
boys kindergarten (must have
turned 4 by Sept. 1, 2006)
through sixth grade.
The early registration cost
per child is $75. After Feb. 26,
the cost will increase to SBS.
Parents may drop off their form
and registration fee between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
Warner Robins rec to hold
registration, more
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will hold team regis
tration for it’s 2007 Adult Softball
Program Feb. 26-28. Divisions
will include Men's and Ladies
Open. Men s and Ladies Church.
Men's and Ladies Industrial,
Boys Church and Coed. The
entry fee is $464 for a 16-
game season. Registration will
be taken between the hours of 8
a.m-5 p.m. in the Athletic Office
located at 800 Watson Blvd. For
more info call 929-1914.
Also, the department will hold
team registration for its 2007
Senior (50 and over) League
March 1 and 2. The entry fee
is $390 for a 24-game sea
son, All games will be played at
Fountain Park.
In addition, the depart
ment is taking registration for
“Winter Break Day Camp" set
for Monday-Feb. 23. The camp
is for boys and girls ages 7-12
years old and will be held at the
department, which is located at
800 Watson Blvd.
Registration is through today
from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The
cost is $54 for city residents:
$lO2 for county residents: $l6B
for out-of-county residents.
Bring a sack lunch every day:
drinks and snacks will be pro
vided.
For more information, call
929-6946.
And, one more thing: The
department needs track and
field coaches. To apply, stop
by the recreation department
between the hours of 8 a.m. and
5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
CGSA begins late
registration
Late registration for the Central
Georgia Soccer Association
has begun and will continue
until Saturday. To register, go
to www.gasoccer.org/cgsa and
click on “Now Registering! NEW
19 January 2007”.
For those who don't have
internet access, you can go by
and register during their nor
mal office hours Monday-Friday,
noon-5 p.m.
Contact CGSA's Association
Administrator, Heidi Tribble,
at 478-987-2455 or email at
playcgsa@alltel.net for more.
Landings to host two-man
scramble championship
Landings Golf Club will host
a two-man scramble champion
ship March 3 and 4. The cost is
$240 per team.
Also, the club will hold a
Taste of Italy event Thursday
for $19,99 per person and a
Member Mixer Feb. 23.
The mixer costs $12.95 per
person, which includes food and
drinks.
Call 923-5222 for more infor
mation or visit the club to sign
up.
Griffin knocks Eagles out of tourney
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Northside’s boys basketball team’s
season came to an abrupt end at the
Region 4-AAAA tournament in Mt.
Zion.
The Eagles, coming in as the No.
4 seed from the south, squared off
against No. 1 seed from the north,
Griffin,
Northside held on for the bet-
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Dead lift world record holder, Tee Myers from Augusta, succesfully lifts his first attempt during the weightlifting
tournament sponsored by Brannen Motor Company and Eyesight Associates and held Saturday at DJ’s Galaxy
Quest in Warner Robins. Stayed tuned for more (results were still being finalized as of presstime).
Hornet champion's present, future bright
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Twenty-nine and count
ing. The counting won’t
actually resume until this
coming December, but until
then Westfield eighth-grad
er Jared Parnell can spend
a lot of time enjoying life as
a state high school cham
pion.
On Feb. 2-3, Parnell com
pleted a perfect 29-0 season
as a 103-pound wrestler for
Westfield by winning his
weight class’ GISA state
championship. It happened
just across 1-75 from his
home campus at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds’ New
South Arena.
As great as it was to be
in the state championship
match, Parnell admitted
that he felt more nervous
about his semifinal round
meeting with Riverside
Military’s representative.
“It was tough, a very close
match,” he said. Riverside is
a perennial power in GISA
wrestling. “He gave me a
run for my money. I just
had to wrestle like I always
wrestle.
“I try to be as aggressive
as I can and go out there
thinking I’m going to win.”
Westfield head coach Clint
Humphrey compliment
ed Parnell most for being
strong for his age. And just
being in the eighth grade,
Humphrey knows Parnell is
only going to get bigger and
stronger, which also means
his days as a 103 wrestler
are probably over.
Sports
ter part of a quarter but the Bears
proved to be too tough. The Eagles,
who scored 85 points in a play-in
win over Dutchtown Friday, couldn’t
come near that Wednesday - and
"(Coaches tell me) be prepared to go
six minutes. You can't walk in there
thinking you are going to pin the guy
every time. You're not, and you
could lose."
- Westfield wrestler Jared Parnell
“There were a lot of good
lightweights out there,”
said Humphrey. “We knew
he would have a solid sea
son.”
Parnell’s previous wres
tling experience came in the
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Westfield wrestler Jared Parnell puts pressure on an opponent during an earlier
match. Parnell won the state championship at 103 pounds - and, he’s only in the
eighth grade.
Region 4-AAAA
tournament, Wednesday
at Mt. Zion
Griffin boys 82.
Northside 50
To a Tee
2005-2006 season on the
B-team level. It was there
that he learned the basics
and how to apply them to a
wrestling match.
His inspiration to give
wrestling a try came from
they would have needed it. They lost
82-50.
Griffin jumped out to a 4-0 lead
right off the bat. Later, on two free
throws from Marquis Evans, who
topped Northside’s scoring with 15 -
four Bears players finished in double
digits - and a basket by Kenya Ward
(his only of the night), the Eagles
cut an 8-4 lead in half.
Bv the end of the first, however, it
was 21-13.
both a next-door neigh
bor and a family member.
His neighbor is Carsten
Franklin, a former GISA
state champion from
Westfield, and his cous
in is Clark Bass, a four
time GISA champion from
Southland Academy in
Americus.
“It’s the toughest sport
I’ve ever done,” said Parnell,
who also plays baseball as a
Hornet.
Unfortunately, there are
some blemishes to his high
school career. He lost his
second match ever in that
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Northside was still in it and still
battling along. Proof was Evans’ 3-
pointer that cut Griffin’s 10-point,
lead, 23-13 seconds into the second
quarter, down to seven.
But, the Bears outscored the
Eagles 19-14 during the period and
led 40-27 at the half.
The end for Northside was sig
naled in the third.
Griffin opened with a trey.
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Perry rolls
in round 1
From staff reports
Perry had little trouble get
ting past its Region 4-AAA
tournament-opening oppo-
nent Henry
County
Wednesday
at Spalding.
T h e
Panthers
won 66-31.
The story
of the game,
said Perry
boys head
basketball
coach Brett
Hardy was
“our overall team effort on
defense.”
The score at the half
was 31-20 in favor of the
Panthers.
“We were up by as much as
15 in the first half,” Hardy
said, “and we allowed them
to make a little run to close
the half.
“We played very well on
defense in the third quarter.
We only allowed five third
quarter points, and our
defense allowed us to score
some easy baskets.”
Perry was up 56-25 head
ing into the fourth quarter.
It was played using a six
minute clock so things “got
over quickly” from there,
Hardy said.
Leading the Panthers in
scoring was Chris Willis,
who had 17. Hardy also
singled out Trey Smith and
Roderick Jones.
“(They) did a great job on
the glass,” he said.
The Panthers will play the
next round in the tourna
ment Friday at 8:30 p.m.
against West Laurens.
GSGA opens
entries for
match play
Special to the Journal
Entries are now being
accepted for the 10th annu
al Georgia Women’s Match
Play Championship, which
takes place April 12-14 at
Sunset Hills Country Club
in Carrollton. This event is
open to female amateur golf
ers who are GSGA members
and Georgia residents.
The format of the event
is match play with the field
being flighted and seeded
by handicap index. The field
will consist of the 48, 56 or
64 entries with the lowest
USGA Handicap Indexes.
Last year, Duluth’s Kyu Ri
Ban carded par on the first
hole for an early 1-up lead
and carried that momentum
throughout the final match
to defeat Christy Cheek of
Eastman, 6 and 5, to capture
her first Georgia Women’s
Match Play title.
Qualified players may enter
online at the GSGA website
at www.gsga.org by click
ing the Online Registration
quick link. Paper entries
are available by request and
may also be downloaded as
a PDF file via the GSGA
See ENTRIES, page zB
Region 4-AAA
tournament,
Wednesday at
Spalding
Perry 66, Henry
County 31