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Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede set
The 2007 Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede is set for Aug. 11 with the
5 and 10Ks slated to begin at 7:30
a.m. and the one-mile fun run set to
begin at 8:15 a.m.
The race will begin at the
Centerville Galleria Mall.
The cost is sls for the 5 or 10K
if postmarked on or before Aug. 17
- $lO for participants 19 years of
age or younger - or $lB on race
day. Registration on race day is from
6:15-7:15 a.m.
The cost for the one-mile run is
$lO. An event T-shirt is guaranteed,
according to a release, to those who
pre-register. Refreshments will also
be available after each race, the
release reads.
Awards will be given. See http Jt
robinspacers.org/ for additional race
info or to register online. For further
information, contact David Erpelding
at 478-328-3208.
Perry Middle to hold
golf tournament
Perry Middle School will hold a
two-man scramble golf tournament
fund-raiser at the Perry Country Club
Aug. 18. The event will begin with
an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Prizes will
include S4OO for the first place team,
S2OO for second and SIOO for third,
as well as a hole In one prize of
an 'OB Ford Mustang from Wayne
Morris Ford.
The cost is SSO per player, which
includes lunch as well as door priz
es. Call Randy Moss at 988-6291
or e-mail him at rdmoss@hcbe.net
to register.
MGMABL to hold
home run derby
The Middle Georgia Men's Adult
Baseball League, in conjunction with
Akadema sporting goods and Team
Sports, is holding a home run derby
Saturday at noon at Luther Williams
Field in Macon.
There is a S2O registration fee
for all hitters, and contestants must
register by calling 478-256-3422.
Other information is available at
www.georgiabaseball.net. Bats will
be provided by georgiabaseball.
net. Baseballs will be provided by 1
Touch Wireless. General admission
for spectators is $4.
HoCo, NS to hold
softball fund-raiser
Houston County and Northside
will be holding a fast-pitch softball
fund-raising scrimmage game Aug.
11 at 1 p.m. at Northside.
The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for
students.
Soccer referee
course to be offered
An entry level soccer referee
course will be offered at Northside
high school Aug. 17 and 18. The
Friday class will be from 6-9 p.m.
and the Saturday class will be from
9 a.m.-4 p.m. The cost is $55.
For more information visit www.
gareferees.com or contact Russ
Grant via e-mail at russ.grant@cox.
net or via phone at 478-396-0727.
WR Rec preps for
softball season
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will hold team registra
tion for the 2007 Fall Softball League
Monday and Tuesday. Teams may
register between the 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
at the department, which is located
at 800 Watson Blvd.
Per a release, they will register
the first 28 coed teams and the first
21 men’s teams only. League play
will be Monday through Thursday for
a 12-game season. The entry fee is
$348 per team. The fall season will
open Sept. 4. Participants must be
16 by Sept. 1.
For more info call Martha Ann
Lumpkin at 929-1914 or 929-1916.
Cheer Booster Club to
host golf tourney
The Warner Robins High School
Cheer Booster Club will host its Fifth
Annual Golf Scramble Saturday.
The event is slated to begin with
a shotgun start at 2 p.m. The cost
is SSO per person, which includes
lunch, green fee, cart, door prize,
raffles and course refreshments.
For details and sign up, call Kelly
Segars at 808-5455.
Kids group to sponsor
charity game
Kids R Us Inc., is sponsoring a
charity basketball game Aug. 25 at
7 p.m. at the Macon Coliseum. The
event, according to a release, will be
used as a fund-raiser for 2-year-old
Aj’ah Gary, who is currently battling
the cancer (neuroblastoma). Call
478-284-1578 for more.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 1, 2007
WRALL 9-10-year-olds earn No. 1 seed
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
And then there was
one. With Florida edging
Tennessee and Alabama
getting the nod over North
Carolina - 10-9 and 10-
8, respectively, that left
Warner Robins American
Little League’s 9-10-year
olds the only team left unde
feated in the Tournament
of Champions being held in
Ceredo, W.V, and at the end
of pool play Monday.
WRALL, which earned
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Joyce May turns laps at Talladega Superspeedway June 15.
Kathleen’s May celebrates a ‘speedy’ recovery
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Thlladega Nights is
Joyce May’s favor
ite racing movie, or
perhaps favorite movie in
general.
“It’s just a hoot,” said the
48-year-old Houston County
resident - proud of a lot
of things including her age
and the fact she said she’s
a Christian (her maiden
name is even “Christian”
she is quick to point out)
and active in church. “Will
Ferrell would make you
think he was a ‘real’ (race
car) driver.”
The truth is if she’s not
careful, people will start
thinking the same thing
about her.
You see May is no stranger
to NASCAR. In fact, May is
now no longer a stranger
to having bragging rights to
“seat time.”
Her journey in this par
ticular case started June 14,
2006 and came to fruition
June 15 of this year. The
first part of that journey
- the first date - came when
she was diagnosed with can
cer. Fortunately, she said, it
was caught at “Stage zero,”
meaning, “they didn’t have
to do chemo or anything like
that. Having surgery took
care of it.”
Haying surgery took care
of that and her husband’s
frequent flyer miles took
care of the NASCAR part.
He, Mark May, is a soft
ware engineer for Mercer
University. She was on the
receiving end - a gift in rec
ognition of her being “cun
cer free” - of his earnings
via the sky.
As she put it in regard to
options: “I could have chosen
Sports
Who’s on Ist
Final pool standings for the
Tournament of Champions head
ing into the Knockout round:
Georgia 3 0
North Carolina 2 1
West Virginia 2 1
Alabama 2 1
Florida 2 1
Tennessee 2 1
Virginia 1 2
Indiana 1 2
South Carolina 0 3
Kentucky 0 3
the No. 1 seed based on its
Re-Joyce
scuba diving, sky diving or
NASCAR. I chose NASCAR
(specifically the Dale Jarrett
Racing Adventure staged out
of Talladega Superspeedway
in Alabama).”
Given her upbringing, it
was really no surprise.
May was born and raised
in Athens. She spent 22
years there to be exact, and
during the time she was old
enough to go to college, she
attended the University of
Georgia where she earned a
masters degree in account
ing.
At some point and time
during those years - her
teenage years - a boyfriend
began taking her to the local
dirt oval track and to the drag
racing track in Commerce.
That’s where she became a
fan of the sport.
When she moved to
Darlington County in South
Carolina at the age of 23,
she said she continued to
go to races. It again helped
that the man she was dat
ing - this time - was a race
fan, too.
In fact, as it pertains to his
case, you could say he was a
bit of a “die-hard” fan. He
was a mortician.
His favorite saying, she
recounted, while talking
about the time he flew her
in his helicopter over the
track at Rockingham during
a race.
“He used to say he’d like
to tell people if they weren’t
pleased with their loved
one’s appearance: ‘l’m a
mortician, not a magician,”’
she said.
Two and a half years fol
lowing that, she moved to
Macon. By then some of the
racing treasures she had
collected included: Close up
See MA T, page SB
record, was set to play the
winner between No. 4 seed
Alabama and No. 5 seed
Florida, Tuesday (results
pending).
The local All-Stars - rep
resenting Georgia - finished
up pool play with a 20-4 win
over Indiana.
WRALL led 1-0 at the end
of one, but Indiana, which
according to the tournament
website had set a record
number of hits in a game
earlier, battled back to take
a 2-1 lead at the end of that
inning. That was to be its
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May takes a photo op before climbing behind the wheel
of a NASCAR machine.
”01 course when you get there, you
have to sign a waiver and al that.
Wail, the nun kept looking around and
finally wanted to know, mere's your
husband.'l guess he thought my husband
was driving. I said: Urt not here. I'm
the one driving.'"
-Joyce May
only bright spot.
WRALL put four on the
board in the second, four
more in the third and then
plated eight in the fourth
and final inning. In all, it
out-hit Indiana 20-4.
WRALL also sent 11 hit
ters to the plate with each
collecting at least one hit.
Justin Jones was 3-3 with
two runs scored and one bat
ted in. Ross Martin was 3-4
with three runs scored and
five RBI.
Also, Blake Jackson, who
picked up the win on the
mound, was 2-4 with two
runs scored and two driven
in. Spencer Sato was 2-3
with a run scored and an
RBI, Cortez Broughton was
2-3 with an RBI, Jeremiah
Stephens was 2-4 with a run
scored and one driven in and
Trey Maddox was 2-2 with
two runs scored.
Collecting single hits were
Caleb Daffron, who was
1-3 with two runs scored,
Jake Farrell, who was 1-2
with a run scored and an
RBI, Brannon Green, who
See SEED, page 8B
PJL girls
tall at WS
WRNL Belles
poised to make
quarterfinals
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Things started out great
for Perry Junior League’s
11-12-year-olds at the
Dixie World Series at
Marianna, Fla., but they
just didn’t stay that way.
The local All-Stars,
playing in the Ponytails
Division and represent
ing Georgia via their state
championship, won their
opener easy enough, beat
ing Florida 3-1 Saturday.
But, then they fell prey to
two shutouts. They were
blanked by Alabama 10-
0 and then in the los
ers bracket eliminated by
Tennessee 4-0.
“It was a great tourney,”
said Coach David Knowles
Monday afternoon, add
ing he was in the process
of checking the girls into
a hotel in Panama City
(presumably a reward
for all their hard work.)
“We just fatigued on our
defense and our batting.
Our pitching was good, we
just fatigued out (on the
others).”
Such might have also
been the case for one
of two Warner Robins
Natinal League teams
also playing in the World
Series.
WRNL’s girls in the
See WS, page 8B
Contributed
WF begins
camp, preps
for tourney
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Camp is for developing.
Tournaments are for win
ning.
Such sort of sums up
Westfield head fast
pitch coach Rodney
Culverhouse’s philosophy
heading into the ’O7 sea
son.
What does one - camp -
have to do with the other
- tournaments?
They’re related in regard
to the Lady Hornets
because they began the
first Tuesday at First
Presbyterian Day School
in Macon, with it slated to
run through Thursday.
During that time,
Culverhouse said, in
regard to the fact Westfield
was slated to play sev
eral games (Tuesday,
4 and 5:30 p.m., today,
noon and 1:30 p.m. and
Thursday, 2:15 and 5:45
p.m. - against opponents
to be determined, his
See CAMP, page 8B
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