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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 1 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 Jl
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
today 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 today.
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, 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.
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It’s now ‘cool’ to be
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It’s now “cool” to be a
Houston County High
School volleyball player. At
least there’s a new feeling of
coolness in the air inside the
Bear Den while the summer
heat still burns outside.
A difference in climate
isn’t the only new aspect of
Houston County High vol
leyball. Head coach Tony
Jones will hand out new uni
forms before the 2007 season
begins in mid-August, and
he’s already implementing
a new system, one he feels
the Lady Bears are ready
to execute after a Sweet 16
appearance in 2006.
The 2007 edition of
Houston volleyball is also
out to defend its county
championship and win its
first Georgia High School
Association area champi
onship. Last year the Lady
Bears were second in its
area - which has differ
ent teams than the other
Sports
Practice begins
Preview
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Houston sports that play in
Region 1-AAAAA - for both
the regular season and the
tournament.
In the state quarterfinals,
Jones’ team lost to the even
tual state champions from
Harrison High. Once that
season was over, he lost four
seniors, including Jennifer
Doebreiner, who became
the first volleyball player in
school history to sign a col
lege (Piedmont) scholarship.
“We had 12 real solid play
ers (last year), so that left us
with eight,” said Jones about
the nucleus for this fall’s
team. “With some holes to
fill. We have some JV play
ers who are ready to move
up. I think we’re going to
be as strong if not stronger
than we were last year.
“We are implementing
a new system. We went to
the University of Georgia
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Lady Bear Rachael Mulder returns a ball during practice at the school Thursday.
Encore
Lady Hornets set sights
on repeat performance
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
If there was a down
side to what the Westfield
Hornets softball team did
in winning the 2006 GISA
softball championship, it’s
the fact that fans and sup
porters of this club had
to wait more than nine
months to see this club in
action again.
Today (Saturday), those
Hornets begin what they
hope will be a road to
a repeat in the Freedom
Park tournament held in
Macon. Should Westfield
go all the way again in
2007, it would be as close
a true repeat of a state
championship as each and
every major contributor is
back for the encore.
In fact, head coach
"Every day I will ask the girls what's
harder than winning a state
championship. They will say whaling
It back to back. They know It will be
a lot harder because we flew under
the radar last year.”
- Westfield girls headfast-pitch coach Rodney Culverhouse
Riley rallies at amateur
Special to the Journal
Mary Riley of Perry had
a much better second day
out at the 2007 Georgia
Women’s Amateur
Championship, being con
tended through Thursday
at Augusta Country Club
in Augusta.
Riley shot a 91 Tuesday
but on Wednesday
Improved that by 10.
Poole comes up short
at world tournament
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Close but not quite.
After pulling within
striking distance at
the World Horseshoe
Pitching Championships
at Ardmore, Okla., Chuck
Poole couldn’t quite pull
off winning a title.
According to the world
1C
Preview
Rodney Culverhouse is
actually adding players
from last year’s junior
varsity roster, and he has
a player who transferred
in from North Carolina.
The only way the coach
sees this year’s team being
different from last year is
that each player to a lady
should be better and what
they do.
“Every day I will ask the
girls what’s harder than
winning a state champion
ship,” said Culverhouse.
“They will say winning it
back to back. They know
it will be a lot harder
because we flew under the
radar last year.
“Everybody was
See REPEAT, page 4C
(Note: Results of Thursday
were pending as of press
time.) Subsequently, she
moved up the charts from
40th to 32nd. She still
has a monumental task
ahead of her, however, if
she expects to catch Laura
Coble who has shot 71
and 70, respectively, and
leads by two.
Coble, listed in a
See RILEY, page 4C
tourney website, he
entered Thursday - the
final day of pitching in
the Elder Mens “30” Foot
Division for him and the
other 15 contenders in
that bracket - in fifth
place. He was 7-3 and the
pitcher in first, eventual
winner Warren Williams
of Nevada was 8-2.
See POOLE, page 4C