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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007
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Perry running back Brandon Golden evades Northside defender Anthony Taylor.
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“My rotator cup ... my whole
arm was messed up,” Cook
said.
“Basically he had to
regroup himself his first half
of his senior year,” Richey
said.
To that end, Kinsler rel
egated him to only pitching
region games. He went on to
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Jean Davis, is currently sev
enth in the Third Flight.
She shot 87 and is also six
strokes off the lead. Lucky
Mahler of Warner Robins s
also in that flight and shot
91. She is currently tied for
10th with one other golfer.
Sandra Lee of Perry is con
tending in the Fifth Flight
and is currently third. She
shot 87, is only one stroke
out of second, but five away
TOURNEY
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given by his family in memo
ry and honor of the two-time
champion from Savannah.
Skeadas was the first Senior
Champion when the event
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its game-winner in the
sixth.
The Lady Eagles contin
ued the trend of following
up a loss with a shutout
finish with a 5-2 record. He
pitched a total of 47 innings.
He struck out 47 and only
walked 10. His ERA was 2.37
but what most impressed
Eagle coaches, Richey said,
was opponents’ batting
average. They hit only .180
against him. Further were a
couple of key wins he earned.
One of those was the rubber
game between the Eagles
and Griffin, which entered
from leader Sherrie Tindle
of Alpharetta.
No rally is necessary for
Brenda Duke of Perry. She
is currently tied for first in
the Sixth Flight with Jo Ann
Noel of Atlanta.
Both have 90. And, only
one stroke back is Ann Clark
of Centerville. Fran Coody
of Perry is also in that flight
but has considerable ground
to make up. She is 11th with
104.
In the Eighth Flight,
Darla Stahl of Kathleen can
be found. But, she too has
returned in 1987, capturing
the title in his hometown
at The Landings Club’s
Plantation Course. He
won again in 1992 at Coosa
Country Club in Rome.
A total of 13 men have
won the Skeadas Trophy
since 1987.
by beating Chapel Hill 3-0.
They scored a run in the
third and two in the fifth.
Then, they beat Sandy
Creek 2-1 on a run in the
third and one in the fifth
- Sandy Creek’s run came in
the first.
That game ended in the
Gridiron action
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the region tournament as
the No. 1 seed. Northside,
behind the arm of Cook -
who surrendered two earned
runs - upset the Bears 6-4.
He then led the Eagles to
a 5-4 - again giving up two
earned runs - win in eight
innings over Lee County. He
threw 140 pitches in that
game.
Lee County eventually
knocked Northside out of the
a lot of ground to make up.
She is currently 11th with
126. The leader of that flight
is Tina Hawkins of Macon
with 95.
And finally, Linda
McDonald of Hawkinsville
and Winnie Goldston of
Warner Robins are one
two in the Ninth Flight.
McDonald has 97, Goldston
99. Just under them and in
third, is Cheryl Stafford of
Kathleen with 104, and just
under her is Nita Bridges of
Perry with 105. At 10th in
the same flight is Pat Bowlin
Bill Ploeger of Columbus
and Spencer Sappington
of Alpharetta have each
won the event three times.
Macon’s Walt Fugate (1990,
1991) and Atlanta’s Joe
Estes (1989, 1998) are the
only other players besides
Ploeger, Sappington and
fifth due to lightning, added
Horton.
Overall, “The girls played
great,” Horton said. “We
made five errors in game
one versus Blessed Trinity
but only made one error the
rest of the tourney.
“Brooke Red and Sarah
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tournament and Brewton-
Parker called with a chance
to try out sometime later.
Needless to say they
were impressed so much so
that Richey said the coach
exclaimed to him: “I can’t
believe nobody’s picked him
up!”
Even more, he earned a
double bonus, figuratively
speaking.
“They were hitting
with 126.
The course is a par-72 lay
out and is playing to approx
imately 5,470 yards for the
championship through sec
ond flights, while the third
through ninth flights are
playing to approximately
5,160 yards.
Entries were open to
female amateur golfers who
are GSGA members, Georgia
residents, and age 50 and
above as of August 20. The
field of 119 was divided into
flights based on handicap
index.
Skeadas to win multiple
titles.
Estes, along with Ploeger
and Sappington, is in the
field this year.
The Ford Plantation will
play at 6,511 yards and
a par 72 for the Senior
Championship.
Purvis both pitched well
and gave us opportunities
to win.
“Our hitting is hopefully
going to improve as the sea
son progresses.”
Kristen Smith was the
team’s leading hitter with
six hits.
grounders and asked if any
body had ever played first
base,” Richey said. “Nobody
spoke up and said they had.
So J.C. (who used to alter
nate between pitcher and
catcher his junior year but
switched, to help save his
arm, to alternate between
pitching and first base his
senior year) said he had.
“They were hitting to
third, second ... at one point
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He gave up two hits along
the way. The four given up
came from Macon starter
Nick Utley - all earned on
eight hits.
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TOP: Perry defenders
bring down Ivory. LEFT: A
fan braves the weather to
watch the scrimmage.
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he made a spectacular play.
I should add that all of
last year he only made two
errors.
“(Well), all of a sudden the
coach says, ‘Hey, J.C., let us
hit you a few.’
“He mastered it. When the
coach called (with the news
of the signing) he said, ‘He’s
an athlete.’”
And no doubt one of a
kind.
Offensively, the Music
were led by Casey Garrison
who went 3-5 and scored
a run and drove one in.
Steven Trout was the only
other Macon player to pick
up multiple hits, going 2-5
with a run scored and an
RBI.