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SCOREBOARD
High school softball
Wednesday
■ Northside at Upson-Lee: Rained
out (unfortunately, said head coach
Mitch Horton, not until “after” the
Lady Eagles got there).
High school volleyball
Wednesday
■ Northside 25, Lee County 19;
Lady Eagles 25, Lee County 22
- Northside wins match 2-0; Mt.
Zion 25, Northside 16; Mt. Zion 25,
Northside 19 - Mt. Zion wins 2-0.
CALENDAR
High school softball
Today
■ Warner Robins at Houston County,
6 p.m.
■ Westside at Northside, 5:45 p.m.
■ Perry at Northeast, 5 p.m.
High school volleyball
Today
■ Northside and Toombs County at
Northside, 5 p.m.
■ Warner Robins and Mary Persons
at Stockbridge, 5 p.m.
■ Lee County and Perry at Houston
County, 5 p.m.
Saturday
■ Houston County, Warner Robins,
Stephenson and Lithonia at Redan,
11 a.m.
■ High school cross country
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Valdosta Invite,
10 a.m.
High school football
Friday
■ Hawkinsville at Perry, 7:30 p.m.
■ Houston County at Northside,
7:30 p.m.
■ John Milledge Academy at
Westfield, 8 p.m.
Saturday
■ Warner Robins versus Camden
County at the Georgia Dome, 5:30
p.m.
IN BRIEF
Perry cheer squad to
hold one-day clinic
Perry High School's cheerlead
ers will host a one-day cheer clinic
Sept. 15 in the school’s multipur
pose gym. It is open to children
from 4 years old to sixth grade.
The cost is $35 which includes
an event T-shirt, drinks and
a snack. A $5 discount will be
given for additional family mem
bers. Participants, according to a
release, will learn a number of
cheerleading skills. They will pres
ent those at a parent performance
before the football game Sept.
28. For more information, e-mail
MSloan@hcbe.net.
Perry JL undergoing
Fall Ball registration
Perry Junior League Fall Ball
registration has begun and will con
tinue until Oct. 5. You can register
on line at www.perryjuniorleaue.
com or at the park under the pavil
ion on these dates: Sept. 22 and
Sept. 29 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Fail ball fees are $45 and the
organization is offering a special for
Fall/Spring Combo for $125.
For more information, Kelly
Tucker at pjlpresident@windstream.
net or via phone at 988-2618.
Douglas to host
baseball showcase
The PRO-DAY “Soulh Georgia"
High School Baseball Showcase
will take place Sept. 2 at South
Georgia College in Douglas from
noon-6 p.m., announced Jeff Gross,
director of PRO-DAY Baseball. The
Showcase, according to a release,
is an opportunity for high school
players (ninth-12th grade) to show
their talents in front of professional
scouts and collegiate coaches.
The players will be evaluated in
all areas. These evaluation cards
will be kept on file to monitor a
player’s progress throughout their
high school career. PRO-DAY will
also send them to three colleges
of the players choice. Participants
may register online at www.proday
baseball.com or may print an appli
cation and send a check or money
order to: PRO-DAY Baseball, P.O.
Box 333, Orange Beach, AL 36561.
For additional information, call 251 -
980-2300.
YMCA looking to start
new cheer program
The Houston County YMCA,
according to a release, is currently
looking to start a program for com
petitive cheerleading. To that end,
they need experienced cheerlead
er coaches. The coaches would
build the new program. Contact
Shannon Cobb, gymnastic coordi
nator the Houston County YMCA
at 478-922-2566 or stop by at their
location on the corner of Moody and
Hwy., 96, Bonaire.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 30, 2007
Demonettes' Graham perfect against Coffee
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Kristen Graham pitched a five
inning perfect game to defeat vis
iting Coffee County 10-0 Tuesday
evening. That was good.
What was better says Graham was
that the team is starting to come
together.
“We started hitting the ball better
and playing better,” Graham said of
her team’s efforts.
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FPD routs Westfield
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
With yet another makeshift lineup, Westfield
dropped a 12-2 six-inning softball game to
First Presbyterian Day School Tuesday in
Perry. This put the Hornets at 3-6 in 2007 and
0-4 against the school they beat for the 2006
GISA state championship.
Westfield was missing two returning starters
and had Sheldon Hiley making her first varsity
start of the season at pitcher.
FPD had a 4-0 lead after the top of the sec
ond inning with two of the four runs unearned.
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What was also good
was the victory pulled
the Demonettes over
all record even at 4-4
and made them 2-0
in region 1-AAAAA
play.
While Graham was
striking out 11 of the
15 batters she faced,
her teammates were
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Warner Robins
10, Coffee 0
racking up runs.
Jensen Barrett scored in the’first
WESTFIELD
HORNETS
FPD 12,
Westfield 2
The Hornet offense would leave eight run
ners on base. The home
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inning after she walked. Lauren
Graham singled her to second and
Kim Burgess drove her home with
the second hit of the inning.
In the second inning, Bre Wright
reached on an error after two outs
and moved around the bases on
three wild pitches.
After two innings, the Demonettes
were up 2-0. Meanwhile, Graham
struck out the first six batters she
faced while throwing only six pitch
es out of the strike zone.
After the leadoff batter reached
on an error in the first inning,
Morgan Johnson of the Vikings
singled in the run.
The Vikings then put the first
two batters on in the second
and scored three times with two
outs on a wild pitch, a single
to center from Fran Johnson
and a throwing error.
To record the sixth K, Graham
had to overcome a 3-1 count.
“I think that was the only 3-1
count I had in the game,” Graham
said. “I pitch better if I keep think
ing of things like that.”
Graham watches everything from
the batter’s stance to attitude.
The Lady Trojans finally made
contact and put the ball in play
in the third inning. Like all per
fect games, the defense has to
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O'Neal Impresses
at collegiate level
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Among the numer
ous county high school
football players who
signed college scholar
ships in February, one
has already made good
impressions on his cur
rent head coach.
He is Eric O’Neal,
the former Houston
County High School
Bear and Region 1-
AAAAA Offensive Player
of the Year for 2006.
O’Neal was one of three
Houston County players
who signed with Coastal
Carolina University in
Conway, S.C. All three
former Bears are on the
2007 Coastal Carolina
roster as true freshmen,
the other two being
tight end Ben Collins
and defensive lineman
Dexter Holman.
According to goc
cusports.com, Coastal
Carolina held scrimmag
es on Aug. 11 and 15.
After the first scrimmage,
the web site quoted head
Music nip Joes
From staff reports
Macon continued to build momen
tum for the postseason, which begins
Friday, its latest victim Anderson
Wednesday at home. The Music beat
the Joes 4-1 in a game that was a lot
closer than the final score might have
indicated.
For starters, Anderson and Macon each had the
same amount of hits - seven. But for the Joes that
translated into 10 runners left on base. The Music
didn’t exactly excel at that area as they left on
eight.
The difference in the end turned out to be the
three runs Macon scored in the bottom of the eight.
Up until then, both teams had been facing a 1-all
tie - Anderson scoring its run in the fourth and the
Music netting theirs in the third.
Cesar Herrera picked up the win for Macon, going
the final two innings, giving up three hits but no
runs. Vern Sterry started, threw six innings before
being relieved by Jason Lowery who went one per
fect inning.
At the plate, Scott Robinson and Steven Trout
each picked up two hits. Robinson was 2-3 with a run
scored and Trout was 2-4.
West Laurens edges Perry
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
In a game that had a
lot of two-run margins,
West Laurens had the
one that counted the
most in the end. Perry
High dropped a Region
4-AAA south sub-region
game in Dublin Tuesday
8-6.
“It was a back and forth
game,” said coach Jeff
Sans. “We had a couple
of mistakes in the field.
Both teams played hard.
We hit the ball good. It
was the first time I saw
us play like we wanted to
win. I hope it sets a good
tone for the rest of the
season.”
Perry had the first
lead of the game at 2-0,
1B
coach David Bennett as
saying, “Eric O’Neal had
a couple of impressive
runs. You don’t redshirt
someone who runs like
that.”
In the second scrim
mage, O’Neal capped
a 90-yard drive for the
offense with a 14-yard
touchdown run.
There is one other
player from the area
at Coastal Carolina.
Former Warner Robins
High Demon Dominique
Davenport played in all
12 games as a freshman
in 2006. The defensive
back had 14 solo tackles,
35 total, with a game
high seven in his first
collegiate start against
Gardner-Webb.
Some other local foot
ball players of note mak
ing their respective col
lege roster as a freshman
are Dylan Thompson, for
merly of Houston County
High now at Western
Carolina; and Mario
Armstrong, formerly of
Northside High now at
Western Michigan.
Macon 4,
Anderson 1
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Laurens
fought
back to
tie the
game
in one
inning
and then
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West Laurens 8,
Perry 6
take a 4- *
2 lead in the next. Sans
said then the game was
4-4, then 6-4 and so on.
Ashley Craddock had
two hits and scored
three runs, some of
which came in two-out
situations. Sans also had
some offense coming off
the bench led by Blake
Ford.
The Panthers are 1-1
in sub-region games and
next face Northeast in
Macon today.