Houston daily journal. (Perry, GA) 2006-current, September 01, 2007, Image 19

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Warner Robins American Little League Proved Who's Tough If You Missed It The First Time, Have No Fear.... It's Here The Whole Month Of September « Special to The Journal In a partnership with ABC Sports, Cox Communications announced it will re-air the 2007 Little League World Series on wcoxls this weekend and throughout the month of Septem ber. Air dates and times are: Saturday through Sept. 30, each Sat urday and Sunday with airing times being 5:30-8:30 p.m. on both days. Additionally, Cox announced the game would be re-aired on its one year anniversary. “Cox Communications extends L_jH Southeast cheerleaders leads the crowd in cheers. WRAII Are Champions On And Off The Field By Dick Yarorough Journal Columnist TO: Dalton Carriker, Hunter Jackson, Clint Wynn, Hunt Smith, Nick Martens, Taylor Lay, David Umphreyville, Micah Wells, Keaton Allen, Zane Conlon, Kendall Scott and Payton Purvis. Wow! World champions! You did it! You have not only done yourselves proud r" 1 | CARP iiVAGE 4588 Log Cabin Dr., Macon GA * 478-474-4447 our most sincere congratulations tp the players, coaches and families of the Warner Robins American Little League World Series Champions,” says Mike Dyer, VP and General Man ger of Cox Communications Middle Georgia. “They have wonderfully rep resented our community, state, region and country and we were looking for a special way to both thank and con gratulate them. By working with our contacts at ABC sports, we were able to quickly coordinate this rebroadcast of Sunday’s game so we can all re-live the magic of last Sunday. We invite all by winning the 2007 Little League World Series, you have made your families proud, not to mention the city of Warner Robins and the entire state of Georgia. You conducted yourselves with class and let the rest of the world know what we al ready knew you are win ners, on and off the field. Out of 7,500 teams in the Little League program this year, you ended up on top. A lot of the teams in the LLWS thought they were better than you, and they said so. But they were wrong. You didn’t back down from any body. The team from Lub bock, Tex., as talked a good game. You played a better one. Then you took on Ja pan, the best of the interna tional teams. It was a nail biter, but you won. Now, you are world champions. Let me repeat: You are world Middle Georgia fans to join us!” About WCOXIS, Locals Only WCOXIS, Locals Only (Channel 15) is a community channel created exclu sively for Cox Middle Georgia custom ers. Since May 2005, Cox has begun of fering high-quality local programming based on customer feedback ranging from home & garden shows to locals concerts, charity profiles, holiday spe cials and children’s programming. For more information, visit www.wcoxls. com. ifflllTOiSfoaßMWt ' j..... $3 Mr Dalton Carriker tips his hat to the crowd. champions. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Most of what I know about you and your coaches I learned from watching you on television and from read ing news reports. What I observed was an extremely talented team that was well managed and well-coached. Your hitting was superb, as was your defense. Most of all, you were a “team” in ev ery sense of the word. There Teamwork, Spirit & Sportsmanship ■ make you Champions! IjA a*' ’■•*"' -“*■ - ‘ i/£Sj MIDDLE GEORGIA fIRfIRTHOPAEDIC ySSa&W) Surgery & Sports Medicine A liltiliiltff 0( »»*►%♦** i>tH«*«»#it I«I|W1 ft «*?**• VNmini Peach Regional Medical Center 601 Blue Bird Blvd. Fort Valley, CA V"’'- fP) ';<■ ■jflEaLvß x |®i|g§||| & O. - ••■' im 'm ’ I The Little Leaguers take to the stage during a welcome home ceremony Monday. were no prima donnas evi dent. You cheered for each other and pushed each oth er to do his best. It’s called teamwork, and you showed it in spades. Your manager Mickey Lay deserves special praise be cause he recognized that what you were doing was playing a game a very special game but a game nonetheless. He and his coaches, Mike Smith, Mike Rutland Family Healthcare 1226 Hartley Bridge Rd. Macon, Ga Conlon and Tommy Morris, kept it fun, and that is what a game is supposed to be: fun. Whether you knew it or not, they kept you loose, and you play better when you are loose than when you are tense. Unfortunately, too many managers and coaches lose sight of that fact. Yours didn’t, and that had a lot to do with your success. I hope you understand that See CHAMPS, pg. 5 953-4563 3051 Watson Blvd., Suite 100 & 525 Warner Robins, GA 1013 Main Street Perry, GA 52876