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Mfflßßk JHL ■ jHHSBR .--• . n feteßafe*.? « MBPHB ! I , |'i < # ■ :*. t■ W ■ i^l r ” n—l ■■ 11 TTrl,<ini HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Lady Bears beat lift County Inside: WR goes 4-1 in Evans tourney; Perry 2-3 in Watermelon invite By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Through the first three innings Monday, it looked like Houston County High and Tift County High were going to play an old-fashioned slo w-pitch style softball game with a final score of something like 18-15. HOUSTON COUNTY LADY BEARS Houston County 6, Tift County 4 But it was still a fast-pitch game, and the Bears’ 6-4 lead after the third inning held to the end. Brianna Hancock earned another pitching win despite the fact that Tift County had either the tying or go-ahead run at the plate in each of the final four frames. “After we scored those six runs, our bats cooled down a little,” said Houston head coach Angela Crawford. “But the defense really stepped it up for us, made some plays when they had runners in scoring position to allow us to keep the lead and eventu ally win the game.” Ashlee Burkett, coming off a shoulder operation after the 2006 season, returned to her normal catching position and took Hancock’s pitches until the Seventh inning. The surgery didn't kdep her from hitting, and her bat was the most productive of all the Bears with four hits and four runs batted in. One of her hits was a first-inning two-run home run. “She’s still trying to get into the swing of things back there,” said Crawford about Burkett’s catching and the fact that she was favoring that arm late in the game. “She’s doing a great job, and hopefully she’s back See BEA T, page 9B Lady Hornets rout CFCA; blank George Walton By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Rodney Culverhouse wants the Westfield softball Hornets to approach every game like a region game. He said he tells the girls if they take the field and play ball, they should be able to handle any situation in defending the 2006 GISA state championship. Westfield took care of things in two non-region games recently, includ ing Monday’s road win at Central Fellowship in Macon. The Hornets won in three innings 15-0 to improve to 6-6 on the season. CALENDAR High school softball Thursday ■ Westfield at Deerfield-Windsor, 4:30 p.m. ■ Northside at Stockbridge, 6 p.m. ■ Coffee at Warner Robins, 5:45 p.m. ■ Perry at Southwest, 5 p.m. Friday ■ Northside at Warrior Fast-pitch Classic at North Cobb (through Saturday), times and teams to be determined ■ Lowndes at Warner Robins, 6 p.m. Saturday ■ Northside at Warrior Fast-pitch Classic at North Cobb, times and teams to be determined ■ Lowndes at Houston County, 11 a.m. Monday ■ John Milledge at Westfield, 4:30 p.m. ■ Perry at Rutland, 5 p.m. Tuesday ■ Coffee at Houston County, 5:30 p.m. ■ Tift County at Warner Robins, 5:45 p.m. ■ West Laurens at Perry, 6:30 p.m. High school cross country Thursday v WUm ISM: ' .■ \¥ .Mm W jmmr m jn Bv ■ . HKKBKHmWBrfffI&SSBRW ..inSTrc w t | jar <-^" v --ly-I||111 |- ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County’s Kourtny Thomas slides around Tift County’s catcher during the Lady Bears’ game against the Lady Blue Devils Monday at Houston County. Shae Horsting was the winning pitcher, giving up one hit and striking out five with four walks in three innings. Culverhouse said all the Westfield play ers who went to the plate got on base. The Hornets had 10 hits and 12 stolen bases. Caroline Pfohl led the way with two hits, and Kelsey Gilliam hit a double. • Gilliam threw her ■ Perry at Mary Persons, 4:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Westfield at Southland, time to be determined ■ Warner Robins at Jekyll Island Invitational, time to be determined High school volleyball Thursday ■ Northside, Eagles Landing at Ola, 5 p.m. ■ Perry, Luella at Warner Robins, 4:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Morrow, Warner Robins, MLK at Houston County, 10 a.m. Tuesday ■ Warner Robins, Americus at Northside, 5 p.m. High school football Friday ■ North Clayton at Northside, 7:30 p.m. ■ Houston County at Berkmar, 7:30 p.m. ■ Westfield at Tattnall, 8 p.m. Saturday ■ Central Gwinnett at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m. IN BRIEF WR Rec to host Punt, Pass and Kick The Warner Robins Recreation Department will be out in a row Saturday as Westfield topped George Walton Academy 5-0 in Monroe. According to Culverhouse, the Hornet staff was keeping a close watch on Gilliam, who didn’t pitch for most of August. But he said his pitcher never faced more than five batters in any inning against a George Walton team that has beaten First Presbyterian Day in Macon and Tattnall Square and John Milledge at home. Gilliam allowed just five hits with five walks and no strikeouts over seven innings. “That’s probably the best I’ve See HORNETS, page ioB WESTFIELD HORNETS MONDAY: Westfield 15, Central Fellowship 0 SATURDAY: Lady Hornets 5, George Walton 0 second shut- sponsoring the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition Saturday at 9 a.m. (check in at 8:30 a.m.) on Perkins Field. The competition is free and it is for boys and girls ages 8-15. The age control date is Dec. 31. A birth certificate is required. Tennis shoes are required to be worn for the competition. Each child will punt, pass and kick the football. The child who comes in first place in each age group will move on to the sectionals. Applications can be picked up at the Warner Robins Recreation Department located on Watson Blvd., and must be turned back in to their office by Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. Perry cheer squad to hold clinic Perry High School's cheerleaders will host a one-day cheer clinic Saturday in the school’s multipurpose 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 members. Participants, according to a release, will learn a number of cheerleading skills. They will present those at a parent performance before the football game Sept. 28. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 ♦ Collins picks up first HoCo win Bears prep to meet Berkmar By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor How’d that feel? ”It felt great.” No surprise there in hearing Houston County head football coach George Collins’ reaction to his first win - 10-7 Saturday at home over Windsor Forest - as a Bear. “They played well,” Collins added, in shift ing the credit to the team. Especially the defense. They kept us in it all night long ... Gave the offense time to get things rolling.” And speaking of which, now, they’ll be rolling in the direction of Lilburn and the Berkmar Patriots, the Bears’ opponent this WF preps for Tattnall By DON MONCRIEF . Journal Sports Editor All hope that Tattnall might have missed a beat - just one, even a small one - from last year pretty much went out the window in Westfield head coach Ronnie Jones’ mind when the Trojans beat Southland (the same team they beat in the finals) 56-0 this past weekend. “I ... You would think with all they just lost on offense,” Jones, who had a chance to look at film of the Trojans from their First Presbyterian Day opener (just one quarter, how- Perry uses bye week as ‘return to basics’ By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor If Perry head coach Andy Scott had any doubts as to what he and the staff wanted to work on during this bye week, Friday pro vided the answer. The Panthers, in their 34-33 loss at Dougherty, gave up 260 yards in the air. “They came out throw ing the ball,” Scott, whose The down and dirty ” For more information, e-mail MSloan@hcbe.net. PJL undergoing Fall registration Perry Junior League Fall Ball registration has begun and will continue 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. Fall 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. PJL undergoing Fall registration The Landings is preparing for its Fall After School Program, a six-week program billed as “fun and fundamen tals." Ages 5-7 will attend Tuesdays; 8-10 Wednesdays and 11-up Thursdays. All classes will be from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The first session runs from Sept. 20, the second Sept. 25-Nov. 8. The cost is SIOO for non-members and S9O for members - with a $lO discount if signing up for both sessions. For more information, contact PGA Professional Bill Goggin by phone at 923-5222, Ext. 4 or e-mail him at bill@goggingolf.com. Or visit the course’s website at www. goggingolf.com/. Friday (kickoff at the tra ditional 7:30 p.m.) Berkmar, which is in Region 8-AAAAA, is 2-0 after M . Houston County at Berkmar, Friday, 7:30 p.m. having beaten Luella 21-6 the opening week of foot ball and North Forsyth 45- 6 this past weekend. They also, Collins said after watching film of the Patriots this past weekend, employ a spread offense. They base out of a shotgun, he said - three receivers to one side, a single back - but he added they don’t show See WIN, page ioB ever, as it was called for light ning), as well as the Raiders’ game fVoni F r i d ay, said, “they fit Westfield at „.. Tattnaij, Friday, ,1 8 p.m. T ; wouldn’t be quite as good as they were last year. But, it looks like they didn’t lose anything.” In particular, Jones, whose Hornets will travel to Tattnall for an 8 p.m. kick off Friday, said the Trojans were strong at quarter back (Kyle Redmond, who See PREPS, page ioB own club at least had the bright spot in that it rolled up 353 yards on the ground, Perry at Jackson, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. said, “and we didn’t play well on defense at all ... from a coverage standpoint to pass rushing to tackling See BASICS, page ioB 3B