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2B SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 i4.lm J|l .„A,Xf Ita JrT * SB 1 iJBE 'W wm wk.inw* |,I-1,-T i ■ew , » 1 üßr •» JHK—fli ENI/Gary Hannon Eagle quarterback Marques Ivory looks for running room. EAGLES From page iB pulling off a great fake to score his touchdown (35-0). Not only did the Jones County offense cross the 50 for the first time in the second quarter, but pene trated the Eagle red zone up to the 6. But Abry Jones, on 2nd-and-l, sacked the quarterback on the 13, and more pressure on the QB forced a floater that Jordan picked off in the back of the end zone. With another sack credit ed to about three members of the Eagle defense, Jones County couldn’t take advan tage of a fumble recovery and missed a 41-yard field goal. End Anthony Taylor gL* | ; jgg|j : " .1 ' :Vo4 ' - **** l^** ENI (ian Harmon Northside’s Eddie Aaron works to get away from a Jones County defender. ' bße * f JS A pair of Lady Eagles soar to new heights while fir ing up the crowd. ENI/Gary Hannon DONATE TO GOODWILL. : ■ i www .goodwi 11 works. org & Building lives, families, andcommuniffl would also score a sack in the second. The Northside offen sive line veterans Jerome Bibbins, Veshan Oats, Will Zunino and Jordan Dooley stayed on the field to fin ish out the half and helped backup quarterback Joe Scott lead a late scoring drive. Scott completed back-to back passes to Cooper and Eddie Aaron for 51 yards to the 9, and then capped the series with a three-yard touchdown run. It was Trent Johnson’s turn to kick a PAT, which made it 42-0 with 20 sec onds left in the half. That was enough time for Rich to get in the scoring act. The Hounds fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Rich scooped up the loose ball for one more touch down and Johnson PAT kick. Scott had five comple tions for 89 yards with Quin Green and C.J. Styles making catches in the third quarter. When Jones County had lst-and-goal from the Eagle 6 in the third, Calvin Johnson recorded a tack le for a loss and Anthony Lockhart, on fourth down, sacked the quarterback on the 10. The win marked the first sub-region win in 4-AAAA for Northside, which is 4- 0 overall. The Eagles play again next Thursday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium as it hosts Dutchdown in a sub-region tilt. times Lady Eagles earn 3 wins, net ranking of 10th in polls From staff reports They say things come in “threes.” That being the case, Northside’s softball team had three things to be thankful for - early this week, anyway, with a fourth coming Thursday for good measure. For starters, the Lady Eagles in a make-up game Monday beat Upson-Lee 9-1. Northside scored three runs in the first, four in the fifth and two in the sixth while benefiting at the plate from Becky Studstill’s three and Kristen Smith’s two hits. Sarah Purvis also pitched five innings and had 12 strikeouts. On Tuesday, the Lady Eagles hosted Westside in 'Excitement' the word in Lady Panthers win By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Excitement abounded in so many ways on the Perry High School softball diamond Tuesday, none more than dem onstrated by short stop Tiffany James after her double play ended a 6-2 4-AAA South soft- & PEBBY UHTHimBS Perry 6, Wes* Laurens 2 ball victory against visiting West Laurens High. Head coach Jeff Sans was even excited about the potential mess at the top of the sub-region standings. Perry split the regular-sea son series with West Laurens and will look to do the same thing on Sept. 27 at Peach County. “I was excited about our mentality,” said Sans about the first Panther win in the last two years against the Raiders from Dublin. “We came to play.” Back on Sept. 11 when Perry lost at home to Peach Burkett helps Lady Bears to victory By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Ashlee Burkett’s fifth inning solo home run high lighted Houston County High School’s 3-0 Region 1-AA A A A softball win at home Tuesday against Coffee County. Burkett smashed a line drive over the cen- ill HOUSTON COUNTY LADY BEARS Houston County 3, Coffee County 0 terfield fence in the fifth inning. The Bears already had a 2-0 lead at the time. Brianna Hancock steadily pitched another complete game shutout to help lift Houston to 7-2 in the region, 13-6 overall. The Bears will take on a pair of non-region oppo nents next week, a week that includes Wednesday’s home game against Rutland High of Macon. Houston will Bfln October 27 th our annual If [MfolKSffil Ifftp debutes! |jV Find out all about the latest Safety Mkimeasures to take to make sure your fun time! another make-up game and won 10-0 in six innings. The girls scored three runs in the first, one in the second, five in the fifth and the final one in the sixth. At NOBTHSIOE LADY EAGLES Northside 9, Upson-Lee 1; Lady Estes 10, WestsideO; Normswe Upson-Lee 1 the same time they out-hit the Lady Seminoles 12-3. Two of those belonged to Smith, who also had two stolen bases. Studstill also had two RBLs. Hollie Langston pitched for the Lady Eagles and picked up her first win of the season (1-0), while Bethany 3-2, the Panthers had the tying on base. But it was the Trajan shortstop who speared a line drive and got the double play at first to end it. Fbst-forwarding one week, Perry was in a much more comfortable position going into the seventh inning with a 6-0 lead. Pitcher Erica Smith had only walked two Raider batters through six innings, but issued a free pass to start the seventh. Lauren Gibbs, the No. 9 West Laurens hitter, dou bled for her second hit of the game and ended the shutout at 6-1. With the lineup back to the leadoff spot, Olivia Knight bunted and induced the first Perry error of the game. Gibbs scored, so with no outs the visitors were within four at 6-2. James got her glove on the next two batted balls. She caught an infield pop-up for the first out and snagged a line drive for out No. 2. James wasn’t finished as she fired back to first base for the game-ender and proceed use these games to tune up for the Oct. 1 region and inter-city rivalry showdown at Warner Robins High. The It’s Not About the Car ... S I I 0*» It’s about the precious cargo it carries. As a local independent agent, we can design an insurance program that's just right liar you and your tamily. Give the people you love Safe.SomLSocure.* protection front Auto-Owners Insurance Company. vfuto-Oumers insurance ( J Insurance Agency, Inc HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Horne got the save. And the third piece of good news for Northside was the fact the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association poll came out Wednesday with the Lady Eagles ranked 10th. The fourth piece? That came via a second win over Upson-Lee, Thursday at home. Northside beat the Lady Knights for the sec ond time this week, 12-1, thanks in part defensively to the efforts of Langston and Home who combined to pitch a one-hitter. Offensively, Taelor Bousman was the stag going 4-4. Cady Mcßight also hit a home run for the squad, which is now 7-0 in Region 48-AAAA and 14-4 overalL ed to flip her glove in the air as she hopped, skipped and jumped to her dugout in celebration. Sans inserted some fresh men into the lineup, and he was excited to see these newcomers produce in their first varsity softball season. He said these are some great players who just needed to settle in to this new level of competition. First there was Kayla Ransom, who singled up the middle with two outs in the home first inning to drive in Perry’s first two runs. Ashley Craddock, one of the team veterans, led off with a double to left and two more vets, Marla Patterson and Ashton Jones, used patience at the plate to both draw two-out walks. Freshman catcher Kaitlyn Offenberg was the next Panther youngster to deliver with a two-run single up the middle in the home second. That was the only Berry hit of the inning as there was a walk, a Raider error and a grounder advancing See EXCITEMENT, /agejß Demonettes ended the week still in first place in the league with an undefeated record. 1110 Washington Street Downtown Perry 987-8000 I 52337