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Smick had two aces in her string of service winners, and Houston stood in front 10-4. While the errors started to mount up on the Demonettes, Devon Preston’s authoritative kill put the hosts ahead 13-5. Not only did Goodman serve for the final point of the tournament, she made two blocks at the middle of the net for Houston County scores. Leah Justin added one more kill that hit in the center of Warner Robins’ side of the court. The Bears held on to an early lead in the first game of this deciding match, but wasn’t able to do so in the second game. Smick was again strong on the serve CALENDAR High school softball Today High school cross country Today ■ Westfield Invitational, time to be determined Saturday ■ Warner Robins, Houston County, Perry and Westfield at Mercer Invitational at Georgia Children’s Home in Macon, time to be determined High school softball Today ■ Rutland at Houston County, 6 p.m. ■ Westfield at Stratford, 4:30 p.m. Thursday ■ Perry at Peach County, 5 p.m. # y pi A ...» IL_ IY |" V ffl! *mW If, v f rW ■ I SSL «*» • Q _ —r ENI/Gary Harmon Northside’s Josie Toliver tries to slam the ball over Demonette Aletrius Booker. in the opening game with an ace and a kill, which all led to an early 9-3 Houston advantage. When Aletrius Booker blocked a ball at the net to give Warner Robins a point, Goodman was able to coun ter on the next rally and get the Bears back up by seven, 12-5. Morgan Hollers would turn into a setting machine with two assists to Goodman ■ Warner Robins at Colquitt, 5:45 p.m. ■ Northside at Baldwin, 6 p.m. Monday ■ Perry at Americus-Sumter, 6 p.m. ■ Houston County at Warner Robins, 6 p.m. Tuesday ■ Dutchtown at Northside, 6 p.m. High school volleyball Friday ■ Houston County at Conyers Classic (through Saturday), teams and times to be determined Saturday ■ Houston County at Conyers Classic, teams and times to be determined Tuesday ■ Coffee, Mount Zion at Northside, 5 p.m. High school football and another to Preston (19- 6). Catherine Causey of Warner Robins hit two solid kills in her team’s first seven points, and with her ace the Demonettes were back with in 10 at 20-10. As Warner Robins was still on serve, officials overruled a call in the corner, which prompted a reaction from Bears coach Tony Jones. The point went to Warner Robins, which continued to roll with anoth er Causey ace to make it 20-16. The Bears finally made a side-out, and with a Goodman ace, two kills from Justin and a third by Adrienne Pate, Houston County took the 1-0 match lead 25-18. In Game 2, the Bears jumped to a 10-5 edge See COUNTY, page ioB Thursday ■ Dutchtown at Northside, 7:30 p.m. Friday ■ Houston County at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m. ■ Henry County at Perry, 7:30 p.m. IN BRIEF PJL undergoing Fall registration Perry Junior League Fall Ball registration will continue until Oct. 5. You can register on line at www.perryjunior leaue.com or at the park Saturday 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. Call Kelly Tucker at pjlpresident@windstream.net or via phone at 988-2618 for more information. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 ♦ Demons, Bears similar stories By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer George Collins is no ordi nary alumnus of Warner Robins High School. The former Demon foot ball player is now employed by Houston County High School - a major Region 1-AAAAA rival of Warner Robins - as head coach and must figure out a way to make his Bears better than his old school. Still, one couldn’t help but wonder how Collins - in any other occupation - would feel about his football-proud alma mater starting a sea son out with three straight losses. Well, it’s just how a coach would feel. “I understand a lot of things depend on the ath letes you have, ” said Collins, who will be up front with the PY preps for Henry County, Homecoming By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer It was a comeback wor thy of a feast, and a feast is what the Perry High foot ball booster club gave the Panther players and coach es after Monday’s practice. Now, the Perry football team needs to find a way to keep a leading candi date for state Player of the Year honors from feasting on yardage this Friday at Herb St. John Stadium. Henry County High, coming off a bye week, is the Perry opponent on Homecoming night, but before finding out who will wear the crown at half- Wrye returns just in time lor WF Team locks down eighth region title By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Jennifer Wiye, a starter from the 2006 Westfield state championship soft ball season, returned to the Hornet lineup after miss ing nearly two months of the current campaign. She came back in time to pro duce a game-winning sin gle Monday in Westfield’s 3-2 non-region win against Mt. de Sales at home. With her injured thumb HCHS to host soccer camp Houston County High School will host the Fall Break Soccer Camp Oct. 9-11. The camp is open to girls and boys ages 5-12 and will run from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The cost is SSO before Sunday and S6O thereafter. An event T-shirt is included in the fee. For a registration form or more information, call 478-988-6340 or 478-929-2298 or e-mail HoCoSoccer@bellsouth.net. Bear booster to hold golf tourney The HCHS Bear Boosters will be holding its annual Fall Scramble Oct. 20 at Waterford Golf Club. The format is a four-player scramble, and the cost is S2OO per team. Sponsorships are available. Call 957-1867 or e-mail HoCoßoosters@cox.net for more info, or visit the website www.golfdigestplanner.com/1614-HoCoßoosters/. Houston Bears for the first time against Warner Robins on Friday. “You have to coach what you have. They have been Houston County at Warner Robins, Friday, 7:30 pm. mmm fortunate year in and year out to have good players come through, and they have good players now. “A break (against Central Gwinnett) and they’re win ning that one. Camden County is a good football team, but if they get a break (in the Georgia Dome) ... it’s a funny game. You get a break here or there, things go your way, and they could easily be (undefeated). See STORIES, page ?B Henry County at Perry, Friday, 7:30 p.m. time, a lot of focus will go on aWarhawk player named Chris Jackson. In winning the Player of the Week honor from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for Week 3 of the season, Jackson, already with a ver bal commitment to Georgia Tech, had 117 yards rush ing and 110 yards receiv ing for Henry County in a 33-28 win against Central- Macon. See PREPS, page ioB all healed up, Wrye stepped to the plate with two Hornet runners on base and one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. She got down WESTFIELD HORNETS Westfield 3, Mount de Sales 2; Lady Hornets 12, Southland 1 in the count 0-2, patiently let two outside pitches go See REGION, page ioB 3B