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BASKETBALL HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL X i / MM WMMmrmw n Vm* IA ■ jfcjL . ]ML m. X m P B^ %AJn >#|HF 1 |9p' ‘ifl v BP* JH PKL... HKikiJi ™ Hji BBF iPjßik 1 -.^BB In JM||^^M / •>/ ' ; ~'ij I * -‘ A * * " Jk ' - - ”• ■L. . 1 w. ,'d '(■, frr &W '&£ U sXJ . 1 \ r _ . _ >„ ■ . ■ % j^M^j^^y^vta^v.vmwww^fr^TfririTrirnwriTmMßMMMß ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County shortstop Kourtny Thomas holds onto the ball after making a tag at second in the Lady Bears’ game at Warner Robins Monday. Inside: Demonette Kristen Graham commits to Virginia Tech WR takes home win over HC Improves region record to 10-0 By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer With the weight of a major decision off her shoulders, Kristen Graham turned her focus to leading the Warner Robins High soft ball Demonettes to an undis puted top seed in Region 1-AAAAA. Graham, verbally commit ted to play college softball at Virginia Tech (see related story), threw a four-hitter Monday with 14 strikeouts and one walk as Warner Robins topped city and region rival Houston County High 4-1 at home. The Demonettes remain the only team undefeated in 1-AAAAA at 10-0, but there is still some work left in the regular season. Head coach Brenda Arnett takes the club down to Lowndes County this coming weekend to take on Valdosta High and the region’s second-place team, Lowndes. “That’s where we want to be,” said Arnett about fin ishing as the No. 1 seed for the 1-AAAAA tournament, which also takes place in Valdosta. “We don’t want to come home with a loss. We want to win both of them. “We need to at least win one (to maintain first place). If we go in any lower than CALENDAR High school softball Thursday ■ Jones County at Northside, 5:45 p.m. Friday ■ Warner Robins at Lowndes, 6 p.m. ■ Houston County at Valdosta, 6:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Warner Robins at Valdosta, 11 a.m. ■ Houston County at Lowndes, 11 a.m. Monday ■ Region 1-AAAAA playoffs, to be determined (through Oct. 12) ■ Region 4-AAAA playoffs, to be determined (through Oct. 11) High school football Thursday No. 2, we have to go down Thursday (Oct. 11). If we win straight out, we don’t go until Saturday (Oct. 13).” Warner Robins is sched uled to play Lowndes first on Friday. The Demonettes won the first meeting on their home turf 10-0. Lowndes has a 7-2 region record and must play Houston County at home on Saturday and Tift County, which beat Lowndes in a recent tourna ment game, on Oct. 9. By losing Monday’s game, Houston fell to 7-3 in the region. The Bears - which make the same trip Warner Robins makes this weekend - still have a shot at second place if they can sweep the last two games in Lowndes County. Graham started the game against Houston on a major roll with five strikeouts in a row. It’s a string Taylor Fountain snapped with a bunt single. Her only walk came against Danielle Burkett with one out in the top of the third, but Graham snagged a liner back her way and turned the double play. The senior has come a long way in terms of control. On Aug. 18 against Valdosta at home, she got the win despite issuing nine walks (with 14 strikeouts). “I think a lot of that is ■ Perry at Central, 7:30 p.m. Friday ■ Lowndes at Houston County, 7:30 p.m. ■ Northside at Stockbridge, 7:30 p.m. ■ Westfield at Stratford, 7:30 p.m. High school volleyball Thursday ■ Northside and Mary Persons at Houston County, 5 p.m. ■ Jackson and Lee County at Warner Robins, 4 p.m. Tuesday ■ Houston County and Lee County at Coffee, 5 p.m. High school cross country ■ Warner Robins and Houston County at Jones County Invitational, time to be determined IN BRIEF Camp registration to be held aS-Tiff ft' ■ MM ■ . 4 w w * * ENI/Gary Harmon Warner Robins pitcher Kristen Graham delivers to the plate. that the pressure’s off of her,” said Arnett. “A lot of people were watching her. She couldn’t make up her mind. But now the pressure is gone, and I think she’s throwing better because of it.” The Warner Robins See WIN, page 108 The Warner Robins Recreation Department has started registration for the Youth Academy Fall Break Camp for boys and girls ages 7-12. Activities, according to a release, include games, arts and crafts and more. The camp will be held Oct. 8-15 from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily. The cost is $65 per child for city residents, $123 for county residents and $202 for those out of county. Attendees need to bring a sack lunch each day. Drinks and afternoon snacks will be provided. Call 929-6946 for more information, or go to warnerrobinsga.gov. HCHS to host soccer camp Houston County High School will host the Fall Break Soccer Camp Tuesday-Oct. 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 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2007 ♦ Hornets locus on little things in big motchup By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor The “little things.” Those were the priority of Head Coach Ronnie Jones and staff during Westfield’s bye week this past week. Little things you don’t typically have time to work on, Jones said, like mak ing some corrections in the kicking game and such. “Maybe not things we’re doing wrong,” he said, “but little things like on punts, PATs, things like that.” Little things like keeping “contact” during the prac tice week to a minimum, because, as he said, part of the good thing about a bye week is also the chance to get some aches and bruises better. And, perhaps the biggest little thing for the players during this time: '1 think the biggest thing lop us is we’ve got to continue to play our game ... with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of fun... keep that up." - Westfield Head Football Coach Ronnie Jones Perry routs Americus-Sumter Now comes the waiting game By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer For Jeff Sans and the Perry High softball Panthers, the rest of this week is a game of wait and-see. After winning Monday’s regular-season non-region finale 14-3 at Americus- Sumter County, Perry turns its attention towards Dublin and West Laurens High on Thursday. There, West Laurens plays Peach County High in a game that could either make the final Region 4-AAA softball standings nice and easy or quite confusing. A win by West Laurens gives the Raiders a sweep of Peach County and first Culpepper leads PAC in inaugural swim meet Special to the Journal The Premier Aquatic Club held its inaugural swim invitational this past weekend at Fort Valley State University. Leading the PAC was a familiar name in local high school competition, Anne Culpepper, who swam to four first place finishes in the Senior Girls division. She won the 200-yard IM, 200-yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Backstroke, and the 500-yard Freestyle. Culpepper also swam on the women’s 200 Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle relay, both of which also finished first. See PAC, page $B “The do wn and dirty ” or more information, call 478-988-6340 or 478-929-2298 or e-mail HoCoSoccer@bellsouth.net. Bear boosters 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/. Basketball signups for WR Rec set The Warner Robins Recreation Department will begin registration for its 2008 Youth Basketball Program Oct. 27. The program is for boys ages 5-17 and girls ages 5-12. The registration fee is $25 for city, SSO for county and SBS for out of county residents. A birth certificate is required. For more info call 929-1916. Friday off, because as Jones also said, adding it’s become somewhat of a tra diti o n , ML Westfield at Stratford, Friday, 7:30 p.m. “They earned it.” With that out of the way, the Hornets are now pre paring for the “big things” - or thing, as in traveling to and playing Stratford .Friday for a 7:30 p.m. kick off (yes, that time is right Hornet fans). The Eagles are similar to Westfield in at least a couple of ways. Both are 3-1 and they have each beaten Mount de Sales. The Hornets shut out the Cavaliers 14-0 while See HORNETS, page 4B & place over all for the 4-AAA champion ship tour n a m e n t, which West Laurens will host next week at the Southern PERRY LADY PANTHERS Perry 14, Americus- Sumter County 3 Pines Complex. Perry is then in second place all by itself, one game ahead of the Trojans. But if Peach wins, the result would be a three-way tie between Perry, Peach and West Laurens, as each team would have a series split with the other two. See PERRY, page 4B 3B