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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2007
Perry’s softball year ends
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The 2007 softball season
was more like a glimpse
into the immediate future
for Perry High and coach
Jeff Sans.
With several freshmen
breaking into the starting
lineup, one more 9th grad
er had a chance to shine.
Even though Perry lost for
the second time to Eagle’s
Landing - 4-0 Wednesday
at Southern Pines Complex
in Dublin - in the Region
4-AAA tournament, Sans
liked what he saw in the
pitcher’s circle.
Alexis Ricks pitched seven
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during the year did not go unrewarded as Head Coach Mitch Horton gave her the
game ball following the win.
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left that reached the fielder
too fast for Purvis to score.
Up stepped Elissa Lee one
of Northside’s five seniors
(countingits “male” ground
skeeper). She has only seen
part-time action this year
- didn’t get into the game
on the recent Senior Night
- but when she got the call,
she didn’t waste it.
She hit a double just
inside the fine in right to
score both of the runners.
Jones County threat
ened to answer in the top
half of the third. The Lady
Greyhounds recorded two
of their three total hits off
Purvis, who not only worked
all seven innings Thursday
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Lady Bears Devon Preston and Adrienne Pate go up for a block.
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play all nine area games
on the schedule before
Goodman’s injury, which
occurred just days before a
major tournament Houston
County played in Conyers.
And the wins kept on coming
afterwards, including a dou
bleheader sweep on Senior
Night against Newton High
that raised the team’s record
to 33-10.
“We’ve played several
matches and we’ve won,”
said head coach Tony Jones.
“The sophomore we pulled
up from JV Sarah Rogers,
has been very effective for
us. Of course (Goodman’s)
presence is missed, but she
has found a different role, a
second assistant. She’s help
ing with coaching and there
supporting the girls.”
strong innings in what was
the season finale for the
Panthers. Against Eagle’s
Landing, she did not walk
a batter, struck out six,
allowed five hits and only
two earned runs out of the
four.
“She will be a good one,”
said Sans.
But Ricks didn’t receive
any offensive support for
her pitching efforts. Sans
said the Panther bats made
good contact and had five
hits, but couldn’t get run
ners home from scoring
position in four different
innings.
Perry went into the
but did likewise the night
before, during that inning.
But with one out on the
books, Purvis, who had plen
ty of help from the defense
- 12 of the game’s outs
were recorded by the infield
and another two by Taelor
Bousman in left - coaxed a
popup and a grounder to get
out of the trouble.
“She’s just outstanding,”
Horton said of his No. 1
starter. “She hit her spots
again tonight.”
Northside hit a few more
in the bottom half of the
inning to put three more
runs on the board and get
the coaches/team mom
checking the temps - the
chill - on those RC Cola
bottles.
All three of those runs
came after there were two
Houston beat Newton in
the first match 2-0 (25-20,
25-10).
The Bears never trailed in
the second match, though
mistakes never allowed the
home team to pull away any
sizable margin. With the
score 16-all, Morgan Hollars,
senior setter, scored from
the outside to get her serve
going and carry Houston to
the lead for good. Junior
Athina Smick, on the out
side, scored with a soft
attack, and Devon Preston
was on serve to close out the
game 25-18.
Hollars began Game 2 with
a pair of aces and a 3-0 lead,
and then assisted on kills
for Justin and Preston (10-
7). Another senior, Adrienne
Pate, served a winner while
Hollars put back a ball set
up to her by Newton (13-8).
But there were more
errors on the Houston side,
region tournament as the
No. 2 seed from the 4-AAA
south sub-region and drew
Eagle’s Landing, No. 3
from the north sub-region
after a late 1-0 loss to Ola
High, in the first round
held Tuesday in Dublin.
The Panthers lost the
first meeting 13-0, but then
came back to knock out
Southwest-Macon 6-3.
Considering the average
age of his roster, Sans said
he considers the 2007 sea
son a successful one.
“Being real young, we
showed we will do some
damage in the future,” he
said.
outs. Heather Langston hit
an infield single and Purvis
walked before Brooke Red
hit a hard liner to third.
The third baseman field
ed it and sent a bullet to
first. But, the first baseman
either had trouble with the
lighting or took her eye off
it for just a split-second,
as it blazed right past her
outstretched glove. That
left Red standing on second
with two runs in. Mcßight
then singled to bring home
the next.
From there it was defense
and more defense, along
with RC Cola all around.
Next up for the Lady
Eagles is the Sectionals.
They are slated to play
Starr’s Mill in the first
round Friday at 6 p.m. in
Lovejoy.
and Newton stayed within
two to three points before
eventually tying things up
at 21-21. Jones had some
younger players on the
court, like Rogers, and they
worked together to score a
long kill. One other senior,
Brittany Zuniga as the libe
ro, saved the day on a late
rally by charging the net.
Houston hung on to win
25-23.
Jones said the area tour
nament begins this com
ing Friday at Luella High;
but as No. 1 seed the Bears
don’t play until Saturday
morning.
“We did a great job
throughout the regular sea
son,” he said. “We need four
more wins to get 100 wins
for the senior class. We want
to win the area and get a
nice draw for the state play
offs. We have our sights set
on winning it all.”
SPORTS
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Starlighters
High Scores: Robert Meadows 245-583; Mike Mauro
223; Jay Taylor; Celena Wilson 214-587; Maria Branch
193-532
Kibble* A Bit*
High Scores: Ron Papizan 245-606; Dennis Craig
235-347; Irma Houpt 169; Melanie Aubin 162; JoAnn
Kovarovic 448; Joyce Bishop 162-410; Zac Pferrer 199-
546; Jeffery Craig 185-495; Summer Garcia 144-377;
Morgan Griffin 108-264
Senior Mixed
High Scores: Henry Owens 210-564; Lloyd Britt 203;
Joe Gootee 544; Arlene Todd 191-528; Nina Smith
189-504
Mew Kid* In the Alley
High Scores: Deric Morris 278-682; Conal Jackson
257; William Johnson 257-699; Debria Nelson 231;
Marves Anderson 223; Wilma Reeves 600; Amita West
578
G old Cup’* Bowling Finest
High Scores: Eva Erlich 238-595; Arlene todd 206-
522
flock A Roller*
High Scores: Michael Handley 226-593; Jimmy Mauro
220-604; Jennie Lackey 215-572; Amy Handley 190-
528; Joann Kovarovic 190
Morning Glory
High Scores: Rita Kelly 195-549; Toni Majka 191;
Joann Kovarovic 523
Ladle* Church
High Scores: Sandy Setinsek 181-420; Sue Moon 161;
Cindy Crowley 440
King and Queen*
High Scores: Bob Odom 235-652; Jason Dimuzio 229-
641; Lisa Kilinski 210-528; Kim Maloney 189; Devona
Zodun 544
Tuesday Men’* Handicap
High Scores: Ron Papizan 278-723; Brandon Jones
235; Kevin Dimuzio 648
Mooaettes
High Scores: Trish Ellis 187-527; Ann Vandenburg
148-416
Mixed Misfits
High Scores: David Caldwell 238-657; Bobby Morgan
234; David Seeger 595; Gale Parrish 233-550; Lori
Sato 197; Leeann Steinmetz 516
Parkway Senior* Wonder*
High Scores: Kenneth Carley 204-563; Walt McCarty
204-573; Norman Ott 203; Maria Branch 225-590;
Arlene Todd 215-583
Town and Country
High Scores: Jim McCarley 290-728; Greg Jarres 244-
656; Maria Branch 202-574; Mandy Reilly 200; Michelle
Todd 200; Claire Hough 523
BROWN
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The answer arrived in the
form of three little letters
... actually, one little letter
repeated three times over:
www. While ancient civili
zations had their beautiful
muses for inspiration, mine
unfortunately won’t be
appearing on any Picasso.
Len Pasquarelli, a writer
of the NFL for ESPN.com, at
one time in my business in
Atlanta once told a gather
ing of sports writers (includ
ing yours truly, don’t ask
how I got in) that we in
the print game don’t neces
sarily have to concede the
major scoops to the broad
cast media. Sure, television
and radio can go on the air
at any time with a break
ing story while the news
papers have strict printing
and distribution schedules.
But the previous decade
has provided us a way to even
the scales. In Pasquarelli’s
words, when you put your
hands on something hot, but
press time is still hours away,
“Put it on your website.”
And so, with Friday night
(and even Saturday night)
football in Houston County,
we have a way to fill the gap.
It’s called www.hhjnews.com.
Let’s face it; not doing high
school football game stories
at all just was not an accept
able option, not for this 15-
year veteran.
You might as well tell
the people at Wendy’s they
won’t be able to do the Old-
Fashioned Hamburgers any
more (what, they make peo
ple fat or something?).
So just what is it like, you
may wonder, to do a football
game story? Must be one of
the best jobs in the world?
In Part I of this series I went
over how I go about keep
ing my own statistics. Doing
that means charting each
and every play.
There is no one correct
way to do it. You just have to
come up with a system that
works for you. I have my
own, one I have followed for
the past 15 years, and how
I came up with it I do not
remember at all.
I will give you a couple of
samples. Here, I am about to
see a play that is lst-and-10
at the offensive team’s 33-
yard-line:
34 to 35 2-8
That would be a running
play, with the ball carrier
being No. 34 (by the way,
we love it when a player is
wearing a jersey number
that appears nowhere on the
roster, said in all due sar
casm). The run went to the
Warner Rodins bowling results
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35-yard-line with the result
being 2nd-and-8.
My next example is about
both pass plays and when
the result goes from one side
of the 50 to the other. This
play starts at the offensive
team’s 30:
14p6 to P 46 1-10
The thrower (usually the
quarterback) is No. 14. The
little p stands for pass, and
P 46 means it went to the
other side of the 50 at the
defensive team’s 46 (yes, the
P stands for Perry).
For penalties, I just write
out the name of the foul,
where it put the ball and
the resulting down and dis
tance. Incomplete passes are
denoted as Inc and intercep
tions Int.
I will also on occasion note
what kind of play it was (i.e.
option pitch) or something
special like a sack with the
defender’s number.
People do look at my notes
with a confused stare, and I
completely understand that.
Besides, there is only one
person who has to be able to
interpret these notes: me.
To be honest, football game
stories do tend to lean heavily
towards the offensive high
lights, and by that I mean
the accomplishments of the
quarterbacks, running backs
and receivers. Defenders
do get their opportunity at
the spotlight when such big
things happen as intercep
tions or quarterback sacks.
Anyone who has covered
high school football for a
newspaper probably heard
this kind of statement at
least once: “I don’t think the
linemen get enough atten
tion or recognition.”
There is absolutely no way
to get in every block and
every tackle made in a foot
ball game in a game story.
The same can be said about
reporting basketball, where
not every basket, rebound or
assist will be printed.
We reporters don’t want to
ignore the football linemen,
those who do all the dirty
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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Harris and Lynn Trophies
High Scores: Bill Haberin 246-666; Harry Wampler
245-616; Jan Daniell 204-565; Michele Wharton 190;
Linna Nielsen 488
Men’* Commercial
High Scorres: Phil Bosarge 269; Walt Egyed 266; Cliff
Barnes 706; Carey Carter 678
Junior Senior Youth
High Scores: Terry Shofner 170-477; Josh Margraff
167; Matt Scott 432; Jennifer Cooley 153-382; Ailisa
Davis 147-413
Sllte Junior League
High Scores: J.C. McAlister 215; Dustin Andrews 212;
Chris Kreager 565; Brad Egyed 563; Laura Hough 196-
SI 6; Courtney Mane 166-462
Bantam Prep Youth
High Scores: Tyler Harvey 167-454; Brian Meadows
137-358; Keeley Smith 157-306; Katherine Hoffman
131-326
Pee wee*
High Scores: Patrick Odom 108-190; Cason Vail
87-168; Cheyenne Johnson 87-171; Sarah Ingram
72-120
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Charity
High Scores: Scott Elliott 230; Donnelle Butler 214-
607; Bill Haberin 602; Jeannie Circle 176-424; Juli
Sumner 174; Kathy McKenna 437
Women's Lib
High Scores: Ed Galloway 243-591; Sam Akin 189-
493; Lynn Radle 205-533; Mama Lou Bush 192; Kris
Fiveash 519
osc
High Scores: Sandy McTier 226-579; Nan Luna 109-
533
Tuesday Peterson Point
High Scores: Mike Stockwell 269; Bill Haberin 268; Jim
Fee 718; Jim Davis 712
AFRC Mixed
High Scores: Bob Walker 267-741; Jeff Martin 237;
Scott Hastings 605; Willa Martin 212-521; Cariren
Danson 198-514
Early Friday Mixed
High Scores: Joey Stella 255-690; Dan Bueno 235-
648; Laurie McAlister 212; Teresa Hurt 561; April
Mitchell 207; Angie Stella 555
RYA Junior-Senior
High Scores: Sonny Puryear 234-596; Walter Shutter
233-668; Stephanie Chan 213-587; Cady Mcßight
200-544
RYA Bantam/Prep
High Scores: Jackson Vowell 171; Eddie Langdon
158; Michael Jackson 466; Tyler Stella 326; Victoria
Gonzales 133; Kayla Preston 124; Angelica Valdez
336; Cara Stasel 329
work but only get something
like a touchdown through
pure luck. It’s just hard to
see what everyone does with
22 people involved in every
football play, and we have to
at the very least make sure
we know where that ball is.
I make it a point to watch
out for those big blocks and
who made them. But even
then it’s hard to make out
an exact jersey number. If I
say the back got a great hole
or the quarterback had lots
of time to throw, you should
read that as a compliment to
the line as a group, because it
takes all of them for the team
to succeed.
It’s amazed me how much
the number of people cover
ing high school football has
increased over the last 15
years. All I ask for when
I go to a stadium is just a
little space to fit a legal pad
and maybe my binoculars if
I remember to bring them
(yes, I have sat in the stands
on a couple of occasions).
In the beginning, I only
had to make sure I didn’t
get in the spotter’s chair. No
public address announcer
can work without a spotter;
otherwise they would have to
think on the spot.
True story. The PA guy,
whose day job title was certi
fied public accountant, says
this on a lst-and-10 play:
“The run gains nine yards,
brings up 2nd and ... 2.”
Nowadays, the sidelines are
littered with camera people,
not all of them representing
a newspaper or TV station.
The filming equipment up
in the box is getting more
sophisticated, not to mention
more space consuming. And
everyone is looking for that
Internet connection.
Since I brought the dis
cussion back to the Net, let
me add that in addition to
our football stories appearing
online, we have also started
putting other school sports
results on hhjnews.com in a
more timely fashion as soon
as we can.
DR.
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