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Lady Hornets Hanna Jones and Mason Moreland do a bit of a dance routine during a
break in action of the GISA state tournament Saturday in Dublin.
Lady Hornets sweep N. Cobb
Christian for Final Four berth
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Facing North Cobb
Christian for the first time
ever in softball, Westfield’s
Hornets cruised through the
best-of-3 first round state
playoff series 2-0 Saturday
at Southern Pines Complex
in Dublin and advanced to
the GISA AAA final four
this coming weekend in
LaGrange.
Westfield and coach
Rodney Culverhouse faced
several unknown factors in
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CALENDAR
High school softball
Friday
■ Northside vs. Starr’s Mill in first round of AAAA
Sectionals, 6 p.m., in Lovejoy
High school softball
Saturday
■ Westfield at Final Four in GISA AAA state tournament
in Lagrange, to be determined
■ Warner Robins and Houston County at AAAAA
Sectionals and Northside at AAAA Sectionals (round two,
if applicable) in Lovejoy, to be determined
High school football
Friday
■ Houston County at Tift County, 7:30 p.m.
■ Northside at Upson-Lee, 7:30 p.m.
■ Perry at Peach County, 7:30 p.m.
■ Warner Robins at Coffee, 7:30 p.m.
■ Deerfield-Windsor at Westfield, 7:30 p.m.
High school volleyball
Friday
■ Warner Robins at Area tournament in Luella, to be
determined
Saturday
■ Warner Robins and Houston County at Area tourna
ment in Luella, to be determined
■ Northside at Dutchtown for Area tournament, to be
determined
High school cross country
Saturday
■ Warner Robins, Houston County and Perry at Bleckley
County Invitational, 8 a.m.
IN BRIEF
Bear boosters to hold golf tourney
The HCHS Bear Boosters will be holding its annual
Fall Scramble Saturday at Waterford Golf Club. The
format is a four-player scramble, and the cost is S2OO
this series having never seen
North Cobb Christian before.
But North Cobb earned the
right to play the defending
AAA champions by winning
a best-of-3 play-in series
on its home field against
Tattnall Square Academy, a
program much more famil
iar to the Hornets.
“The unknown was
the biggest concern,” said
Culverhouse, whose teams
won both games by shutouts
of 8-0 (Game 1 ending in six
innings). “You talk to teams
and they’ll say, ‘We think
per team. Sponsorships are available. Call 957-1867
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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.
YMCA to tee off inaugural event
The Houston County YMCA will hold an inaugural golf
tournament Nov. 9 at International City Golf Course. The
venue is a scramble format featuring four-person teams.
Lunch is slated for noon with a shotgun start beginning
at 1 p.m. The entry fee is SSO per person, which includes
greens fee, cart, range balls, lunch and refreshments.
There will also be door, team, close up and long drive
prizes, along with a complimentary gift bag.
Hole, drink cart and range sponsorship is available.
Call 922-2566 or e-mail fitness@hocoymca.org to sign
up.
AFA to host Thank-a-Vet Run
The Air Force Association Carl Vinson Memorial
Chapter and POW/MIA Memorial Committee will host
the seventh annual Thank-a-Vet Run Nov. 10 at the
Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base. The run
will begin at 8:30 a.m. Check-in time for the SK/one-mile
run/walk begins at 7:15 a.m. The pre-registration fee
of sls covers an event T-shirt and refreshments. On
site registration is S2O. A picture identification card is
required. Interested persons may register on-line at the
AFA website, http://cv-afa.org/.
Companies or individuals interested in sponsoring
the race may contact David Cowles at 478-955-0568 or
327-3476.
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you’ll win.’ It’s great that
everybody thinks you’ll win,
but you still have to play the
game.
“They beat Tattnall two
out of three, and Tattnall’s
a pretty good ball club. We
had to make sure we did our
part and not worry about
other things. If they are bet
ter than you, they’re just
better than you. But if you
are better than them it will
show if you do what you’re
supposed to.”
Kelsey Gilliam pitched
See FOUR, page $B
Getting past Peach
Peppy works to end the dpought
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
For the past two years,
Andy Scott and the Perry
High
football
Panthers
have seen
Region 4-
AAA rival
Peach
County
High win
and win
Perry at Peach
County, Friday,
7:30 p.m.
convincingly in their neigh
boring showdown, and then
On the web: Friday rewind - Panthers rally past West Laurens
Lady Bears softball team wins region
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
For the second year in a row, Houston
County High snatched away the Region 1-
AAAAA softball championship from its city
rival. Only this year, the Bears had to travel
a couple hours down the interstate and fight
Westfield preps to host Deerfield-Windsor
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
A first down - plus some -
a pop. That’s what Deerfield-
Windsor’s John Smith aver
ages every time he touches
the football - 11.87 yards
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"It's going to be a game of turnovers and
field position. There wiN be a lot of
emotion. We just have to execute In
everything we do."
- Perry Head Football Coach Andy Scott
charge on to consecutive
Class AAA championships.
It would be understand
able for Scott not to believe
that the Peach program
could be any better than
per carry.
That, stopping him, is
then Westfield’s challenge
Friday when the Hornets
host the Knights for an 8
p.m. kickoff.
“He’s a little bit of both,”
said Westfield Head Coach
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Top Sportsman Quolllying 5 pm.
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it has already. He is trying
to lead Perry High to that
same level on the gridiron.
On Friday the Panthers get
one more shot at Peach,
See PERRY, page i6C
through elimination after elimination with
out a break to do it.
The region puts its softball title for the
2007 season on the line in a double elimina
tion tournament held at Valdosta’s Freedom
Park. Houston County finished second to
See REGION, page §B
Ronnie Jones in regard to
whether he relies mainly
on strength or speed. “He’s
an outside runner but the
biggest thing is, he’s got
so much speed you can’t
catch him (once he gets past
See WESTFIELD, page ifC
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Saturday, October 20
Gules Open 8 a.m.
Tech 80.m.-2p.m.
Time Trials & QuaOfylng 9 0.m.-6 p m.
Top Sportsman Qualifying.. . 1:30 & 3 p.m.
Comp Qualifying 285p.m.
TopDrogster 2:3085:30 p.m.
TAO 8 TAFC Qualifying 387p.m.
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Suture Tratk.. 8 pm,
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Sunday, October 21
Gates Open 8 a.m.
Eltainotioos .9 a.m.
. Top Orojsler • Round 1 10 a.m.
Comp Eliminator • Round 1 , 10:30 a.m.
Top Sportsman-Round! 11a.m.
TAD 8 TAfC Eliminations Ip.m.
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