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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL H| H Hr ’ -jjjfigflj ■ " r---c~'||||^^^M|K : . il « a ‘ftai»Lrff§ * , - --, ~ : ‘ ’• <lll. i^SL''• jy" -Mviflj[| sA-.gWyT • ? >r%., '"■•• " * ”' "" j, '." >**•’• v -*V'.' ”'* •*, ■» ’ <* . ‘ * Journal/Don Moncrief Warner Robins pitcher Kristin Graham tags out a Peachtree Ridge runner during the two teams’ AAAAA state tour nament opener in Columbus Thursday. WR falls in tourney opener By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer With a little flare here, a slow roller there, Peachtree Ridge scored the one and only run Thursday to immediately send Warner Robins into the losers’ bracket of the GHSA Class AAAAA softball champion ship tournament held at South Commons Park in Columbus.A first-round loss in this double-elimination format means the need for six wins in a row in order to win a state title. After the 1-0 loss to the Lady Lions, Warner Robins faced winning three games in a row Friday and three more on Saturday. That lone run for the Lions came as catcher Sade Johnson, from the No. 9 hole in the order, grounded a ball past Amy Hutcheson’s backhanded stab at first base. The lead off hitter, Gabby Bedard, slapped an 0-2 pitch down the third base line. The ball stayed on the fair side all the way to the bag. Up next, Emily Osterhaus singled the conventional way to left to load the bases. Jensen Barrett, Warner Robins shortstop, gunned a grounder to the plate for one out. But Allison Leigh’s shallow flare fell at the edge of the outfield grass, with Bedard scoring easily. Warner Robins kept it a one-run game as catcher Maci Love saved herself k* * m CALENDAR High school softball Today ■ Warner Robins at GHSAAAAAA tournament in Columbus, to be determined High school cross country Monday ■ Westfield at state tournament in Macon, to be deter mined High school volleyball Today ■ Houston County and Warner Robins at GHSA AAAAA tournament in Roswell, to be determined IN BRIEF South Coast League to hold tryouts a passed ball by throwing Osterhaus outMfco pitfiher Kristen Graham at the plate. For Graham, the sixth marred what was a great pitching effort through the first five innings. Up to the sixth, Bedard was the only batter for Peachtree Ridge to reach base via a hit when she singled to shal low centerfield to lead off .Journal lion Moncrief Demonette Kylie Barrett is called out at third after a Peachtree Ridge player holds onto the ball. The South Coast League of Professional Baseball announced that the league would hold a league wide tryout camp at Macon’s Luther Williams Field Nov. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. Players can pre register for the tryout by visiting www.gsbsports.com and filling out the registration form. The cost to tryout is S6O through preregistration which can be reserved online via a credit card. Registration will also be available the day of the event for a charge of SBO and will be payable by cash, money order, or credit card. League officials will be on hand to evaluate talent and offer SCL uniform contracts to qualified participants. To learn more log on to www.southcoastleague.com. Basketball signups for WR Rec set The Warner Robins Recreation Department will begin registration for its 2008 Youth Basketball Program today. 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 n a Av*tS ASK I T^f LL KAM^KALL the fourth. Graham had 12 strikeouts and one walk, that coming in the fifth. She even missed a home run as a hitter when she flew out to deep left in the fourth. The Warner Robins offense had just one hit off Lion hurler Krysten Connelly. Kylie Barrrett had a bloop single to right in the second. The Demonettes did have a chance to score in the top of the fifth by load ing the bases without a hit. Sierra Love reached on an error with one out, and Hutcheson’s sacrifice put Love on second with two outs. Brown and Lauren Graham each drew walks, but Connelly ended it on a swinging strikeout. Connelly struck out seven. 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 Internationa! 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, carl, 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 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007 ♦ With Ivory out, Scott gets coll tor Eagles By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer It would be easy to believe Joe Scott is feel ing the weight of an entire school and an entire sec tion of Warner Robins on his shoulders. With the possible season-ending leg injury suffered last Friday by All- State quarterback Marques Ivory, Scott is now the one in charge of leading the No. 1 Eagles on offense in defense of the Class AAAA state championship. Scott was the No. 2 quar terback all of 2006 when Northside went 15-0 to win state for the first time ever in football and, though he started the Eagles’ home game with North Clayton on Sept. 14, maintained that role in 2007. WTien Northside faced Upson-Lee High this past Friday, the junior had to take over when Ivory was unable to continue, fie pro ceeded to complete six passes for more than 100 yards and a touchdown as Northside came back to win 31-26 and stayed unbeaten at 8-0. At the conclusion of Tuesday’s practice, Scott received some congratula tory handshakes from the usual visitors and spoke about his new role. “A little bit,” said Scott about the kind of pressure he is now experiencing. “Mainly, we’re a team. We just lost one. He was a great player, but we still have 10 other guys out there. “(My job is) to help lead, Turner to contend at Georgia Team tourney Special to the Journal Wade Turner of Warner Robins is among the many slated to com pete in the Georgia Team Championship, which takes place today-Sunday at The Georgia Club in Statham. According to a release, teams of four men repre senting 30 GSGA Member Clubs will compete over 36 holes for the title. Local fencers win medals Special to the Journal The youth fencers of the Warner Robins Fencing Society traveled to Suwanee Georgia to compete in the North Georgia Youth Fencing tournament recently. At that venue, Sarin Khurana, 9, won the Bronze medal and Nate Hellier, 9, won the Silver medal in the Under 10 foil event. /he down and dirty ” 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/. Anyone interested in sponsoring the race may contact David Cowles at 478-955-0568 or 327-3476. Volleyball group to hold tryouts The Central Georgia Volleyball Association is a local non-profit/volunteer organization that competes in U.S. Volleyball sanctioned Junior Nationals tournaments. The organization will be holding tryouts for its fifth sea son Nov. 10 from 9 a.m.-noon in the Perry Middle school gymnasium. Tryouts are open to girls and boys of all skill levels ages 12-18. help get the ball out there and let the receivers make plays and get the ball to whoever’s at running back.” Head coach Conrad Nix said the loss of one player to injury does not shut down the football season at Northside High School. As Scott allud ed to, there could be a sec ond injury concern going into the Eagles’ final regular season sub-region game on Nov. 2 against state-ranked Westside High at McConnell- Talbert Stadiilm. Running back Tijuan Green’s status is also in doubt. But there is no doubt that Ivory is out for the game with the Seminoles, the Region 4-AAAA play-in round the following week and the first few rounds of the state play offs. Ivory, who had thrown for 975 yards and rushed for 138 in 2007, had surgery on his broken left fibula on Tuesday. “We’re still going to play games,” said Nix. “Our expec tations haven’t changed. He was obviously a good player and I hate it for him. I hate it for us. It’s a very untimely thing. You certainly don’t ever want to see that kind of stuff happen, but you still have to move on.” Ivory, from the time he was a sophomore backing up Jacobi Rodrigues on a state finalist Eagle team in 2005, displayed several physical tools that showed he would put up huge num bers himself. In 2006, he threw for 1.823 yards and See SCOTT, page 2B The first round will be 18 holes of four-ball stroke play, with the team’s two scores combining for the team total. The second round will be individual stroke play, with the best three of four 18-hole scores combining as the team score. Entries were open to male amateur golfers who are Georgia residents and See TURNER, page xB There will be a fencing tournament in Warner Robins Nov. 10 at the Warner Robins Recreation Department located at 800 Watson Blvd. The event is free to spec tators. The public is web corned. For more informa tion contact the Warner Robins Fencing Society at wrfs@hotmail.com or www. wrfs.org. 1B