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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL JK, JMHjBHMtt^^ |iii .-Al Mtotgw fp ■ ; . ■•■'■■•:' : , v ,' "- ■ ■' ..; ENI/Gary Hannon The Panthers break through their banner in a win over Southwest Friday in Macon. Top seed, maybe more at stake in Perry-Northeast match-up By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer November will soon be here, and that means now that each and every football game Perry High School plays the rest of the season has serious and significant mean ing. When the 5- 3 Panthers host Northeast High of Northeast at Perry, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Macon on Friday at Herb St. John Stadium, a win or a loss means the difference between first place and fourth place in the 4-AAA south sub-region. That means the difference between hosting the all-important state tournament play-in round against someone like Jackson or Ola and going on the road to meet Henry County and its 500-yard passing potential again. The south sub-region setup for the weekend is as such: in addi tion to Perry facing Northeast, Peach County hosts Southwest- Macon and Central-Macon travels to Dublin to face West Laurens. Should both Perry and Peach win, they would finish tied for first at 4-1 with the Panthers owning the head-to-head tiebreaker. But if the Panthers end up in a third-place tie with Central at 3-2, the Chargers own that tiebreaker and would push Perry to the No. 4 spot. There are other scenarios that could happen this weekend. The on mmm SCOREBOARD High school volleyball Saturday ■ GHSA AAAAA state tournament in Roswell: Mills Creek 3 (games), Houston County 0 (Lady Bears eliminated); Norcross 3 (games), Warner Robins 0 (Demonettes elimi nated CALENDAR High school football Friday ■ Westfield at Southland, 7:30 p.m. ■ Northeast at Perry, 7:30 p.m. ■ Westside at Northside, 7:30 p.m. ■ Warner Robins at Colquitt County, 7:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Valdosta at Houston County, 8 p.m. Perry-Northeast game, how ever, represents the only match up between teams with winning records in the sub-region. As head coach Andy Scott told his play ers at the conclusion of Monday’s practice, they need to commit to beating the Raiders on Friday and render anyone else’s results moot. “The stakes are high in any region game,” said Scott. “When you get late in the year, they become more magnified. We’re playing for first or fourth.” Northeast was the one team from 4-AAA last year to go on the road in the play-in round and win to qualify for the state playoffs. The Raiders are 6-2 overall, but may be the one program that flies under the proverbial radar of football teams in Macon and all of Central Georgia. Scott and several of his fellow region coaches, though, believed from the beginning that Northeast had the talent to chal lenge for the region championship. “They are a team that every body picked when the year started to possibly win the region,” said Scott. “They are that good. They have a receiver (Javaris Brown) who has committed to Virginia. They have a very athletic quar terback (sophomore Mike Palmer) who can run and throw. They are big on defense, probably one of the best defenses we’ve faced all year. It will be a major test.” The Raiders also came into the season with a prospect at the line High school cross country Thursday ■ Warner Robins and Houston County at Valdosta for region meet, to be determined; Perry at to be determined for region meet IN BRIEF South Coast League to hold tryouts The South Coast League of Professional Baseball announced that the league would hold a league wide tryout camp at Macon's Luther Williams Field Saturday 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. Panthers fend of Patriots By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Coming off an historic win over a two-time defending state championship club, Perry High’s football Panthers had more than they could handle from an upstart Southwest High bunch Friday at Henderson Memorial Stadium in Macon. Casey Hayward accounted for four touchdowns in Perry’s 42-29 win against the Patriots, a win coming one week after the Panthers humbled the Peach County High Trojans by 20 in Ft. Valley. The most important outcome of the night for Perry is that it stayed in the top spot in the Region 4-AAA south sub-region, one that had a four-way tie for first place when the night began. The Panthers stand at 3- 1 in the sub-region while Peach also improved to 3-1 by beating Central (another team in that tie of scrimmage in 6-6, 275-pound Everette Curtis. The leader on defense coming in was linebacker Quinton McCornell, whose spe cialty was making tackles in the backfield. Last year, Perry struck early and held on to beat the Raiders 38-20. “It’s pretty much the same team 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 has begun registration for its 2008 Youth Basketball Program. 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 going in) 29-14. Hayward rushed for two touch downs and threw for two more in Macon Friday. His passing totals were 7-for-12 for 165 yards, all of which came in the first half. Hayward had 65 rushing yards on 14 carries. Jacorey Lane produced anoth er 200-yard plus rushing per formance as he ran 14 times for 206 yards (an average of 14.7 per carry) and one touchdown. He made one pass reception for 51 yards. Brandon Golden scored on the ground in one of his 11 carries, which netted him 75 yards. Southwest’s junior tailback Adrian Alexander, all of 5-8 and 165 pounds, rushed for three touchdowns. He carried 25 times for 130 yards. Quarterback Michael Johnson, also a junior, completed See PANTHERS, page 3B they had last year,” said Scott. “They just continued to get better. “(The Panthers) just have to understand that they have to be committed to the cause. We have done everything we can possi bly do to get ourselves in this situation, some being good, some See STAKE, page jB WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007 ♦ Westfield's postseason hopes dim By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor In the end, Pinewood was the key, or at least a major player. The Patriots and Westfield faced off this past weekend with much more than a game at stake. The winner, which turned out to be the Bellville school - 21-14 with a touchdown inside the one minute mark - for all intents and purposes locked down the final spot in the GISA South Division. The loser ... well, here’s how Hornet Head Coach Ronnie Jones put it: “If we’d have won,” he said, “we could even be fac ing the possibility of finishing second in the region. The loss, and I haven’t really looked at all the numbers yet, put us out if something strange doesn’t happen in other games.” Even then, it doesn’t See HOPES, page iB ENI/Gary "If we'd have won, we could even be lacing the possMity of finishing second in the region. The loss, and I haven't redly looked at ad the numbers yet, put ns out If something strange doesn't happen in other games." - Westfield Head Football Coach Ronnie Jones Turner, Co. finish 20th Special to the Journal Wade Turner of Warner Robins - and company; compa ny being Phil Welch of Juliette and Ted Randall and Wilson Dent of Macon - shot a 79. That coupled with his teammates’ scores enabled the group to finish in a tie for 20th at the Georgia Team Championship held this past weekend at Dalton Golf and Country club in Statham. The other three golfers’ top scores were: 75 for Welch - he also had a 76 - 66 for Dent, who also had a 78 and 86 for Randall. See TURNER, page iB i 7ic do u fi a/id (/if /1 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 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, httpV/cv afa.org/. Anyone interested in sponsoring the race may contact David Cowles at 478-955-0568 or 327-3476. 1AB St Westfield at Southland, Friday, 7:30 p.m.