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Pictured are Westfield’s cheer squad. They are: BUZZ the mascot (on the floor). Left
to right, first row: Kelly Franklin, Hannah Moredock, Brenna Peed and Anna Jones.
Second row: Meagan Bard, Stephanie Schleiger, Stacey Byrd, Kaki Tuggle and
Courtney Jenkins. Back row, Anita Arnett (coach), Jenny Deighton, Molly Portman,
Hannah Bryan, Jamie Smith, Ashley Williams, Jessica Smith and Curt Gentry (assis
tant coach).
Westfield cheer squad earns second
Special to the Journal
Westfield cheerleaders participated
in the “Brentwood sth Annual Spirit of
Sandersville” cheerleading competition
Nov. 10 and brought home second place in
the AAA division.
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lead position at Houston
County. “Coach Nix told me
he was leaving one day, and
I had the job the next. It
didn’t get thrown on me. I
thought it was a good oppor
tunity. For the next two
weeks it was non-stop try
ing to get things organized,
talking to the team. It was
crazy for a while.”
But he .knows the play
ers and the players know
him, and the good thing for
Dean is that his first varsity
Houston will be comprised
of several of his junior varsi
ty players from last season.
He also knows what com
peting in Region 1-AAAAA
is all about. Dean said it’s
going to be a young varsity
team and it’s hard to gauge
how good it can be.
“We have one guy who
has any varsity experience
from last year,” he said.
“We’re learning a lot of new
stuff. We’re running a new
offense, a new defensive
scheme. Now, it doesn’t look
so good, but what I hope is
that by January, when we
start playing region games,
that we will have it down. I
think we have the potential
to do something, but the
inexperience is an issue.”
Dean has Craig Presley,
one of the school’s top ath
letes from the football field,
as his returning player. His
only senior, Ricky Williams,
didn’t play basketball last
year, but he also comes from
the football team. Williams
was on Dean’s freshman
and JV squads before and
is expected to be a force in
the post.
“We have a lot of guards,”
said Dean. “We’re running
a flex. There’s a lot more
screening and coming off
screens looking for quick
shots. There’s a lot more
cutting than the offense we
had in the past. As far as
The Westfield squad also traveled to
Warrenton for the “Cheerfest of Briarwood”
competition recently (results unknown)
and will also compete Dec. 8 at Tattnall
Square Academy in Macon for state com
petition.
what we’re having a prob
lem with offensively is get
ting used to that.”
LADY BEARS
It’s one of those seasons
and one of those teams
where Sid Baxley pret
ty much knows what to
expect from opposing clubs
even before he brings the
Houston County High girls
basketball group into a gym.
He wouldn’t be surprised
if there’s a double team on
standout and Southeastern
Conference signee Tonia
Williams before she can even
get into the lockerroom.
The last time Williams
led the Lady Bears in game
action, Houston County
was in the Sweet 16 of the
Class AAAAA state tourna
ment at Ft. Valley State. It
was a losing effort against
Stephenson High, but
Williams let everyone know
what she could do by pour
ing in 37 points. Baxley
would love to see more of
that - not to mention double
figures in rebounds and a
lot of fast-breaks led by his
senior - in the next four or
five months.
“She’s going to have to
really take charge,” said
Baxley of Williams, already
signed to play for South
Carolina. “We count on her
to score, to rebound, to han
dle the ball. She just can’t
give out. She has to have
the energy to be that person
under pressure and want
the ball in big situations.”
One player can do a lot for
a basketball team, but some
times even the great ones
need help. Houston County
has another experienced
senior in Janesia Johnson
and senior reserve Farrah
Lewis, a fourth-year mem
ber of Baxley’s system.
“They are two good senior
leaders,” he said. “They are
both going to start for us.
They are two of the smaller
girls in our starting lineup
but have played post their
whole life. We hope they can
handle the ball a little bit,
do a little bit of the scoring
and help with rebounding.
“Everybody knows about
(Williams) all over the state.
We won’t surprise anybody.
When we walk in the door
they will find her almost
immediately. They will have
two girls on her probably
from the time we leave the
dressing room.”
Opponents had best not
be too cautious of just
Williams, for she actually
has some clones on the
court. Not really scientifi
cally created duplicates, but
players in that same height
range with the same poten
tial Williams brought to the
school.
“We have Alexis Hewitt
who maybe a little bit taller
than Tonia and Kourtny
Thomas who’s about the
same size,” said Baxley.
“They are both very athlet
ic and we are counting on
them to score and rebound,
too.
“We’re hoping that we’re
not one-dimensional, but
usually you have one player
who leads everybody. That’s
Tonia’s role, and if every
body else will follow and do
their job, I think we can be
real strong this year.”
The Lady Bears went
from winning the 1-AAAAA
tournament championship
in 2006 to losing out to
Lowndes in the finals last
February. Houston County
isn’t the only school in the
region with Division I tal
ent as Lindsay Welker of
Tift County High signed
early with Clemson.
“She’s an inside-outside
player,” said Baxley. “She’s
a big girl, but she can shoot
real well from the out
side. Lowndes is going to
be strong again. Of course
right across town Warner
Robins is always competi
tive.”
SPORTS
Tips on catching bass in November
Shorter days, cool temper
atures and buck fever go a
long ways toward calming
many an avid angler’s desire
to put the boat in the water.
But for everyone who already
has the tarp over the boat
and the rods and reels in the
closet, know this: autumn
- especially mid-November
to mid-December - offers
some terrific opportunities
to catch bass. In fact, it may
be one of the best times of
the year.
The more the mercury
dips, the tighter the schools
of baitfish will be. And when
baitfish schools get tight,
bass feed like crazy, gorging
themselves for winter. For
this reason, the last bite of
the year can also produce
some of the year’s biggest
fish. Also, cold-weather bass
fishing can be a numbers
game: where you find one,
there’s bound to be more.
On warm sunny days,
anglers can often find fish
relatively shallow, even in
December. Fish will often
gather on the first structure
element - the edge of a weed
line or a rock pile - off shore
and they can be taken on all
manner of motion lures such
as crankbaits. Vibrating, rat
tling baits like a crankbait
are productive when water
temperatures are fallipg.
Boat docks can also be a
great place to target bass
this time of year. Look for
wood docks, on which algae
grows below the water line.
This algae is a food source
for many species of prey fish.
Bass, being ambush feeders,
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TACTICS
By champion fisherman
Boyd Duckett
can easily lay in the shadows
of the dock pilings and feed
on minnows, shad and other
prey as they attempt to feed
off the algae.
For fishing docks (fishing
rip rap the same way can
often yield similar results),
I like to flip a jig tipped
with a Berkley Powerßait
Chigger Craw. The big
claws of the craw produce
an attention-grabbing flap
ping motion as it falls and
is retrieved. If flipping it
doesn’t work, I like to skip a
wacky rigged Powerßait Fat
Dover Crawler. Wacky rig
ging simply means hooking
the bait through the middle.
Later in the month, the
fish are likely to be on the
outside edges and turns.
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rig will work great. Around
this time fishing becomes
more vertical than horizon
tal as anglers fish the bot
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this time of year, look for
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