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. || HH| • '{/if '1 1 HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Season’s greetings Westfield boys hope successful summer translates into winning winter; Lady Hornets not as young as before Preview iAQ ■ r* ■ By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer The basketball Lady Hornets of Westfield are no longer a team only com prised of freshmen and sophomores. Now, it’s a team only comprised of sophomores and juniors. Yes, everybody’s advanced one grade level at Westfield, but coach Jeff Eubanks is still looking at his current group as a young basketball team. “Again, we’re not very tall,” said Eubanks. “But we have gained, a lot of experi ence and got a little more confidence by finishing up good last year.” There was no better springboard from one sea son to another for a young team that a major upset win. Westfield’s girls got that win as the fourth-place seed from its region in the GISA state tournament. See SEASON’S, page 2B INSIDE: Demons, Panthers need overtime to settle their basketball opener Final Four but wanting more A J I. Jiff iflaj .... • ■ ■ jj H I|m 1 .. JU bK Northside girls head basket ball coach Casaundra Wilson puts the girls through the paces dur ing practice Tuesday at the school. ENI/Gary Harmon Lady Eagles focus on unfinished business Preview ‘OB By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Sometimes, it’s nicer just to sit back and reminisce SCHEDULE High school basketball Today ■ Northside girls at Southwest, 4 p.m. ■ Mount de Sales at Westfield, 2 p.m. Tuesday ■ Perry at Houston County, 6 p.m. ■ Westside girls at Northside, 6 p.m. ■ Stratford at Westfield, 4 p.m. High school wrestling Today ■ Houston County duals at Houston County HS, 8 a.m. Monday ■ Westfield at Deerfield-Windsor (also Westwoood Academy), 5 p.m. Tuesday ■ Northside (also Baldwin) at Jones County, 5 p.m. High school swimming Today ■ Warner Robins and Perry at Lee County Trojan W VG IppPs fIT „sm* ENI/Gary Hannon Westfield boys basketball Head Coach Jake Walls throws to Matt Amrit during a passing drill at practice at the school Thursday. about the good old days. For Northside High girls basketball, those good old days aren’t that old. About eight months give or take a few weeks. That’s when the Lady Eagles were playing in the GHSA AAAA Final Four at the Gwinnett Center. Invitational, 8:30 a.m. ■ Northside at Columbus, 8:30 a.m. Today ■ Perry (also Lee County) at Houston County HS (at Fort Valley State University), 4 p.m. IN BRIEF Perry wrestle club set to start The Perry Youth Wrestling Club will practice Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday. (Note: Any of Ihose days school is closed for inclement weather, however, there will be no practice.) The cost is S4O which includes a club T-shirt, hoodie. Also, each wrestler will be required to purchase a USA wrestling card on-line prior to the first practice. The USA Wrestling Card is $35. Cards can be purchased at Team Georgia Wrestling (www.themat.com). Registration will be at the Perry High School Multi purpose facility at 5:30 p.m. All students ages 5-14 are eligible. The club's philosophy: To teach fundamentals and Maybe that wasn’t the greatest of days, for Northside lost to St. Pius X in the semifinals. But all the days before were certainly sweet for coach Casaundra Wilson. “That season was a great season,” said Wilson as she prepares the new version of the Lady Eagles to begin the 2007-2008 campaign today (Saturday) at Southwest- Macon. “We were above and beyond what a lot of people expected. We had high expectations, but a See FOCUS, page jB give kids an introduction to the great sport of wrestling. For further information, call Coach Randy Moss at 988-6291. WR Rec to hold ‘team’ signups The Warner Robins Recreation Department will hold team registration for its 2008 adult basketball league Monday and Tuesday. Divisions will include Men's Open (five-on-five) 18 years and older and Men’s Open (three on-three) 45 years and older. The entry fee for the five-on-five league is $395 per team and the three-on three league is $270 oer team. Both leagues will play a 10-game season. The season will run Jan. 14-Feb. 29, 2008. The entry fee is due at the time of registration. Team registration will be taken between the hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the athletic office, which is located at 800 Watson Blvd. Needed will be: Entry fee (payable to WRRD), team name and coach(es) name, address and phone numbers for contact. For more info call 929-1916. Soccer referee course offered SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007 ♦ Warner Robins off, swimming Girls, boys contend at Cobb relays Special to the Journal The Warner Robins High School swim team traveled to Marietta to open their regular Season at the Cobb County relays this past weekend. The main purpose of the relay meet, according to Warner Robins swim Head Coach Barbara Hawkins, •! Isr ,*• -■ i >'.§T v,r . IB H' 1 j ~ m mTI pr ~%Mj Contributed/Avery Sports Photography Pictured are Warner Robins High School’s swim team captains: Holly Odom, Chelsea Clance, Jackson Smith, Anne Culpepper and Stanley Jackson. More to Worth story than previously known; Snow College and other notes "The Worth County Hifch School football team and supporters gathered at Herb St. John Stadium ... having just learned of the death of two class mates (a third was in intensive care) resulting from an auto accident that same day." Perry High School student-athletes know what it’s like to play an important athletic contest with a col lective heavy heart. Back in May, the Panther baseball club made a trip to Troup High School for what was a third and deciding game of a state playoff series. This trip, however, was on the heels of the sad news of the passing of a beloved class mate. A similar story played itself out at the end of last week’s holiday festivities. I was not aware of it at the time, but the Worth County High School football team and sup porters gathered at Herb St. John Stadium for a playoff game with Perry High having just learned of the death of two classmates Matthew Brown Journal Sports Writer (a third was in intensive care) resulting from an auto acci dent that same day. One of those Worth County supporters informed me of the news earlier this week. Perry, as we know, won the See BROWN, page3B *77/r don /i (die/dif /1 There will be a soccer entry level referee course held Jan. 18-19, 2008 at Tabor Academy in Warner Robins. The cost for the course is $55. You can register on-line at www.gareferees.com or contact Russ Grant at russ.grant@cox.net or 478-396- 0727 for more information. HOCO baseball coaches to offer camps The Houston County High School coaching staff will be conducting a one-day hitting camp for players ages 7-14 Dec. 8 at HCHS. Morning and afternoon sessions are available. Signups are limited. The cost is $35, which includes a season pass for all Bears games. For more information, contact Stacey Gay at 954-9399 or sgay@drs-tsi.com. Also, the coaching staff will be conducting a one-day camp for pitchers and catchers players ages 7-14 Dec. 15 at HCHS. Morning and afternoon sessions are avail able for it as well and signups are also limited. The cost is also $35, which includes a season pass for HCHS games. Contact Gay for more. was to “rev up the spirit for the season.” “Swimmers from 25 dif ferent teams compete in the ‘not so typical’ relays such as the 100 yard Backstroke, 100 yard Fly or the 2 Coed Relays,” she said. In addition, she added there are three mainstays See SWIMMING,page3B 1B