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Northside’s Ladarria Clark and Houston County’s Alexis Hewitt battle for a rebound
during their game Tuesday at Houston County.
Lady Bears beat Lady Eats es
Northside boys take nightcap
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Janesa Johnson stood
alone underneath the bas
ket as her Houston County
High Lady Bear teammates
were saving the ball from
going out of bounds. With
the ball still live - and
Johnson still where she
was unguarded - Johnson
Perry squads fall to Northeast
Peach County sweeps Warner Robins girls, boys
Riding a three-game win
ning streak into the start of
Region 4-AAA play, Perry
High never could climb out
of a first-half hole and took
a 68-63 loss at Northeast
High Tuesday in Macon.
The Panthers had more
points in the third quar
ter alone, 20, than they
did in the entire first half.
HoCo swimmer signs with Cumberlands
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
They say blood is thicker than water but
in Josh Morgan’s case it should be: Blood is
as thick as water.
Case in point for the Houston County
swimmer, who signed a scholarship with
the University of the Cumberlands in
Williamsburg, Kentucky Wednesday, and as
far as the blood part. His mom was a teacher
(computers - a media specialist). His grand
father was a teacher (English). His uncle
was a teacher. It may run even deeper than
that but those were just a few off the top of
his head that he points to as to why he plans
on being a teacher. The only difference in his
case is he said he plans on teaching history.
Why history? Well, he can’t really put
his finger on it, other than the fact he says
he likes it - and that he was heavily influ
enced by his history teacher, Rex Lewis, at
Houston County.
And to continue the blood part - just in
another “vein” as you might say - his twin
brother, Joey, recently signed a scholar
ship to swim with Delta State University
in Mississippi, and his younger brother,
Michael, is a sophomore swimmer for the
Bears. (The Cumberlands is listed as a
scored what would be the
game-winning points for
Houston County in a nort
region home win, 42-34,
against Northside High
Tuesday.
Johnson’s basket started
what was a game-ending
9-0 run for the Lady Bears,
which improved to 2-2 on
the season. Northside, able
to stand its ground for most
ROUNDUP
Northeast took advantage
of the low point production
to lead 36-19 at halftime.
Even though Perry had a
44-point second half, it was
not enough to counter the
32 added on by the home
liberal arts institution affiliated with the
Southern Baptist Church.)
As far as the water part, that’s where the
letter of intent comes in and you might as
well say he’s plenty waterlogged by now.
He started swimming when he was 11 - at
INSIDE: HoCo
HOSTING 17-TEAM
SWIM MEET TODAY
bers. And in case you’re wondering, “yes,”
there have been plenty of mistaken identity
moments between him and his brother - but
not in the pool competitively mainly because
he says they’ve always been in separate
events. “I wasn’t good at it at first but I
enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun.”
Fun, today translates to his becoming
a future - but immediately upon arrival,
said Cumberlands swimming Head Coach
Garry Nelson - contributor to an NAIA
team that last year finished fifth at the
nationals. (They, the Patriots, are also cur
rently, according to a release, undefeat
ed this year with more than 20 swimmers
See SWIMMER,page 3 B
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of the contest against sever
al size mismatches, slipped
to 1-3.
Senior Tonia Williams
of Houston led all scorers
with 24 points to go with
four steals. With her team
- led by Ashlee Burkett
- running a set offense,
Williams made a scoop shot
inside during the 9-0 spurt.
She was also a big part of
Houston’s nine made free
throws in the second half.
See BEA T, page zB
Raiders.
Michael Walker made five
3-point shots in scoring 17
points for Perry, now 3-2
on the season. Kameron
Felder had all nine of his
points from beyond the 3-
point arc. Trey Smith had
eight points and Roderick
Jones seven.
See FALL, page 4B
the urging of
his mother,
who signed
him up with
the local rec
department.
“I enjoyed
it,” he remem-
Westfield boys stop FPD
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Jake Walls must believe
in the depth he has for the
2007-2008 Westfield boys
basketball club. With five
Hornets scoring seven or
more points, Westfield over
came the 27 points put in
by First Presbyterian Day
center Michael White to win
65-59 in non-region action
Tuesday in Perry.
The story for the Hornets
was how they showed the
Vikings right from the start
they were going to play hard
and aggressive. That style
of play led to as much as
an eight-point lead in the
first quarter. It was a pace,
though, that’s hard for any
basketball team to maintain,
and First Presbyterian not
only pulled back into a tie
at halftime, but also surged
ahead by six at one point in
the third quarter.
But Walls gave his players
ample opportunities to rest
and recharge, and it resulted
in another flurry of action
and a 14-3 run that ended
the third quarter.
“We have nine guys ... a lot
of depth,” said Walls after
the game, which jumped his
team up to 3-1 on the sea
son. “I have confidence in
playing these nine guys.
“But it is hard to keep
that pace up for 32 minutes.
There will always be lulls.
I’m proud of them for play
ing as hard as they did.”
John Peake didn’t have
too many lulls in his game
as he led Westfield with 21
points to go with six steals.
Bowl picture
Georgia falls right
where it should be
It’s no secret that, by heart, this writer
is a fulltime University of Georgia
homer. But, since this fulltime job
- the paying job - is mainly done with my
head, I have no qualms about making the
following statements:
The Bulldogs fell right where they should
in the final bowl picture.
Georgia should not be
playing in the BCS cham
pionship football game. In
fact, my Dawgs shouldn’t
have bee'n as close as they
got td the national title
contest in the first place.
That’s coming from
someone who loves them
dearly.
After that horrid per-
Matthew Brown
Journal Sports Writer
formance in Knoxville in early October,
which was Georgia’s second loss not only
in the Southeastern Conference but in
See BROWN, page3B
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Journal/Don Moncrief
Houston County swimmer Josh Morgan signs a swim scholarship Wednesday with the
University of Cumberlands as, from left, his father John Morgan Sr., Cumberland swim
ming Head Coach Garry Nelson, brother Joey, Houston County swimming Head Coach
Jamey Richardson and mother Cynthia Morgan show support.
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Westfield’s John Peake goes in for a layup in the Hornets’
game against FPD Tuesday at Westfield.
Walls said it’s his opinion
that Peake is the top defen
sive player in the GISA, and
it was his defense that led to
easy points not only for him
self but also for others like
John Thomas Rust, who had
eight points, and Joe Revis,
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Special to the Journal
The Warner Robins High School
Demonettes (22-4) and Demon swim teams
(15-11) combined for place third with 561
points at the Pace Academy Invitational
this past Saturday.
The Lovett School and Pace Academy
were first with 945 points and second with
773 points, respectively.
Junior stand-out Rachel Sundry led the
scoring for the Demonettes. She accumu
lated 33 points with her second place finish
in the 200 IM and her third in the 500-yard
Freestyle. Sophomore Brittani WKarton
wasn’t far off that pace. She contributed 30
points with a third in the 100 Breaststroke
and a fifth in the 200 Free.
Additionally, Anne Culpepper earned 20
points and a first-place medal with her
swim in the 100-yard backstroke.
On the men’s side of the contest, Jordan
Car huff, Stephen Persson and Jackson
Smith each earned 28 points. Sophomore
Paul Poorman earned 24 points. He contin
ues to improve in the 500-yard Free, said
Coach Barbara Hawkins, and received a
second-place medal in that event.
See THIRD, page zB
who had nine.
Steven Peake and Matt
Amrit combined for 15
points from the center posi
tion to counter the 27 from
White, a transfer to FPD
from Northeast High in
See WESTFIELD, page zB
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