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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Chick-fil-a Bear Brawl
Day 1 belongs to the lifies
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Warner Robins High, up
by 22 at halftime Thursday,
lost a 66-56 decision to
Westside High of Macon
on opening day of the 2007
Chick-Fil-A Bear Brawl
hosted by Houston County
High School.
Westside’s Quin Bivins had
a game’s
worth of
foul shots in
the fourth
quarter
alone. He
was 15-
for-18 at
the line in
that period
with the
rest of his
Seminole
teammates
going 8-for
-11 in those
same eight
minutes.
Kenny
Fluellen
of Warner
Robins had
27 points.
Next in
scoring for
the Demons
Enos with
Chick-fil-A Bear
Brawl, Thursday at
Houston County:
■ Westside
boys 66, Warner
Robins 56
■ Hiram boys 64,
Houston County
50
■ Warner
Robins girls 48,
Hawkinsville 37
■ Houston
County giris 51,
Hiram 24
was Johnny
eight.
Westside, led by for
mer Georgia Southern and
Georgia football quarterback
Joe Dupree, showed abso
lutely no offense, but a whole
lot of turnovers in the first
half. Chip Malone’s offense
for Warner Robins revolved
around Jordan Sanders in
the low post. Sanders, in
the first quarter, took passes
inside from Enos and Ricky
Ritter to score and put the
Demons up 9-5.
Sanders, standing at a
wing, returned the favor
and assisted a Fluellen bas
ket inside. Robbie Bailey
came off the bench, grabbed
an offensive rebound and
passed the ball out for a
Jared Fluellen jumper (15-
5). Enos ended the quarter
hitting a 3-pointer that had
the Demons leading 18-6.
Malone got more bench
help in the second quar
ter as W.J. McAllister ran
the break and passed to
Michael Hickey for a short
jumper. Kenny Fluellen’s
baseline drive resulted in a
three-point play and 24-6
lead. He would make a 3-
pointer and score on one
of Ritter’s three first-half
steals. Warner Robins was
in charge at halftime 35-13,
but the second half told a
much different story.
This time, it was the
Demons showing no offense
while the Seminoles opened
the third quarter on a 13-2
run. At 2:20 of the period,
Westside ran the floor after
a missed shot and cut it to
nine, 39-30.
Sanders and K. Fluellen
tried to counter running
the inside-out game with
Fluellen making a 3-pointer.
Things still went Westside’s
way with a third-chance bas
ket and points off an inbound
steal. Enos ended this disas
trous period for Warner
Robins making a 3-pointer,
which kept the Demons up
by nine, 45-36, with eight
minutes left.
Not only did the Seminoles
make up the deficit at the
foul line, but through domi
nance on the offensive glass.
Westside finally went ahead
for good, 48-47, on a 3-point
shot at 4:32. Warner Robins’
only chance at a comeback
came as Enos, at 2:40, made
a steal and K. Fluellen con
verted to bring his team
within two, 51-49.
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Warner Robins’ Jordan Sanders goes in for a layup as Westside players attempt
to defend in the two teams’ Chick-fil-A Bear Brawl matchup Thursday at Houston
County.
The Demons would not
be able to capitalize on a
second takeaway, and the
foul-shooting barrage really
began.
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Demonette Drashiya Anderson posts up for a shot while being defended by a
Hawkinsville player.
Warner Robins High’s
girls began what is this year
a round robin format for the
ladies’ division of the Bear
Brawl with a win against
defending Class A state
champion Hawkinsville.
Symone Wilkerson, despite
cold outside shooting from
the second period on, led
Tom Mobley’s Demonettes
with 15 points.
Hawkinsville didn’t
make a field goal in the
first quarter, which ended
See BRA WL, page 2B
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007 ♦
Perry club holds annual
meeting, awards banquet
Special to the Journal
The Perry Horseshoe
Pitcher’s Club held its
annual meeting and
awards banquet Dec. 10 at
Old Times Restaurant in
Warner Robins. President
Tom Carter directed the
meeting, according to
a release from the club,
which included the elec
tion of new officers. They
are: Chuck Poole, vice
president; Roland Lallier,
league director; Dave
McKim, tournament direc
tor (appointed by the direc
tor) and Roy Gentry, stat
istician.
Among the awards
given out, Mary Ann
Gibbs received the Most
Improved Award (for the
Thursday morning league),
League Champion Award
(for the spring Thursday
On Bowls, Petrino
and the Bulldogs
Bowls. Bowls.
Bowls.
I love bowls. I
grew up on bowls. And I
don’t mean salad bowls or
cereal bowls.
College football bowls at
the end of the year just
seemed to
have that
unique
bright
ness and
identity
about
them,
and com
ing along
I looked
forward to
them each
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Matthew Brown
journal Sports Writer
and every year.
Yes, much has changed
about bowls. They multi
plied like rabbits. Some are
gone, like the Bluebonnet.
And others, like the
Citrfts, the Peach and the
Tangerine, never really
left, just changed their
names to suit the corpo
rate sponsors. Still others
moved to bigger and nicer
stadiums, like the Orange
and Fiesta.
No, I can’t buy into the
potential thrill everybody
wants to build over a play
off system for the big boys.
A Division I-A playoff will
not put 50 inches of rain in
Lake Lanier or cut gasoline
prices in half.
The other divisions, like
the one formerly known as
I-AA, should want things
to stay as they are, because
the first half of December
is their time to shine on
nationwide television. A 1-
A playoff would bump the
Valdosta States of the world
back to the back pages just
like it’s the regular season.
Besides, if you really stop
to think about it, an over
load of bowl games is great.
Teams are making bowl
games at a time when their
programs are in a state of
dire shambles. If you like
watching a good disaster
movie, why settle for fic
tion when there’s real-life
controlled chaos right in
front of you?
I’ll provide a little list
"Teams are making bowl games at a
time when their programs are in a state
of dire shambles. If you like watching
a good disaster movie, why settle for
fiction when there's real-life controlled
chaos right in front of you?"
morning league) and High
Game-High Average Award
(spring league summer).
Dane Clark, on the other
hand received the Most
Improved Award for the
spring league, Roy Gentry
the Rookie of the Year
Award for the spring league
and Sheila Gentry the
Rookie of the Year Award
for the summer league.
McKim was recognized
as the League Champion
for the summer league and
was also singled out as the
Club Champion for 2007.
Lallier received the
Rookie of the Year Award
for the Thursday evening
league, as well as the
Sportsmanship Award.
Karin Myers also
received a Rookie of the
Year Award, hers for the
See CLUB,page §B
here, and you could apply
any label to most of the cur
rent bowl teams, even those
playing on or after Jan. 1.
Here’s what you have play
ing in 2007 bowls:
■ Teams that fired the
head coach and turned
things over to an interim
coach
■ Teams that fired the
head coach, hired a nevjsj
coach, but are still run for
now by an interim coach
■ Teams that fired a head
coach and found a new one
who is already in charge
■ Teams that had their
head coach resign and
turned things over to an
interim coach
■ Teams that had their
head coach resign, hired
a new coach, but are still
run for now by an interim
coach
■ Teams that had their
head coach resign and
found a new one who is
already in charge
The Georgia Bulldogs
twice fell into their own
little category. They fired
both Ray Goff and Jim
Donnan but allowed them
to coach a bowl game. I
don’t think that’s happen
ing this year nor has it hap
pened in any recent year.
That’s a great way to
shift into talk about one of
those coaches and schools.
Bobby Petrino has been
called a liar, a coward and
a quitter. There will be no
name-calling here only to
say that Petrino is the ex
head football coach of the
Atlanta Falcons.
But a bit of advice for
Petrino: If you should
lead your new Arkansas
Razorbacks to the
Southeastern Conference
Western Division
Championship, you might
want to find an excuse to
not make the trip to the
Georgia Dome. You seem to
be pretty good at that.
Let’s lay out all the facts
nobody can dispute about
this story. Petrino came
to Atlanta on the assump
tion he would have a
See BROWN,page 4B
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