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Entries open for Georgia Public Links Championship
Special to the Journal
Entries are being accepted for the
20th annual Georgia Public Links
Championship, which takes place
Sept. 13-14 at The Frog Golf Club at
The Georgian in Villa Rica. This event
is open to male amateur golfers who
are Georgia residents and members of
a GSGA Member Club that is open to
COACHING
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teams, four state sectional
teams and two elite 8 teams
that resulted in top five fin
ishes overall.
“We had two great coaches
and a great group of girls,”
he said. “I’m hoping we can
be that way again.
“The year before I was
here, when my daughter
was a freshman, was the
first year of fast-pitch. It
was only the second year
of fast-pitch when I came
here.
“It was new to everybody
as far as the region goes.
Everybody was trying to
catch up with the game. We
just had some good athletes
at the time, very coachable,
and they learned the game
quickly.
“When we got to sectionals,
we knew we’d fair well. We
went undefeated in the first
two years at sectionals. In
Columbus (the elite 8 site),
we didn’t fair as well as we’d
like, but we were playing
against teams that had been
playing fast-pitch much lon
ger than we had. But we
learned from it and contin
ued to be successful.”
The Lady Panthers are
trying to get past the region
al part of the postseason for
the first time in two years.
Lome said the difference in
the program now is that,
when before they had one
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pitcher, now they have four
to five girls developing their
skills in the circle.
“We have several kids now
who have played fast-pitch
for four to six years, either at
the high school level, middle
school, rec ball or travel ball
teams,” he said. “We have a
lot more experience playing
fast-pitch. I would say the
southern teams are prob
ably still a step behind the
northern teams, but we’re
closing the gap quickly.”
The new head coach’s
style will be one of hard
work on the field mixed
in with teaching what he
knows. He’s anticipating a
good first season in a new
region (1-AAA) as long as
the Lady Panthers play their
style of softball and buy into
the new system.
“My plans are to com
pete for the region cham
pionship, go into sectionals
and see what happens from
there,” said Lome. “We need
to buy into the work ethics
and get our girls working as
a team, understanding the
roles inside the game. There
are the sacrifices, the fake
bunts, the steals and the hit
and-run.
These girls have been
playing all their life, and as
far as fielding, hitting and
running, it’s all the same,
It’s the mental part of the
game we need to understand
to fill the role in any situa
tion that comes about. It’s
the little things that make
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held privileges since Jan. 1 at any club
that does not permit public play.
The format of the event is 36 holes
of flighted, stroke play over two
days. The field will consist of the
72 entrants with the lowest USGA
Handicap Indexes competing in the
Championship flight with the remain
ing 72 players being drawn by lottery
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the big things happen.”
Amanda Tucker parlayed
her growth as a pitcher in
Perry High’s new softball era
into a college softball career
under former Westfield
coach Donna Campbell at
ABAC in Tifton. For the
Lady Panthers, she was
a two-time Region 4-AAA
Player of the Year, a region
Pitcher of the Year, region
Defensive Player of the Year,
a two-time AAA All-State
player and GHSA North-
South All-Star.
During that first fast-pitch
year, Amanda played third
base while watching most of
her teammates take turns
at pitcher. It was during
that off-season before her
sophomore year she decided
the best path to success was
learning how to pitch.
“Ilearnedeverythingabout
it,” she said. “Mechanics,
strategy, pitches, keeping
your Weight back, everything
there is to know. I pitched
every day, everything I had
to do to be successful.”
She took lessons from for
mer Warner Robins High
pitcher Christie Davis.
“My first lesson, I stood
on my back leg for an hour,”
said Amanda. “It was hard
work.
“I wanted my time at
Perry High School to be
memorable, and without
pitching that wasn’t going
to happen.”
She earned a full scholar
ship to ABAC and played
SPORTS
and competing in flights one through
six.
Qualified players may enter online
at the GSGA website at www.gsga.org
by clicking the Online Registration
quick link. Paper entries are available
by request and may also be down
loaded as a PDF file via the GSGA
website. The deadline for entries is
Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.
for two years (2006-07).
She admitted she would
have stayed for four years if
the program went that far.
The program there was her
“home away from home.”
“(Campbell) took all of
us in, treated us like we
were hers,” said Amanda. “I
had great coaching in high
school. This was taking that
next step up, learning the
college ways, how to be more
aggressive.”
Her favorite ABAC
moment was in fall ball at
Auburn University. She was
just a freshman.
“I got thrown into the
middle of the game,” said
Amanda. “The first batter I
faced was their biggest home
run hitter, and I was petri
fied. I ended up striking her
out with my changeup.”
Amanda also attended
Georgia Southwestern
State, but was unable to
play softball there. So now
she’s returned home and
has found what she wants
to do. She is pursuing a
secondary education degree
through Georgia Military
College.
“Softball’s my passion,”
she said. “I want to be help
ing girls learn what other
people taught me. I want
to be as big an influence
as my coaches were on me.
Hopefully when they leave
here they will be a better
ball player and be prepared
for college if they choose to
move on.
to card clubs and parties. This is an
exciting next step for our commu
nity.”
For more information, contact Lewis
at 478-988-8100, Ext. 1104 or visit
www.houstonsprings.com.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008 ♦
AMATEUR
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was jumbled in with 15
other golfers and in a tie for
84th. The 72 brought him
up to 56th and the 69 got
him as high as 25th.
Fellow Warner Robins
golfer Edwin Wolfe was one
of those who completed the
first round on Friday morn
ing. He shot 73, which put
him in a tied with 18 other
golfers and in 42nd place.
Later that day 76 and
dropped to 62nd - both he
and Kishigian making the
cutoff at that point.
On Saturday things went
from bad to worse as he
carded 80. That dropped
him down to 73rd, only two
spots away from the bot
tom.
Finally, on Sunday he
clawed his way back up a
bit, finishing 69th overall
with a final round of 77.
The overall winner was
Russell Henley of Macon
RODEO
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performance.
Along with, according to
the release, great rodeo com
petition and the chance to
meet new riends from around
the world, NHSFR contes
tants have the opportunity
to represent their team in
a volleyball and baskeetball
tournament, enjoy nightly
contestant dances including
MYERS
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a 39.17 ringer percentage.
His opponent was 221 out of
600 for a ringer percentage
of 36.83.
One pitcher finished a half
game ahead of Myers, while
Dale Muehlenbrock of Texas
won the division going 12-3.
One other pitcher contend
ing locally is Chuck Poole of
the Perry club.
He began contention
Monday and was slated to
finish up today. He entered
the tournament with a 47.2
who came back from a
four-shot deficit midway
through the final round
to edge Harris English of
Thomasville. Henley carded
a final-round 69 to finish
with four straight rounds
in the 60s and set a new
Georgia Ahiateur scoring
record at 270.
Idle Hour’s course played
to 6,671 yards and a par of
70.
The Georgia Amateur
Championship is conducted
by the Georgia State Golf
Association and brings
together 156 of the state’s
best 'male amateur golfers
for the prestigious state title
first won by Bobby Jones in
1916.
The Championship for
mat was 72 holes of stroke
play over four days.
The field was cut to the
low 70 and ties after the
second round, with the cut
line falling at 10-over 150
and 75 players advancing to
the weekend.
a Cowboy Prom, participate
in a talent contest, compete
in an NRA rifle shooting
competition, test their skills
in a Knowledge Bowl com
petition, the chance to shop
the ever-popular NHSFR
western tradeshow, and visit
the historical attractions df
the Land of Enchantment.
To follow Gentry’s prog
ress, visit the NHSRA web
site at www.nhsra.org for
complete results.
percent ringer percentage
and is in the Elder Mens 30
Foot F Division.
After his first day,
Monday, he was 2-3 and
in ninth place. He has 107
ringers out of 200 horse
shoes pitched for a 53.5
ringer percentage. (Note:
His complete results in
Saturday’s paper.)
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