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♦ SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008
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Washington-Wilkes 10-
0 in five innings. 'Kaylee
Albritton, Sabrina Doucette,
Hannah Livingston, Haley
Waits and Carson Carriker
all took a turn in the cir
cle, and Washington-Wilkes
managed just two hits.
This game was originally
scheduled for Sunday, but
with three inches of rain fall
ing from the sky they had to
wait one day to get back on
the field.
Everyone in the top por
tion of the batting order con
tributed at least one RBI to
the scoring total. Kerigan
Hicks had the lone multi-hit
game reported as she went
2-for-2.
Warner Robins coaches
were able to report some good
news out of some bad that
resulted from the first pool
game Saturday. Alexis Spires-
Nuff suffered an ankle injury
as Warner Robins defeated
Oconee County 4-1. But with
some ice treatment - and an
extra day to rest - she was
able to play defensively at
first base though she wasn’t
allowed to do any baserun
ning.
Barker threw a complete
game for the win against
Oconee, which came into the
tournament as defending 11-
12 champions. Barker struck
out five and surrendered just
two hits.
Carriker had a 2-for-2 day
at the plate.
Another Warner Robins
American Little League soft
ball program, the 9-10 divi
sion, fought the raindrops at
West Point and the competi
tion to reach the state cham
pionship game on Thursday
(Note: They won that state
championship game 10-0 in
five innings over Northern
Little League. See the
Wednesday Home Journal
for the story with pics).
The minor girls pulled out
a 5-3 win against Habersham
Wednesday. It stayed score
less for most of the game
until a few key hits paced
Warner Robins to a 4-1
lead.
In the pitching circle,
Avery Lamb threw the first
inning, followed by Chelsea
Whaley in the second. Ashley
Killebrew came on to finish
the rest of the game.
On the defensive side,
Amber Pardo provided a
game-ending, if not game
saving, moment in the out
field in a two-out situation
with two Habersham run
ners on the bags. But Pardo
caught a ball hit deep.
9-10 Pool play concluded
Tuesday (not Monday as
scheduled, rain again) with
Warner Robins winning
by a score of 11-1 against
Rockmart.
Manager Steve Stout
employed three pitchers,
none of which issued a walk
in five innings. Whaley and
Killebrew each struck out
two in one inning and Hayley
Tierce, in three innings, faced
the minimum nine batters
with three whiffs.
“Taylor Brown was the
defensive star of the game at
third base,” said Stout. “She
had four assists on the day.
One was in the last inning of
the game when she ranged to
her far right and was able to
snag it and throw across her
body all the way to first base
for the final out.
Offensively, Killebrew
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Warner Robins American Little League 12 and under softball player Caitlin Parker hits
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Warner Robins American Little League 10 and under All-Star softball team members
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Taylor Brown for the WRALL team mans the hot comer
at third.
knocked in the first run of the
game in the first inning. She
then hit a long solo homerun
in the fourth to make it 2-
1. Brown knocked in Tierce
to make it 3-1. To top the
inning off, Melissa Cox hit
a 180-foot shot to left that
knocked in two more runs.
“The real story is Hayley
Tierce,” said Stout. “Aside
from spot innings during the
regular season, she never
pitched a single inning in
postseason play. She helped
her team by keeping the top
two pitchers eligible for the
semi-finals.”
Against Baldwin County
Saturday, Warner Robins 9-
10 won 10-2. Lamb pitched a
complete game with five hit
less innings. She struggled a
little in the second by walk
ing the bases loaded, but
struck out the next three to
end the threat.
Pardo executed a bunt for
a hit to load the bases in the
third for Whaley, who had a
game changing triple that
cleared the loaded bases in
the third inning to break a
tie and give WRALL a 4 - 1
lead.
Tierce continued her long
ball streak by knocking one
to the fence to add two more
SPORTS
runs.
Defensively, the play of the
game was Cox’s snag and
double play off the bat of
Baldwin County’s best hitter.
It kept them off the board in
the fourth.
“The crowd went absolute
ly nuts,” said Stout.
Brown had a hit down the
first base line to seal the deal
and give WRALL the win.
After the game and during
the end of the game hand
shake, the WRALL girls gave
the opposing team collector
pins commemorating the
2007 World Series win for
the 11-12 boys.
“The Baldwin coaches
commented on the excellent
sportsmanship displayed by
our girls,” said Stout. “One
parent said we were all class
and true sportsmen.”
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Potle rallies to finish third
at World Championship
Special to the Journal
Chuck Poole gave it
quite a run at becoming
a world champion. The
Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s
Club member finished the
first day of competition
at the World Horseshoe
Tournament with a 2-3
record. The tournament
itself began July 7 and
runs through today and is
being held in York, Penn.
Poole’s competition in the
Elders Men F Class began
Monday and finished up
Wednesday.
He was in ninth after
that first day.
But, on the second day
he went 5-0. That moved
him up to third. He had
223 ringers out of 400 at
Fears to represent Georgia
in junior challenge match
Special to the Journal
Lacey Fears of Bonaire is
among those slated to con
tend in the Third Annual
Georgia-South Carolina
Girls’ Junior Challenge
Match.
The venue began Friday
(results pending) and was
slated to run through
Saturday. It is being held
at Sea Island Golf Club
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girls had been at the park
five hours.
But on Sunday, Perry
bounced back to beat
Crawford County 19-0 in
three innings. On Monday,
in what Anderson believes
could be a state record - if
ndt a Perry record - for 10
and under, Taylor County
went down 29-2 in anoth
er three-inning shortened
contest.
The Perry doubleheader
wins on Tuesday against
Jasper also went just three
innings each.
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the time. In front of him in
second was Clarence Dixon
of Pennsylvania, who had a
record of 8.5-1.5. Douglas
Peoples of Missouri was
first at 9-1.
Only the play of those
two kept him from bring
ing home the title as
he continued to pitch
extremely well.
He went 4-1 the final
day to finish 11-4 overall.
Unfortunately, as already
alluded to, Dixon and
Peoples both also matched
that, each going 4-1 as
well.
Poole still held onto his
third overall finish, end
ing with 323 ringers out
of 600 horseshoes pitched
and a 53.83 ringer per
centage.
(Retreat Course) in St.
Simons Island.
Fears was matched up
again Taylor Weaver of
Spartanburg, S.C. Friday
and is scheduled to tee off
against Vanessa Koechli of
Greer, S.C. today.
Six other golfers from
around the two states -
three on each side - make
up the rest of the field.
Anderson’s pitching
duties went to Heather
O’Herron and Skyler
Mizell.
Perry Junior League sent
three other All-Star soft
ball teams to state compe
tition, and these three - 8
and under, 12 and under
and 15 and under - all
placed second. In the 15
and under event, which
took place in Columbia
County, Perry faced
Columbia in the finals and
lost 1-0 with only two hits
allowed.
The 10 and under girls
are holding a fund-raising
car wash at Chick-Fil-A’s
parking lot July 26.
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