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♦ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008
5B
Northside versus Warner Robins
Morton
a key for
Eagles
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
K.J. Morton has much
weighing on his mind.
First and foremost, high
school basketball practice
began Monday, and he’s
going to have to wait a few
weeks before he can join
his teammates on the hard
wood.
No, wait, that’s not it.
“Not that much,” said
Morton, who really doesn’t
want to think about
hoops until a week before
Christmas. “Because I’m
ready to get another ring.
Gotta keep playihg football
first. I told my guys I’ll be
out there when I’m done
here.”
The Northside High cor
nerback is really excited
about the pending match-up
with Region 1-AAAAA’s
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Varsity girl runners start the GISA state championship Monday in Macon. The Lady Hornets finished ninth overall with a score of 272. Augusta Prep was first with 59 For the
boys, Westfield finished 14th with 344. FPD was first with 44. For more, see 78.
Kell a tough draw for Houston County,
others at state volleyball tournament
From staff reports
Even though they came
into the state tournament
as a three seed, there was
an obvious reason Kell was
ranked No. 6 in the state.
“That just shows how
strong the 1-AAAAA Area
is,” said Houston County
Head Volleyball Coach Maria
Huelsman. Unfortunately
for the Lady Bears, who
entered the state tourna
ment as a No. 2 seed, they
were first in line again the
aforementioned Kell. And
they were the first to fall to
them, losing three games to
none.
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Northside’s K.J. Morton, left, works out at practice Monday and in preparation for the
Demons Friday.
“To sum it up,” Huelsman
said, “passing killed us. The
one thing that I drill every
day bit us in the backside.
I can assure you that it was
the last thing I would have
expected to give us a prob
lem.
“I am going to chalk it
up to the first timers at the
state level, but again that
is weak. Because we could
not pass, it really killed our
offensive attack. We had six
blocks, and 20 kills.”
And losses of 25-16, 25-16
and 25-17.
Of those kills, Devon
Preston had eight. She also
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had an ace, a block and 12
digs. Alexis Hewitt had four
blocks, “huge,” Huelsman
said, and two kills. Brook
Hughes had five kills,
seven digs, Brandi Shipp 13
assists, two kills, an ace and
four digs. Cherry Mendoza
had 11 digs, an ace and two
assists.
“We had 36 passing
errors,” Huelsman said.
“Just think what we could
have done if we had passed to
ball to generate the offense.
We would tie, go ahead, tie,
go behind, come within one,
tie, go ahead. We can beat
that team if all of our game
had showed up.
“I knew that if we beat
Kell,” she said. “We would
have been in the final four.
Not putting down the other
teams in our bracket, but
Kell and Houston County
were the two teams to
beat.”
If she needed proof, it came
against the next team to line
up against Kell, Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill also fell three
games to none but didn’t
mount as much offense as
the Lady Bears. It fell 25-14,
25-14 and 25-11.
Kell also beat Milton 3-1
See STATE,page 7B
A rivalry, more at
stake for Demons
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It’s back where it
belongs.
Now that Warner Robins
High against Northside
High is a region (1-AAAAA)
football game again, this
rivalry that perhaps draws
the largest crowd for a high
school game in tfye state
can slide back down to the
end of the season.
“A little bit more nor
mal, anyway,” said Warner
Robins head coach Bryan
Way Monday after his
team practiced in the first
real chilly afternoon of the
2008 season. It’s actually
the riext-to-last game of the
regular campaign, but on
Friday - like the last two
Fridays - it’s a much more
must-win situation for the
Demons.
Warner Robins High
enters the game at 5-3
and 3-2 in 1-AAAAA. That
region record is good for a
fourth-place tie with Tift
Allen Brown of WR second
at Crappie USA fishing event
Special to the Journal
Allen Brown of Warner Robins and Richard Saunders
of Macon teamed up for a second-place finish in the
Amateur Division at the Crappie USA tournament held
Saturday at the Marina at South Bay on Lake Oconee.
They received $450 for their catch of 9.3 pounds.
According to a release, they were fishing from 1-20 to
Reed Creek shooting docks with black/blue/black jigs with
their fish holding right on bottom.
First place went to the Juliette team of Robert Sellers
and Tom Ryals weighing in 10.66 pounds and receiving
$775. They were fishing Sugar Creek up the lake about
three miles utilizing brushpiles in 25 feet of water with
their fish suspended 12 feet deep using live bait on Eagle
Claw hooks.
Taking third place was the team of Marcus Bentley of
Toomsboro and David Diekman with a weight of 9.24
pounds and taking home $225. They were longlining in
the Sugar Creek area using Southern Pro Hot Grubs
in 25 feet of water with their fish suspended 12-15 feet
deep.
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County High, but the Tift
Blue Devils own the head
to-head tiebreaker. And, as
usual, only four teams from
each region qualify for the
state playoffs.
“You have to win to
keep playing,” said Way,
whose club won those last
two region games on the
schedule against Houston
County High and Colquitt
County High. The game
with Northside would then
mark the third straight
game for the Demons in the
friendly across-the-street
confines of McConnell-
Talbert Stadium.
(A note to all fans,
Northside will be the home
sideline team.)
“I think we have made
some improvements in the
last two to three weeks,”
said Way. “We are probably
playing our best football of
the year, so we are going to
go out there and see what
happens.”
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