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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Sandlot "The down and dirty " Schedule High school basketball Today • Westfield at Tattnall Square Academy Tournament in Macon (also Monday and Tuesday) teams and times to be determined • Perry at Bank of Gray Classic in Jones County (also Monday and Tuesday), teams and times to be deter mined • Houston County boys at Powerade Festival at North Gwinnett (also Monday and Tuesday), teams and times to be deter mined In brief Soccer referee classes to be held There will be a youth soccer referee class at Tabor Academy in Warner Robins Jan. 30-31, 2009. The cost of the class is S7O. You can register on-line at www.gareferees.com or contact Russ Grant at russ.grant@cox.net or 478-396-0727. There will also be a high school referee class at Westside High School in Macon Jan. 24, 2009, starting at 10 a.m. There is no charge to take the class and preregistration is required. Contact Fingles or Grant for more. WRALL sets registration dates Warner Robins American Little League will hold on-site reg istration at their Flint Energies Complex Jan. 10 and 17, 2009, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (the last date .the last chance to register). Forms, which in turn can be filled out and turned in at the registra tion, can be. download ed at wrall.org. They can also be mailed to: Warner Robins American Little League, P.O. Box 6562, Warner Robins, GA 31095. Directions to the site as well as questions can also be answered via the website. To ask a specific ques tion, click on any e-mail name/link. Cantrell Center sets SK, Fun Run The Cantrell Center for Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine is beginning a community health program entitled “Get Moving Middle Georgia". To kick it off, they will be having a 5K and Fun Run. It is slated for Feb. 28, 2009. Beginning at their 405 Osigian Blvd., Warner Robins address, the 5K and Fun Run is S2O, if pre-registered. It’s also sls for students to compete/participate in the SK. Pre-registering, according to a release, also entitles you to an “exclusive training pro gram". The cost on the day of the race for the 5K is $25. Awards include SSOO for first place, male and female and $250 for second, male and female. Registration forms and additional infor mation are available at www.cantrellcenter. com. Bear Bra wl Campbell High swipes tourney title from HC By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer When the inside game is sitting on the bench for the entire final quarter, it’s hard to win a basketball tourna ment championship, even on your home floor. Campbell High, down by as many as 10 in the sec ond half, took advantage of Houston County’s injury and foul problems from the forward positions and won the 2008 Chick-Fil-A Bear Brawl boys first-place tro phy in a 73-71 final Tuesday at the Bear Den. It was also the first loss after eight straight wins for coach Jody Dean and the Bears. In the middle part of the game, Houston County dis played lights-out shooting from the perimeter. Roger Stanton had 25 points and Geo Stotts 14. The crucial moment, how ever, is when center Brandon Davey, suffered a foot injury in the third period and it carried over into the fourth. Before that, he was a force in the paint with 15 total rebounds, some excellent defensive work and eight points. Trey Grissett, a sophomore who, like Davey, stands at 6- 6, was also held out of action for the last eight minutes with four personal fouls. It v as a highly anticipated final with a gym full of local basketball fans. Each team set out to play a deliberate pace without taking a lot of chances. Campbell was able to move the ball down court against the Bear press and get good shots at the basket, but with spot-up 3- pointers by Buddy Bivins •and Stanton, everything was tied at 12-all. Jarrid Nunn, another Houston forward, followed in his own missed shot, help ing the Bears keep pace with the Spartans, 16-16, with one quarter gone. Campbell had its last lead of the half, 21-19, with an offensive rebound score. Houston’s perimeter game was off track until, at 4:46, Stanton nailed a 3-pointer. From there, it was a shoot ing clinic as Davey made a two just inside the arc and Stotts drove for a kick-out Warner Robins Aquanauts earn Division Three state title Special to the Journal The Warner Robins Aquanauts competitive swim team announced recent ly that they now hold the title of Division Three State Champs. Dec. 13, Kaylie Hamborg, Earl Bagaoisan, Neil Bagaoisan, Patrick Cossart, Erik Hanson, Aaron Meece, Nathan Meece, Brett Niemantsverdriet, Declan Poorman and Lee Thompson represented Warner Robins and Houston County at the USA Senior State Swim Championships held at Georgia Tech. “These 10 dedicated swim mers,” Head Coach Wes Hamborg said, “not only put Warner Robins on the map in the ‘world of swimming’ (but) they also shattered 19 of their own team records!” Collectively, the Aquanauts swam in a total of 51 events with personal best times in 48 of those events. “All this success does not come easy,” Hamborg said. “These swimmers swim up to 47,000 yards per week (26.7 miles) at the peak See AQUANA VTS, page Bj SPORTS —. x.. 1 y 'V ■ / i VJH /*• M|k A, 4H ' - -^"7-J ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County’s Brandon Davey goes up for a layup in the Bears’ Bear Brawl finale loss to Campbell High Tuesday at Houston County. pass to Stanton and three more. Stanton hit three from long range and scored off a steal to give the Bears a nine-point bulge at 34-25. Bivins, left alone in a corner, sank one final 3-ball for the first half. The Bears went into intermission up eight, 42-34. Campbell stuck to its offensive sets and stayed within striking distance. Houston was able to make shots when needed, includ ing Stanton following in a miss and Nunn connecting for 3. Davey, for all of his boards, earned a give-and-go assist to Stotts for 53-44. Davey’s foot injury didn’t happen on a major colli sion, but it was enough to See TOURNEY, page Bz VI jlb i|jp[ \ Pj|- jppi J *'' I Shown are members of the Warner Robins Aquanauts swim team. The group recently earned the honor. Division Three State Champs. • PS - Hi 1 4 4HL 4 € rib?* I ENI Gary Hannon The Bears and Spartans demonstrate good sportsmanship after the game. SECTION: B SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2008 ♦