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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Sand lot "The down and dirty" Schedule High school basketball Friday • Warner Robins at Lowndes, 6 p.m. Saturday • Warner Robins at Coffee, 6 p.m. • Tattnall at Westfield, 1 p.m. Tuesday • Houston County at Coffee, 6 p.m. • Northside at Tift County, 6 p.m. • Perry at Westover, 6 p.m. • Westfield at Southland, 6 p.m. High school wrestling Friday • Westfield at Tattnall Invite (10 teams; through Saturday) times to be determined Tuesday • Baldwin at Houston County, 5 p.m. • Warner Robins and Westside at Jones County, 5 p.m. In brief Soccer referee classes to be held There wiil be a youth soccer referee class at Tabor Academy in Warner Robins Jan. 30- 31, 2000 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 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 as well as questions can also be answered via the web site. To ask a specific question, click on any e-mail name/link. Cantrell Center sets SK, Fun Run The Cantrell Center for Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine will be having a 5K and Fun Run 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 program”. 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 more information is available at www. cantrellcenter.com. Lady Hornets knock host TSA out of tourney finals By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Things were looking pretty dark with about 22 seconds left in regulation. Somehow, someway, howev er, Westfield’s Lady Hornets not only inched their way into a tied score at the end of four quarters, they com pletely dominated overtime on the home court of a tour nament host. Westfield’s girls defeated the Tattnall Square Lady Trojans 66-54 in over time Monday to reach the championship game of the 22nd annual TSA Christmas Tournament. The finals were Tuesday against Central Fellowship Christian Academy, which also pulled out a miraculous win Monday - this one in double overtime - over First Presbyterian Day. While Westfield scored the big win, there was a loss involved when guard Haley Way suffered a knee injury at 17.4 seconds remaining in the third quarter. “She was playing a super defensive game,” said coach Jeff Eubanks about Way. “Mason (Moreland) had three fouls at that point, and I knew we "were in trou B§‘Vvflj'' Hpp#I'* 1 '* ’’IlSIllll! •<' : ||M - • lli; " —' —*— s ENI/Gary Harmon Westfield’s Hannah Jones shoots a jumper over a. Tattnall Square player during the Lady Hornets’ TSA tourney win Monday in Macon. All-Region football team for 1 -AAAAA Player of the Year: Greg Reid - Lowndes Offensive POY: Xavier Bacon - Northside Defensive POY: Abry Jones - Northside Coach of the Year: Randy McPherson - Lowndes FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Malcom Dixon, Tift County RB Greg Reid, Lowndes RB Xavier Bacon, Northside RB Melvin Loving, Coffee TE Jay Rome, Valdosta WR Demario Bennett, Coffee WR Jared Davis, Tift County WR Quinn Roberson, Colquitt County OL Ed Christian, Lowndes OL Donnie Werden, Northside OL John Roberts, Coffee OL John Torell, Tift County OL Allen Scruggs, Valdosta OL Antonio Foster, Valdosta ATH Eric Key, Colquitt County PK —r Jordan West, Tift County SECOND TEAM OFFENSE QB L'Shaun Smith, Coffee SPORTS ble. (Way) was one of the only ones who could guard ‘Peaches’ Campbell. But Mason stepped up against a very good ball player.” Moreland also knocked down two game-tying foul shots with 10 seconds to go in the fourth. That made it 54-54. Cqme overtime, though, it was all Westfield with three field goals in the post, one each from Jeannia Rust, Mallory Eubanks and Caroline Pfohl. Moreland even had a key deflection on the defensive end that forced a turnover. Tattnall Square never put the ball through the hole in those four minutes. The coach said the inside success was mainly due to a change in the Lady Trojan defense to one-on-one. As for the shutout, it was his own change to a 1-3-1 zone that did the job. Rust, a freshman, led Westfield with 14 points while grabbing five rebounds. Pfohl had the double-dou ble with 10 points and 12 boards. Mallory Eubanks and Hanna Jones each had 13 while Sheldon Hiley scored nine points. See FINALS, page 4B RB Stevan Toomer, Tift County RB Garrick Davis, Houston County RB Vashun Johnson, Valdosta TE Corey Davis, f offee WR Mike Faulk, Coffee WR Nick Prostko, Tift County WR Dontavious Sapp, Valdosta OL RJ. Taylor, Colquitt County OL Colt Kennedy, Coffee OL Layne Grant, Lowndes OL Jamaal Watson, Tift County OL — Deron Mclntee, Northside OL Brady Brantley, Lowndes ATH Rashad Wynes, Warner Robins PK Devin Pike, Northside HONORABLE MENTION QB John Michael Harrison, Colquitt County; RB Simeon Goolsby, Coffee; WR r— Blake Massey, Tift County; Craig Pressley, Houston County; TE Evan Arthur, Northside; OL— Justin Browning, Lowndes; Garrett Scott, Coffee; Willis Fussell, Valdosta; Sam Chemey, Northside. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL Abry Jones, Northside DL Michael Copeland, Lowndes DL Telvln Smith, Lowndes , A. < if ENI/Gary Harmon Westfield’s Kellan Shuford shoots a fade-away jumper in the Hornets’ loss to Mt. Vernon Monday in Macon. Mt. Vernon tops WF boys in semis By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Jake Walls went into Monday’s Tattnall Square Christmas Tournament semifinals with high regards for his opposition, Mount Vernon Presbyterian. He still held that opinion after the Mustangs defeated the Westfield Hornets 53-46, but the head coach couldn’t also help but feel optimistic about the direction of his own program when the 2009 portion of the basketball schedule arrives soon. “That’s the most talented team in the state,” said Walls. “No doubt about it. “I was very proud of our defensive pres sure. For the second night in a row we’ve had outstanding defensive pressure. We’re starting to understand how to press, see the floor, break on balls. That’s something to build on.” Walls, though, is still looking for some direction on offense. Westfield’s only double figure scorer on Monday was John Thomas Rust, who had 10 points. Otherwise, John Peake and Chris Brown each scored eight and Wesley Rust had seven. Matt Amrit had six points, but didn’t make a field goal after hitting two in the opening quarter. “I’ll take the blame for that because we’ve only had 11 or 12 practices,” said Walls after a night where his team had its scoring opportunities but struggled to convert. “I haven’t done a great job of coaching offense. I’m worried about defense. The boys are doing the best they can with what they know.” DL Jeffrey Whittaker, Warner Robins DL Jamal Denson, Tift County LB Eric Fields, Northside LB Shayon Green, Tift County LB Josh Abbott, Tift County LB Mike Gilliard, Valdosta LB D'Juan Smith, Coffee DB —Gerald Demps, Lowndes DB Greg Reid, Lowndes DB KJ. Morton, Northside DB DJ. Jackson, Coffee P David Clark, Warner Robins SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL Jacbb Walker, Houston County DL Ben Merritt, Coffee DL Tabias Walker, Tift County DL Damien Doe, Valdosta DL Derrick Stover, Warner Robins LB Darius Ivey, Northside LB Jermaine Holmes, Valdosta LB Darius Turner, Coffee LB Ahmad Williams, Valdosta • DB Tyler Hunter, Lowndes DB Kenny Moore, Tift County DB Pernell Williams, Coffee DB Jalani Phillips, Houston County DB Marcus Solomon, Lowndes WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2008 Mount Vernon established a quick tempo to start the game, and Amrit did well in it with those two field goals, one assisted by Peake. The Mustangs led by as much as five, but the Hornets stormed back with a steal and assist from Wesley Murph, to, W s Rust and a Casey Young assist to W. Rust in the post. . ! r. The Hornets trailed 13-11 after one quar ter, but jumped ahead 15-13 with help from Kellan Shuford’s driving lay-up. Things went bad for the Hornets in shot selection and turnovers, and Mount Vernon ran off seven points in a row. Peake put in a second shot and scored two more off J.T. Rust’s steal and assist. That got Westfield within one, but with four points off turnovers in the last minute, the Mustangs stormed to a 27-20 halftime edge. J.T. Rust took in a steal, and Brown dunked for two from Peake’s steal and pass. However, Mount Vernon was dominating things on the inside scoring two baskets on offensive rebounds and taking back a blocked shot by Brown for a lay-in. A behind-the-back pass in transition capped off a run of seven straight that put the Mustangs ahead 40-29 with one quarter left. Westfield never trailed by more than 13, but was also never able to build any runs off big defensive plays like a steal from W Rust or other blocked shots. Mount Vernon also had its own problems by only making Seven out of 16 free-throw attempts in the fourth. “We have all these things we need to See SEMIS, page SB Eatfes, Bears win OT games From staff reports Down by 12 points to Telfair County going into the fourth quarter, the Northside High boys basketball team rallied for a 66-61 win Saturday in over time at a tournament held at Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon. The Eagles were trailing 27-25 at halftime and 45-33 when the third quarter ended. Northside’s fourth-quarter tally was 22 points to just 10 for Telfair. Demario Black, who made three shots from 3-point land, scored 20 points for the Eagles. Kenya Ward was next with 18. The Houston County High boys basketball team also found some overtime success in dn out-of-town tournament. On Monday, the Bears, still trying to shake off a loss in the Bear Brawl finals at home just two days before Christmas, defeat ed Alpharetta High 70-69 with See GAMES, page SB 3B