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k-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1992
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Perry sports
“M Cosby L
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Sports
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Thoughts of
Olympic hoops
and other things
The Dream Team, America's
Team or whatever else one may call
the assembly of American basket
ball players headed to the gold
medal in a few weeks, has just fin
ished sweeping through competi
tion in their Olympic qualifying
tournament.
The tournament, which finished
over the recent holiday weekend,
saw the Americans win si* games
by a total of 309 points. Only
Puerto Rico (a 119-81 victim)
managed to stay within 40 points.
Only Canada (a 105-61 loser)
held the gtxxl old USA to under 110
points total.
So, it will be a cakewalk in
Spain, right?
Probably, but expect anit-Amcr
ican sentiment to be high. And that
means anything can happen, espe
cially if there arc some third-world
referees out to make a point.
The crowd won't be very
friendly, but the USA will have the
best players in the games.
But I think the gold medal may
be a kind of afterthought for this
team. I think their main goal is to
prove they arc the best basketball
team ever put together.
To prove that, they will have to
not only win the gold, but they
will have to win every game by
margins wide enough that they can
fool around at the end of the game.
A loss will be cause for em
barassment for the NBA and all of
its players. A close win will shoot
down the title of "best team in his
tory."
A major injury will likely end
the future of NBA players on
Olympic teams.
My guess? A gold medal, aver
age margin of victory 35 points and
a 50-plus point win in the gold
medal game, just for gotxl measure.
Best team ever? Kind of. For the
summer yes. If they had to play for
;t full season with each other, I am
not sure there is an arena big
enough to hold die collective egos,
much less the contracts they would
demand.
Thin-skinned umpire
I have always been one to think
that if you pay your admission
charge to a ball game, you have the
right to heckle any player, coach or
official involved in die game.
I know a lot of people who take
advantage of diis right will tend to
push it a bit, but they paid their
money, they get their chance to yell
or boo or whatever.
Then this guy up at a Braves
game makes a gesture at an umpire,
and he gets tossed.
0.K., the guy quite possibly
violated a profanity law with his
gesture, but that should be a job for
security, not for the umpire.
He made the call, he tossed out a
manager (an active partiepant in the
game) and he had the game under
control.
Then he tosses a fan, and now he
is on the verge of losing control of
the game. Probably the only thing
that kept him from getting a
shower of debris from the fans was
the fact the Cubs were en route to
an 8-0 win.
Braves headed east
For all you baseball fans, who
also happen to appreciate geogra
phy, the National League has fi
nally decided to combine the two.
If commissioner Fay Vincent
gets his way, which he probably
will, the two NL divisions will re
flect the locations of the teams
starting next year.
In the pttst the Braves have been
in the West, while teams such as
St. Louis and Chigaco have been in
the East.
Now, every team in the NL East
will be in the Eastern Time Zone.
Those in the Central, Mountain or
Pacific are in the West.
Almost makes sense doesn’t it?
Now if the same idea were to
creep over to the NFL where for
some reason the Falcons and the
Saints arc considered Western
teams, while Dallas and Phoenix
arc in the East.
Mid-State routs Bryant's Machine
16-1 with 11 two-out hits Monday
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
Mid-State routed Bryant's Ma
chine Shop 16-1 in Perry Recre
ation Department adult softball
Monday night.
Bryant's defense, which made
seven errors, had as much to do
with the rout as Mid-State's bats.
Mid-State had 13 hits, while
Bryant's had just four.
When Mid-Slate turned a double
play in the top of the first for the
first two ouls of the game, the pace
was pretty much set.
In the bottom of the inning,
Mid-State scored twice on one hit, a
lead-off single by Kevin Smith,
two errors, one walk and a sacrfice
fly.
Bryant's scored their only run in
the top of the second when Sammic
Watkins singled and scored as
Danny Lamb reached on an error.
From there, it was all Mid-State.
They started to break the game open
with six runs in the bottom of the
PRD soccer sign-ups start July 27,
football, cheerleading begin Aug. 3
The Perry Recreation Depart
ment has annouened plans for fall
soccer, cheerlcading and football.
Soccer registration will be July
27 until Aug. 7 at the recreation
department offices. The cost will be
SI3 for one child or 526 for two or
more in the same family.
The age control dale will be
Aug. 31, 1992. The age of a player
on that date will determine which
league he or she plays in litis year.
The leagues for soccer will be
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Don Green delivers a pitch for LDT in their 21-8 rout of
Kellwood in Perry Recreation Department adult softball
action.
LDT gets 12 runs
in fourth inning
of 21-8 thumping
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
Three innings into Kellwood's
game against LDT in the Perry
Recreation Department's adult soft
ball league, Kcllwood trailed just 9-
7.
Then came the top of the fourth
when LDT pushed across 12 runs
on 11 hits, one walk and one error.
On the strength of the fourth in
ning, LDT rolled to a 21-8 win.
For the game, LDT had 24 hits,
including 19 singles as they just hit
the ball where the Kellwood defend
ers weren't.
Every batter in the LDT line-up
had at least one hit, and every
first. Smith, Greg Carroll, raut
Carroll and Steve Keener had consc
cutvie two-out singles. All four
hits drove in a run, and all four bat
ters eventually circled the bases to
score to make it 8-1.
In the third, Mid-State had four
straight two-out hits again, includ
ing a two-run double by Greg Car
roll as they took a 12-1 lead.
Another two-out rally in the bot
tom of the fourth ended the game
on the 15-run rule.
For the game, Mid-State had 11
of their 13 hits with two outs in
the inning.
Top hitters for Mid-State were
Kevin Smith (3-3, three runs, two
RBI), Greg Carroll (2-3, two runs,
three RBI) and Steve Keener (2-3,
two runs, one RBI).
Sammie Watkins (2-2, one run
scored) was the leading hitter for
Bryant’s.
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Mid-State 244 4- 16-13-3
Mini-Mile (5 year olds), Mighty
Mite (6-7 year olds), Mite (8-9 year
olds), M idget (10-11 year olds), ju
nior (12-13 year olds) and senior
(14-15 year olds).
Following the registration, the
player draft will be Aug. 10 until
Aug. 17. Following a coaches
meeting Aug. 20 and a coaches
clinic Aug. 22, practice will begin
no sooner than Aug. 24.
The season will run Sept. 7 un
til Oct. 16.
player either scored or drove in at
least two runs.
Most of that production came in
the fourth inning when LDT turned
a close game into a rout. During
the fourth, 16 batters went to the
plate for Kellwood.
With one out in the inning,
LDTs Don Green reached on an er
ror to start the rally. After Candy
( araway drew a walk, the next three
batters had hits.
Jay Peacock had a saerfice fly for
the second out, but then LDT got
eight straight hits to score eight
more runs.
Please see LDT, page 9A
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Hoke Morrow swings at a pitch from Bryant’s Machine Shop in a Perry Recreation
Department adult softball game. Mid-State took a 16-1 win in the game.
For both football and chccrlcad
ing the registration dates will be
Aug. 3 until Aug. 14. Cost Tor
football will be S2B for one child or
556 for two or more from the same
family. Cheerleading will be $8 for
one or sl6 for two or more from
the same family.
Age control dales for both cheer
leading and football will be Nov.
30, 1992. A player’s age on this
date will determine the player's
league.
Braves bash Pirates 10-1
in PRD 13-14 baseball
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
Pilcher Josh Strcetman led the
Perry Recreation Department 13-14
year old Braves to a 10-1 drumming
of the RAFB Pirates Tuesday.
Strcetman went the distance, al
lowing just one hit and one run
while striking out 13.
In one inning, the top of the
fourth, he had a rare four strikeout
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Braves 14-Reds 10- The
Braves beat the Reds in Perry
Recreation Department Mite action
recently. The Braves were led by
Jeremy Bassett (2-3, two singles).
The Reds were led by Leonard
Green (2-3, two singles).
Braves 610 07- 14
Reds 023 14- 10
Macon County 6-Perry
Cubs 4- The Perry Major League
Cubs fell to Macon County 6-4.
Leading hitters for the Cubs were
Eric Shugart (1-2, two runs scored),
A batter for the Blue Jays softball team takes a cut in a recent game in Perry
Recreation Department action.
Football-chccrleading leagues
will be Mini-Mite (5-6 year olds),
Mighty Mite (7-8 year olds), Mite
(9-10 year olds) and Midget (11-12
year olds).
Following the close of registra
tion, the players draft will be Aug.
17 until Aug. 22. Coaches will
meet Aug. 27, and there will be a
certification clinic Aug. 29.
Practice will then start Aug. 31.
inning.
The Pirates' Joe McLeod reached
on a passed ball on his third strike.
On the next pitch, McLeod stole
second, and then he went to third
and eventually home on a throwing
error.
Strcetman came back to strike
out the next three batters he faced to
record four for the inning.
On offense, Strcetman had two
Alan Rowell (1-3), Malt Coffee (1-
3) and Kevin Bennett (1-1). Top
hitters for Macon County were
Wade Dixon (1-2, two runs), Roy
Peterson (1-1), Jeremy Martin (1-3)
and Scott Pcavy (1-3). Dixon was
the winning pitcher and Rowell
took the loss.
Macon County 102 03-6-5
Perry Cubs 102 20-4-5
Pirates 4-Tigers 3- The
Pirates topped the Tigers in Midget
League action. Leading hitters for
the Pirates were Mat Davis, John
Journal
The season will run Sept. 14-
Oct. 23. Playoffs will be Oct. 26
through Nov. 6, and the Optimist
Bowl will be Nov. 7 in Warner
Robins for the Mighty Mite, Mite
and Midget leagues.
For Mini-Mites practice will be
Sept. 14 until Oct. 2, and the sea
son will run through October.
For more information on any
recreation department program call
987-1911, ext. 37.
doubles, scored two runs and drove
in two runs.
Most of the Braves' offense came
in the bottom of the second when
they scored eight times.
During that inning, Willie
Harvey hit a two-run home run,
Strectman had a two-run double and
Randy Snow had a two-run home
Please see BRAVES, page 9A
Daugherty and Dannoris Holley.
Top hitters for the Tigers were
Christopher Bates, Matt Wright and
Jamie Ralfield. Reggie Clark was
the winning pitcher and Christopher
Bates was the losing pitcher.
Tigers 002 100- 3
Pirates 200 101-4
Twins 17- Tigers 10- The
Twins topped the Tigers 17-10 in
Mite baseball action recently.
Leading hitters for the Twins were
John Erwin (2-4, double), Dave
Please see SCORES, page 9A