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i-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1992
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Perry sports
X-A Cosby L
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Sports
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Handing out
cheers and
some jeers
It has been a fairly eventful
summer as summers go. Some of
the things I have seen have been
good, and some have not been.
Accordingly, I thought I would
endorse, or not endorse, those re
sponsible.
Cheers to- The City of Perry
and its recreation department for the
hard work they have done getting
the ponds at Rozar Park ready for
public use.
The ponds looked to be in top
shape for Saturday's fishing rodeo,
an event that everyone seemed to
enjoy.
Jeers to- Houston County for
allowing the ponds to get so run
down and neglected in the first
place. Sure it required a little bit of
effort and some cash, but 1 think
the returns will far out-weigh the
costs. It is too bad the county gov
ernment didn't realize this years ago
or the lakes could have been a re
source for this end of the county for
a long time.
Cheers to- The Tolleson 10-
12 year old baseball team for
clinching first place at Ochla
hatchcc. With two games to play,
they lead by two and one-half
games at 16-3.
Cheers to- The 9-10 year old
Twins from the Perry Recreation
Department who recently won first
place in a touranment held by the
RAFB recreation department.
Cheers to- The majority of
the youth league coaches around
Perry. They gave of their time and
talents. They had a positive impact
on the children placed in their care
by teaching them sportsmanship
and a little bit of how to play ball.
Jeers to- The minority of
coaches in the youth leagues who
seemed to forget at times the major
purpose of the leagues. These were
the ones who veiled at the umpires,
yelled at the players and generally
showed their ugly side.
Cheers to- Perry High
School's Tazari Green, Sy Jones
and Toriano Gilbert for being se
lected to the GACA North-South
All-Star games this week.
In other sports
Football season is creeping up.
Friday night battles arc not far off,
so to get in the mood for the up
coming pigskin season, I thought 1
would dig in the back areas of my
mind for a few trivia questions
about local football.
Here goes.
1. Who was the last non-region
opponent Perry beat at Perry? What
was the score?
2. When was the last time Perry
scored a touchdown against Peach
County? Who won?
3. What was the score of the last
playoff game Westfield won?
4. Who was the opponent the
last time Westfield tied a football
game? What was the score?
5. During Perry's recent four
year stay in GHSA Region 4-AA,
what was their regular season record
in region games? What team did
they beat four times? What team
beat them four times in the regular
season?
6. How many consecutive years
have the Westfield Hornets been to
the football playoffs?
7. How many consecutive home
football games has Perry won?
Now for the anwers.
1. Peach County, 5-3 in 1989.
2. 1987 when Perry won 7-6.
3. 55-7 over Riverview in 1990.
4. Terrell Academy at 14-14 in
1990.
5. 19-13. They beat Lamar
County four times, but lost four
times to Jackson.
6. The Hornets have been to the
playoffs seven straight years.
7. Perry has won four straight
home football games.
I guess if you got more than
about three or four of those right
you are already looking forward to
football season. If you got seven
right you arc probably memorizing
the schedule.
If you missed them all you
probably quit reading several para
graphs ago.
Qwik Stop takes early lead,
blows out Crossroads 11-2
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
Qwik Stop scored eight times in
the first inning and a third on route
to an 11-2 thumping of Crossroads
in Ochlahathcec 10-12 year old
baseball Monday.
After the first 14 batters over the
first two innings had gone to the
plate for Qwik Stop the pace was
already set.
Os those 14, eight reached on
hits, one on a walk and one on an
Ochlahatchee standings
(Through July 20)
Team Wins Losses Pet. GB
♦Tolleson 16 3 .842
Northrop 13 5 .722 2 1/2
Harold's 11 8 .579 5
Kiwanis 9 10 .474 7
Qwik Stop 8 'l2 .400 8 1/2
Crossroads .7 13 .350 9 1/2
Houston Fertilizer 7 13 .350 9 1/2
Kcllwood 6 13 .316 10
Tolleson has clinched first place
Post 3 Pirates
beat Albany
Post 30 5-1
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
The Macon American Legion
Post 3 Pirates made the most of
their limited offense in thicr 5-l
rain-shortened win over Albany
Post 30 Saturday in Cochran.
Macon had just seven hits in the
seven inning game, but almost all
those hits led directly or indirectly
to a run.
However, only one of the live
runners who scored for Macon
reached on a base hit. Os the other
four, two reached on fielder's
choices, one on a walk and one on
an error.
The only runner who reached on
a hit and scored was Mark Johnson
who hit a two-out solo home run in
the bottom of the first to make it l
0.
Albany tied the game at l-l in
the top of the third with a triple and
back to back singles, all with two
out.
From then on, it was all Macon,
though it was never easy for the Pi
rates.
Post 3 took the lead for good in
the bottom of the third. B.J. Sum
ner doubled in Frankie Cadcnhead to
Houston Fertilizer and Grain
rolls to 11-4 win over Kiwanis
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Houston Grain and Fertilizer's Derrick Shcultz tries to bunt against Klwanls. Houston
Grain and Fertilizer took an 11-4 win to improve to 7-13 on the season. Klwanls
dropped to 9-10 with the loss.
error. Eight of those 14 batters
eventually came around to score.
Qwik Stop's eight hits also in
cluded three doubles and a three-run
home run by Nathan Garren.
Given the early 8-2 lead, Qwik
Slop pitcher Brandon Lancaster re
sponded with five straight scoreless
innings.
Over the last five innings, Lan
caster struck out four and gave up
just three hits and one walk.
The two teams sparred to a 2-2
make it 2-1.
Sumner picked up his second
RBI of the game in the fifth when
he singled in Dallas Wadrip, who
had walked to open the inning.
Macon carried the 3-1 lead into
the bottom of the seventh before
they finally got a rally started.
Waldrip reached on an error to
open the inning, then he went to
second on Kevin Wildes' bunt. Post
30 misplayed the bunt and Wildes
was safe at first.
Cadcnhead then followed with
bunt single of his own to load the
bases with no ouls.
Alter one out, Johnson ripped an
RBI single to make it 4-1, and then
Sy Jones had a sacrfice fly to make
it 5-1.
Heavy rains in the top of the
eighth inning ended the game.
Though Macon's defense made
two errors in the seven innings,
they also made three plays to deny
Post 30 a chance to keep pace.
In the top of the second, Post 30
had runners on first and second with
one out, but Post 3 picked off the
runner at second to end the inning.
Please see POST 3, page 9A
tie after one inning, but Qwik Stop
delivered the knock out blow in the
top of the second.
Duke Brack popped up to the
pitcher to start the inning, but the
next seven batters all reached base,
and six of them touched all the
bases to score.
Two runs scored when Josh
Lawhorn reached on an error, and
then three more scored when Garren
homcrcd to center.
After that, Crossroads never re
ally had a chance to make it close
again.
Lancaster singled in two in the
top of the third and Qwik Slop
scored again in the fifth to pad their
lead.
Most of the Qwik Stop offense
belonged to their third, fourth and
fifth batters, Garren, Lancaster and
Shawn Padgett.
Those three combined to go
seven for nine, scored four runs and
drove in eight.
Only Nick Sturgeon, who had a
single and a double with an RBI,
had more than one hit for Cross
roads.
With the win, Qwik Stop im
proved to 8-12 and all but locked up
fifth place in the eight-team league.
Qwik Stop 262 010-11-11-1
Crossroads 200 000- 2-5-3
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John Lamberth sinks a short putt on the 18th hole at
Perry Country Club as he won the Sid Clarke aolf
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Jamie Green delviers a pitch for Crossroads against
Qwik Stop in Ochlahatchee play Monday night.
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
Houston Fertilizer and Grain
routed Kiwanis 11-4 in Ochla
hatchce 10-12 year old baseball ac
tion Monday behind the pitching of
Kent Franklin and David Coffey.
Franklin started and went four
and two-third innings before he ran
out off gas and Coffey came in to
finish the job.
Franklin carried a shutout into
the fifth inning, but with two outs
he gave up three walks and a hit.
Coffey came in and gave up a
two-run double to David Talley, but
he slammed the door on Kiwanis in
the bottom of the sixth with three
straight strikeouts.
The tw'o combined to limit Ki
wanis to just four hits and seven
walks, one of them intentional.
Most of Houston Fertilizer and
Grain's offense came as a result of
sloppy fielding by Kiwanis. They
had just six hits, but they were able
to take advantage of four errors by
Journal
John Lamberth
wins with 141
in Sid Clarke
By COSBY WOODRUFF
Sports Editor
John Lamberth won the Sid
Clarke golf tournament at Perry
Country Club over the weekened by
two strokes over Carl Leslie with a
67-74-141.
Leslie fired a 143, followed by
Lloyd Gregory with a 144 and
Reggie Register and Mark Daniel at
145.
First day co-leader Cater Pierce
shot a second-day 79 to fall to sixth
at 146.
1992 Sid Clarke
Final Results
Championship A
John Lamberth 141
Carl Leslie 143
Lloyd Gregory 144
Reggie Register 145
Mark Daniel 145
Cater Pierce 146
John Shaginaw 147
Carl Pierce 147
Buzz Hall 147
Ell Hall 149
Skip Talbert 151
Robert Spain hour 154
Championship B
Wally Adams 146
Please see GOLF, page 9A
shortstop Chance Harridgc to score
six unearned runs.
Kiwanis pilches Dcwaync Heard
and David Talley also struggled
with the strike zone. They issued
seven walks, four of which led to
runs scoring.
Houston Fertilizer and Grain
took the lead for good in the bot
tom of the first. With one out,
Jonathan Hayes drew a walk, went
to second on Cory Procter’s walk
and took third on David Coffey's
grounder. CaFWilliams' two-out
grounder scored the run to make it
1-0.
In the bottom of the third, two
errors, two walks and three hits led
to live runs scoring for Houston
Fertilizer and Grain.
Another run in the fourth made
it 7-0, but Kiwanis had their big
inning in the top of the fifth to
make it a game.
The inning could have been big
ger, but two of the three outs came
Please see GAME, page 9A