Northrop Flies Through
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Northrop stormed through the
Dogwood Festival coed softball
tournament, winning the champi
onship game against Midway
Baptist 13-0.
On their way to total dominance
in the tournament, the Northrop
team stopped the Cruisers 12-2, and
flew by the Braves 20-8.
Northrop would score three in
the first and six in the second to
take an early 9-0 lead, and never
look back against Midway.
Three Northrop batters would
slam homers against Midway, Jeff
Kalb, Bob Hodge and Joe Sorskly.
Kim Smith and Hodge paced the
Northrop offensive attack with four
hits each.
Midway was able to get only
seven hits to drop against Northrop.
They were paced by Matt Coffee
with two base hits.
The championship game was set
up by a semi-final game between
Midway and the Courthouse
Cruisers.
The two teams had met in an
opening round game with the
Cruisers taking a 9-8 win in 10 in
nings of play. However, this game
would go the other way as Midway
would use a late inning rally to beat
the Cruisers 9-8.
In the second game, the Cruisers
threatened to make mockery of the
Midway team, scoring six runs in
the first to take a strong 6-0 lead.
The Cruisers would add single runs
in the second and third.
However, Midway would slowly
climb back in the game, scoring
twice in the first, and once in the
second, fourth and fifth innings. At
the end of five innings of play, the
Cruisers had the lead, but only by
three, seeing their 6-0 advantage
shrinking to 8-5.
LOSS, from 6A
In the bottom ot the sixth, the
Panthers came close to eliminating
the previous five innings.
With one out, Terry Yawn
reached on asingle. An error oy the
shortstop on Jason Brett’s grounder,
put runners on first and second. The
Panthers avoided the shutout when
Dallas Waldrip singled, driving in
Yawn.
A walk to Thad Cook put the
Panthers in position to do major
damage to the Greyhounds, loading
the bases with only one out.
However, it was not to be as
Washington bore down, recording a
strikeout for the important second
out, and ending the inning with a
Golf, from 6A
ist Jav Carson of Augusta’s Glen
Academy, wno unished the round
with a 71.
However, Gann was just one
shot off Willard’s pace, and five off
the winning pace, coming into the
clubhouse with a 76, good enough
for 11th.
“It was good experience.” said
Barton of playing in Tilt County.
“Inconsistency hurt us.”
Despite the high finishes of
Willard and Gann, the Panthers
could manage only an 11th place
finish with a score of 329, 27
strokes behind Tift County. Even
Tennis, from 6A
“I’m disappointed in that we
don’t have any victories,” said
Smith. The Panthers lost all seven
men’s tennis players on last year’s
team to other schools or graduation,
leaving Perry with a young, inexpe
rienced team. Smith added that the
Westfield, from 6A
for the final ouL
Westfield scored a big run in the
top of the seventh as Shelton led off
with a single and Hawk delivered
his thrid double of the game, into
the right center field gap and all the
way to the fence, scoring Shelton
from first base.
Two straight singles and a
fielders choice scored a Cavaliers
Roley, from 6A
The Panthers have an outside
shot of winning the region.
However, Jones County and Ware
County will be difficult to over
come.
Yes, it’s going to be a great sea
son in Atlanta. But, we have two
teams here in Perry that can be
quite exciting this year.
Midway was able to take the lead
in the bottom half of the sixth,
scoring four runs behind hits by
Alan Rowell, Bobby Williams and
Coffee. Lisa Billinglea walked in
the inning.
Matt Coffee, Tommy Coffee,
Jason Morison, Rowell and
Williams had two hits each to pace
the victorious Midway team.
The Cruisers were led by Zak
Dean, who collected three hits.
Sandy Adkins, Joel Sullivan, Mike
Greathouse and Chris Sullivan had
two hits each.
The Cruisers, who took home
the third place trophy, were placed
in the semi-final game by
Northrop, who took the 12-2 win.
Northrop would take advantage
of a three-run first to take an early
lead they would never give up. Kalb
and Hodge would lead the Northrop
onslaught, collecting four hits each.
Leroy Fourthit would contribute
three hits.
The Cruisers would manage only
eight hits against Northrop, six
coming from three different bats.
Sullivan, Pam Spencer and Lisa
Chambers would get two hits each.
After the Cruisers beat Perry
Hospital in the first game of the
tournament, they went on to face
Midway for what was to be the op
portunity to face Northrop.
In a low scoring affair, Midway
Baptist appeared to have the advan
tage, leading 7-2, going into the
bottom half of the seventh, and fi
nal regulation inning.
However, the Cruisers had no in
tention of taking their first defeat in
the tournament and moving to the
losers bracket. Putting together
seven hits and a walk, the Cruisers
charged to a 7-7 tie with Midway,
forcing extra softball.
For two innings, neither team
was able to break the impass,*
harmless grounder to first.
“We were there with the bases
loaded (in the sixth) there in the
end,” said Jones, who said his team
had a good opportunity to upset the
Greyhounds. “It just didn’t happen.”
Washington would not give the
Panthers a chance in the seventh to
do what they did in the sixth, strik
ing out the side, two on called
strikes.
Even though his Panthers came
out on the losing end of the score,
Jones said that he saw several
things that gave him hope for the
future.
“I was pleased with the way the
game was played,” said Jones. “I
though, the team finished midway
in the 22 team event, the Panthers
did finish higher than Houston
County, Warner Robins and
Northside golf teams, which also
took the Monday trip to Tift.
Where the Innsburk course fa
vored the golfer who could keep the
ball on the fairways, the Tift course
favored the golfer who could hit the
ball long. “It was a long course,”
said Barton. “There was not a lot of
trouble on the course. A missed
shot did not penalize a golfer like
Helen (Innsburk).”
Because of the course, the tour-
senior leadership on the club has
not been “what it should have
been.”
However, the underclassmen on
the team show promise for the fu
ture, Smith said. “The underclass
men have done all that they can.
I’m very pleased with them.”
run in the bottom of the seventh,
but Staines retired Hale on a
grounder to Matt §hepley and
struck out Keen to end the game as
the Hornets escaped with the 8-7
victory.
Staines was the winning pitcher,
allowing just one earned run over
four innings of work. DeMichiel
was the losing pitcher.
Waldrip and Brett a blow against
some teams.
However, that is about all Coach
Jones can call on. Most teams have
several throwers who can be called
on for one or two innings from
time-to-time, saving the top pitch
ers. Simply put, the Panthers have
no bullpen.
putting zeros on the board.
However, in the top of the tenth,
Billinglea got her only hit of the
game, putting Rowell across the
plate. The run gave Midway the
temporary 8-7 lead.
Faced again with the prospect of
their first loss in the tournament,
the Cruisers again regrouped. Tami
Lawley and Dean reached on sin
gles. They were brought home by
Kim Greathouse, giving the
Cruisers the hard fought 9-8 win.
Greathouse paced the Cruisers
with four hits, including the win
ning hit. Carol Belflower collected
three hits, while six other Cruisers
had two hits each in the game.
Morrison and McNeil had four
hits each to pace Midway. Matt
Coffee and Tommy Coffee had three
hits each.
Northrop opened the tournament
with a 20-8 pasting of the Braves.
Northrop would use an eight run
third and six run fourth to put the
game out of reach.
Kalb, Hodge and Todd Morris
would have three hits each to pace
Northrop. Fouthit, Bemice Allen
and Sorskly had two hits each for
Northrop.
The Braves were paced by Robert
Davis with three hits. Sissi Gann,
Salvadore Lopez and Bob Turner
had two hits each. Robert West had
the only other Brave hit.
The tournament opened with the
Cruisers and Perry Hospital in an
high scoring affair. The Cruisers
took an 6-4 lead out of the first and
steadily improved their lead each
inning, eventually winning 24-19.
Lonnie McClintic and Eric
Williams went five-for-five at the
plate to pace the Cruisers. Mike
Greathouse, Tami Lawley, Dean
and Pam Spencer had four hits each.
Perry Hospital was paced by
Billy King who had four hits. Tony
was pleased with the way we played
with the glove. We did some good
things.”
Waldrip led the Panther offensive
attack collecting two hits, including
a double, and picking up Perry’s
only RBI of the game. Yawn had
the only other Panther hit.
The loss evened the Pantner
record to five wins in ten games.
The Panthers also dropped to an
even 2-2 in the region. The win
upped the Greyhound record to 9-4
overall and 2-3 in the region.
However, two of the region losses
have come at the hands of Ware
County.
nament was very competitive with
five teams finishing the 18 holes
with a score of 311 or under.
“Those scores mean they (the
teams shooting the scores) had four
players shooting (an average) 75.5
It was an extremely competitive
match.”
Barton said the Panthers were
not happy with the way the team
shot at the Tift tournament, saying
the team should have finished with
a 320 or less, which would have
given the Panthers no less than an
eighth place finish.
With the loss of seven players
from last year, Kelly Waters, Clay
Fuller, Daniel Wright, Garrett
Curry and Lee Danielson have had
to step into the breech this year.
“We’ve got some young kids show
ing that they can be very good ten
nis players,” said Smith. “All have
shown marked improvement”
The women’s team has also im
proved over the season and over last
year, said Smith. "The team is
much improved (over last year),”
said Smith. “We are better top to
bottom. But, we haven’t improved
enough to beat the top two teams
in the region.”
The Panthers two regional losses
have been to the Pirates and to
Fitzgerald, who are the number one
and two women’s team in the re
gion. Appling County took the re
gion crown last year, losing only
two players from that team.
Smith said that he was expecting
his women’s team to improve over
the year. “I thought they all would
be better,” he said. “The girl’s team
is definitely better than last year and
improving and working hard (this
year). I’m very pleased (with the
team).
Perry had a home match against
Hawkinsville rained out Monday.
The match has been rescheduled for
today, starting at 4 p.m. at Rozar
Park.
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Coed Softball Tourney
Andrews, Stephanie Andel, Ashlee
Calhoun, Jennifer Calhoun and
Tony Andrews had three hits each.
The loss to the Cruisers sent
Perry Hospital to the losers bracket
for an elimination game against the
Braves, who lost their first game to
Northrop.
Perry Hospital scored three runs
in the first and second inning to
take a quick 6-0 lead.
However, the Braves, facing
elimination, kept in contention,
scoring once in the second, adding
three in the third and one in the
fifth. Going into the sixth inning,
Perry Hospital held the lead, but the
Braves were close behind, trailing
by three, 8-5.
Powers Wins Tennis Tourney
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Perry High School number one
tennis player Tara Powers stepped
outside the high school ranks
Sunday to capture the Dogwood
tennis 16-and-under singles tourna
ment title.
Powers beat Uli Abratis, who
came back from Germany on vaca
tion, 8-5 to claim the title. Powers,
who received an opening round bye,
advanced to the title by beating
Melissa Killoran 8-1.
Abratis advanced to the tourna
ment’s final game by beating
Powers’ teammate Hillary Smith 8-
6 in the semi-final round. Abratis
opened the tournament with an 8-3
win over Heather Brewer.
Win, from 6A —
lead.
Perry would add an important in
surance run the bottom of the sixth.
Thad Cook led the inning off with
his second walk of the afternoon.
One out later, he was replaced at
first by Reynolds who hit into a
fielder’s choice at short, and beat
out a potential double play. Walker
brought Reynolds in from first with
a long double to left
Wayne County finally struck
against Brett in the top of the sev-
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Diabetes Cooking Course
Review foods used in the diabetic diet. The course
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Date: Mondays, April 11,18, 25
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Houston County Ag Building
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Cost: $25 (pre-registration required)
Alzheimer Forum
In 1990, 82,079 people in Georgia had
Alzheimers. Of those, 580 were from Houston
County. Alzheimers is a progressive, degenerative
disease that attacks the brain resulting in im
paired memory, thinking and behavior. This
forum will feature Dr. Alfredo Suarez from
Macon, who specializes in Alzheimer research
and treatment. Dr. Suarez has traveled extensively
studying Alzheimers and feels that it is his
medical duty to do as much as possible for the
patients, families, and caregivers.
Date: Thursday, April 21
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Perry Hosp. Priv. Dining Rm.
Cost: FREE
American Red Cross CPR & First Aid
An accident can happen anywhere, anytime.
Learn how to respond in emergency situations.
All participants will receive a 240 page First Aid
and Safety Book and certification through the
American Red Cross.
Date: Tuesday & Wednesday,
April 26-27
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Perry Hosp. Priv. Dining Rm.
Cost: $35 (Pre-registration required)
To register call Perry Hospital at 987-3600 or
Beth Jones at 988-8291. Pre-payment is
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Perry Hospital put the game
away in the top of the sixth,
putting three runs across the plate.
The Braves were able to respond
with one run, but it was too little,
too late as Perry Hospital knocked
the Braves out of the tournament
11-6.
Andrews, Adel, King and Jake
Stewart led Perry Hospital with
three hits each. Four other medics
collected two hits.
Gann, Bob Turner, Rosetta
Thrower and Allen Everidge had
three hits each to pace the Braves.
Virgil Lawson had two hits.
For the Braves, the tournament
was over. For Perry Hospital, the
win meant another elimination
Smith advanced to the semifinal
round against Abratis on the
strength of an 8-0 win over Pam
Riveria.
Only three males singed up for
the men’s competition, with Daniel
Wright getting the bye. In his one
match, Wright took Kelly Waters
8-5 to take home first place
honors.
Waters advanced to the finals
with a victory over Ben Smith,
who lost 8-5.
The team of Jessica Brewer and
Amber Findley took the hard route
through the women’s double field
to take the title. With only three
teams fielded, Brewer and Findley
found themselves with two matches
to play in order to take home first
enth. Steve Madray tripled to left to
start the inning off and scored one
batter later on a sac fly to right by
Jeremy Brinson.
“Super effort,” Jones told his
players after the game, telling them
they should schedule all of their
games on Saturday. “That type of
effort will put you back into play
off position.”
Waldrip and Walker paced the
Perry offensive attack with RBI
doubles, as the Panthers only man
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game, this time wrth Midway
Baptist.
Taking away the second and the
sixth inning, Perry Hospital would
have advanced with a 9-3 win.
However, Midway scored eight runs
in both the second and sixth in
nings, while the medics could only
get two in the sixth, giving
Midway the 19-11 win.
Matt Coffee and Rowell col
lected four hits each to pace
Midway Baptist. Tommy Coffee
had three hits, while tour Midway
Baptist sluggers had two hits each.
Andrews had four hits to pace
Perry Hospital. Jennifer Stewart,
Bristol Sullivan and Chris Stewart
had two hits each.
place honors.
In the opening match of doubles
play, Brewer and Findley defeated
the team of Kathryn Blount and
Tiffany Hoover 8-2 to advance to
the finals.
In the finals, Findley and Brewer
faced the fresh legs of Alexis
Nikitopulous and Keri Eckhart,
who had received a first round bye.
However, Findley and Brewer dis
posed of the Perry High School
doubles team, 8-1.
In 14-and-under play,
Nikitopulous defeated teammate
Eckhart 8-3 for the title.
Nikitopulous advanced to the fi
nal round with an 8-6 first round
win. Eckhart advanced with an 8-7
first round victory.
aged five hits off Spradley.
“We hit the ball at the opportune
time,” said Jones. “We hit with
people in scoring position.
“I am very pleased with the way
our kids swung the bat. We hit the
ball hard.”
With the win. Perry goes one
game above .500 at 6-5. They also
improve to 3-2 in the region. The
Yellow Jackets, however, fell to 8-
5 overall and 4-2 in the region with
the loss.
Medical Explorers
For boys and girls ages 14-21 to gain a greater
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A different speaker will be featured each month
and will include a tour of the department
featured. Medical Explorers is a program
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Date: Monday, April 18
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Perry Hosp. Priv. Dining Rm
Topic: TBA
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Series of four classes presented every Monday. Class
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Every Monday
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Kay Hartley, RN
Location: Hospital Private Dining Rm.
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to promote wellness in indigent women at risk by
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