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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. A 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- Step Aerobics Sponsored by the Perry Recreation Department Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 - 8 p.m. • Saturdays 9 -10:30 a.m. Perry High School Cafeteria Deborah Hamlin ACE Certified Instructor 10 Weeks - S3O (This is an on-going program) Edi Cari: Diabetes Cooking Course Review foods used in the diabetic diet. The course will demonstrate different healthy recipes and samples will be offered. This is an ideal course for anyone with diabetes, or anyone who cooks for diabetics. Date: Mondays, April 11,18, 25 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Houston County Ag Building (733 Carroll St.) 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 necessary to guarantee reservation. Due to limited class sizes, payment is non-refundable. Wednesday, March 30,1994 Houston Times-Journal 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 A SERVICE OF PERRY HOSPITAL- April Classes 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 understanding of vocations in the medical field. A different speaker will be featured each month and will include a tour of the department featured. Medical Explorers is a program developed by the Boy Scouts of America. Date: Monday, April 18 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Perry Hosp. Priv. Dining Rm Topic: TBA Positive Pregnancy Series of four classes presented every Monday. Class discusses diet, body changes, labor and delivery and care of the newborn. Research shows the more educated the expectant mother, the less complications that occur. Every Monday Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Instructor: Kay Hartley, RN Location: Hospital Private Dining Rm. Cost: Free ETC... •Doctors recommend that women, 50 and older, should get a breast exam and mammogram every year. Now, eligible women can have a mammo gram through the BreasTEST program at no charge. BreasTEST is a program offered by Perry Hospital and the Perry Health Department to promote wellness in indigent women at risk by providing early diagnosis and prevention of breast cancer. Call the local health department to set up an appointment. •Toastmasters is a club designed to make you an effective communicator. It will take you step-by step from being a person hesitant to speak before any audience to a person who can comfortably participate in any communication situation with comfort and assurance. If you are interested In joining a Toastmaster club in Perry please call Marti Tolleson at 987-3600, ext. 319. There will be an organizational meeting for a Perry club on Thursday, April 7 at 7:00 p.m. Page 7A