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Sports Westfield and Perry make good decisions I think both Westfield and Perry have done well with their selections for softball coaches. Kelly Briisky, the new Perry ' coach, played for Warner Robins High School and, in a certain sense, will be returning home. After a standout high school career, she went on to ABAC, where she gained national recognition and won a national championship, and then to LaGrange, where she was named to the All-Conference team. She . was also a graduate assistant on the LaGrange team that won the N.A.I.A. national championship. Billy Sellers also brings some impressive credentials to Westfield. As a baseball coach, his teams went 33-21, winning a region title last year, as he was named Middle Ge orgia Coach-of-the-Year. Although there are some key differences be tween softball and baseball, notably the way the ball is delivered to the plate and base running rules, soft ball is based on the game of base ball, so there are a lot of similari ties. His record as women's basketball head coach is a little misleading. At Miller County, his first team had one player out of ten who had played the game before. Such teams take their lumps, and that team fin ished 0-26. However, at the end of the season, his teams were competi tive. High school basketball is not the place to have players leam on the job. It should be an interesting sea son for both schools next year. *** * * I always get worried when sports fans go a little bit too far, since lit tle in the world of sports really af fects the happenings in the real world. However, two recent events point out how far some people take their sports—the murdet-of Andres Athletic grants available to many students each year Over 100,000 athletic scholar- 1 ships are available each year for high school and junior college ath letes, reports Joe Tirrell of the Na tional Sports Foundation. Tirrell says that many of these scholarships go unclaimed. ."Contrary to popular belief," said Tirrell, "students don't have to be all state to qualify (for the scholar ships." A new publication with forms,' sample letters and tables of factual information is available for student athletes, said Tirrell. He said it took students step-by-step through the process of getting an athletic schol arship, and included college and conference listings. For information on how to get a college athletic scholarship, send a self addressed, business-sized, stamped envelop to the National Sports Foundation, 611 A Willow Drive, P.O. Box 940, Oakhurst, NJ. 07755. Editors nott'.There was no mention of cost in the news release containing this information. Stu dents requesting information should bear in mind that only rarely are services and information provided at no cost. t* *«'- '/. 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Graffiti was coached by Jimmy Simpson (back row) and Buddy Roper (not shown). lEajH Roley , I f Sports educe' fl Escobar, the Columbian defense man who accidently kicked a ball into his own goal, costing Columbia a game against the United States, and the man in Al bania who bet his wife in a World Cup game. It is disturbing to me that people put so much emphasis on sports, when sports really do not matter, are really not that important. One of my common themes on this page is that things need to be kept in prospective. Sports are to be fun; and, they are to teach lessons of life. However, when we get the games out of perspective, we take the fun out. *** * * The American Bald Eagle seems to be back from the edge of extinc tion. The eagle is even making a comeback to the skies of the Southeast. In the 1993 census, just under 1,000 eagles were flying in the Southeast, with 17 making their home in Georgia. Golf scholarship offered The Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship Program will be offer-' ing 40 SI,OOO educational scholar ships to golfers 12-to-18-years-old. The program is offered in conjunc tion with the American Junior Golf Foundation. Scholarship applications are available at professional golf shops, Chrysler-Plymoutli dealerships and by calling the Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship Program Headquarters 13th Annual Ron Stafford Memorial Invitational . June 25-26, at Houston Lake County Club Championship A Ist Chico Hobbs/Buz Wooten 60-69-129 2nd Shaw Blackmon/Billy Blackmon 67-65-132 3id Ken Gaskins/Mark Gaskins 63-71-134 Championship B Ist Sebie Lacey/Drew Klepcheck 69-68-137 2nd Eddie Causey/Hicks Queerer 68-69-137 3rd Geoff Hill/Russ Dunaway 71-69-140 Championship C - Ist Will Lesch/Joe Tumlin 72-69-141 2nd Mike Scroggins/Gordon Mclntire 74-70-144 3rd Gary Talbert/Slgp Talbert 73-71-144 > First Flight Ist Hatcher Way/Mike Horton 72-71-143 2nd Bryan PErsons/Frank Arnold 73-70-143 3rd Brooks Lee/Eric Vererable 68-75-143 Second Flight Ist Paul Hicks/Richard Allison 69-72-141 2nd Edward Strickland/Scott Hill 69-75-144 3rd Jeff Long/Sam Patton 73-74-147 Third Flight Ist Bob Kikta/Ken Nunnally 71-69-140 2nd Mike Matthews/Craig Hunter 78-73-151 id Paul White/Gene Burnet 78-73-151 Fourth Flight Ist Ben Johnson/Pete Johnson 78-70-148 2nd Terry Barrett/Rusty Wade 74.74.148 3rd Steve Monday/Keith Yeager 75-74-159 Fifth Flight (Net Scoring) Ist Terry Todd/Dave Davidson 70-64-134 2nd Zell Blackmon/Jerry Rogers 67-71-138 3rd David Kennedy/Mike Ratliff 74-66-140 Rockets power to two wins in junior play Rockets 15, Outlaws 14 Ayanna Harris came through with a two RBI base hit in the bottom of the sixth to power the Rockets by the Outlaws 15-14 in Perry Parks and Recreation play. Krystal Lester and Alanisha Whitfield scored •ahead of Harris' safety. Lester and Whitfield reached base on errors, two of nine Rocket batters who would reach on Outlaw mors. The Rockets came into the sixth down by one run as the result of Brown's hit to left, which drove in two Outlaws. The Rockets would only get eight hits in die game, with Jessica Dickson getting two hits for the winning team. Despite losing by one, the Outlaws collected four more hits than the Rockets, with Brown leading the way with three base knocks. Garland, Roberson, and Perkins had two hits each. Cubs 7, RAFB 6 The Cubs used an unearned run to beat Robins Air Force Base 7-6 in Perry Parks and Recreation League Junior Boys action. Franklin Pike walked with one out in the bottom half of the sixth for the Cubs, and made it around the bases on stolen bases and wild pitches to score the winning run. After fading behind 4-0. in the top of the third on consecutive doubles by Frank Snyder, Brian Traylor and Ben Hart, the Cubs rallied with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the at 1-800-856-0764. All applications for the scholar ships must be postmarked by Sept. 1, 1994, with the recipients an nounced in Nov., 1994. Winners will be selected based on a series of personal essays and parent, teacher and/or mentor rec ommendations. Scholarships will be issued in the winners' names and forwarded directly to the recipients' universities/colleges upon confir mation of enrollment Houston Times-Journal game. Jamie Walker and Keith Howard provided the hits, while the Cubs took advantage of two RAFB errors in the game. The Cubs would take the lead with two runs in the fifth. Once again RAFB would provide the opportunity, giving up a walk and an error with two outs. Walker and Howard again provided the power, getting hits to put the runs across the plate. Howard and Walker paced the Cubs at the plate with two hits each. Jason Kosalka got the only other safety for the Cubs. RAFB was only able to come up with three hits, one each by Frank Snyder, Brian Traylor and Ben Hart. Rockets 16, A's 14 Sexton collected two hits in the top of the fourth to spark an eight run rally by the A's, as they took a 14-11 lead, coming back from an 11- 6 deficit However, the Rockets didn't explode with the A's comeback, sending seven players to the plate in the bottom half of the fourth, plating five to win the game. The Rockers were able to turn four walks by A's pitching into runs with hits by Tiffany Sark, April Montaque and Krystal Lester. Every Rocket reached base by either a hit or a walk with Montaque and Jessica Dickson getting three hits each. Melisha Alford had four walks in four plate appearances on the afternoon. Your Car's Best Friend Is Coining To AdvanleM OPENS FRI., JULY BTH! PERRY, GA 1334 BALL ST. Q BRAND NAME^AUTDMOTIVe|^| • OPEN 363 DAYS A YEAR, 7 DAYS A WEEK • SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS SINCE 1932 • WE RECYCLE USED AUTOMOTIVE OIL & BATTERIES Wednesday, July 6,1994 Houston Times -Journal - Page 1B Five players had two base knocks each for the A's in a losing cause. In other games, the Cubs beat the Warner Robins Cardinals 8-5 in Junior boys play. Jamie Walker paced the Cub offense with three hits, while Kosaka had two hits for the Cubs. In Midget Qirls play, the Vols made cubs out of the Bears with a 13-6 win. Robinson, Walker and Rindings had three hits each for the Vols. Jennifer Hamm had three hits to pace die Bears, while Yetavya Kelly had two hits. The Pirates shanghaied the Braves 12-9 in Midget Boys play. Rico had three hits to pace the Pirates, while Askins and Collier had two hits each. Javaris Williams had three hits for the Braves, while Galvin Ragm added two hits in the loss. The Dodgers defeated the Braves war party 9-4 in Midget Boys play. Clay Zielinski and Rashad Winn had two hits each to pace the Dodger's offensive attack. Matthew Boland and Williams had two hits each to pace the Braves. The Rockies made short work of the Pirates, sinking them 11-1. Willie Simon had three hits to pace the Rockies attack, while Darius Howard contributed a pair of hits. The Pirates were able to plimb Rockie pitchers for only three hits, two by Copeland and one by Nables.