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Sports
What's in the
future for
grandchildren
As people grow older they begin
to think more and more of old times
and to bore the younger generation
with their memories. I think that
this is a natural progression, as
younger people are in the process of
building memories and do not yet
have a stock of stories to bore peo
ple.
Another trait of older people is
their tendency to talk and brag
about their grandchildren as evi
denced by many of my articles. I
often look at my Grandchildren and
wonder what kind of world they
will live in, and whether they will
have the wonderful store of memo
ries that my generation and older
generations have.
I'm thankful that I grew up in a
slower paced time when values
were so much different than they
are now. There are so many attacks
against our way of life and tradi
tions and the American way of life
seems to crumble with each passing
day.
I often wonder what the original
Thomas Tuggle who I wrote about
last week would think if he saw
what was happening to our great
land.
I'm sure that he would be amazed
to find that the ownership of a
firearm was in jeopardy, and that
people who own guns are looked at
with suspicion by fnany people.
Members of my family have
traditionally been hunters, and I'm
sure dial they would be astounded
at the violent attacks against
hunters by protectionist animal
rights activists.
Our own US Fish and Wildlife
Service which has administered
hunting on Federal lands is being
changed. The current administration
is getting rid of the pro-hunting
members of the Wildlife Service
and replacing them with non-hunt
ing and anti-hunting individuals.
Very few of the old timers who ad
vocated the use of wildlife for hunt
ing and food are left, and as the re
maining few are phased out we will
see an end to hunting on US public
lands.
What would this ancestor say if
he knew dial our right to Freedom
of Religion has been changed by
our government to Freedom From
Religion?
A good example of this is the at
tack by Macon politicians against
the pastor of die Mable White
Baptist Church because he had the
courage to attack die current politi
cal climate and die lack of morals
in our government from his pulpit.
If you do not believe dial these
politicians need to be attacked, just
look at the Clinton appointees, such
as die Surgeon General who advo
cates die legalization of drugs and
teaching kindergarten children that
die gay alternate lifestyle is good.
1 Ie has appointed a group of clowns
to public office.
Please see Tuggle, page 7A
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That's cheating!
You're supposed to use a softball or baseball to give
the person sitting in the booth a quick swim, not your
hands. Perry cheerleader Diana Hughes gives fellow
cheerleader Erin Prater a swim at the Panther
Appreciation Day held Saturday. In addition to the
dunking booth, pitchers find the speed of their
pitches, cheerleaders were selling rib slabs, bargain
hunters could shop the outdoor athletic yard sale
among many other activities.
Hornets dominate Wildcats 27-0
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
The Wildcats had won four state
championships in their history and
four of the six games they had
played with Westfield.
But, history mattered little to the
Hornets, as they wrote a completely
new chapter the game between
Westfield and Westwood, with
Westfield whipping Westwood 27-
0.
The Hornet infantry was work
ing well Saturday night, turning the
Westwood defense into Mildcats,
piling up 391 yards on just 42 car
ries. Only a Hornet propensity for
major penalties allowed the Wildcat
defense to escape with 27 points
scored against it.
The win was Ronnie Jones
149th career win, giving him the
opportunity to for 150 wins against
Tiftarea next Friday night. The
Hornets go to 4-0 on the season.
The game against Tiftarea will
be played there, starting at 8 p.m.
Tiftarea is located on Highway 41
just north of Tifton between Chula
and Abac. The Tiftarea game will
also be the last non-region game
before Westfield opens the region
schedule against Windsor Oct. 7.
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Shown are (1-r) shortstop Marnie Mills, pitcher
Shanetia Gilbert, firstbaseman Amber Fendley and
Fighting Westfield drops doubleheader to Deerfield
By PHIL CLARK
Special to the HTJ
If only Meredith Fordham had
missed the team bus!
The improving Westfield Lady
Hornets softball team, showing
steady improvement in recent
games, took unbeaten Deerfield to
the limit out at the Hornets' Nest
last Thursday before dropping two
close, one run decisions to the Lady
Knights in a non-region double
header.
It took a home run off the bat of
Wednesday
Sept 28,1994
Hornets Westwood
FD 13 g
Possession 24:43 23:17
R-Yds 42-391 29-72
PC/PA/PI 3-5-0 6-9-0
Pass Yds 4 5 55
Total Yds 436 127
Turnovers 0 1
Penalties 9-106 4-30
In the game, Westfield commit
ted five major distance penalties
(over 10 yards), bringing back
many key plays.
In the opening drive, the Hornets
set the tone of the game, ripping
off two eight yard runs by Brian
Staines. However, the Hornet drive
soon stalled, forcing Westfield to
punt.
But, the Hornet defense quickly
got the ball back for die offense.
Taking die ball after die punt at
their own 36, the Hornets drove
steadily down the field to the
Wildcat 14 on seven plays. An 18
yard run by Matt Shepley and a 16
yard rip by John Morton keyed the
drive.
It appeared the Westfield would
get nothing out of the drive, as they
began to go backwards on a holding
Fordham to win the first game in
extra innings, 13-12, after Westfield
rallied to tie the game with five
runs in the bottom of the seventh.
With one out, Ashlee McCord,
Mary Katherine Walker and Julee
Fryer had back-to-back singles for
one run. Then Deerfield threw die
ball away on a grounder by Jennifer
Smith, scoring Walker and putting
runners at second and third, still
with just one out.
After the second out in the in
ning, and the Lady Hornets still
Taylor leads Perry cross
country team to wins
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
The Panther cross country team
under coach Carl Thomas continued
their home dominance this past
week, winning two meets at home.
The Panthers have not lost a home
meet at home in three years.
And, Shon Taylor is the reason
that the Panthers have been so
strong this year. In the four meets
that the Panthers have competed in,
Taylor has finished first in three.
Taylor opened the season win
ning a dual meet at Northside in
Warner Robins. At the Bleckley
County meet two Saturdays ago,
Taylor was ninth in a field of 96
runners, finishing just one minute
behind the first place winner,
Andrew Moore, who runs for
Bleckley County.
After losing a dual meet to
Northside to open the year, and fin
ishing fifth among 10 teams at the
Bleckley meet, the Panthers domi
nated Dodge County Thursday, tak
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Hornet assistant coach Bert Brown fires up his team before the Westfield-Westwood
game Saturday night.
penalty and an illegal procedure
penalty, putting diem on die 21.
However, Michael Davis, who
had missed two weeks with a sepa
during the loss to Dodge County.
Robin Griffin, second baseman
catcher Katherine Blount.
trailing by three, Wendy Biggers
got a single to score Fryer and
Smith, cutting the lead to one run.
Laura Posey then doubled home
Biggers to tie the score and put the
potential winning run at second
base.
But then Halloween raised its
head a month early!
After Bristol Sullivan was inten
tionally walked, Jennifer Stewart
singled through die right side of die
infield. But as Posey rounded diird,
she and diird base coach Billy
ing six of the top seven slots.
In the Bleckley County meet,
only two Panther runners cracked
the top 20, Taylor and Kiwaukee
Thomas. Thomas finished 17th.
Only second place finisher Buddy
McDaniel prevented a clean sweep
by die Panthers, finishing the 2.95
mile course in just over 18 min
utes, 42 seconds behind Taylor,
who finished in 17:23.
Two freshmen finished behind
McDaniel to take third and fourth
for the Panthers. Stephen Casas
crossed he finish line in 18:27,
while Brett Dorman finished in
19:03.
Dorman just took fourth, finish
ing just ahead of DeJuan Lewis and
Rod Barnes, who had times of
19:04. Dallas Malone finished sixth
for Thomas, crossing the line in
19:21.
The women also had a good out
ing Thursday for the Panthers, heat-
Please see Panthers, page 7A
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rated shoulder, burst through die
Wildcat defense for his first long
run of the night, a 21 yard gallop
for six. The extra point was
Panthers lose, but
make playoffs
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
With a chance to win the region
on the line, die Pandier bats went
dead against Houston County and
Dodge County.
In key region match-ups, the
Panthers fell to the Bears 8-2 and
the Indians 10-1.
Despite the losses, the Panthers
still made the region playoffs, fin
ishing as the number two team in
the region behind Dodge County
with a 5-3 record. The Indians fin
ished in first widi a 7-1 mark.
The Pandiers will face Jackson
in the first round of the region
playoffs starting Wednesday. The
first game will be played at Rozar
Park on Wednesday, starting at 4
p.m.
On Thursday, die series will
move to Jackson, widi die teams
playing a double header if needed.
In die Houston County game,
the Bears struck quickly with
Mullikin striking a two run homer
across the left-center fence. The
Bears added two runs in die second,
Seliars collided, knocking Posey off
stride. By the time she was able to
right herself, the ball had been re
layed to die catcher, who tagged out
the potential winning runner, send
ing die game into extra innings.
Fordham hit a towering drive
over die left field fence in the top of
die eighth, and die run stood up as
Westfield was unable to score in
their half of die inning, though they
did get a couple of runners on base.
Coach Sellers was to remark
after die game, "everydiing that can
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blocked, making die score 6-0.
On their next drive, the Hornets
again had a chance to do some ma-
Please see Hornets, page 7A
one in the third and three in the
fourth.
Mullikin did most of die damage
for Houston County, collecting
three hits, including die dinger and
a triple, and scoring two runs.
The Panthers managed only six
hits in the game, scoring both of
their runs in die fifth, when they
got four of those hits.
Katherine Blount and Emily
Madiis connected on RBI singles
with two outs to drive in Stephanie
Andel and Kastina Nolen.
The Pandiers also collected only
six hits against Dodge County.
Perry scored one run in the bot
tom of die first to take the early
lead. With one out, Duren singled
to center. Amber Fendley followed
with a double to left to put runners
at second and diird. Mamie Mills
got die run home with a sac fly to
left.
Dodge would respond quickly
with three in the second and four in
the third to take control of the
game.
possibly happen to us this season
has happened", referring to the in
cident at third that probably cost his
team a victory over the unbeaten
Lady Knights.
Deerfield scored their 13 runs on
20 base hits in the opener, while
Westfield had 12 runs on 18 hits.
Deerfield direatened in the top of
the second inning of game two,
with runners on first and second
and one out, but Jennifer Stewart
made perhaps the defensive play of
Please see Westfield, page 7A