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The crystal ball sees Hornets win, Panthers lose By Phil Clark Sports Editor Last week wc ran out of space and couldn't print our picks, but we missed just one game, picking Early County over Americus, but the Panthers surprised another top ten team, beating Early in a region lAA game that really throws the re gion standings into a log jam, especially with Fitzgerald's win over Mitchel Baker, the second loss in a row for the Eagles. But the key games this week are closer to home. Let's look. Westfield at Southland. Second place in region lAAA is at stake. The winner will finish sec ond, the loser third in the region. So they are playing for home field advantage to open the playoffs. The Westfield defense is simply punishing, and I don't look for Southland to be able to penetrate it often enough to win. And West field's balanced running attack will cause problems fcr the Raiders, too. Only the significance of the game could make it close. Phil's pick, Westfield. Mary Persons at Perry. Perry continues to hang in there for the fourth playoff spot. Their tough defense will be put to the test Fri day night as Dan Pitts looks for ca reer win number 311. Says here Clark, from 6A Cairo, Monroe Albany and Worth County currently ahead of the Bulldogs for the four playoff spots. Meanwhile Rodney Walker, who left an excellent Stephens County program to come to Peach, saw his team go 3-2 over the first half of the season. Peach moved out of the perenially weak region 3AAA, where they have dominated play over the past several years. The Trojans are now in 2AAA, which is considerably stronger. They will still make the region playoffs, Uiough. Longtime Jackson coach Kenny Moore left Jackson for Morgan County. He was 1-4 halfway Lake Oconee hot for hybrids in October For the last several years, Lake Oconee has been hot this time of year of big hybrids Just about every cove on the southern end of the lake will see some hybrid schooling during the day. These schools will be espe cially noticeable early in the morn ing and late in the evening when the shad start schooling near the surface. These fast furious feeders will chase the schools of shad toward the back of the coves, quickly surfacing in a feeding frenzy. Sometimes the action will last for several minutes. Other times, the hybrids will stop feeding as almost as quickly as they started. There are several methods used to catch hybrids; but, most people will use something such as a rattle trap or a small jig made of deer hair. One of the most popular meth ods of Fishing hybrids is to tie a deer hair jig about two or three feet behind a popping cork like the ones used in Florida for flat fishing. Us ing a rig like this allows you to be able to cast long distances, which Panthers, from 6A Up 13-6 after the half, the Pan thers took advantage of several ma jor Bear mistakes to drive the ball 44 yards for the eventual game winning touchdown. However, it would be a Panther mistake that almost cost Perry the score. Carey Washington raced 44 yards on the first play of the second half for the score. However, a hold ing call brought the play back. Three plays later, on a third and long, Germaine Brown ran for 10 yards and the apparent first down. However, a clipping call brought the ball back. An incomplete pass on the following play brought up fourth down. On fourth down, the Panthers kicked twice. The first time, Perry punter Jason Brett put the ball in the endzone from 52 yards out. But a holding call on the Bears allowed Brett to punt again. Again, his punt sailed into the endzone. But, another flag was on the field. This one was big, with Houston County getting caught with too many players on the field, a 15 yard penally and a Perry first Westfield , from 6A all, the Hornets had 233 rushing yards, 144 in the first half The defense completely stymied FPD in the first half. It's a defen sive unit that stacks up with the best in the GISA, including ends Andy Smith and Lindsey Harrell, Commentary that he will get it. Phil's pick, Mary Persons. Houston County at Jack son. Houston County is out of the playoff picture, so they will try to play the spoiler. The Bears must beat Jackson, West Laurens and Dodge to salvage a break-even sea son. They take the first step this week. Phil's pick, Houston County. Southwest at Warner Robins. The Patriots lost a heart breaker to Lakeside Evans Saturday night. 19-18 in overtime. The loss throws Southwest, Lakeside and Baldwin into a three way tie for third in the region. The important thing in this re gion, 2AAAA, is that if a team is unbeaten in the region, they get a bye into the state playoffs, meaning only two other teams from the re gion have a chance to advance. Right now, Northside is unbeaten, but still must play once beaten Warner Robins. So Southwest needs a win at Warner Robins to stay in the hunt. They won’t get it, though, as the through the season, while Robbie Robinson, formerly of Pike County, had Jackson at 3-2. Another surprising move, at least on the surface, was Gary Guthrie's move from Lagrange to Rome. Maybe he saw something at Lagrange, since his old team is just 1-4. It isn't much better at Rome, though, where Guthrie made the turn at 3-2. Rayvan Teague, who left Lafayette for Swainsboro when Bill Schofill retired, appears to be the most successful of the coaches in new positions. Swainsboro is 5-1, with an impressive win over Peach County included. Caldwell is 4-1 and j . , Susanne Andel are necessary to reach some of the schooling hybrids. Once you have made the cast, pop the rod tip real fast in an up ward motion, making the cork "pop." Doing this at various speeds will sound like feeding hybrids, and that will bring other hybrids into the area. Getting a hybrid is not all that difficult. Keeping him on the hook is another story. Using medium to heavy tackle is a must if you plan to land many hybrids. An eight-to-10 pound hy brid is like a freight train traveling in the opposite direction that you need him to be. Hybrids fight so hard to get off the hook that many of the fish will die after being caught. There is a length and quantity down. Brown ran the ball for five yards and Dexter Kendrick for 17 yards to get the ball to the Bear seven. Kendrick then took the ball over the left guard and tackle, broke a tackle at the goal line and went in for six. After holding a long Bear drive out of the endzone, Perry scored on their first possession of the game, using two long plays to set up the score. Osiris Ezell started the game with a 23 yard gain. Two plays later Kiwaukee Thomas hit Kali Edgenton on a 33 yard pass play to the Bear seven. The Panthers scored two plays later when Thomas hit Washington in the endzone flat for six yards. The Bears were able to drive all night on the Perry defense. How ever, the Panthers held deep in their own territory. But midway through the second quarter, the Bears found the key to the Panther endzone puzzle. Carlos Jackson was able to complete a 14 play, 77 yard drive with a five yard run for six. Jackson had keyed the drive for the Bears, taking the ball tackles Jason Dcnnard and Mike Shepard, noseguard Jake Walls, linebackers Tim Allen, Brian Nash and Jere Campbell, corncrbacks John Morton and Ben I lulbci t and safety Todd Rigdon, with Brian Staines filling in at linebacker and Demons come off an open date rested and ready. Phil's pick, Warner Robins. Northside at Lakeside Evans. Lakeside has just six days to get ready for the Manson ex press. Not enough time. Northside continues to win in the region. Phil's pick, Northside. Peach County at Dublin. These two teams have beaten Wayne County in back-to-back weeks to drop Wayne from the AP top ten, and into a tie for fourth in the region standings. Peach lost back to back games to Worth County and Swainsboro, while Dublin has lost only to AA number one Washington County. Peach has the stamina to pull it out late, so Phil's pick is Peach County. Windsor at FPD. Phil's pick. Windsor. Sumter County at Ameri cus. Phil's pick, Americus. Dodge County at West Laurens. Dodge won a squeaker over Jackson, but Jackson is no West Laurens. Phil's pick. West Laurens. Macon County at Wilcox County. Phil's cautious pick, Macon County. at Camden. Greg Oglesby, who was pro moted off the Manchester staff when Juby Shiver retired, has the Blue Devils at 5-0 in Region 5A as Manchester drops down a classifica tion. And, Jerry Moore moved up to replace Willie Oswalt at Morrow. Last year, Morrow missed the Region 4AAAA playoffs. Under Moore, they are 5-0 and ranked in the top 10. And finally, Conrad Nix, who returned to the sidelines at Northside, has his Eagles flying high, ranked in the top 10, and at the top of the Region 2AAAA standings. limit on the hybrids, and those lim its are watched very carefully by the Department of Natural Resources. If you plan a trip to try your luck at these fish, I would definitely check into the rules and regulations about what you may catch and keep, and what you may not catch and keep. That might save you a little bit of embarrassment. Even though hybrids can't repro duce, we urge you to practice "catch and release" techniques, keeping only what you want to eat. By taking your time landing them, and spending a little time revving them up before release, most hybrids will live after being caught and released. By the way, contrary to a lot of beliefs, hybrids are very good to eat. Filet and skin them, removing the small portion of red meat found along the back bone. Fry up a mess of these filets, and enjoy. Until next time . . . we've gone fishing. 10 times for 69 yards in the drive. The PAT was good, making the two teams tied with 7:42 remaining in the game. Where the Bears were driving, Perry was scoring with the big play, and its second touchdown of the night was no exception. With four-and-a-half minutes left in the first half, Thomas ran the option to the left. In a beautiful open field run where Thomas cut back two or three times to leave Bear tacklers frozen in their tracks, the junior Panther quarterback went 60 yards for the score. The PAT failed, giv ing Perry the 13-6 lead. Houston County would add a fi nal score with 4:05 remaining in the game, with Corey Wynn going in from two yards out to bring the Bears to within five. Jackson led all rushers on the night with 129 yards on 28 carries. Kendrick was the leading Panther runner, getting 92 yards on 12 totes. Thomas added 61 yards on nine carries. comcrback. By the way, the most interesting statistics in this game belonged to Michael Williams. At halftime, Williams had run the ball two limes, gained two yards, and scored two touchdowns! FACT: One out of every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. FACT: Early detection and aggressive treatment are the best tools in the fight against breast cancer. Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women. However the good news is that breast cancer can be found early and treated successfully. In fact, nearly nine out often women survive breast cancer when it is caught in the early stages - through monthly self-examination, annual check-ups and mammograms. Mammography can detect a cancerous lesion years before a lump in the breast can ever be seen or felt. 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Old, slow-growing trees, on the other hand, are much less efficient at this conversion process. Most people believe that across our nation we should retain some older forests, for particular wildlife, aesthetic or other values. We agree. But in Weyerhaeuser’s working forests, we also believe people, wildlife, and the environment all benefit when we harvest mature trees, use their wood wisely, and promptly replant our lands to begin once more the whole process of forest renewal. The result, across America, is millions of acres of carefully nurtured Weyerhaeuser forests that are healthy, vigorous, economically useful, and a source of cleaner air for us all. Weyerhaeuser Page 7A