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Wednesday, December 28,1994, Houston Times-Journal
Page 6A
Sports
_______________ 7:00 Dec. 27
(Loser game 3) (Game 3) (Winner game Jj
HOUSTON CO.
_____________ L:00 Dec. 30 7:00 Dec. 30
Consolation (sth Place) CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
CHAMPIONS
Winner AMERICUS
1:00 Dec. 28 ___________
(Loser game 5) (Game 5) (Winner game 3)
WARNER ROBINS
(.Winner game U) 4:00 Dec. 29 7:00 Dec. 29 (winner game" 15)
( GaDe 13 > DUBLIN (Gaae 15)
4:GG Dec. 28 (Loser game 9) I
(Loser came 7> (Game 7) J '
PERRY
WL'H
SOYS BRACKET
(Loser gate T. *Leae 2) (.loner game .
Dec. 29, 2:30 Dec*. 28, 8:30 h
r— (Game 12) (Game 10) ”
(U- 1 r.r.er Game 12) (Winner Game lOiVJJtII
WILKINSON CO, Jgy®
Dec. 27, 8:30 ~,
(Loser game 4) (Game 4) (Winner game 4;
HOUSTON CO.
Dec. 30. 2:30 Dec. 30, 8:30
(sth Place) CHAMPIONS
-onsoiation Championship
Winners AMERICUS
I Dec. 28. 2:30 ~
(Game 6) (Winner game o)
WARNER ROBINS
Dec. 29, 5:30 Dec. 29, 8:30 1
(Winner game 14) (Ga “ e l 4) (Game i 6) (Winner game 16)
DUBLIN
Dec. 28, 5:30 (Loser S ane 10)
(Loser game 8) (Game 8) (Winner game 8)
perry Dec ,: 30 :, 5:3 ?
i - - ' (3rd Place)
Bottom team in bracket is the home team (wear light jerseys). (Loser game 16)
Perry teams take on Dublin in Brawl
By: PHIL CLARK
The Perry boys and girls teams
meet teams from Dublin in opening
round games of'the annual Bear
Brawl at Houston County High
School. Both defending champions,
Several area players on AP team
By: PHIL CLARK
Several Middle Georgia football
players have earned Associated
Press All-State recognition, led by
AAAA first team selection Greg
Manson, a running back from
Northside Warner Robins. Manson
was the only area player on the
AAAA first te;un, but Northside
teammates Bwana Beinbry, a
linebacker, tuid defensive back Cory
Harris were honorable mention,
along with offensive lineman Matt
Fendley and defensive back Ilosea
Laney of W;irncr Robins. Central
Macon placed kicker John Jones on
the honorable mention ;list. as
well.
the Warner Robins girls and Perry
boys are back to defend, and will be
joined by teams from Houston
County, Wilkinson County,
Washington County, Dublin and
Macon Macon. Dublin did not play
Class AAA representatives
included first learners Ryan Taylor
and Nathan Dardy of Dublin and
Kinte Morgan of Crisp County.
Honorable mention recognition
went to Delvin Davis and Johnny
Evans of Dublin, Terry Jolley,
Millard Carter ;uid Miircus Early of
Peach County.
In AA, Washington County
dominated the first team list with
five players, including the
Associated Press player of the year,
linebacker Taken Spikes, whom
coach Rick Tombcrlin calls 'the
best player I ever coached.'
Quarterback (ieorge Askew,
defensive lineman Jeremy Brett,
Houston Tlm-Jooml e a
in the tourmunent last year.
Perry teams open play today
(Wednesday), with the girls game at
4:00 and the boys game
immediately alter. Both Perry teams
play Dublin. The tournament
linebacker Mike Parker and running
back Edward Swint also made the
team. Defensive lineman Patrick
Horne from West Laurens and
defensive back Bennie Cunningham
from Fitzgerald were also first
learners.
In single-A Macon County
placed two players on the defensive
first team, including 6-2, 225
junior linebacker Ted Green and
safety Charlie Jackson. Running
back Dwayne Mathis of Putnam
County was first le;un, along with
Turner County wide received Rico
Lawson and Putnam County
offensive lineman Lamar Maddox.
Wednesday Dec. 28,1994
concludes on Friday, and there are
six games each dav. And by the
way, a $4.00 admission price
allows a fan to watch all six g;unes
e;ich day.
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Writer predicts major
leaguers won't be
By: PHIL CLARK
With 1994 virtually behind us,
let's gaze ahead to 1995 and see
what is in store for the sports
world. For sure, there are some
things that need mending.
It's my prediction that the
baseball strike will end before the
start of spring training. There are
too many members of the Major
League Players Association who are
ready to break ranks if the strike
continues, as Donald Fehr has
threatened it will. To be sure, there
are nearly 250 players who earn, or
get paid, over a million dollars a
year. That means there are twice
that many who don't. Those are the
players who will be caught between
the proverbial 'rock and a hard
place'. There's a certain amount of
allegiance to the union. But there is
also a need to have an income close
to the level they enjoy now, since
it is based on that income that most
of them have committed themselves
financially. In other words, their
lifestyle can't be supported by a
strike.
There will be baseball in the
spring, played in major league
parks and disguised as major league
baseball, even if the strike
continues. There won't be any of
the m;irque players, the so called
franchise players, though. They c;ui
afford to sit out.
A couple of things that are sure
to improve are the football teams at
Georgia Tech and the University of
Georgia. Tech, with George
O'Leary at the helm, can only go
up. Their only win last was against
1-AA Western Carolina There was
a quarterback controversy to
compound an altogether dismal
season at Tech, which resulted in
the departure of Bill Lewis, whose
only winning year as a head coach
c;une at East Carolina.
Georgia, meanwhile, will have a
new defensive coordinator, and that
has to be a plus Marion Campbell
just didn't get the job done on the
college level, and left idler one year.
The Georgia defense will have to be
better. The offense needs to be a
little more diversified. Remember
the Dooley days when folks fussed
Peach Bowl could be
one of best games
By: PHIL CLARK
Maybe (his bowl coalition thing
works, but you'd have a hard time
convincing most football lans who
have become disenchanted with the
bowl matchups Conference tie-ups
with the coalition sends teams to
various bowls based on their finish
in the conference. Alahcuna is in the
Citrus Bowl, while Notre Dame,
which is an entity unto itself in the
coalition, is going to the richer
Fiesta Bowl with their 6-4-1 record.
They will meet a 10-1 Colorado
te;un that features Heisman winner
Rashaan Salaam, a legitimate
winner of the award, by the way.
Colorado would have been a great
one.
How about the Sugar Bowl? a
rematch ol the Florida-Florida State
game, Even if this game had been
played e;tr!y in the year, a rematch
is not attractive to most television
fans. But that's the way it is.
Oklahoma qualified for a bowl
g;une with six victories, so you
know the Sooners got an
invitation. They meet BYU
Thursday in the Copper Bowl at
Tuscon. The Sooners were 6-5,
BYU 9-3.
One of the best giunes of the
bowl season could be right here in
Georgia, a pair of 8-3 teams meet
Good Luck to the
Perry Panthers
and Lady Panthers
In The
Houston County
Brawl '94
From the Staff of the Houston Times-Journal
Phil -
lEUF Clark I
uMLs. I
because the Dogs didn't throw the
ball. Well, they certainly threw it
enough during the Eric Zeier years,
didn't they? The Heisman hype
certainly was detrimental to the
overall program at Georgia.
Everything was designed to keep
Zeier in the spotlight, but it didn't
work. He just couldn’t do the job in
the big games, before the national
audiences he needed to attract, in
order to have a chance at the
Heisman. With that out of the way,
let’s hope Georgia goes back to
what the Bulldogs did best, run the
football.
The Perry High School football
program will be under new direction
next year. John Stephens announced
before Christmas that he will not
•.return next year, and the search is
on for a replacement. Stephens
guided the Panthers to the region
playoffs twice in his five years, but
never advanced further, losing
region playoff games to Appling
County and Dodge County.
Stephens' Perry teams were 25-25
in regular season play, 0-2 in
playoffs. They did have a victory
over Mary Persons, and never lost
to cross-county rival Houston
County.
Ltxrking a head, 1 see Westfield
returning with another solid team
under Ronnie Jones. The Peach
County program under Rodney
Walker was down somewhat from
the Neal Rumble years, but it was
still a solid program. Macon
County will continue to be strong,
returning seven starters from the
best defensive team in the state.
C.B. Cornett needs to turn the
offense over to someone else,
though, if the Bulldogs are to win
the big one. The offense is 100
predictable, and playoff teams have
been able to stop the inside running
game of the Bulldogs. Lt>ok for
some changes in thiit philosophy.
in the annual Peach Bowl, North
Carolina State and Mississippi
Slate.
The Hall of Fame game is a dud.
Duke is playing in a bow! for just
the second time since 1961, while
their opponents, Wisconsin,
finished 6-4-1 after playing last ye:tr
in the Rose Bowl The Rose Bowl
this year matches Penn State and
Oregon. A mismatch. The Ducks
were in the right place at the right
time. Penn Stale is probably the
best te;un in the land this ye.tr, but
they won't win the national title.
Nebraska wins the Orange Bowl
over Miami, the Cornhuskers
remain number one. If Miami beats
Nebraska, the fickle pollsters pick
Miami number one over Penn
State. Watch it. By the way, the
Orange Bowl will be played New
Years' night, Sunday night, while
most of the other bowls will be
Monday, January 2nd. The Peach
Bowl is also Sunday.
I guess before I bash the 6-4-1
bowl teams, I should consider that
already one 6-4-1 team, Boston
College, has beaten a 9-2 team,
Kansas State. So 1 suppose
schedule means more than record,
but I still don't like a 6-win team in
a bowl game. Period.