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Newspaper Page TextSports Panthers have most hits, fewest runs against Bleckley County By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports The Perry Panthers out hit the Bleckley County Royals in the Panthers’ sub-region opener March 26 at the Panther Pit. but the Royals scratched out two runs in the second and added another in the fifth to take a 3-1 decision over the Panthers. Hard-luck Panther pitcher Troy Game played in Eastman Panthers falter against Dodge County Indians By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports EASTMAN After dropping the heartbreakcr to Bleckley County in the sub-region opener, the Perry Panthers traveled to Eastman to meet the always tough Dodge County Indians March 28. The Panthers managed just three hits off Dodge’s / ljllf -Iff Special Photo TOP FUND-RAISERS Westfield School’s second annual golf tournament drew over 2~) teams recently with a team comprised mainly of Westfield alumni claiming the title. Mitchell Hunter (class of 89). Sam Pearson (class of 87), Rhett Barbour (class of 89), and Warren Young were the champions this year with a score of 56. Following the tour nament, which was coordinated by Brenaa D. Asbury, a regressive raffle was held for a 1996 All-Terrain Vehicle. Beth Murman was the winner of the prize. The tournament was sponsored by the Westfield Booster Club and procseds sup port all of the school’s athletic teams. Shown are (from left) Warren Young, Sam Pearson, Mitchell Hunter and Rhett Barbour. Hornets fall in Americus Defending state champs win 9-3 By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports AMERICUS March 28: Coach Wilkie Smith returned just about all of his 1995 state champi onship baseball team, and fans got a look at a good bet for the ‘96 title March 28 as the Raiders, behind pitching ace Mike Reeves, handed the Westfield Hornets a 9-3 set back. The Hornets did lead briefly, though, picking up a run in the first on three straight singles by Joey Brumbelow. Britt Bazemore and Keith Waites, with Waites' hit scoring Brumbelow from second base. The Hornets’ other runs scored in the sixth when Tim Allen fol lowed a Chip Davis single with a long home run over the left-center field fence. The Raiders scored four times in the first and three more in the second to blow the game open, though, and the Hornets were • v HrofWi ( >' 'um^ak ' m k iMkh r f •-.W f |HK JBfe:. i |upj& > Special Photo DONATION Sandy Run Archery Club members donate money to the March of Dimes. The money was collected at a local archery tournament. Participating are (from left) Linda Pruett of CB&T Bank on Russell Parkway, Phil Howard, Secretary/Treasurer of Sandy Run Archery, and Dennis Lewis, President of Sandy Run. Page 6A Davis allowed just four Bleckley hits while striking out a half dozen. Perry catcher Derrick Oliver had two doubles in three plate appearances, the second one dri ving in the Panthers’ only run in the sixth inning. Phillip Roland, Bleckley’s starter and winner, then struck out the next two batters and pinch run John Peacock, who picked up his third win. Chris Hutson had a home run for the Panthers and Derrick Oliver hit his third double in the past two games. Otherwise, the Panthers’ bats were quiet as Dodge scored their first sub-region win and sixth overall. Peacock had two doubles while Brandon Gillis had a double and triple for the Indians. never able to get back into it. Riley Isreal had a home run for the Raiders and also picked up a single and walk to score three times. Steven Beck had a single, double and two walks. Westfield downs Terrell Academy 8-7 By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports DAWSON Tim Allen had a single, double and a couple of runs batted in March 26 as the Westfield Hornets beat Georgia Independent Schools Association class AA Terrell Academy here 8- 7. J.R. Moore drew a bases loaded walk to force in the win ning run for Westfield. Westfield is observing spring break, and the baseball team returns to action April 8 as they host Tiftarea. - Wednesday, April 3, 1996 ner Josh Adams was left on base. John Brewer opened the Panthers’ seventh with a single, but Roland retired the next three batters to pick up his fourth win of the year. The Panthers meet AAA Jones County April 3 in a 6 p.m. game at Middle Georgia College in Cochran and return home to host Houston County April 4 at 4 p.m. Weyerhaueser to conserve wild turkey habitat on 3 million acres in southeast Special to the Times-Journal EDGEFIELD, S.C. Weyerhaeuser and the National Wild Turkey Federation have entered into a partnership to con serve wild turkey habitat on near ly three million acres of timber land that Weyerhaeuser manages across the southern United States. Under the terms of the agree ment, Weyerhaeuser and the Federation will develop forest management strategies and pro jects needed to maintain and increase wild turkey populations on company land. The agreement was formally Tryouts set for county American Legion team Special to the Times-Journal The Post 172 American Legion Baseball Team try outs will be held on April 14 at 3 p.m. The try outs will be held at the Houston County High School baseball complex on Georgia 96. Try outs are open to baseball players, ages 15 to 18, from Hall of Fame golf tournament to be at Perry Country Club By PAULINE LEWIS Times-Journal Staff The Houston County Golf Association will hold its annual Hall of Fame Golf Tournament April 27, at Perry Country Club. The 9 a.m.-start tournament will benefit the golf association scholarship program. The tournament will feature a shotgun start and is a four- player team scramble. Entry fee is S2OO per team. The tournament is open to all amateur golfers with approved handicaps. Entry deadline is April 24. Hole sponsorship sign is SIOO. A banquet will follow the tournament, at 7 p.m.April 27 at Perry Country Club. Tickets for the banquet are $25 per person The HCGA has provided some $23,000 in scholarships for deserving high school seniors in the past four years. The HCGA is made up of six clubs and each awards a $2,000 scholarship to one of its eligi ble members through the association’s junior scholarship program. Modern day Robin Hoods visit local bank By DENNIS LEWIS Special to the Times-Journal Members of the Sandy Run Archery Club of Perry and Warner Robins help make things happen. Sandy Run Archery has big plans for 1996. We plan to help many foundations this year and in years to come. Sandy Run Archery has been around for 15 years thanks to many archers who have kept Sandy Run alive. From the bow hunter to the Olympics, you’ll meet some of the finest people at these local archery events. Sandy Run Archery attracts shoot ers from all over because of its exciting tourna- 1 ments. Trophies, money, door prizes, and even trucks can be won at these events. Besides the fact that its a lot of fun for the whole family, Sandy Run Archery Club will be donating money from every event to a foundation in this area. Help make this fast-growing sport put money to work for these charity foundations. No matter if it’s for fun or to improve your shooting skills, these archery events are for anyone who is interested in archery. Sandy Run Archery Range is located at the corner of Houston Lake Road and Langston Road just west of Georgia 127. Houston limes-Journal ■ ffnrHiru mHF M fJik* fjV Ki ml/*' r* ***" «• ' C3BL —■ J " • * ' .-***■' I - - : - " - « Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars CATCH THAT BALL Perry High School infielders race to catch a ball which ended up being an infield hit during recent Region 2-AA competition. signed earlier this year at the NWTF headquarters here. In signing on behalf of Weyerhaeuser, Southern Timberlands Vice-President Carl Jessup praised the work of the Federation to promote forest stew ardship and responsible sports manship among its some 120,000 members nationally. “This partnership represents a win-win situation,” Jessup said. “NWTF can count millions of new acres for turkey habilat and Weyerhaeuser and NWTF togeth er can demonstrate that the com mercial production of timber for Students from Warner Robins, Northside, Westfield, Houston County, and Perry high schools are invited. Warner Robins, Northside, Westfield, Houston County, and Perry high schools. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. our country’s lumber and paper needs is very compatible with wildlife habitat conservation.” Weyerhaeuser, headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, manages 2.8 million acres of timberland in the southern United States, pri marily in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Some of that land is in Houston, Macon and Dooly counties. The timber provides raw material for many lumber, engi neered panel, pulp and paper man ufacturing facilities across the region. All players should bring their own equipment to try outs. For additional information contact Rick Kuriger at 542-2202. The HCGA is made up of six clubs and each awards a $2,000 scholarship to one of its eligible members through the association’s junior scholarship pro gram. Member clubs include The Landings, Houston Lake Country Club, Pine Oaks at Robins Air Force Base, International City Golf Club, Waterford and Perry Country Club. Anyone caring to participate by sponsoring a hole, a tee, the banquet or enter a team, may do • so by contacting any of the participating clubs. The banquet is highlighted by the announce ment of the scholarship winners and the naming of new inductees into the Houston County Golf Hall of Fame. For more information and tickets, call 987- 1033. Besides the fact that its a lot of fun for the whole family, Sandy Run Archery Club will be donating money from every event to a foundation in this area. Help make this fast-growing sport put money to work for these charity foundations. For S2O a year for your membership, you can practice anytime, bring a guest, and shoot 3D tar gets at unknown distances or shoot the known dis tance practice range. Tournaments are held month ly- Our schedule for this year is as follows: March 30-31 (2 day tournament); May 5; June 2; and Aug. 4. Entry fees to tournaments are $12.00 for non members, and SIO.OO for members. For more infor mation please contact Dennis Lewis at 988-4594 or Phil Howard at 922-8933. (Dennis Lewis is a regular contributor to the Houston Times-Journal.) Phil Clark Times-Journal Sports Ultimate draft is lots of fun Ever hear of the Ultimate Draft? It’s a challenging little feature of Inside Sports. The maganize does the draft for just about all sports, but I get the most fun out of the baseball draft. Here’s how it works. The magazine has taken the best major league players and grouped them into 10 categories, nine players in each group. Each group consists of players who are just about equal in ability, so choosing one is tough. What a player does is take one from each of 10 categories, and then accumulates points like this. One for a single, two for a dou ble, three for a triple, four for a home run, one for runs batted in, walks and stolen bases. The key is to keep your play ers healthy. Trades are allowed, six times per season, up to three trades each time. It’s a lot of fun to try and figure who’s getting hot, and trade for that player. Or quickly get rid of a player who is not playing well, or who gets hurt. The categories include one for super stars. That’s new this year, and takes the best players in both leagues. There are two groups of first basemen this year, and one group of middle infielders and a group of third basemen. A group of catchers and four groups of outfielders complete the options. Let me give you an example of how tough it is to pick a play er in each category. In the super stars group, a player must choose one from among Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Mike Piazza, Tim Salmon, Frank Thomas, Mo Vaughn and Matt Williams. Only one of these nine can be selected. The other groups are equally as tough to choose from. In one group of first basemen, there’s Jeff Bagwell, Eric Karros, Tino Martiznes, Fred McGriff, Mark McQuire, Jose Cahseco and oth ers, while the other group of first basemen have the likes of Will Clark, Chili Davis, Cecil Fielder, Mark Grace and Wally Joyner. All of the top middle infield ers are grouped together, so a draft player must decide from Roberta Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Barry Larkin, Cal Ripkin, and John Valentin. Last year, Mike Piazza and Mickey Tettleton were both in the catchers category, but both are elsewhere this year, leaving a choice from among Darren Daulton, Chris Hoiles, Javy Lopez, Ivan Rodriquez, Mickey Stanley and a few others. Dalton is listed in the catcher’s category, though he will play the outfield this year because of knee prob lems. There are four groups of out fielders, grouped, supposedly, according to ability. The Braves’ David Justice is in group two along with former Brave Ron Gant, now in St. Louis. Cleveland’s Kenny Loftin, the Dodgers’ Raul Mondesi and the Marlins’ Jeff Conine are also in this group, and Ryan Klesko in the fourth group which includes Glen Allen Hill of the Giants. It costs a player $29.95 to play, and weekly prizes as well as an overall prize are offered. Understand I didn’t qualify for any prizes last year, but I had a lot of fun playing the Ultimate Draft, moving players around, making trades, dumping players, picking up players, in other words, playing what is a combi nation of general manager and field manager. I don’t know if you’ve seen this advertisement in Inside Sports. You might want to check it out. Six months of entertain ment for thirty bucks isn’t bad. Besides, you stand a chance to get you money back. By the way, it’s not a lottery. It’s a game of skill. Aerobics classes offered at Recreation Department Special to the Times-Journal Step Aerobics Classes spon sored by the Perry Recreation Department will be held Tuesdays and Thursday from 6:30 - 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 - 10:30 a.m. at the Perry Community Center. Come workout with us. Its fun, exciting and challenging! Try the new wave of fitness.