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Perry Belles headed to
Dixie World Series
By CHAD LEWIS
Tivno-Jot kwi Sports
Anytime a team comes back Irom .1 six-run delicti
in their last at-bat to win a hall game ns exciting. Bui
when the Perry West all-star softball team came back
to beat Camden American June 27. it was even
rewarding than usual.
Not only did the \ iclorv give them the stale cham
pionship. it also earned them an invitation to the
Dixie Belles League World Series.
•'This will be the first time we've gone to the
World Senes." said a smiling Arlene Nipper . who i
an assistant coach on the team. "It was a real nail-bit
ter to win the stale championship, so we re really
excited about getting to go."
Perry West won the Dixie League State
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Times Joumol photo by Eric Zellars
GETTING A TROPHY -- Member of the Ochlahatchee American All
Star team receive a trophy from Cliff Harper (center).
5 and 6-year olds host first
All-Star game with 4 teams
By CHAD LEWIS
Timkn-Joi \u Sports
It was a parent's and grandpar
ent's dream come true an all
star game for their 5 and 6-vear
old little leaguers.
"This was the first year we had
an all-star game for kids this
young." coach Cliff Harper
explained. "But it went pretty
well The parents and grandpar
ents really seemed to enjoy it."
On June 26 and 27. four teams
battled the heat and each other to
decide the winner. There were all
star teams from the Perry
Recreation Department. Warner
World Cup in Perry?
Local youths hone their * soccer skills at recent camp
By CHAD LEWIS
TiMhs-Joi'Rssi. Sports
No, it wasn’t the World Cup.
but it may have been the first step
for a few future soccer stars.
Approximately 50 young soc
cer players from Perry and
Warner Robins spent five days
last week honing their skills at
the Major League Youth Soccer
Camp at Ro/.ar Park.
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The Perry West All-Stars will travel
to Lawrenceville, Va. for the series
Championship by winning all four games that they
played The tournament was held at their home field
at Ochlahatchee.
There were seven teams competing for the title,
including two from Perry's Ochlahatchee League
Perry West eliminated Perry Hast before beating
Camden American 12-8 to win the banner.
The Perry all-stai team is now set to travel to
Lawrenceville. Va lor the World Scries which is set
to begin Aug. 8 Cindy Padgett will remain the head
coach along with assistants Jerry Stuckey and
Nipper.
Robins Recreation Department
and two from the Ochlahatchee
Little League.
The championship round
turned out to be a showdown
between the two Ochlahatchee
teams, one called American and
the other National.
The American League, who
had to come back from a first
round loss to the Perry Recreation
Department, beat the National
League 24-21 in the first game of
the championship series. Tliev
beat the National League 14-6 in
the second game lor the title.
"These kids have done pretty
well. " said Mark Hade, one of the
coaches for the camp. Fade and
his fellow coaches travel all over
the country holding camps simi
lar to the one hosted at the Perry
Recreation Department. He was
born and still lives in England
when he is not teaching soccer
fundamentals.
Dawn Jerlcs. who saw her son
Wed tub I. 1998
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Perry all-stars 2-0 in playoffs
Ochlahatchee all-stars heat North Macon and Jackson teams to advance in tourney
ID CHAD LEWIS
Tisihs-Jin ks\i Sim>kis
Perry's 7 and 8-year old all
star team has gotten off to a good
start in their tournament in
Monticcllo. The team is currently
a perfect 2-0 in post season action
after beating their two opponents
by the combined score of 25-7.
Perry knocked oil North
Macon American 12-5 in the sec
ond round of the playoffs June 29
after they upended Jackson 13-5
two days earlier
Both our offense and defense
has really been coming through
lot us in the tournament so tar."
said head coach Jeff Carpenter ol
his team's early success He has
numbers to back up those claims.
Perry's all-stars have a 679
on-base percentage, including a
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YOU'RE IT! - The
Ochlahatchee National short
stop tags an Ochlahatchee
American base runner during
the all-star game June 27.
Hudson participate in the camp,
said she thought the camp was a
success.
"We didn’t really know any
thing about soccer when I grew
up." explained Jerlcs during the
final day of the workouts. “I
think its great that more kids are
able to learn about the sport
now."
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THE PERRY WEST ALL-STAR TEAM CELEBRATES THEIR STATE TITLE
home run by Cohen Carpenter
that sailed over the center held
wall at North Macon Park in their
second round contest.
The pitching has also come
through for Perry The stall of
Phillip Vance Bryan Woodard.
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I'M GONNA HIT IT THERE, DAD -- Dominique Newberry (left) tells
his father and coach Keith Newberry where ne plans to hit his next
pitch during the 5 and 6-year old all-star tournament. Newberry
played on tne Perry Recreation Department all-star team.
Times-Journal photos by Chod Lewis
SOCCER IN THE SUMMER -
(Right) Blair Slater seeks shelter
from the 96-degree heat during
the Major League Youth Soccer
Camp last Friday. (Below) Will
Mickalouis, 5, receives his certifi
cate for successfully completing
the week-long camp. (Below,
right) A couple of the future soc
cer stars square off against each
other while coach Mark Fade
looks on.
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for the second consecutive game.
The lunior hurlers struck 15 bat
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Jackson all-stars.
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Lewis
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Sports
Grilling out
has a strange
spell on men
Last Sunday night, I got
home early and decided it
would be a perfect evening to
Tire up the ol’ grill and cook my
fiancee and me up some steaks.
So I grabbed my steaks, spe
cial sauce, grill accessories,
charcoal (no propane for me.
please) and headed to the deck
to produce man-made fire.
With my faithful dog Sparky
at my side (the cat. Cujo,
stayed inside with Lisa), I
dropped a few matches into the
belly of the grill and stood back
to admire the flames I have
managed to produce (with the
help of Kingsford charcoal. I
must admit).
1 then carefully prepared the
slabs of meat with my own spe
cial recipe and carefully placed
them directly over the flames,
carefully positioning each one
to make sure that no steak went
undone
A few minutes before they
were done, I looked down at
my trusty beagle Sparky had
stood guard on the deck, mak
ing sure that no four-legged or
two-legged invader dared try
and steal our prized possession
Sparky. I thought to myself, is
a good little watch dog. In fact,
he was so good that I contem
plated giving up one of the
smaller steaks and watching
him enjoy w hat he helped cre
ate the perfect steak.
So I grabbed one of my oak
handle utensils and snared one
of the juicy steaks from the
grill and slowly pulled it closer
to my eyesight for a close
inspection. Perfect, I thought.
Sparky was still staring off
into the yard, sensing that some
creature was ready to pounce
our dinner. I called for him and
he rumbled up the steps. As
soon as he saw that big, juicy
steak floating in the air. his lit
tle jaw dropped a few inches.
He knew what was coming
next; he knew that he was
going to be rewarded for being
my faithful sidekick. Unlike
the cat. Sparky had stayed by
my side. Now it was pay time.
Always careful not to jump
on his master, he waited
patiently. But as the meat was
lowered to snout-level, he
could not resist. Giving into his
doggy sense of hunger, he leapt
and snagged the steak from my
shiny utensil and immediately
ran down the steps with well
cooked beef hanging outside
both sides of his mouth. 1 guess
he wanted to be seen by the
other dogs in the neighborhood
with his new "trophy" for
being a good no. great
dog.
Lisa never did notice I gave
Sparky one of our steaks. Ol
course publishing my story in a
newspaper isn't the smartest
way to conceal what I did. hut 1
don't think she'll mind, as long
as Cu jo the cat gets some of the
steak gristle
I tell you this story not to
impress you with my unparal
leled cooking skills. I'm not
bad at it. hut I'm not the best
cast of the Mississippi cither.
I tell you this because the
rest of the week I am usually
silting in front of a computer
screen typing. Unless there is a
game to cover. I am indoors in
a comfortable, climate-con
trolled environment where we
arc barely aware of our natural
environment.
Like most working
Americans, the office has made
me lose my touch with my
nature. Other than shaving, I
don’t really have a connection
to the old cowboy days when
we would go weeks without
seeing shade, much less a roof.
We men have become softer,
more fragile versions of our
selves.
But we men do feel just a
little bit more connected with
our cowboy ancestry when we
fire up a grill to cook dinner.
I’m not saying it makes
sense and I don’t think that
grilling some poor, innocent
animal makes us humans supe
rior. I'm just saying that it
seems to satisfy some basic
urge we men seem to have to
cook our dinner over a flaming
lire.
I don't know, maybe its all
that lighter fluid.