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Hot dog lunch caps Sports Week at Tucker Br ALLINE KENT flay imm , Students and Parents had a special treat last week as Tucker Elementary first graders celebrated the end of Sports Week with a one day event dubbed H t ’ —"'" jSp « - aaliC~~ *MI •Jagßfc H| it ' ■#■' alt i HOT DOG Quincy Smith, son of Tim Smith and Tammy Whitfield, and Andre Thomas, son of Tony and Angela Brown, Alltel maintains second half lead in Perry Junior League By CARY BAXTER Special to the Home Journal Alltel continues to cling to first place in the Perry Junior League Major League for 11-12 boys at Ochlahatchee. Alltel has a 5-1 record for the second half. Leading the team is pitcher Josh O’Neal with a 5-2 record for the season. Jordy Stokes of Alltel leads the home run race with 6 for the year. Shane Ashley of Kiwanis leads the league in strike Basketball camp is June 14-16 By ALLINE KENT Home Jouknal Sports School will be barely out before Coach Max Vickers gets back to work. Vickers, Perry High School head girls basketball coach, will be heading up a basketball camp for young women ages 12-14. Vickers will be assisted by Coach Leslie Belcher, from Perry Middle and Coach Christi Horsting, who will be coming aboard the Perry High coaching staff as Girls softball coach. Good news for tie wUe (dimly M# Sisters' Cafie, is now open on SUNDAYS! We are serving our delicious breakfast and lunch buffets every day, but now closing at 2:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays Homestyle |)4ol Southern Jfljf 107 Perimeter Road Perry, Georgia 31069 Across from Fairfield Inn Phone: (912) 987-3131 “Sports Day". Sports Week was the idea of Dee Hayes one of the first grade teachers at Tucker. She thought is would be an unique way to combine two things that are very impor tant for young children; a • Home Journal Photo by Alllne Kent solf down some hot dogs while serving as fifth grade helpers for Sports Day at Tucker recently. outs with 75 in 38 innings. Daniel Peak of MMM, CPA leads the batting race with a .515 average. Close behind is Stephen James of Alltel and Dusty Denton of Tolleson. Both are batting .500. Other batting leaders include Timmy McCoy, MMM. CPA. .486; Jordy Stokes, Alltel, .452; Bruce Vance, Tolleson, .438; Brandon Doles, Baxter, CPA. .425; Jeff Barfield, MMM, CPA, .385; Josh O’Neal. Alltel, .366; and The purpose of the camp is to teach basketball skills and fundamentals and to help the young ladies learn to develop their skills. Vickers emphasized that the campers will also learn about fair play and good sportsmanship. The camp will be held June 14-16 at the Perry High School Gym and the deadline to register is June 11. For more information call, Vickers at 987-2320. learning experience and parent involvement. And get involved they did. On Sports Day, first grade parents gathered at the school for a hot dog lunch and then watched their children perform in seven Grant Brantley. Tolleson, .361. Tolleson, winner of the first half race, handed Alltel its first loss of the second half June 5 when they won 7-5. Bruce Vance was the winning pitcher. He gave up five hits and four earned runs while recording 11 strike outs during the six innings he pitched. Vance also helped his cause with a single and a 3-run home run. Daniel Clay of Tolleson had a single, a double and 2 RBI while Daniel Bledsoe had a double and scored twice. The best sports every week can be found in the Old Reliable, the Houston Home Journal. Your newspaper since 1870. Maybe you won’t find ballet dancing auto mechanics, but for the goods and services you really do need, nothing beats the ALLTEL Yellow Pages. station events that includ ed baseball, basketball and tumbling. The children appeared to enjoy all of their exposure to the different sports dur ing Sports Week. It was obvious to those in atten dance the first grade class paid close attention to the coaches leading each day’s activities and tried to soak up as much knowledge as possible. It was not uncommon to hear “I want to do that when I get big" during the week. Hayes reported. One of the highlights for the children each day dur ing Sportsweek was watch ing their teacher take a turn at shooting • goals or hitting a baseball. The chil dren shouted with joy regardless of their teacher's performance. The first grade teachers were assisted during Sports Week by volunteer coaches from Perry High and Perry Middle and also high school players from the various sports. On Sports Day, several fifth graders were rewarded by being allowed to be “helpers" for the afternoon and assist the younger stu dents. Ryan Crum led Alltel with a double and 2 RBI. Stephen James had a dou ble, an RBI and a run scored. In the second game, Baxter CPA downed MMM. CPA in a battle of the CPA sponsored teams, 6-5. 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