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Sports Eight Hornets named to GISA all star teams Bt J j JOHNSON Eight former Westfield athletes and three coaches are headed to the Georgia Independent Schools Asso ciation all star games at First Presbyterian Day School in Macon July 22- 23. The two basketball games, along with the foot ball game, feature recent graduates of GISA member schools. Westfield Athletic Direc tor Ronnie Jones announced this week that Laura Posey will play for the South girls squad in the July 22 basketball game at 6:30 p.m. She will be Joined by her former high school coach, Billy Sellers, who will be the assistant coach for the South team. In the second game of the night, former Hornets Brian Hartley and Robert Causey will play for the South all star squad. The next evening. Jones and one of the Hornet assistant football coaches,. Jamie Watson, will direct the South football team in an 8 p.m. game. Playing for the South squad will be former Hor nets Chad Ekey, Matthew Lee, Trevor Jones, Robbie Heaton and Jarred Shell. Georgia High EB9L££gL2S2SB Every other year, mem ber schools of the Georgia High School Association realign themselves in an effort to keep schools of about the same size in com petition with each other. Members of the GHSA realignment committee recently announced some provisional realignments ior schools for the period 2000-2002. The changes will take effect with the fall seasons of the year 2000. The changes involving Perry High would cause the Panthers to face east for all of their region games. The proposal calls for a new Region 3-AA to include Bleckley County, Dodge County, Dublin. East Lau rens, Harlem, Jefferson County, Laney, Swains boro, West Laurens and Perry. In recent years. Perry has been in a region with Bleck ley and Dodge counties, and frequently with both East and West Laurens. Some alignments in the past have pitted Perry against Dublin. Jefferson County was created a few years ago through the merger of Louisville and Wrens. Laney Just two months until high school football returns It just doesn’t seem possible the 1999 high school football season is just two months away. It’s true, though. The Georgia Independent School Association opens on Aug. 27, while the Georgia High School Association kicks off the 1999 sea son with the annual Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome on Aug. 28. The same eight teams will par ticipate in the Kell Classic as last year, but there is a slight change in pairings. In AAAA, Brookwood and Parkview, both of region 8- AAAA, exchange opponents from a year ago. In 1998, Brookwood beat Colquitt County 21-16, while Parkview lost to McEachem 32-7. This year. Parkview plays Colquitt County while Brookwood will meet McEachem. In the other two games, the opponents remain the same. Thomas County Central will again meet Dacula in a battle of class AAA powers, while AA state cham pion Carrollton is back to meet Elbert County. In 1998, ©acuta «hut out Thomas County 18-0, and Carroll j r HP Jm Laura Posey JMr jfl Matthew Lee School Association prepares to realign regions for fall 2000 is in Richmond County while Harlem is between Thomson and Augusta in Columbia County. Pinal decisions on align ment will take place during October. The committee is receiving appeals from vari ous schools for changes baset&Hfspecial considera tions. Alignment is based on enrollment. AA includes schools of about 600 to about 1,075 students. Perry has about 1,040 stu dents. Traditionally, few of those appeals have been accepted, according to GHSA sources. Other GHSA member schools in Houston County will also be affected by the change. Houston County, Warner Robins and Northside have all been in Region 2-AAAA for several years with Bibb County schools, Baldwin County and several Rich mond County schools. Because of changing enrollment figures, only one of the Bibb County schools will remain in AAAA, Westside. The proposal for a new 3- AAAA region calls for the three Houston County schools to be joined by Baldwin, Carver of Colum Phil Clark Home Journal Sports ton beat Elbert 37-14 to open their state title run. With the coming of a new sea son, we turn our attention to the career records of some outstand ing Georgia prep coaches. Some of them will move up on the list of career victories. Dan Pitts, of course, heads the list. The retired Maiy Persons coach ended a brilliant career with 346 victories against just 109 losses and four ties. Pitts, though, could muster just one state cham pionship, that in 1982. Another retired coach. Bill Chappell, is second in career wins with 317, but Larry Campbell of Lincoln County will quickly pass ■M ML Jgll Brian Hartley j * wrr ft i in n m MEL-JIM Trevor Jones bus. East Coweta, Evans, Griffin, Hardaway of Columbus, LaGrange, New nan and West side. hJW - WAFAS. il|ByßK|r 'Bbl ' RfIHHpHBMBHHBBBBfBHH^HHra Sir . jL* •A . ijE | LEAGUE CHAMPS The 1999 Perry Recreation Department softball team, Astros, completed a perfect 12-0 season. The undefeated team finished the season June 25 with a win over the Warner Robins Recreation Department Angels. The Astros, ages 11 and 12 years old, averaged more than 14 runs per game while holding their opponents to only 4 runs per game. The team is now prepar ing for the post season county champi Page 6A Wed., June 30, 1999 him and move into second place. Campbell has 316 wins and eight state championships at Lincoln County. His teams have lost Just 43 times, with two ties. That’s the most remarkable winning percent age in Georgia football history. Two other coaches, both deceased, won more than 300 games. Wayman Creel finished with 315 victories, and held the state record for many years before Pitts moved ahead of him. Creel remains fourth on the all time wins list. Nick Hyder, who died unexpectedly while still coaching, had 302 career wins. Billy Henderson, who almost came out or retirement to take a job in Macon last year, has 286 wins. He is sixth on the list, while Graham Hixon is seventh with 279 wins. Wright Bazemore, the legendary Valdosta coach who passed away recently, is eighth with 268-wins, but his spot will be taken by West side's Robert Davis, who now has 267 wins. Davis won 253 games at Warner Robins in 24 years, while losing just 41. His Westside team began varsity play In 1998, " ' " 4 * ' ' mM. jfi ■ 1m Robert Causey WfjßMflrapgf /! * 3M> ] Robbie Heaton Schools in the Georgia Independent Schools Asso ciation will also undergo realignment for the fall onship tournament. It will be held July 6- 8 in Warner Robins. The Astros are seed ed number one for the tournament. Team members include (from left, back row) Assistant Coach Kathy James, Ashtey Fairfax, Head Coach Joe Hendrix, Nicole Farr, Ashley Langston, Stacey Askew, Ericha Fluellen, Ashley Lane, and Team Mother Mellisa Langston. Not pictured Krystal Arace. Houston Horn Journal mAnH| I BRIL. - JWW L'-v R3Jy<S>y>; K'y,.-. K\ 2000 time frame, but announcement of pending • changes have not been made public. but five victories over varsity teams in 1997 while playing an otherwise non-varsity schedule, were credited to Davis’ total, and combined with nine victories in 1998, he now has 267. With three typical Davis seasons,’ he could reach 300 victories in 29 seasons! Charlie Grisham, who retired in 1986, holds on to tenth place with 261 wins. There’s a good chance that at least one coach can move ahead of Grisham this season, though. Bobby Gruhn, who retired at Gainesville in 1992, has 255 wins, and he is in a tie with a couple of active coaches. Sort of, that is. One of them, T. McFerrin, retired after the 1996 season, but was talked out of retirement and took over at South Gwinnett when Larry Williamson retired following the 1997 season. McFerrin, who had 247 wins when tafretired, picked SodidGreater AllantaCliriStian Coach Jim Lofton, whose team won eight regular season games last year, ana'three more in the playoffs. McFerrin. if he stays on the Job, Chad Ekey Jared Shell Special Photo and Lofton, will likely move ahead of Gruhn as soon as the 1999 sea son gets under way. There are no other coaches with more than 250 wins. Long-time RE. Lee coach Jim Cavan recorded 248 wins before retirement and his subsequent death. Getting close are John Hill of Cedartown and Jim Hughes of Colquitt County. Both Hill and Hughes will probably have to wait until the 2000 season to reach 250 wins. Hill and Hughes appear to be the only active coaches who will reach 250 any time soon. The next closest one is Tommy Stringer of Loganville, whose 217 wins puts him in a tie for 25th on the all time list with the retired Max Bass. Former Peach County coach Rodney Walker, who also {coached at West Rome iand Stephens County, has 213 asshe takes over at Sandy Creek this season. Dwight Hochstetler of Bowden also begins the year at 213. Hochstetler has lost Just 54 games. ALLTEL, Coldwell Banker take Ochlahatchee league titles BtCARY BAXTER Ranker flalynpA titles jn file major and minor league title games at Ochlahatchee Park last week. ALLTEL swept Tolleson in two games to win the best of three series for the major league title for beys 11-12. In the first game. Alltel, winner of the second half of the season, downed Toße son, winner of the first half of the season, 7-5. The second game was just as close as Alltel eked out a 6-5 win over Tolleson for the championship. In the first game, Josh O’Neal picked up the win with the three innings he pitched. Jordy Stokes helped the cause with two singles and three runs scored. Stephen James 'had a single, doubly an RBI and scored a run for ALLTEL. Ryan Crum chipped in with a solo home run. Daniel Bledsoe had a sin gle and two RBI for Tolleson. Bruce Vance had a single, an RBI and scored a run. Stephen James picked up the win in the title game with three innings in relief. Corey Jones had a single, an RBI and scored. Biyan Duckworth added a single and also scored for the win ners. ' Tolleson was led by Josh Davidson with a single, an RBI and a run scored. Dusty Denton had a double and an RBI. In the minor league title game, ColdweU Banker, first half winner, downed Bank of Perry 13-8 for the title. ttttlirfgs* and*rWorded TS' strikeouts for the win. Jonathon Gentry had a double and three RBI. Anthony Nelson scored twice, had two RBI, and Matt Warren scored three times for the winners. Sullivan Deyaxnpert had two doubles and three RBI for BOP. Zach Young had two singles and scored three times. Bank of Perry swept Chapman and Rogers CPA 9-3 in seven innings for the second half championship of the minor league for boys 9-10. Sullivan Deyaxnpert was the winning pitcher with nine strikeouts. Joseph Barron had two singles, a double and three RBI while Cohen Carpenter had a sin gle, an RBI and scored three times. Bryan Woodard led Chap man and Rogers with a dou ble and an RBI.