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Sports PJL 7-8 year-olds win district title at Monticello By ALLINE KENT Home Journal Sports tV 7 k 8 year olds on the Perry Junior League All Star team stayed up way past bed time every night last week as they traveled to Monticello dev astating every opponent and bringing home the Junior League District Championship. The tournament week started off with a 15-0 slam of Monroe County. Adam Davis and Casey Young combined for a no-hit ter with 10 strikeouts. Left fielder. Thomas Arrington helped to pre serve the shutout with a great diving catch. Taylor Crook started the rout off with a bunt that brought in Perry's first runs of the tournament. Game Two of the tourna ment actually meant two trips to Monticello. During the first inning, the game against North Macon Amer ican was called because of a thunderstorm but not before Dustin Sanders hit a three-run home run over the left Held fence to send wSSmvctL l- »>»-•* •‘''^’** f » '* - I COME AND GET IT Free hot dogs and soft drinks replenished the crowd during the Annual Youth Fishing Rodeo held recently at the pavilion in Rozar Park. My ' * W .. - , . # TRYING HER LUCK Amber Wainwright, 9, tries her luck during the Annual Youth Fishing Rodeo June 26. The event was sponsored by the City of Perry and the Kiwanis Club. (Jk*\ 1 Henderson I \ VILLAGE / \ Country Retreat J \and Restaurant / Come visit Langston House Restaurant at Henderson Village where every meal Is an experience to treasure. . Sa new... Three course prix fixe menu at $25 per person. Our unique a la carte menu is also available, priced from S3O upward. NEW! Lunch served seven days a week, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. You are also invited to experience our exquisite Sunday Brunch Buffet at $19.95 per person with complimentary antique carriage rides. Call for Reservations: 912-988-8696 125 South Langston Circle Perry, GA 31009 State 7-8 year-old baseball title on line July 17 By ALLINE KENT Home Journal Sports If you really want to see a baseball game, the way baseball was meant to be played, you will need to travel to Zebu lon July 17. That’s where the 7 and 8-year-old All-Stars from the Perry Junior League will be competing in the first round of the state tournament. The 13 boys on the team won the dis trict title July 10 and earned their spot in the state tournament. Coaches from all six teams in the 7 and 8-year-old league selected the All- Stars based on their individual perfor mance during the regular season. The boys play the game of baseball, the way it was invented to play, with heart and ability while having a lot of fun, coaches say. On defense, the boys are giving a strong performance which includes turning double plays, the PJL coaches the local All-Stars out 3-0. The game resumed the next evening and so did Sanders’ hitting streak as he hit another home run over the right field fence. Home Journal Photos by Torey Jolley Whiting/on that \ificcial Occasion? tThen mail no mow! report. Hitting hasn't been bad either with a team batting average of .435. Several of the team members are hitting over .500 including Casey Young, Chad Rough ton, Jordan Stephens, Nicholas Kinsley, Sam Kinnas, and Dustin Sanders. July 10 the All-Stars entered the sixth and last game of the District Tour nament undefeated. Starting pitcher Adam Davis, pitched three innings against their opponent, North Macon, giving up only one run in the first. Dustin Sanders pitched the 4th and sth innings, giving up one run in the sth but striking out the last batter to win the championship. Davis's stand-up triple brought in the go ahead run and Casey Young's single in the third sent another runner across the plate. Taylor Crook also got a triple in the game. Coaches said starting catcher Chad Brooks Moody made a great throw from third base to first to get an out on a runner caught between sec ond and first. Clint Mixon went 2-2 at the plate and Georgia Hall of Fame membership hard to claim There are exclusive clubs to which membership is virtually impossible to the average person. The Geor gia Sports Hall of Fame is not exclusive in the sense that others might be, since social status is not a pre requisite Nevertheless, it is darn near impossible to gain membership. Originally established to honor Geor gia High School coaches, it now includes everyone professional and amateur, coaches, players and offi cials. That’s why is such an honor to be inducted. That’s why there is such a qualified board of 17 people charged with the huge responsibility of deciding whether to accept or deny membership. One member of the board is Herb St. John of Peny. There could not be a more sincere, conscientious and honest individual. The other members of the board, some of whom I know, some I don’t, are likewise honorable individ uals. Sure, there could be a certain degree of politics involved, but not nearly as much as in years past. It is a travesty that it took so long to honor Nor man Faircloth of Fort Val ley. His longhand outstand ing career as a basketball CREDIT? Free, no hassle credit approval for auto loans . You may qualify regardless of • Good Credit • Blemished Credit • No Credit • Bankruptcy It's Easy, Fast, and confidential! From your touchstone phone call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! 1-800-975-3325 Electronically answered Another exclusive service from Our Dealership Wed., July 14, 1999 Page 5A Perry Kiser scored the first run of the 7-2 victory. The All-Stars’ saw their bats slow down a little in a 5-4 nailbiter against Shurlington in game three. Phil Clark Home Journal Sports and football championship coach was finally recog- with Faircloth’s recent induction. He coached a state. championship football team at Fort Valley in 1961, 37 years before he was finally recognized by the present board. They made an excellent choice. There are others who will get the board’s atten tion over the next few years. Jimmy Maffett, the first football coach at Macon County High School who held the post for 23 years, is being considered. It is the fourth year since Maffett’s nomination. A nominee must be inducted within five years, or he or she will be dropped from consideration, and must then be re-nominated down the line, and have that nomination accepted. Maffett doesn’t have the glowing won-loss creden tials of many coaches who will be nominated in years to come. He brought some- Do You Need A Car... AND WONDER ABOUT YOUR Houston Home Jotiml Roughton did an outstanding job throughout the tournament and was backed up by Brooks Moody and Clint Kirk, who also performed well at the plate. One of the most amazing things about the talent of the team is the pitch ing. During regular season at Ochla hatchee, a pitching machine is used Coaches said the four pitchers on the team went into the district tournament with absolutely no game pitching expe rience. Adam Davis pitched 11 innings dur ing the tournament, with 29 strikeouts; Dustin Sanders had seven innings with 16 strikeouts. Jordan Stephens pitched six innings with 15 strikeouts while Casey Young pitched seven innings and recorded 12 strikeouts. The All-Stars, coached by Ken Davis, Trey Moody and Perry Kiser, outscored their opponents 51 -20 in the tournament. Clint Kirk got a key hit to bring in two runs that gave Perry the edge to hold off a Shurlington comeback in the fifth inning. Games 4 and 5 were a thing else to the table. He brought a sincere, honest concern for each and every one of his players, on the field, in the classroom, and in the home. That's the way he began coaching football in 1962, and that's the way he always did it. 1 don’t suppose you could find a single player over those 23 years who will tell you he was ever embarrassed by Coach Jimmy Maffett. It was not in his demeanor to belittle his players, as some Coach es do. He might have raised his voice for emphasis, but he never yelled at them, and he certainly never enter tained the notion of using a profane word! Perish that thought. Jimmy Maffett might not be inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. But he certainly deserves to be there. There are others, too. Norman Carter of Butler won 134 games in a row at one stretch with his Butler (Taylor County) girls. That included several state championships. Carter was also an outstanding player at Talbotton and at Mercer University. He was an out standing tennis coach, as well, with state champions in that sport. He needs to be in the Hall of Fame. So does Carl Peaster of Macon County, and the 30 Minute^ „ r" 1 “ -fCurves*- for women “30 minute fitness & wt. loss centers' 1309 Mcun Street, Perry 988-9021 double header. First up, North Macon National, the team that beat Perry last year to win the tourna ment. Pitching came through against North Macon with Jordan Stephens and Dustin Sanders closing down the fifth for the 10-5 win. Sam Kinnas scored twice and Thomas Arrington hit a base cleaning triple in the second inning that gave the All-Stars a boost. Dustin Sanders went 2 for 2 at the plate again while Nicholas Kinsley provided a key hit in the second that brought home Thomas and scored the fifth run. In the last game of the double header, Perry faced Monroe County. Combin ing their pitching, Dustin Sanders, Jordan Stephens, and Casey Young all did an excellent Job on the mound getting a total of 13 strike outs. Jordan Stephens went 2 for 2 with a walk and Adam Davis had 3 RBl’s with a double. Perry walked away with all-7 victory. late Bill Martin of Montezu ma High. Again, the job the 17 members of the executive board must undertake each year is mindboggling. From the list of qualified candidates whose nomina tions have been accepted, the board must decide which, if any, nominee will be inducted into the Hall. It is not an easy chore. I respect Herb St. John and others on the board, like former Southwest Macon and Macon College basketball coach Donald Richardson, former Cedar town coach Doc Ayers, who later logged a little time at UGA. There’s former Georgia Tech all-American Ray Beck, and amateur golfing great Ray Cox of Albany, now of Americus. Rick Camp, the former Atlanta Braves pitcher, is on the board. Longtime sports enthusiast Johnny Mitchell of Macon, Coach Stan Lomax of Fort Valley State, and former Georgia coach Johnny Griffith Eire others. I don’t envy them the job of choosing whether or not to accept a nominee into the Hall. But I know they will put every bit of thought and soul searching they can muster into whatever decisions they make with this year’s list of nominees. Join Now Rest of Summer FREE!