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Hornets capture major softball win over Stratford By Phil Clark Lady Her nets softball scored one of their most impressive regu lar season wins in several years Aug. 26. They pulled off a double header split with the Strat ford Lady Eagles in region lAAA softball. —■ m, r ■■ ■ - ' j K flHf ik a ££rfgjfati? : fifrr ' v JPErfßf SBUBBBBb&H&I mm \k?t : mUm w ■ 'Mt** | OIV THE GROUND Defense was the name of the game early in the Perry Mid dle School part of the middle school jam- Young Panthers in first county wide football jamboree By ALLINE KENT Home Journal Sports It seemed as if every middle school fan in the county was gathered Aug. 28 at Bonaire Middle School for the first-ever middle school football jamboree. The stands were completely full with parents and students spilling over and lin ing the fences around the stadium at the BMS football field. The sizable crowd was gathered to watch every middle school eighth grade team in the county play a cou ple of quarters of football. Peny shared the sidelines with Feagin Mill and opened up in their game playing offense. Tyler Lawhorn, who led the 7th grade Panthers last year to the finals for the Houston County Middle School county title, started at quarterback. Although Perry did not score any of the touchdowns, the combination team won easily, outscor ing their opponents 30-6. ™|§i§ WILL SHOW YOU HOW! cwbAAdoufl 9-11 m "HOW TO PUN AND INSTALL YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM" LOWE’S IS YOUR LAWN SPRINKLER HEADQUARTERS!! ' v , __ ; _ , _____ li. . ; LOWE'S LABOR DAY "HOW TO" CLINICS" - SAT. SEPT. 4 CLEAN & SEAL WOOD DECKS & FENCING AT PAINT DESK - 9 A.M. INSTALL STORM DOORS AT MILLWORKS DESK - 10 A.M. INSTALL GUTTERING AT MILLWORKS DESK -11 A.M. INSTALL KITCHEN & BATH SINKS AT PROJECTS DESK - 12 P.M. 3704 WATSON Kl.VIh. WARNER ROBINS 953-6700 Stratford used two big innings to take a 10-2 win in the first game despite three hits each by Hanna Barrett and Patty Dudley. The Lady Hornets' only runs came in the fourth inning. With Julee Todd on first after an error at short stop, Stephanie Burdeshaw, Ann Peake and Dudley got Home Journal Photo by AUine Kent boree. An unidentified Panther (dark uni form on ground) is grounded by oppo nents. With two weeks left before their season opener against Bonaire. Bth grade coach John Warlick said the Panthers had much work to do to get back to the county cham pionship game. “We were expecting a little more out of our defense, but everybody there was kind of rusty,” he said. “Other schools are look ing a little stronger than they did last year, probably because of the rezoning." Peny faces Bonaire at the Bonaire stadi um Sept. 15. Game time for the 7th graders is 3:30, with the Bth grade following at 5. The first-ever jamboree format was con sidered a success. Athletic Directors from the middle schools in the county will be considering adding the 7th graders to the format next year and moving the Bth grade games to a evening time slot. The proceeds from the gate and the con cession stand from the jamboree were divided equally between the schools. consecutive singles, Dudley’s hit driving in Todd. Amber Hunnicutt's grounder to first scored Bar rett with the other run. But that was all the offense West field could muster against Stratford's Christie Cantrell. Milly Richardson had two hits and drove in four runs for Stratford. Y [for MONDAY 1 Game two was a differer story, though, as Westfiel jumped on top with a five run second inning. Peake Dudley and Hunnicutt lei off the inning with hits Hunnicutt driving in Peake With one out, Emily Ben nett and Stephanie TTiomp son each drove in a run wit! singles. With two out, Tod' laced a triple to left-cente field to score Bennett an Thompson and give the Lad Hornets the lead, and th momentum. Stratford battled bac with three in their half of th second, but another bij five-run inning in the fourtn gave Westfield a lead Strat ford never threatened. The Hornets also learned another lesson in this inning. With two outs and two runners on base, Todd hit a bouncer back to the mound. Instead of conced ing the out, Todd ran hard toward first, and Stratford’s first baseman Allison Gaudet dropped the ball. One run scored on that play, and the Lady Hornets went on to score four more before the Eagles could retire them. After Todd’s hustle allowed her to reach base, Burdeshaw bounced to shortstop, but the Eagles misplayed the bouncer, Rachel Moore scoring. Bar rett then drilled a long dou ble off the base of the left field fence to score two more run. Barrett moving to third on the throw to the plate. Barrett then scored on a sin gle by Peake to plate the fifth run of the inning and put the Lady Hornets up be a 10-3 score. Stratford scored two in the fifth and one in the sev enth, but it was not enough to deny the Lady Hornets the win, running their record to 4-2 for the season, 1-1 in region lAAA. 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