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- Wed.. Sept. 22, 1999. Houston Home Journal Page 10A Hornets fall to Stratford twice in GISA region softball action By Phil Clark doubleheader Sept 14 between Westfield and Strat ford at the Hornetsi Nest could have propelled the Lady Hornets into a second place tie with the Lady Eagles, but instead Stratford improved their chances of taking the region title with a twin-bill : §6', K/x Home Journal Photo by Phil Clark CRACK OF THE BAT Westfield looks for a hit during recent slow-pitch softball action. Panthers starting with the opening kickoff. Panther Phillip Gentry kicked to Dodge. Thomas fielded the ball at the 3-yard line and returned to the 42. Thomas was held on the first play by Panthers’ Morris Clarington and Fred Ridley, who through out the game made many key tackles. A third-and-7 situation turned into a third-and-2 when Perry was called for offsides. Thomas continued to run the ball and ended up in the end zone shortly. Periy fumbled the ball on the first play from scrim mage. and recovered at the Panther 2-yard line. Collins, faced with third down and 28, yards, replaced quarterback Don trell Green with Ronnie Col lier who attempted to throw ball but overthrew Ingram and the ball landed out of bounds. Gentry punted and Dodge County's Washington ran the ball into the end zone but a penalty brought the ball back to the 40-yard line. Moments later, early in the second quarter, Thomas scored on a 1-yard run. The point after touchdown kick was wide right. The Panthers took the ball on the 20 yard line. An up the middle throw to Michael Robinson complete to the 50-yard line gave the Pan thers good field position. The Panthers were unable to capitalize on it and punted to Dodge County. Thomas ran the ball sever al times and was finally brought down hard by Fred Ridley putting Dodge Countv in a fourth and-2 situation and forcing Thomas to leave the game for a few minutes. The two teams swapped possession of the ball on the next series. Perry fumbled at the Panther 25. Dodge recov ered. but fumbled on the next play. Perry fumbled a second time, and Washing ton picked up the ball for Dodge County. On second-and-goal from the 8-yard line, Clarington, on a tough tackle, brought Washington down two yards Hornets Walker scored his second touchdown of the game and 12th of the season on the Hornets’ first play from scrimmage and Skinner made it 28-6 with 6:49 left in the third quarter. For the second game this season, Westfield coach Ronnie Jones used 12 dif ferent backs to carry the ball. Walker's 125 yards put him over the 500-yard mark for the season after four games. The 3-0-1 Hornets play at Sherwood Christian Sept 24. Athens Christian 0 6 0 0 6 Westfield 14 0 14 0 28 W Ernes! Greene 31 -yard pass I rom Bo Hart (kick failed) W Jacob Walker 8-yard run sweep of Westfield. In game one, Stratford broke a 1-1 tie with four runs in the fourth inning, and increased the lead to 9-1 in the fifth before Westfield exploded for eight in their half of the fifth, tying the game at 9-all after five innings. But Stratford picked up two runs in both the sixth ana seventh innings for a 13-10 first game victory. short of the end zone. Wash ington ran off to the right side and scored. This time the kick was good and Perry was down 27-0 with 3:47 left in the half. Before the half ended. Perry put some points on their own on the board. Donovan Kendrick ran the ball down to near the 10- yard line, putting the Pan thers in scoring range but Dodge County shut Perry down and the Panthers had to settle for a 31-yard field goal by Gentry. Gentry added 3 more points for the Panthers dur ing the opening possession of the third with a 22- yard field goal. Collins referred to the kicking game against Dodge as one of the “highlights for us right now." “Phillip has done a good job for two years, in part because of getting a constant snap from Jerry Drazny. The protection is there.” Collins said. Perrv will travel to the west side of the state Sept. 24 to take on the Manchester Blue Devils. Manchester enters the game coming off a 23-7 win over rival Harris County last week. Manchester has one loss in 4AA region play, to Dodge County, 21 -0. Panther fans traveling to the game will want to keep their eye on William Hunt, who picked up his fourth blocked punt of the season against Harris. While the Blue Devil offense has strug gled to keep possession of the ball during the season, the special teams play has been considered key in both their wins this year. Manchester rushed for 269 yards against Harris, but also exhibited an inabili ty to hold onto to the foot ball. The Blue Devils fum bled the ball six times. “Manchester is a tough football team, only lost two games at home in the last six years or so," said Collins. Perrv 0 3 3 0 6 Dodge 14 13 13 3 43 P DC First Downs 7 20 Continued from page 8A (Bo Hart to Mark Hulbert) A-Sonny Evans 1-yard run (kick blocked) W-Will Holt 11 -yard run (Nathan Skinner kick) W-Walker 30-yard run (Skinner kick) Rushing Leaders: Westfield Jacob Walker 123-125. Will Holt 3-44. Chance Jones 8-37, Matthew Hulberl 3-30. Mark Hul bert 2-26, Don Walker 1 -15. Bo Hart 4-11. Griffin Hamslev 1-12, Cole Dunnaway 2-11. Wes Wheel er 1-8. Spencer Shugarl 1-4, Jor dan Holt 1 (-2). Athens Christian Sonny Evans 12-26, Zack Reddish 9 20, Wesley Hill 6 14. Matt Pit tard 8 (-27). Passing : Westfield Bo Hart 2 8-1 (32 yards) Athens Christian Matt Pittard 6-8 1 (77 yards) Receiving: Westfield Ernest Greene 1-31. John Curtis Gibbs 1-1 Athens Christian Bud Winderweedle 2 33. Trent Ledbet ter 1 22, Patrick Cheek 1-12. Zack Reddish 2 10 In the Stratford fourth. Peyton Fleming reached on an error to open the inning, and Christie Cantrel followed with a triple to score Fleming. Another Westfield error on a Milly Richardson grounder scored Cantrel, and Gena Bryantis double drove in Richardson. An out later, Paige Personsi double plated the fourth run of the inning. After Stratford got four more in the fifth, Westfield battled back to tie the score as Stephanie Thompson led off the Lady Hornetsi fifth with a single. Stephanie Bur deshaw doubled and a run scored as Emily Bennettis grounder was bobbled at shortstop. Rebecca Dudley got another run home with a single, and Rachel Mooreis fielderis choice grounder scored Burdeshaw. Julee Todd singled home Bennett before Anne Peake reached to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Hanna Barrett scored Moore with the Lady Hornet si fourth run of the inning, cutting the Stratford lead to 9-5. Hie Lady Hornets werenit finished! Patty Dudley and Amber Hunnicutt each drove in a run with a single before Thompson drove home two with her second single of the inning to tie the score at 9-9. Stratlordis sixth and sev enth inning runs put the Continued from page 8A Rushing yds 96 368 Passing yds 39 66 Comp-Att-lnt 49 1 1-10 Fumbles -Lost 4-2 4 2 Penalties yards 6-55 885 ▲ 2000 d XL, V-6 AIR, STK#I 01 O $14,995 Get ready for 2000 with a Quality USED car or truck 99 Windstar LX Dual A/C, Low Miles, 1 left $21,900 97 Thunderbird V-8. LEATHER $13.995 97 EKplorer XLT Leather, 4 to choose $19,995 97 F-150 4X4, Auto, Short Bed, Air $16,900 95 T-Bird LX V-8, 2dr, pwr seat $8.550 96 Ranger Supercab XLT 40K Miles 5L995 98 Crown Victoria LX Loaded, Pwr. Seat 516..995 97 Ford F-150 XLT V-8, Silver, Supercab $18,350 Apply by phone! Call the Credit Hotline 1-888-215-3673 • www.fastcarloan.getayes.com game away, though. 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