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Page 8A Wed., Sept. 29, 1999, Houston Home Journal Local Sports Lady Hornets split pair S i CoMMUiarr Rkpokw MAt’OM Sophomore Hanna Barrett collected four hits to raise her season bat ting average to .600. but the Lady Hornets had to settle for split in a pair of region lAAA games at Windsor Sept 23. Barrett was 4-4 with a dou ble and two runs batted in as the J,ady Hornets picked up a 10-7 win in the first game. Anne Peake, Emily Bennett and Rebecca Dudley each had three hits for Westfield as the team took a 10-4 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning only to see the Lady Knights rally for three runs before Amber Hunnicutt fielded a pop tly off the bat of Melissa Hodge to end the game. Windsor maintained the momentum they'd gained in game one to dominate the sec ond game, scoring in every inning of the five-inning game, as the Lady Knights salvaged oi ic of the four games between the two region foes in talking a 22-2 win. Amber Hunnicutt was the only Lady Hornet to manage two hits as Westfield collected just seven in the second game. The l ady Hornets close out the regular season with two doubleheaders with Central Fellowship, including the make-up of the Sept 20 rain out. The teams will play at Wes' field Sept 30, and at CFCA on Oct 4. Game one: W -st field 00 3 14 1 1 10 Windsor 10 00 2 13 7 Winning pitcher: Jylee Todd. Losing pitcher: Sam Smith Loading hitters: Westfield Bar ret i -J 4. Peake 3-4, Bennett 3-4. Rebecca Dudley 3-4. Windsor Blair Hunnicutt 3-3, Crystal Brav 3-4 Game two: Westfield 0 0 0 2 0 2 Windsor 4 2(10)6 22 Winning pitcher: Sam Smith I.using pitcher: Julee Todd Leading hitters: Westfield \inber Hunnicutt 2-2, Windsor Vlelissa Hodge 3-3, Merideth Cook 3 4, Blair Hunnicutt 3-4. Tiltanv Godfrey 3-5 Perry 4th in CC WARNER ROBINS Perry competed at Pearl Stephens Elementary school last week in o cross country meet hosted bv Warner Robins High and including Houston County and Bleckley. Although Perry finished onh fourth, it was not coming iri behind Warner Robins and Houston County which both iy» /ker f Insurance Agency r* 988-8212 “For your best insurance value ” We have moved to the Mellco Building 906 Ball St., Suite l, Perry ■Tdrive^H W TODAY! A GOOD CREDIT A BLEMISHED CREDIT ■HHhk CREDIT No matter what your credit situation is, \ we will work with you to get you in a new I or pre-owned vehicle. To get started, call anytime from any touch tone telephone or 1 ...... apply via the internet. Well take your appli cation for financing right over the phone. Then well get back with you and set an ®ST any Jm ... ers head coach Carl Thomas. It was of course, the Panthers Eerformance compared to eavy region favorite Bleckley County. “Bleckley is the stick that everyone in this region mea sures by. They have won the region four consecutive years. To beat Bleckley," he said “You've got to be consistent. Our top runner, Randy Whid don will have to improve, and numbers two and three, John Millender and Andrew Scog gins will have to reach Randy's level now." The three have improved with Whiddon shaving more than a minute off his best time to finish at 18:05 and Millender also posting his best time ever in the meet at 19:40. The Panthers fourth and fifth place finishers. Kenny Cox (20:15) and Zach Yasin (20:35) also posted their best times this season. “We are getting better." said Thomas. “1 was surprised at how well they did. since it was a very difficult course." Thomas also said he hopes Bleckley, which started the season strong, will "peak out" prior to the region meet. Out of 34 girls runners. Panther Taryn Burch finished Bth with a time of 24:21. The entire concept of cross country is different than other sports at Perry High School. Cross country like football, is a team sport, but whereas, football executes as a team and depends a lot on strategy, cross country is a combina tion of individual effort. “From a coaching stand- Soint," said Thomas, “we try to nd where the weakness is and go from there. We work on where they need to improve and where they need to main tain.” Thomas said that although the team works hard at prac tice, the team spends a lot of time running on their own. “That’s what is great about this sport. Even in practice, you've got individual runners doing something that they enjoy." he said. Dodge ousts Perry The season ended a little sooner than coach Kristy Horsting would have liked, but all and all the girls softball coach at Perry High is happy with the way the season went. ”i am real pleased of how they did, very proud of our girls," she said this week. “I am not happy about the end of the season, I thought we could have gone longer, but overall we had a good year." “Gone longer" is the coach’s way of referring to the Region Jfm jg: . Larry Walker 4-AA playoffs, which the Lady Panthers came close to making this year. For Perry, it all came down to a one-game shootout with Dodge County for the sec ond seed in the subregion. Dodge won the game 15-5. They wanted it bad." said Horsting, “But they are already out of it." referring to Dodge's loss to Mary Persons in the first round of the playoffs. "We didn’t make that many errors, they just hit good, long balls, balls in holes. We just didn't Eerform at the plate like we ave earlier in the season.” In the game against Dodge. Sherry Nipper and Courtney Harris went 2-3 with Coby Williard and Sarah Stuckey going 2-2. Horsting has already turned her thoughts towards next season saying that already some of the players, including some of her JV, had come to her and said that they wanted to take over the senior positions. Pern,’ will partici pate in a summer league and starting in the spring will work on conditioning, including time in the weight room and running. "If this team had a weakness." Horsting said, “it would be muscular weakness. We are going to work on build ing our strength." Perry's Junior Varsity went 10-3 overall this year. Perry will only lose three players to graduation, Sarah Stuckey, Miranda Garren, and Kristin Harrell. All three received high praise from their coach, who said that the group's best attribute was their leadership. "Sarah had a never give up attitude." said Horsting. “Sarah and Miranda made excellent captains. I never doubted them. Kristin played wherever I needed her. I was confident in her ability whether in the infield or out field.” Although, the team did not make the playoffs this year. Horsting says with the girls 2000 GP™- i] XL, V-6 AIR, STK#IOIO $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 Explorer XLT Leather, 4 to choose 519.995 97 F-150 4X4. Auto, Short Bed, Air $19,900 95 T-Bird LX V-8, 2dr, pwr seat $8.550 96 Ranger Supercab XLT 40K Miles $7.995 98 Crown Victoria LX Loaded, Pwr Seat sl6-995 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 WAYNE®MOfIfIIS 987-2411 Exit 43 off I-75 -1/2 Mile - West 341 » Perry, GA that will return she will have high hopes for next season. “This is a group that went 8-8 last season and went 15-8 this year. Pretty much we will have the same group hack next year." PMS football wins 2 The Perry Middle School football teams increased the marks in their win column to two Sept. 22 as both teams picked up wins over the North side Middle Jets in games played at Bonaire Stadium. The Panther Bth grade team was led offensively by Rishawn Scott, who had three touch downs while Jai Bowens added one. David Alford and Jeremy Almond posted a tack le in the end zone to add a safety to the Perry score board. The 26-6 victory gave the Bth grade Panthers a 2-0 record so far in the season. "We made a lot of mistakes in the first game," said Coach John Warlick. “Everyone else had already played a game and we had our off week the first week of the season. But we had almost a flawless game against Northside." Leading the defense in the game were David Alford. Tyler Lawhorn and Jarrell Gary, who Warlick calls “strong defensive players." Another player who had a great game on the defense side was Char lie Brown who intercepted a Northside pass. 7th grade coach Leslie Belcher was also comfortable with his team's defensive per formance. “Defensively we did very well, except that one series when we let them score. Our main concern at this point in the season is still the kicking game. Our punter, Steven James, is doing a good job for us and Grant Brantley on the kickoff is placing the ball where we need him too. But we are asking them to do things they never did in rec ball. 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We will be working on it this week.” Lattimore said he was very happy wrtth Ricky Harris' per formance but added that he was sure that Ricky was not. “He only came to us the week before the first game, he’s good but he knows he could be ■ * - : : Home Journal Photo by Alline Kent ANDREW SCOTTINS (LEFT), JOHN MILLENDER Panther Runners Look For Room Against Demons A 2000 XLT, Air, CD, Stk#2olo^ _ $12,699*5 4>*\ + a V 97 F-150 XLT Reg. Cab vB, 1 owner, short bed $15.850 99 Ranger Supercab 4X4 8K miles, V-6, Auto $19.350 99 Escort SE Auto, Air Stereo, Stk#Plß3B $10.550 98 Sable GS, Low Miles V-6 Stk#Plß3l $12.900 95 Town Car Sig Series, Low Miles! $15,995 99 Ranger Supercab, Auto V-6, Loaded. 100 Miles Flareside, Stk#Plß36 $16470 95 Gran Marquis 29K Miles Every Option, Stk#Plß3o $13.200 much better.” Harris picked up his 6th touchdowm of the season against Northside. Perry takes on Feagin Mill Sept. 29 at the Bonaire stadi um. Game time is 3:30 for the 7th grade and 5 for the Bth grade. 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