Newspaper Page Text
PAGE 2B
Community
Calendar
mMsauu.
WRNL signup - Warner Robins National
Little League is accepting applications for
coaches and managers for the upcoming 2003
season for boys and girls teams ages 5 through
18.
The league will also be holding player
signups through age 18 at the league from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. on January 18 and 25 and
February 1.
For more information, contact Randy Willis
at 953-1041.
■ bmkhmu.
WRBOA signup - Warner Robins
Basketball Officials Association is seeking
males and females ages 18 and older to offici
ate high school basketball games.
Training will be provided along with rule
books and other training materials for a small
registration fee.
For more information, contact either
ll '-spr
yv-r—i—| —LJßjHD HU
USUSwHtt. | K. ..VnUHHHHnraHHHHHUI
WSMBSkUA “r 3BS&* Wkz % % :.i|Kara
►% t jig. '%?■ Wk sßMfllfll
»• • Jm S ]
Bag..’ JOB 11 '
HPfe.
IwtWnVi ■ —k MB i—l
Photo by James Tidwell
Houston County warms up prior to the opening boys game of the 2002 Bear Brawl at the Bears
Den in Warner Robins Thursday night.
Brawl Continued from Page IB
Stokes.
The Demonettes settle for
playing in the consolation game
against Upson-Lee at 4 p.m..
The Lady Whirlwinds, a Class
A team, are 7-1 in South
Carolina high school basketball
and have yet to start region
play. The Lady Bears are now 7-
1 overall.
Warner Robins will play in
the Bear Brawl championship
for the eighth time in as many
years that Demons head coach
Chip Malone has been involved.
The Demons began the tourna
ment with a dominating 47-85
win over Starr’s Mill in the first
round Friday night. The
Demons then moved on to
Upson-Lee where they shut
down the Knights after the first
quarter. The Knights led the
Demons in the first quarter 19-
12 but after shaking off the
early jitters the Demons went
on to outscore the Knights 40-
22 for a game ending score of
52-41.
The Bears were happy to get
the 85-75 win against
Hawkinsville Saturday night.
The Red Devils came to the
Brawl ready to brawl and what
happened afterwards was a foul
festival. By the end of the first
half the game was in double
bonus, and it was rare to see the
teams go up and down the court
more than once without a refer
ee’s whistle being blown.
“Hawkinsville’s game is to
physically beat you up...some
times there were three or four
whistles before we got down the
court,” said Nix.
Through all of the commo
tion, Houston’s Daniel
Bramen Continued from Page IB
“We’re learning that we are
going to have to hold people
under 70 points because right
now we’re averaging 65-70
points per game,” said Perry
head coach Brett Hardy.
Hardy also commented that
they will need to work on their
excess of turnovers.
Despite their teams, low plac
ing finishes, Perry’s Moreemi
Davis and Jai Bowens were hon
ored to the All-Tournament
team. Davis had a total of 36
points during the tournament,
while Bowens carried his team
How to submit
four ways to do this. You can either email it to jtidweU@evansnewspajjerß.com,
fax to 478-988-1181, mail to EO. Box 1910, Perry, Ga. 31069 or drop it off at the
office located at 1210 Washington Street in Perry. If you have any questions,
please call 478-987-1823, ext. 240.
Wilburn Hartman at 922-0540, Leon Porter
987-0119 or Arthur L. Harris at 922-9131.
WR Youth Signup - Warner Robins
Recreation Department is holding registration
for the youth basketball program from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the recre
ation department. The league is for girls ages
5 to 12 and boys ages 5 to 17. The child must
be of age by December 31,2002. Cost is $25 for
Warner Robins city residents and SSO for
Houston County residents. The child’s height
and birth certificate is required upon registra
tion.
For more information, call 929-1916 or see
the recreation and park website at www.wam
er-robins.org.
WR Adult Signup - Warner Robins
Recreation Department is holding team regis
tration for the adult basketball program
Mene’s Open League from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Northern came up with a career
high 23 points, accompanied by
12 rebounds and six blocked
shots.
Northern also led his team
with 17 points in their 63-42
win over Central.
Timmonsville is 300 miles
away from Houston County
depending on what route you
take to get there.
The small town in rural
South Carolina produced the
2002 Class A girls basketball
champion and participant in
the 2002 Bear Brawl.
The Whirlwinds have lost
only one game this season and
that was one-point loss at Lee-
Central High School. Lee-
Central also happens to be the
two time Class A South
Carolina state champions.
The Whirlwinds proved to be
too much for Demonettes
Saturday night as the small
squad squeaked a win past
Warner Robins in a 43-32 bat
tle. Lashaundra Dubose and the
Whirlwinds made their free
throw shots down the stretch to
further their lead against the
Demonettes.
The ball handler and leader of
the team, Dubose, will be a
threat Monday night against
Houston County in the champi
onship game. Dubose is skilled
in all facets of the game and is
armed with plenty of speed.
The Whirlwinds defeated
Putnam County in a 63-41
match up Friday afternoon to
advance to the Demonettes
game.
“To be able to compete with
the real good single A schools
we need to be able to compete
to victory against Macon
County.
The Lady Panthers defeated
Jones County to seal up the
fifth place finish Saturday in a
52-41 victory. Although Perry
came out flat, they did lead
Jones County at the end of the
first quarter 15-7. Perry then
further increased their lead
throughout the game to hang on
for the win. According to
Chance, he benched his starting
lineup the entire second quarter
in hopes that they would return
in winning form. After taking a
pbmsfrm pon it
through Friday, December 7. Cost is $383 per
team and is due at time of registration in the
Athletic Office.
The season will run from Tuesday, January
13 through Thursday, February 27.
For more information, call either 929-1916
or 929-1914 or see the recreation and park
website at www.warner-robins.org.
■ oratuoK
YMCA Signup - Houston County YMCA
is holding registration for youth cheerleading
classes from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Monday and
Thursday at the YMCA Office on Russell
Parkway for ages 5 through 14.
Cost is S9O for YMCA members and $l5O
for non-members.
Next session begins Monday, January 6,
2003.
For more information, call 922-2566 or
with the AAAA and AAAAA
schools,” said Stokes.
The Houston County girls
squad will face off against the
smaller South Carolina team in
hopes of bringing home the win
on their own turf in their own
tournament.
The Whirlwinds will need to
stop Lindsey Holmes and Jade
Wacker among others, if they
want to be the tournament
champions.
Holmes was accountable for
21 points in the Lady Bears 67-
30 victory over Upson-Lee
Friday night. Holmes, the 2001
Bear Brawl MVP, connected
with the basket five times from
outside of the three point line
against the Lady Knights.
Wacker helped shutdown
Hawkinsville on defense
Thursday evening while scoring
20 points to lift her team to the
64-33 victory.
“We’re going to play a tough
team, Timmonsville is very
aggressive,” said Houston
County girls Coach Sid Baxley.
“We’re going to have to play a
fundamentally sound game to
beat them.”
Before losing to Timmonsville
Saturday night, Warner Robins
was seen Thursday night duk
ing it out with Starr’s Mill. The
Demonettes were forced into
overtime after both teams
scored 43 points in regulation
play. The Demonettes eventual
ly won 51-44. Warner Robins
will play Upson-Lee in the con
solation game.
“We’ve been a little f1at...1
don’t know why but we’ve been
a little flat since finals started,”
said Warner Robins girls head
coach Tom Mobley. “We can’t
score in the thirties and beat a
good team.”
quarter out to think about their
missed shots and turnovers, the
team returned to outscore
Jones County in the sec
ond half.
“It’s tough to get motivated to
go there and play a one o’clock
game for fifth place,” said
Chance.
Moreemi Davis led the team
with 16 points.
Perry’s other win of the tour
nament came against Macon
County on Friday afternoon in a
54-52 fight. The two teams
played cat and mouse the entire
game with Perry taking the role
of the cat for most of the game.
“That was a good, intense
email ymca@hom.net.
■ CUBS
Perry Basketball and Track Boosters -
The Perry High School Booster Club for bas
ketball and track and field is currently meet
ing the first Thursday of every month from 7-
8 p.m. at the school, cafeteria. Cost to join is
$25. For more information, contact Lenard
Davis at 987-9346 or Dora Williams at 987-
3664.
■ HUBS
WR Senior Aerobics - Warner Robins
Recreation Department is offering Senior
Water Aerobics class for people 50 and older
from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday.
Cost is sls per month or $5 per week.
Each class includes 40 minutes of aerobic
exercise and five minutes of warm up and cool
down time.
For more information, call 929-1916 or see
the recreation and park website at www.wam
er-robins.org.
WR therapy time - Warner Robins
Recreation Department is therapy swimming
time from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. Monday through
Thursday.
Cost is $lO per week for two days.
C' - -
Photos by James Tidwell
Northside wrestler Tavaris Boyd flips his opponent during a
match at the Fifth Annual Perry Invitational in the McGill
Building at the Georgia National Fairgrounds Friday night
(Above). Perry statistician Savannah Ashley (middle right)
keeps track of scoring during a match on Friday (Below).
mr WPHHf m
( . W 1M g|3 ,40ft 'KuJsflg L JI»W| . | jPH
I * wBB
if.,.. r UlifJ' * > | -
J asSmßr. w
Invitational Continued from Page IB
victory by defeating Houston
County’s Terry Hilton.
Joining Hilton in fourth place
was Northside’s last podium
finisher, Deontai Rice in the
140-pound class.
“We’re just shy of the big tro
phy round ,” said Kelly. “They
know they’re not in wrestling
shape.
Perry finished in 13th place
31 points behind Northside and
25 points ahead of Houston
County with 51 points.
“These kids have a long way
to go to catch up but they work
hard and they catch up quickly,”
said Perry head coach Randy
Moss.
game/’ said Chance.
Fatina Stripling hit two free
throws in the final seconds of
the game to give the Lady
Panthers their final total of 54
points. Perry outscored Jones
County in the beginning three
quarters but lost the fourth
quarter 8-12.
The important factors for
Perry, and with any team play
ing in a close basketball game,
was that they held the lead in
the last minutes of the game
and made their free throws at
the end.
“The one thing I was very
pleased with, even with the loss
to Monticello, was the 1-3-1
For more information, call 929-1916 or see
the recreation and park website at www.wam
er-robins.org.
YMCA Aerobics - Houston County YMCA
is offering Aerobics from 9 to 10 a.m. every
Tuesday at the YMCA Creative Arts Center.
For more information, call 922-2566 or
email ymca@hom.net.
YMCA Power Yoga - Houston County
YMCA is offering flower Yoga from 9 to 10 a.m.
, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the YMCA
Creative Arts Center.
No evening classes will be held on Friday.
For more information, call 922-2566 or
email ymca@hom.net.
YMCA Senior-Cise - Houston County
YMCA is offering Senior-Cise from 9 to 10
a.m. every Thursday at the YMCA on Russell
Parkway.
For more information, call 922-2566 or
email ymca@hom.net.
YMCA Water Aerobics - Houston County
YMCA is offering Water Aerobics from 10:30
to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and ,
7:45 to 8:45 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday
at the Warner Robins Aquanauts Pool.
According to Moss, the team
is going through a rebuilding
phase as most of the team mem
bers are seasoned athletes but
are still fairly new to wrestling.
Part of that rebuilding process
was exposing the junior varsity
team members to varsity level
competition. While the winning
team, North Gwinnett, finished
the meet with 193 points the
Perry junior varsity squad did
well to finish with nine points
from only seven young
wrestlers.
Finishing in last place with 26
points, the Houston County
team had one podium finish in
Hilton. On average, the
defense,” said Chance who had
not utilized the defense in quite
some time.
The defense proved effective
throughout the entire tourna
ment while the tournament
proved effective in testing the
defensive scheme.
The 55-41 loss that set the
“yucky” tone for the Lady
Panthers’ tournament came
against a strong AA Monticello
team. By the end of the first
half the Lady Hurricanes had
outscore the Lady Panthers 38-
20. None of the Lady Panthers
finished the game in double
digit land.
“We missed out lay-ups and
December 24,2002
For more information, call 922-2566 or
email ymca@hom.net.
■ MMIIN.MTS
YMCA Karate - Houston County YMCA is
offering Traditional Okinawan Karate classes
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday at tfie YMCA Office on Rusßel)
Parkway.
Registration is currently underway. The
science of Gojo Ryu Karate classes will focus
on strict discipline, self-control, realism and
fitness. Participants must be 6 years of age.
For more information, call 922-2566 or
email ymca@hom.net.
■ DOTBOORS
Fly Fishing Retreat - Mercer University
School of Medicine is holding registration for
the 2003 Casting for Confidence fly fishing
retreat for breast cancer survivors.
There is no charge to attend and it will take
place on Saturday, April 26, 2003 in Forsyth.
The day-long retreat is designed to intro
duce the sport of fly fishing and is on a first
come, first serve basis.
For more information, call 478-301-4035 or
email piskurich j@mercer.edu.
Varsity Sports Calendar
Monday
Basketball
County Bear Brawl
Holiday Tournament
Boys Championship
Warner Robins vs. Houston
County, 8:30 p.m.
Girls
Consolation
Warner Robins vs. Upson-
Lee, 4 p.m.
Championship
Houston County vs.
Timmonsville, S.C., 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 26
Basketball
Northside at Mary Persons
Tournament, Forsyth, TBA
Friday, December 27
Basketball
Houston County at Upson-
Lee Holiday Tournament,
Thomaston, TBA
Northside at Mary Persons
Tournament, Forsyth, TBA
Houston County wrestlers fin
ished anywhere from mid to the
rear of the pack.
Houston County, as did Perry,
also benefited point-wise from
bye rounds and forfeits from
other teams.
Houston County’s team does,
however, tout six freshman in
the lineup.
All three of the local teams
hope to be vastly improved by
the end of the season. Northside
looks to be a contender for team
wins and podium finishes while
Perry and Houston will contin
ue to improve from their time
on the mat as their programs
grow.
“It just lets our kids see
where they need to be in a cou
ple of years,” said Moss.
free throws,” said Chance. “We
were just a little flat.”
Monticello’s Tracy Glawson
finished the game with a team
high 18 points and hounded the
Lady Panthers the entire game.
Three of Glawson’s teammates
scored 10 points or more.
Perry did, however, hold
Monticello to just four points in
the third quarter after a few
small defensive adjustments.
While Perry outscored the Lady
Hurricanes 21-17 in the second
half, it was simply far too little
to late.
“(The tournament) just gave
us three more games to play as
a unit,” said Chance.