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S THURSDAY,
JULY 10, 2003
ON TAP
Warner Robins American Little
League
State tourney
Saturday
■ Minor and Major teams at
Danielsville vs. teams (and times)
to be determined
■ Junior team at Elberton (through
Sunday) vs. teams (and times) to
be determined
Warner Robins National League
USSSA tourney
Saturday
■ Girls softball at Perry vs. teams
(and times) to be determined
IN BRIEF
WR Rec to hold
sports sign-ups
Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin registra
tion for the youth football/cheer
leading program starting July 19.
Registration will run from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. on that day and
continue Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost to
play football is SSO (city resi
dent), $lO3 (county) and $177
(out of county). For cheerleading
it’s: $75 (city), SIOO (county) and
$l2O (out of county).
Houston Lake club to
host Ruick Scramble
Houston Lake Country Club will
host the Buick Scramble
Saturday. Call their Pro Shop at
218-5252 for more information or
to sign up.
They will also have “couples”
golf Friday and July 18 with a
shotgun start at 6 p.m. and dinner
following play. Call the Pro Shop
to sign up for that one as well.
Perry rec department
signing up for tootbaU
Perry Recreation Department is
currently holding registration for
football, ages 5 through 12 from
now through Friday. The cost is
S7O for city residents, sllO for
county. Call 988-2860 for more
information.
Pete Rose to make
appearance in Macon
Pete Rose, who played for the
Macon Peaches in 1962, will be
returning to his old stomping
grounds July 24.
He is scheduled to address the
crowd and throw out the first pitch
at 7:05 p.m. During his season
with the Peaches, he led the
league in runs scored and triples.
He batted .330 and had a .966
fielding average that year.
Single game tickets for the
event cost $lO for box seats and
$7 for general admission. More
information can be obtained by
calling them at 742-1717.
TRIVIA TRIVIAL
Quick quiz...
Who was the youngest player
ever to appear in a Major
League Baseball game?
Born on date...
Jqjy 10, 1943 Arthur Ashe:
Won the U.S. Singles in 1968,
the first black player to do so.
Seven years later, in a stunning
upset, he demolished No. 1
ranked Jimmy Connors at
Wimbledon.
On this date...
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson
was defeated for only the sec
ond time in 133 fights as Randy
Turpin took the middleweight
crown.
He said it...
“Adversity cause some men to
break; others to break records.”
William A. Ward
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Vltarner Robins West beats East for dtetrict title
By Will Kieman
HHJ Sports Writer
MACON Warner Robins’
American West All-Stars
defeated the East All-Stars 6-0
Tuesday evening at Bloomfield
Park. That was just the first
inning.
During
the last five
innings,
the East
won 2-1
but the
damage
was done
INSIDE
WRALL East
beats West in
Junior baseball to
set up “if” game
See 3B
and the West ended the day
with the District 5 Major cham
pionship in hand.
“We’ve got the hittin, the
pitchin and the defense is
solid,” West assistant coach
Bruce Scott said.
“We have a well rounded
team. This is the third year in a
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Scott Palmer, left, instructs a groundskeeper at Houston Lake Country Club Tuesday. As golf course superintendent, Palmer
believes his knowledge of different cuts and types of grass will go a long way as he prepares to compete at the 82nd annual
Georgia Amateur Championship in Kennesaw beginning today.
Perry golfers to compete at 82nd amateur championship
By Josh Gordon
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY Two Perry golfers
have been chosen to partici
pate in the 82nd annual
Georgia Amateur
Championship at Pinetree
Country Club in Kennesaw
today through Sunday.
Tracy Stephens, 43, and
Scott Palmer, 44, finished in
the top seven at their qualify
ing tournament held at
Hawkinsville’s Southland
Hills.
This is Stephens’ first
Houston County's goal for summer
baseball was simple: Feed the Bears
By Josh Gordon
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS
Houston County
finished up their
summer baseball with a new
coach and a lot of encourage
ment.
Assistant baseball coach
Fort Halstead understands
the importance of high school
baseball in the summer.
“You need to have a good
summer to feed your pro
gram,” Halstead said. “You
have to play to get better, and
that’s what we did.”
Halstead was encouraged by
row that
we’re going
to state.”
Scott and
head coach
Ron
McArthur
knew the
five hits
and six
runs were a
nice cush
ion but
understood
the East’s
ability to
comeback.
“They’re
a good
team. We feared them. They are
solid,” Scott noted.
The East, after committing
three errors in the first inning,
did come back... defensively.
The East effectively shutdown
The 'other' Palmer
’I already exceeded my expectations. I just
tried to make the cut so coming hi second
place was a lot more than what my goals
were. Now I just want to get out there and
go have some fun.'
- Perry golfer Tracy Stephens
attempt to qualify and he
made things easier on himself
by placing second at Southland
Hills shooting a one-under 71.
’You need to have a
good summer to feed
your program. You
have to play to get
better, and than
what we did.'
- Houston County baseball
assistant head coach
Fort Halstead
his team’s performance in
three different tournaments
in the early summer months.
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the West’s offense and commit
ted no other errors. The West
had just four hits after the first
inning, of which only one run
was scored.
“We gave them that game,”
East head coach Mike Black
said.
“Most of their runs scored in
that inning were from errors.”
The East’s offensive produc
tion was scant but take away
the six runs of the first inning
and it would have been enough.
“In true life, we won that
game 2-1,” Black said.
“Once we got past that first
inning we shut em down. We
beat them 2-1 but they beat us
6-0 in the first inning.”
Tyler Brooks singled on base
in the first inning, and was bat
ted in by Jeffrey Thompson.
Brandon Black capped the
See WEST, page 3B
“Yeah, I get to go to the big
dance,” Stephens said. “I did
pretty good down there, it’s
the first year I’ve tried it and I
The Bears participated in
tournament held in Perry,
Parkview, and at Lowndes.
“I don’t remember how we
did at Lowndes, but we were
3-3 at Parkview and 4-2 at
Perry,” Halstead said.
Among the encouraging
signs for the summer was
ninth grader Brad Jackson.
According to Halstead
Jackson, a center fielder,
learned a great deal in a short
amount of time.
“He has no varsity experi
ence other summer ball,”
Halstead said.
See BEARS, page 3B
HHJ/Will Kieman
Warner Robins American Little League East All-Star pitcher
Tyler Brooks looks on, as his throw to first basemen Jeffrey
Thompson catches the West's Kevin Gifford. Despite playing
strong for the last five innings, six runs allowed in the first
handed the East a 7-2 loss Tuesday afternoon at Bloomfield
Park.
thought I’d give it a shot.
“I just thought I would give
it a shot,” he continued about
how he came to try out for the
tournament. “I’m a pretty
competitive guy, always have
been, and it has worked out
well.”
Stephens believes he has
already surpassed his original
expectations simply by qualify
ing for the tournament.
“I already exceeded my
expectations,” Stephens said.
“I just tried to make the cut so
See GOLFERS, page 3B
Harvick perfect at Chicagoland
Kevin Harvick won’t be
surprising anybody
Sunday (2:30 p.m. on
NBC) when racing continues at
Chicagoland.
There have been two Winston
Cup races there. He’s won them
both.
Last year he even did it with
style. He spun out with 67 laps
remaining, ended up back in the
pack but still came back to win.
“There’s a good story in
that,” Harvick said in a
NASCAR release Tuesday.
“Something for the fans to pay
attention to. If someone goes
out and kicks the field’s butt all
day long and ends up winning
by a straightaway, nobody really
remembers what happened.
“That was really the only
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Don Moncrief
Sports Editor
donm@evansnewspapers.com
Sports, spouse
join to form a
perfect union
My youngest daughter
just turned 5. I’m
getting old.
My oldest son’s wife just gave
birth to a bouncy baby boy.
I am old.
My car broke.
It’s getting old.
My wife and I celebrated 25
years of marriage Monday.
It never gets old.
My life: Over the course of
the past two weeks.
Just to elaborate. The little
one wanted a Pokemon birth
day cake versus something girl
ish.
The daughter-in-law could
have scored on anybody from
fourth-and-inches when she
was in the throes of labor.
When you buy a battery,
make sure you ask about the
warranty. Especially “if” you
buy from a major department
store, which doesn’t specialize
in that sort of thing, doesn’t
keep the information on com
puter and doesn’t care to help
you if you don’t have a receipt.
And when it comes to a
healthy marriage, sports are
critical.
You can learn more in a
three-hour baseball game than
six months with a marriage
counselor. Consider this: It’s
OK to argue.
See MONCRIEF, page 2B
NASCAR Notebook
Compiled by Don Moncrief
thing that people remember -
me spinning out in the grass
and coming back to win the
race.”
OK, so maybe they remember
it even more now that it’s been
made into a commercial shown
See HARVICK, page 2B
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