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* TUESDAY,
JULY 22, 2003
ON TAP
Warner Robins
National League
■ USSSA Major Division travelling
team at Orlando vs. teams (and at
times to be determined)
IN BRIEF
National captures
third in USSSA event
The Warner Robins National
League 12-and-under baseball
team completed their successful
run at the USSSA World Series
with a third-place finish.
The team finished 3-3.
“We are very proud of the
team and the trip was something
all will never forget,” said head
coach Brian Chuba. “Plus, to
bring home a trophy was icing
on the cake (as) only three tro
phies were given.”
Local bowlers excel
at Georgia Games
Congratulations go out to the
following bowlers which compet
ed in the Georgia Games in
Atlanta this past weekend:
Jessica McAlister from Robins
Air Force Base Lanes she
won a gold medal; Noel Lynn
from Gold Cup on Russell who
also won gold; Kady Mcßight,
also from Robins, bronze medal
ist and senior bowler Lloyd Britt,
from Russell, silver.
WR Rec seeks
volleyball players
The Warner Robins
Recreation Department will
begin registration for the 2003
Youth Volleyball League Aug. 18
through 29 between the hours of
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program is
open to children ages 13
through 18, with an age control
date of Aug. 31. Call the center
at 929-1916 for more.
WNNG to air Falcons,
Ga. Tech games
The sports department at
WNNG 1350 AM will begin car
rying radio coverage of Atlanta
Falcons football and Georgia
Tech football starting this
August. The Falcons regular
season coverage begins Sept. 7
at 4:15 p.m. and Tech coverage
will begin Aug. 8 at 9:30 a.m.
International City
course hosts tourney
International City Golf Course
will host Bill Butler’s “Drive fro
Chrysler” Scramble Tournament
to benefit the Houston County
chapter of Habitat for Humanity
Aug. 9 starting at 9 a.m. The reg
istration fee is S4O. The prize for
a hole-in-one is a brand new
Chrysler. For more information
contact tournament director
Allen Slentz at 971-7777.
TRIVIA TRIVIAL
Quick quiz...
Who is the NBA’s all-time
leader in games played?
On this date...
1968 Arnold Palmer
became the first golfer to make a
million dollars in career earnings
after he tied for second place at
the PGA Championship.
Born on date...
July 22, 1944 Sparky Lyle:
As a relief pitcher, he won 99
games in his 16-year career. He
had a lifetime 2.88 ERA 1.23 in
World Series play.
He said it...
“Besides pride, loyalty, disci
pline, heart, and mind, confi
dence is the key to all the locks.”
Joe Paterno
Quick quiz: Robert Parish, 1,611
games over 21 seasons
A team with ‘Carriker’
Local little league
team wins state
By Josh Gordon
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS Patti
Carriker has a problem every
coach wishes they had.
As evidenced by her undefeat
ed Warner Robins American
Little League Junior Softball
team, Carriker has too much tal
ent on her team.
“It’s all kind of amazing,”
Carriker said. “The hardest
thing is that I have good players
sitting on the bench.”
After winning the district tour
nament in Macon, Carriker’s
team moved onward to Elberton
and the state playoffs, blowing
the competition away there as
well. In Elberton, the WRALL
All-Star Juniors defeated
Cartersville 5-2, Harris County
6-0, Toccoa 11-0, and Harris
County in the championship 9-1.
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Beauty still abounds, but Pine Oaks Golf Course on Robins Air Force Base is forsaking some
of its good looks temporarily while all 18 greens are reconstructed.
Greener pastures
Course on Robins Air Force Base undergoing massive upgrade
By Josh Gordon
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS
The Pine Oaks
Country Club you
have come to know is in the
midst of change.
In existence since the mid
-19405, they have recently
decided to “update” themselves
and go through a massive
transformation, digging up and
reconstructing all 18 greens.
“They’re working from the
ground up,” said pro shop
attendant Kim Norville.
“They’re replacing the dirt.
They’re redoing everything.
There’s new irrigation
Sports
“We were the only team not to
have lost a game,” Carriker said.
“In the two tournaments we’ve
outscored our opponents 59-5.”
Though the bats have been
solid thus far, Carriker credits
much of her team’s success to
stellar pitching and defense that
facilitates consistency.
“We’ve just have awesome
pitching,” Carriker said. “There
was one game, the Toccoa where
we had two strike-outs but won
11-0, so that means that the
defense did all the rest,” Carriker
said.
When a team is composed of
13-14-year-olds, because of age
difference in the players, prob
lems can arise. Carriker, howev
er, has not found this to be the
case with her bunch this season.
“We were a little concerned
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drainage for the greens. You
won’t even recognize them
from what we’ve had.
“We’re also putting new
slopes and new designs on the
green here and there,” Norville
continued. “Before the greens
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Members of the Warner Robins American Little League softball team huddle around head
coach Patti Carriker during the team’s trip to Elberton where they won the state tournament.
Next up for the squad of 13-to-14-year-olds will be the south regionals.
were averaging around 3,500
square feet and now we’re
going to be up around 5,000.”
Myriad reasons for the modi
fications exist, including the
most compelling providing
See RAFB, page 2B
South edges North in
GISA All-Star affair
Nick Campbell
HHJ Student Writer
MACON—Maybe it was the
30-minute delay before the
game started due to weather.
Maybe it was the South’s
stacked coster, Maybe it was
just bad luck.
Whatever the reason, the
North Football All-Stars could
not seem to get it together as
they fell to the South 14-6 in
the GISA Football All-Star
Game.
Neither team got off to a stel
lar start. After Brandon Melton
(Tattnall Square) got a decent
kickoff return for the North,
the two teams exchanged punts
three times.
Finally, the South’s Cole
Barfield (Terrell Academy) ran
for a first down with five min
utes left in the first quarter.
Barfield’s run was one of the
few high points in the slow
quarter, which ended with nei
ther team scoring.
The North got a spark early
in the second quarter when
Ryan Bates (Augusta Christian)
intercepted a pass, but they
were quickly forced to punt the
ball back to the South.
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GISA North and South All-Star football players mix it up during
the annual event held Friday in Macon. The South nipped the
North in the game 14-6.
Pierce, Workman support Wfestfield,
Central Fellowship effort at event
By Will Kieman
HHJ Sports Writer
MACON Tony Workman
and David Pierce couldn’t agree
on how in shape they were but
they both agreed that Friday
night’s GISA All-Star football
game was a once in a lifetime
experience.
“It’s been awesome,” Workman
a Central Fellowship graduate
said. “All the guys here are really
'We came out Monday
and Tuesday and hit
hard all day, which
was great.'
- Crisp Academy player
Shannon Napier
After holding off the South on
offense, the North looked
poised to do some damage as it
lined up in its punt return for
mation with 8:14 left in the
half.
The momentum quickly
changed, however, as the
North’s returner muffed the
punt and the South recovered
the ball on the North’s 19 yard
line.
Judd Schramm (Terrell) and
Shannon Napier (Crisp) took
over from there. Both had key
runs which helped bring the
ball to the one yard line, where
Schramm scored on 4th and
goal with 5:27 left in the half to
put the South on the board.
Chad Gallahan’s extra point
was good and the South took a
See GISA, page 4B
nice and really cool.”
“I’d say we’re in pretty good
shape. We’ve worked real hard.”
Workman played nose guard
and offensive tackle for the South
All-Stars. Workman’s teammate,
Pierce representing Westfield
played guard and linebacker.
Maybe, Pierce was exhausted
because linebacker’s run around
more so than a lineman
See EFFORT, page 4B
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