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OCTOBER 21, 2003
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Warner Robins-Perry
recreation football
Today
■ Bengals at Steelers (Mite), 6
p.m., Perkins
■ Chargers at Express (Mite),
7:30 p.m., Perkins
■ Falcons at Showboats
(Midget), 6:30 p.m.
■ Bandits at Broncos (Mighty), 6
p.m.
■ Cowboys at Titans (Mighty),
7:30 p.m.
Warner Robins
recreation volleyball
Today
■ Straight Down at No Touch,
6:30 p.m.
■ Diggers at Spikers, 7:30 p.m.
High school football
■ Warner Robins bye
Friday
■ Pinewood at Central
Fellowship, 8 p.m.
■ Deerfield at Westfield, 8 p.m.
■ Dodge County at Perry, 8 p.m.
■ Houston County at Northside,
7:30 p.m.
BRIEF
Perry chamber to
sponsor clay shoot
The Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor a sporting
clay shoot at The Gamelands of
Henderson Village in Perry
Thursday. The cost is $25 per per
son, which includes a goodie bag,
ticket for Taste of Perry (following)
and a round of 25.
Prizes will be awarded for first,
second and third place. For more
information, call 987-1234.
Mid Georgia Senate to
hold Triple X tourney
The Middle Georgia Senate, in
conjunction with the Gold Cup
Bowling Center on Russell will the
Triple X fall competitions Oct. 31
through Nov. 2.
Entries close Oct. 31 at 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2.
For more information, pick up a
flyer at the center or call Tommy
Tomlin at 922-6097/542-3979 or
Mathis Chatfield at 328-2858/335-
6412.
Houston County YMCA
offers camp dates
The Houston County YMCA is
offering the following camp dates:
Nov. 24-26 for Thanksgiving, Dec.
22-24 and 29-31 for Christmas
break. Participants must be cur
rently enrolled in kindergarten
through 12 years old.
For more information, call 922-
2566.
Warner Robins rec
sets basketball dates
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin basketball
registration Oct. 25 from 8 a.m.
until noon.
The youth program is open to
children 5-17 with an age control
date of Dec. 31. For more informa
tion, call 929-1916.
&TRIVIAL
Quick quiz...
What was the most one-sided
rout in NFL championship history?
Born 0n...
Whitey Ford, Oct. 21, 1928: His
great years coincided with the
New York Yankees’ dominant
years. During that time, his won
lost percentage was the third best
in baseball history, and his World
Series record he pitched in 11
of them ranked first.
On this date...
1933: Oregon State and the
University of Southern California
played to a 0-0 tie in a game with
five All-Americans on the field.
He said it...
“I never exaggerate; I just
remember big.”
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Local middle school teams vie for county titles
By Don Moncrief
HHJ Sports Editor
PERRY
Perry was upset. It
was upset that its
win over Bonaire
was reported as an “upset.”
“I think
they (the
eighth-grade
football play
ers) felt it
was meant
to be,” said
Perry
eighth-grade
head coach
Randy Moss.
“I’m not try
ing to sound
cocky, but we
had beaten
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Middle school
finals
Wednesday at
McConnell-
Talbert
Stadium
■ Warner vs.
Rumble, 5 p.m.
■ Perry vs.
Tabor, 7 p.m.
them earlier. ■■■
“We knew we had to play
our best,” he added. “After
all, they were the No. 1 seed
(the Panthers entered the
middle school tournament
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Warner Robins’ Alton Sanders turns the corner during a practice at the school Oct. 13. The Demons runner
is having success running the ball but at times hasn’t always gotten the ball to bounce in his direction.
Warner Robins’ Sanders takes bad breaks in stride
By Josh Gordon
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS
The radio commen
tary injected pur
pose into the
brisk, Thursday night air.
Mike Davis of WNNG
1350 in Warner Robins
just announced that
Warner Robins’ junior
running back Alton
Sanders clicked off anoth
er long run, this one esti
mated at 67-yards. But
wait, there’s some laundry
Eagles show versatility;
Atlanta paper doesn't
Normally
Northside is a
spread offense
that runs the ball effec
tively out of the shotgun
formation. However, the
Eagles showed versatility
against Mt. Zion Friday
night as they ran at least
one third of their plays
out of the I formation
with two wide receivers
and a tight end.
While Northside was
not particularly success
ful out of this formation,
that may be due to Mt.
Zion’s speed laterally on
defense.
The Eagles, though in
the I, tried to run lateral
ly often but found them
selves unable to do so.
When they lined up in a
four receiver formation
Sports
last week at No. 4). (But)
they just knew if they
played up to their abilities,
they had a chance to win.”
Next up for Perry, a school
which started the year 1-2
but has since rolled off four
straight wins, is Tabor. The
two will play in the eighth
grade championship game
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at
McConnell-Talbert
Stadium.
The Panthers beat the
Tigers during the regular
season but said Moss: “They
were beating us 18-12 going
into the fourth quarter.
“They had a couple of
mishaps,” he added. “They
threw an interception and
had a couple of other
turnovers to help us win. I
think the final was 34-18
but the score didn’t exactly
reflect how things went.
They had our backs to the
See MIDDLE, page 3B
Undeterred
on the field. Another yel
low flag breaks the monot
ony of green and white
lines. Block in the back.
Sanders has another long
play nullified by a penalty.
“He had that 67-yard
run called back on what
was a questionable call,”
Demon head coach Robby
Pruitt said. “He’s proba
bly had 300 yards in runs
called back. He had a 10-
to 20-yard sweep in that
same game called back.
He’s faced some adversi
PREP notebook
Compiled by Josh Gordon
out of shotgun they were
extremely successful in
the waning moments of
the game. Perhaps the
Eagles will run more I
formation as the year
progresses.
A J C NOT
IMPRESSED: High
school football columnist
from The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution,
Curtis Bunn, was serious
ly unimpressed with
Northside’s performance
on the road against Mt.
Zion Friday.
“The Eagles had the
numbers B6 players
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Perry’s John Hughes (56) tries to make a hole for the Panthers’ runner during the team’s
semifinal game against Bonaire Oct. 15. Perry wil play Tabor in the finals Wednesday.
ty.”
Despite the disappoint
ment of having long runs
blanked out of the stat
sheet Sanders has man
aged to keep his head
about him, becoming more
mature with each new cre
ative way to cancel out his
efforts.
“The first couple of
times it happened I was
disappointed,” Sanders
said. “But now after a
while I kind of expect
See SANDERS, page 3B
Shelton from the storm
Westfield’s Nick
Shelton runs
during the GISA
state AAA cross
country meet
Saturday at
Stratford. The
Hornets were
one short of
being able to
compete as a
team. As far as
Shelton, he fin
ished better
than middle of
the pack and in a
personal victory,
came in ahead
of the runner
which beat him
at the region
tournament ear
lier. For more,
see page 38.
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INSIDE W%
■ Rec football
standings
See 2B
Nick Campbell
HHJ Student Writer
World Series
matchup lacks
excitement
It’s hard to find two
baseball series as
wacky and intense as
last week’s. High hopes for
a Red Sox-Cubs World
Series were shot down.
There was chaos on the
field. A fan may never be
able to live in Chicago
again. But the games them
selves were classic.
After the Braves got put
out, I turned my allegiance
to the Cubs and Red Sox for
a variety of reasons. First
and foremost, if the Cubs
won the World Series, it
would not make the Braves’
loss look quite so bad.
Second, I do not like the
Marlins or the Yankees. I
think it was wrong for the
Marlins to “buy” their
World Series by stacking
their roster full of the best
players money could buy in
the 19905. And I simply do
not like the Yankees at all.
Third, if both teams got to
the World Series, one of
them would break a curse.
Although I’m not a firm
believer in curses, I’ve got
to say that the Cubs’ curse
sounds just a little more
ridiculous than the curse on
Boston.
See CAMPBELL, page 2B
HoCo falls at
Area tourney
By Don Moncrief
HHJ Sports Editor
Houston County’s volley
ball team fell short of its bid
to advance past the Area
tournament and into the
Sectionals Saturday at
Eagle’s Landing.
The Lady Bears lost three
games in their opener to
Morrow 2fl-25, 15-25 and
13-25 and fell into the
losers’ bracket of the dou
ble-elimination tourna
ment.
They then faced
Jonesboro and took them to
five games. They lost the
first two and then won a
pair 25-19 and 25-23.
They lost 15-10 in the
See VOLLEY, page 2B