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Professional baseball
Today
■ Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05
p.m., TS
Wednesday
■ Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05
p.m., FSS
Thursday
■ Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 12:35
p.m., TBS
Friday
■ New York at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.,
TS
IN BRIEF
WR rec sets signups
for fall softball league
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin team regis
tration for the Fall softball league
Aug. 9-10 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at
the center.
The first 28 co-ed and first 21
men’s teams only will be signed
up. Participants must be 16 or
older by Sept. 1 to play. For more
information, call 929-1914 or 1916.
HoCo school to have
volleyball tryouts
Houston County High School
will hold volleyball tryouts
Tuesday-Thursday from 5 p.m. to
7 p.m., at the school. For more
information, call 988-6339.
PJL seeking aid for
World Series trip
The Perry Junior League 9-10-
year-old All-Stars are currently
seeking help from the community
in raising money for its World
Series trip July 31.
Anyone wishing to contribute
should contact assistant coach
Terry Hammerle at 987-3849 or
Jane Klusman at 987-2204 or 955-
3192 (cell phone).
CGSA to hold open
registration Saturday
The Central Georgia Soccer
Association will hold its open regis
tration Saturday at the Galleria Mall
between 1 and 5 p.m.
Football, cheerleading
signups continue
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department is continuing to regis
ter for youth football and cheer
leading.
Parents can register their chil
dren throughout the week,
Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. until leagues are
filled. The programs are open for
boys and girls ages 5 to 12.
The age control date is Aug. 31,
and a birth certificate is required at
registration if not already on file.
Participants must also have the
required fee at the time of registra
tion. The football fee for children
living in the city is SSO, $l3O in
county and $177 for out of county.
The cheerleading city resident
fee is $75, SIOO for county and
$l2O for out of county. For more
information, call 929-1916.
TRIVIA
Quick quiz...
In 1912, the Olympic Greco-
Roman wrestling match in
Stockholm between Finn Alfred
Asikainen and Russian Martin
Klein lasted how long?
On this date...
1948 - Babe Ruth was seen by
the public for the last time, when
he attended the New York City pre
miere of the the motion picture,
"The Babe Ruth Story."
Born 0n...
1906, Leo Durocher - He man
aged four teams - the Brooklyn
Dodgers, New York Giants,
Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros
- for a total of 24 years. In only five
of those, was the team below .500.
He said it...
“(Alex) Karras has a lot of class.
And all of it is third.”
- Mike Ditka
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TUESDAY,
JULY 27, 2004
WRALL Juniors no-hit way to state title
Minor East boys finish runner-up
By Don Moncrief
HHJ Sports Editor
As if outscoring oppo
nents 63-1 since the dis
trict tournament wasn’t
enough, Warner Robins
American Little League’s
Junior softball team decid
ed to add an exclamation
mark.
The local fast pitch All-
Stars won the state tourna
ment in their age group.
They did it with a 14-0 win
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HHJ Don Moncrief
Perry High School head cheerleading coach Love Burnsed faces Perry Middle School’s eighth-grade cheer
leading class as she instructs them during a stunt clinic held at PMS Friday.
Perry Middle School holds cheer stunt clinic
By Don Moncrief
HHJ Sports Editor
PERRY - Perry Middle
School’s eighth-grade
cheerleading squad com
mitted the ultimate “no
no” Friday.
They dropped a team
mate while lifting her as
part of a pyramid. The vic
tim, Chelsea Swartz, just
picked herself up, brushed
herself off and took her
place back in line.
Billingsley, Mcllwain
win Stafford tourney
By Joe Sersey
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY - Before Brian
Billingsley left home to
play in the 23rd Annual
Ron Stafford Memorial
Tournament at Houston
Lake Country Club,
Sunday, his wife gave him
his horoscope - cut from
the Sunday edition of The
Houston Home Journal.
“TAURUS - A joint
effort will succeed today,
provided no one goes on
an ego trip bout who is the
strongest player in the
endeavor. Have everyone
play a supporting role
with one another.”
Billingsley and partner
Chris Mcllwain worked
together to win the two
day, 36 hole four-ball tour
nament with a gross score
of 131, 13 strokes below
par.
“We played with team
work all weekend,” said
Mcllwain. “When one of
Sports
over host Cartersville -
bringing their total to 77-1
- and, a no-hitter to boot.
Jensen Barrett pitched
three innings, faced nine
batters and struck out
three of them. Kristin
Graham came in in relief
for the final two - the game
was called in five on the 10-
run rule. She faced six hit
ters and fanned four of
them.
“I don’t know if this is
Serious business
It's very beneficial. We can't do the
elite stuff if we can't do the
fundamentals.'
Perry Middle School eighth-grade cheerleading coach
Melissa Langston
That was hardly the end
of it, however.
The group was required
to do pushups and situps
as punishment.
'We played with
teamwork all
weekend. When
one of us was (in
trouble) the other
picked him up.'
Local golfer Chris
Mcllwain
us was (in trouble) the
other picked him up.”
Billingsley, an Air Force
staff sergeant, and
Mcllwain, a sergeant,
have worked together on
links before.
They have qualified for
the Air Force champi
onship to be held at the
Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Colo., in
September.
If they place in the top
See STAFFORD, page 3B
iVomer Robins
Little League
Georgia state tournament
■ Warner Robins American Little League
Junior
All-Stars softball 14, Cartersville 0
■ North Columbus 6, Warner Robins American
Little League Minor East baseball 3
that great of a team or the
competition has dropped
off,” said Warner Robins
American Little League
Junior coach Kim Farinelli.
“But they’re in sync what
ever it is. They’re playing
awesome.”
Such was the tone - and
the serious nature of the
offense in general - for a
stunt clinic the school
hosted to prepare for the
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HIM .!««* Sen*ey
Rick Drury hits from the 18th fairway during the 23rd
Annual Ron Stafford Memorial Tournament held this
weekend at Houston Lake Country Club.
They’re also hungry.
Three of its members,
Amber Conlon, Barrett and
Kaitlyn Carriker were
members of the WRALL
Majors team that went to
the World Series in 2002
(Carriker’s mother was one
upcoming season.
Instructed by Perry High
head cheerleading coach
Love Burnsed, the two
approximate two-hour ses
sions - one for the eighth
and one for the seventh
grade - were designed to
lay the foundation for the
future, said Perry eighth
grade cheerleading coach
Melissa Langston.
Like her counterpart,
See CHEER, page 2B
SECTION
B
of the coaches on that
team).
And, this is the same
team that was eliminated
in the first round of the
Regional last year.
Now that they’ve won
the honor to represent
Georgia, that’s exactly
where they’re headed
again.
“We’re hoping to go down
and do better this time,”
Farinelli said.
The team is slated to play
See STATE, page 3B
Dana Collier
Sports Writer
Glad to be
returning
to my roots
Hello! I would like to
introduce myself.
My name is Dana
Collier and I am a native of
Perry. I graduated in 1999
from Perry High School.
I enjoyed high school and
I spent my time staying
involved in extra-curricular
activities, especially athlet
ics.
I have always had a love
for sports and the outdoors.
I was active in cheerlead
ing throughout middle and
high school, where I was
part of the football and bas
ketball squad, as well as the
competition squad.
My senior year, I was
selected to be a baseball
manager for the varsity
team. I grew up playing
recreational softball and I
thoroughly enjoy the sport
of baseball and softball.
I am a huge UGA football
fan, and I also enjoy watch
ing NASCAR races.
While my friends make
fun of me, I am sure some of
the readers will as well, but
I must mention that I am
NASCAR’s past Winston
Cup Champion Tony
Stewart’s , biggest fan,
alongside my older brother
Brent.
We both bleed a mixture
of orange and white and I
make it a point to have
important events scheduled
See COLLIER, page 2B
Lady Eagles
begin laying
foundation
By Joe Sersey
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS
Northside’s fast pitch team
wrapped up its last day of
conditioning Friday.
More than 20 players
came out during the week of
voluntary workouts for the
Lady Eagles, which began
tryouts during mandatory
practices Monday.
Lady Eagles head coach
Mitch Horton has also
organized a “Buy a Brick"
fundraiser.
The team is raising the
money to build batting
cages and finish the locker
room, he said.
“When the board pur
chased the land, they also
purchased a building,"
See EAGLES, page 3B