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High school baseball
Monday
■ Windsor 19, Central
Fellowship 2
High school tennis
Monday
■ Southland boys 5, Westfield
0
■ Westfield girls 3, Southland
2
■ First Presbyterian Day boys
5, Central Fellowship 0
■ First Presbyterian Day girls
5, Central Fellowship 0
High school soccer
Monday
■ Tift County girls 3, Northside
0
■ Northside boys 1, Tift
County 1
■ Monroe Academy girls 8,
Central Fellowship 0
ON TAP
High school sports
Today
■ BB - Perry at West Laurens,
5 p.m.
■ GF - Central at Northside
(the Landings), 3:30 p.m.
■ TR - Central Fellowship at
First Presbyterian Day, 3:30
p.m.
Thursday
■ BB - Mount de Sales at
Westfield, 6:30 p.m.
■ BB - Central Fellowship at
Trinity Christian, 4 p.m.
■ TN - Warner Robins at
Dublin, 4 p.m.
■ TN - Perry at Northeast,
4:30 p.m.
■ TN - Houston County at
Northside, 3:15 p.m.
■ TN - Stratford at Central
Fellowship, 3:30 p.m.
■ GF - Warner Robins at
Houston County (the Landings)
(girls only), 3:30 p.m.
■ TR - Houston County at
Crawford (versus it and
Hawkinsville), 4 p.m.
■ TR - Perry and Westside at
Warner Robins, TBA
■ TR - Northside at Bleckley
County, 4 p.m.
Friday
■ BB - Westfield at Southland,
4 p.m.
■ BB - Houston County at
Warner Robins, 7 p.m.
■ BB - Americus at Perry, 7
p.m.
■ BB - Peach County at
Northside, 5:45 p.m.
■ SC - Northside girls and
boys at Hardaway, 5:30 p.m.
■ SC - Warner Robins girls
and boys at Houston County, 5
p.m./7 p.m.
■ SC - Perry girls and boys at
Spalding, 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
Key: BB = baseball; TN = tennis;
SC = soccer; 6F = golt; TR = track
IN BRIEF
NASCAR rate at
Bumper to Bumper
The Bumper to Bumper
Evernham Motorsports show
car will be on display Friday
from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the
Bumper to Bumper auto
parts store in Warner Robins.
The store is located at 1758
Watson Blvd. (in the Stantom
Plaza shopping center).
Also on display, according
to a release, will be assorted
items, such as catch and fuel
cans, used by the crew.
Student!aoity to
meet in Perry venue
Perry High School will hold
its student versus faculty bas
ketball game March 22 at the
school. The girls’ contest is
slated to begin at 6:30 p.m.
followed by the boys at 7:30
p.m.
There will also be a slam
dunk contest in between
games.
IHIVIA r TRIVIAL
He said it...
‘The only time dose counts is
in horseshoes and dancing.’’
- Fred Haney
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 16, 2005
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Westfield’s Duane Hunter looks on from the sidelines in a game earlier this year. The Hornets’
head basketball coach has tendered his resignation to the school.
Hunter tenders resignation
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
PERRY - Westfield will
have a new boys head bas
ketball coach when the sea
son rolls around again.
Duane Hunter, who has
been with the school for
approximately six years,
announced this past week he
has resigned the position.
“I was very happy and had
not heard any complaints
from the parents, kids or
administration,” he said. “I
just wanted to spend more
time with my two young
kids who are 3 and 6.
“I think being a father is
a very important thing and I
was not getting to do that.”
He added that he had hoped
to stay with the school, keep
assisting in football and con
tinue to teach there - he
teaches AP psychology, gov
ernment/economics and sev
enth-grade social studies.
“But (I) did not want to
take a teaching position if
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Warner Robins’ Kathryn Lanier tees off at the Landings Monday while teammates and
Northside golfers look on in the background during the two teams’ match Monday. For the
girls, the Demonettes shot 95 to beat the Lady Eagles who shot 118. In the boys’ matchup,
Warner Robins also won 151 to 198. For individual results, see 28.
Sports
1 was very happy and had not heard any
complaints from the parents, kids or
admtaistration. I just wanted to spend
more time with my two young kids who
are 3 and 6.'
- Now former Westfield boys head basketball coach Duane Hunter
they needed it for a coach,”
he said. “I was hoping we
could work something out.
“After trying to work
something out where I could
stay (however) Dr. (Michael)
Franklin (the school’s head
master) let me know that
they were not going to be
able to work anything out.”
Hunter was not sure about
his overall record for the
Hornets, but he hasn’t for
gotten championships won.
Westfield won two regular
season and two postseason
region titles under his lead
ership.
Kathryn the great
One of his favorite memo
ries is of taking a team to the
Final Four in Milledgeville,
but they run much deeper
than that.
“I always say one of the
funniest parts of coaching
is that you have different
people stand out each year,”
he said. “You really don’t
remember the years but
instead you remember the
players you had that year.”
As far as his future, he
said he would seek another
teaching position elsewhere
or that he “might be willing
See HUNTER, page 2B
HoCo rallies for win
over Jones County
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
Monday, Brian
Wilkerson became a
pitcher.'
OK, anybody whose ever
watched
him throw
or ever
stepped
up to the
plate and
fanned at
his fastball
knows the
Houston
County
hurler is
HEARS
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Houston
County 4,
Jones County 3
every bit a pitcher.
It’s just that in the Bears’
4-3 home win over Jones
County - Wilkerson’s
third win with no losses,
and he pitched a complete
game - he was even more
so.
“They (the Greyhounds)
had a good approach to
him, ” said Houston County
head coach Andy Gentry
whose team improved to
6-1. “He threw 26 pitches
in the first inning alone.
“He was pumping it up
there pretty hard and they
were looking for it.”
As a result, Gentry said
Wilkerson changed his
approach, such as throw
ing off-speed stuff early in
the count and then bring
ing the heater later.
“It really forced him
to be more of a pitch
er,” Gentry said. “He can
always get his fastball past
anybody, but he’s going
to need that (change of
pace) when we start play
Sixth Inning agnin turns
nwgh in Panthers’ defeat
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY - The Panthers
need to figure out how to
skip the sixth inning.
They
were lead
ing Crisp
County 8-
5 Friday
and with
two outs in
that inning,
commit
ted enough
runs in the
m' '
Dublin 4,
Perry 1
frame to allow Crisp to
take a 11-8 lead. Perry
went on to lose the game
11-9.
Against Dublin at
home Monday night, the
Panthers were playing
the Fighting Irish even
through five but in the
fateful six, committed two
errors that allowed three
unearned runs.
Dublin went on to
win 4-1, adding another
Local anglers fare well at
Crappie USA tournament
Special to the HHJ
Houston County had
several of its anglers rise
to the top like a bobber
during the Crappie USA
tournament held this past
weekend on West Point
Lake near LaGrange.
Rick Howard of Warner
Robins, who was teamed
up with Steve Deason of
Gray in the semi-pro divi
sion, finished fourth at
the “Super Mega Bucks”
event, which not only
offered contestants a shot
at SIO,OOO plus prizes, but
also gave them a chance
to advance to the Cabela
SECTION
B
'We had a couple
of those where
we threw the
ball around a
little bit...
mishaps, but
nothing where
the runners
were able to
advance.'
- Houston County baseball
head coach Andy Gentry
ing some of these region
teams.”
The difference in the
ballgame, Gentry said,
turned out to be errors.
Jones County made a
bunch. The Bears didn’t
make any, or at least
recordable ones.
“We played solid
defense,” he said. “We
had a couple of those
where we threw the ball
around a little bit ... mis
haps, but nothing where
the runners were able to
advance.”
Houston County, which
trailed 2-0 heading into
the third inning, also ben
efited from the bottom two
in the lineup, Joe Vasquez
and Chase Brown. They
have developed a trend
of doing that consistently,
Gentry added.
Both picked up three
See RALLIES, page 3B
unearned run in its half of
the seventh.
It was Josh Stewart’s
first start of the season
for Perry (1-4). He had
been slowed by an ankle
sprain.
Perry head coach Shawn
Masters had Stewart on a
pitch count.
“We were going to take
him out after he reached
75,” Masters said. “Stew
has proven himself as a
starter.”
Seth Reber came on to
pitch the sixth just as he
did in the Crisp game and
just like in that one, the
Panthers’ defense became
offensive.
“They did hurt them
selves,” said Dublin head
coach Williams Barham.
“When their lefty went
out, it looked like they
lost some of their confi
dence.”
Added Masters: “We
See SIXTH, page 3B
Crappie USA Classic in
September on Indiana’s
Patoka Lake.
The two brought in a
catch of 9.36 pounds and
received SSOO as a result.
They, according to a
release, are also a “team
to contend with in 2005.”
“Steve and Rick have
developed their technique
of pulling double rigs
which have placed them
in the money several
times already this year,”
the release stated. “They
were using junebug/char
treuse rigs tipped with
See ANGLERS, page 2B