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Warner Robins American
Little League
Major League
Heat 6, Riptide 5
Summary: The Heat’s Taylor
Campbell didn't give up a hit
on the mound while helping
herself at the plate. She hit an
inside-the-park home run. The
big blow, however, turned out
to be China Harkins single in
the sixth inning that brought in
both the tying and go-ahead
runs.
Minor League
Thunder 17, Heat 14
TH: 304 55- 17
HT:34 1 51-14
WP: Morgan Whaley. Leading
hitters: Morgan Whaley 1-1,
3B; Caitlyn Parker 1-2, 2B;
Carson Carriker 1-1; Kailyn
Phillips 1-1. Heat: Kaitlyn
Haynes 3-3, 2HR; Jessie
Horne 1-3, HR.
Coaches/Msistants: Please cal In your
scores at 887-1823 Ext. 281,
387-8811 or 256-8127
ON TAP
High school sports
Thursday-Saturday
■ TR - AAAA state at
Jeffersonville (boys only), TBA
Thursday
■ BB - AAAAA state, HC vs.
TBD
Key: BB = baseball; TN = tennis;
8C = soccer; GF = golf; TR = track
IN BRIEF
Perry staff fa conduct
baseball camp
Perry High School head
baseball coach Shawn Masters
and his staff will conduct a
baseball camp for children 6-
12 June 13-16-8 a.m.-3 p.m.
each day - at the school.
The cost is $75, which
includes an event-specific T
shirt. Contact Masters at 988-
6313 or 988-6319 for more
information.
Fraternities te meet in
basketball challenge
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity
and Omega Gamma Gamma
chapter will face off against
Pearl Stephens Elementary
and Rumble Middle School
teachers and staff in a bas
ketball challenge at 11 a.m.,
Saturday at Rumble Middle
School.
Admission is can goods
and/or donations, which will go
toward the Omega food drive.
Demon touchdown club
to hold golf tourney
The Warner Robins High
School Touchdown Club
will holld its second annual
golf tournament May 21 at
Waterford Golf Club.
Start time for the scramble
format is 1 p.m. The registra
tion deadline is May 18.
The entry fee is SIOO which
includes cart caddy (a Demons
football player) fee and lunch.
Prizes will be awarded and
tourney sponsorship is avail
able. Contact Tommy Wood
at 328-7533 or e-mail Warner
Robins athletics director Bryan
Way at bway@hcbe.net for
more information.
Houston County to
bold softball camp
Houston County will host its
Second Annual HCHS Lady
Bears softball camp June 13-
16. Coaches Tiffany Tootle
and Tara Asbill from Columbus
State, and former Lady Bear
Jaclyn Kaylor, who plays for
Georgia Southern, will con
duct the camp, along with
Houston County head coach
Cristi Griffin.
The cost is S6O per player
for early registration and $65
per player after June 3.
The camp is for girls ages
7-14 and goes from 9 a.m.
until noon each day. Call Cristi
Griffin at 953-9719 or e-mail
her at cgriffin@hcbe.net for
more.
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 11, 2005
Panthers begin spring football session
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY - The Panthers
will be spending their spring
football practices working
on fundamentals.
First-year head coach
Andy Scott has installed a
new offense and says the
Panthers will work on base
offense and defense the next
10 practice days.
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Kaiser has inserted the
wishbone and Scott says the
Panthers have the quarter
back who can run it.
“We’re very lucky. We
have Josh O’Neal and he’s
smart,” Scott said. “You’ve
got to have somebody who
is smart and can read the
defense’s weakness.”
While working on the
basics, the Panthers will
also be learning what their
new coach expects.
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Some of Northside’s newest members look on during an intense drill pitting the offensive line against the defense
as the Eagles began their two-week spring training session Monday at the school. Stay tuned for more from the
Northside camp as well as from other schools around the county.
HoCo's Ray-Donee Jones signs with Abraham Baldwin
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Houston
County senior shooting guard Ray-
Donee Jones signed Monday to play
basketball for Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College.
“I relied on her for scoring and for
defense,” said Lady Bears head coach
Sid Baxley. “She probably was the
best help-side defender we had.”
Jones joined the varsity squad her
sophomore year and lettered each sea
son. She started her junior year.
She said she got her name, Ray-
Donee, from a movie, and her moth
er confirmed she was watching Rae
Dawn Chong in “Commando” with
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Although she doesn’t don comman
do gear, Jones has terrorized defenses
since she began playing 10 years ago.
Basketball is her sport of choice, and
shooting guard his her preferred posi
tion.
“I’ve tried other sports,” Jones said,
“but for me, basketball has always
been my favorite.
“When I was a freshman, I learned
that I was more of a person who
moved to the ball.”
ABAC head coach Julie Conner said
the first time she heard about Jones,
coaches who had played Houston
County talked about her.
“I got to see her play in the region
tournament,” Conner said. “She’s a
great player ... and will be used mainly
as a shooting guard.”
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HHJ Joe Sereey
Perry assistant coach Blake Carruthers works with the offensive line during spring
practice Monday at the school.
‘We have to do that?’
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Houston County’s Ray-Donee Jones, sitting, signs a letter of intent to play
basketball while, from left, Lady Bears head coach Sid Baxley, mother
Jackie Statum and ABAC head coach Julie Conner look on. Conner said she
has signed seven freshmen and has nine returning players.
1 got to see her play in the region tournament.
She's a great player... and will be used mainly as a
shooting guard.'
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College girls head basketball coach Julie Conner, on Houston
County's Ray-Donee Jones
Jones said she picked ABAC for its “I really liked the coach. She just
atmosphere. See JONES, page 9A
PAGE 7A
Sans becomes
Peppy's new
softball coach
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
PERRY - Perry’s fast
pitch softball coach
Christie Wheeless is
stepping
down and
Warner
Robins '§;■
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softball ■’*: f
coach
Jeff Sans
is coming
over to
take the SANS
reins.
Sans
taught at Central
Fellowship for 10 years
before going to Parkview
Middle School to teach
in its special education
department.
During his tenure at
Central Fellowship, he
coached the baseball team
for eight years and the
fast-pitch team his final
two.
“At first I didn’t have
a job,” Sans said. “Coach
(Bryan) Way offered me
a coaching position and
asked if I could coach two
sports. I picked baseball
and softball.”
Sans says Perry head
coach Andy Scott then
called him later about the
head softball coach posi
tion.
“Sandy Smith (the
Panthers’ quarterback
coach) told me that if I
ever needed somebody, I
should give Sans a call,”
Scott said.
His first job, Sans says
is to find a replacement
for pitching star Amanda
Tucker and solidify the
defense with the depar
ture of standouts Ashley
Fairfax and Leslie
Hendrix.
“I’m excited to have
some girls who can play,”
Sans said. “Our goal is to
win, whether it’s my first
year or 20th.”
Lome Tucker, who
worked with Wheeless,
will return to help with
the pitchers and catchers.
Wheeless coached the
See SANS, page 9A
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Don Moncrief
HHJ Sports Editor
donm@evaasnewspapers.com
Sometimes a
picture is worth a
thousand 'nerds'
I was a cute kid, no
doubt about it.
I mean look at the
picture (the youth base
ball one, next page). I’m
third from the left on the
front row.
See? Cute.
OK, so maybe I had a
Dumbo ears. That was
taken- care of later on
when, as a teen-ager, my
nose started growing (the
chain reaction where, as
one thing shrinks another
grows ... i.e. chest-belly).
And, do you see I have
hair? I have hair! Had
hair. And my arms. I look
like Popeye compared to
most of the other kids.
(Note also the veins on
See MONCRIEF, page 8A