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WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 15, 2005
SCOREBOARD
■ No scores reported
Coactes/assistants: Please cal to your
scores at 887-1823 Ext 231 (please
leave a message wttti stats - score
by toning, leadng totters - only at ttos
number) or 256-6127
ON TAP
Warner Robins Recreation
Department Youth
Youth basebail/softball
Today
■ Make-up games, as neces
sary
■ Senior M - Yankees at Blue
Jays, 6 p.m., Perkins
■ Senior M - Cardinals at A’s, 8
p.m., Perkins
Adult softball
■ Make-up games, to be deter
mined. Playoffs begin Monday.
Note: Look for brackets later
this week.
High school
Today
■ Warner Robins girls at camp
at Auburn
■ Westfield fast-pitch camp
(through Thursday)
■ Perry baseball camp (through
Thursday)
■ Houston County fast-pitch
camp (through Thursday)
Coaches: Please fax your sched
toes to 888-1181 or e-ntal them to
IN BRIEF
Warner Rollins to hold
cross country series
Warner Robins High School
will host the Middle Georgia
Gross County Summer Series
Thursday (3,000 meters), July
7 (4,000 meters) and 21 (5,000
meters on the course behind
Pearl Stephens Elementary
School.
The cost for each race is $5
and registration can be made
the day of. The venue is open
to all. Call David Erpelding at
328-3208 for more.
Nerthslde coaches to
hold wrestling camp
Northside wrestling head
coach Dan Kelly and members
of his staff will be holding the
Triple Option Wrestling camp
for those in grades 7-12, June
27-30 at First Presbyterian
Day School in Macon.
The camp will target three
levels of wrestling: Neutral,
top and bottom.
The cost is SIOO and the
camp will run daily from 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Contact Kelly at
501-2054 for more.
Northside to host
softball camp
Northside High will be offer
ing a softball camp for girls,
ages 5-12. The dates are June
20-23, from 9 a.m.-noon.
If interested, contact Vicki
Jones at 953-5619. The cost
is $55.
Sapp taking applications
tor baseball camp
The 25th Annual Robert
Sapp baseball camp is cur
rently accepting applications
for its summer session June
20-24 at Rozar Park in Perry.
The camp is scheduled to
run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each
day and is for boys 7-14. The
fee is slls with team rates
available ($lO discount for five
or more boys from one sum
mer league).
Sapp will be the lead instruc
tor, but once again Andy
Gentry, Houston County High
School’s head baseball coach,
will be assistant director.
According to the camp bro
chure, fundamentals, game
competition, videos, lectures
and demonstrations will be
part of the agenda.
Information and brochures
can be obtained by calling
Gentry at 988-4538, or at the
Perry Recreation Department
or at the Ochlahatchee Park
concession stands.
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ten as Panthers 11th-grader and first base/right fielder Brad Knowles instructs on the
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Her Profession: Accountant
His Profession: Electrician.
What team does he love to
hate?
She said: Dallas Cowboys.
He said: “Now I love them
because Drew Bledsoe is
Sports
That cat in the hat
Cheryl and Gary Skeen
Married: 25 years
there. ”
What is her favorite team?
He said: Atlanta Falcons.
She said: Perry Panthers.
“My son Geremy plays for the
Panthers. ”
Who is his favorite athlete?
She said: Geremy
He said: Chipper Jones.
If he had two tickets to the
Super Bowl, who would he
take?
She said: His son (Geremy)
He said: “I would definitely
take him."
When was the last time he
bought you something?
She said: Popcorn.
He said: Yes, ” sheepishly.
When was the last time she
bought something sports
related?
He said: “All the time. ”
She said: A couple of weeks
ago, I bought new shoes and
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sunglasses for my son to use
in the outfield.
How many hours a week does
he watch sports on TV?
She said: About five hours,
but all day on Sunday during
football season.
Beers qualifies for
links championship
From staff reports
Jackie Beers of Bonaire
shot a 70 Monday at The
Oaks Course in Covington
in Sectional qualifying for
the 2005 U.S. Women’s
Amateur Public Links
Championship.
Her score was not only
good enough to earn her
a spot in the tourna
ment, which is sched
uled to be held at Swope
Memorial Golf Course in
Kansas City, Mo., July
11-16, it was the best in
the field.
Carmen Bandea and
Kyu Ri Ban, both of
Duluth shot a 72, Nikki
Hadd of Crestview, Fla., a
73 and Taylor Barrett of
York, S.C. a 75.
Those determined the
five spots that were up for
grabs, although Barrett
had to secure hers with
Warner Robins American
little leaguers to square off
Group makes pitch to host District
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
The Warner Robins
American Little League
has begun winding down
its regular season and
turning its attention to
the postseason.
To that end, the orga
nization has volunteered
to host the District tour
nament, typically held in
Macon, but the verdict
has yet to be determined.
According to WRALL
president Mickey Lay, he
met with district repre
sentatives Sunday but no
decision was made.
“We know who we’re
playing but not where
and when,” Lay said. “We
offered to host the 9-10,
11-12 and 11-year-old
divisions.”
Lay did say he expected
Rain cuts Wiggins tourney short
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
Rain washed out the
parts of the second round
of the 2005 Eddie Wiggins
Four Ball Championship
Sunday at the Landings.
More than 125 golf
ers battled intermittent
showers Saturday, but
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Mac Hardin putts in the rain on Bluff number nine
Sunday at the Landings during the Eddie Wiggins
Four Ball Championship.
PAGE 6A
a three-woman play
off against Alina Lee of
Evans and Ann Maness
of Galivants Ferry, S.C.
Evans and Maness will go
as alternates.
A total of 28 golfers
competed for the spots.
Mary Riley of Perry was
one of those, but her score
was not provided.
The venue itself was
one of 38 sectional quali
fiers taking place across
the country to determine
the 144-player field.
The par-70 layout at
The Oaks Course was
set to 6,063 yards, with a
USGA Course and Slope
Rating of 75.1/135.
The U.S. Women’s
Amateur Public Links is
one of 13 national champi
onships conducted annu
ally by the United States
Golf Association.
a decision by next week
and added he was also
asked by league officials
if he would be willing to
play on July 4.
Currently, the District
playoff tournament that
decides whp goes to state
is slated to begin July 1
and run through July 4.
In the meantime, Lay
announced a “huge tour
nament” scheduled to
begin at WRALL Friday
night.
It is a non-sanctioned
event for T-ball, coach
pitch baseball and coach
pitch softball.
Lay said the event will
decide the champions of
Warner Robins American
Little League.
The tournament is
scheduled to begin at 6
p.m.
Sunday’s Championship
A and B flights had to be
cancelled.
Saturday’s first-round
scores decided winners of
those flights.
Father and son team Ed
and Chris Wolfe won the
A flight with 67.
See WIGGINS, page 8A