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♦ SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005
The Warner Robins Recreation Department hosted the Georgia Recreation and Parks
Association 17-and-under baseball and Senior softball tournament this past week,
but neither of its two teams stayed around to enjoy it very much. The Senior girls lost
8-0 and 16-9 to Baldwin County and the boys lost 10-2 to Baldwin County and 4-1 to
Wilkinson County - all four games on Thursday - and both were subsequently elimi
nated from the competition.
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Warner Robins' Nikki Taylor waits on the first pitch of the
second game.
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her how to set up a tourna
ment, find umpires and the
volunteers it takes to run
things like concessions and
admittance.
“One of my dad’s friends
has started up a T-shirt busi
ness,” Schnable said. “He
said he would do the T-shirts
at cost, and I could raise
more money that way,”
Schnable’s idea is good.
The facilities are there and
sit idle during the off-sea
son.
She knows that it might
take until next summer to
play the tournament, but
it’s something she wants to
do, she just needs help.
Anyone who visits caring
bridge.com as Schnable has
will want to help.
Any local cancer associa
tions should be pounding on
her door offering their help
because financially they will
be the monetary beneficia
ries but young cancer vic
tims will receive much need
ed help battling the disease.
While I was talking to
Joni and her father, Ray
Schnable, I overheard
another travel team coach
say that a similar benefit
tournament raised $50,000
for cancer research.
Every summer local high
school baseball teams hold
tournaments as fund rais
ers. Teams from through
out Middle Georgia come to
play.
They come realizing that
they may have to travel from
Perry to Warner Robins, but
they come.
I think softball travel
teams would do the same.
I must confess that my
motivation is not totally
altruistic. If our beloved offi
cials see how much money
local motels and restaurants
pull in, they might step up to
the plate and support a soft
ball complex large enough to
host tournaments.
It may be too late. Cordele
has committed to a large
softball complex, but; hey,
what’s a few million in sales
Double eliminated
and hotel/motel tax revenue
per year?
Schnable’s idea may not be
as far-reaching as mine, but
she has a better goal. She
wants to do something to
battle a disease that doesn’t
respect age, sex, race or reli
gion.
I respect her for being
willing to see a problem and
want to do something about
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it. She isn’t wasting words;
she’s planning and recruit
ing.
If people out there want
to help her with her tourna
ment, Joni and her father
would welcome their call at
923-0512.
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make the same commitment
to an important cause.
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Warner Robins' Jessica
Smith leaps in vain for a
fly ball in the fifth inning.
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Northside baseball team wraps
up its summer on the diamond
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
Northside finished its
summer baseball program
at the Jones County tour
nament.
“We did pretty good,” said
head coach Kevin Kinsler.
Kinsler spent the sum
mer looking for replace
ments for the eight starters
he lost to graduation.
“We had a lot of work
to do and a lot of things
to see,” Kinsler said. “The
summer started as I expect
ed. We basically had a new
guy at every position.”
The only returning start
er is junior third baseman
Justin Felcan. Since he had
a good summer, Kinsler only
had to find players for the
rest of the field. He also lost
quality pitchers in graduat
ing seniors Derek Bowen
and Jonathan Brodie.
“We had a good group
coming along,” he said,
referring to Daniel Easton,
J.C. Cook, Chris Barnard
and Kyle Gordon.
Gordon had not pitched
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work to do and
a lot of things to
see.'
- Northside baseball coach
Kevin Kinsler
before but Kinsler said he
did a pretty good job, and he
was pleased at the return of
Easton.
“He pitched ‘this sum
mer and has the potential
to be a really good pitcher
for us,” Kinsler said. “Cook
finished up real strong last
year. He did a good job this
summer.”
Kinsler also credited
Barnard for having a good
summer experience.
“The big problem is that
we don’t have any experi
ence at all,” Kinsler said.
Easton will be the only
senior of the group and he
missed last year.
Otherwise, Kinsler sees a
bright side. He said that he
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had a good group of ninth
graders and sophomores
next year, so he spent the
summer trying to find who
could play.
“I was pleased that we
have several young players
who did a good job,” Kinsler
said. “Kevin Gifford, a ris
ing freshman, played a lot
with the older kids at short
stop.”
Kinsler praised his team’s
performance at the Jones
County tournament.
“By (the time in the sum
mer we reached) Jones
County we were playing
pretty good ball,” Kinsler
said. “We have a good
group of kids who will work
hard.”
He did admit that incon
sistency plagued the team
throughout June.
“We would hit the ball,
put the ball in play one day
and then we’d have days
we couldn’t hit anything,”
Kinsler said. “This summer
was up and down. We were
able to see a lot of things we
can build on.”