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IN BRIEF
Northside to hold
softball tryouts, more
Northside High School
will hold conditioning/tryouts
beginning Monday and run
ning through July 22 and then
again July 25-27. The opportu
nity to take part is open to girls
in grades 9-12 and who will be
attending NHS this year.
The sessions will be held
from 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. the
first week and then 9-11 a.m.
the second.
Each participant must have
an updated physical examina
tion (within the past 12 months)
on file before they are allowed
to participate and be academi
cally eligible.
Contact head coach Mitch
Horton at 929-7858 or 953-
9382 for more information.
Warner Robins to hold
cross country series
Warner Robins High School
will host the Middle Georgia
Cross County Summer Series
July 21 (5,000 meters) on the
course behind Pearl Stephens
Elementary School. The cost
for each race is $5 and registra
tion can be made the day of.
TRIVIA TRIVIAL
Qiickquz...
Which wide receiver for the
Pittsburgh Steelers was the
only NCAA Division l-A player
to pass for at least 6.000 yards
and rush for at least 3,000 in
college?
On His date...
Nationally: 1930 - The first
soccer World Cup competi
tion began in Montevideo,
Uruguay. Thirteen teams were
in the competition.
Locally: 1985 - Perry High
School graduate and boxer
Milton Wynne 111 signed a pro
fessional boxing contract with
Boxing's Best Inc., of Atlanta
(Note: A search of further HHJ
newspapers and the Web
turned up nothing further on
how his career turned out).
Just for fur...
A retiree was given a set of
golf clubs by his co-workers.
Thinking he’d try the game, he
asked the local pro for lessons,
explaining that he knew noth
ing whatever of the game.
The pro showed him the
stance and swing, then said,
“Just hit the ball toward the
flag on the first green."
The novice teed up and
smacked the ball straight
down the fainway and onto
the green, where it stopped
inches from the hole.
“Now what?" the fellow
asked the speechless pro.
“Uh... you're supposed to hit
the ball into the cup," the pro
finally said, after he was able
to speak again.
“Oh great! NOW you tell
me." said the beginner.
He said 1t...
"He (Chris Cannizzaro) calls
for the curveball too much.
He can't hit it, so he figures
nobody else can."
Casey Stengel
Answer: Antwaan Randle El.
THURSDAY,
JULY 14, 2005
Peppy back to the 'gpbitT with a Night of Champions
Special to the HHJ
Another school year may have
come and gone at Perry High School
but preparations for the new era of
Panther football have not slowed
down since new head coach Andy
Scott took over the helm.
The summer has been a busy time
for the Panthers in preparation for
the quickly approaching season.
The players are buying into
Scott’s program as attendance for
the summer weightlifting workouts
have been very impressive.
The players have dedicated their
own time in a newfound commit
ment to the football program. They
have improved the team’s weight
lifting totals exponentially as well
as the overall conditioning.
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Retry Junior League Ponytails player Kaila Ransom legs out an infield single Tuesday in
the team's Dixie softball state tournament game against Warner Robins National League.
Fielding for WRNL at first is Taylor Payne. For more see 38.
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Jason Price
Age: 27
Serious business: Retail
sales.
Favorite team: Georgia
Tech. ”When I was grow
ing up, everybody was for
Georgia. I wanted to root for
Georgia Tech."
Sports
The responsibility for the success
of the program was put upon the
shoulders of the upcoming seniors.
To that end, the team was divided
into six individual teams consisting
of 17-18 players and the seniors
were the team leads responsible for
attendance and participation.
Scott and his staff have also
decided to test the success of the
program as well as reward the play
ers for their hard work over the
off-season.
That said, Perry will host inau
gural “Night of Champions,” which
begins today and runs through
Friday.
This will be a two-day event that
will test not only the strength of the
players but their speed and agility
A National sweep
HHJ/Joe Ser»ey
Favorite sport: Football.
"I've always been interested
in football. "
Favorite player: Michael
Dunleavy. "He was a Duke
basketball player. He was
one of the best college point
guards and was taken sec
ond in the draft, the first from
the U.S."
What’s wrong with sports
today?
"It's too commercialized.
Everybody is worried about
money, not the sport."
What’s right with sports today?
"Competition in youth sports
teaches discipline and
respect."
If you worn the king of sports,
what would you change?
"I'd have longer youth base
ball seasons because around
here it's warmer and they're
playing baseball anyway."
AT A GLANCE
What: The Grind/A Night of Champions
Where: Perry High School - Panther Pit
rel run, tractor tire flip,
bear crawl, medicine ball toss, sled pull, bob
and weave, dumbbell walk and golf cart pull.
Events for the Night of Champions: Bench
press and power clean.
as well.
The event is centered around the
team concept and will be the high
light of the teambuilding attitude
Scott and his staff have developed
Wie could stand for changes in golf, baseball
Bah, humbug.
Oooops! I can sense that the
evil Dark Side of Timothy is
about to come out. It is Attack of the
Curmudgeon!
Remember that the following opinions
are possibly those of the writer and cer
tainly not those of the people signing his
check.
OK, I am officially sick and tired of
Michelle Wie.
Wie needs to go back home to Hawaii,
play in some amateur events, learn how
to win a golf tournament, and then join
the LPGA.
I am also officially tired of those sports
writer who think that a 15-year-old girl
ALMOST making the cut in a PGA event
with a severely depleted field is akin to
the Second Coming of Arnold Palmer.
Hey, all the big guns were on their
way to England to play in the British
Open, or do you think that may have
been why the Wies chose this event to
make their big move at? No guts, no
glory guys.
When: Today, 9 a.m.-6
p.m. (the Grind) and
Friday, 6 p.m. (Night of
Champions)
Of note: Events for
the Grind: Wheel bar-
WRALL teams play on
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
Everybody is still in it
in the District Five Little
League tournament
at West Macon Little
League.
Warner Robins West
No. 1 defeated Warner
Robins East No. 1, 4-2,
in Minors (9-10) finals
to force another game
and Warner Robins West
Majors (11-12) downed
undefeated Vine-Ingle 9-4
to extend its participation
another night.
Both the Minors and
Majors games were played
Wednesday night at 7
p.m at West Macon Little
League.
In Minors’ action,
the game was tied at 1
through three innings
until Warner Robins West
No. 1 jumped on East No.
1 for three runs.
West scored first in the
game when Nick Martens
reached on a single and
moved to second when the
ball was misplayed. He
scored on another East
error to give West a 1-0
lead until East batted.
Zane Conlon tied
the game for East. He
reached on an error that
got him to second. David
Houston Springs breaks ground
on clubhouse, additional holes
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
Houston Springs has
begun construction on its
clubhouse and three addi
tional golf holes.
The course will be
expanded from nine to 12
holes by Oct. 1 although,
according to head golf pro
Rodney Lamberth, the
new links may not ready
Timothy Graham
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at all. Excuse me, but Wie is not going to
make a living playing on the PGA Tour.
Annika took her shot and realized that
she belongs playing with the ladies. The
sooner Michelle and her dad realize the
same is true for her, the sooner she will
start posting some wins on the score
board.
OK, I am officially sick and tired of the
All Star Game.
All-Star games are nothing but tricked
See GRAHAM, page 2B
SECTION
B
throughout the off season. The
individual teams receive points
for the overall attendance of their
teammates.
Today, the six teams will compete
in the “Grind.” The Grind is a
sort of tough man obstacle course
designed to test strength, condi
tioning and agility. The players
will complete eight different timed
events and receive team points - 60
for first and then decreasing incre
ments of 10 from there - for each.
The event will wrap up Friday at 6
p.m. at the Panther Pit in the offi
cial “Night of Champions.”
The six teams will again go head
to-head competing in the bench
press and the power clean.
See CHAMPIONS, page 2B
ROUNDUP
Little League District Five
tournament
Umphreyville singled him
home.
West pitcher Jason
Gifford kept East off
balance with a steady
diet of breaking pitches.
Meanwhile, his team
broke loose for three runs
in the top of the fourth.
Jarred Hudson opened
the inning with a walk.
Keaton Allen reached
on an error that moved
Hudson the second.
Another East error
allowed Hudson to score
and put Allen on third and
Wyatt Taylor on first.
Martens doubled in
Allen and Gifford singled
in Taylor to give West a
4-1 lead.
Gifford stymied the East
until they touched him for
one run in the sixth after
two outs. Martens came
in to get the last out.
He walked Malik
Broughton who scored on
Umphreyville’s double.
“Jason just kept the ball
low,” said East manager
Tom Nauss.
See WRALL, page 2B
for immediate play until
later in the month.
Lamberth said the
course should feature 18
holes by 2007.
Houston Springs is an
ambitious project that
will feature 10 gated vil
lages. Fairway Ridge is
the first and is the site of
the golf clubhouse.
See SPRINGS, page 2B
The fascination
with Wie is like
what you would
have with a talking
dog. It is not really
important what the
dog says, all that
counts is that it can
talk at all.
So it is not really
important that Wie
is not playing well,
all that' counts is
that she is playing