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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
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hard-fought, emotional road
victory against Griffin High,
a school ranked one notch
ahead of the Eagles in the
Class AAAA polls prior to
last week’s encounter.
“It was a tough contest,”
said Nix. “Griffin is a qual
ity team that gave a great
effort. That was what high
school football is all about,
people competing down to
the wire.
“I’m proud of our guys
going into an adverse situ
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Northside head football coach Conrad Nix, center, gets verbal during practice Tuesday
at the school.
• Westfield's
Ashley
Johnson
waits on a
throw to
first in the
team's win
over Central
Fellowship
Tuesday at
home.
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she faced only one batter
over the minimum. She
wound up giving up four
hits and struck out 10 with
no walks.
Head coach Rodney
Culverhouse and company
were hoping for a shutout,
but the coach said Gilliam
was coming back from an
injury and had not thrown
seven full innings in about
three weeks.
Westfield scored first in
the second inning without
the benefit of a hit. Johnson
drew a walk as the leadoff
batter. Without hesitation,
she stole second base and,
with one out, took off for
third. The thrown softball
hit her in the neck but she
wasn’t injured.
She then scored on a
ground-out by Ashley
Johnson.
In the third the Hornets
took a 3-0 lead as Heather
Tucker led off with a sin
gle. With one out Mason
Moreland singled. With
two outs, Mackey singled
to right field bringing both
teammates home.
That’s the kind of clutch
hitting Culverhouse said
they were lacking in a home
win this past Thursday
against Deerfield-Windsor.
Westfield added three more
runs in the fifth as Mackey
and Johnson came through
again with runners on base.
Moreland, a freshman, had
her second hit while Sarah
Moredock beat out a ground
er as a pinch-hitter.
Mackey poked a single to
left to plate Moreland then
Johnson went the other way
to drive in two.
For Central Fellowship
in the top of the seventh,
Samantha Duncan and
Aimee Schnable had hits
with Schnable getting credit
for the RBI. Melissa Synder
Out of Northside’s three
victories so far, two have
come on the road against
ranked opposition.
In addition to the Griffin
game, the Eagles opened
the season winning 30-12 at
Peach County High.
Nix, however, said the
team needs to put those
wins behind them and
focus on the task ahead.
He doesn’t want any slips
against Stockbridge with a
bye week ahead of them
and an inter-county rivalry
contest on Sept. 23 versus
had a hit in the sixth and
Halie Baker singled in the
third.
Caitlin Veal pitched all six
innings for the Lancers with
eight strikeouts.
The Hornets improved to
8-3 while the Lancers fell
to 1-8.
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A Central Fellowship hitter goes down swinging.
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But they do give the
Eagles the confidence nec
essary to take on the chal
lenges that lie ahead, espe
cially playing in a region
that houses the defending
state champions.
High-quality football is
the norm in Warner Robins,
and Nix feels there are still
areas in which Northside
can play even better.
“I don’t think anyone
around here is surprised,”
said Nix about the 3-0 start.
“We expect to do well.”
The Westfield softball team
will compete in a tournament
in Tifton hosted by Abraham
Baldwin College this week
end. ABAC’S softball coach
is Donna Campbell, a former
Westfield slow-pitch coach
who won consecutive state
championships in 1986-87.
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Luella will have eight men
in the box, either in the 4-4
or 5-3. He doesn’t expect a
lot of blitzing, but just basic
defense.
Luella head coach Paul
Burgdorf, in his third sea
son, said he knows his club
will be a heavy underdog on
Friday.
So far, Luella has played
two Class AAAAA teams
in Union Grove and one of
the state’s best programs in
Lowndes. Way said Luella
gave Westside, another one
of the south 3-AAAA squads,
a tough game in defeat.
“I think we’re getting
there in small steps,” said
Burgdorf. “We’ll be in 5-A
in 2006, and I think we’re
heading in the right direc
tion. We’re playing difficult
competition, and I hope
it pays off. The kids have
responded well.”
“We have to rush the pass
er and not let him get com
fortable in the pocket,” said
Way. “They will catch some
passes. We have to make
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sure we make good, hard
tackles. If we hit them good,
they don’t catch them as
well.
“On offense, we have to
run the ball effectively to
keep (their offense) on the
sidelines.”
“After seeing them in per
son and on film, there’s good
reason they are still ranked
highly in the state,” said
Burgdorf about the Demons.
“I don’t see much of a drop
off from last year. We will be
overmatched, especially up
front. But we will put on the
pads and give it a go.
“They probably run the
wing-T set as well as anyone
in the state. Our strength is
throwing the ball. We don’t
match up well up front with
Warner Robins to run it.”
The main news around
Warner Robins remains the
health of junior quarterback
Mark Wright Jr., who had to
leave the Baldwin game early
due to a knee injury. Way
said Wright had arthroscop
ic surgery on Friday and has
started his rehabilitation.
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It’s a day-by-day situation,
however, as Way hasn’t set
a specific date as to when he
will return.
That means another
start for Shane Sams, the
sophomore who guided the
3-0 Demons to the win in
relief against Baldwin and
Stockbridge. Way said Sams
still has things to improve
on, but is doing a fine job
working with the weapons
around him.
Against Stockbridge, it was
a chance for Warner Robins’
future starters to get some
varsity playing time. Way
said those players, who were
on the field the whole second
half, impressed him on both
offense and defense, some to
the point that they will earn
more playing time.
As for the regulars, Way
said the big coaching job
this week is to remind them
that, as stated above, they
may not be as good as the
Stockbridge score would
indicate and that future
games, like the one on
Friday, won’t be as easy.
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