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SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 31, 2005
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IN BRIEF
Aviadon museum te hold
marathon, run/walk
The 10th annual Museum
of Aviation Foundation
Marathon, Half Marathon and
5K Run/Walk will be held at
the Museum of Aviation Jan.
14, 2006.
All three races will be run on
Robins Air Force Base and all
three courses are USA Track
and Field certified.
Entry fees are SBO for a relay
team, S4O for the marathon,
S3O for the half marathon and
$lB for the 5K run/walk. A $5
surcharge applies for registra
tion after Monday.
Those who register early
receive an event T-shirt.
Proceeds from the event ben
efit the Museum of Aviation.
Last year more than 500 run
ners and walkers took part.
Call race director John Hunter
at 926-6686 (day) or 953-5335
(evening) or e-mail him at
hunterjh@cox.net for more.
Organization accepting
hashetball applications
Applications are now being
evaluated for the Ten Star All-
Star Basketball camp. The
camp is by invitation only and
open to boys and girls ages
10-19.
Call (704) 373-0873 for a free
brochure for more.
Wildlife urganizatiuns
to hold poster contest
* The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, Wildlife
Resources Division, The State
Botanical Garden of Georgia,
and The Environmental
Resources Network, Inc.
invite kindergarten through sth
grade teachers and students
to participate in the 2006
Give Wildlife a Chance Poster
Contest.
The theme for this year’s
competition, “Georgia’s Cycle
of Life” encourages students
to explore Georgia's many
plant and animal Cycles of
Life and the reliance each has
on the other.
The GWCPC is open to
all kindergarten through sth
grade students in public or pri
vate schools and home-school
groups.
The participants enter the
contest at the local school
level. The top first-place,
school-wide winning posters
will proceed to the state level
contest at the State Botanical
Garden of Georgia in Athens.
Four state level winners will
be chosen and awarded with
their artwork reproduced into a
full-color poster, which will be
distributed to education facili
ties throughout the state.
The deadline for entries at
the state level contest is Feb.
17, 2006.
For more information, visit
these Web sites: www.geor
giawildlife.com and www.uga.
edu/botgarden or contact the
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, Wildlife Resources
Division, 116 Rum Creek Drive,
Forsyth, GA 31029.
TRIVIAL TRIVIAL
On this day...
1926 - The Chicago Tribune
broke a story the Detroit Tigers
threw a 4-game series to the
Chicago White Sox in 1917.
He said 1t...
"Life begins at 51
- Harry Gant
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HHJ l»<*n Moncrief
Perry head coach Andy Scott talks to the news media prior to the start of the season. He was just one of many
quotables worth repeating from 2005.
See 'n say
The coach says ../Quotes from 2005
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
Who says coaches
always tow the
line - rehash
the same party line when
describing
the oppo
sition or
summing
up their
team’s
perfor
mance?
Oh, OK,
so maybe
we - us
COMING
SOON
The 2005 local
sports year in
review. Read
about it in
Wednesday’s HHJ.
ignorant news media - did,
but the truth is, they also
often deliver nuggets of wis
dom worth their weight in
gold (and you can quote this
Lady Eagles peach J.B. Hawkins tourney finals
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
Lakeshia Levi had a
double-double while fel-
low senior
Try c e e
Brown
came close
to one
herself
Thursday
in a 59-42
win for the
Northside
High girls
Northside girls
59, Peach
County 42
basketball team against a
pesky Peach County High
club.
This was opening round
action of the J.B. Hawkins
Tournament hosted by
Crawford County High
School in Roberta.
Levi had 22 points to
lead the Lady Eagles and
matched Brown for the
team high in rebounds with
Northside boys fall to Central as troubles continue
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
If only half of those shots
had gone in, Northside’s
boys bas
ic e t b a 11
team could
be looking
at champi
onship final
appearance
to end a
rough start
Central boys 68,
Northside 63
to the 2005 portion of the
high school season.
Central High of Macon
Sports
writer on that).
Here are some that stood
out in 2005; from them and
from some others in our
local sports community:
“He was the kind of
coach who loved you
even while he yelled at
you.”
- Kay Bloodworth Grier,
on longtime Westfield
coach Percy Hardy Jr., who
passed away this past year
“We entered the back
door to the state duals
this year. Next year I
expect to enter through
the front door.”
- Perry head wrestling
coach Randy Mizell, on the
13. Brown had nine points
and several assists in help
ing Northside deal with
the tight defensive pres
sure from the Peach Lady
Trojans.
Sonyetta Davis had
11 points while Brittany
Holder had 10 rebounds.
Northside head coach
Casaundra Wilson said after
the game that her Lady
Eagles handled Peach’s
pressure better than from
previous encounters. She
was also happy with the
rebounding totals, much of
which was piled up on the
offensive end to lead to sec
ond- and third-shot scoring
chances.
“That helps a lot,” said
Wilson. “That way they
can’t pressure as much
when we can score. It takes
some of the pressure off
See FINALS, page 12A
was leading the Eagles by
13 going into the fourth
quarter Thursday at the
J.B. Hawkins Tournament
at Crawford County High.
The Chargers, despite not
scoring for more than four
minutes of that final period,
advanced to the finals with
a 68-63 win.
“In the fourth quarter,
(Central) only took five
shots,” said Northside head
coach Kevin Smith, whose
team was looking for only
its second win in 10 games.
Panthers’ expectations for
2006. The team finished
third in the state qualifier,
which didn’t give earn them
a bid to the finale, but the
team got in due to the fact
second-place Creekside
withdrew. Their whole team
came down with ringworm.
“It’s the only sport
where you’re your
own referee. It really
does reveal the man
or woman behind the
club.”
- Landings golf profes
sional Bill Goggin, on golf of
course
“Last year we beat
Northside on a techni
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HHJ 'Matthew Brown
Trycee Brown lines up against a Peach County Lady
Trojan as Northside applies some full-court pressure in
Thursday’s game at Crawford County’s gym.
“They only made one. They
made a bunch of free throws,
but we played really hard
on defense. If we could have
gotten some shots to fall,
we’d have been right there
with them.
“They are a very good
basketball team. In the sec
ond quarter they shot 90
percent from the floor. They
were 9-of-10 in the second
quarter. And they were a
high percentage in the third
quarter, too.
“They shot the ball well;
cality. We didn’t want
any controversy like
that this year. We pretty
much wanted to start
off strong. We wanted
to make a statement.”
- Houston County head
wrestling coach Heath
Burch, after the Bears had
defended the county cham
pionship.
“Even though they
had youth on their side,
it’s skill and will to win
that made the differ
ence.”
- Faculty coach Alicia
Gilmore, on the inaugural
Perry faculty-student fund
raiser basketball games
See QUOTES, page 12A
we defended well. If we
could have made some free
throws, we’d have had a
chance to win.”
Central, a region rival of
Northside, had a lead of 60-
47 going into the final peri
od of play. With Northside’s
aggressiveness on defense
forcing one turnover after
another, the Chargers
couldn’t add to that 60 until
a foul shot at 3:43 remain
ing.
One of those turnovers
See TROUBLES, page 12A
PAGE 10A
Joe Sersey
HHJ Correspondent
Try as I may,
I just can't
'bridge' the gap
I’ve come to the con
clusion there’s noth
ing genteel when
genteel southern women
play bridge.
I’ve written about my
aversion to playing the
game, but I’ve tread softly
when it comes to discuss
ing my Muffin’s experi
ences with the game.
I’m not allowed to wish
her luck. If I do so, she is
invariably plagued with
bad cards.
I can’t live with the
thought that the hands
dealt to her are my fault.
She’s actually had times
where she didn’t get to
play a single hand. Now
that’s bad cards ... and
my fault.
My Muffin doesn’t play
with the kind of crowd
where you check your
cane at the door, and any
person who throws her
walker is incarcerated.
But she does like to
win, and I’m a blight on
her chances.
Alas, that is my fate.
To quote Albert King, I
was “born under a bad
sign, and if it weren’t for
real bad luck, I wouldn’t
have no luck at all.” (Eric
Clapton does the best ver
sion.)
That’s my life. My
Muffin assures me that
the world is out to get
me.
What ever lane I’m
driving in, it becomes the
slowest in a traffic jam.
I tested my theory on a
recent drive home from
Atlanta.
Last Tuesday, I drove
up there to get my post-op
follow up on the cataract
surgery on my left eye.
On an aside, I find it
extremely ironic to spend
the first 54 years of my
life to be nearsighted only
to become farsighted in
its final stages.
The verbal ironist in me
can’t help but note that
the world is as ugly far
way as close up.
I digress.
On the drive back from
Atlanta, I left the doctor’s
office at Emory at 3 p.m.
It took me two and a half
hours to travel to exit 212
on 1-75.
That gave me ample
opportunity to test my
theory.
See SERSEY, page 12A
Perry grapplers split
tournament matchups
From staff reports
Perry’s wrestling team
went 2-2 at the Dogfight
Duals held at Jones
County High School
Thursday.
The Panthers defeat
ed Baldwin County 54-
22 and Houston County
42-27. Perry lost a close
match to Northside 42-39
and was also defeated by
the host 53-20.
Individually, Brandon
Montgomery went unde
feated on the day. He, at
103 pounds, went 4-0 and
earned a medal.