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Gentry returns to foraier stomping grounds; HoCo beats Perry
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
Errors abounded at the Panther
Pit Thursday, and it was the
Houston County High School Bears
making the most of the extra chanc
es by winning 11-4 against Perry.
The contest also marked the
return of Houston County head
coach Andy Gentry to his former
stomping grounds. After several
successful years as skipper of the
Panthers, he took over the helm at
Houston County last season.
The show of miscues began in the
fourth inning when the Panthers
scored three times to lead 3-1.
There were three errors in the
inning by the Bears, all coming
with two outs and after Perry (5-6
overall, 1-0 in Region 4-AAA) had
put two runners on via walks.
Ryan Lee, Michael Roberts and
Phillip Vance all put the ball in play
to get the home team the lead on
Eagle girls, boys
shut out Central
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
You could and you
couldn’t tell it by the final
score but Northside’s
girls had an
easy time
in beating
Central 3-0
Thursday
in Macon.
“We came
out and
played real
hard,” said
head coach
Scott Wynn,
whose
squad
improved
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Til
Northside girts
3, Central
0; Eagles 3,
Chargers 0
to 7-3 overall and 2-1 in
Region 3S-AAAA. Central
fell to 0-8-1, 0-3. “We
really dominated play. We
played at our level. We
didn’t play at theirs.”
And, had some of those
29 shots on goal the Lady
Eagles had overall gone
in, then the scoreboard
would have looked ugly.
As it stood, all of
Northside’s goals came
in the first half. Kelly
McKinley put the Lady
Eagles up less than seven
minutes in and before the
whistle blew, Elisa Routt
had added two more.
A few minutes into the
second half, Wynn turned
to the bench - and his
“young group” - and they
took the team the rest of
the way.
He did single out a few
of his regulars, however,
in regard to the game
they played.
“Alex Walker did a good
job as usual in the back,
controlling the defense
See SHUT OUT, page 7A
DAILY
DIGEST
ON DECK
Today
High school golf
■ Demon Invitational golf tournament, 8
a.m.
High school soccer
■ Tift County at Warner Robins, 1 p.m.
(girls), 4 p.m. (boys)
■ Perry (girls) at Pike County, 11 a.m.;
boys at Mary Persons tourney, time to be
determined
High school track and field
■ Warner Robins at Clemson tourney, time
to be determined
IN BRIEF
Perry club to host Miracles golf tourney
Perry Country Club will host the Second
Annual Making Miracles Happen For Kids
Golf Classic April 28. Money raised will ben
efit the Children's Hospital at the Medical
Center of Central Georgia.
The format is: Four person scramble.
The cost is $75 per person, S3OO for each
four-person team, which includes green
and cart fees, range balls, breakfast, lunch,
beverages, awards (top 15 places will
receive prizes) and a tee gift. The event is
slated to begin with shotgun starts at 8:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (First 25 teams paid will
have preferred tee times.)
Sponsorship is also available (from
SI,OOO down to SSO). Entry forms are avail
able at the club or on their Web site at www.
perrycountrydub. com. For more informa
tion, call Mike Baker at 987-1033.
SATURDAY,
MARCH 25, 2006
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Brown each had singles, then there
was an error and a two-run hit for
Brian Wilkerson. Alex Blain exe
cuted a sacrifice, and after another
error Houston was up 7-3.
Evan Jones started the game for
Perry on the mound, and shortstop
Phillip Rice gave him a fine play up
the middle to get an assist in the
first inning.
However, Brad Jackson, the
Houston County pitcher, doubled
with two outs and scored on a
Wilkerson hit.
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Warner Robins’ Kyanne Holland takes flight in the long jump during the
Demons hosted track meet - versus Houston County and Southwest -
Thursday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. The Demonettes won the meet
with 65 points. Southwest was second with 54 and Houston County was
third with 38. On the boys’ side of the house, the Demons finished with
91 points. Houston County had 52.5 and the Patriots finished with 20.5.
For individual results, see page 7A.
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Houston County’s Dylan Thompson gives it his all in the shotput.
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the unearned runs.
Houston County
(11-1 overall)
answered with a six
run top of the fifth.
All nine batters
came to the plate to
get three hits, two
Perry errors and a
sacrifice bunt. Ryan
Beitler and Chase
Kyanne pepper
Perry turned an unusual double
play in the second inning. The first
out came on a force play at second,
but the relay to first went past the
first baseman.
He got to the ball in time and
wound up catching the Houston
runner in a rundown.
In the sixth inning, Jackson hit
another double to get two RBI and
push the Bears lead to 9-3. Jackson
scored as Chris Thompson got a
hit after a Perry pitching change to
make it a 10-3 game.
Each team scored once in the sev
enth. Perry turned a double play in
the top half, but afterwards gave up
a wild pitch for the 11th Houston
run.
Wilkerson pitched his only
frame in the bottom half, and the
Panthers loaded the bases without
getting the ball out of the infield. In
between two strikeouts, Seth Reber
recorded an RBI on a fly-out.
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Chase Brown (2) and Chris Tessenair (8) are met by Houston County
High baseball teammate Chris Thompson (9) after both scored on a
double by Brad Jackson Thursday in Perry.
Italians blank Panthers;
PC girls win in shootout
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
Perry High School not only lost
a key Region 4-AAA boys soccer
match 2-0 at home Thursday to
Peach County High,
but they also had a
big scare in the pro
cess.
Standout play
er Jason Sweat
was hurt when he
went up for a 50-
50 ball and had his
feet taken out from
under him. He land
ed on his back and
was subsequently
taken to the hospital
complaining of “seri-
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Peach County
2, Perry 0; Lady
Trojans 3, Lady
Panthers 2 (OT)
ous pain” in that area, said Perry
head coach Sam Said. Said said X
rays were taken and “fortunately
they found no serious injury.
“He’s going to be sore for a
little while but we’re all relieved to
know that it wasn’t anything more
serious,” Said said.
The Panthers were already with
out one senior starter on the defen
sive side as David King, due to an
ejection from an earlier match, was
unavailable. Said said everyone
who finished out the match gave
some of the best effort he has seen
as Perry coach, but the Panthers
were unable to maintain posses
sion of the ball consistent enough
Hornets finally break into region win column
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
Westfield’s baseball Hornets
scored an important Region 3-
AAA home win
Thursday as Jeff
Barfield out-dueled
Deerfield-Windsor’s
Josh Carswell in a
2-1 final.
In Barfield’s third
win of the season,
he gave up three
hits, one unearned
run, walked two and
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Westfield 2,
Deerfield 1
struck out 10 on 103 pitches. The
Hornet offense had six hits off
Carswell, who struck out 11.
While Westfield has been notori
ous so far for committing errors
in region games - and there were
more in this game leading to the
only Deerfleld-Windsor run - the
Hornets benefited from some
Central sweeps Warner Robins on tennis courts
From staff reports
Warner Robins High School’s
girls and boys tennis teams hosted
Central Thursday on the courts
of the Warner Robins Recreation
Department and found the visitor
a bit unhospitable.
Central swept both matches 3-2.
For Warner Robins’ girls, who
are now 9-3 overall but still 4-0
in Region 3S-AAAA (apparently
it did not count toward the region
standings), one of their wins came
in singles and one was in doubles.
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to get on the board.
“I thought we played the first
half OK,” said Said. “We didn’t
play it poorly. We didn’t play as
well as we did in the second half.
When they got a goal on us, there
was a guy being marked, but he
wasn’t marked tightly enough. He
was able to get a shot off, and it
was a good shot on his part.”
Peach County went into half
time with the 1-0 lead. Perry had
chances on free kicks outside the
box once play resumed in the sec
ond half, but one kick was much
harder than Said wanted.
The Panthers had three other
chances in a row on another close
free kick, but Peach’s defense was
up to the task.
With 10:57 left, it was Peach’s
turn to take a free kick, and this
one was close to the corner on the
right side of the goal.
“There was a short time left,
and we were pressed up trying
to get the equalizer,” said Said.
The Trojans caught the goalkeeper
away from the net and took the 2-0
final lead.
Daniel Douthit, the Perry keep
er, made two saves in the final
minutes on hard Peach shots.
“It was just a heartbreak
er for these guys,” said Said,
whose team is now 5-2 in 4-AAA.
“Honestly, I don’t remember
See SHOOTOUT, page 7A
defensive mistakes to improve to 1-
2 in the league, which is the same
mark for the Knights of Albany.
Westfield scored single runs
in the first and second innings.
Barfield reached on an error, and
Hoke Bryan, the courtesy runner,
scored on a passed ball.
Josh O’Neal had a hit in the
second inning plating Carsten
Franklin.
Deerfield-Windsor’s only run
came home in the third. The
Knights hit three doubles, includ
ing one to the fence by Carswell.
The Hornets had three doubles
among their six hits. Those came
from Jarrod Taylor, Franklin and
Tyler Brooks.
Head coach Billy Sellers was par
ticularly pleased with Barfield’s
pitching in sometimes hard rain
and in front of more college
scouts.
The first was via Monique
Tobias who beat Aamne Shalbai
11-9. Anna Whaley and Courtney
Cook teamed up in the doubles
match and edged out Courtney Hill
and Wande Kotun 11-10 (7-2) tie
breaker.
On the boys’ side of the house,
Hunter Curl and Richard Skillen
and Dan Grace and Josh Milteer
each won in doubles. The first pair
won 10-7, the second 10-1. Warner
Robins is now 8-3 overall, 4-0 in
the division.