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Today
Major League Baseball
■ Atlanta at New York Yankees,
1:05 p.m.. TBS
BRAVES CORNER
Yankees 5, Braves 2
NEW YORK (AP) - Jason
Giambi homered twice and drove
in five runs, Randy Johnson
tossed seven shutout innings and
the New York Yankees beat the
Atlanta Braves 5-2 Monday night.
Johnson (9-6) allowed four hits,
struck out a season-high nine
and didn't walk a batter. He didn't
allow a runner past first base until
Edgar Renteria went to third on
Chipper Jones' two-out single in
the sixth.
The left-hander then struck out
Andruw Jones to get out of the
inning Johnson recorded seven
strikeouts in his last three innings.
It was his first start against the
Braves since he threw a perfect
game for Arizona in a 2-0 win at
Atlanta on May 18, 2004.
Johnson was pitching on six
days' rest after serving a five
game suspension for throwing at
Cleveland's Eduardo Perez on
June 14.
Mariano Rivera got the last
two outs for his 17th save in 19
chances.
New York scored five runs in
the first two innings against Tim
Hudson (6-7). who lost his third
consecutive start and dropped to
1-4 in June.
Chipper Jones hit a two-run
homer in the ninth inning and went
3-for-4 for Atlanta. Kevin Barry
also threw three scoreless innings
in his major league debut.
IN BRIEF
Youth center sets registration
The Robins Air Force Base
Youth Center's sports registration
will be held July 15. Parents may
resister from 1-6 p m. on that day
and from 3-6 p.m. the following
Monday-Friday.
Youth may register for cheer
leading ages 5-12. NFL flag foot
ball ages 5-10. tackle football
ages 11-12 and fall soccer ages
5-16. Registration will continue
until teams are full.
Also, the center is currently
accepting applications for volun
teer cheerleadmg/football/soc
cer coaches. No experience is
required. Training will be provided
though the youth center. Apply in
person at Robins Youth Center or
call Ron Hayes at 926-2110.
Cross country series dates set
Warner Robins High School
head cross country coach David
Erpelding is preparing to host
the Sixth Annual Middle Georgia
Cross Country Summer Series
at Pearl Stephens Elementary
School in Warner Robins.
The races are open to every
one and the following races are
planned:
■ July 6:4000 meters
■ July 20: 5000 Meters
Each race is slated to start at
7:30 p.m. on the Thursdays listed
above. Awards will be given for
the top five in each age group
male and female. 14-and-under,
15-19 and 20 and over. The entry
fee is $5.
HLCC to host clinic, more
Houston Lake Country Club will
be holding a Junior Golf Clinic
July 11-13, 9:30-11 a.m. all three
days. Each clinic is limited to the
first 50 golfers to sign up. The cost
is SIOO for members and $l2O for
nonmentbers. The club will also
have a Junior Club Championship
July 27. Call the Pro Shop at
218-5252 to sign up or for more
information. In addition, the 25th
Annual Ron Stafford Invitational
Two-man Best Ball tournament
sponsored by Coca-Cola will be
held July 22 and 23 at the course.
Sign up is in the pro shop.
WR Rec to hold registrations
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin football and
cheerleading registration July 15
from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration
will be held at the WRRD located
at 800 Watson Boulevard.
The fees are as follows:
Cheerleading - City of Warner
Robins, $75; county, $100; out of
county, $l2O. Football. City, SSO;
county, $103; out of county $177.
Call 929-1916 for more.
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 28, 2006
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Grayce Bearden and others work on passing. They were taking part in a basketball camp hosted by Westfield
this past week.
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4 locals to contend in Top 60
From staff reports
The Georgia State Golf Association’s
Georgia Top 60 Women’s Classic will
have a few local names commonly seen
and one that hasn’t appeared in a
while.
For starters, Mary Riley and Fran
Coody of Perry will be there, as will
Sissi Gann from Kathleen.
There’s nothing unusual in that,
as their names often appear on the
scorecard of tournaments throughout
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Two 9-year-olds from the Perry area attended the Michael Vick camp run June 18-22. They were: Kirkland Smith,
Jr. (80) and Kevin Ford Jr. (31). Smith is the son of Kirkland Smith, Sr., and Gwendolyn Smith. He attends Tucker
Elementary where he will be a fourth grader. Ford is the son of Kevin Ford, Sr., and Keisha Ford. He attends King
Chapel Elementary where he will be a fourth grader.
Sports
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the state.
The name that’s been missing up
until now has been that of Katie
Davidson.
Davidson, from Kathleen, first made
a name for herself at Warner Robins
High School. She was just as accom
plished a basketball player but the
ability to master the game of golf
earned her a scholarship at the end of
2002 to the University of Mississippi.
This past season, she earned her
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LEFT: Westfield girls head basketball coach Jeff
Eubanks shows Abigail Culverhouse and some others
the correct way to release the ball.
ABOVE: Eubanks checks Mikel Huckabee’s steadiness
prior to her shooting.
second letter - played in all 10 tourna
ments the school took part in - and
posted the second-best season stroke
average at 76.75.
She was also tied for the team lead
with five top-20 finishes and led the
team with four top-10 finishes.
And that’s just the kind of play she’ll
need when the tournament begins
today - it runs through Thursday - at
Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville.
See LOCALS, page 7A
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PAGE 6A
Nationals
close In on
division title
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
Three teams, the Red Sox,
Tigers and Eagles are chas
ing the Nationals for the top
of the division.
It doesn’t look good for
either of them catching
them.
Following their win over
the Red Sox Friday, the
Nationals had four games
left in the regular season
- playoffs are slated for
approximately July 10 - as
of Monday.
They were slated to play
the Astros Monday but that
game was rained out. They
were also scheduled to play
the Tigers Tuesday (results
pending). Their other two
games are both July 9. One
is against the Cardinals
and the other against the
Angels.
Regardless of how they
fare - or fared - against
the Tigers, the other three
teams they are slated to play
have a combined record of
15-38, neither with a win
ning record.
So, with a three-game
advantage in the standings,
nothing short of a melt
down will likely stop the
Nationals from taking the
division crown for the sec
ond straight year.
Now, don’t tell that to
the Tigers who remain the
second hottest team in the
league.
They won their second
straight - making it four
out of their last five - with
a 14-8 win over the Eagles
Sunday at Peach County
High School.
Leading the way for the
Tigers was Michah Smith,
his league-leading average
at .556. He flirted with the
cycle, going 4-6 with a tri
ple, double, pair of singles
See TITLE, page 7A
Middle Georgia Baseball
League standings
Team W L T W%
Nationals 13 3 0 813
Red Sox 13 6 0 .684
Tigers 12 6 0 .667
Eagles 117 0 .611
Cardinals 7 11 0 .389
White Sox 7 11 0 .389
Angels 5 12 0 .294
Astros 3 15 0 .167
3 PY pitchers
come up short
at Hard Rock
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
Hard Rock turned into
hard luck for Dane Clark
of the Perry Horseshoe
Pitcher’s Club.
After taking the “first”
train “from” Clarkesville last
week (translated: Competed
in the Clarkesville tourna
ment but was only able to
post a 1-3 record), he found
himself in a four-way tie at
the Hard Rock Happenin’
tournament Saturday in
Stone Mountain.
Competing in the B Class
- a total of six competitors
in that bracket and a total
of 33 in all, Clark, Howard
Hawes, Jimmy Coile and
Charles Mathis ended up in
a pitch-off.
The smoke cleared to
find Hawes and Coile ahead
of Clark, with 4-2 and 4-3
records, respectively. Clark
finished third, also at 4-3.
Coile, however, had 93 ring
ers out of a possible 240,
while Clark had 80. Coile
also had a 38.75 ringer per
centage to Clark’s 33.33.
See SHORT, page 8A