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(ILJ^^mtnral OUR SANDLOT ON DECK Today Major League Baseball ■ Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m., TBS 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-Fnday. 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 cheerleading/football/soccer 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 Erpeldmg 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. Runners register on race day. Contact Erpelding at 328-3208 or via e-mail at Erpelding@bellsouth. net for more information. The entry fee is $5. IB.CC 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 informa tion. 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. You’ve got questions... Heads up, all Houston County golfers! The Houston Home Journal sports department is putting together a new regular feature aiming at improving your understanding of the game of golf and the way you play out of the course. For this "Ask the Pros" column, we are asking you, the avid golfer, to submit any question you may have concerning the rules of the sport or your golf swings, strokes and putts. We will then forward your question to a local golf pro from one of five Houston County golf clubs, and that pro will in turn answer the question. That answer will appear in the Home Journal. Send your questions, including your name and where you live, via e-mail to mbrown@evansnewspapers.com or by regular mail to the Houston Home Journal, attn: sports, 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA, 31069. HE SAID IT “Without a positive attitude, you're not going anywhere - in raang or in life." - Brett Bodlrte SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2006 Kgaßfe;.-:.* py ' lj w ' ! HHJ Matthew Brown Daryl McNeil, head coach of the International City Warriors, pitches the football with another one in his hands as he runs a running back drill Thursday. Nix remembers his roots while leading Georgia Tech on the gridiron (Editor's note: The fol lowing is one of four stories gathered from interviews conducted at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame’s Peach State Pigskin Preview media day Thursday, to appear in the Houston Home Journal.) By MATTHEW BROWN HHJ Sports Writer He just might be Northside High School football’s No. 1 fan, and he never suit ed up for the Eagles nor Pigskin Preview 1 of 4 it’s been much easier to keep up with things since he took a job in Atlanta in 2002. Patrick Nix is the offen sive coordinator at Georgia Tech, a former head coach in college football and for mer starting quarterback at Auburn University. All of his learning and development in the game of football took place in Alabama. His main teacher not just State contenders make for strong team Below is the Houston Home Journal’s All- Houston County base ball team for 2006 First team ■ Brian Wilkerson, Houston County ■ Chase Brown, Houston County ■ Joe Vasquez, Houston County (tie) ■ Brad Jackson, Houston County ■ Chris Snipes, Warner Robins ■ Matt Summers, Warner Robins ■ Jeremy Elliott, Warner Robins ■ Seth Reber, Perry ■ Josh Stewart, Perry ■ Philip Rice, Perry Like father, like son ./? "• '• -• . :'■ s*.’ u■ kk *, ■ ■■''',' u&ISHHjfiH <, .lEil fiL ,> ‘tKS!^ - ■ Vb ‘ f$M wM | , ® . i-p'V 1 _,, A Im S K ;. r > \J* W J did he ever attend a class on the cam pus in Warner Robins. But he does have a heart-felt interest in what goes on with this pro gram, and HIIJ/Matthew Brown Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Patrick Nix talks to media during the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Pigskin Preview media day Thursday in Macon. in all things related to the gridiron, but in all things related to growing up and being a good human being was his father, Conrad Nix, the current head football coach at Northside. All-Houston County Compiled by Don Moncrief ■ Josh O’Neal, Westfield (tie) Second team ■ Ryan Beitler, Houston County ■ Jordan Beatty, Warner Robins ■ Joseph Herrmann, Warner Robins ■ Matt Hvizdzak, Warner Robins ■ Blake Lee, Warner Robins ■ Jacob Vargas, Warner Robins ■ Scott Willis, Warner Robins Sports For Warriors, nothing short of a title will do By MATTHEW BROWN HHJ Sports Writer Ready or not, a new football season is about to begin. The International City Warriors aren’t just looking to make the Southern Football League bigger and more competitive. This group wants to be the competition to make all others be on the lookout. One week from today, the new sea son for the new semi-pro gridiron squad begins in Gadsden, Ala., against the Avengers. Ironically, Gadsden is the hometown of International City head coach Daryl McNeil, who came to Houston County when the Army base in Gadsden closed. McNeil is a former assistant coach for the now defunct Middle Georgia Stallions, a team that had a two-year unbeaten streak end only because the team was forced to fold. McNeil said this Warrior team wants noth ing less than to recapture what the Stallions accomplished, all the way to the EFA national championship game in Atlantic City at the end of the year. “Some of these guys have been out almost a year,” said McNeil on Thursday as he waited on his players for a practice session at the field across from Perry Primary School. “They are “He can be tough to deal with at times, I can tell you that,” said Patrick, who rep resented Georgia Tech at the Peach State Pigskin media day at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon. ■ Kevin Gifford, Northside ■ Jeff Stewart, Perry ■ Phillip Vance, Perry ■ Tony Albritton, Westfield ■ Jarrod Taylor, Westfield First team Brian Wilkerson f§| School: Houston County Position: Pitcher/first base Impact: Overall, he hit .513. He had 41 hits, of which four were home runs and six were doubles. He also had 38 RBI and scored 26 runs. He had a slugging percentage of .738 and an on base percentage of .600. His fielding percentage at first basq was .973 and on the mound it was .957. “After 34 years of dealing with him, it’s sometimes good and sometimes bad. But I’ve learned a lot about life in general, probably more about how to be a good person, how to do things the He posted a 9-1 record from the hill and added three saves to that. He struck out 114, only walked 10 and had an ERA of 1.81. He gave up 63 hits and 28 runs. Chase Brown School: Houston County Position: Pitcher/shortstop Impact: Overall, he hit .385. He had 30 hits, of which one was a home run, one was a triple and six were doubles. He also had 11 RBI and scored 30 runs. He had a slugging percentage of .526 and an on base percentage of .547. His fielding percentage at shortstop was .898 and on the mound it was a perfect 1.000. See TEAM, page 5B 'Right now, I would say we are one of the fittest teams in the league. Conditioning is first and foremost with this team. We do run a West Coast offense, so you have to lie well conditioned to run it/ - International City Warriors head coach Daryl McNeil pretty much ready to get back on the field and do some hitting. “Right now, I would say we are one of the fittest teams in the league. Conditioning is first and foremost with this team. We do run a West Coast offense, so you have to be well condi tioned to run it.” The West Coast offense is well known to avid National Football League fans as what brought Super Bowl cham pionships to the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers. The Warriors will have someone with pro experience running the show in a former five- right way, work hard and treat people like they’re sup posed to be treated.” Patrick Nix was born in Attalla, Ala., and had -an award-winning See NIX, page 2B Davidson finishes fourth at top 60 From staff reports Katie Davidson of Bonaire fell one notch from the first day of com petition, to fourth, and that’s how she finished at the Georgia State Golf Association Georgia Top 60 Women’s Classic held Wednesday-Thursday at Barnsley Gardens in Adairs ville. She shot a 78 and 79, respectively. Kyu Ri Ban of Duluth shot a 73 and 74 to finish first overall. • Davidson also fin ished fourth in the Championship Flight while Ban was also See TOP, page SB SECTMfII B