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Major League Baseball
■ St. Louis at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.,
Fox Sports Network
BRAVES CORNER
Orioles 7, Braves 4
ATLANTA (AP) - By his own
appraisal, Russ Ortiz didn’t deliv
er a winning performance in his
Baltimore debut.
Thanks to their 17-hit attack,
the Orioles didn't have to rely on
strong pitching.
Nick Markakis had his second
four-hit game of the week. Brian
Roberts drove in two runs with
three hits and Baltimore jumped
on Tim Hudson early to beat
the Atlanta Braves 7-4 Saturday
night.
Russ Ortiz lasted only 4 1-
3 innings, allowing three runs
and nine hits He struck out one,
walked four and was pulled before
qualifying for a win.
Ortiz was 0-5 with a 7.54 ERA
in six starts for Arizona this sea
son when the Diamondbacks
released him on June 21.
The Braves, coming off a 6-21
June, had hoped to start a win
ning streak with Friday night's
5-3 win.
Instead, Hudson (6-8) gave up
11 hits and six runs, five earned,
in only 2 2-3 innings in suffering
his fourth straight loss. It was
Hudson's shortest start since
pitching 2 2-3 innings in a 7-3 loss
at Texas on June 13,2005.
Kurt Birkins (3-1) retired the
last two batters in the fifth as the
Orioles improved to 14-23 in road
games.
Braves reliever Chris Reitsma
pitched 11-3 scoreless innings in
his first appearance since coming
off the disabled list Friday. He hit
Tejada with a pitch in the eighth
inning and, following a visit from
trainer Jeff Porter, left the game.
Chipper Jones hit a solo homer
in the ninth.
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 cen
ter is currently accepting applica
tions for volunteer 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
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:
■ Thursday: 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.
HLCC to host clinic, more
Houston Lake Country Club will
be holding a Junior Golf Clinic
July 11-13, 9:30-11 am. 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 dub 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.
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 5, 2006
WRALL teams open District 5 play with wins
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team’s District V game Saturday at the Western Little League field in Macon.
Richt’s first five years characterized as some of Georgia’s most successful
(Editor’s note: The
following is the second of
four stories gathered from
interviews conducted at
the Georgia Sports Hall of
Fame’s Peach State Pigskin
media day on June 28 to
appear in the Houston Home
Journal.)
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
What must it be like
to sit on top of the
college football
world? A head coach like
Mark Richt of the University
of Georgia finds that it is
Pigskin
Preview
2 of 4
seasons as the Bulldogs head
man, and those first five
years have been among the
most successful in the his
tory of the football program
in Athens.
He has led Georgia to the
Southeastern Conference
championship game three
times with two victories,
including last year’s upset
of LSU.
Those wins earned the
Bulldogs trips to the Sugar
Bowl for the first time since
the early 1980 s.
‘Fired’ up, on the straight and narrow
The next time you see
me, I’ll be a leaner,
meaner Joe Sersey.
When you get fired from
a job you’re doing for free
(more on that later), that
can cause a deep depres
sion.
To escape my despair, I left
Warner Robins for a month
of fresh air and rehabilita
tion in Boone, NC.
Actually, I’m attend
ing a month-long institute
on developmental educa
tion at Appalachian State
University.
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everything on the campus
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quite a
crowded
seat with
many of
his col
leagues on
the outside
looking for
a spot of
their own.
Richt
is in
between
his fifth
and sixth
HHJ Matthew Brown
Georgia head coach Mark Richt talks to media during the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Pigskin Preview media day
June 28 in Macon.
So this should be the
beginning of a mpjor football
dynasty run for Georgia ...
or will it? The SEC, after all,
is considered the toughest in
all of NCAA Division I. Only
twice in the eight-year era
of the Bowl Championship
Series has a team from this
league won the national
is either
straight
up or
straight
down, and
I’m walk
ing every
where.
I ’ d
already
begun to
lose some
weight
while
umpiring.
To be more accurate, I didn’t
so much lose pounds as I did
inches on my waist.
I’m proof positive that
Sports
Joe Sersey
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championship.
The point is that Richt’s
seat among championship
winning coaches is a delicate
one indeed. He talked about
how hard it is to win big
year after year in the SEC
and the challenges facing the
defending league champions
in the fall of 2006 while
physical activity can help. I
didn’t do that much moving
around, but the players did
and through some process of
osmosis, I gained from their
efforts, or better, lost from
their activity.
Also, the constant men
tal anguish I suffered from
the verbal slings and arrows
fired my way affected my
appetite.
Still, it took more than that
to affect my physique. I have
positive proof that the ego
weighs 10 pounds because
that’s how much weight I
lost after I was informed
- not by Don Moncrief but
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
Taylor Campbell’s four
innings of perfect pitch
ing got the postseason for
Warner Robins American
Little League major girls
off to a good start Saturday
at West Macon Park.
Campbell struck out 11
of the 12 batters she faced
from Ocmulgee, and the
Warner Robins offense
proved too much for even
the scoreboard to handle in
a 20-0 rout.
This was the open
ing round of the state’s
District 5 tournament for
Little League softball.
Only the ninth batter in
the Ocmulgee lineup put
the ball in play, but Emilee
Merritt at third base took
care of the lone chance for
the defense.
The Warner Robins
offense needed an inning to
start clicking itself against
a slower pitching delivery.
Moriah Candenhead had
an infield single in that
first inning, but was her
team’s only baserunner.
But from there on in
there were no need for
attended the Peach State
Pigskin media day last week
in Macon.
“It’s the same old thing,”
said Richt when asked about
this year’s outlook for the
conference. “Probably eight
teams, at least 10, could
contend for the champion
ship. That’s what makes it
even higher up the chain
- that my “free” editorials
for the op-ed page were no
longer needed.
My talents were better
suited, I was told, for the
sports page.
But looking thinner via a
damaged psyche feeds the
ego as well, and I am deter
mined to continue my efforts
in a more physical way.
While I’m attending ASU’s
Kellogg Institute, I’m going
to turn the university into
my own spa.
I walk everywhere regard
less of the weather.
See SERSEY, page 3B
SECTION
B
WE WANT
YOU!
Editor's Note:
Warner Robns
National and Perry
Junior leagues: We
know you're out
there and we know
you too are involved
in postseason play.
Please let us - and
subsequently read
ers - know how
you're doing. Call
987-1823 Ext. 231
or 397-8811.
adjust
men t s .
Warner
Robins
scored
seven
times
in the
second,
eight in
the third
and five
in the
fourth.
In fact,
every run
scored in
the sec
ond came
with two outs. Warner
Robins had two runners on
base with one out when a
pop-up was caught.
The runner on third only
went halfway, but Ocmulgee
still made a throw to third
base that got away.
With one run scored,
Warner Robins tagged four
hits in a row ... one of each
kind of hit to get the cycle
in the inning.
Carmen Field’s infield hit
drove in a run, Candenhead
doubled to left for two
See WRALL, page 6B
an interesting season every
year. That’s what makes
us look average sometimes
because we are so evenly
matched.”
Richt further explained
that a good offense from
the SEC is more likely to
struggle against a good
See WORLD, page 3B
GSGA taking entries
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Special to the HHJ
MARIETTA - Entries
are now being accepted for
the 20th annual Georgia
Senior Championship,
which takes place Aug.
29-31 at Cherokee Town
and Country Club in
Atlanta.
This event is open to
male amateur golfers age
55 and above as of Aug.
29, who are GSGA mem
bers and Georgia resi
dents.
The format of the
See SENIOR, page 3B