Clay Brown is the Sports Editor for the Houston Home Journal. His career started as a freelance journalist for the Cairo Messenger in Cairo, Georgia before moving to Valdosta and freelancing for the Valdosta Daily Times. He moved to Warner Robins with his fiance, Miranda, and two cats Olive and Willow in 2023 to become Sports Editor for the HHJ. When not out covering games and events Clay enjoys reading manga, playing video games, watching shows and trying to catch sports games.
Houston County sure tried to make it interesting, but the Bears (14-4, 7-2 Region 2-5A) held on in Game 3 to split Friday’s region doubleheader against Thomas County Central (12-5, 6-3 Region).
Nathan Dooley has coached both the boys and girls soccer programs at Perry High School for six years now, and after Wednesday night’s pair of wins against New Hampstead the Houston County native eclipsed 250 wins with the school.
Perry’s (5-6, 4-2 Region 1-4A) start to the 2026 season wasn’t easy but they seem to have found their groove as of late, now 4-1 in their last five after a 5-0 victory over New Hampstead (5-6, 2-4 Region) on Wednesday.
There was only about 32 minutes of actual game time played on Wednesday during Perry’s (7-3, 5-0 Region 1-4A) 10-0 domination of New Hampstead (0-8, 0-4 Region).
Unfortunately for Westfield (6-4, 0-1 GIAA District 5-4A/3A) error after error piled up in the third inning as Calvary Christian (3-7, 1-0 District) scored 10 runs to seal their 14-3 win in the district opener.
Westfield (2-2, 1-2 GIAA District 5-4A/3A) has had a tough last couple of games, the latest a 5-1 loss to Brookstone (5-1, 2-0 District) in Thursday’s home opener.