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.
Those kids that won just three games out of 30 in 2023 secured the Eagles’ (10-5, 1-3 Region 2-5A) first region win in seven years on Tuesday with a 4-3 defeat of Lee County (8-5, 1-3 Region).
After Northside (9-5, 0-3 Region 2-5A) head coach Joey Walker and Houston County (10-2, 3-0 Region) head coach Matt Hopkins exchanged words in the infield, Hopkins accompanied Walker to the huddle in left field to offer the team praise.
Houston County (10-2, 3-0 Region 2-5A) finished their region sweep of Northside (9-5, 0-3 Region) with 12-1 and 5-1 finals, but they weren’t particularly pretty.
It took a little while for Warner Robins (5-4) to get going after a strong second inning, but they put Central Fellowship Christian Academy (0-7) away in five innings on Thursday.
The end of flu season has taken its toll on the Perry Panthers (5-6), who were missing eight players and five starters in their 11-1 victory against Schley County (5-4) on Tuesday.
The basketball postseason in Houston County was over as soon as it started, with seven teams bowing out in the first week of the GHSA tournament and the final games of the GIAA’s season.