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14 PANTHERS From page 7 said Scott. “The things in the community, our the booster club with Tony Holder and Kevin Long have really taken off. The gen eral excitement of the program continues to get better. “We planted that seed a long time ago. that we want to build a great football pro gram and not just field a team. We stuck to our guns. We have great administration ... they've allowed us to do some things, really lay a good foundation for this team.” How they fared Hawkinsville Lost 17-6 Dougherty Won 26-12 Jackson Lost 28-27 Henry County Won 20-17 Central, Macon Won 35-14 West Laurens Won 42-6 Peach County Lost 43-14 Southwest Won 56-6 Northeast, Macon Won 38-20 Spalding Won 27-0 Cairo Lost 1 7-6 * (E) 1307 North Ave. jShaheu’s W w *. * ~ <jjgr* The team is indeed what all that work is about. With all the numbers, Perry has been able to join other traditional powers in Class AAA as a team that can field one starter in every position with few two-way guys. Therefore, Casey Hayward has developed into a major playmaking quarterback, Kanor ris Davis became a pure terror on defense and gigantic Johnnie Farms has focused his attention on becoming a future offensive tackle prospect. “We’re looking at - good Lord willing - a very explosive offense,” said Scott. “A de fense that’s going to be young. We’re going to start three sophomores on defense. It’s a defense that’s going to attack you and run to the football. I think we are going to be sound in the kicking game with our punter and kicker both returning.” The main development over Perry’s off season is that all the bones are gone from the offense, whether it’s wishbones, broken bones, ham bones or soup bones. With Hay ward entering his senior season, Scott said the Panthers are going with a spread look to best suit the type of weapons Hayward has around him. “Not only has (Hayward) matured physi cally, he’s matured mentally,” said Scott. “HeV become more confident in his-game. He’s also become an outstanding leader. Mentally, he has matured into a definite D-l football player. “The biggest thing for him is to continue to make plays. If he’s Casey, we’re going to be successful. He’s continued to get better each and every day.” Panthers Coaches, Faculty & Staff Perry High School Perry, GA 31069 i Buy 1 Adult Buffet @ Regular Price , Get 1 Adult Buffet @ 1/2 Price Sunday - Thursday Lunch or Dinner 11-2 pm lunch 5-9 pm dinner 785 N. Houston Rd. 478-923-5381 No. Name Grade 1 Ephraim Wheeler 10 2 Jarod Billings 10 3 Casey Hayward 12 4 Dardraßagin 10 5 Dabian Fountain 9 6 Rashaad Williams 12 7 Brandon Smith 10 8 Tay Brown 11 9 Kaderius Felder 10 10 Trey Smith 11 11 Preston Mitchell 10 12 J.R. Lasseter 12 13 Brent Gentry 9 14 Cameron Davis 10 15 Cortez Riley 10 16 Bill Freeman 12 17 Maxalan Vickers 11 18 Michael Robinson 12 19 Travis Cooper 9 20 Akeen Felder 12 21 Brandon Grace 10 22 JacoreyLane 11 23 Tourris Leary 12 26 lain Struckmeyer 9 27 Gordy Grimm 10 28 James Durham 9 29- Ray Guinn 10 30 Aaron Daniel 11 32 Austin Brown 10 33 Cyntavious Mumphrey 9 The change in the offensive game plan, Scott said, comes from regular staff meet ings and individual meetings with the play ers to determine what direction they need to take. “You can’t stay the same,” he said. “You either get better or you get worse. “It’s a West Virginia spread. It’s some thing a lot of people are going to. You have to spread people out. We’re a lot more ath letic than we were year No. 1.” But a spread offense doesn’t mean a good bye to the running game. Scott said the idea is to run first and throw the ball to keep peo ple honest. Hayward can get the football to Brandon Golden, Akeen Felder, Trey Smith, J.R. Lasseter, Jacory Lane and others in any sort of manner for them to make the plays that could result in six points at any time. “We have a plethora of kids who can make plays,” said Scott. Leading the offensive line is Farms, a 152258 MAGNETIC SIGNS • BANNERS • VINYL GRAPHICS Printers Inc. www.printersinclo9.com 478-328-7387 109 Park Avenue • Warner Robins Behind Taco Bali on Russelt Parkway ?25^* 2007 Panthers 34 Brandon Golden 12 35 Dylan Pollard 9 36 Storm Cheatham 11 37 Dillon Swartz 9 38 Mark Heberlig 10 39 Antonio Davis 10 40 Tyler Martens 10 41 Justin Rodgers 9 42 Cory Bard 10 43 Kanorris Davis 12 44 Tyler Rodgers 9 45 John Mathis 11 46 Josh Turner 9 47 Dominique Newberry 10 48 Cory Grantham 10 50 Jamal Rumph 10 51 Bobby Pulsifer 9 52 Clint Kirk 11 53 Grant Busbee 9 54 Tony Boisclair 9 55 Jay Golden 12 56 Austin White 11 57 Nathan Bullard 10 58 Kered Whitest 12 59 Phillip Thomas 12 60 Heath Whiddon 19 61 Ryan Rainey 10 62- Gory Mader 10 63 Allen Wiswell 12 64 A.J. Foster 11 65 Vontravious Fairfax 10 of nature.” He has the obvious size and showed his strength during summer conditioning, so all that remains is if he’s fig ured out how to put it all together to be a dominating tackle. “Like most of our kids, he’s a tremen dously hard worker,” said Scott. “He does everything the line coaches ask him to do and plays extremely hard.” Farms, though, is just one guy at a spot that needs five to six players all doing the right job at the same time. The Perry line has more experience up front from Clint Kirk and Jay Golden to go with Allen Wiswell, A.J. Foster and Austin White. “It’s a good core of linemen that’s go ing to be very successful for us‘,” said Scott. “Everything about offense is execution. When you have the offensive line execut ing, being sound and working together, it The Banner Man HOUSTON COUNTY FOOTBALL 2007 66 Will Green 10 67 Dusty Foskey 10 68 Garrett Stokeling 11 69 Johnnie Farms 11 70 Anthony Davis 10 71 Cole Bledsoe 10 72 Jeremey Loften 9 73 Aaron Connaster 9 74 Orlando Dugger 10 75 David Norwood 12 76 Kel Cromer 11 77 Jonathan Glowers 11 78 Josh Walden 9 79 Savian Marshall 10 81 Tony Davis 12 82 Tyler Kendrick 10 84 Wesley Lasseter 9 85 Bruce Mcghee 12 86 Josh Mullis 9 87 Jake Hartzog 9 88 Quinton Stripling 10 89 Cody Mahler 12 90 James Campbell 9 91 A.C. Talton 9 92 Eric Joseph 10 94 Jecavesia Hayward 12 95 Antonio JaGkson 9 96 Matt Peterman 9 97 Mark Ragsdale 9 98 Travis Jackson 9 See PANTHERS 1, page 19 52115