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♦ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008
Perry routs Southwest, Mary Persons
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Perry High kept South west-
Macon from scoring a field
goal in the second quarter,
and a 19-0 run in the first
half paved the way to a huge
65-35 rout of the Patriots
Saturday in Region 4-AAA
south sub-region basketball
action held in the Panther
Pit.
For the Panthers and
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Perry's Akeen Felder posts up for a jump shot in the
team's game against Mary Persons Friday at home.
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the break, 26-15. Southwest
helped by missing all four
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Perry's Kim Burgess battles a Lady Builldog for possession during the Lady Panthers' game against the Forsyth
squad Friday at home.
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Stadium, at least for the upcoming
season’s meeting.
With Perry moving to Region 1-
AAA with AAA runner-up Cairo
and neighboring rival Peach County
High, the Panthers have six playoff
teams already on the 2008 sched
ule.
Hawkinsville did not make the
Class A tournament.
coach Brett Hardy, the bal
ancing act that has been a
trademark of this program
the last two seasons contin
ued. Trey Smith, 6-4 junior
center, had the high scoring
honors on Saturday with 15
points. Kameron Felder and
Casey Hayward, a pair of
senior guards, each scored
nine while Michael Walker,
another guard, had seven.
The win put the Perry boys
at 1-1 in the sub-region.
free-throw attempts in
the quarter, and Lay Lay
Rountree sparked Perry by
causing a turnover that led
to two and assisting on a field
goal for Diamond Holmes.
The weekend of Jan. 11-12 is the
start of “visiting season” for col
lege football prospects, and a few
Panther seniors are making plans to
look around some campuses before
making a decision for February’s
“National Signing Day.”
This weekend, Scott said quar
terback/defensive back Casey
Hayward is visiting Troy University
in Alabama along with lineback
er Kanorris Davis. Both Hayward
and Davis set school records dur-
Southwest, with only a
nine-man roster, competed
in the first quarter as it
and the Panthers had four
lead-changes among them.
But Antonio Hubbard and
Felder each made 3-point
shots from a corner, and
Roderick Jones scored on a
cut into the lane to push
Perry to an eight-point lead
after one, 19-11.
Smith had six points in
the opening eight minutes.
The score stalled at 19-11
for several minutes in the
second period until Jones
and Akeen Felder worked
a little give-and-go action
and Hayward scored off a
steal (26-11). Smith shot
a 3-pointer in from NBA
range, and with Hayward’s
penetration assist to Jones,
the Panthers completed the
19-0 run to lead 34-11. The
Patriots managed a pair of
foul shots in the quarter, but
Perry was in control at the
half 34-13.
Both Hayward and Chase
Russell had two steals in
the first half. Five different
Panthers had a field goal in
the second quarter.
Hayward added two more
steals to his total in the
second half. Hubbard and
Smith each scored off their
own steals in the third quar
ter, and Hubbard added
an assist off an offensive
rebound to Smith. Perry led
52-27 after the third.
Jones blocked three
Southwest shots in the sec
ond half.
The Panther balancing
act on Saturday was a mere
carryover from Friday’s 81-
64 non-region home win
against Mary Persons of the
4-AAA north sub-region. Six
Periy players had eight or
more points, Jones leading
the way with 22.
K. Felder made four 3-
Southwest was still relent
less on defense but erratic
on offense in the second half,
and Perry never trailed by
more than 14 in the third
period. Burgess scored on
ing Perry’s top 8 season, Hayward
becoming the first player ever to
rush and pass for 1,000 yards while
Davis established a single-season
mark for total tackles in one year.
Vanderbilt is also on Hayward’s
itinerary for the weekend of
Jan. 18-19, according to Scott,
and he said Hayward is going to
either North Carolina or Middle
Tennessee on Jan. 25-26 depend
ing on North Carolina’s situation.
Davis does have a visit planned to
Middle Tennessee in two weeks.
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Panther Casey Hayward drives to the basket for a layup.
point shots to get 12 points.
Hayward scored eight, all in
both a stick-back and a steal,
then Wilson put back a sec
ond shot and took a high-low
feed from Burgess in for two
(35-24). Rountree’s assist to
Wilson in the post cut it to
the first half; Russell scored
eight, all in the second half.
a 10-point game, but vet
eran Southwest point guard
Myeshia Simms patiently
dribbled out most of the
clock, then penetrated for
two to end the quarter at
39-27.
Perry got within nine twice
in the fourth as Wilson and
Newberry scored on put
backs, but Simms answered
with two uncontested drives
to the basket.
On Friday, the Lady
Panthers beat Maiy Persons
56-48 at home. Mary Persons
is in Region 4-AAA, but in the
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Diamond Holmes and Kenisha Williams go up for a
rebound against a pair of Mary Persons players.
Receiver Akeen Felder and defen
sive end Tony Davis are visiting
Albany State. Scott said no one on
the Panther team has verbally com
mitted as of this past weekend.
With a lot of attention on the
2008 recruiting season for college
football, Perry High not only has
prospects for this year’s signing
day, but the 2009 signing day as
well. Offensive lineman Johnnie
Farms, a rising senior, is already
on the minds of some mqjor college
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Smith and Hubbard each
had eight.
north sub-region. Newberry
led the way with 15 points,
11 coming in the second half.
Rountree had 11, Burgess 12
and Holmes nine.
Perry led 16-4 after the
first quarter and never
looked back, even though
Mary Persons got within five
at halftime, 23-18, and three
after the third period, 37-34.
The Lady Panthers excelled
at the foul line, especially in
the second half. Newberry
was 5-for-7 at the stripe,
Rountree 6-for-7, and Wilson
made 5-of-8.
programs, based especially on his
showings at camps last summer.
Trey Smith, a 6-4, 210-pound
receiver, had a breakthrough junior
season last year with 42 catches for
510 yards and nine touchdowns.
“Trey’s getting quite a bit of
attention,” said Scott. “A lot of
teams look at him as a future tight
end. That may be hampering his
recruiting process a little bit. He
hasn’t had any offers yet. But to be
honest, this spring I think that’s
going to explode.”