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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
PANTHERS
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The slam was one of eight
hits allowed by Kiser in
his outing. He also struck
out eight while issuing two
walks.
Stephens had two extra
base hits at the plate, includ
ing a fourth-inning triple.
Kiser drove in three runs on
two singles to help his cause,
and J.R. Lasse ter had two
hits with two RBI.
All of the runs Jackson
scored in Game 1 were
unearned. That included a
first-inning run resulting
from an error against the
leadoff batter and a wild
pitch.
Kiser got the unearned
run back on a single that
followed an error that began
the top of the second. The
Panthers were not finished
scoring as coach Shawn
Masters called for a lot of
small ball tactics.
Adam Nelson bunted for
a hit, Stephens sacrificed
the two runners to second
and third, and Matt Phillips
broke the tie with an RBI
out.
After Stephens tripled and
scored in the fourth, Lasseter
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Perry’s J.R. Lasseter slides into second safely as the throw gets away.
Westfield Booster Club hosts golf tourney
Special to the Journal
The Westfield Booster
Club hosted its annual
golf tournament recently
at Houston Lake Country
Club in Perry. Tournament
co-chairpersons Brenda
Evans and Susie Greer
reported that the event
drew 27 teams and success
fully raised money for the
Westfield athletic depart
ment.
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Pictured are members of Westfield’s 1978 golf team: Eddie Wilson, Jimmy Beeland,
Tee Tolleson, and David Grantham. Westfield won the GISA state championship 30
years ago, and the team reunited to capture first place in Westfield’s Booster Club
golf tournament.
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delivered a two-out, two-run
single for a 5-1 lead.
Jackson only had two bas
erunners over the next three
turns at-bat with Lasseter
making a great catch run
ning towards the infield in
the third inning. Kiser was
sitting on two outs in the
fifth when a single and two
errors quickly loaded the
bases. Bowen took one swing
and tied the score.
The Devils kept going in
the fifth with two more hits,
but Kiser ended it with a
strikeout. Jackson’s only
other threat was with the
bases loaded in the seventh
(Bowen getting another hit),
but all runners stayed on
with a pop-up to Nelson at
first base.
Stephens put Perry up 6-5
with his fifth inning double.
Kiser singled in Lasseter
and Kinnas when the bases
were loaded with one out in
the sixth.
In Game 2, the Panthers
had twice as many hits as the
Red Devils, 10 to 5. Kinnas
walked three and struck out
five. Jackson didn’t score
until the sixth inning on
two hits, and the visitors
had two runners still in scor
ing position when Lasseter
caught the last out in right.
As part of the fund-rais
ing event, a 2008 Ford
Ranger truck was raffled
off in a regressive draw
ing. The winner of the
truck was Bill Barbour of
Byron.
Low Gross team win
ners were: first place -
Newt Hiley, Warren Young,
Stephen Young, and Travis
Adams; second place - Lanny
English, Bill Handy, Larry
Giles, and Mike Threadgill;
The Devils loaded the
bases without scoring in the
seventh as Kinnas had two
strikeouts and catcher Jeff
Stewart threw out a runner
trying to steal third.
The oddity about this
game is that three straight
half-innings, from the bot
tom of the second to the
bottom of the third, ended in
double plays. The Panthers
turned two of those courtesy
of Phillips at shortstop and
Nelson all the way from left
field.
Stewart doubled twice at
the plate with one RBI and
Kiser had a two-run home
run and an RBI single.
Kiser’s run-scoring single
and Stewart’s RBI double
came in a two-run Panther
first (Perry playing as the
visiting team).
Phillip Vance had an RBI
single in Perry’s two-run
second, and Nelson’s hit in
the fifth put the hosts up 5-
0. The Panthers doubled the
run total all in the top of the
sixth, an inning capped off
by Kiser’s home run.
Gordy Grimm, who started
both games at second base
and put down a successful
sacrifice earlier in the game,
also drove in a run in the
sixth.
third place - Dean Shuford,
Kellan Shuford, and Paul
Cable.
Low Net team winners
were: first place - Jimmy
Beeland, Tee Tolleson,
Eddie Wilson, and David
Grantham; second place
Mike Davis, Jody
Bellflower, Ricky Cleghorn,
and Casey Phillips; third
place - Danny Wilson, Shaw
Blackmon, Chris Kinnas,
and Julie Evans.
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Perry's Phillip Vance slides in safe at home during the Panthers 9 doubleheader sweep
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Panther first baseman Adam Nelson applies a late tag on a pickoff attempt of a Red Devil
runner.
PREWETT
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everything that’s been going
on, but it’s been fun.”
Prewett, who had 100 total
tackles in 2007, the third
highest single-season total in
Bears history, found it hard
to describe himself as a foot
ball player beyond being one
who tried to work hard every
day and not think of his own
status too much.
“Just try to play hard
within the system,” he said.
“Don’t try to do too much.
I think our coaches make it
like that.
“This year I had to take
on a new role and try to get
everybody in the right spot.
We had a lot of young guys,
and I had to tell them where
to be all the time. It was a
learning experience for me
because I’ve never been in
that position. But I learned
a lot of different things on
leadership.”
Prewett lists his father,
Mike, as having a major influ
ence on his football career.
“I always wanted to get
as good as their team was,”
said the son about his dad’s
top high school program. “I
think all the coaches I’ve
had, coach (Chip) Stuart was
a big influence on me, teach
ing me different things, not
even about football, but just
life in general. He was a good
friend, too.”
LaGrange College still has
a relatively new football pro
gram, and in 2008 will be
a member of the St. Louis
Intercollegiate Conference.
“They came by and visited
me during the season,” said
Prewett. “We talked about
it, but I didn’t want it to get
in the way of the season. I
wanted to finish my season,
and then worry about what
ever will happen afterwards.
“I took a visit in January
with two other players on
our team. I really had fun. I
loved the campus, and I got
along great with the coaches.
It’s a new program, but they
support the program. It’s a
good opportunity.
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"This year I had to take on a new role and
try to get everybody in the right spot. We
had a lot of young guys, and I had to tell them
where to be all the time. It was a learning
experience for me because I've never been in
that position. But I learned a lot of different
things on leadership."
-Houston County High School football player Chris Prewett
“We haven’t really talked
about (my role). We’re trying
to get me accepted in there.
That’s all we’ve been talking
about.”
Prewett has plans to major
in mathematics and obtain a
teaching degree for second
ary education. He wants to
coach high school football.
“I just love being around
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