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mm phil W { MKdltor 1 E. The first annual Ochlahatchee Invitational Basketball Tournament is now history. The double-elimination affair, held at Westfield’s beautiful gym, was another step forward for Perry’s drive towards recreation for adults. The young men who participated in this year’s event gave a lot of perspiration, and effort, to make the tournament a reality. The civic clubs of Perry are to be congratulated ... It was a wor thwhile venture. The OIT champion Kiwanis Club placed two players on the first annual all tournament team. Leahman Stanley - unanimous selection for MVP honors - joined teammate George Nunn on the star studded squad. Stanley was the leading scorer in the tourney with scoring outputs of 24, 27 and 40 points for a 33.3 average. The GSU product rattled the nets at a 63 percent clip from the floor. Nunn averaged 13 ppg and was one of the leading rebounders of the meet The Rotary Club finished third in the tour nament and berthed hot-shooting Gary Bishop on the all-star team. Bishop, who specializes in 25- foot bombs from the outside, average 17 ppg. Representing the Exchange Club on the all-star team is guard Randall Daniel. Randall dropped in 12 ppg during the tournament and was one of the finest ball handlers in the tournament. The PW manager recorded more steals than any other performer. Last but not least on the all-star first five is the Civitan Club’s Richard Erwin. The PJHS coach was the leading rebounder in the tournament and played a vicious defense. Making honorable mention for their play in the OIT were: Chuck Scott (Exchange), John Warlick and Danny Shelton (Civitan), David Walker (Rotary) and Ed Beckham (Kiwanis). The final standing for the OIT championship were : Kiwanis (W 3 - LO), Civitans (W 2 - L 2), Rotary (Wl- L 2) and Exchange (W1 ■ L 3). Il HU A K . I jpHK., v Wm f jKbmsr^ r | jr \ bhr xßiir ■ *JmKr ■H9|MhVH / —r PERKY JR. HIGH NINTH GRADE THINCLADS Members of the Perry Junior High Sc hool track team for 1972 are pictured above. (Front row left to right) R. Humph, C. Johnson, C. Ray, M. Harris, (Back row) R. Brown, H. Ragin, C. Gilbert, M. Davis, B. Little and Coach Gibson. . ■* Jm'i .s', ,^.^, »♦ .;*'* % £ f 1 Wit .u w/tSfti- vV^v^HjfajSSj^B^^Kj * PERRY 7th & Bth GRADE TRACK TEAM Coach Richard Erwin’s record setting track team is pictured above before a Thursday afternoon practice session. (Front row left to right) William Lester, Wendell Vance, Roy Mathis, Ricky Rawls, David Howard. (Second row) Bernard Evans, Mgr., John Arnall. Dennis Little, Ken Lumpkin, Larry Adams, Curtis Green. (Third row) Coach Richard Erwin, Ronnie Clarington, Keith Hudson, Edwin Allen, Randy Rumph and Willie Brown. Not pictured: Ricky Allen, Mark Brooks, Larry Green and Maurice Daniel. SET COUNTY _R_ECORDS_ Erwin’s Thinclads Nail Down Second In County Coach Richard Erwin’s seventh and eighth Perry High Junior High School track team finished in second place for the Houston County Track Cham pionship, thanks to a strong finish in the final meet of the season. Erwin’s charges beat three Warner Robins teams. Perry totaled 55 team points to Tabor’s 52, Northside’s 19 and Warner Robins 6. Tabor edged out the local thinclads for the County championship 200*'2 points to 19616. Dennis Little grabbed fourth place for Perry in the high jump. Erwin’s youngsters copped the top two places in the broad jump with Adams setting a new county record (17.9 feet). Curtis Green placed second. In the discus throw, Ronnie Clarington placed fourth and in the shot put, Willie Brown and Ronnie Clarington finished third and fourth respectively. Perry’s 440 relay team won first and second place. Adams, Rumph, lister and Lumpkin were the winners. Daniel, E. Allen, R. Allen and C. Green placed second. In the mile run, Wendell Vance took home second place, while Perry's speed merchant, Ken Lumpkin set a new record in the 100-yard dash with a blistering time of 10.6 in winning. Curtis Green added to the Perry laurels by setting a new record in the 440. Green broke the old standard with a 56.7. Ronnie Clarington finished second. In the 120 hurdles, William nabbed third place for Perry. And in the 880 Wendell Vance and Maurice Daniel placed fourth and third respectively. In the 220 Ken Lumpkin did his thing again by setting a new County record with a time of 24.4. Rumph came in second for the Perry trackers. Perry’s seventh and eighth graders placed second and third in the mile relay. Adams, Clarington, Daniel and C. Green were on the second place team and lister, R. Allen, E. Allen and L. Green paced the third place team. Coach Erwin said he was extremely proud of his track team this season and expects to be tough again next year. PHS To Host Sub-Region Track Meet Perry High School will host the 1972 sub-region track tournament to com mence Friday morning at 10:00. Teams from Dublin, Dodge, Telfair, Mary Per sons, West Laurens, Hawkinsville, Jones County, Bibb Tech and Perry will be vying for the two top spots, that will advance to the region 2AA track cham pionsiip set for May 12 in Statesboro. Perry, with a strong track contingent, will be one of the favorites in Friday’s sub region meet. There is no admission charge to the sub-region meet and the event will last all day Friday. The Perry coaching staff urges all Perry High fans to come on out and support the Perry High thinclads in their bid for the sub-region crown. Baby Cats Lose To WR Warner Robins Jr. defeated the Perry Panthers at Dry Lake Field last Monday by a score of 7-5. It was Warner Robins first win of the season. It was the Panthers’ second loss. King was the loser for the Panthers. Bramlett for Perry came in the 4th and held Warner Robins to only 1 run on an error. Jaru Ash and Tracy Bramlett both had homeruns for Perry with no one on base. Other leaders at the Plates for Perry were Elijah King with 1-3; Joe Nadaeu with 2-2; and Lucious Askew with 1-2. Warner Robins scored 6 runs in the bottom of the third on a rush of Perry errors. The Panthers have now 2 wins and 2 losses. The new County broad jump is held by Larry Adams. The PJHS thinclad broke the old standard with a leap of 17’9” this season. PAGE 14-A ■Hu Sp \ lip' iW Dickie Erwin Puts Up A Jumper For Civitans ....Ed Beckham Tries For Block Kiwanis Clip Civitans 71-55 For OIT Crown The Perry Kiwanis Club, led by the deadeye shooting of Leahman Stanley, ex ploded for 39 second half points and then held off a late charge by the Civitans to win the first Annual Ochlahat chee Basketball Invitational, 71-55. The championship con frontation was fairly close for the first two quarters, with the Kiwanis holding leads of 13-10 and 32-25. In the third stanza the Kiwanis commenced a hot streak that streached their advantage to as many as 25 points. Leah man Stanley and Larry Walker provided the bulk of the Kiwanis scoring with 14 and 6 points respectively. Stanley’s total included 6 of 7 from the field and 2 of 2 from the charity line. With the score 53-31 in tering the final quarter, the Kiwanis cagers continued to fire in a barrage of points, and held 28 to 32 point ad vantages on three occasions. With less than three minutes to play the outmanned Civitans made a game out of the festivities by scoring 14 unanswered points during a two and a half minute span. Leahman Stanley closed out the scoring for the night in the final ten seconds by dropping in a two-footer. The 71-55 win kept the Kiwanis slate unblemished (3-0) during the tournament, while the Civitans record fell to 2-2. Leahman Stanley, who won the OIT most valuable player honors hands down, led all scorers again with a record 40 point performance. The ex-Georgia Southern star clicked of 17 of 29 from the floor and added 6 of 7 from the line. George Nunn followed Stanley in the scoring department for the Kiwanis with 13 points. Nunn con nected on 5 of 12 from the field and 3 of 4 from the gratis line. Kiwanians Edgar Bar field Larry Walker and Ed Beckham each dropped in six pointsJlarfield was 3 of 8 from the floor, Walker 3 of 5, and Beckham 3 of 5. Reserve PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972 Tom Daniel failed to score, but recorded three steals. As a team the Kiwanis Club hit a blistering 51 percent from the floor (31- 60) and added 9 of 11 from the gratis stripe. John Warlick was the scoring leader for the Civitans with 18 markers. The Perry Junior High School coach fired in 8 of 21 from the floor and 2 of 5 from the stripe. Danny Shelton was next with 12 points, on 6 of 12 from the field. James Cobb canned 8 points. Cobb flipped in 3 of 8 from the floor and connected on both of his free throws. Jerry Langston scored 6 points for the Civitans, hitting 4 of 13 from the floor. Richard Erwin was next with 5 points on 2 of 6 from the field and 1 of 3 from the stripe. Ray Mims and David Crockett each bucketed 2 points to close out the Civitan scoring. For the night, the Civitans hit on 25 of 71 (35 percent) from the floor and connected on 5 of 11 from the free throw (A ®W 4E» WJtm imtiU Randall Daniel On The Move ....In 43-39 Loss To Rotary - Raffield Guns A Jumper ...Jack Smith Defends