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w i B IMM ]m l i J a f sBB 'I. L B' aA.'MFa -. 1 JHfW V| %J| ft igßfeSjg *' '§jm# IASH Hg &** > Wee \ i >: % ■ lr^ Perry Junior High’s undefeated, record-setting 440-yard relay team set a Houston County record (49.9 seconds) in the 440 last week, and finished the season with four first place finishes. (Right to left) Larry Adams, Randy Rumph, William Lester and Ken Lumpkin. f , ' I m.fr- V fjf* -m ‘ * ,?“ ' pp y .j LI A# / ._, ... •' . ' Curtis Green, who set a new County record in the 440-yard run (56.7 secs.), won first place in every 440 he ran this season. The Junior High speed demon was also a link in PJHS’s record setting mile relay team. Perry Track Teams Meet In County Wide Event The age 10-14 group met on this past Sat. afternoon, in Warner Robins, for a six team County wide meet. This meet was part of the Houston County Recreation Dept. Program It was combined for boys and girls Perry’s ten year olds were unable to participate in the meet due to prior com mittments by those athletes One rule made for the older group was that there would be no heat winners, other than to determine who would be in the finals This meant no matter how many heats, in any given event, the boys with the six best distances or times would be in one race for the paints and ribbons These six finalists competed to see who would be 14-3 in order for them to advance to District level In the trial runs for 11 year olds Lynn Smith was second in the second heat of the 220 yard run and Carl Walker was a strong fourth in the third heat of the 220 Both Lynn and Carl being in the top six times were selected for the finals. Lynn ran the 75 yard dash and the 220 run in the finals but did not place just barely finishing 4th in each. They ran better than ever but the competition was tough Lynn has unproved right along for Perry but had to compete against last year's State champ Carl was 6th in the 220 Although neither Perry boy placed nor earned a ribbon they gave a good account of themselves. Lynn and Carl met their challenges with dignity and were good sportsmen in defeat. They enjoyed a good overall season. In the trial runs for the 12 year olds Bernard was first in the first heat of the 220 and second in the first heat of the 75 yard dash. Leon Green was second in the 220, second heat and third in the second heat of the 75 yard dash This was a tremendous effort by our boys in these events as some of the 12 year olds are f-a-s-t! Relays were run with no distinction as to trial or final and Perry look a second place, scoring 5 points in the 440. Running in this order were Grady Vance. William Hill, lieon Green * anchor) and led off by Bernard Ixisseler Each boy was awarded a red ribbon for his part in the relay Bernard Ijisseter did his best in the final of the 75 and 220 but was worn out by then He was 4th and sth respectively, Roadrunner Leon placed third in the 75 good for 4 points and a white ribbon and was second in the 220. good for 5 points and a red ribbon Perry 12‘s placed third in the meet with 14 points l>eon and the relay team of Bernard. Grady. William and Leon will be in the District meet, as Perry 's contribution, representing Houston County. Perry 14 year olds were represented by Cornelius Nance and Alfred Dixon There were no trial or final heats period Cornelius was third in both the 100 yard dash and the Broad jump. He earned 4 points in each as well as a white ribbon for each. Cornelius will go to the District meet also. Alfred was a strong 4th in the 440 run and participated in the Broad jump but did not place in either event. JVH oaStik-' - ..3 "■ : .J ' : ■ WLM ILM^guLL PERRY NINTH GRADE PANTHERS The 1972 Perry Junior High School baseball Panthers are pictured above with their coach. (Front row left to right) Tracy Bramlett, Jucious Askew, Jam Ash, Susan Brown (bat girl) Bob Brown, Elijah King and William Carswell. (Back row) Mike Kelly, Randy Murphy, Lamar Brown, Coach John WarUck, Dale Willard, Jess Wright and Joe Nadeau. King Leads Panthers By Northside Jr. High 9—5 The 9th grade Perry Panthers got revenge over Northside Last Thursday at Houston Field by clobbering them 9-5 with 12 big hits. Nine Year Old's Win Second Place Our nine year old's provided an amazing per formance for fans at the Houston County Rec. Dept, track meet, held this past Sat., April 29th in Warner Robins These fleet footed runners turned in a spec tacular effort that earned them 39 points which was good for a second place in a field of six teams This brings the total number ofpoints, for our nine year olds in 4 meets, to 173. We feel this is particularly significant because there were only four Perry boys in this age group. For the rules under which this particular meet was held and the names of the other teams competing, see the article elsewhere on this sports page dealing with the 8 year old track results. These strict rules enforcement had a serious impact on this team. For one example, Tony Harris would normally pick up a first place in the Softball tlirow but he was held out and put in the dashes instead. Tony won first place in both the 50 and 100 yard dashes, first heats. He had times of 7.6 and 14.5 respectively. Tony’s time in the 100 tied Eric’s time which was the best time of the meet. Eric won first place in both the 50 and 100 yard dashes, second heats. He had times of 7.5 and 14.5 respectively Scott Hedrick ran better than ever before among stiffer compeUUon. He was fourth in the second heats of the 50 and 100 yard dashes but there was only an eyelash victory over Scott by the number 2and 3 men. Kent Hill placed third in the Softball throw with a toss of 107.8 ft. He lias always done well in this event and is a quiet but hardworking lad. Kent turned in a Broad Jump good for lift, and 4th place A near miss! In the 440 relay. Kent- Scott-Eric -Tony were beautiful as they sped to a first place win in 1.06. This assured every boy a ribbon in this big County meet and they were thrilled. Ribbons were blue for first, red for second and white for thud. Tony Harris and Eric Thomas both took 2 in dividual blue ribbons as they scored 14 points each - the maximum Kent’s 4 points for a third place earned him a white ribbon. Tony. Eric. Kent and Scott Hedrick all received a blue ribbon each for their winning relay worth 7 points to the team The Panthers scored 1 in the first, 5 in the second, 2 in the fifth and 1 in the sixth. Northside had previously beaten Perry in their first meeting by a score of 6-4. Elijah King was the winning pitcher for Perry going the whole distance. King also opened up the game with a 3-2 count i*w Perry had seven first place finishes in the four way track meet held Thursday, April 20th, at International City Stadium in Warner Robins. Front row kneeling (1 to r) Eric Thomas, Steve Harris, and Kenny Payne. Back row standing (1 to r) Leon Green and Tony Harris. These same thinclads and three other boys not pictured (Bernard Lasseter, William Hill, and Grady Vance) led the Perry team to ten first place finishes in the four-way track meet held Thur sday, April 27th at International City Stadium. Harris Wins Berth In Dist. Competition On Sat., April 29th. at the six team Houston County Rec. Dept, track meet Jada Harris carved a small niche for herself and Perry in local track circles. Among the best ten year old competition in Middle Georgia she earned her way into the District competition this Sat., May 6th in Warner Robins. She is the only Perry girl earning this honor and responsibility. Jada has been a consistently high per former in all three previous 4 team meets. Although no girl was to be allowed to enter more than two events and one relay the meet officials were more than fair to Perry in the age 8 and under girls group In that Perry only had 2 girls this age entered in the meet, therefore unable to have a relay team, the officials decided to allow these girls to enter three single events This being THE big meet of the year the girls placing first, second or third were given blue, red or white ribbons respectively. Pamela Walker and Alnita Lasseter were terrific as they had been all year Pamela led her teammate as she won a first place in the Softball throw with a mark of 76 ft She added to her honors with a second place in the SO yard dash, second heat and placed third in the first heat of the 100 yard dash Pamela scored 17 points as she won a blue, a red and a white rib bon Alnita did her part by home run. King's record now stands 3 wins against 2 losses. Other leaders at the plate were Ash 1-3; Brown 2-4; Wright 1-3; Willard 2-4; Carswell 2-4; and Bramlett 2-2. The Panthers now have 3 wins and 2 losses for the season. taking second in the 50 yard dash, first heat, third in the 100 yard dash, second heat and finally being for third in the High Jump. Alnita scored 10 points and won 2 red and one white ribbon With ribbons between them they were thrilled and so was their coach La Verne Harris In the ten year olds they ran trial heats which only served to establish the six fastest times, those being in the finals for points and ribbons In the trials Jada Harris placed second in the 50 yard dash and she was first in the 100 yard dash Also in the trials Myrbce Walker took a second place in the 50 yard dash and was third in the 100 yard dash. Sharon Williams helped her buddies out by capturing third in the 50 yard dash trials By the finals it was evident some girls left their best effort in the trail heats but not Perry’s Jada as she placed second in both the 50 and 100 yard dashes. Not only did she win two red ribbons, of which she is proud, but will now represent our area in the District meet, a singular honor, She was the only Pern gal to achieve that level. Camille Sumner, age 11 and 12. along with Loretta Lasseter. age 13-14 were both in the 100 yard dash and Broad jump. They both gave 100 percent but couldn’t dent the scoreboard. PAGE 16-A Perry Nabs Third In Huge Rec. Department Track Meet On Sat., April 29th, the entire Houston County Rec. Dept, boys and girls track teams met in a huge six team extravaganza. Teams were the Colts, Raiders, Rams, Rebels and Westside Wildcats of Warner Robins plus the Perry kids. Heretofore the previous meets were only 4 team affairs. Due to the large number of participants each team was restricted to en tering three athletes in each running event and four in each field event. The main catch was that each boy could only be in two in dividual events plus one relay. While the same rule applied for every team it tended to favor the large teams who had a number of boys nearly equal in talent. Perry, as an example, had to give away sure points in the Broad and High jumps. Steve Harris has always gotten points in those events but he was known to be even a better runner so the coach decided to sacrifice a possible 9 to 12 points shooting for and taking 14 points instead. Its a shame Steve couldn’t do his thing as in the previous three smaller meets. In the eight year olds Steve is Perry’s best all around performer and in the opinion of this writer one of the top three in the County. Steve was able to earn 14 points, of his teams 30 points, to help Perry place third in this County wide meet. He ran the 50 yard dash (second heat), winning first place in 7.9. This was the fastest time Perry Track Phenoms Continue Winning Ways In WR Meeting Perry’s nine year old track team, in the Houston County Recreation Dept. League, has yet to taste defeat as they have left nine op ponents, in three separate meets, eating their dust. Their latest exploit was a meet held in Warner Robins on April 27th. This excellent group is composed of Tony Harris, Eric Thomas, Scott Hedrick and Kent Hill. Coach Larry Hedrick is the moving force for these boys and is extremely proud of them. Boys have to score points by placing first, second or third. The nine year olds have done this in excellent fashion as they made 49 points in this meet. Tony Harris led with 18 points with two first and one third place finish. Eric Thomas was next with 14 points for two first place wins. Scott Hedrick added 8 points as he placed third in each of two events. Kent Hill contributed 4 points based on a third place spot. These same four boys placed second in the 440 yard relay. In the age 8 and under group Steve Harris had another super meet as he scored an individual 224 points, the best single per formance by a Perry boy in this meet, regardless of age. Steve took a first place win in the first heats of the 50 and 100 yard dashes with times of 8.0 and 15.0 seconds respectively. He tied for second place in the Broad Jump and took a third place in the High Jump. Steve ran the anchor leg of his teams 440 yard relay. Kenny Payne gave the best performance of his meet career by scoring 16 points, 4th best by any age Pern boy m this meet. His finest moment was in the Softball throw, an event he has won in two previous meets. This time the com petition was harder and it served to push Kenny to a fabulous throw of 1094 ft. to win first place over 13 other boys. Congratulations to Kenny for a third straight PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1172 of this meet. Steve won another first in the second heat of the 100 yard dash in 15.0 which was the second best time in the meet. He was the front runner in both races from gun to tape. Steve anchored his 440 yard relay team by passing other an chor runners to take a third place for his team. The relay team earned 4 points for this effort. Perry also probably missed points by bolding Kenny Payne out of the 100 yard dash but had no choice. Kenny was just fantastic as he won the Softball throw for the 4th consecutive meet. He beat out 19 other boys. His winning effort was ft. Kenny was second in the second heat of the 50 yard dash. He ran the first leg of the 440 relay and did a good job. He scored 12 personal points. The relay team of Kenny HLCC Ladies Plan Events Houston Lake Ladies Golf Association held their business meeting Tuesday, April 25th with Mary Barton, president, presiding. 30 members were present. Jean Rasmisson, tournament chairman announced plans for the Invitational tour nament June 20th. She also announced the winners of the birdie pins. Guy Stroupe assistant president, presented the following pins: Sara Gunter and Barbara win in this event. He also placed second in the secondheat of the 50 yard dash and third in the 100 yard dash, second heat. Kenny ran the first leg of the 440 relay. Whitt Smith tossed the longest Softball throw all year - an 80 ft. job. - but this fell short of placing in the event even though it was near the scoring distances. Whitt also made a good showing in the High Jump. Joe Thomas gave an iron man performance working in the 50 and 100 yard dashes, Broad & High jumps and running third leg in the 440 relay. Fred Dooley gave an all out effort in the 100 yard dash and Broad jump. Hervia Ingram Jr threw the Softball well and he was in the Broad jump. Al Casey ran the 50 yard dash and the second leg of the 440 relay on a sore foot giving it all he had. These little Mites placed second as a team scoring 384 points (their best ever). Steve Harris and Kenny Payne did all the scoring. The nine year olds saw Tony Harris win a first heat, 50 yard dash in 7.5. He was first with a Softball throw of 118.8 ft., took a third place in the 100 yard dash, first heat, Tony ran the anchor leg of the 440 relay to gain a second place for his team. Eric Thomas tied for first place of the 100 yard dash, second heat, in 14.5 He also won the 50 yard dash, second heat, in 7.5. Eric ran the third leg of the 440 relay. Scott Hedrick placed third in the 50 and 100 yard dashes, second heats and he ran the second leg of his teams 440 relay. Scott is a hard worker and has im proved with each meet Kent Hill placed third in the Softball throw. He ran the first leg of the 440 relay. The ten year olds were led by Tony Vance with a third place finish in the 100 yard dash. Tony earned his teams only points. Keith Beckham was so close to scaring with several fourth place's. Lynn Smith and Carl Payne, Hervia Ingrain Jr, Joe Thomas and Steve Harris placed third which was worth 4 team points. A1 Casey was in the 50 and 100 dashes giving his best effort Fred Dooley went all out in the 100 yard dash and Broad jump. Joe Thomas was in the 50 and 100 yard dashes plus the 440 relay. Whitt Smith told his coach, before the meet he would beat his best previous effort in the Softball throw. The prediction was true as Whitt had a toss of 84Vfc ft., 4*6 ft. better, as he finished about 6th out of 20 entries. Whitt gave a good account of himself in the High jump. Al, Fred and Whitt didn’t earn any points or ribbons but their coach was as proud if they all had taken gold medals in the Olympics because each tried 110 percent and thats all anyone can do. Calhoun were presented pins for breaking 90, Ursula Hunt, Jean McCasland and Ruth Tyson were awarded pins for breaking 100. The dogfight was won by Robbie Pope with Lois Schroeder, Ursula Hunt and Joan McCasland being for second. Buddy Henson and Guy Stroupe are still conducting the Ladies Clinic at 9:30 each Tuesday. Jean Bennent acted as secretary in the absence of Faith Baumann. Walker ran their best times ever in this meet for Perry’s eleven year olds but their opponents times were just better. Lynn’s best event of the day resulted in taking a second place in the 220 yard run earning his teams only 5 points. Lynn and Carl en tered the 220 and 440 yard runs, the 75 yard dash and both Broad and High jumps. The ten and eleven year old Perry teams were fourth in their meets with 4 and 5 points respectively. The twelve year olds won a first place with a solid 40 points. Bernard Lasseter had his best day on the track as he was first in the 75 yard dash in 10.0. He was second in both the 220 yard run, only a single step behind Perry’s Leon Green, making it a 1-2 finish. Bernard placed second in the High jump as this was his day of glory. Leon Green gave strong support as he won first place in the 220 run in 29.6. He took a second place in the Broad jump Leon has been a consistently good performer in every meet. William Hill did his part by adding a third place to team points in the 75 yard dash. The 440 relay was run by Bernard Lasseter, Grady Vance, William Hill and Leon Green in that order This team won first place in 59.5 as anchor man Green was far in front at the tape Perry won ten first place spots being their previous high. Steve Harris, Tony Harris & Eric Thomas had 2 first place wins each. Ber nard Lasseter, Kenn> Payne, Leon Green and the 12 year old relay team had one first place win apiece While twelve different doys contributed points totalling 1364 the following six were the best: Steve Harris 8, 224 points. Tony Harris 9, 18 P oirits . Bernard Lasseter 12. ' points, Kenny Payne 8, l points. Eric Thomas 9. points. Leon Green 12- points.