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r ******************************************* SEAIS All-Star Games Set : : Here This Friday Night ; More than 40 of Georgia’s finest high school basketball players are in the midst of four days of grueling practice, preparing them selves to play in the 2nd Annual SEAIS All-Star Basketball Games. The Friday night July 28th clashes will pit the best players from the North against their counterparts from the South part of Georgia. Hie girls contest is scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p.m, with the boys warfare starting afterwards. Several Middle Georgia Area hardcourt stars are participating in the games. A dynamic duo from Beechwood Academy in Marshallville heads the North Allstar Boys team. Billy Bell, a smooth operating center and spark plus Tony Albritton, a hot shooting guard are the two Colonels. Joining them on the North team are other area starts such as West field’s own Bobby Harrison, Glenn Floyd from Twiggs Academy in Jeffersonville, Steve Riddlehoover from Jonesco and a pair of headliners from Stratford Academy in Macon, Freddie Daniel and Joey Claxton, the Eagles' top career scorer. Coach Red Piland from Nathaniel Green will handle the reins for the North. Included among the North players is Piland’s own Kenny Cato, who was very impressive in the region and state tour naments held earlier in the year at Westfield. The North All-Stars will get a lot of opposition from their Southern counterparts. Coach Wayne Proffitt, who masterminded the South west Georgia boys to the SEAIS AA Slate crown, will be the South boys mentor. Among his charges were expected to be two stars of the Southland Academy team which beat Westfield 63-43 in the State tourney, forward Gary Roberts and Darts Barrage Buries Eagles l.eon Green one hit the Centerville Eagles for Uie Perry Darts in an “A" league game as Perry won !3 to 3. Fred Malcolm was the villain who spoiled Green's no-hit try. Green fired a lot of smoke while striking out 14 batters. leading the Perry charge were larry Brooks and Carl Walker with 3 hits each. Green, lawyer Jordan and Kicky Rawls added 2 hits each to the Dart attack. David Alford had a Perry hit. Perry batters were Mark McGhee. Norbert Jackson. Marcus Durham and Ralph Brooks. I / i Capacity ‘T’ League Crowd Watches The Action lanky center Donnie Price. A trio from Southwest Ga. was named to the elite squad; including Scott Houston, Mike Melvin, and Chris Wilkin. Jack Ranson from Fullington in Pinehurst was also named. The South girl squad will be coached by W. T. Henry of Southwest Georgia whose lassies finished second in the SEAIS AA State Playoffs. His opposing mentor will be young Grady Smith from Stratford Academy's Eaglette sextet which rolled over all opposition enroute to the State SEAIS AA Title. The Girls South All- Stars feature a triumvirate from Fullington Academy in Pinehurst, Gayle Bowen, Patricia Cross and Jean Davis. Connie Coley and Debbie McKinney from Crisp Academy in Cordele were selected for the Meeting Set Friday For PHS Football Athletic Director and head football coach Bob Morrow has announced that a meeting of all Perry High School varsity football candidates will be held Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in the Perry High School field house. This is an important meeting and all varsity grid candidates are urged to attend. Coaches Clinic Set The Southeastern Association of Independent Schools will be conducting its 2nd Annual Coaches Clinic today and tomorrow at Westfield Schools. Featured speakers for the clinic in clude; Football - Coach Wayne Grubbs Head Coach at Sanford University and Coach Franklin Brooks, an assistant at Georgia Tech; Baseball - Inman “Coot" Veal and Cotton Chafin, both of Macon and both former Major League baseball players; Basketball -- Boys - Stanley “Ramrod” Simpson of Shorter College in Rome, Ga. who was voted Georgia’s Outstanding College Basketball Coach in 1971. Girls - Taylor County’s Norman Carter, one of the most successful coaches in the country, and author of a 134 game win streak, the longest win streak in girls' basketball annals. “dream team.” Coach Henry was scheduled to have his big gun from Southwest Ga. with him, Sharon Hunt. The North Girls will be led by a trio from powerful Stratford, Susan Peake, Susan King, and Genie Cato. Westfield's Sandy Hudson and Wanda Bragg also headline the North Girls. Glass from Nathaniel Greene is among others named to the team. Houston Lake Smashes FBF Red-hot Houston Lake Baptist exploded for 34 hits and 28 runs Tuesday night and moved to within one game of first place in the National Division of the Perry Church league by clubbing the league leading First Baptist Falcons, 28 to 4. Every batter in the Houston lake lineup rapped at least two hits, with hard hitting Jack Brewer leading the way with a single, double, triple and homer. David Bellflower raised his batting average with a perfect five for five night at the plate. All-star left fielder Johnny Brewer, Third baseman larry Bellflower, first sacker Jerry Brewer and pitcher Ed Watson all rapped out four hits each as the lakers won their seventh game in their last eight tries. | j ■ f*m • Or Jubilant Harding After Panthers Title Win jm f* f ]P^*t' I SA wffljjY * f I I Jfr 9hl A: sjtjKt ■? r| 1 1 \ ~ iJpR| .if iT WKf? iB i 7 m V* Xwifl V| Jfj* ll\ gjji infiM m ? B . p \]■ Pt«-n^ _ v B F ’ 4 #■■ 1™» JOSp Mf*' a |p ' ★ Perry’s Two Champion Teams Awards Presentation ★ Panthers Nip Pirates 16-14 For ‘T League Championship In a best two of three playoffs the Panthers took the rubber game defeating the Perry Pirates 16-14. These two Perry outfits are among the finest T-League teams ever and were so evenly matched. Neither team lost a game during the regular season each winning their Division with an identical 8-0 record. When the Panthers won the first game 18-16 it was the first Pirate loss in two years over a 20 game period. Like the true champions they are the Pirates fought back and won the second game beating the Panthers 19 to 13 ★★★★★★★★ Home Journal S_ w£* R ,f-L 0 T S PAGE 14-A JULY 27, 1972 and it was the first Panther loss this year. The third and final game was a stem winder right to the final out. Some of the finest defense ever seen in this age group took place in the series. Super play after super play was the routine. Both infields were superb! The Panthers had Bert Harvey at first, Richie Morrison at second, Whitt Smith at shortstop, Mike Harding at third, John Scott at Pitcher and Mike Parker at catcher. The Pirates placed Darryl Albritton at first, Lee Baase at second, Marvin “Tumpot” Nobles at shortstop, Ken Hammock at third, Jim Fudge at catcher and Zack Sorrows at Pitcher. These infields were great and by virtue of the fact they handled so many of the plays Albritton and Nobles of the Pirates and Harvey and Smith of the Panthers were standouts. Every player on both teams did his best and each boy made his con tribution to some fine baseball play. Game l:Close all the way. Great defense both sides. Low scores every inning. For the Panthers Whitt Smith and Bert Harvey excelled on defense, Harvey and Joe Thomas had 4 hits each with Thomas scoring 4 runs. Blake Westmoreland hit a solo homer. Westmoreland, John Scott and Richie Morrison drove in 2 runs each. For the Pirates Marvin Nobles. Ken Hammock and Darryl Albritton were great on defense. Steve Harris, Mark Green, Zack Sorrows, Joey Robbins, Albritton and Jim Fudge led with 3 hits each. Robbins scored 3 runs. Stephen Harris homered. Game 2; The two turning points were the Panthers loose play in the second to allow 8 runs and the great Pirate defense in the 4th allowing only one run. Baase and Sorrows of the Pirates had 4 hits apiece while Green and Sorrows scored 3 runs each. Harvey led the Pan thers with 4 hits while he and Morrison scored 3 runs each and Whitt Smith drove in 3 runs. Harvey homered for the Panthers and Harris did the same for the Pirates. Game 3: This was an all out, deep down, real battle again with the edge to the Panthers. Defense was the key as the Pirates were held to a run in the first and only two in the third. Harding got a double play to stem the Pirate outburst in the second and Smith pulled off a triple play which may have signalled the end. Scott handled a lot of plays well. Westmoreland, Jackson, Smith, Ferguson, Mims and Marshall had 3 hits each. Smith drove in 3 runs and he, Jackson and Thomas scored twice each. For the Pirates I-ee Baase homered for 2 runs. Pirate Sorrows had 4 hits. Harris, Sorrows and Albritton had 3 RBl’s and Albritton scored 3 runs. |* Harding, Baase t\ It Dedicated Men t\ Saturday’s T-League jjj championship in Perry jjj pitted two of the finest teams j:j - Panthers and Pirates - jij against one another. The jij game also provided Perry $ fans a look at two of the most jij dedicated head coaches, who x have built their respective jjj teams into T-League powerhouses. Bob Harding, head mentor ij: of the 1972 champion Pan iji thers, has just completed his iji third year as head coach of iji the Panthers. During his iji reign Harding has compiled iji a brilliant record of 28 wins compared with only 3 set ;jij backs. :jij Harding, who is the chief jjij accountant for Pabst •jij Brewing Company, moved to jjij Perry three years ago from jj; Peoria, Illinois. He has two jjj: children in the Houston jjj County Baseball for Youth program; Mike, who plays for the T-League Panthers j:j and Ricky, who performs for ijj the B-League Tigers. Bob is jij also head co-ordinator for jij the Baseball for Youth •ij program in Perry, which |j includes all age groups from * 6 to 17. The T-League jij program, in which he has jij coached for three years, is jij the only baseball he has ever jjj coached. In his first season jjj at the helm of the Panthers, Bob’s team was 10-0. He iji followed that with an 8-2 iji record last year, and then iji recorded a 10-1 slate this jjj season and the T-League iji championship, jij When asked why he works jij as a coach in the Baseball for jij Youth program, Bob stated, x “When I was in Peoria, there jij was no program for boys in the 6 thru 8 year old range, iji and I realized that there can jiji only be a good program for X; youth when there are men jiji who will work with the youth. X; That’s why I offered my jiji services, and I enjoy it.” jjj: Coach Harding is helped on the sidelines by assistant coaches Richard Smith, Jim x Parker and David West iji moreland. iji Coach Doug Baase of the jij T-League Pirates has also | built a powerhouse since iji taking over the head S coaching chores of the Bucs. S; Doug has just finished his X-x-x-x-i-t-i-x^-rN-^wxxxxxt^^-w-x^JW- In that each team won its Division without a loss, both from Perry and were so great in the head to head series identical large team trophies were presented to each squad. second season as head coach jiji of the Pirates, and until last jijj Saturday, his T-League $ youngsters had never tasted jjj: defeat since his arrival. Last jij; year the Pirates roared jjj; through the regular season jjj undefeated and then stayed iji that way by winning the T- iji League championship jij playoffs. This past season Baase’ Pirates continued iji their unbeaten string by iji rolling up another unbeaten iji mark during the regular iji season. The Pirates two iji losses to the Panthers during :j the championship playoffs :|: were the first setbacks for Baase and his Pirates in two years. Like Harding, Doug Baase came from the North to the £ South. Doug moved to Perry $ in 1959 after completing £ military service. He is J:j originally from Cattaraugus, £ New York, but now calls Perry his home. Doug is employed by Warner Robins Air Force Base and works in the maintenance depart- i|; ment. He has a son, Lee, who ij: plays for the Pirates and is ij: one of the stars of the team, ij: Doug not only coaches ij: baseball. Earlier in the year jjj; he coached the mite jjj: basketball team in the jjj; Recreation for Youth ijj : program. :j: Doug gives most of the ij: credit to his assistant ;j: coaches for the Panthers $ fantastic record of 19 wins ij: and only two losses during ij: the past two seasons. Jack ij; Brewer, a Perry High School :;j; senior, has helped Doug ij since he started coaching. « “Jack is great with kids and gets their respect,” Doug ij; said about his young :jj: assistant. Millard Albritton jjj; has also been with Doug for :jj; two years. Doug also has ijj used the talents of Bill :ji Merritt and Gail Sorrows, iji; This is the task force behind ;j:| the fine record of the T- S League Pirates. jj;: Doug enjoys working in the j:j: youth programs. His attitude jij: and ability is what makes a ij: program successful. ij: The city of Perry is ex- jij; tremely grateful to these ij; dedicated men who have jjj; made the Baseball for Youth | program what it is today. R