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Perry Defense Bends I
Indians Scalp Panthers '
49-28 In 3-AA Shocker
Dodge County’s Indians
struck like lightening on their
first two possessions, added
up a total of seven touchdowns
lor the night, and buried the
Perry Panthers, 49 28. before
a near-capacity crowd last
Friday night in Perry. The
contest was the lidlifter in
region 3-AA competition for
tK>th schools.
The Panthers’ poor
defensive showing was at
tributed to a lack of "hitting ,
combined with the fired-up
efforts of Dodge County. Not
since the arrival of Bob
Morrow four years ago had
Perry fans witnessed such a
non hitting performance by
the 2-8 Panthers. On more
than a dozen plays a Dodge
County back would tear away
from the arm tackling Pan
Ihers and burst lor long
gainers. Missed assignments
also added to the Panther
woes Friday night.
The Indians 49 point total
was by far the most points
ever scored on a Hob Morrow
coached Perry team Peach
County, in 1972, and Central of
Thomasville, this year, each
scored 28 to set tin* previous
high. Dodge had 28 points by
halftime
Four of Dodge County’s
seven TD’s were of the long
variety, a 75 and a 66 yard
bomb and runs of 87 and 41
yards That yardage helped
the Indians chalk up 445 total
yards for the evening,
Through the airlanes Dodge
was perfect on 5 of 5 for 185
yards.
Offensively the Panthers
played as good, or better than
expected QB Lloyd Turner
directed the Perryans to two
long scoring drives as the
Panthers rolled up 185 yards
ol offense and 193 more in
return yardage. The home
standing Cats recorded no
turnovers for the night, ran oil
57 offensive plays and were
penalized only three times.
Dodge County head mentor
.lerry Haines said after the
game: "We figured this would
be one of our toughest games
ol the season We had no idea
it would end this way." Me
wasn't alone in his ob
servation.
QUICK SCORES
With a huge crowd watching
from both sides Dodge County
deployed to receive after
winning the coin loss. Hoy
Harrell returned Bob Brown’s
kickoff 15 yards to the Indians'
25.
On lirst down the first
shocker came. QB Glenn
Anderson laked a handofl to
Searles and then lotted a bomb
to Harrell, who was wide open
at the Perry 35 Harrell pulled
in the aerial and proceeded
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Duane Murphy (7} Closes In
.... To Knock Do ten Indians' Harrell
unmolested the rest of the way
for a 75-yard TD David
Weeks, a freshman who kicks
them soccor-style, booted the
PAT and it was 7-0 with just 32
seconds gone in the opening
slanza.
Perry acted like nothing had
happened when they took
possession on their own 28
after King's runback. In
eleven plays the Panthers
marched 74 yards for their
first TD. King and Hillson did
the legwork while Turner
connected on 14 and 24 yard
passes to Lester and Murphy
lor spice through the airlanes.
King, behind Hillson’s
crunching block, cracked over
Irom three yards out for the
score. Brown’s lake kick and
then pass to King was low, but
the score was reduced to 7-6
with 7:00 left in the initial
quarter.
In just 41 seconds the In
dians were on the scoreboard
again. Anderson was the
culprit Hus time as he rolled
out on first down and kept
rolling, on his way for 87 yards
down the sidelines and
another Indian TD. The side
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.... For Panther First Down
winding PAT was perfect and
Dodge's lead was stretched to
14-6.
Perry failed to generate
anything on their next
possession so they punted to
(he Indians. Searles streaked
lor nine to the 47 on lirst down,
but on the next snap Harrell
fumbled Anderson’s lousy
pitch at the Dodge 43. Claude
Lester, who caused the errant
pitch, scooped up the bobble
and raced 43 yards to paydirt
Turner passed to Eddie
Harmon for the two-point
conversion and the score was
deadlocked 14-14 with still 3:05
left in quarter number one.
Perry pulled an on-sides
kick and caught the Indians
sleeping on the ensuing kickoff
with King pouncing on the
ball at the Dodge 44. The
series netted nothing so Bob
Brown punted to the Indians
29.
Dodge started on the
warpath again and in just six
plays were on the scoreboard
lor the third time. Searles
hauled twice for 18, followed
by 14 more by Robert
McLendon on a pair of runs.
Anderson snuck for 2 then hit i
Walt McGriff with a pop pass \
for 15 yards to the Perry 1. j
Anderson got the TD honors $
with a one-yard plunge. The 1
PAT was good again as the
light changed to: 21-14 Dodge, I
with 10:43 left in the second I
stanza. I
The Indians struck again i
three minutes later on three- <
play 62-yard drive. Searles I
broke loose twice for 13 and 18 I
yards, and then a 41-yard |
break away TD run by the |
elusive senior put the Indians i
up 28-14, after the conversion,
with still half a quarter left til
intermission
Perry drove once more into
Indian territory late in the
period but the drive stalled
and Bob Brown’s 39-yard field
goal try was just short. The
half ended with the score still
28-14.
PERRY COME-BACK
Perry started off the third
quarter with another well
execuled march. In just eight
snaps the Panthers drove 72
yards, all on the ground, with
Hillson crashing over from 10
yards out for the TD, King had
runs of 10 and 23 in the drive,
while Turner added an 18
yarder. Brown’s kick was
good, and it was 28-21 with 8:47
left in the third light.
Ferry appeared to have
things going their way when
Dodge had trouble moving the
football and were faced with a
second down and 15. Anderson
spoiled the mood of the
Panthers by tossing a 66-yard
Iwmb to Harrell, who made a
great one-handed catch and
proceeded to the Panthers'
end zone. The PAT failed, but
the count was now 34-21,
Dodge, with 7:04 left in period
three.
The Indians put the Pan
thers’ scalp in the bag mid
way of the final stanza when
they pul together a short 30-
yard, five-play drive for their
sixth TD. Searles bolted 13 and
7 yards on the final two snaps
of the drive, the 7-yarder
producing the TD. The PAT
again failed but the hand
writing was on the wall, 40-21,
with just 6:40 left.
Ike King wiped a little of the
egg off the Panthers' whiskers
later in the quarter when he
returned a Dodge punt 80
yards for the Cats’ fourth and
linal TD. Brown toed the PAT,
and it was 40-28 with just 2:46
left in the game.
Dodge County wasn’t
through, however. Perry’s on
sides kick trickled out of
bounds at the 50, and four
plays later Dodge had their
seventh score. Robert Girt
man was the chief this time as
he set up the TD with a 31-yard
excursion and then danced
into the end zone on a 5-yard
scamper. The extra point was
t good and the score climbed to
* 47-28 with 1:11 left.
Perry was left in a hole after
the kickoff, taking over on
their own 8, and wound up
going backwards. On first
down King was pulled down
for a 3-yard loss, and on the
next snap was tackled in the
end zone to give the Indians
their final two points of the
contest.
Bob Brown free-kicked to
Dodge and the game ended ten
seconds later.
The 49-28 licking leaves the
Panthers with a 2-3 season
record and 0-1 in region 3-AA
play. Dodge is now 5-1 overall
and 1-0 in counting games.
PERRY DODGE
10 First downs 9
107 Yds. Rushing 280
78 Yds. Passing 165
5-18-0 Comp-Att-lnt 5-5-0
193 Return Yds. 82
1-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1
3-35 Penalties-Yds. 8-55
5-37 Punts-Avg. 4-36.7
57 Off. Plays 49
23:49 Possession 24:11
RUSHING: King 23 for 71, Ash
3 for 2. Turner 2 for 1, Brown
1 for 5, Hillson 5 for 28.
RECEIVING; Lester 2 for 28.
Murphy 2 for 36, King 1 for
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OCT. 10, 1974,
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Anderson On His Way
.... For 67-Yard Dodge TD
20-0 At Moody
Panther Mites
Blank Giants -
A stingy Panther defense
cut the Giant offense to shreds
in action last week at Moody
Road as the Panthers won 20-
0.
The defense never bent and
would not allow the Giant
team to see daylight. Holding
them to five yards total of
fense, the home town boys
never gave an inch. Led by
defensive end Anthony
Honeycutt with 10 big tackles,
Joseph Dixon 6, John Mullis,
and Jeffery Jackson with 5
apiece the entire team was
“Giant” killers all night.
Other players letting their
presence be known were Greg
Simmons and Vincent Glover
with 4 hits each; Joseph
Vickers 3 and John Duncan
and Mike Harding 1 hit.
Offensively the “Cat” mites
had some trouble running up
the middle but when it counted
Mark Griggs, Phillip Arnall,
Kenneth Terrell, Rodney
Bridges, Joe Dixon, Hoke
Morrow, Randy Raffield, and
Hervia Ingram would open up
the big Giant linemen to let
running backs Chris Duncan,
Mike Harding. Mike Parker,
A1 Casey, Lee Purser through.
End reverses for Hervia
Ingram or Rodney Bridges
worked for the biggest yar
dage. The Panthers gained 138
yards all over land as 3 pass
attempts fell incomplete.
Fumble recoveries were
made by Kirk Borden, Joe
Dixon, and Hervia Ingram.
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Harrell Breaks Loose
.... For Long Gainer
Scoring for the Perry Mites
were Chris Duncan 22 yards,
Mike Harding 2 scores of 8
yards each and 1 PAT by
Hervia Ingram.
Other players contributing
in a winning cause were:
Xavier Jackson, Cedric
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night as he was sacked only once.
Once again Ike King paced the Panthers run
ning attack. The 160-pound senior rushed for 71
yards in 23 carries and tallied two scores. One of
King’s TD’s came on a sensational 80-yard punt
return. James Hillson was called on for limited
duty at fullback and picked up 28 yards in 5 hauls,
including a 10-yard run up the middle for the
Panthers’ third touchdown.
After this week’s practice, I would be willing to
bet the Panthers would make a better showing if
they were to face Dodge County again. You could
bet all your marbles that they wouldn’t score 49
points again....in fact, I doubt if they could score j
more than twice.
I’ve been an avid Panther follower for five
years now and you can be sure the Panthers will
be ready for Peach County a week from Friday \
night. The Trojans are tougher than Dodge
County, but fear not. An embarassed Panther is a
mean animal.
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Mickels, and Charles Hendrix.
Coach James Parker stated
after the game that he was
pleased with the win but the
boys needed work on offensive
line blocking, backfield
coordination, and defensive
tackling.
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