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Region 3-AA
Panthers High In Stats
With half the 1974 season
completed the Perry Panthers
still have several individuals
leading the region in several
departments The Panthers'
Bob Brown is the fifth leading
punter in 3-AA with a 34.1 yard
average on 18 boots Bob will
be unable to improve on his
stats due to a shoulder injury
that will sideline him the
remainder of the season.
Dodge County’s freshman
sensation David Weeks holds
down the lop punting average
in the region with 38.4 yards
per boot.
Perry's Ike King has
returned only two punts all
season but he has gathered
enough yardage on the pair to
be the region's top punt
returner with a 42.5 yard
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flffi Grade Panthers
( oach Dickie Erwin's first place sth tirade Panthers are shown above,
f ront row H.-K), Handy Reese, Franklin Willis. I.ynn Smith, Curtis Noble,
Robert Burgess, Wayne Stokeling, Sherman Askew. Tracy McGhee, David
Alford. Deen ( awthon. Fi nest Heavy, Donald Grace, Wallace Williams.
Second row (L-R), Ricky Minchew, mgr., Clarence Kogan, Carlton
Roundtree, Sain Robertson. Willie Anderson, Carl Walker, Fddie Porter,
“Watch Closely ”
Coaches (ilover Gibson tl.) and Ray Mims of the Perry ninth grade Panthers diagram a new
play for Thursday night’s game. Looking on are Panther standouts (I, to R) Alvin Boone, Francis
Bowen. Steve Heavy and Mark Montgomery.
IIHJ staff photo
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9th Grade Panthers
Head Coach Hay Mims and his Ferry Junior High ninth grade football
Panthers are shown above. Front row (L-R) Robert Reese, Al Woodard,
Mathew Richardson. F.rnesl Scott. Tim Felder, Roger Rarata, Mike Vance,
Speedx Langston. Second row - Fernandei Toomer, Mike Green, Steve
Peavy. Charles Lewis, Wally Dean. Dwayne Grant, Bernard Lasseter. Rill
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i average King, a senior,’
< returned a kick against Dodge
> two weeks ago for 80 yards
1 and aTD
The Panthers’ Lloyd Turner
! continues to hold a huge lead
I in the passing stats The Perry
1 junior has racked up 566 yards
> through the airlanes, hitting
i on 33 of 77 trys. Turner also
; leads in TD tosses with 5.
Coach Bob Morrow’s
i Panthers have the two top
» receivers in the region in
; Claude Lester and Randy
5 Murphy. Lester has hauled in
8 catches for 251 yards and two
> scores. His 31.4 yards per -
1 catch is the region’s best.
1, Murphy leads the region in
) number of receptions, with 16.
I The senior receiver has 242
1 yards and a trio of TDs.
On top in the rushing
department is Willie Miller of
Jones County with 534 yards in
63 carries. The elusive
Greyhound averages 8.5 yards
per haul Mathew Jackson
(Peach County) is next with
438 yards, followed by Sammy
Searles (Dodge;, 427, Kenneth
Baldwin (Peach), 389, and A1
Colwell (Americus, with 309.
Mathew Jackson, of Peach
County, is the region leader in
total offense with 583 net
yards. Willie Miller, Jones,
and Lloyd Turner, Perry, are
right behind with 579 and 570
yards respectively.
Miller and Jackson are the
leading scorers with 42 points
each.
The leading defensive
players in 3-AA are Mike
Greg Bennett, Boyd Brooks, Keith Owens, Jody Andrews, Danny Phillips,
Quentin Harvey, Randy Lumpkin, Ben Wright. Mike Wendler, mgr.
Third row <L-R), Kathryn Richards, statistician. Coach Richard E. Er
win, Carl Bass, Jimmy Linder, Darryl Parker, Bobby Woodard, Andy Poole,
Marcus Kiley, Greg Denton. Randy Brown, Norbert Jackson, Sam Ken
drick, John Ridley. Coach John Warlick, Jenny Vogt, statistician.
Bennett. Larry Adams. Third row - Asst. Coach Glover Gibson. George
Holmes. Donnie Mclver, Sammie Kinkins. Tony Lowe. Terry Kendrick.
Alvin Boone. Mark Montgomery, Francis Bowen and Head Coach Ray
Mims.
Photo By Phil Byrd
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McDaniels, Jones, with 17.8
tackles and assists per game;
Mathew Jackson, Peach, with
10.8 T and A per game; Alvis
Woodard, Dodge, with 10.0 per
contest; and Roosevelt
Holton, Dodge, with 9.2 T-A’s
per game.
In team offense the Jones
County Greyhounds are
averaging an awesome 400.8
yards per game, followed by
Peach County with 321,0.
Powerful Americus, the
state’s number one ranked AA
squad, leads in team defense.
The Panthers have surren
dered only 91 yards per outing
to five foes, Dublin is next with
124, followed by Jones County
126.5, Dodge County 138.8,
Peach County 188.0, and Perry
201.6.
Clarence Bogan
John Ridley
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BYRD
HOMI JOURNAL
SPORTS EDITOR
OCT. 17. 1974, PAGE 2-B
Lynn Smith
PERRY JUNIOR HIGH
7th, Bth and 9th
GRADE PANTHERS
PLAY AT HOME
THURSDAY NIGHT
AT PERRY HIGH
Remain Undefeated
‘B ’ Panthers Clip
Tough G rille 12-0-
The “B” Panthers remained
undefeated with a 3-0 record
as they edged their toughest
competition to date, the C’ville
Eagles by a 12-0 score last
week. In 1974 the Perry
scoreboard shows a combined
score of 106-0.
There was no doubt Perry
had the best team on the field,
with their great defense
maintaining field position the
Panthers controlled the game
tempo. Equally the inspired
Eagles were well prepared on
defense - and came to win. The
Eagle linebackers blitzed and
stunted in the game and
played havoc with Perry
blockers.
The Panthers not only kept
the Eagles hooded in the game
but cut off the outside running
lanes to one of the fastest
runners in Houston County,
Eagle HB Jeff Larkin, Perry’s
DE’s David Arnall and Daron
Thomas, by forcing Larkin to
run inside all night pulled
many of the Eagle talons on
offense. The efforts of Arnall
and Thomas were praised by
the Panther coaches.
Marvin “Toom-Pie” Nobles
played a fine defensive game
and had a big play when he set
up the first Panther TD by
picking off an Eagle pass at
their 25 and returning it to the
5. QB Carlton Clarington, Jr.,
scored a TD shortly after
Nobles theft.
Other big defensive plays by
Panthers were fumble
recoveries by Marty Cassey,
Marcus Clark, Paul O'Connell
and Fred Marshall. A rugged
Rick Harding tackle caused a
fumble.
Even though Panther HB,
Ricky Duncan, was held to
several short gains his speed
and running ability only need
a crack to open up a game.
Late in the contest an Eagle
punt, from their end zone, was
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Perry Teams
Hit The Road
The Perry “A” League
Panthers will try to get back
on the winning track tonight
(Thursday) when they travel
to Moody Park in Warner
Robins to battle the RAFB
Giants. Game time is 8:00
P.M.
At the same time, but in
Centerville, the undefeated
Perry “B" Panthers will take
on the Falcons in league play.
Next Tuesday night, Oct. 22,
the “B” league Perry Pan
thers will journey to Moody
Park and engage the Demons
in a 6:30 P.M, confrontation.
Wednesday evening Coach
Jim Parker’s power-laden
Panther Mites will host the
Demon Mites in a 6:30 P.M.
contest at Perry High School.
Following that game will be
the tilt between the Panthers
HOUSTON
STANDINGS
Mite Won Lose
Panthers 3 0
Demons 2 0
Giants 0 2
Eagles 1 2
Bills 0 2
B League
Panthers 3 0
Eagles 2 1
Demons 2 1
Bills 1 2
Giants 1 2
Falcons 0 3
A League
Eagles 3 0
Demons 2 1
Panthers 1 2
/ Giants 0 3
taken on the Eagle 21 by
Duncan. He ran all the way to
a score and provided Perry
with a little breathing room.
Panthers 12, Eagles 0.
Marty Cassey, outstanding
center, went both ways in the
game and both he and
Maurice Zammit laid some
hard licks on the Eagles.
Arnall and Clarington
displayed strong arms and
zipped some real sharp
passes. Arnall was praised for
his blocking.
Georgia coach Vince Dooley
was recently quoted in a local
paper as saying a few big
plays decide the outcome of
any game. The Panther
defense proved alert and
opportunistic as they pounced
on fumbles and made the hits
that jarred the ball loose.
Little Tim Dixon blocked and
recovered a punt deep in
Eagle country and two series
later that resulted in the
Duncan score.
While the Panther offense
was sluggish they had poise
and in the 2nd quarter kept the
ball 12 straight plays to run
the clock. The Eagles only ran
3 plays that quarter.
Rick Harding was a stan
dout all game as he caught
and ran with a pass for 70
yards for a score only to get it
called back due to a Panther
penalty. On the last play of the
game Harding went 55 yards
on another exciting play, after
catching a pass, but the
whistle sounded as he was
bumped out of bounds on the
Eagle 20, Harding had run out
of gas but only the fleet Larkin
could have caught him. Rick
probably played his best
overall game. As a FB he
fought for the tough, short
yardage and as a defender he
was a hard nosed hitter. Going
into the game Harding had an
arm injury and he came out
and Demons in “A” League
action. Game lime is 8:00
P.M,
HLCC
News
Due to overseeding of
greens Ladies Day Events at
Houston Lake Country Club
were not played October Bth.
Pick-a-Partner was the Dog
Fight event for the men
Saturday, October 12. Due to
overseeding all teams were
minus. First place team
winners were Floyd Gregory
and Ronald Rusin; second
place Brown McDonald and
David Hathaway; and third
place Billy Oliver and John
Smith. The men will play for
the club championship Oc
tober 19 and 20.
WRESTLING FRIDAY 8:15
PERRY GA.
NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
GA. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
main event - LUKE GRAHAM
pnn| (GA. CHAMPION)
l CHARLIE COOK
f DICK STE,NBORN
| SUPER SOUL DAVIS
CRUSHER VERDU
L BUDDY ATLAS
IBM | KEN WEHUNT vs SPIDER
ALL SEATS • FIRST COME • FIRST SERVE
GEN. ADM. $2.50 CHILDREN $1.50
ARMORY BOX OFFICE OPENS FRi. AT 7 PM
with a black eye and bruised
nose.
The Panther defense only
allowed the Eagles a single Ist
down, that due to a penalty.
The Eagles deepest
penetration was the Panther
23. Clarington had a big game
with 10 hits. Others with
several hits were Eric Borden,
Cassey, Clark, Dixon, Duncan,
Harding, Marshall, Raynard
Mickels, Rusty Mills, Nobles
and Don “Mickey” Simmons.
Other Panthers playing well
and making some tackles
were injured A1 Tabor, Keith
Fleming, Ed Huckaby, Jim
King, Eddie Johnson,
O'Connell, Whitt Smith and
James Williams.
Wrestling #
Returns To
Perry Fri.
Professional wrestling
returns Friday night of this
week to the Perry National
Guard Armory with an out
standing four bout wrestling
card promoted by Gunkle
Enterprises.
In the main event the Ga.
Heavyweight champion, Luke
Graham, 285, Phenix,
Arizona, defends his title
against the challenge of the
former NFL Football stan-
dout, Charlie Cook,
Cleveland, Ohio. This contest
will be for the best 2 of 3 falls
with a 1 hour time limit.
Sharing the spotlight Friday
night will be an interesting
match between Dickie
Steinborn, 224, Columbus, Ga.,
wrestling Super Soul Man
Davis, 220, New York City.
In preliminary action
Crusher Verdu, 278, Madrid,
Spain, takes on Buddy Atlas,
232, Calhoun, Georgia, while
in the 8:15 opener Ken
Weehunt, 220, Atlanta,
wrestles the popular masked
man from Florida, the Spider.
General admission for
Friday night’s matches at the
National Guard Armory will
be $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for
children 11 and under. All
seats will be on a first come
first serve basis.
Box office at the Armory
opens at 7 P.M. Matches start
at 8:15 P.M.
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