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"Five-On-Five"
Morrow's Pantherettes
Like Cage Rule Change
Early this month the
Georgia High School
Association -by a vote of
coaches - made a major
change in the format of girls
basketball. Starting next fall
the ladies will be playing what
is referred to as “five-on-five”
play; it’s the way the boys
have been playing for over a
hundred years and the ladies
have proved they’ve got the
stamina to play full court, too.
Half-court basketball is now a
thing of the past.
What concerns most
coaches is the difference in
fiL play. Five-on-five will add
more excitement for sure, but
it will also mean a new en
tirely different method of
coaching for the female
mentors and that’s where the
problem rests...for some
folks.
At Perry High School head
coach Bob Morrow just grins
when the new girls format is
mentioned. And why not? The
Pantherette mentor, begin
ning his sixth season at the
controls, has 21 girls out for
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Perry High Cagers Set
For Intra-Squad Gomes
This Friday evening will
provide Perryans with a
chance to see a sneak preview
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spring practice and at least
half of them are 5-8 or taller.
To make matters worse, for
opponents, Morrow has three
starters back from last year’s
state tourney team and the
trio, Angela Thomas, Carleen
Turner and Debbie Jackson,
stands 5-11, 5-11 and 6-1. The
season is a long way off, but
you can bet its one of the
tallest front lines in Georgia,
Morrow, and his happy band
of Pantherettes, are in their
third week of spring drills and
conclude the annual event this
Friday night in the entra
squad game beginning at 7:00
P.M.
“We’ve adjusted real good,”
is the way Morrow puts it
when discussing the new
change. “Our three big girls
(mentioned above) have had
an excellent spring; they're
bigger and stronger and can
play five-on-five with
anybody.”
Sophomore Debbie Jackson
has been a head-turner so far
The 6-1 returnee has matured
as a player and “her coor
dination has caught up with
of next fall’s Perry High
School basketball teams as the
annual entra-squad contests
her height,” says Morrow,
Carleen Turner, a 5-11
junior, along with Angela
Thomas, 5-11, have penetrated
well to the basket in practice
and both are aggressive and
quick. “Angela is hitting good
from the outside, too,”
Morrow commented.
Guards Elsie Owens and
Susan Lambert have done a
fine job all spring for
Morrow’s Pantherettes and
have shown they can control
the ball and move out on the
fast break.
Marian Riley, Joy Erbe and
a quartet of freshmen, Robin
Sandefur, Leola Green, Jennie
Vogt and Kathy Richardson,
have shown a lot of progress
as Morrow’s talent tree keeps
putting out more and more
cagers.
With the new change
Morrow feels the Pantherettes
won’t run into a team this fall
that can defend his three big
girls. “Providing we
penetrate to the basket and hit
a few shots from outside,
we’re going to be tough,”
Morrow continued. “Our fast
close out spring basketball
practice. The Pantherettes
tip-off at 7:00 P.M. with the
Panthers hitting the hardwood
immediately afterwards.
In the girls contest the new
five-on-five rules will be in
effect and it will be the first
time the fans get a look at the
Pantherettes with the new
public schools girls basketball
format. Coach Bob Morrow
has 21 girls vying for posts on
next year's edition and, ac
cording to reports, they will be
tough again.
In the second game coach
Rick Duncan will unleash his
1975-76 Perry Panthers.
Duncan, beginning his third
year at the helm, has an
aggregation of 18 players
gunning for spots for next
season and there have been
some changes made.
Admission for the annual
entra-squad games is just fifty
cents for advance tickets and
seventy-five cents at the gale,
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THIRS.. MAY 22. 1975
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Perryans
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Golf professionals Wiltz
Bernard, of Perry Country
Club, and M L Langston of
Houston Lake Country Club
will be playing in the Georgia
State Open this Thursday
through Sunday.
The State Open golf tourney
will be the largest ever held in
Georgia and will include some
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Senior Randy Murphy
At Annual Banquet
Murphy Wins Eric
P. Staples Trophy
Perry High School senior
Randy Murphy was named the
winner of the 1975 Eric P.
Staples trophy at last Wed
nesday’s annual spring sports
banquet at Perry High.
Murphy, a 6-0, 155 pounder,
won the coveted award in one
of the closest balloting in the
six-year history of the trophy
honoring former Perry High
principal and legendary coach
Eric Staples,
Athletic Director Bob
Morrow said Randy “ep
itomises the type kid the
trophy trys to corn
et
To Play
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of the top golfers in the
country, including Doug
Sanders and Dewitt Weaver
The annual extravaganza is
being played at the beautiful
Brookfield West Country Club
in Roswell 'near Atlanta).
Besides the pros, there will
be several amateurs on hand
including Julian Cawthon and
Jack Smith from Perry,
break, which we plan to use a
lot, has also looked real good.”
On defense the Pantherettes
will probably face a lot of slow
down offenses. Perry’s zone
press will help put a stop to
those antics and with the big
three under the boards
Pantherette opponents aren't
going to get many shots at the
basket.
The Pantherettes will be
tested the most against good
outside shooting teams, such
as Dodge County a year ago.
Morrow knows he may have
a powerhouse on his hands
next season. They gave a
glimpse of things to come last
week in beating the ex
perienced seniors 60-56 under
the new rule and tallied 20
points on fast breaks alone.
Last week Morrow stated
that the girls basketball
program at Perry High is at
its best level since he’s been
here...and they love to play
five-on-five.
Look out, Pantherette op
ponents, the season is closer
than you think.
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memorate.” Morrow, who
coached Murphy for three
years in football, continued by—
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Bud Ogletree
Westfield junior linksman Bud Ogletree last
week helped lead the Georgia SEAIS All-Star golf
team to a seven stroke victory in the SEAIS four
state challenge match held in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Ogletree carded a 77 on the par 72,
Chateau Estates course in West Esplanade,
Kenner, Louisiana in the one day tourney on May
16.
Bud and his teammates shot a 302 on the 6,900
yard course to defeat second place finisher
Louisiana, who had a 309. Alabama and
Mississippi tied for third with 315 scores. Medalist
in the event was Louisianan Dave Watson with a
72. Watson is the cousin of current P.G.A. touring
pro Tom Watson.
The Georgia contingent and their scores were:
Stuart Rumph- sophomore at Southland- with a
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Spainhour
Fires Top
PCC Score
Norman Ott, Jack Smith
and W.C. Harrison combined
for a plus-18 to capture last
weekend’s dogfight golf at
Perry Country Club, The
winning threesome nipped the
team of Walter Gray, Frank
Havitzruther and Julian
Cawthon by one stroke for the
top spot.
Three teams tied for third
place honors with a plus-12:
Bob Spainhour, Bill Sawyer
and Paul Smallwood; Ollie
Diebert, A1 Vuxta and Willis
Harrison; and Jim Thomason,
Bill Sawyer and T.L. Jacks.
Spainhour fired a blistering
plus-18 to take individual most
plus honors, including an
eagle two on hole number
eight.
saying: “It has indeed been a
pleasure having Randy
around for the past three
Jaru Ash
. . . Baseball MVP
years. He was one of the most
versatile and unselfish young
men I’ve ever been associated
with.”
“Randy represents all those
kids who were worthy and in
consideration for the trophy,”
Morrow summed up.
Murphy won nine varsity
letters in his three years of
competition and was a starter
in each sport all three years.
The blond-haired senior
gained three letters each in
football, baseball and
basketball. He won pass
receiving and punting crowns
in football last year for the
Panthers and in baseball was
one of the strongest hitlers on
Coach Dave Crockett’s 14-6
team.
Gerald Norris (1970), Randy
73; Bo Bowden- senior at Monroe- with a 75;
Ogletree with a 77; Karl Hall- senior at Deerfield
with a 77; and Duncan Walker- sophomore at
Stratford- with an 80. Sixth man Bruce Crichton of
Southwood carded an 81. Only the top four scores
were counted.
Ogletree said he played “fairly well but not
exceptional.” He praised the Chateau Estates
layout, describing it as “real plush, with thick
fairways. There must be 15 lakes on the 18 holes.”
Bud said that the course was bothered by
prevailing gusty winds, making even more of a
golfing challenge. He said the "rough was a good
test. The trees weren’t big- about as big as a
fullgrown dogwood tree- but set very closely
together.” Bud finished in a tie for sixth among
the 24 golfers from the four different states.
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Loggins (1971), Debbie
Murphy (1972), Earnest
Stripling (1973) and Lawrence
Clarington (1974) were the
previous winners of the Eric
F. Staples trophy.
In other ceremonies at the
spring banquet, outfielder
Jaru Ash was selected as the
Panthers’ baseball most
valuable player. The 180-
pound senior cracked the
horsehide at over a .400 clip,
led the team in hits, and was a
stalwart on defense all season.
Senior Joe Nadeau was the
recipient of the prestigious
Coaches Trophy and Danny
Meyers was the winner of the
“best golfer” award. Dave
King picked up honors by
being named the tennis MVP
at Perry High.
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