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To Seek Master's Degree
Arrington Resigns As
Hornets Grid Mentor
Westfield High Head
Football Coach Marvin
Arrington has resigned his
coaching position with the
school Arrington, 37, will
remain at the school as Math
teacher while he attends
Georgia Southwestern College
to obtain a Master's Degree in
Education
Arrington said late last
week, “I hated to leave
coaching, but saw this as an
opportunity. I’m about
halfway through the Master’s
program and will be taking
two courses per quarter at the
Americus school.”
He said of Westfield's
football program, "I'd like to
thank everyone who helped
get the football program
started So many individuals
and groups that contributed to
our overall football program,
made everything that has
happened out here possible
Without the support of these
people, we could not have been
as successful as we were.”
He added, ‘‘l'd like to
personally thank all the
football players I coached at
Westfield, Dr. (Mike)
Grantham, Coach Martin,
Coach Hardy, the B team
coaches and the Pee Wee
coaches for their dedication
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Beavers Insurance
The defending PJL champion Beavers In
surance Company team is shown above. Front
row (L-R) David Thames. Jay Aucoin, Blake
Westmoreland. Tim Arrington (batboy), Keith
Wilson, Chip Langston, Bob Moore, Lee Branch.
Evans No-Hits R & W
Tolleson, Kiwanis Atop
Perry Jr. Loop Standings
R H E
Kiwanis S 5 l
Andrew McLendon 1 4 2
Pitchers: Kiwanis - Jan
Garrett and Reid Meyer.
Andrew-McLendon; Craig
Evans. Leading Hitters:
Kiwanis - John Jones 3 for 2,
Ed Beckham and Greg
Coleman 1 for 2. Andrew
McLendon - Cater Pierce 2 for
3.
*R H E
Beavers 4 3 I
Goodroe 2 2 3
Pitchers: Beavers - George
Schartz. Goodroe - Chris
Coleman. Leading Hitters;
Beavers - Jeff Cross 2 for 3.
Dan Wright 1 for 2. Goodroe ■
Paul Carroll 1 for 2. The game
was called after 4W innings
because of rain.
and loyalty."
Arrington also stated, "Also
I'd like to add a personal
thanks to the WHS Quar
terback Club It is hard to find
words to really thank this
club I appreciate everything
they did I wish Westfield all
the success in the world in
their future football endeavors
and athletic programs.”
He continued, “I’d also like
to thank the Houston Home
Journal, especially Joe Hiett,
for all their coverage It has
meant a lot to our program "
In his three years as head
grid mentor at Westfield,
Arrington compiled an im
pressive 23-7 record. He was 7-
2 in 1972, 6-4 in 1973, and 10-1
last year His "Mean Green"
Hornets last year won the
SEAIS AA South Region
football crown with a regular
season 10-0 record. For his
efforts, Arrington was voted
by SEAIS coaches as SEAIS
AA Coach of the Year for 1974
Arrington commented, “I
guess the low point of our
program came in the
Raven wood game of 1973 Our
high point came in the
Westfield Deerfield contest,
played at the Knight's Den in
Albany, last year. (The
Hornets won 26-11.) We could
R H E
Goodroe 8 11 2
Red & While 4 3 4
Pitchers: Goodroe - Ken
Aldridge and Maurice
Zammitt Red & White - Keith
Fleming and Kenny Payne.
Leading Hitters; Goodroe •
Chris Coleman 4 for 4 with a
homerun, Keith Hardin 2 for 2.
Red & White - Keith Fleming 2
for 2, Kenny Payne 1 for 3
Payne hit the first homerun of
the season.
R H E
Tolleson 11 4 4
Beavers 9 9 6
Pitchers: Tolleson • Donnie
Arrington and Ed Kezar
Beavers - Scott West
moreland. George Schartz and
Tim Thompson
Leading Hitters: Tolleson -
Second row - George Schwartz, Dan Wright, Scott
Westmoreland. Jeff Cross, Ray Stapleton, Ray
Scarborough. Tim Thompson. Back row - coaches
Riley Young and Ed Thompson.
John Lee 1 for 3 Beavers •
George Schartz 2 for 3, Jeff
Cross and Tim Thompson 2 for
4 Alan Culpepper homered for
Tolleson.
June 2.1975
R H E
Tolleson 8 11 0
Goodroe 0 7 3
Pitchers: Tolleson - Alan
Culpepper Goodroe - Maurice
Zammitt
Leading Hitters: Tolleson ■
Alan Culpepper. Donny
Arrington and Terry
Lawhorne 2 for 3. Goodroe -
Chris Coleman 3 for 3, Donny
Arrington and Terry
Lawhorne slammed homeruns
for Tolleson
R H E
Andrew-McLendon 4 6 0
Red 4 While 0 0 3
have beaten anyone that
night Our “green machine’’
was in high gear " j
Arrington came to Westfield
three years ago from Telfair
County High of Mcßae He is
married to the former
Jeannette Seabolt of Alamo,
Georgia Arrington is a native
of Americus and played
football and baseball under
Jimmy Hightower at
Americus High, He graduated
from Georgia Southwestern
with a BS in Education,
majoring in Math.
Westfield Headmaster
Aaron Turner said qf
Arrington’s resignation, “I
hate to see him stop coaching
He has done a tremendous job
of motivation and training of
the students He has a great
deal of football expertise.”
New Head Football Coach
Percy Hardy (see another
HHJ article) was highly
complimentary of Arrington,
as was Athletic Director Lee
Martin. Hardy and Marlin
said, “We hate to see him go,
and tried to talk him out of it.
It will be quite a loss- and
probably quite a letdown for
the boys. Most of the players
left, he was directly respon
sible for their knowing as
much football as they do ”
Pitchers: Andrew-
McLendon - Craig Evans
pitched the first no-hit shut out
of the season Red 4 White -
David Arnold
Leading Hitters Andrew-
McLendon - John Barrett 2 for
3. Whitt Smith 1 for 1
LEAGI'E STANDINGS
W L
Tolleson 3 o
Kiwanis 2 0
Beavers 1 i
Andrew-McLendon i 2
Goodroe 1 2
Red & White 0 3
Player-Team Homeruns
John Lee (Tolleson 1
Terry Lawhorne (Tolleson) 1
Alan Culpepper (Tolleson) l
Donny Arrington (Tolleson) 1
Kenny Payne i Red 4 White) 1
Chris Coleman (Goodroe) 1
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Marvin Arrington
. . . SEAIS Coach Os Year
Hornets Assistant Elevated
Percy Hardy Named New
Westfield Football "Boss"
Percy Hardy was last week
named new Head Football
Coach at Westfield High
School by Athletic Director
Lee Martin and Headmaster
Aaron Turner He replaces
Marvin Arrington, who
resigned the position. (See
another HHJ article.)
Hardy is 37 and a native of
Perry Last year he was an
Assistant Football Coach
under Arrington, and worked
with the Hornet offensive and
defensive lines.
Hardy graudated from
Perry High School in 1956,
where he was a three sport
letter winner, and selected to
the Middle Georgia All Star
football team as a senior. In
basketball, Hardy played on
three Class B Slate chap
mions- 1953, 1954 and 1956. In
1956 Hardy was a member of
the Georgia South All-Star
team coached by Eric Staples
of PHS.
In baseball. Hardy played
third base well enough to be
named to the Atlanta Con
stitution Georgia All-Star
team
Hardy came to Westfield a
year ago from Tabor Junior
High in Warner Robins, where
he was assistant athletic
director, coached Bth grade
football, 9th grade boys
basketball, and Bth grade
baseball. He is married
(wife's name Susan) and has
two children- Brett-6, and
Wade-3.
Hardy graduated from
Georgia Southwestern of
Americus in 1970 Last year at
Westfield, in addition to his
grid assistant coach duties,
Hardy served as Head Girls
Basketball coach, and as Head
Baseball coach. His Hornettes
won the Region 2-AA cage
crown and had a 22-6 record,
with only one senior.
In baseball. Hardy's Hor
nets finished with only a 4-9
record, but made tremendous
strides, and again had but one
senior on the squad The
baseball team won four of its
last six contests
Athletic Director Lee
Martin said he was ‘‘very
confident Percy would do a
fine job as Head Football
Coach.” Martin said he had
been impressed with Hardy’s
coaching ability during last
school year. Hardy turned
down several other Head
Coaching jobs to stay at
Westfield
Westfield Headmaster
Aaron Turner was also im
pressed with Hardy. He said,
“1 feel our football program
will remain in good hands. We
are presently interviewing in
an attempt to find another
assistant football coach, and
may have an announcement
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Coach Percy Hardy
- . . May Install Wishbone
Blanks R & W 4-0
Evans Twirls ,
PJL No-Hitter
Righthander Craig Evans
became the first pitcher of
1975 to fire a no-hitter in the
Perry Junior League as the
Andrew-McLendon mound
sman stopped Red & White, 4-
0, Monday night. Evans, a
three-year veteran of the PJL,
fanned 13 Red & White bat
smen and issued only four
base on balls in tossing his
masterpiece.
The twelve-year-old hill ace
recorded only one inning in
which Red & White managed
to gel two men on base - the
sixth and final frame - but the
flashy righthander enduced
two batters to go down on
strikes and then got the last
batter on a popup to preserve
the no-hit shutout.
Evans was backed by an
errorless Andrew-McLendon
defense that was minus two
starters. Centerfielder Rusty
Mills and catcher Mike Stovall
(broken nose) missed the
contest, but a patched up
Andrew-McLendon lineup
rose to the occasion and
helped Evans record his gem.
Rightfielder Randall Buice
made the best defensive play
of the evening by snagging a
sinking line drive in the third
inning to rob a R & W batter of
a hit.
The Andrew-McLendon
offense gave Evans all the
support he needed in the fifth
inning when Whit Smith
singled and then scored
moments later on a base
knock by John Barrett.
A-M Coach Earl “Chip”
* Washington, who has been
shortly.” '
Hardy will remain as coach
of the girls basketball squad,
as well as the baseball team,
as matters now stand.
Hardy commented,
“Practice begins August 5.
I'm thinking of installing a
new offense- the Wishbone- as
1 think we may have the
personnel to operate it. Next
year may be a transition
season, although we do have a
lot of talent on hand.”
Hardy said he “was toying
coaching for 13 years in the
Perry Junior League, said
Craig's pitching performance
Monday night was one of the
finest efforts he had ever seen
“Craig was mixing his pitches
and kept the batters ons
balance with an assortment of
curves, fast balls and off
speed pitches,” Washington
elaborated. “He also tossed a
few knuckle balls.”
Washington also had praise
for his catcher, Cater Pierce.
"Monday night was the first
time Cater had caught a game
for us and he did a fine job all
night,” the A-M mentor
commented. Pierce had only
one passed ball in catching the
Evans no-hit blank job.
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with the idea of switching
guard Phil Gentry to
Fullback,” Gentry, a 5-9, 190
pounder was an All-State
Linebacker and Guard in 1974
as a junior. Hardy said Gentry
would remain at linebacker,
whether or not the offensive
switch is made.
The new Head Coach staled,
“Pm definitely going to go
with a 5-4 Eagle defense next
year. We had good success
with a 5-4 late last season.”