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Perry Off This Week
Indians Scalp Panthers
24-1 6 In 3-AA Lidlifter
Mistakes, mistakes,
mistakes., give a good
team opportunities to
score and they'll beat you.
That was the case last
Friday night as the Perry
High Panthers dropped a
24 16 decision to the Dodge
County Indians. The final
tally was not as close as
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Perry QB Arthur Harris (11)
. . . Dives For First Down In 18-12 Win
Remain Unbeaten
Erwin's Panthers Score
Late To Beat Tabor 18-12
Last Thursday, October
2, the undefeated Perry
eighth grade Panthers ot
Coach Dicky Erwin played
host to a tough undefeated
Tabor eighth grade team.
With thirty two (32)
seconds left in the
ballgame, quarterback
Arthur Harris broke two
tackles and swept right
end for the winning touch
down. The final score was
18 12, running Perry's
record to a perfect 30.
Tabor dropped to 2-1.
Stanley Bass started the
night for the Panthers
running ten yards from
scrimmage on the first
offensive play of the game
for a touchdown. Blocking
was excellent by Charlie
Culler, Dean Walker,
Henry Jackson, Tony
Carter, Ira Foster and Ben
Holmes Tabor came back
to knot the score 6 6 with a
touchdown, missing the
PAT.
After the touchdown by
Tabor, Perry scored on a
long pass to Stanley Bass
from Arthur Harris. The
play and TD was good for
54 yards The PAT failed.
Perry's entire offensive
line blocked good on that
pass play. The score was
12 6 Perry was ahead by
that same score at half
time.
Tabor came out the
second half tired up and
scored on a long drive to
knot the score again, 12 12.
This score seemed to be
final until the Panthers,
under the direction ot QB
Arthur Harris, mounted a
short drive with 2:30 left In
the game. Good running by
Henry Jackson and
Stanley Bass moved the
ball to the Tiger 2 where on
first and goal Stanley Bass
went only inches from
scoring a TD. A Panther
penalty moved the ball
back to the seven where
Arthur Harris swept right
end for the winning TD
with thirty two seconds
remaining in the game.
Tabor lined up with
seventeen seconds on the
clock and threw two
the final score indicated as
the Panthers scored their
final eight points as the
clock expired in the fourth
quarter.
What caused the Pan
thers quick misfortune was
two early fumbles that
culminated in a Dodge
field goal and then later
passes, but to no avail.
Final score, Perry 18
Tabor 12.
The entire offensive line
blocked well most of the
night These young men
are: Louis Wallace, Allen
Purser, Jeff Under, Jeff
Carpenter, Keith Smith,
Carter, Foster, Collins,
Holmes and Culler
Defensively the Pan
thers were led by Henry
Jackson and Arthur Harris
with eleven tackles, Billy
Walker ten, Ben Holmes
nine, Dean Walker eight,
and Tim King seven Dean
Walker intercepted a pass
and recovered a fumble
Jackson picked up three
tumbles.
Next game is with
Warner Robins Junior
High at international
Stadium October 9, at 6:15.
"We have had good sup
port in all our ballgames
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seven more Indian points
were put on the scoreboard
via a Panther pass in
terception. Other than the
five turnovers the Pan
thers aggragated, the
visiting Perryans played a
respectable game against
the undefeated, 6 0,
Eastman based Indians.
(7th, Bth and 9th) this year
so tar We have three fine
young football teams to
watch and we appreciate
the town ot Perry backing
us so well," Coach Erwin
commented.
EIGHTH GRADE
STANDINGS
W L
Perry 3 0
Warner Robins 2 1
Tabor 2 1
Northside l 3
Rumble 0 3
STATISTICS
Tackles Avg.
Jackson 9.3
Harris 7.7
Porter 7.7
B. Walker 6.0
D Walker 5.7
Holmes 5.7
Wallace 5.3
T. King 4.0
Rush 2.0
Bass 1.5
Jones 1.5
Perry, continuing their
unbelievably tough
schedule, crept to within
11 8 of Dodge County In the
third stanza, but misfor
tune struck the Panthers
again and their upset bid
was denied.
While the Panthers saw
their season slate sag to 2-3
on the current campaign -
0-1 In region competition -
they did manage to score
two offensive touchdowns
against Dodge County's
rugged defense, the first
TD's put on the
scoreboard, offensively,
all season against the
Indians.
In the final symopsis, it
was Perry mistakes that
told the tale. Without them
the Panthers would have
stayed close and very
possibly could have pulled
a region 3 AA upset.
DODGE TAKES
ADVANTAGE
On the Indians reser
vation the Panthers won
the toss of the coin and
elected to receive. Smash
Walker returned the
pigskin 27 yards to the
Perry 34, where the
Panthers set up shop; but
not for long. After two
snaps netted only a yard
the Panthers coughed up
the ball, with Dodge
County's Jimmy Bowen
recovering at the Perry 35.
The Indians failed to take
advantage as a David
Weeks 40-yard field goel
tell short after the Pan
thers stopped them at the
23.
Perry took over on their
own 20 but another fumble
gave the Indians
possession at the Panthers'
19. Otis Simmons
recovered the Panther
bobble. Perry, with Ronnie
Clarington, Joe Brown,
Len Taylor and Willie
Kendrick leading the
charge, led the Indians at
the Perry 15 forcing a 33-
yard field goal by Weeks.
At 5;49 of the initial stanza
the Indians were on top 3-0.
Perry failed to generate
an offense so Duane
Murphy punted 28 yards to
the Dodge 39, despite a bad
bounce. The Indians found
Perry's defense to be just
as tough and punted back
to the Panthers after a
series of downs. The first
period ended with the
score still 3-0.
Perry punted back to the
Indians after stalling early
in the second quarter, but
got the ball back when
safety Lloyd Turner picked
off a Glenn Anderson pass
at the Perry 1. Determined
running by Eddie Harmon
and William Lester gave
the Panthers a first down
at the 14, but then a penalty
bogged them down and
Murphy punted to the
Perry 49. The Indians then
struck quickly for a score.
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The Houston Home Journal
THURS., OCT. », 1975
A two-yard advancement
by William Blackshear,
who rushed for 190 during
the evening, was aided by
a 15-yard penalty against
the Panthers. Blackshear
then broke off tackle and
raced 32 yards for the first
ID of the night. Weeks
added the 2-point con
version a Panther penalty
helped to give the Indians
an 11-0 lead at 5:11 of the
second stanza.
Perry drove to the In
dians 26 later in the
quarter on the running of
Walker and the passing of
Harmon, but another
fumble killed the drive and
the Indians had another
chance to score, but a
Weeks field goal fell short
from 41 yards away and
the half ended with Dodge
still clinging to their 11-0
advantage.
PERRY FIGHTS
BACK
Dodge started off the
second half by driving to
the Perry 43, after two
chain movements, but
were haulted there thanks
to several hard licks by
James Hillson, Leon
Green, Mark Montgomery
and Alvin Boone. Walter
McGriff, the leading
punter in the conference,
punted to the Perry 15;
Lester returned to the Cats
23.
From there, the Pan
thers offense cranked up
and in 11 snaps Coach Bob
Morrow's crew had a ID
on the scoreboard. A
counter by Walker for 15
yards and a 48 yard pass
and run combination from
Harmon to Walker ate up
big chunks of real estate
during the 77 yard drive.
Lester, on a fourth down
call, shot over from a yard
out tor the score Walker,
on a pitch from Harmon,
picked up the two-point
conversion at 4:52 of the
third stanza to pull the
Panthers within 11-8.
Dodge got six of those
points back on their next
possession. Starting from
their own 41, the Indians
marched 69 yards in seven
plays for the ID. A 49 yard
scamper by Blackshear to
the Perry 10 did the major
damage. After pushing to
the Panther one it took the
Indians three snaps to get
the final yard, with
Blackshear just getting in
for the score. The PAT was
toiled via a bad snap and
with 1:40 left in the third
period it was 17-8.
Forty seconds later the
Indians were on the
scoreboard again when
Carol Williams picked off a
Panther pass at the Perry
32 and trotted down the
sidelines to paydirt. Weeks
added the PAT to jump the
lights to 24 8 with 1:00 left
in the third period.
After intercepting
another Perry pass, Dodge
controlled the ball and the
scoreboard for the first
five minutes of the final
period. A fumble killed
their drive at the Perry 20.
After a Panther series
netted only two yards
Murphy punted back to the
Indians, where the Red
men cranked up again and
marched to the Perry one.
A penalty backed up Dodge
to the Perry 6 and then a
bad pitch was recovered
by Speedy Langston at the
18.
With time running out
the Panthers struck
quickly. Harmon tossed
eight yards to Walker,
then, on second down,
Walker broke loose and
raced 74 yards to score as
time ran out. Harmon's
pass to Lester picked up
two more points to put the
final 24-16 score in lights.
PERRY DODGE
5 First Downs 14
133 Yds. Rushing 304
92 Yds. Passing 31
12 6 2 Att-Comp Int 411
41 Off. Plays 50
8 73 Penalties Yds. 10 59
4 318 Punts Avg. 2 38.2
3 3 Fumbles Lost 3-2
23:08 Possession 24:52
RUSHING: (Perry) Walker 8
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... Joe Brown (83) Runs Him Down
for 105 yards, Lester 11 for 14
yards, King 5 for 10 yards,
Harmon 1 for 4 yards. (Dodge)
Anderson 11 for 47 yards,
Thomas 8 for 36 yards,
Blackshear 19 for 190 yards,
Ivey S for 34 yards, Deas 1 for 7
yards.
RECEIVING: (Perry)
Walker 3 for 80 yards, Lester 1
tor 6 yards. Porter 1 for 5 yards.
Turner 1 tor 1 yard. (Dodge)
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INTERCEPTIONS: (Perry)
Turner (Dodge) Williams,
Tharpe.
QB SACKS: (Perry) Joe
Brown and Leon Green, 1 for
minus 13yards; Shelton Thomas
and Willie Kendrick, 1 for minus
11 yards; James Hillson, Len
Taylor and Leon Green, 1 for
minus 12 yards. (Dodge) Robert
Girtman, 1 for minus 10 yards.