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Big Marcus Riley Blocks Indians
...To Give John Ridley (28) Running Room
Combined Team Effort
Panthers Finally Do It!
Beat Dodge County, 10-0
At approximately 9:47
p.m. last Friday night,
coach Bob Morrow was a
happy man. His Perry
High Panthers ended six
years of frustration by
defeating the Dodge
County Indians, 10-0,
before a near-capacity
homecoming crowd in
Eastman.
The 6-2 Panthers looked
like a well-oiled machine
against the Indians as
they limited their region
3-AA counterparts to 77
yards in total offense and
ended a six game losing
streak to the Eastman
based Red Men. Not since
1974, when the Panthers
mauled Lamar County 54-
6, had the Panthers
defensive unit so
dominated a football
game. That year, the
Panthers limited the
racially-struck Trojans to
only 20 yards of total
offense. Friday night the
Panthers held the Indians
to only 77; twenty-eight of
those on a 28-yard keeper
play by quarterback Jay
Andrews. The important
win Friday night- It kept
the Panthers in the region
race for second place and
a play-off berth- gave the
Perryans the chance to
compile their best win
ning season since 1970
when they were 8-2 (that
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....Ridley Hogtied By Dodge Defender
is also a school record).
Should Dublin beat Peach
County this Friday night
and It Perry trips West
Laurens and Dublin, the
Panthers will face
Americus Nov. 18 for the
region 3-AA title.
While the Panthers
played superbly on
defense, the offense
complimented them by
running sixty offense
plays and completely
dominating the clock. In
the first quarter Perry
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had the ball 9:28 to
Dodge's 2:32 and in the
important fourth quarter
the Panthers controlled
the skin 8:16 to 3:44.
Perry's defense was well
rested each time they
came in the game.
Tailback John Ridley
topped the 100-yard mark
for the third straight
game by gaining 119
yards in 26 hauls and
closed to within 17 yards
of the 1,000 mark for the
second straight year.
Fullback Sam Kendrick
was back in action and
gathered 55 on 18 trys.
Boyd Brooks filled in at
center for the injured
Dwayne Grant and "did a
good job", according to
Morrow. The offensive
line of Marcus Riley,
Billy Gordon, Willie
Anderson, James
Strickland, shuffling
guards Ben Wright and
Tony Carter, and tight
end Jimmy Linder
blocked viciously all
night and consisfanfly
blew back the Indians
defensive charges to
allow Ridley and com
pany to ramble.
Perry completed only
one pass all night, in just
two attempts, thanks to
some razzle-dazzle.
Jimmy Linder, on a tight
end around, found split
end Willie Harris all
alone for a 36-yard
Panther gain.
Perry put a cork in
Dodge County's passing
game as they picked off
four Andrews aerials.
Alvin Boone swiped a
pair to take over the
region lead in in
terceptions. Randy
Lumpkin and Larry
Carswell stole the other
two as Dodge finished the
night 2-7 for 20 yards.
The Panthers limited
the Indians to an average
of 1.9 yards per rush and
did a stone wall act early
in the final period that
preserved the lead and
probably the game.
Dodge had a fourth down
and 6-inches at the Perry
20 and were thrown back
for a loss. "I felt we won
the football game right
then," Morrow said about
the defensive effort. Big
Darryl Parker applied
the initial lick with help
from Tommy Stokes,
Mark Montgomery, Lynn
Smith, Matthew
Richardson, Donnie
Mclver, George Holmes,
Boone, and Lumpkin. It
took five minutes to
unstack the mass of
humanity.
After the game Morrow
commented: "This is the
finest victory we've had
in a long time....and it
came at a good time.
We're still in this thing
(region race)".
After winning the toss
and electing to receive.
Perry started to
dominate immediately.
For the first 9:58 of the
initial stanza the Pan
thers had the ball all but
thirty seconds and ran off
Mcßae
Records
“Ace”
Allen Mcßae recorded
a thrill of a lifetime on
Oct. 11 when he fired a
hole in one at Houston
Lake Country Club.
Mcßae registered his ace
on the par 3 number 11
hole. It was Mcßae's first
ever hole-in-one.
19 plays to one for Dodge
County, that being an
interception by Boone.
The turnover resulted in
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Bth Grade Panthers: The Perry Junior High
eighth grade Panthers are pictured above. First
row (l-r) Johnny Bryant, manager; Joe Thomas,
Willie Walker, Harold Durham, Ricky Harris,
Bruce Harris, Stanley King, manager. Second
row (l-r) Paul O’Connell, Steve Stokeling,
Marvin Noble, Danny Banks, Gary Clark,
The Hayneville Fall softball league champion
Richardson Realty team is shown above. The
Realtors compiled a brilliant 15-1 record to claim
title honors. Front row (l-r) Allen Robertson, Joe
a TD for the Panthers as
they drove 49 yards in 12
snaps. Ridley crashed in
from (ess than a yard out
tor score. Boone added
the PAT to hike the lead
to 7-0 with 2:02 left in the
first period.
Perry drove into Indian
territory twice in the
second period, but both
advances bogged down •
at the Dodge 39 and 41-
necessitating punts by
Boone. The Indians
deepest penetration in the
second quarter was to the
Perry 49.
After stopping Dodge in
the first two minutes of
the second half, tf\.e
Panthers appeared to be
TD bound, but, after the
beautiful Linder to Harris
bomb to the Dodge 29, the
Perryans tumbled two
plays later killing the
drive.
Midway through the
third quarter Darryl
Parker pounced on a
Dodge bobble at the
Indians' 34, but the
Panthers failed to
capitalize and tumbled
right back to Dodge at the
46 when QB Quentin
Harvey and John Ridley
got crossed up on a deep
pitch that went awry.
After three quarters it
THE STATS
Perry Dodge
14 First Downs 4
53-174 Rushes-Yds 29-57
36 Yds Passing 20
2- Att-Comp-Int 7-2-4
3- Fumbles-Lost 2-1
5-35.4 Punts-Avg. 3-34.7
10-94 Penalties-Yds 2-30
60 Offensive Plays 39
30:04 Possession 17:56
RUSHING: Ridley 26 for
119 yards, Kendrick 18 for
55, Harvey 7 for minus 8,
Toomer 1 for 7, Boone 1
for 1.
RECEIVING: Harris 1
for 36 yards.
INTERCEPTIONS:
Boone (2), Carswell,
Lumpkin.
FUMBLE
RECOVERIES: Parker.
QB SACKS: Smith,
Montgomery, Holmes,
Walker, Stokes.
TACKLES: Montgomery
8, Stokes 8, Holmes 6,
Smith 5, Parker 7.
Eighth Grade Panthers
Softball Champions
was still 7-0.
After a fine runback of
a punt the Indians started
on the warpath and drove
to the Perry 20 where
they were facing a fourth
down and less than a foot.
FB Zimmie Johnson hit
the left side of the Pan
ther line, got stood up and
thrown back by nearly
the entire Perry defen
sive team. The Panthers
took over and never
Panthers ’ Homecoming
Raiders
Next Foe
For Perry
Panthers /
Shoot
Seventh Win^
This Friday night the Perry High Panthers
return home for the first time in a month to face
the West Laurens Raiders in a 3-AA con
frontation. This will be only the second meet
ing ever between the two school.
Last season the Panthers had a tougher time
with the weather than they did against the
Raiders who were in their first year of region
competiton. Perry beat the Laurens Countians
27-6 in temperatures so cold it froze the clock in
the first period. Tailback John Ridley rambled
for 156 yards and scored three touchdowns as the
Panthers hiked their record to 6-3. M
This Friday night the Cats of coach Bob
Morrow will enter the foray with a 6-2 slate and
still have an outside chance of gaining a region
playoff spot. It’s also homecoming and the
Panthers would like to make it a happy
one with a victory over the Raiders.
Frankie Jones. Third row (l-r) Daron Thomas,
Tyler Golder, Willie Scott, Greg Harvey. Fred
Marshall, David Barker, Anthony Riley. Fourth
row (l-r) Johnny Bass, Keith Fleming, Robert
Brunson, Rodney Norwood, John Davis, Jarvis
Hart. Coaches: John Warlick and Dicky Erwin.
PHOTO BY PHIL BYRD
(Blood) Mason, Ed (Clint) Bryant, Mark (Cat)
Shugart. Second row- Rick Wilson, Tim (Owl)
Edwards, Ves Owens, Charles Aultman, Bubba
Lawhorne and John (Simmons) Edwards.
allowed the Indians out ot
their own territory the
remainder of the evening.
Perry put the icing on
the cake with less than a
minute to go when Alvin
Boone toed a 32-yard field
goal to up the score to 10-0
with ;26 left. Boone
picked off another Indian
pass on the final play di
the game and six years of
frustration was over.