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Perry High Senior Alvin Boone (signing
scholarship) is shown above as he inks a /our
ycar grant-in-aid scholarship with Fort Valley
State College. With Boone at the ceremony held
last Thursday afternoon at Perry High School is
(L-R) Alvin's mother .Mrs. Lillian Boone; PHS
defensive coach and former FVS defensive
PHS Defensive Star
Boone Signs Football
Grant With Wildcats
"We are looking for big
things from Alvin Boone
over the next four years,"
stated Fort Valley State
head football coach Pete
Mangrum last Thursday
as he watched Perry High
School super football
star, Alvin Boone, ink a
four-year grant-in-aid
grid scholarship to play
for the Wildcats.
Boone, who was a
standout at defensive
safety on Coach Bob
Morrow's Perry High
Panthers, also was a
region leader in punting
with better than a 35 yard
average. Boone lead the
league in pass in
terceptions with seven.
Coach Mangrum went
on to say, "We expect
Alvin to till a gap on our
defensive bail club and
we certainly expect him
to do a lot of punting for
us. He is a good, all-round
athelete with tremendous
ability and desire and he
is the kind of ballplayer
we have made an effort to
recruit this year."
Boone's high school
coach, Bob Morrow, said,
"We on the coaching staff
felt all along Alvin had
college football potential
and I strongly believe he
will go on to become an
outstanding player tor
Fort Valley State. We are
very proud of him for this
accomplishment and we
know the community is
proud as well."
Boone, a 165-pound 5-10
senior, was a three-year
letterman on the Panther
football squad, starting
all three years. During
his last two campaigns,
Boone was called on as
the Perry punter and
place-kicker and
responded with a 35-yard
plus punting average. As
a senior playing safety,
Boone paced region 3-AA
in interceptions with
seven and finished his
career with 15 steals.
During his tenure at
Perry High, Boone
played at several
positions including
safety, defensive half
back, defensive cor
nerback, quarterback,
running back, slot back
and split end. "He was a
very versitile player for
us," coach Bob Morrow
commenfed, "Alvin was
a natural leader and was
a strong cog in helping us
to our 7-3 season last
year. The kids thought
well of him too, voting
him the MVP in football.
Alvin is a very deserving
young man and he will
represent his community
in the spirit of Perry High
School."
While Boone made
most of his credits on the
football field, he also
excelled in other sports.
For two years he has
been a spot player on the
Panther basketball team
and for three seasons he
toiled for the baseball
Panthers of coach Dave
Crockett.
When football season
rolls around next season
Alvin will be in the
uniform of the Wildcats
and is expected to see
immediate action,
despite being only a
Starts March 20
Rec. Baseball Signup
The Houston County
Recreation Department
will begin youth baseball
and softball registration
on March 20, 1978 and
continue through April 15,
1978. The program is open
to boys and girls age 5
through 17 with the age
control date being August
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standout Willie Street: Fort Valley State head
football coach Pete Mangrum, and Perry High
head football coach and athletic director Bob
Morrow.
Boone was a three-year letter winner for the
Panthers and was highly sought-after by the
Wildcats.
freshman. "We were
really hurting in the
defensive backfield last
season," coach Pete
Mangrum explained after
Boone had inked the
dotted line, "so we went
for good material, and we
think we have a good one
in Alvin Boone." The
Perry native also has a
good shot at the FVS
punting job, where the
Wildcats were woeful last
season. "We probably
had the biggest punter in
the nation last year,"
1, 1978.
A new age group will be
added to this year's
summer program. A
(mighty Tee League) for
boys and girls age 5 and 6
will be formed. There will
be a limited number of
openings in each area for
this new league. It will be
Mangrum commented
about his former 285
pound punter.
Alvin Boone will do his
best for the Wildcats, like
he did at Perry High, but
his best comment when
he signed his name to the
grant in aid was: "I'm
going to hit the books
too."
Fort Valley State op
ponents had better be on
their toes this coming
football season, because
Alvin Boone will be
waiting in the secondary.
a low keyed, basic fun
damental program and
both boys and girls will
participate together with
a recreation department
staff member coaching
and training the par
ticipants.
Age groups,
registration fees and
location will be as
follows:
Age Groups
58.6 Mighty Tee
78.8 Tee
98.10 Mite
118.12 Midget
138,14 Jr.
15,168.17 Sr.
Fees for Baseball
$6.00 per child
SB.OO per child
SIO.OO per child
SIO.OO per child
SIO.OO per child
SB.OO per child
Fees for Softball
$6.00 per child
$7.00 per child
$7.00 per child
$7.00 per child
$7.00 per child
$7.00 per child
$7.00 per child
Registration Location:
Perry Area: Houston
County Courthouse in the
Commissioners' Office
Monday through Friday
from 9:00 till 5:00 and pn
Saturday from 9:00 fill
12:00 noon. For further
information call 922 2878.
Participants who do not
have a birth certificate,
drivers license or
military ID on file with
the Houston County
Recreation Department
are required to bring one
at the time they register.
Returning coaches as
well as new coaches are
urged to register during
the above dates. For
more Information call
922-2878.
In AA Quarterfinals
Pantherettes Beaten
By Big Way cross 61 -42
"They were bigger,
stronger and more
physical than us," was
the way coach Bob
Morrow described the
Waycross girls that beat
his Pantherettes last
Saturday night 61-42 in
the second round of the
state AA girls basketball
tournament in
Milledgeville. The set
back ended the 1977-78
season for the Pan
therettes as they ended
with a 16-6 slate.
Waycross's Bulldogettes
upped their mark to 17-8
and advanced to the final
four in Marietta this
week.
Perry got off to a
miserable start against
the red-clad Bulldogettes,
falling behind 8-0 before
two free throws by Val
Paige finally broke the
ice. Thirty seconds later
Paige swiped* a pass and
drove for an unmolested
layup that gave Perry its
first basket of the night
(2:34) and cut
Waycross's lead to 8-4.
Waycross, scoring only
two gratis tosses in the
final four minutes of the
initial stanza, held a 10-5
lead at the first rest stop.
Perry shot ten percent in
the first period (1-10) to
forty percent (4-10) for
the Bulldogettes.
Waycross began to
dominate on the offensive
and defensive boards in
the second period and
ground out a 24 9 lead
before Perry finally
countered at 3:19 on
another free throw by
Paige. After the Dogettes
increased their lead to 28-
10, the Pantherettes
scored their first field
goal of the second
quarter, at the 1:40 mark,
on a jumper by Green.
The Perry senior encored
again 18 seconds later to
cut the deficit to 28-14.
Green's corner jumper at
the buzzer made the
score 30-16 at halftime.
Perry was again frigid
from the field, 3-15, to 8-14
for the Bulldogettes.
The Pantherettes
played on almost even
terms in the third period,
but Waycross's main
tained their comfortable
lead with several follow
up baskets that
frustrated Perry all
night. With one quarter
remaining Waycross
owned a 44-28 advantage.
Perry was 6-13 to
Waycross's 5-11 from the
field.
The Pantherettes fell
behind as much as twenty
points in the final stanza,
but failed to roll over.
Twice Perry sliced into
the Waycross lead, 50-36
and 58-44, but the margin
was too great to over
come.
Perry's final bucket of
the night came with 19
seconds left when reserve
Renee Satterfield
bombed in a 20-footer.
Waycross tallied in the
waning seconds for the
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final 61-42 score. Perry
was 5-11 from the field in
the final period to 5-8 for
Waycross.
Despite defeat, coach
Bob Morrow had nothing
but praise for his ladies.
"This bunch of girls gos so
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Beat Swainsboro
Perry Wins
Perry's ball-hawking
Pantherettes blew open a
tight contest in the third
quarter and held the lead
the remainder of the way
with a 40-31 victory over
Swainsboro in the
opening game of the state
AA girls basketball'
tournament at Georgia
Military College in
Milledgeville last Friday
night. The win hiked
Perry's slate to 16-10 and
into the quarter-finals.
Swainsboro went home
with a final 18-8 mark.
After a cold-shooting
first period - 5-4 Perry -
the Pantherettes fell
behind 12-7 at the 4:24
mark of the second
period, before senior
Leola Green fired up the
Perry ladies. With steals
by Jennie Vogt, Val Paige
and Frances Owens
resulting in fast break
this tournament on pure
hustle and pride. They
had to push themselves to
get here, and they did.
I'm as proud of this team
as any I've ever
coached," Morrow
summed up.
layups, the Pantherettes
had the game tied, 16-16
at the half.
Both teams were icy in
the first half from the
floor; Perry connecting
on just 6 of 17 to 8 of 29 for
Swainsboro.
With six different
Pantherettes joining in
the scoring Perry leaped
away to a 31-22 margin
after three periods. The
Pantherettes trailed
early in the stanza, 18-16,
but then reeled off nine
unanswered points and
were never really
threatened the rest of the
night.
Perry waltzed to the
free throw line eleven
times in the final eight
minutes, but zeroed in
only five. But, the Tigers
could not take advantage
of the situation as Perry's
pressing defense caused
Perry (42); Askew 5,
Green 16, Richards 2,
Paige 9, Owens 8, Sat
terf ield, Brown,
O'Connell, Vogt.
Waycross (61): Standly
22, Meeks 4, Bennett 21,
Lott 3, Price 2, Hall 1,
numerous turnovers.
Coach Bob Morrow's
ladies ran off several
minutes with an effective
tour-corner offense led by
the dribbling of Val
Paige.
Leola Green, who
shared scoring honors
with Paige with 13 each,
netted a free throw with
:03 left to produce the
final 40-31 score.
The Pantherettes
finished the night 14 of 38
from the field to 14 of 46
for the Tigers of
Swainsboro.
Scoring
Perry (40): Askew 5,
Vogt 3, Green 13,
Richares 2, Paige 13,
Hodges 1, Owens, Harris.
Swainsboro (31):
McKinney 10, Cameron 2,
Street 3, Walker 8,
Howard 2, Phillips 6.