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Jeanese Wallace
Perry’s Unselfish
Basketball Star
By Donnie ’DC’ Cockrel
Many fine athletes are
quiet, unassuming and
unselfish to the point
where they find it hard to
talk about themselves.
Perry High Pantherette
Jeanese Wallace fits that
description well. But just
ask for an opinion of her
from her coach, James
Kinchen. and he just
goes on and on.
“Jeanese is no doubt the
most coachable player I
have ever had. She is a
good girl, a team ball
player and so unselfish
that I have had to en
courage her to shoot
more?”, exclaimed
Kinchen. “At her size
(s’B”, 134 pounds), she is
the best high school girls
rebounder I have ever
seen.”
Yes, rebounding is her
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forte, and she leads her
team with a 12.7 game
average which is higher
than her 9.1 scoring
average, a statistic that
proves her love for
cleaning glass. “I guess I
enjoy rebounding and
defense more than I do
offense,” says Jeanese.
Jeanese is a native of
Fort Valley and the
daughter of David and
Thelma Wallace. She
lives at 914 Jeanne St. in
Perry. A former
cheerleader, she then
started growing which
led to her decision to try
out for her 7th grade
team. She was successful
and this started her
junior high career. Last
season as a sophomore
she quickly established
herself to win a starting
job, and then became a
very important Pan
therette. She remains
that way this season and
she will be depended on
heavily the next.
Her style is smooth and
poetic. She is as graceful
and coordinated on the
court as she is quiet off it.
Her unique tool that most
of her counterparts do not
possess is her God-given
leaping ability. This
particular talent com
bined with her attitude
produce a college
scholarship, which she
mentioned is important to
her. Logically as of now
she is concentrating on
this season, and the
Pantherette basketball
program is fortunate to
have such talent and
character all wrapped
into one girl.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980
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Perry High Pantherettes
Coach James Kinchen’s 1979-80 Perry High Pantherettes are pictured
above (L-R starting at top) Pam Sneed (no longer with team), Jeanese
Wallace, Vicki Woodard, Edna Williamson (no longer with team),
Charlene Thomas (manager), Patricia (Lisa) Holmes, Bunny Barr (no
longer with team), Beverly Allen, Angela Whitfield, Renee Satterfield,
Geraldine Watkins, Angela Askew, Frances Owens, destine King.
(Photo by Frank Russo)
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1979 A Big
Year In Sports
1979 has come and gone, and with it another
sports year is logged for the historians.
There was a bundle of accomplishments to
make us happy, sad or indifferent. Pete Rose
registered his tenth 200 hit season to snap
another of Ty Cobb’s cherished marks .... The
talent - laden Dodgers slid to third place ... Billy
Martin screwed-up again and was fired for the
second time by the Yankees ... Philadelphia,
even with Rose and his multi-million dollar
contract, was an also-ran ... Carl Yastremski
and Lou Block joined the coveted 3,000-hit club ...
and the Pittsburgh (family) Pirates, behind the
guiding forces of old-timer Willie Stargell,
overcame a 3-1 deficit to upset the Baltimore
Orioles four games to three to capture the World
Series.
That was baseball.
In golf the names were the same. Tom Watson
continued his uncanny winning ways on the male
circuit, while Nancy Lopez did the same on the
female tour.
The nation’s eyes were on Larry Bird in
college basketball as the “great white hope” led
the Indiana State Sycamores to the NCAA finals
with a perfect 33-0 record. “Magic” Johnson
spoiled the dream as Michigan State - losers of
six games during the season - rolled over the
upstart Sycamores in the contest for all the
marbles.
Pro basketball continued to be a bust. Pete
Maravich, with his $700,000 a year contract, was
sitting on the bench, and Darryl Dawkins tried to
see how many backboards he could destroy.
Bird, leading the Boston Celtics to a 29-9 mark at
the end of 1979, was the only redeeming factor of
the NBA.
Hockey; all three TV networks cancelled their
contracts.
Professional wrestling (not really a sport - it’s
fake as a three-dollar bill) continued to excite
fans. A couple of “Russians”, Ivan Kolaff and
Alex Shimnoff are currently the Georgia Tag
Team Champions and the “Super Star” is the
Georgia title-holder. A clown by the name of
Austin Idol is the “TV champion”.
As far as college football went, Alabama was
the class of the land. The Crimson Tide rolled
over eleven opponents and made a believer out of
Lou Holtz and his Arkansas Razorbacks in the
Sugar 80w1... For Dawg fans it was a season to
forget. Dooley’s crew suffered through a 6-5
campaign, including opening losses to Wake
Forest, South Carolina and Clemson. To save the
year, the ‘Dogs beat Georgia Tech ... A month
later the Jackets finally got rid of Pepper ... On
the local level, the Warner Robins Demons were
butchered by Tift County 51-10 for the South
Georgia crown, and our Perry Panthers were
better than expected, posting a 4-5 record with an
inexperienced bunch under new coach Dave
Crockett ... Westfield, one of the top defensive
teams in the SEAIS, saw their title hopes
squashed by FPD. But the Hornets still finished
with an impressive 7-2-2 overall mark.
Gymnastics Class
To Begin Monday
A gymnastic class, sponsored by the
Houston County Recreation Department, will
begin Monday, January 7 at Ted Wright
Park. The class will be held every Monday
through February 11.
Classes are for youngsters five to fifteen
years of age and will be offered at two times;
5-6 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. There is a sls
registration fee.
The exercise classes will be instructed by
Naomißingley.
For more information call 922-4471 ex
tension 220.
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