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The perfect
Super Bowl
party
I was thinking about what the
perfect Super Bowl party would
consist of, and in addition to free
flowing beverages and plenty of
food 1 decided it will take a few
other elements to make my party a
smashing success.
Obviously the key to any good
party is the guest list and as the ex
perienced host/hosless knows the
mix of guests' is especially impor
tant.
Football experts: For the game
to be truly enjoyable it will lake a
couple of guests with a special un
derstanding of the game. Every
group has a few morons who insist
on shouting out their knowledge of
common details, like, "Thurman
Thomas, man, he was MVP last
year. But then in the Super Bowl
he forgot his helmet, blah, blah,
blah."
So to highlight the game's sub
tleties and to shame the morons
into silence with their comparative
ignorance. I'm going to invite John
Madden, Don Meredith, Artie
Donovan and Fran Tarkcnton to my
party.
Everybody knows why Madden
has to be there and 1 can't wait to
see how funny he'll be with a lew
beers in him. Meredith and
Donovan are old football guys who
can keep us entertained with stories
about how crazy Dick Butkus was
and what happened when Donovan
forgot to put his teeth in before a
game. I have to invite Fran be
cause he was my favorite player
when I was a kid. He was a quarter
back so he can explain what play
should be called and he quarter
backed three losing Super Bowl
teams so he'll have a unique view
on how the Bills will feel through
out the game.
Announcer: For a great game in
my house, Dick Enbcrg can't be the
announcer. So, we'll turn the
sound down and have Howard
Cosell do the play by play. Coscll
is smart and he's got that voice, so
he's my pick. If he gets too cerebral
Madden, Meredith and Donovan can
explain what he's trying to say.
Girls: I'm not trying to be sex
ist, but good parties always have a
few beautiful women circulating
around, which helps give the other
guests the impression they're at
someplace really great.
I don't necessarily want the kind
of women who appear in beer
commercials at my party
(Although, if they show up I won't
insist that they leave), I want an in
teresting mix of the female spec
trum.
Catherine Denucvc will be on my
guest list. She'll give the party
some class and virtually every guy
there will be happy to explain the
concept of "American" football to
her.
Barbara Bush. She'll be a great
overseer, making sure we don’t gel
too out of hand. But at the same
time maintaining that good-hu
mored mom tolerance which she
obviously possesses.
Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan
Sarandon, all four women on
Northern Exposure, Linda Ellerbce
and Hallie Berry (Dave Justice's
wife), will each be invited. They’ll
make the party lively with
conversation and each of them will
help brighten up this most guy
oriented day of the year.
Entertainment: Between halves
(sorry Michael Jackson), there has
to be some kind of performance so
I'm going to invite Arrested
Development and Def Leppard to
play. Arrested Development will
get everybody dancing and Def
Leppard can play a lot of guitar to
get the adrenalin flowing and sing
an occasional ballad to calm ev
erybody back down.
The game: Obviously the party
will have to revolve around the two
teams playing, but I'd rather watch
the 1983 Raiders play the 1990
49ers.
I think it would be the perfect
match-up. In addition to being the
last AFC team to win the Super
Bowl, that Raider team had a young
Marcus Allen, a dominating pass
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Hill's three lifts WHS in OT
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
Geoff Hill's three pointer with
ten seconds to play in overtime
lifted Westfield to a dramatic 54-53
win over Windsor Academy in
Macon Friday night.
Every time the Hornets needed a
big play Friday night, Hill provided
one. He made several steals to break
the Knights third quarter
momentum and with 54 seconds to
play in regulation, Hill hit a three
pointer to give the Hornets a two
point lead.
Following Hill's fourth quarter
three, Windsor answered back.
After calling timeout the Knights
ran the clock down to 13 seconds
before Todd Potts hit a jumper in
the lane to lie the score.
Westfield worked for the last shot
and with a lew seconds remaining
Hill let fly from three point range,
his shot bounced long and Lon
Talton leaped, rebounded the ball
and scooped it in as the buzzer
sounded.
The referee immediately wiped
out the basket and signalled Talton
for a loose ball foul.
With no time on the clock,
Windsor's Kris Gibson went to the
line for a one and one free throw
opportunity.
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Perry senior basketball player Arthur Billings
Billings gives PHS senior leader
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
One of the more surprising
aspects of Perry's 11-2 boys bas
ketball team is the fact that the
team has only one senior.
Arthur Billings, the Panthers 6'4
post man has taken on the role of
team leader as the team heads
toward the region playoffs and pos
sibly beyond.
"I've become more confident. It's
up to me to do the job and the time
has come for me to step up. When
we have a bad night I try to tell
them to stay together and I cncour
Rowland, Jolley advance at
Perry Invitational Tournament
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
and
KARIN HASSENGER
Special to The HHJ
The Perry Invitational wrestling
tournament opened with the host
team getting off to a fast start and
ther Hling the wall in the second
round.
All but three Panthers wrestlers
won their opening matches and
Perry was in second place after the
first round, trailing West Laurens
39 and a half to 38.
But in the second round only two
Panthers, 140 pounder John
Rowland and 160 pounder Mike
Jolley were able to advance against
the extremely competitive field of
20 teams.
Rowland pinned his Central of
Macon opponent at 1:48 of the sec
ond period.
Jolley pinned the 160 pounder
from Vidalia in the first period at
the 1:28 mark.
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With both sides of the packed
gym screaming and stamping their
feet, Gibson's potentially game
winning free throw hit the heel of
the rim and bounced out, sending
the game into overtime.
In the three minute overtime nei
ther team was able to get a good
shot at the basket until Potts fol
lowed up a missed lay-up by
Gibson with 1:05 to play giving
the Knights a 53-51 lead.
The Hornets were unable to gel a
good shot but after a deflected pass
Chris Martin was called for a foul
diving for the loose ball.
After another Knight foul,
Westfield called timeout with 17
seconds to play to set up the final
shot. Austin Abney forced the de
fense to commit to him, gave the
ball to Hester who then Hipped the
ball to Hill.
Hill's shot from the corner hit the
bottom of the net prompting wild
cheering from the Hornet side and
groans from the Windsor faithful.
Windsor set up for a last shot,
but was unable to get a good look
at the basket and a wild three
pointer missed badly as the horn
sounded.
T he Hornets got balanced scoring
finishing with three players in dou-
age everybody," Billings said.
Along with Boris King, Garriett
Curry and Tarvish Felton, Billings
gives the Panthers a group of inside
scorers combining for nearly 35
points a night. He is currently the
teams second leading scorer
averaging 12.2 points per game,
he's second on the team in three
pointers with 11 and he's tied for
the team lead in field goal
percentage at 54 percent.
"Arthur provides for us some
thing every team needs, senior lead
ership. The team looks to him '•
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The Panthers strong start was t ti
ded by wins from 119 pounder
Jason Cantrell, 125 pounder Jason
Shirey, 130 pounder Eric Felder,
Rowland 145 pounder George
Francis, 152 pounder Tarence Hill,
Jolley, 171 pounder Terrence
Walker, 189 pounder Johnalhon
Gilbert, and heavyweight Jake
Chambers.
Currently the team race is led by
West Laurens with 60 and half
points. Irwin County, who Perry
defeated in a dual match Tuesday
night, is in second place with 52
and half points, Baldwin County is
third with 51 and a half points, de
feating champion Macon County is
fourth with 47 points and Perry is
in fifth with 46 points.
Coach Steve Hassenger said ear
lier in the week the tournament is
likely to be the most competitive
in Georgia until the state finals.
"We may have kids place in the
area tournament who were unable to
flacc in this tournament. The kids
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blc figures. Hill led the way with
15 points including three, three
pointers and two lay-ups off of
steals. Hester added 12 points and
Abney scored 10 with six coming
in the second quarter to propel
Westfield to a 24-16 halftime lead.
Troy Nuss scored four points in
the second half including two free
throws that tied the game at 45
with 5:43 to play.
In addition to his end of the game
heroics, Hill gave the Hornets a lift
when the Knights looked as if they
might pull away.
The Hornets were outscorcd 23-
15 in the third quarter as the
Knights Morris Cannon scored 14
points in the period.
With the Knights leading 39-34
with 44 seconds left in the period
Hill hit a three pointer to cut the
lead to two. On the Knights next
possession Hill stole the ball and
scored on a lay-up to tic the score.
The first half saw the Hornets fall
behind early in the first quarter and
rally behind a steal, lay-up and free
throw from Hill in the final seconds
to give the Hornets a 14-13 lead
after one period.
The Hornets limited the Knights
to only three points in the second
quarter and Abney started and
finished the quarter with lay-ups.
Lady Hornets lose 47-36
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
The Westfield Lady Hornets went
cold at the wrong time Friday night
as Windsor Academy outscorcd
them 13-6 in the final eight min
utes for a 47-36 win.
Windsor's Shelly Wall scored 27
points including nine in the final
period to lead the Lady Knights.
Westfield fell behind early and
trailed 18-11 after the first quarter.
But then the Lady Hornets
outscorcd the Lady Knights 19-16
over the next two periods to cut the
deficit to 34-30 entering the final
quarter.
April Horsting and Laurie
Thompson led the comeback for
Westfield. Horsting scored 18
points on the night and Thompson
hit three, three pointers to provide
most of the Hornet' offense.
Jennifer Smith, who has provided
another inside scoring threat for
Westfield was in early foul trouble
and saw limited action through
most of the game. Smith picked
up her third foul at 7:28 of the
second quarter and her fourth foul
with 5:08 to play in the game.
Smith finished the game with three
points.
With Westfield within four
points with eight minutes to play,
Wall look control of the game.
She hit back-to-back jumpers to
push the Lady Knights lead to eight
with 6:52 to play.
The Lady Hornets did not score
until Smith hit a the first of two
free throws with 5:35 to play.
Horsting followed up Smith's
missed free throw to cut the
Windsor lead to 38-33.
With 4:35 to play and trailing by
by, Thompson drove the length of
the floor and appeared to be fouled
as she was knocked down, no call
was made and the Lady Knights
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Perry gymnast greets Russians
Georgina Dunn, right, helped welcome the Russian Olympic team as thev
performed in Macon. Dunn is shown here with Dina Kochetkova, whowas a gold
medalist In the European Junior Championships. Dunn, along with other
Perryans Kristen Herald and Dana Stokes participated In the exhibition through
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