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November 19, 2008
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MP junior Meshari Walton pushes ahead for a first down. Walton later scored the first MP fourth quar
ter touchdown to avoid the shutout. (Photo/Gina Herring)
All done
MP loses to Burke in round one, 42-14
BY GINA HERRING
Mary Persons’ football
season came to an end a
long way from home Friday
night. Stormy weather and
a long lightning delay set
the tone early. The weather
wasn't the only bad thing.
The Bulldogs turned the
ball over three times and
allowed Burke County to
amass 354 yards and 42
points.
Junior Meshari Walton
led the Bulldogs in yards
rushing with 90 yards on
19 carries. Senior Jeffry
Powers, who suffered a
sprained ankle two weeks
ago, also played some, but
only managed 10 yards.
See Dogs Page 5B
Despite the rain MP fans made the 150-mile trek to cheer for the
Dogs Friday night.
MP’s cross country girls (l-r) Emily Robinson, Hannah Watson, Coach Terri Duncan,
Morgan Freeman, Rachel Davis, Coach Stephen Herr, Audrey Proctor, Laura Becerril
and Kaitlyn Patterson. The MP cross country teams are coached by Stephen Herr and
Terri Duncan.
Bulldog basketball
teams scrimmage
BY GINA HERRING
Less than 24 hours after football sea
son ended, Mary Persons basketball
began. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
hosted a scrimmage with Crawford
County Saturday night in the newly
named James P. Evans Gymnasium. The
boys team rotated varsity and junior
varisty players, but were missing a few
familiar faces. On the bench, probably
for the entire season, sat senior power
forward Terrence Shannon. Despite dom
inating the stats last season, Shannon is
not likly to play as a Bulldog this year
because he is recovering from ACL sur
gery.
Also missing were Tevin Davis, Chris
Bowden and Meshari Walton, all of
whom played football as well. Coach
Robert Worthy said that the experience
was good and he looks forward to a good
season. He says Shannon will be helping
the team from the sideline.
The Lady Bulldogs were unstoppable
against the Lady Eagles Saturday.
“I am very excited about the season,”
says Coach Lang Oglesby. “We have
some great girls. I am looking for great
things from them this season.”
MP was scheduled to play Woodward
Academy in the season opener Friday,
but since Woodward is still in the foot
ball payoffs and has a game Friday, the
basketball game was postponed until
Jan. 17. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
will face Lamar County on Saturday,
Nov. 29 in Barnesville.
Look for basketball schedules, team
pictures and more in next week’s edition
of the Reporter.
Coach Robert Worthy looks on as Barrett Harris (35) make shis way down the court, folowed by
Martin Pennington (20). Below: Beneidra Colbert (25), back for her senior year, rebounds the ball.
(Photos/Gina Herring)
MA falls, but what a year
BY WENDELL RAMAGE
The Monroe Academy
Mustangs' dream of playing
in the GISA Class A State
Championship game ended
painfully and convincingly
Friday night when MA host
ed the Westwood Academy
Wildcats of Camilla. The
Wildcats trounced the
Mustangs 29-6 to advance to
the semi-final game.
Throughout the latter two
thirds of the 2008 football
season, the Mustangs played
with a special spark. The
See PLAYOFF page 2B
Trey Epperson (8) carries the ball for the Mustangs
during Friday’s 29-6 playoff loss to Westwood.
Mustangs build character
MP girls 20th
BY HANNAH WATSON
The Mary Persons High
School girls’ cross country
team placed 20th overall in
the state for all AAA teams
in Carrollton Nov. 8.
Sophomore Emily
Robinson led the MP girls,
running 21:31 and placing
in state cross
44th out of 203 girls. The
team also includes Kaitlyn
Patterson, Laura Becerril,
Hannah Watson, Audrey
Proctor, Morgan Freeman,
and Coaches Stephen Herr
and Terri Duncan.
Freshman Rachel Davis,
unable to run due to an
country meet
injury, cheered on her team
from the sideline. The girls
will lose one senior to grad
uation, Hannah Watson.
The coaches hope the team
will continue to build on in
their running achievements
and will make it to the
state meet again in 2009.
V isiting the
Monroe
Academy cam
pus is an activi
ty I always
enjoy. I taught at Monroe
for 16 years and those
years are among the most
fulfilling and pleasurable
of my life. How one
teacher was blessed with
so many gifted, talented
and personable students
escapes me. But I was. I
like to tell former students
that, since I had had no
other students with whom
to compare them, I didn't
have a clue about how spe
cial they were. Thankfully,
those students always
made me feel special and
showered my wife and me
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