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April 18, 2018
^Reporter
Lady Dogs need one win
to secure second place
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
The Mary Persons girls soccer
team suffered a rough week with
losses to Howard and Spalding,
but nevertheless appears poised to
hold onto a second-place finish in
region and the right to host Cairo
in Round 1 of the state playoffs on
Thursday, April 26.
The Lady Dogs (10-5-1,6-3 in
region) were set to finish their
Spalding High 14-2-0
Mary Persons 10-5-1
Howard High 10-4
Perry High 3-12
Upson-Lee 4-11
West Laurens 2-9
season by hosting Perry on Senior
Night Tuesday. MP beat the Lady
Panthers 7-0 during their first
meeting.
On Friday, the Lady Dogs took
on region power Spalding, hoping
to hand the Lady Jags their only
region blemish in the last two
seasons. MP only lost 2-0 the first
time the teams met. But Spalding
was just too strong and too deep.
The Lady Jags scored just 10 min
utes into the first half. The Lady
Dogs held them for the rest of the
half so trailed just 1-0 at the break
and would have the gusty breeze
behind them in the second half.
While the Lady Dogs did play
more aggressively in the second
half, they were not able to strike
the back of the net, and
the Lady Jags added two
late goals for the 3-0
win.
“I was just glad to get
out of that game with no
injuries,” said coach Dal
las Hall, noting that the
Howard loss on Tuesday
meant MP couldn’t win
region. “Hopefully we
can get them next year.”
Then on Tuesday,
April 10, the MP girls
suffered a tough loss to rival How
ard 2-1.
The Lady Dogs scored first in
the first half when Abbie Davis
fed the ball to Taylor Buffington,
who went left and then blasted
a shot into the upper left hand
corner of the net to give MP a 1 - 0
lead.
Howard sophomore Elizabeth
Rodenroth tied the game in the
second half on a long left-footed
shot.
Later, Rodenroth knocked a free
kick from beyond the box off the
cross bar and it bounded in front
of the net. When the Lady Dogs
failed to clear the ball, a Husky
punched it in for a 2-1 lead.
Despite frantic scoring efforts the
Bulldogs couldn’t tie it up, and for
the second year in a row Howard
and MP split their two regular
season games. Howard improved
to 10-4, 5-3 in region.
Hall said he knew it would be a
tough game with his girls coming
off spring break. He had hoped
not to play the game then but
Howard had to re-schedule after
failing to get referees for an earlier
date.
“That’s why I didn’t schedule
them on that day’ said Hall. “But
it’s how it had to go. And overall,
disregarding the score, it was the
best game we played possession-
wise. We passed very well and did
exactly what we wanted to do. But
REGION 2-AAAA STANDINGS
SCHOOL OVERALL REGION
10-0
6-3
5-3
3-5
2-7
0-8
MP senior goalkeeper Lori Smith held region champ Spalding to just a
single goal until there were fewer than six minutes left on the clock on
Friday. (Photo/Will Davis)
Howard just loaded the box on
defense. It’s not fun to play against
teams when they’re just kicking
the ball.”
Despite the loss, the Lady Dogs
can still clinch second place in the
region ahead of Howard by beat
ing Perry on Tuesday, April 17 at
home. That would also clinch a
home Round 1 playoff game on
Thursday, April 26.
HALL OF FAME
Continued from Front
10 by the Hall of Fame’s
11-member committee.
The eight members selected
include in alphabetical or
der: LaToya Davis, Charles
Dumas, Rhonda Griffin
Hardy, Thomas “Sonny”
Marsh, Steve Melton, An
nie Ree Brantley Summers,
Rodney Walker and Peppi
Zellner.
Davis, a former Mary
Persons girls basketball
standout, is the program’s
all-time leading scorer,
having led the Lady Dogs
to the state playoffs three
straight years from 1998-
2000. Davis went on to play
for legendary head coach
Pat Summitt at the Univer
sity of Tennessee, where
Davis played on three Final
Four teams, including two
national runner-up squads
in 2003 and 2004, respec
tively.
Dumas, a former Mary
Persons football star, was
one of the first backfield
standouts under head
coach Dan Pitts, being
recognized as an all-state
selection by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution in
1959 and 1960. Dumas
went on to play college
football at Clemson before
coming back to Forsyth
and eventually serving
more than 20 years as
Monroe County Schools
superintendent.
Hardy, a former Monroe
Academy all-sports star,
was perhaps Monroe’s
finest ever female athlete,
having excelled at numer
ous sports, including as the
star of Monroe’s back-
to-back girls basketball
titles in 1984 and 1985,
respectively. Hardy went
on to Mercer University,
where she lettered in four
different sports: softball,
basketball, soccer and cross
country, before embarking
on a distinguished teaching
career at Tattnall Square.
Marsh, a former Mary
Persons football star, was
arguably the greatest foot
ball player of the pre-Dan
Pitts era ofMP football.
Marsh, an all-state running
back, was the centerpiece of
BOYS TRACK
Continued from Front
really pleased with the way
this team competed, and I
believe this team saw how
close they came to a region
championship. They now
realize what it will take to
bring the first place trophy
home next year.”
a 9-2 season under former
coach Bill Meeks in 1955,
being recognized as the
Middle Georgia Player
of the Year by the Macon
Telegraph.
Melton, a former Mary
Persons basketball stand
out, was one of the top
hardwood talents in pro
gram history. Melton was
a leader of some of the top
boys squads in MP history
in the late 1960s, including
the 1968 team that remains
the lone Bulldogs’ squad to
reach the state Final Four.
Summers, a former
Hubbard High School
standout, competed in
several sports at Hubbard,
including basketball, and
is widely considered one of
the school’s finest athletes.
Summers, who now lives
in Maryland, has numer
ous successful children and
grandchildren.
Walker, a former Mary
Persons head football
coach, was one of the most
successful football coaches
in Georgia High School
Association (GHSA) his
tory. Walker, who captured
his lone state title at West
In its final tuneup before
the Region 2-AAAA cham
pionship meet, the MP
boys placed second with
107.5 points in a six-team
competition at FPD on
Wednesday.
Home FPD was the boys
champion with a total of
141 points, followed by MP.
John Milledge placed third
with 84.5 points. Other
teams participating in
Rome in 1984, won ex
actly 300 games in Georgia,
making him one of just 13
head coaches who have
achieved the feat. A former
MP letterman, Walker
returned to his alma mater
as athletic director in 2005
and served as head coach
from 2006-11.
Zellner, a former Mary
Persons football star, was
the top player on MP’s state
runner-up 1993 squad.
Zellner, who went on to
star in college at Fort Valley
State, is one of just four MP
alums to reach the NFL.
A member of the Dallas
Cowboys, Washington
Redskins and Arizona
Cardinals, respectively,
Zellner played 89 games
in the NFL as a defensive
lineman, registering 107
tackles and 9 sacks.
Tickets for the June 16 in
duction ceremony are cur
rently on sale to the public
at Persons Bank, United
Bank, the Reporter and
Alderman Hall. The cost of
a ticket is $35 per person,
which will include a seated
dinner. Team members,
coaches, cheerleaders and
order of highest to lowest
finish included: Stratford
Academy, Tattnall Square
and Mount de Sales.
MP’s lone individual
champion at the FPD meet
was junior Daniel Lavelle,
who captured the discus
with a throw of 124 feet, 2
inches. MP’s 4 x 100-meter
relay team was also victori
ous with a time of 44.55
seconds.
Other MP boys athletes
who scored points at the
FPD meet included: Caileb
Ussery, who placed second
in the 100 meters with
a time of 11.62 seconds,
Ladamian Sands, who
placed third in the 100
meters with a time of 11.66
seconds, Adrian Hughley,
who placed sixth in the
200 meters with a time of
24.5 seconds, Ty Brown,
who placed fourth in the
800 meters with a time
of 2 minutes, 31 seconds,
Logan O’Neil, who placed
second in the 1,600 meters
with a time of 5 minutes,
24 seconds and second
in the 3,200 meters with
a time of 11 minutes, 13
seconds, Holden Haworth,
who placed sixth in the
1,600 meters with a time of
5 minutes, 43 seconds and
fifth in the 3,200 meters
with a time of 12 minutes,
18 seconds, Jamar Fagan,
who placed second in the
managers of Mary Per
sons football teams that
pre-date 1960 will also be
recognized at the banquet.
An annual Hall of Fame
banquet tradition also in
cludes the honoring of one
male and one female Mary
Persons senior scholar-
athlete. This year’s honor-
ees include: MP football/
soccer star Dawson Daniel
and MP softball/soccer star
Lori Smith, who are also
among the top scholastic
performers in the 2018 MP
senior class.
For more information
about the Forsyth-Monroe
County Sports Hall of
Fame induction ceremony,
contact one of the Hall of
Fame committee members:
Mary Frances Chambliss,
Gaylyn Cole, Richard
Dumas, Keith Edge, Her
bert Gantt, Chairman Jim
Hardin, Bob Harris, Nolen
Howard, Vice Chairman
Bobby Melton, Secretary/
Treasurer Penny Pitts or
Marcus Whitehead. Inter
ested persons can also visit
the Hall of Fame’s website
at forsyth-monroecountys-
portshalloffame.com.
110-meter hurdles with
a time of 16.20 seconds,
Condarius Alford, who
placed second in the high
jump with a leap of 6 feet,
1 inch, Jaquez Watkins,
who placed third in the
high jump with a leap of 6
feet, third in the long jump
with a leap of 20 feet, 1
inch and third in the triple
jump with a leap of 40 feet,
6 inches, Bralen Harvey,
who placed fifth in the pole
vault with a vault of 8 feet,
6 inches, Brycen Young,
who placed sixth in the
pole vault with a vault of
8 feet, 6 inches, Deadrek
Alford, who placed sixth in
the triple jump with a leap
of 38 feet, 4 inches, and
Lavelle, who placed third in
the shot put with a heave of
39 feet, 1 inch. Also, MP’s
4 x 400-meter relay team
placed third with a time of
3 minutes, 40 seconds.
The Mary Persons
varsity boys track team
will next compete at 10
a.m. on Saturday, April
28 in the GHSA AAAA
state sectional competi
tion at Kinnett Stadium
in Columbus. Athletes
from Regions 1-AAAA,
2-AAAA, 5-AAAA and
6-AAAA will square off for
spots in the AAAA state
finals to be contested at
Valhalla Stadium in Rome
from May 10-12.
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