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Maroon and Gold clinic here at PHS
The Maroon and Gold Basketball
Camp will be held in June and
July, announced Perry High School
head basketball coach Carl Thomas.
Thomas said the camp will have
three sessions. The first session
will be for males entering grades 6-
Pennington, from7A
And it appears to also have hit
home in a special kind of way.
It was soon after the arrival of a
newborn daughter that Pennington
and her husband, James, were ad
vised that the infant had been diag
nosed with Pulmonic Stenosis, a
serious heart condition.
“There was a time when we
never knew if she would make it,
much less be involved in sports,”
the mom-tumed-coach said.
But luckily, the problem was
corrected and Jessica has defied the
odds. Today, the seven-year-old is a
member of the family-sponsored
Pennington 111 Plumbing team.
“She’s fine now,” Pennington
said in reference to her daughter’s
condition. “Just to know that she
can get out there and play means
everything in the world, not only to
us, but to her. We honestly didn’t
expect she would be able to
(compete) after talking to the doc
tors.”
It is from that experience alone
that Pennington, who is also as
sisted by her husband on the field,
says makes each and every kid spe
cial.
“Early in the season, some of
the girls don’t even know how to
hold a bat,” she said. “Now, just to
see the look on their face when they
do something good is more reward
ing than anyone can imagine.”
But a child’s accomplishment
has to be greeted by parents on and
off the field, Pennington believes.
“The kids are so much more into
it when their parents are involved,”
the coach stated, adding this year to
be the most influential in her short
tenure as coach.
Perry, from 7A
who added that both were spot
starters for the Panthers. "They will
provide a lot of leadership."
"This group hasn't really played
a lot on the varsity level," said
Thomas.
However, the team's lack of ex
perience should be noticeably im
proved by the start of the basketball
season. The Panthers will take
squads to two basketball camps,
one at Georgia College and the
other at Middle Tennessee State.
Over the course of the summer,
the Panthers should play around 30
to 40 games. "That is like another
year," said Thomas.
"We have to find the niche to
blend them into a team concept,”
said Thomas. "What we are really
trying to do is get a group of kids
working together as a team."
Westfield, from 7 A
As important as depth is, it is
not the only area that the Hornets
will be working on during the
spring.
"We really want to improve our
defense," said Massey. "Our defense
let us down a couple of times last
year."
Also, Massey said the offensive
side of the Hornet’s game needed
Classic,
from7A
hole Perry Classic taking place July
18-19. Over 300 golfers are ex
pected to participate in the three
events.
Players interested in playing in
the Perry Classic should contact
Perry Country Club golf profes
sional Bill Hobbs at 987-5147.
Also, businesses and individuals
wishing to sponsor the tournament
need to contact Hobbs at the club.
The Perry Classic is a Georgia
Section P.G.A. event
Ike,
fromTA
While I often will acknowledge
that sports are not that important in
the grand scheme of the world, I
also know that sports teach some
very valuable lessons in life.
For instance, sports teaches that
you have to play until the end of
the game, that teamwork is impor
tant, that there has to be a goal,
that there has to be a plan, that
plans have to constantly be adjusted
to changing conditions and chal
lenges.
Eisenhower looked over the
white cliffs of England, toward the
direction of France, and said in the
early hours of June 4, "Ok, let’s
go."
8, and will take place June 9,10,13
and 14. The second session will be
hied from June 27-30 for males and
females entering grades 3,4 and 5.
The final session will take place
July 11-14, for females entering
grades 6,7 and 8.
“I think the parent-kid involve
ment has just been great. So many
parents want to be involved in
what’s going on in their kids’ lives,
and it has shown in a lot of ways,
from volunteer coaches, to score
keepers, to fans.”
And despite what some may
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Diane Pennington directs her defense at a recent
Ochlahatchee girl's junior league softball game.
The Panthers, known for their
high tempo game, will be pushing
the tempo even faster next season
said Thomas.
"We are very small," said
Thomas, who said the team was
one of die smallest he has had at
Perry. "We are going to have a dif
ficult time rebounding. Because of
that, we are going to have to more
uptempo, especially on defense, be
cause of our size."
"I'm cautiously optimistic," said
Thomas of the next season. "It's
early, and we are still trying to get
some things accomplished.
"It will be a challenge," said
Thomas of getting his team ready
for next year. "But, I'm looking
forward to it."
Next year, the Panthers will take
a step down in classification from
some work, particularly in consis
tency. "We need to improve on our
shooting," he said, adding that con
sistency came and went in high
school basketball. "But, I would
like to get a little more consistent.
"We need to get physically
stronger,” said Massey. "A couple
of teams really manhandled us last
year." He noted that FPD, which
will be in the Hornets region next
year, was one of the teams that was
more physical than the Hornets.
Over the summer, the Hornets
will see plenty of action, playing in
a basketball camp at Georgia Col
lege in Milledgeville in mid-July.
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Each day will start at 9 a.m. and
last until 2 p.m. at Perry High
School Gymnasium.
Registration is $35 if received by
June 3, $45 after June 3. For more
information, contact Thomas at
Perry High School, 988-6298.
think, having passed the players’
torch to a younger generation
doesn’t change her enthusiasm for
the game.
“I’ll continue to coach as long as
I have time for it,” Pennington
said. “And you can be assured, I’ll
always try to find the time.”
AAA to AA. Thomas said the
move should help the Panthers this
year.
Also taking a step down in clas
sification will be Dodge County,
which will be in the same sub-re
gion as Perry. The Indians finished
second to the Panthers in the region
last year with a young team.
"They have a very young team,"
said Thomas. "They will be the fa
vorite in our particular sub-region."
Thomas said the Panthers could
also look for West Laurens to be
competitive next year. Houston
County High School and Bleckley
should also be competitive, he said.
Even with the challenges of a
new region, Thomas has high
goals. "I would be disappointed
with less than a first or second
place finish."
The Hornets should play 14 games
in four days, perhaps even getting
to play the Perry Panthers, who
will also be attending the same
camp. "That should be interesting,"
said Massey.
Massey said that he was cau
tiously optimistic about the up
coming season.
"We have a lot of kids who can
play, and a lot of enthusiasm," said
Massey. "But, it's way to early to
think about how good we can be,
especially going into a new re
gion."
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