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The Panthers are looking for senior Stan Gann to take
charge If they are to repeat the successes they've had
the past couple of years.
Roley, from 9A
p.m. at Rozar Park and his men's
team practice at Barbara Calhoun
Park from 5-6:30 p.m.
Thrift would start the day at
Rozar Park, watching the women's
team practice from 4-5, or one
hour, and end the day at Calhoun
Park, watching the men’s team
practice for their entire practice, or
one-and-a-half hours, leaving the
women's team with his wife for
their final hour of practice.
I say that singling out Thrift
was unfortunate since he was obvi
ously trying to divide his time be
tween two teams. And, certainly the
men's team, which was inexperi
enced with most of its players see
ing their first year of high school
action, needed his attention more
than the women's team, which had
several experienced players back.
I would certainly hope that
Thrift receives an assistant coach
for the upcoming year. Whether or
not this was a problem, he does
need another person to help him
since there are often four matches
going on at one time.
The word that I have from sev
eral people who spoke off the record
is that the Panthers could have been
hit much harder by the report than
they were. The word I get, and it
could very well be true, is that the
hiring of Max Vickers as head
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women's basketball coach and Kelly
Britsky as head softball coach
blunted the force of the report. Both
Vickers and Britsky have very good
credentials, and should bring the
softball and basketball programs
up.
Perry High School, to repeat,
that was above most of the other
schools in regards to women's ath
letics before the report. If Perry fol
lows through with the corrections it
has promised to make, then the
women's program should be
strengthened all the much more.
*****
With the baseball strike com
ing up, I wanted to make a small
comment.
Let them strike!
Who needs baseball? In just a
few days the southern religion,
football, kicks off. Already high
school, college and professional
teams are practicing. The pros have
even played some exhibition
games.
Westfield and Perry have a lot of
questions to answer, as both teams
will be fielding young teams in
terms of experience on the field. I
thought the Panthers were hurt hard
by graduation until Hornet head
coach Ronnie Jones pointed out
that only 11 players from last year's
state runner-up squad will be return
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Thomas watches team finish summer at 24-12
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
After losing five starters from
his team. Panther head man Carl
Thomas knows that he is looking
at a major rebuilding project if his
team is to enjoy the success they
have had the past two years, win
ning the Region 3AAA regular sea
son title twice, and the tournament
title last year, when they were
ranked as high as second in the
state.
Of course, losing so many
starters means that spots for play
ing time are also wide open. This
summer, Thomas took his potential
players to several camps, playing
36 games. Even though many of
his potential starters were out for
much of the summer participating
in other activities, the Panther
hopefuls finished the summer with
a 24-12 mark.
"We had some up and downs,"
said Thomas of the summer. "I was
disappointed that some of the peo
ple who needed to be here were, for
some reason, not here."
Neither team really knows what
the upcoming season will bring.
Not only will the new season be
played with new personnel; but,
there will be a new set of oppo
nents. Perry will move down from
AAA to AA. Westfield stays in the
G.I.S.A. AAA classification, but
moves from Region 3 to Region 1.
As I said a lot of questions.
There are also a lot of questions
to be answered in the college and
pro seasons as Ray Goff fights for
his job, and June Jones takes over
for Jerry Glanville. And, it should
be fun for Georgia fans watching
Eric Zier attack the Heisman fan.
So, I will say it again, let
them strike! Who needs base
ball?
Title IX,
from 9A
Thomas said that he was hesitant
to say that the women's team would
have the same number of official
meets as the men's cross country
team. "We don't have the numbers
that we do in the boy's (cross coun
try),'' he said. However, he added
that he was expecting more runners
for the team this year than last year.
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Because of the absence of key
players, Thomas said the summer
was disappointing, with the team
not being able to work on every
thing he wanted to work on, like
traps and the full court game. "We
are not quite as far along as I would
like to be," he said.
"Our major accomplishment was
that we were in the gym playing,"
said Thomas, who noted that the
24-12 record showed the Panthers
had some talent to fill the holes left
by graduation. "I was very disap
pointed in some of the effort and at
titude showed by several players."
Thomas added that the summer
did help develop some of his second
string players, noting that the ab
sence of several of his front-line
players forced him to put the sec
ond-line players into pressure situa
tions.
"I think that 1 will be able to
look around and find someone (who
can come off the bench for 8-16
minutes)," said Thomas.
’’Sometimes you turn a look at ev
ery face on the bench, and then you
look at the game. But, I can think
A's,
from 10A
in the sixth. With one out,
Solomon got his second extra base
hit of the game, a double. He later
scored on Ragin's single.
Dry Branch completed its come
back in the seventh after scoring
two in the sixth. With one out,
Band connected for a two run shot
to tie the game.
West took the loss for the A's,
after taking over in relief for Ragin,
who started, in the top of the
eighth.
Parks and Rec Fall registration
The Perry Parks and Recreation is currently holding fall registration for
cheerleading, football and soccer. Football and cheerleading is offered for
children age 5-12, while soccer is offered for ages 5-16. Registration
will continue until Aug. 19, or until teams are filled. The age control
date for football and cheerleading is Sept. 1 of the current year, while
the age control date for soccer is Aug. 1 of the current year. Fees for
participation in the Parks and Rec league are
Sport 1 Child 2+Children
Football (Perry city residents) S2B $56
Football (County residents) $42 SB4
Cheerleading (Perry city residents) $8 sl6
Cheerleading (County residents) sl2 $24
Soccer" (Perry city residents) sl3° s26°
Soccer 0 (county residents) $19.50° s39°
°=There is an additional charge of $11.50 per player for soccer,
going to state registration fees.
Wednesday, August 10, 1994, Houston Times -Journal
of 11 kids who can play."
Finding enough playing time for
everyone could be a problem, said
Thomas, since it could hurt the
continuity of the team. "I would
rather have that problem," he said
than the problem of not having any
confidence in the players on the
bench.
"I'm satisfied to know that we
can compete, to know that we have
it in us to win," said Thomas. "I
don't know how much it means to
the kids. I would like to think they
would have enough pride to be
there."
Thomas and the Panthers will
find out quickly what kind of team
they have when they travel to
Jonesborough, Tenn., to participate
in the Hardee's Classic to open the
season Nov. 23-26. On Dec. 3, the
Fishing, from ioa
I do get choosy in the location
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Right now, there is still a choice
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Update, from 9A
The outfield will feature a com
bination of Jennifer Smith, Claire
Hart, Windy Biggers, Jennifer
Stewart and Ashlee Calhoun. The
battery will have Ashlee McCord,
Shannon Lewis, Misty Goodroe and
Bristol Sullivan.
"We are not going to set the
woods on fire to start with," said
Sellers. "We want to be up on the
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Panthers will continue their tough
opening schedule with a home
game against Atlanta's Mays High
School.
Also on the schedule for the
Panthers is a homc-and-home series
against Macon County, Peach
County and Albany. Coming down
from AAA to AA with the Panthers
is Dodge County, which will be in
the same sub-region as Perry High.
Dodge County finished second to
the Panthers in Region 3AAA. But
unlike the Panthers, the Indians
will be returning most of their
starters for a second year. "They
waxed us good two times (during
the summer)," said Thomas. "Right
now, you would have to say that
they are better than us in the sub
region."
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Until next time . . . we've gone
fishing.
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season is over with."
Perry softball
"I'm looking forward to getting
into this week," said head coach
Kelly Britsky, who said this was
the first week her team was allowed
to pick up the bats.
"It's hard to tell by just condi
tioning," said Britsky about her
team. "I can tell that I have several
good athletes.
"The attitude was real good the
first week," Britsky said, adding
that the team worked on condition
ing in hot weather.
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