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Sports
Phil
Clark
Clark looks at
the weekend's
games
The second full week of high
school football is here, time for an
other week of Phil's Picks.
Not bad last week, I suppose,
considering it was the first week.
Two misses in ten tries, with
Southeast Macon beating Dooly
County and Monroe surprising First
Presbyterian.
Let's get right to it:
Warner Robins at Northeast
Macon, a Friday night game with a
7:30 p.m. starting time for you
Demon fans in south Houston
County.
Warner Robins had a week off
following their 6-0 win over
McEachem in the Georgia Dome
two weeks ago. They did not need
the time to prepare for Steve
Edwards’ Raiders.
Northeast did win four games last
year, one half the total of all four of
the Macon schools, and Edwards is
19-23 in his four years there, but
he'll have to wait a while for win
number twenty. It won't come
against Warner Robins.
Robert Davis is doing a lot of
moaning and groaning on South
Davis Drive. That means one thing.
Look out for the Demons. Phil's
pick, Warner Robins.
Thomasville at Colquit County.
Neal Rumble went back home to
coach at his alma mater
Thomasville, leaving a good job at
Peach County. His Bulldogs beat
Brooks County 13-6 last week
while, Colquit was whipping two
time defending state AAA cham
pion Thomas County Central 27-6.
Colquit plays in tough lAAAA
Region, and should handle AAA
Thomasville, making them 2-0 in
Thomas County early in the season.
Phil's pick, Colquit County.
Perry at Peach County. John
Stephens is in his fifth year at Perry
while Rodney Walker replaced
Rumble at Peach County this year,
coming from Stephens County.
Perry won their opener over
Jordan while Peach was beating
Houston County. Peach will be
playing their second straight team
from region 3-AA in the Panthers.
Perry is bigger than last year,
with outstanding linebackers. Peach
is also big, and like Perry, rebuild
ing a backfield. Peach is tough at
home and that's the only reason
Phil's pick is Peach County.
Macon County at Sumter County.
The Bulldogs' wishbone ran up 281
yards rushing in a 36-0 win over
Tri-County. But surprise, surprise!
They threw the ball four times!
Macon County owns a share of
longest regular season winning
streak in the GHSA, now at 24
games, along with Southeast
Bulloch. Macon County's last regu
lar season loss came October 18,
1991 to Hawkinsville.
The Bulldogs will be on the road
again this week. It won't matter.
Phil's pick, Macon County.
. Greene-Taliaferro at Houston
County. It's the opener for Greene.
That means that the last two
games coached by Luther Welch
were at International City Stadium;
oops, McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
He was there in last year's play
offs with Camden County, losing to
Warner Robins. He left Camden
and took the Greene-Taliaferro job
when it was left open by Charlie
Winslette, who went to Coffee
County.
Greene-Taliaferro is the defend
ing state AA champion, but they
barely beat Houston in the semi fi
nals last year 7-5. Look for a close
ball game. The home team wins.
Phil's pick, Houston County.
Here's Phil's list of other picks
this week.
The aforementioned Charlie
Winslette takes his Coffee County
team to Tifton to play the Blue
Devils, themselves under a new
coach, Ed Feely, who replaced the
retiring Gener Brodie.
Coffee won last week, Tift lost.
Same outcome this week. Phil's
Pick, Coffee.
Mary Persons has their traditional
opener with Wilkinson County.
Dan Pius gets career win number
304 in his march to become the
Please see Clark, page 8A
Panthers take sting out of Jordan
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
The Perry Panthers got their sea
son off to a roaring start, scoring
three times in the waning moments
of the third quarter and the opening
moments of the fourth quarter to
beat the Jordan Red Jackets 23-6.
"It's always good to win," said
Panther head coach John Stephens,
after watching his team play a
sloppy first half. He added that an
ugly win was better than a pretty
loss.
"It was a good team effort," said
Stephens. "It was not pretty that
first half."
After giving up a touchdown on
the Red Jackets first possession of
the second half to fall behind 6-3,
the Panthers stormed back to take
control of the game.
Dexter Kendrick took the kickoff
from the the Jackets at his own
seven, found a seam up the middle,
breaking die runback for 42 yards,
stopping just short of midfield.
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State champion pitcher
John Rackley of Kathleen throws a pitch during
Saturday's state horseshoe championship. He would
win the Class "D" title, while Perry pitcher Laverne
Bray would won the women's Class "A" Title. Marvella
Jenkins, Perry, finished second in Class "A."
Hornets outslug Tattnall Trojans 12-9
By PHIL CLARK
Special to the HTJ
Westfield's offense sputtered and
spilled the first three times they had
the ball Friday night at the Hornet's
Nest, but they took the second half
kickoff and mounted their first scor
ing drive to wipe out a 3-0 Tattnall
halftime lead on the way to a tough
12-9 victory.
John Morton returned Sam
Griffin's kickoff 35 yards to set the
Hornets up in good field position,
and junior quarterback Matt
Shepley added an exciting 32-yard
scamper down the left sidelines to
set up the first of two Tim Allen
touchdowns as Westfield won for
the second year in a row over
Tattnall in a low scoring contest.
Last year, remember, it was 12-3
in the rain at Tattnall. It was also
die second straight year in which
neither team converted a point avert
touchdown.
Holding on to the scant 6-3 lead,
Westfield used one of its four pass
completions to set up their second
touchdown midway through the
fourth quarter.
Shepley hit tightcnd Brian Nash
for 34 yards, down to the Tattnall
10 yard line, and Allen went in
three plays later from the one to
make it 12-3, with 7:04 left in the
game.
Perry Jordan
FD 7 12
R-Yds 35-187 37-135
PC/PA/PI 2-6-1 4-16-1
Pass Yds 2 7 46
Total Yds 214 181
Turnovers 3 2
Penalties 10-85 3-25
Possession 24:56 23:04
Three straight carries by
Germaine Brown brought the ball
to the Jacket 33. Kiwaukee Thomas
then kept the ball on the option,
taking it to the Jacket 20.
The Panther drive seemed to stall
there, with Thomas getting sacked
for a four yard loss, and an illegal
procedure call.
However, on third-and-12 from
the 22, Thomas found Kendrick on
a swing pass for the six. Jason
Brett came in, converting the extra
point despite a very high snap, giv
ing the Panthers the 10-6 lead.
Stephens said that one of the
Tattnall Westfield
FD 10 16
R-Yds 1 12 244
PC/PA/PI 6-17-1 4-10-1
Pass Yds 6 8 73
Total Yds 180 317
Turnovers 1 3
Penalties 1-15 3-20
Again, the conversion attempt
failed as Westfield tried to pass for
two points.
Tattnall came right back, though,
on their next possession to march
down the field behind sophomore
fullback Jason Nesbit, a big, 225-
pound sophomore that Coach
Ronnie Jones said his team feared
going in.
Jones said "we were surprised
they did not use the fullback earlier
in the game. We were aware of
him, and knew the fullback trap
could hurt us. I'm glad they didn't
use it more, or earlier in the game."
Nesbit was primarily responsible
for the yardage in the drive, picking
up big chunks on the trap.
And with Westfield's defense
bunched up to stop the run, quarter
back Buddy Perkins ran an option
to the right and hit Nesbit alone
around the 10 yard line, with the
big sophomore rambling in for the
score widi 3:49 left in the game.
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Sept 7,1994
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keys to the game was coming back
and answering the Jordan score with
a Panther drive. "Answering with a
touchdown right after they made it
6-3 was a sweet point," he said.
The Panther defense would stand
firm, forcing the Jackets to quickly
give the ball back to Perry. Steve
Whitfield would give the Panthers
good field position, returning the
Jordan punt 18 yards to the Panther
48.
From there Thomas would do
the rest, taking the off-tackle option
back across the middle and in for
the six. Again, Brett would add the
PAT, giving the Panthers the 17-6
lead with 1:07 left in the third quar
ter.
Brett would pin the Jackets deep
with a kickoff that sailed into the
endzone. On the first play from
scrimmage in the fourth quarter, on
a third-and-fifteen, Jacket quarter
back Ivan Martinez faded back,
looking for a friendly face.
However, he found Jarvis
Stripling instead. Stripling picked
off the Jacket pass at the 19, and re
turned it all the way for the Panther
score. The PAT made the score 23-
6, Panthers.
The Panthers would come back
in the second half after a ragged first
half that saw them miss several
Please see Panthers, page 9A
Pierce wins at P.C.C.
by VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
It took an extra two holes of a
three day tournament, but Cater
Pierce held off Joe Andrews to be
come the men's champion at Perry
Country Club.
Pierce and Andrews finished the
three day regular tournament tied for
gross low score at 214. On the 11th
hole, Andrews put his second shot
to within 10 feet of the hole; but,
Pierce got his shot within two feet,
just missing the birdie.
Andrews putt for par rolled just
inches right of the hole, giving
Pierce the opportunity to take the
championship with the short putt.
Pierce responded under pressure,
ending the tournament.
’ Although Andrews was not able
to take the men's championship, he
did receive the President's Cup for
his efforts.
Pierce's three day total of 214
comprised a 72 on Saturday, 69 on
Sunday and a 73 on Monday.
Andrews answered with a 67 on
Saturday, 74 on Sunday and 73 on
Monday.
Floyd Gregory held a one shot
lead after two days, shooting a 71
on Saturday and a 69 Sunday.
However, a 75 Monday put him
one shot short when the tournament
ended. He was second in gross score
with a 215.
Carl Pierce was second net scorer
in the Championship flight, finish
ing the three day event with r. net
•'.ore of 214 (223 gross).
In the First Flight, Jeff
But, again, the point after touch
down attempt failed, leaving the
Hornets with a three point lead, 12-
9.
The miss loomed larger and
larger as Tattnall got the ball back
for one last possession. They made
it to the Westfield 40-yard line, but
senior defensive end Lindsey
Harrell looped around blockers to
sack Perkins on a fourth and eight
to end Tattnall's final threat and
send a big crowd home happy.
It was a large crowd for a couple
of reasons. The football game itself,
between two of the GISA's best.
Secondly, it was Alumni weekend
in which alumni from Westfield,
Beechwood and Baker were recog
nized.
The Hornets’ wing-T offense was
again impressive, racking up 244
yards on the ground, while Shepley
hit four of 10 passes for another 73
yards, including one sensational
catch by sophomore Brian Staines,
who grabbed the ball after it tipped
off the hands of a leaping Brian
Nash.
Asked after the game if he would
relax and do a little fishing on
Saturday, Ronnie Jones said, "no.
I'm going up to South Carolina. I
have a kid playing tomorrow
night."
Fall an exciting season—BA
Houston Times-Journal
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Germaine Brown is hit by a Jordan player Friday night as
the Panthers avenge last year's loss to the Red
Jackets.
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Cater Pierce plays out of the woods at Perry Country
Club on the first hole of the playoffs for the men's club
championship.
Carpenter won the gross score with
a three day tournament score of
226, 10 strokes better than Dean
Lasseter. John Cason won the net
score with a 209 (233 gross), five
strokes better than Gerald Norris'
214 (241 gross).
Lloyd Arthur (239 gross/219
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John Morton finds a hole for Westfield. The Hornet
ground game finished the game with 244 yards.
net) and Paul Wright (243/222)
were also in the hunt in the First
Flight.
The Second Flight gross cham
pionship was taken by Lyle Finds,
who withstood a third day charge by
A 1 Cunningham. Cunningham,
Please see Golf, page