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Georgia's lakes beautiful—BA 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. •• A,. v.;.... , > ■ ”4: .Vr . 7# ||f§B§| mm. 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. Wednesday Sept 7,1994 7A 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 . gf jP Germaine Brown is hit by a Jordan player Friday night as the Panthers avenge last year's loss to the Red Jackets. MV r- - 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 -'i ■ 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