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Sports Hornets pluck Eagles in last game By VETO F. ROLEY New* Editor For four plays, it looked like the Eagles of Athens Christian would play with Westfield, forcing the Brookwood Westfield ~ Athens Christian • r Brentwood John Milledge Mount de Sales FTP Deerfield Southland Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 S.W. Georgia 1 Pinewood Tattnall Square George Walton 1 Edmund Burke Westwood — Home team on bottom Stratford Phil L Wff Clark I H Sports | Cornett has done great job at Macon If you look around for a GHSA coach with a more impressive regu lar season recond in the decade of the 90s than Macon County's C B. Cornett, you couid just as weii save your time There isn't one In his five years as the Bulldogs' head coach, his teams have lost just once m fifty regular season starts Not only are they 49-1 over that span, hut they also hold the state's longest current winning streak at 33 straight regular season victories, a streak that is safe until nest season, since teh Bulldogs ha\e finished their regular season with Saturday nights win over Dooly County. Let me introduce you to C B ( omett. He a as big as a mountain with a weight lifter's barrel chest and massive arms Yet he is as gen tle as a lamb. He has the force of a hurricane, but he can be as meek as a mouse. He’s as tough as a Marine Corp drill sargeant, but that huge body is filled with tenderness and kindness. He is a deeply religious man, devoted to his family and his church, and loved by every player who has passed through Tom Adams Field over the past half dozen years. There are good reasons why Cornett's program has been success ful First, he takes a personal and almost paternal interest in all of his players. And they all know it and respect him for it. They look up to him and they play like the dickens for him. The respect he gets is commanded, though, not demanded. He is also a strong proponent of a solid weight program. That is his strong suit. Fact is, he teaches five classes in weightlifting each day at the school. It shows up on the football field, the baseball field, the basketball courts, everywhere. That's how his Macon County teams beat you. With strength. They simply line up and come after you. When you oensider the outstand ing football programs in the state, you really have to marvel at the streak of 49 wins in 50 games. Robert Davis at Warner Robins, over those same five years, is 44-5 with one regular season game left this year. Valdosta is 43-5-1 with a game'left. Lincoln County, the best program in Class A football over the past twenty years, is 45-3-1 with a game left. Bill Chappell at Dalton is 45-2-2, the second best record in the state over the past five years. Two events in Cornett’s career led to his being llie Bulldogs head coach, and both of them involved Ron Drummonds, now the head master at Tiftarca, as well as the football coach. It was Drummonds who, in 1989, brought Cornett to Macon County as defensive coordi nator. Drummonds then would Please see Clark, page 7A Hornets to punt on their opening possession. However, the Hornet defense also held the Eagles, forcing Athens to punt. A 28 yard punt and a 29 IBMBB— 1 tI Jr-'' flr ~- maßKr ’ HBBL s ' JH ■ rJBP’VHI «r " m « Wk. -- ’ H 29 HRL mM H jB £ W lag-: . MSHSB! B. -*r fC BL , . Sr* S| . - v B 9* 1 mJk m * mm 4 1 fiR 9H|H Hll HU Frito Lay donates $5,000 to community center Shortly after announcing a S4B million investment in their Kathleen facility, Frito Lay officials made a $5,000 investment in the Perry community. Shown (l-r) Larry Walker, Frito Lay attorney; Robbie Dietrich, Frito Lay spokeswoman; Perry Mayor Jim Worrall; Dean Maly, Frito Lay plant manager; and Ben Hamrick, director Perry Parks and Rec. Golf difficult at H.L.C.C. Only two golfers have figured out the layout of Houston Lake Country Club after the first round of the Georgia Professional Golfers Association Central Chapter Championship in Perry Gregg Wolff, of the Willow Lake Country Club holds a two stroke lead over Richard Hatcher of the Sunset Country Club Wolff came into the Houston Lake club house Monday with a score of 69, while Hatcher finished the 18 holes Hornets honor softball team By VETO F. ROLEY News Editor When Billy Sellers looked at his softball team at the start of the sea son, he noticed that of his 15 young women, 10 had never started and eight had never played. Only Royal air show defeats PHS By Phil Clark Sports Editor The Perry Panthers went into Cochran Friday night tied with Bleckley County and Jackson for the fourth and final region 3AA playoff spot, and a Perry win would have nailed the spot down for the Panthers. Bleckley, on the other hand, needed a win, plus a win this Friday in Jackson to sew up the spot. Jackson needed wins in both games. It didn't happen for the Pan thers, though, as Bleckley used the passing of Tierre McNair and the running of Craig Pickett to keep their hopes alive widi a 35-14 vic tory. Though down, the Panthers are still not mathematically out. Here's what can still happen. Perry needs a win over Harris County, first of all. Then they must have Jackson beat Bleckley County. That would throw the region standings into a three way tie for the fourth and final playoff spot. Since there would be no nead-to-hcad winner under this scenario, and no winner in the sec ond GHSA tiebreaker, winning per centage in games in your own clas sification, it would require the third tiebreaker method, a three learn Houston Tlms-Joannal yard return by Matt Shepley set the Hornets up in good field position. Three plays later, Shepley found tightend Brian Nash on an 11 yard scoring play. Despite playing slug- in 71 strokes. Mike Gill of the Maple Ridge Golf Club made the turn at two over par, but shot a 35 over the second nine to finish even for the day in third. Chris Munnan, playing on his home course, was four strokes be hind the leader, and one stroke be hind Gill, for fourth with a 73. Close behind w'ere Mike McCol lum, Houston Lake Country Club, and Craig A. Wilhelm. one player. Windy Biggers, was a senior. Still, the Hornets started the sea son by creating high expectations, sweeping the opening tournament with three wins. "We beat some Please see Hornets, page 7A playoff jamboree the following Monday. The chance is slim, to be sure, but there is still a chance for Perry. By the way, a Perry win Fri day night would have prevented all of the other possibilities, since it would have given Perry a win over both the other teams. Bleckley did what they had to do, against a crippled-up Perry team that was without a couple of starters, and with several others slowed by injuries. And it was just as we had suspected, Bleckley County using the strong left arm of Tierre McNair to put the Royals on the board early on a 19-yard scoring pass to his brother Travis McNair for a 7-0 lead. The damaging blow might have been the second touchdown, though, as McNair hit little used receiver Morris Ross over the mid dle, and the reserve running back-re ceiver scampered fifty yards for the score, still in the first quarter. But then the Royals went to the ground, using tailback Craig Pickett effec tively on their third scoring drive and after Pickett went over from the one, McNair's third PAT made it 21-0. Bill die Panthers mounted a drive Wednesday Nov. 9,1994 gishly in the first half, Westfield would build a 21-0 advantage at the break, before winning 42-0. The Hornets scored three times in the second half to break the game wide open. Fullback Tim Allen opened the second half by running three straight times up the middle. The first run got him six yards, the sec ond nine yards and the final run 38 yards and the touchdown. Allen said that he was determined to get in the endzone on that final run, even if it meant diving for the goal line. The big play loomed large on the Hornets second drive of the night, also. David Walker found a seam in the Eagle defense for 31 yards to bring the ball to the Athens 29. Brian Staines did the rest, carrying the ball the remaining 29 yards on the next play. However, the most impressive drive of the night came on the final possession by the Hornets. With the game out of reach, Westfield head coach Ronnie Jones put in his reserves. The reserves responded with a 16 play, 56 yard drive that ate up 10 minutes of the second half clock. The reserves kept the drive alive with two third down conversions and one fourth down conversion. Jere Campbell moved from guard to fullback to complete the drive with Central Chapter Championship Houston Lake C.C. 1 Gregg Wolff 69 2. Richard Hatcher 71 3 Mike Gill 72 4 Chris Munnan 73 5 Bill Robinson 74 Darren W. Gamer 7. Tommy Ixiwe IV 75 Lee Maupm 9 Mike McCollum 76 Lou Carver Glenn Cardcll Craig Wilhelm 13. Bryan K. Roberson 77 Alan White Scott Carniey 20. Charles R. Bradshaw 79 27. Rodney Lamberth 81 29. Krag Woodyard 82 33. Eric S. White 85 of their own as Kiwaukee Thomas hit Germaine Brown for the final 23 yards of the drive and a Panther score. Jason Brett's PAT attempt sailed wide right, though, and Perry settled for a 21-6 score. On their next possession, after holding the Royals, Perry was backed up in their own territory and facing a fourth and long situation, and half time approaching. In punt forma tion, the Panthers attempted to catch the Royals off guard with a snap to die up back, but the ball bounced off Steve Whitfield and Brett had to cover for the Panthers. But Bleckley used the miscue to score with just seconds left in the half to go out at intermission lead ing 28-6. The teams exchanged second half touchdowns to make the final score 35-14. Perry's last touchdown came on the arm of young John Brewer, as the freshman threw for 86 yards in the last quarter, including a 21- yard touchdown pass to Whitfield. The Panthers finished with 164 yards through the air, but were held to just 48 on the ground. Bieckeiy's balanced attack accounted for 19 first downs, allowing the Royals to control the football. w ’mbit i jp* “ v hPIBm If MjmgL Page 6A Senior runningback Michael Williams powers through the line against the Eagles during a 10 minute drive late Friday night. an eight yard plunge up the middle. Alex Gambill added his sixth PAT of the night to m;ike the final 42-0. In the first half, Ben Hulbcrt scored from four yards out on a re verse and John Morton scored from seven yards out PHS region streak stops at three titles By VETO F. ROLEY New* Editor The Perry cross country region mens title streak has stopped at three Bleckley, which defeated Perry earlier, dominated the region meet, beating second place Houston County 76-19. The Royals took four of the top five positions, and six of the top 10 positions The lowest possible score in cross coun try is 15. Perry finished fifth in the region, finishing slightly behind Mary Per sons and Jackson The Panthers fin ished the day with 108 points, while the Mary Persons and Jack son tied with 107 points Dodge County came in sixth with 131 points, while Pike County brought up the rear with 199 points. Shon Taylor led the Panthers, as he has all year, finishing 10th with a time of 17:38, 57 seconds behind the leader. Stephen was the next best Perry runner with an 18th place finish Brett Dorman crossed die finish line in 23rd. Rod Barnes in 28th, Dejaun Lewis in 29th, Palo West in 33rd and Thomas Neal in 36th. Cross country coach Carl Thomas said the boys had a chance at third; but. that he did not want to risk injury to Panther starting quar terback Kiwaukee Thomas for the third spot. "We didn't want to take a chance he might sprain his ankle." "Bleckley was so much belter than Houston County, which was Ik m * * W' xJi; *mM JljHMjflkfj j ill J||f|j Successful season PMS Bth grade runningback Eddie Gary carries the ball early in the season for the Panthers. The Bth grade team finished the season with a 5-1 mark, losing only to Tabor Middle School, the county champion. In two years, the Bth grade team has compiled an 11-1 mark. "We didn't play real well in the first half," said Jones. "I'm glad we played better in the second half. "If you would have told me lliat we would be 9-1 at this point in the year at the beginning of the year, I wouldn't have believed it." so much better than everybody else," said Ihomas. "They did as well as they could." In the women's half of the championship, it was Bleckley and Houston County again running away with the championship, with the Royals winning 19-55. Dodge County edged Perry for third, 103- 106, while Mary Persons brought up the rear with 117 points. Jada Relcford was Perry 's highest finisher, coming across the line 12th with a time of 23:29, just over three minutes behind the win ner. Please see Panthers, page 7A Perry Rec Dept, youth basketball registration Ihc Perry Recreation Depart ment is holding registration for Fall basketball for ages 5-16 dirough Nov. 18, or until teams are full. The leagues are open to both male and female players. The age control date is the age the player will be as of Jan. 1. 1995. Fees for the program are sl3 for one child for city residents, $26 for two or more children for city resi dents, $19.50 for one child for county residents, $39 for two or more children for county residents, $26 for one child for non-county residents and $52 for two or more children for non-county residents.