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Newspaper Page TextA guide to football, softball, band and cbeerleading teams at Perry High School and The Westfield Schools BmtaMm-Junal Westfield faces Mount de Sales in season opener By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports It just doesn’t seem possible, but another high school football season is here, with the kickoff for the Westfield Hornets season opener now just a matter of hours away. The Hornets open at home Aug. 25 against Mount de Sales, a team the Hornets beat 20-7 in Macon last year. A highlight of the game No. Player Weight Grade Position 8 Trevor Jones 140 9. B 10 Todd Rigdon 160 12 E 11 J.R. Moore 135 11 R 12 Chip Davis 160 11 E 13 Matt Shepley 155 12 B 14 Ben Hulbert 165 11 B 15 GaryVirden 130 9 B 16 J.T.Shy 195 11 E 17 Josh Stephens .125 9 E 20 Tate Parker 105 9 E 21 Scott Hill 175 12 E 22 Brian Staines 140 Jr. B 23 Trey Wilder 145 10 E 24 Jared Shell 150 9 B 30 Ron Marshall 135 9 B 31 Lance Huff 130 9 B 32 Tom Newberry 150 12 E 33 Jerry Horton 145 10 B 34 Tim Allen 220 12 B 35 Dallas Parker 165 12 E 40 Lance Bryant 170 12 L 43 Wes Coody 170 10 L 44 Burke Murph 145 10 L 46 David Walker 145 12 B 51 Todd Kirksey 160 10 L 52 NickYaughn 170 10 L 55 David Slappey 170 10 L 56 Mike Sheppard 215 12 L 61 Marsh Wall 175 11 L 62 ChadEkey 160 9 L 63 Ben Nash 250 10 L 65 Josh Giles 185 9 L 66 Greg Adams 215 12 L 70 Chip Giles 190 12 L 71 Charlie Evans 195 12 L 72 Matthew Lee 150 9 L 74 David Boire 185 12 L 81 Brian Nash 205 12 E 82 Keith Waites 155 11 E 84 Brian Hartley 140 9 E 87 Alva Davis 160 10 E No. Player Position Grade 2 Kiwaukee Thomas TB 12 3 Eddie Davis WR 11 4 John Brewer QB 10 5 Steve Whitfield DB 12 6 Johnny Watkins QB 9 7 Brian Williams DB 10 10 Atavis Taylor LB 11 12 Ga*-wain Atwater WR 10 13 Andy Crumley DB 10 17 Justin Tabor DB 10 18 Anthony Lane WR 9 21 Kory Whitfield WR 10 22 Donte Stubbs FB 10 24 Donte Holmes LB 9 29 Eddie Gary FB 9 33 Joe Smith FB 10 37 Osiris Ezell DB 11 40 Fred Ragan LB 12 41 Jarvis Dean DE 11 42 Greg Grace DB 12 44 Dontarrious Thomas TB 9 46 Travis Passinault DB 11 48 Donte Watkins LB 9 50 David Brown DL 11 51 Keith Morton DE 10 53 Dawkins Ennis DE 11 54 Quincey Riley DL 10 56 Courtney Copeland DL 11 58 C.J. Glover OL 12 61 Terry Foskey OL 12 62 Gary Foskey OL 12 64 Jamaul Dean OL 10 65 Ryan Stokeling OL 12 66 Thalmus Copeland OL 12 67 Eddie Morgan OL 11 68 5. Bryan Simmons OL 9 70 Travis Belcher DL 12 72 Chris Deaton OL 10 74 . Quincy Kendrick DL 11 75 Shawn Padgett OL 11 77 Quinton Kendrick DL 11 80 Michael Whitfield WR 10 82 Larry Beard TE 12 85 Gene Brown TE 9 86 Bailey Mendenhall TE 9 90 Jason Hill LB 10 94 Terrell Hill DL 9 Fabulous Fall *95 was a 98-yard kick return for a touchdown by Matt Shepley. A grueling pre-season of prac tice is over, a pre-season made even more grueling by the heat wave of the last week. Coach Ronnie Jones says his team is ready for the challenge. “We lost some good people to graduation, but we have some out standing folks coming back,” said Jones as he sat in his office last Wednesday, Aug. 23,1995 week trying to get a grasp on how the season is shaping up. The starters lost to graduation were outstanding, to be sure. Both defensive ends, Andy Smith and Lindsey Harrell, left. So did two way starter Jere Campbell, running back John Morton, tackles Jason Dennard and Jake Walls and fleet running back Michael Davis. Also gone is kicker Alex Gambill. There’s a nucleus there from which to build, and Jones has a reputation as a master at getting the best out of a player. Shepley is back to run the wing- T offense for the second year and will have big fullback Tim Allen behind him. With Davis and Morton gone, Brian Stains should get the ball a lot more this year. He carried about five times a game last year. ' Ben Hulbert shifted from receiv FjT “ ft tn ■ ■ gp■■ ■. |n - TC / T t '**— V ' / . - J&Mb fni fiMi ni'i iti . 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Collins was an All- America at Georgia before enjoy ing a stellar pro career with the St. .hip. —.... n TI i,. * • I V fs T L h W. 1 * * Time*-Journal Photo by Eric Zellara PERRY PANTHERS POSE FOR PICTURE AT GEORGIA AGRICENTER Team 'Will Open Season In Columbus Sept. 2 With Jordan High School er to running back, and his versatil ity will help him become an out standing runner. Along the line, where Campbell, Dennard and Walls were mainstays, Jones and his staff will be looking to returning center Marsh Wall and guard David Boire to help solidify the line. Chip Giles is back for his senior season and will fill a tackle spot. Jones is high on sophomore Ben Nash, who beefed up to a solid 250 pounds and will get one of the vacant line spots. 'Mike Sheppard, who played just defense last year, will see playing time on offense and so will Greg Adams. Jones says that he must play more people both ways this year than before, especially early in the year/ On defense, the biggest thing facing the coaches is to replace the ends. It’s the same situation as a Louis Cardinals and Jacksonville Bulls. Collins has made some changes, both in coaching assign ments and in personnel. Gone from last year’s 4-6 team are 18 graduating seniors and 13 others who, for one reason or another, did not return to the team. Collins begins his first year as a high school head coach with a ros ter of 47 players, 25 of them returning from last year. There are some coaching year ago at this position, though, and Jones hopes he can get the steady play out of Chip Smith and Tom Newberry that he got from Smith and Harrell last year. Filling the outside linebacker position vacated by Campbell is Lance Bryant. He could also see some playing time at an offensive guard position. Todd Rigdon and Scott Hill return at splint end and Brian Nash looms as the top tight end in the GISA as he returns for his senior season. Nash and Allen also return at linebacker, and with Bryant, should form one of the top linebacking corps in the area. Rigdon is back at safety and Hulbert and Staines will also be in the secondary along with Shepley, so there is much of experi ence back there. Boire will anchor the line at changes, too, in the Collins regime. Specifically, there’s a new offensive coordinator to run a new offense. Geoff Walters comes from the Tift County staff, and will handle the offense, which will be primarily an I-formation. Fans will see some multiple offensive sets and a wide-open type of offense. Stephens, fans might remember, stuck strictly to his split-back veer offense. Luke Smith switches sides of the line of .scrimmage, and will nose guard with Sheppard playing a tackle with Adams and Ben Nash also being counted on there. Keith Waites will get playing time at defensive end and there are sever al others who are making a bid. Peach County transfer J.T. Shy will apparently take over the kick ing chores from Gambill, with Tim Allen again handling the punting. Dallas Parker will take over the long snap duties on placements and punts. Jones looks for Stratford to have another good team in region l-AAA. First Presbyterian sand Southland should improve. Westfield alumnus Ricky Ellis should also see some improvement in his Windsor Knights, so l-AAA should be a little more competitive this year. Westfield’s first region game is against Windsor at home Oct. 6. handle the defensive coordinator’s chores. He w*- ;l offensive coor dinator .or Stephens. He will replace Bob Jones, who left for Southeast Bulloch. The line coaches both return, but they, too, swap sides of the line, with Ed Blount moving from defense to offense and Tony Thrift moving the opposite way. Fans are hoping for the football fortunes to make a dramatic turn under Collins, who is a very hard worker, and one who demands dis cipline. The offense suits the personnel than the veer. The I-formation will enable Collins to use the running ability of Kiwaukee Thomas, who moves to tailback. Sophomore John Brewer is in at quarterback. Brewer has a very strong arm, and fans could see a little more passing this year. There are quality athletes returning. Thomas will be outstanding as a runner. Fred Ragin, a big senior, moves full time to linebacker, where he will help to fill the void left by the graduation of Jarvis Stripling and Antwann Fann, two of the top linebackers in this area last year. Ragin will be an all-star. Another thing is the number of returning linemen. The entire starting offensive lirfe that finished the season is back, though wholesale personnel shifts occurred. Many of last year’s players find themselves in differ ent positions. One player who will stand out is Jamal Dean. Dean is one of the (See PANTHERS, Page 2C) Page 1C Spacial Photo