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Newspaper Page TextSports Peach pounds Panthers in season opener, 42-0 By PHIL CLARK Times-Journal Sports FORT VALLEY The Perry Panthers dug themselves an early hole and Peach County took advantage of it to post an easy 42- 0 season-opening win over Perry Sept 6. The game started innocently enough, with Perry winning the toss and taking the football. Failing to move the chains. Perry punted to Peach and the Trojans got the ball at their own 23 fol lowing a 41-yard punt by John Brewer. Able to gain only one first down, Peach, too, had to punt. That's when the trouble began. Perry fumbled the Peach punt and the Trojans recovered at the Perry 9-yard-linc. Quarterback Regan Torbert scored from three yards out on a third down run. and Clay Bryan kicked the first of his six points after touchdown to make it 7-0 barely midway through the first quarter. But the trouble didn’t end there. Perry fumbled the kickoff, and again the Trojans recovered deep in Panther territory. From the Perry 20-yard-line, Peach County took four plays to score again with the help of a Perry face mask penalty. Louis Ivory scored from the 1-yard-line with 4:27 left in the quarter. After Perry failed to move the chains, Brewer had to scramble alter scooping up a bad snap on a ■■■t" ■■■*• .vijocsj. : ’■> ':> Ji HBbk a^*r ~ - -.~ » Sjjr'' : JMgP V J ' |W:« pHffi .fi* Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zeilars GOT IT Brandy Thomas first baseman for the Perry Panthers, snags the ball while Ashley Walker comes to help her. See story, page 7A. Hornets continue to struggle, fall to Tattnall 27-7 By Jj JOHNSON Times-Journal Editor Tattnall Square Academy foot ball players ran onto the Hornets Nest field Sept. 6 through a giant banner which recalled the Dec. 1. 1995 Georgia Independent Schools Association Class AAA state football championship game. The banner asked to Westfield, "Do you remember Dec. l?Do you still want to play?” The Hornets wanted to play, but this time, the results were less sat isfactory than the state title game a <: Inf sv ? j Times-Joumal Photo by Jj Johnson HORNET OFFENSE Westfield quarterback Trevor Jones (8) hand the ball off to run ningback Ben Hulbert (14) while Charlie Evans (71) provides proection. . Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars IN THE AIR Donte Holmes (24) reaches for a pitch from Panther quarterback John Brewer (4) while Chris Deaton provides protection. punt, and managed to elude the rush but got off just a 12-yard kick and Peach quickly took advantage for the third time in the quarter. Torbert hit Ivory for the final 19 yards and the score and Peach went up 21-0 wdth 1:33 left in the first quarter. Brewer's fourth punt of 32 yards gave the Trojans possession at their own 32 yard line and six plays later Terez Thomas took it in year ago. That game the Hornets lost by a field goal. The game Sept. 6 the Hornets lost by a 27-7 score. Taking advantage of Hornet miscues and good field position, the visiting Trojans wasted little time establishing themselves in the game and eased to the win. The teams exchanged posses sions early before Tattnall took over at the Trojan 28-yard line with 6:47 left in the first quarter. Gains of 5 yards and 19 yards by Tattnall sophomore Nathan Smith gave Tattnall a first down at Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1996 Page 6A for a 28-0 lead. After an exchange of punts, the Panthers got the ball at their own 20-yard-line and mounted their first serious drive of the night. After Donte Holmes got 8 yards on a third-down carry. Brewer and the Panthers gambled on fourth down and Brewer gained two yards to the 31 for the Panthers’ first down, their first of the game. The drive bogged down. Performance statistics, schedule announced Tattnall Square 27, Westfield 7 Tattnall Square 6 6 8 7—27 Westfield 0 0 0 7 —7 First Quarter Tattnall Square Nathan Smith 44 run. Pass intercepted, 5:02. Second Quarter Tattnall Square Pete Brack 4 run. pass incomplete, 4:11. Third Quarter Tattnall Square Smith 35 run, Robert Stickel pass to David Dyer good, 10:13. Fourth Quarter Westfield Trey Wilder 25 pass from Trevor Jones. J T Shy kick, 8:23. Tattnall Square Brack 39 run, Aaron Bell kick. 1:23. TSA W’field First downs 8 9 Rushes-yards 34-232 4 3 - 138 Passing yards 60 58 Comp-Attempts 4-14-6 6-12-1 Punts 4:39.25 5:33.6 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-yards 4-30 2-20 Possession 23:12 26:48 Individual statistics Rushing Tattnall: Nathan Smith, 15- 112; Jason Nesbit, 12-46; Pete Brack, 6-74. Westfield: Ben Hulbert. 17-82; Brian Staines, 9-12; Trevor Jones, 5-(- 18); Jared Shell, 4-12; Jerry Horton, 4- 26; Aaron Holder, 2-6; Gary Virden, 1- the Westfield 48-yard line. Jason Nesbit picked up four yards to the right before Smith broke through the left side of the Westfield line for a 44-yard dash to the end zone and the first touch down. The point after touchdown failed after a kick fake resulted in an intercepted pass. Westfield moved quickly to the TSA 40-yard line but a fumble cost the Hornets 10 yards and forced a punt. Neither team scored during the though, and again Brewer was called on to punt. His 36-yard kick gave Peach the ball at their own 37-yard-line with just 2:35 left in the half. Torbert hit tight end Randy McMichael on a first-down pass, and the 6’4", 210-pound senior outran the Perry secondary for a 63-yard score and a 35-0 halftime lead. With 3:39 left in the third quar- 12; Kyle Harold, 1-6 Passing Tattnall: Pete Brack, 3-10- 4-60; Robert Stickel, 0-3-1-0; Joey Hardison, 0-1-1-0. Westfield: Trevor Jones, 6-12-1-58. Receiving Tattnall: Matt Page, 2-52; Robert Stickel, 1-5. Westfield: Trey Wilder, 1-25; Ben Hulbert, 5-33. Peach County 42, Perry 0 Perry 0 0 0 0 —0 Peach County 21 14 0 7—42 First Quarter Peach County Torbert 3 run, Clay Bryan kick, 5; 12 Peach Co. Lewis Ivory 1 run, Bryan kick, 4:27 Peach Co ‘ — Danny Bell 19 pass frbrft Torbert, Bryan kick, 1:33 Second Quarter Peach Co. Terez Thomas 8 run, Bryan kick, 10:05 Peach Co Randy McMichael 63 pass from Torbert, Bryan kick, 2:35 Fourth Quarter Peach Co. Torbert 98 run, Bryan kick, 8:55. Perry Peach First downs 9 11 Rushes-yards 141 282 Passing yards -1 133 Comp-Attempts 1-10-0 7-11-0 Punts 7:31.5 4:37.8 Fumbles-lost 4-2 3-1 Penalties-yards 1-15 4-35 Individual statistics Rushing Perry: Donovan, Kendrick waning moments of the first peri od, and early in the second quar ter. Westfield put together a drive to the Trojan 38-vard line before running out of steam. Another pair of punts gave Tattnall the ball at the Trojan 43- yard line. From there, Tattnall moved downfield quickly to the Westfield 29-yard-line. Quarterback Pete Brack found Matt Page for a 25-yard pass and a first-and-goal at the Hornet 4-yard line. Brack went wide right for the score but his pass for the PAT effort was incomplete. With seven seconds left in the half, Westfield stopped a potential Tattnall scoring drive with an interception by J.R. Moore. He snagged the pass about the Hornet 5-yard line and returned it to the Tattnall 18-yard line before being caught from behind. Westfield quarterback Trevor Jones completed a 4-yard pass to Ben Hulbert. The Hornets attempted to call time to set up a field goal attempt by J.T. Shy, but officials said the half had ended. Tattnall moved to put the game out of reach early in the second half. Taking the kickoff, the Trojans picked up 5 yards in two runs by Smith before Brack scrambled for 35 yards to the Hornet 35. Smith took a pitch to the left side for the touchdown. Robert Stickel completed a pass for the PAT effort and with 10:13 left in the third quarter, Tattnall went ahead 20-0. Late in the third quarter, the Westfield defense set up a Hornet attempt at scoring when Hulbert snagged a Joey Hardison pass at the Westfield 48 and returned it to the Trojan 20. Hulbert hit the line for two Houston Times-Journal ter and the score still 35-0, the Panthers mounted their most seri ous scoring threat, moving all the way to the Peach 2-yard line on a drive highlighted by a 10-yard Holmes carry and an 8-yard reverse by Anthony Lane. With Perry facing a fourth down punting situation midway through the drive. Peach was guilty of a personal foul on the Perry punt, and the Panthers retained possession at the Peach County 26 yard line. After Lane's 8-yard reverse. Brewer got a first down at the 18- yard-line on a 6-yard keeper. Brewer kept again for two to the 10 and two carries by Holmes got the ball to Peach 2-yard line with a fourth-and-goal. Peach County held and took over at their own 2 with 8:55 left in the fourth quarter. Perry had kept the ball for more than 6 min utes. but came up empty. Then lightning struck again! Quarterback Torbert kept the ball from his own 2-yard line, broke through the Perry defense and outran everybody down the field on a 98-yard scamper for the only score in the last half. Perry got the ball for two more possessions and although they did pick up three first downs on an 11-play drive, they gave up the ball on downs and the game ended with a final score of 42-0. Perry will face region foe Dodge County Sept 13 at the Panther Pit. 50; Donte Holmes, 42. Peach Co.: Torbert, 120 Passing Peach Co: Torbert, 133 yards. Receiving Peach Co.: McMichael 69, Tacario Bannister, 45. Games this week Sept. 11 Feagin Mill at Perry Middle School football, 3:30 p.m.; Perry at Dodge County softball, B team and varsity, 4 p.m. Sept. 12 Windsor at Westfield softball, 4:15; Perry at West Laurens softball, Dublin, 4:30 p.m., varsity and B-team. Sept. 13 Warner Robins Middle School at Perry Middle softball, 3:45 p.m.; Westfield at Augusta Christian football, 8 p.m., Martinez; Dodge County at Perry football, 8 p.m. Sept. 14 Perry at softball tour ney TBA. Westfield at Deerfield soft ball tournament, Albany, B-team. Sept. 16 Southland at Westfield softball, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 17 Perry Middle at Warner Robins Middle football, 3:30 p.m., Bonaire field; Tabor at Perry Middle softball, 3:45 p.m .; Perry at East Laurens Softball, Dublin, 4 p.m.; Westfield at Stratford softball, Macon, 4:15 p.m. Sept. 18 Westfield at Windsor softball, B-team, Macon, 4:15 p.m. yards. Jones was incomplete on a pass before connecting with Hulbert for 3 yards. Facing fourth-and-five from the Trojan 15, the Hornets elected to send Brian Staines for the first down. He made but 2 yards and the ball went over on downs with 1:22 left in the period. Westfield scored early in the fourth quarter. Taking possession at the Hornet 47-yard-line, the Hornets got 8 yards on a pass from Jones to Hulbert. Three plays later, Jerry Horton picked up 4 yards. Two plays later, the gained 11 yards to the left side of the Hornet line for a first down at the Trojan 30-yard line. Staines went straight ahead for 5 yards before Jones completed a 25-yard pass to Trey Wilder for a touchdown. Hulbert ran the PAT effort after a bad snap, but was unable to reach the end zone and the score remained 20-6, Tattnall. Tattnall added a fourth touch down with 1:23 left in the game when Brack went left for 39 yards and the score. Hornet coach Ronnie Jones said a virus which slowed Hulbert affected the offense and defense of the Hornets against Tattnall. Jones said he believes the Hornets will soon turn around their season. “We need a win. I don’t known much about Augusta Christian, but I plan to learn a lot this week,” he said of the team Westfield faces Sept. 13. To reach that game, travel I 2- east to Augusta. At the first major exit in the Augusta area, Bobby Jones Expressway, turn north. Follow Bobby Jones Expressway to Washington Street. Turn right on Washington street to a traffic light at Baston Street. Turn left, the school is on the left. Phil Clark Times-Journal Sports Picking winners Trying to predict the outcome of high school football is a lot of fun. but early in the season, it's sometimes a little trying. It takes a few weeks to get a feel on how a particular team is going. We had two misses and a tie in our first try this season. Griffin beat Northside 37-21. With Griffin under a new coach, I felt Northside had a good shot at win ning. I dod not know the Eagles' quarterback wouldn't play. I also missed the Crisp-Charlton game. I picked Crisp, but remember I cau tioned about an ambush. Charlton won 8-6. Manchester and Harris County tied. The Warner Robins Demons were off last week, and return to action Sept 14 as they host Clarke Central at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. Clarke Central coach Billy Henderson has retired. He logged 286 wins, fifth on the all-time list. His replacement, as expected, is son-in-law Steve Brooks, whose first game as head coach at Clarke was a win. Brooks had previously been the head coach at Statesboro. The Gladiators beat cross-town rival Cedar Shoals and come into the Stadium Saturday night on an emotional high. The Demons lost a lot of play ers from last year's team, but opened with a 21-14 win over Pope. Robert Davis, at 246, is only two wins behind the late Jim Cavan and the retired Ray Lamb on the all-time list. He won't move up this week. Phil's pick, Clarke. Peach County comes off a big win over Perry with a trip into Warner Robins Sept 13 to play Northside. Peach does not appear to be overpowering this year, and a step-up in classification might not bode well. I look for the Eagles to rebound from the Griffin loss. Phil's pick, Northside. Perry had just one non-region game this year because of The' addition of an extra school in the region. With nine region games on the schedule, they'll get right to it this week. John Peacock's Dodge County Indians come calling at the Panther Pit Sept. 13, and with him he'll bring quarterback Rodney Kirtz and tight end Marlon Davis, two of the top prospects in Middle Georgia. The Panthers are thin on expe rience, and will have to pick their way through the schedule. Dodge comes off an 11-2 season and beat Telfair County 34-0 in their open er. Perry must find a way to gener ate some offense (19 total yards, 1 first down in the first half against Peach County). They'll get better, but it will take a while. Phil’s pick, Dodge County. Doug Johnson takes his 1-0 Bears on the road after an opening game win over Southeast Macon. The Bears play at Southeast Bulloch, a class AA team that fin ished 2-8 last year but won their opener over Brantley County last week. The Bears won't lose to a AA team. Phil's pick, Houston County. Westfield dropped to 0-2 for the first time under Ronnie Jones, and will make a long trip to Augusta Sept. 13. Augusta Christian won state championships in baseball and boys basketball last year, and the football team is improving. The Hornets will improve with each game, and Friday would be a good time to pick up the first win. Phil's pick, Westfield. A strong class A Turner County team plays at Crisp County Sept. 13. Already Crisp has lost to one class A team, and Clay Hill's Cougars, who should be a chal lenger for the 2AAA title, don't figure to lose to another one. Fhil's pick, Crisp County. Mount de Sales has won twice pretty handily. I look for the Cavaliers to be a serious con tender for the state championship this year. After beating Westfiled in the opener, the Cavaliers scored 48 points against two-time class AA state champion Terrel) Academy, and look to have little trouble with Stratford this week. Phil's pick, Mount de Sales. Macon County demolished Central Taltobbon in their opener, and will do the same to Montgomery County. Tattnall will have more trouble with Windsor than they think, but the Trojans will prevail. Mary Persons opens the season at Grecne-Taliaferro, and the Bulldogs give Dan Pitts career win numher 326.