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Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars
AMONG THE BEST Named to the Houston County All-Star teams from Perry Middle School are (front,
from left) seventh graders Jessie Weekley, Andre Sanders, Robert Warren, Caleb White, Al Thorton, and
(back) eighth graders Willie Simon, John Wright, Jerry Drazny, Ben Hildebrand and Athletic Director Dan
Shelton. Coach Philip Gentry was absent when the picture was taken.
PMS students named county all stars
Special to the Times-Journal
The seven public school middle schools in
Houston County will sponsor two all star games May
22-23.
The seventh graders will play on 15-man squads.
The Perry representatives will team with others from
Bonaire Middle and Feagin Mill.
The all stars from these three schools will be play
ing a team of the four middle schools in Warner
Robins. The seventh grade game will be at Warner
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SECOND IN THE COUNTY Members of the Perry Middle School track team finished a strong second
to Warner Robins during the recent Houston County middle school championships. Carlton Brock estab
lished a county record in the shot put of 49-feet, 4-inches and threw more than 126 feet in the duscus.
Tyrone Lawson set anew Perry Middle School record in the 1500 meter run. The team included (front, from
left) Ernest Hudgens, Chris Dugger, Bradley Dugger, Tyrone Lawson, Tyronn Lane, Scott Wright (back)
Ulysses Davis, Carlton Brock, Isaac Howard, Mike Fluellen, Maurice Hamilton, Stephen Napier, Rashard
Winn, Ronnie Coller and Coach Ron Hall. Not pictured are Edwin Allen, Javaris Williams, Centred Harrell,
Jason Stripling, Laßon Davis, Quinton Crane, Marnez Taylor, Rashard Winn and Michael Whitehead.
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Robins Middle School at 5 p.m. May 22.
The eighth grade all stars will play at the Warner
Robins High Demon Stadium at 7 p.m. May 23.
According to Perry Middle School Athletic Director
Dan Shelton, the admission for each game is $2.
Selected from Perry are seventh graders Jessie
Weekley, Andre Sanders, Robert Warren, Caleb
White and Al Thornton. Eighth graders are Willie
Simon, John Wright, Jerry Drazny and Ben
Hildebrand.
Times-Journal Photos by Eric
Zellars
HONORS Westfield Golf
Coach Marvin Arrington (above,
left) presents the Low Medalist
award to Robert Harrison, who
was the state low medalist during
the Georgia Independent Schools
Association Class AAA tourna
ment. Meanwhile, Times-Journal
Sportswriter Phil Clark (left, left
pnoto) presents the Times-Journal
Scholar-Athlete award to Mary
Katherine Walker.
Wed. May 21, 1997
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CLOSE Liza McDaniel (right), catcher for the Senior Girls
Athletics, meets an unidentified Ochlahatchee player at the plate
during recent girls softball action.
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HIGH FIVES Chutney Walton of the Senior Girls Athletics,
gets congratulations from Coach Anne Maurier for two home
runs Walton hit.
Spring honors
Westfield spring athletes
honored during banquet May 19
, By PHIL CLARK
Times-Journal Sports
Senior Mary Katherine Walker
won the Houston Times-Journal
Scholar-Athlete award as a total of
73 athletes in spring sports were
recognized during the annual ban
quet held May 19 at the school.
Walker is salutatorian of the
1997 senior class, and was named
all-region and all-state in both
softball and basketball. Walker
also won the Georgia Independent
Schools Association Region 1-
AAA 1600 meters championship.
Walker and Ben Hulbert won
statewide academic recognition as
well.
Baseball coach Billy Sellers
recognized Joey Brumbelow, Ben
Hulbert and Keith Waites as all
region nominees. Hulbert was the
offensive player of the year while
Waites was the defensive player of
the year.
Matt Hardy won the 3-D award
and Gary Virden won the most
improved player award.
Tennis coach Janice O’Toole
presented all-region awards to
Cindy Dunnaway and Chip Davis,
while Meyur Vashi was recog
nized as honorable all-region.
Leigh Ann Johnson introduced
College recognizes Westfield scholars
Special to the Times-.lournal
Cl .INTON. S.C.
Presbyterian College has named
the following seniors as PC Junior
bellows in recognition of superior
academic men:.
Houston rms-Journal
the 16 members of the girls track
team. Mary Katherine Walker was
Region 1-AAA champion in the
1600 meters, Amy Harold was
second in the region, first in the
state qualifier and fourth in state
in the 400-meter run, and Jennifer
Stewart was third in region, fourth
in the state qualifier and sixth in
state in the discus.
Harold led the Hornets with 54
points.
Trey Wilder took the high point
award in boys track. Coach Larry
Bennett described the 16 events
his team competed in. Wilder
qualified for state in the high jump
and triple jump and scored 54 1/2
points for his team this year.
The Westfield golf team won
its second straight GISA class
AAA state championship recently.
Membes of the team were intro
duced by coach Marvin Arrington.
Robert Harrison was the state
low medalist and an all-state
selection.
T.J. Gibson and Andy Conrad
were each named to the all-region
team while Wes Coody, Matt
Moore, Michael Bowden and Joe
Todd were recognized for their
contributions. Only Bowden is a
senior.
From The Westfield Schools,
they arc: Amy Elizabeth Harold,
Robert Wayne Harrison, Claire
Sheppard Hart and Ashley Todd
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Phil
Clark
Times-Journal
Sports
Coaching vacancies
beginning to fill
Just a few days ago, there
were several coaching vacancies
in the Georgia Independent
School Association, brought
about by various circumstances.
Among the first vacancies
were the resignations of
Lovvard McMichael as football
coach at Southland and Jim
Massey as boys basketball coach
at Westfield.
Craig Rhodes, a longtime
assistant at Southland, was pro
moted to head coach there. Cater
Pierce had also been considered
for the post. Though Pierce did
n’t get the Southland job, he did
land his first head job as a foot
ball coach. Pierce will replace
Mark Farriba at First
Presbyterian Day School.
It had been announced earlier
that Farriba was stepping down
as the Vikings head coach. Just
what ‘stepping down’ means is
left up to the individual, I sup
pose.
Pat Rabum was also a casual
ty at FPD. He also ‘stepped
down’ as head girls basketball
coach. His replacement is Lisa
Spear, promoted from her assis
tant coach’s position.
Tattnall Square is undergoing
changes from top to bottom.
Headmaster Walter Welch has
been dismissed and replaced by
Barney Hester, the longtime and
successful football coach. Right
now plans are for Hester to hold
down both jobs. How long he
can do that effectively will
remain to be seen.
Paul Brooks, most recently
the assistant girls coach at
Tattnall, will become the head
boys coach at Stratford. Danny
Howell will return to Briarwood
as head coach. Brooks had been
head boys coach at Tattnall at
one time, so he is no stranger to
the position he’ll assume at
Stratford.
The dilemma at Tattnall
intensifies, too, with the depar
ture of head boys coach Rennie
Adkinson to Westfield to replace
Massey.
Westfield and Stratford
appear to have come out of the
situation in better shape, since
both schools fill a voluntary
vacancy with a quality individ
ual and outstanding coach, with
Adkinson coming to Westfield
and Stratford getting Brooks in
boys basketball.
Pierce will have a big job at
FPD, but he has the ability to do
a good job. It means that two of
the four head football coaches in
region 1-AAA are products of
Westfield, assuming that Ricky
Ellis stays at Windsor.
Southland, too, appears to
have filled their voluntary
vacancy with an excellent
choice in Rhodes, whom the
players respect highly.
It’s sad to see outstanding
institutions like Tattnall under so
much scrutiny and pressure.
Hopefully the school will be
able to right the sails and contin
ue along. It will be very tough,
though, particularly for Hester if
he continues in the dual role.
The school also has some other
vacancies to take care of.
Massey has not settled on a
job for next season, and he
would be a viable candidate for
one of the openings, if he choos
es to move in that direction.
Though Westfield has replaced
Massey as head boys basketball
coach with the hiring of
Adkinson, Ronnie Jones will
still have a void on his football
staff.
Massey served as offensive
line coach for the football
Hornets, and Jones often called
Massey “the best offensive line
coach I’ve ever had.”
Apparently Jones will shift
some of the responsibilities of
his present staff to offset
Massey’s leaving.
Maybe things will settle down
a bit now as we near the end of
the school year. Hopefully the
vacancies will be filled, and
schools can start August prepa
rations in good shape. It bears a
lot of watching, though.
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