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Wed., Sept. 29, 1999, Houston Home Journal
Local Sports
Lady Hornets split pair
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MAt’OM Sophomore
Hanna Barrett collected four
hits to raise her season bat
ting average to .600. but the
Lady Hornets had to settle for
split in a pair of region lAAA
games at Windsor Sept 23.
Barrett was 4-4 with a dou
ble and two runs batted in as
the J,ady Hornets picked up a
10-7 win in the first game.
Anne Peake, Emily Bennett
and Rebecca Dudley each had
three hits for Westfield as the
team took a 10-4 lead into the
bottom of the seventh inning
only to see the Lady Knights
rally for three runs before
Amber Hunnicutt fielded a
pop tly off the bat of Melissa
Hodge to end the game.
Windsor maintained the
momentum they'd gained in
game one to dominate the sec
ond game, scoring in every
inning of the five-inning game,
as the Lady Knights salvaged
oi ic of the four games between
the two region foes in talking a
22-2 win.
Amber Hunnicutt was the
only Lady Hornet to manage
two hits as Westfield collected
just seven in the second game.
The l ady Hornets close out
the regular season with two
doubleheaders with Central
Fellowship, including the
make-up of the Sept 20 rain
out. The teams will play at
Wes' field Sept 30, and at
CFCA on Oct 4.
Game one:
W -st field 00 3 14 1 1 10
Windsor 10 00 2 13 7
Winning pitcher: Jylee Todd.
Losing pitcher: Sam Smith
Loading hitters: Westfield Bar
ret i -J 4. Peake 3-4, Bennett 3-4.
Rebecca Dudley 3-4. Windsor
Blair Hunnicutt 3-3, Crystal Brav
3-4
Game two:
Westfield 0 0 0 2 0 2
Windsor 4 2(10)6 22
Winning pitcher: Sam Smith
I.using pitcher: Julee Todd
Leading hitters: Westfield
\inber Hunnicutt 2-2, Windsor
Vlelissa Hodge 3-3, Merideth
Cook 3 4, Blair Hunnicutt 3-4.
Tiltanv Godfrey 3-5
Perry 4th in CC
WARNER ROBINS Perry
competed at Pearl Stephens
Elementary school last week
in o cross country meet hosted
bv Warner Robins High and
including Houston County
and Bleckley.
Although Perry finished
onh fourth, it was not coming
iri behind Warner Robins and
Houston County which both
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ers head coach Carl Thomas.
It was of course, the Panthers
Eerformance compared to
eavy region favorite Bleckley
County.
“Bleckley is the stick that
everyone in this region mea
sures by. They have won the
region four consecutive years.
To beat Bleckley," he said
“You've got to be consistent.
Our top runner, Randy Whid
don will have to improve, and
numbers two and three, John
Millender and Andrew Scog
gins will have to reach
Randy's level now."
The three have improved
with Whiddon shaving more
than a minute off his best
time to finish at 18:05 and
Millender also posting his best
time ever in the meet at 19:40.
The Panthers fourth and
fifth place finishers. Kenny
Cox (20:15) and Zach Yasin
(20:35) also posted their best
times this season.
“We are getting better." said
Thomas. “1 was surprised at
how well they did. since it was
a very difficult course."
Thomas also said he hopes
Bleckley, which started the
season strong, will "peak out"
prior to the region meet.
Out of 34 girls runners.
Panther Taryn Burch finished
Bth with a time of 24:21.
The entire concept of cross
country is different than other
sports at Perry High School.
Cross country like football, is
a team sport, but whereas,
football executes as a team
and depends a lot on strategy,
cross country is a combina
tion of individual effort.
“From a coaching stand-
Soint," said Thomas, “we try to
nd where the weakness is
and go from there. We work on
where they need to improve
and where they need to main
tain.”
Thomas said that although
the team works hard at prac
tice, the team spends a lot of
time running on their own.
“That’s what is great about
this sport. Even in practice,
you've got individual runners
doing something that they
enjoy." he said.
Dodge ousts Perry
The season ended a little
sooner than coach Kristy
Horsting would have liked,
but all and all the girls softball
coach at Perry High is happy
with the way the season went.
”i am real pleased of how
they did, very proud of our
girls," she said this week. “I
am not happy about the end of
the season, I thought we could
have gone longer, but overall
we had a good year."
“Gone longer" is the coach’s
way of referring to the Region
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4-AA playoffs, which the Lady
Panthers came close to making
this year. For Perry, it all came
down to a one-game shootout
with Dodge County for the sec
ond seed in the subregion.
Dodge won the game 15-5.
They wanted it bad." said
Horsting, “But they are already
out of it." referring to Dodge's
loss to Mary Persons in the
first round of the playoffs. "We
didn’t make that many errors,
they just hit good, long balls,
balls in holes. We just didn't
Eerform at the plate like we
ave earlier in the season.”
In the game against Dodge.
Sherry Nipper and Courtney
Harris went 2-3 with Coby
Williard and Sarah Stuckey
going 2-2.
Horsting has already
turned her thoughts towards
next season saying that
already some of the players,
including some of her JV, had
come to her and said that they
wanted to take over the senior
positions. Pern,’ will partici
pate in a summer league and
starting in the spring will work
on conditioning, including
time in the weight room and
running. "If this team had a
weakness." Horsting said, “it
would be muscular weakness.
We are going to work on build
ing our strength."
Perry's Junior Varsity went
10-3 overall this year.
Perry will only lose three
players to graduation, Sarah
Stuckey, Miranda Garren, and
Kristin Harrell. All three
received high praise from their
coach, who said that the
group's best attribute was
their leadership.
"Sarah had a never give up
attitude." said Horsting.
“Sarah and Miranda made
excellent captains. I never
doubted them. Kristin played
wherever I needed her. I was
confident in her ability
whether in the infield or out
field.”
Although, the team did not
make the playoffs this year.
Horsting says with the girls
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that will return she will have
high hopes for next season.
“This is a group that went 8-8
last season and went 15-8 this
year. Pretty much we will have
the same group hack next year."
PMS football wins 2
The Perry Middle School
football teams increased the
marks in their win column to
two Sept. 22 as both teams
picked up wins over the North
side Middle Jets in games
played at Bonaire Stadium.
The Panther Bth grade team
was led offensively by Rishawn
Scott, who had three touch
downs while Jai Bowens
added one. David Alford and
Jeremy Almond posted a tack
le in the end zone to
add a safety to the Perry score
board.
The 26-6 victory gave the
Bth grade Panthers a 2-0
record so far in the season.
"We made a lot of mistakes
in the first game," said Coach
John Warlick. “Everyone else
had already played a game
and we had our off week the
first week of the season. But
we had almost a flawless game
against Northside."
Leading the defense in the
game were David Alford. Tyler
Lawhorn and Jarrell Gary,
who Warlick calls “strong
defensive players." Another
player who had a great game
on the defense side was Char
lie Brown who intercepted a
Northside pass.
7th grade coach Leslie
Belcher was also comfortable
with his team's defensive per
formance. “Defensively we did
very well, except that one
series when we let them score.
Our main concern at this
point in the season is still the
kicking game. Our punter,
Steven James, is doing a good
job for us and Grant Brantley
on the kickoff is placing the
ball where we need him too.
But we are asking them to do
things they never did in rec
ball. It is a challenge.”
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One unfortunate loss for the
7th grade team is Hunter Log
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the season due to a non-foot
ball related injury. Loggins
played on the kickoff team and
rotated at outside linebacker
and cornerback. '
7th grade offensive coordi
nator Coach James Lattimore
said that an advantage the
team had was their two quar
terbacks, Brandon Davis and
Ray Page. "Both can pass,” he
said, “but aren't as familiar
with the passing game. We will
be working on it this week.”
Lattimore said he was very
happy wrtth Ricky Harris' per
formance but added that he
was sure that Ricky was not.
“He only came to us the week
before the first game, he’s good
but he knows he could be
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Harris picked up his 6th
touchdowm of the season
against Northside.
Perry takes on Feagin Mill
Sept. 29 at the Bonaire stadi
um. Game time is 3:30 for the
7th grade and 5 for the Bth
grade.
Cheerleading clinic set.
The Perry Recreation Dept,
will hold a cheerleading clinic
on Oct. 2 from 4-8 p.m. The
cost is $ 15. and the program is
open to children from age 5 to
age 12.
The clinic will be presented
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School Cheerleaders and the
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It will include the basics of
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