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v.ed., Oct. 6, 1999, Houston Home Journal Page 8A Middle School softball teams win in first round of county tournament PY ALUNE KENT Home Journal Sports With both of the Perry middle school team top seeded in this week’s soft ball tournament, the Pan thers enjoyed home field advantage for the first round Tuesday evening. The 7th grade has the second best record in the county with a 5-1 record. Undefeated Feagin Mill received a bye for the first round. In Bth grade com . etition, Peny placed 3rd out of the seven schools with a 4-2 record. Tuesday night, the 7th grade Panthers took an early 2-0 lead in the first Perry moved the ball ail the way to the 45 yard line. The drive was stopped short however, as the Perry defense stopped Jackson three times behind the line of scrimmage. Mario Hart, Marnez Taylor, Matthew Dennis and Morris Claring ton all picked up a sack during the possession and forced Jackson to punt the ball away. Again in the second, after t he only Panther thrown inter ception of the evening. Jack son worked their wav down inside the thirty. Dustin Rainey put on pursuit pres sure on the Red Devil quarter back who was forced to throw the ball away. On fourth down and Jackson attempting to pick up the first on fourth down, Clarington again put pressure on die quarterback and the pass was incomplete. Perry's defense would add points of their own to the b< iard during the evening, Late in the third, with Perry trail- Hotnets Hornets were awesome on offense, scoring a 41-0 shutout for the second consecutive game (although the FPD score board showed a 40-0 score as the final). While FPD was trying to cross up the Hornets by staying on the ground early in the game, the Hornets struck through the air as Bo Hart enjoyed his best passing game. Hart threw the ball just seven times, but con nected on five of them, with four of the comple tions going for 24 yards or more. Hart hit Danier Weir for a touchdown for the second straight game, as the big junior tight end fought his way into the endzone with Vikings hanging on tiying bring him down. Weir caught four of Hart's passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. He has now grabbed ten passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns, moving ahead of Ernest Greene as the team's receiving yardage leader. Greene caught one pass for 24 yards and now has 157 yards for the season, and three touchdowns. Another Hornet who enjoyed his best game of the season was Chance Jones, the sophomore full back. Jones carried the ball seven times for 114 yards and scored two touchdowns, one of them on a dazzling 70-yard run from scrimmage. It’s the first 2-TD game for Jones. Jacob Walker rushed twelve times for 101 yards and scored his 15th touchdown of the year as he draws closer to the school record of 20. which Walker shares with Chris Small. After the Vikings picked up two first downs on their initial possession, the Hornets stopped them on a third and five as Kyle Harold broke up a pass. Westfield didn’t move the chains on their first pos session, but after forcing another Viking punt, the offense got untracked on the Hornets’ second pos session as Walker picked up 22 yards on a third down play, then teamed with Jones to pick up two more first downs to the Vikings’ 24. Hart then hit Weir for the first touch against Rumble when Danielle Corcoran hit a stand up double to left field that brought in runner Heather Morrill. Corcoran scored when she stole home. In the second, Corcoran again scored a runner with a driving ball down the 3rd base line. Amanda Ramirez had a hit to center field that brought in two Perry run ners and then she stole home putting the Panthers up 6-0. During the second. Taryn Williams had a standup triple when she hit the ball over the head of the center Contrinued from page 6A ing, Jackson faked on the punt but Panther Edwin Allen kiicked up the ball and a safe ty- With huge holes opened up by the Panther offensive line, Tray Green broke loose on a long run and moved the ball all the way to the 18 yard line. Rashad Winn again brought the ball down to the one and went up the middle for the touchdown. Although Perry had a 32-18 lead by the fourth, Jackson’s offense came back and scored twice to tie up the game. The game was forced into over time. a sight now familiar to Perry fans. It was the Panthers' third overtime game in their last ten. “We really controlled our penalties and only having one turnover was a big plus,” said Collins. “We got on the board first, we made big plays throughout the game." down of the game and Nathan Skinner tacked on the point after for a 7-0 Westfield lead. The Hornets went on to score on their next two possessions as Jones scored from 23 yards in a drive that included another Hart-to-Weir 24- yard completion. Meanwhile the Vikings were punting on every pos session and the Hornets answered their fourth punt of the night with a drive of 63 yards that included a Hart-to-Ernest Greene completion of 24 yards and a 21-yard touchdown run by Walker with 3:15 left in the half. Westfield wasted little time in hitting the score board again after intermis sion as Jones bolted for a 70-yard score on the sec ond play of the half. It was the fourth time in six games the Hornets have scored a touchdown on their first possession of the second half! Will Holt scored on a 12-yard run and Matthew Hulbert scored from a yard out on his only carry of the night. 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Final score for the game had Perry winning 8-5. “I feel that I have a team that plays well and plays together well." said Coach Melissa Lee after the game. “They are a great group of girls' with great attitudes and they nave a lot of heart." “I think we will do well in the playoffs. “ she contin Perry Middle raising money for athletic needs From Staff Reports Dr. Linda A. Hall, a rag time hobbyist who is employed as the Vice Presi dent of University Advance ment at Fort VAlley State University will be giving a special performance at Perry Middle School on Oct. 21. The concert will benefit the Perry Middle School Athletic Denartment. The school is in the midst of raising funds to purchase athletic equipment for the facilities at the new school. Bleachers, concession st ands, and a press box are all needed at the field before Perry will able to host football games. Hall is also a part-time professor at Mercer Univer sity. She began piano lessons at age five and con tinued studies of classical rushing night of the season with 65 yards on seven car ries. Westfield 712 15 7 41 FPD 00000 W-Daniel Weir 24-yard pass from Bo Hart (Nathan Skinner kick) :04 first W-Chance Jones 23-yard run (kick failed) 7:47 second W-Jacob Walker 18-yard run (pass failed) 3:15 second W-Jones 70-yard run (Bo Hart run) 11:09 third W-Will Holt 12-yard run (Skin ner kick) 2:05 third W-Matthew Hulbert 1-yard run (Skinner kick) 11:31 fourth Westfield FPD 11 First downs 7 44-306 Rush-yards 26-(-6) 112 Passing yards 72 5-7-1 Comp-Att-Int 8-23-0 1-1 Fumbles-lost 4-3 7-55 Penalties-yards 4-35 3-33.0 Punts-Avg 8 28.5 Rushing: Westfield Chance Jones 7-114. Jacob Walker 12- 101, Will Holt 7-65. John Harris 3-24. Wes Wheeler 1-8, Brandon Coussens 1-8. Mark Hulbert 1-5. Chris Burdeshaw 1-4. Cole Dun away 2-3, Matthew Hulbert 1 1 FPD Josh Walker 3-16, Matthew Lambert 3-12. John Yaughn 1 3 Passing: Westfield Bo Hart 5-7- 1(112 yards) FPD Chris Hardison c (fhitiii(£ fire that tfpecia/ Occasion? tThen ftHift no more! ued. “We have beaten every team except Feagin Mill in which we lost by only one run. We are going to have to play smart ball to win. I am very proud of these girls. Tnev are number one in my book.” The 7th grade Panthers will host the winner of the Tabor/Bonaire game 3:30 at Perry Middle School. The Panthers Bth grade team also came out on top during the first round, defeating the Bonaire Jaguars 7-4. Pitcher Jane Gore picked up the win in a great pitching game that included 9 strikeouts. pieces until entering col lege. The revivial of rag time music in the early 1970 s caught her interest and inspired her to develop a repertoire that includes the unusual and unique, as well as popular, ragtime compositions. She has been a regular performer at the Mossy Creek festival and has also presented recitals at the Cherry Blossom festival. First Night Macon, the Peach festival and Perry s own Dogwood Festival. The performance is scheduled for October 21st at 7:00 in the Perry Middle school cafetorium. Tickets are $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. For more information contact Coach Danny Shel ton at Perry Middle School. Continued from page 6A 7-21-0 (70 yards) Patrick Jack son 1-2 (2 yards) Receiving: Westfield Daniel Weir 4-88. Ernest Greene 1 24 FPD Josh Walker 2-34, Andrew Powell 1-17. Michael Sparrow 2 11. Stephen Howell 2 from WAYNE MOHHIS at the Georgia National Fair iu- and obech &a£ Qwv ix/Y | A deaJU &yi/ cmA aw/l tauckd. Wayne Morris ■ . Enter f rom North Q ate * jhird Booth on Left The Fairest Wayne Ford Register for v ' I / 3 LIVE REMOTE AT * . FREE CONCERT TICKETS OUR FAIR BOOTH ON DAYS OF CONCERTS: Oct. 9,14 &16 , v To win, you must sign up at our Fair booth! rv* r x WAYNEMVIOfIfIIS 987-2411 Exit 43 off I-75 - 1/2 Mile - West 341 » Perry, GA \fifalker (Insurance Agency V . 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