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Panther cross country team second in region fourth straight time Bt ALLOTS KENT H vg j Q"mftgß3g The Perry boys cross country team finished sec ond in region 4AA for fourth year in a row. the seventh time in nine years and earned their way to Carroll ton for the state meet Nov. 6. The AA meet will start at 11:00 a.m. and will include the top two schools from all eight regions in the state plus any school that quali fied against the clock during five specified meets during the season. Bleckley County finished first in the region, their sixth consecutive region title with 35 points. Perry closed in with 62 and Jackson placed Church student center open after home football games By ALLINE KENT Perry will host Macon County Nov. 5 in their last home game of the season. When die game is over, the night won’t be for many of the young people in Perry as they continue their activities at First Baptist Church after the game in the church stu dent center. The church started after the home game football min istry neveral years ago but Hornets the Hornets settled for a 21 - yard Skinner field goal, his first of the year, and a 3-0 lead. The Eagles were able to take advantage of breaks. After holding Westfield to a field goal, with a little help, Stratford went on a 12-play, 64 vard drive that ended ,v,. Osbon scored from two yards out with 9:09 left in the first half to give Strat ford a 6-3 lead. John Curtis Gibbs blocked Watson's try for point after kick. With just 2:57 left in the holding point lead. Westfield mount ed an impressive drive. After fair catching Poe's punt at the Stratford 47. the Hor nets were hit with another illegal procedure penalty before they could get the drive under way. With the ball at their own 48 after the penalty. Westfield went to the air on a third-and-12. Hart hit Ernest Greene for 13 and then 10 for back-to back first downs to the Stratford 26. On a fourth-and- two at the Eagles’ 18, Walker gave the Hornets a fresh set of downs with a three-yard carry to the 15. On second-and-nine at the 14. Hart lofted the ball into the right front of the end zone where Greene out leaped two Stratford defend ers to pull down the touch down pass. The play came with just 21 seconds left in the first half and gave West field a 9-6 halftime lead. With Stratford up 13-9 after Fleming's long run, the Hornets fought their way back into the lead despite having to overcome yet another holding call. After a fair catch on a Poe punt gave the Hbmets the r 1126 Macon Road Perry • 987-0994 M Rainbow's End Parking Lot BALE Saturday, November 6 8 a.m. until... Classifieds - the BIG bargain in advertising - Call 987-1823 third with 75. "Everything is relative in cross country” said Coach Carl Thomas, head coach for the boys and girls cross country teams. “We ran well as a team. We are decent in our region" Senior Taryn Burch was not able to run in the region meet so didn't qualify for state. Burch was injured nearly the entire season and according to Thomas did not get a chance to run at her capabilities. Individually, Southeast has the first runner in with a time of 17:56. Panther Randy Whiddon (18:55), who finished first in the county last week, finished this year marks the first time the student center has been open after every home game. Bobby Nix, who has served First Baptist as youth minister for 6 1/2 years, helped start the program at the church as ministry for the young people of the com munity. “We just wanted to be able to give them a decent clean place to come hang out and not get into trouble." he ball at their own 34-yard line, Hart hit Greene for 10 yards on a third-and-six, moving the ball to the Strat ford 48 yard line. That's when the flag went down for the holding call. This time, though, the Hornets over came it when Hart hit the streaking Greene on the right sidelines and the big junior split end outran the Stratford secondary on a 58- yard touchdown reception. Skinner’s PAT kick gave the Hornets the lead again at 16-13 with 1:20 left in the k third quarter . . -*-* •-> - *. m The Eagles would "not go away. Starting at their own 43, Stratford marched 57 yards in 11 plays to regain the lead with 8:44 left in the game. Fleming's touchdown and Watson's point after made it 20-16 Stratford. On first down following the kickoff, the Hornets were flagged for a clip. Retreating with the football, a member of the officiating crew dropped another flag on the Hornets for what he claimed was something said in the Westfield huddle. The ball was all the way back to the Westfield nine yard line, the team was com pletely befuddled and though Hart hit Greene for a 14-yard gain, the possession was over, fans were irate. rnarhes -wrTe dumfounded" and the Eagles were getting the ball back. Again the Eagles used a big play to put the game away. On first down. Osbon bolted 59 yards for a score and Watson's point after made it 27-16. In all. the Hornets were flagged seven times for a total of 57 yards, but it was when the penalties were called that was so damaging to the Hornets’ hopes for a fourth in the region. “The course is very hilly. It is difficult to compare times in this sport since the cours es are so different," said Thomas. “Randy felt com fortable with his race. He felt he had run a good race." John Millender placed ninth while sophomore Tony Whiddon placed 10th. “It really helped us out a lot for him to finish 10th,“ Thomas said. “He has fin ished fourth and fifth in the season. He has been some what inconsistent, so this was by far his best perfor mance of the year." Josh Lovell, finished in fourth place for Perry and Wade Franklin finished fifth. said. First Baptist’s newly built Crosswalk student ministry center has been open a year this month. It is filled with every young person’s dreams: food from a soda fountain and snack bar; pool tables, air hockey games, video games and the teen-age essential music. Nix said the center is open to all 6-12 graders after the game from about 10 p.m.- mldnight. Continued from page 6A region championship. Coach Ronnie Jones chal lenged his troops after the game. “I know this loss is going to hurt you. and it’s supposed to. If it didn’t, they you would be in the wrong place. But what we have to do is regroup and realize we’ll have to win this thing on the road. “1 hope, and I think, you have the character to do that,” Jones said in the team's post-game huddle. Jones continued "maybe next time, it will be on a level playing field.' ■ * Greene ’pulled down eight passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns. Hart passed for 185 yards, his best total of the season. Westfield 3 6 70—16 Stratford 0 6 7 14—27 W-Nate Skinner 21 yard field goal 2:29 first S-Stephen Osbon 2-yard run (Kick blocked) 9:09 second W-Ernest Greene 14-yard pass from Bo Hart (kick failed) 0:21 second S-Tyier Fleming 80-yard run (Ty Watson kick) 8:07 third W-Greene 58-yard pass from Hart (Skinner kick) 1:20 third S-Flemlng 2-yard run (Watson kick) 8:44 fourth S-Osbon 59-yard run (Watson kick) 6:27 fourth Westfield Stratford 14 First downs 14 122 Rushing yards 328 lfifL Passing yards 46- 11-23-2 Comp-Att-lnt 3-6-0 0-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-32.3 Punts-Avg. 3-30-0 7-59 Penaltles-yards 3-5 Rushing: Westfield Chance , Jones 8-55, Jacob Walker 16-55, Bo Hart 3-12; Stratford Tyler Fleming 14-142, Stephen Osbon 16-133. Robbie So vie 12-43. Passing: Westfield Bo Hart 11 - 23-2 (185 yards, 2TDs): Stratford Tyler Fleming 3-6-0 (46 yards) Receiving: Westfield Ernest Greene 8-143. Jacob Walker 2-32. Daniel Weir 1-10; Stratford Sovie 1-22. Ben Reeves 1-14, Osbon 1- 10. YOUR HEALTHCARE NEEDS ARE /"0/'"he Senior Health Center is a , y primary care physician practice for those 65 and older. Our board-certified primary care physician and other health care professionals are experienced in the special needs of the senior population. The goal of the Senior Health Center is to help mature adults manage their healthcare in areas such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and other medical conditions. Your healthcare needs are changing. We understand. • v- * *.> \k\' a*<; • •• '• Y * AT I4 , MOOiM Also running in the region meet were Kenny Cox and Andrew Scoggin who hadn’t run competitive in three weeks since an injury to his ankle. These placers will be attending the state meet as well as Evan Mackie, a senior, who will be going as an alternate. Thomas said the real competition of the state meet would come from North Georgia, where schools have consistently had top cross country teams. “Since I have been before as a team, I know what we facing. As good as they are. Blecldey will have a hard time finished Bth in the state," he said. Some 50-100 young peo ple will gather, chaperoned by Nix and other adults from First Baptist. The after the game min istry, while designed for students, is also a ministry to many parents. Nancy Whiddon, a member of the church who has two teen age daughters said that the program is a big service to her as well as her daugh ters. “As a parent, it is such a reliei to know that they are somewhere safe. “ she said. They get to be with their schools friends. They get to eat, to talk and to laugh but they are well chaperoned and well taken care of while they are there." 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