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Wed.. Nov. 3, 1999, Houston Home Journal
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Panther 7th graders in county rootball title game today
Bt AIXINE KENT
Hoy Jourwax. Sports
For Perry Middle fans.
Wednesday evening will be a
familiar sight as the 7th
grade football team battles
for the county champi
onship at 5 p.m in Warner
Robins at McConnell-Tal
bert Stadium.
But just because Panther
fans have gotten used to
their middle school teams
being in the running, every
year, doesn’t mean that
their coaches have.
*1 have been here four
years and we have played in
this game three times.” said
Coach Leslie Belcher. "The
challenges are different
each year. Last year it was a
defensive struggle, where we
tried to maintain the ball.
This year we expect it to be
a offensive struggle since
Tabor has two strong backs
to contend with. We have
had more injury trouble this
year than we have had in
the past."
Perrv earned their way to
the finals this year by
knocking off the Feagin Mill
Wolves 16-8 last week in the
county championship semi
finals.
Clark
coming off an important 20-
19 win over Mary Persons.
Another big game in this
region is Southeast at Mary
Persons. Each team is 4-3 in
region play, and the winner
could take the fourth spot in
the playoffs. Mary Persons
still holds on to an outside
shot at third place. Two wins
to close the season, and two
Lamar County losses would
give the Bulldogs third
place.
Though it has no playoff
implications, the Nov 5
meeting between Perry and
Macon County will have a
little significance. After a
rivalry of just two seasons,
the teams will be playing in
separate regions next year.
Macon County won last year
to claim a playoff spot while
denying one to Perry. The
Panthers want to revenge
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The eighth grade Pan
thers were eliminated from
the finals with an 18-0 loss.
The eighth grade finishes
fourth in the county.
The seventh grade Pan
thers scored two quick
touchdowns and then relied
on their strong defense to
hold the Wolves the rest of
the game. To start the first
half. Perry took a Feagin
Mill punt at the 29-yard line
and Brandon Davis picked
up 41 yards as he ran up
the sidelines before finally
being pulled down.
Perry failed to convert the
series but the momentum
pumped up their defense
which backed up Feagin Mill
13 yards right off the bat.
The Wolves were again
forced to punt, this time the
ball bounced to their own 49
yard line.
It took the Panthers only
one play to score, on a Ray
Page pass to Markese
Howard who ran down the
field to the end zone for the
touchdown. Ricky Harris'
run picked up two on the
point after touchdown play.
After the half, Feagin Mill
received the kickoff, but
threw an interception to
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the loss, and try to salvage
what’s left of a disappointing
season that's produced just
one victory. That win,
though, could be the one
that kept heated rival Jack
son out of the playoffs.
Very, very big is the region
3A clash between unbeaten
Taylor at unbeaten Dooly
County. Both teams score a
lot of points, yet both have
strong defenses. That
should make for a mighty
interesting matchup.
Last year’s meeting had
the same scenario. Both
teams were unbeaten. Tay
lor blew the Bobcats away
44-12 on the way to an
unbeaten season. It was
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Howard who ran the ball
back 57 yards for the score.
Harris again added two.
“The interception was
key." said Belcher. "We knew
that they would start throw
ing the ball some, but he
stopped it."
Feagin Mill, which added
their y points with two
minut eft in the third on a
punt return, threatened
seriously only one more time
in the game.
Late in the game. Perry
failed to pick up the first
down and had to turn the
ball over to the Wolves on
downs. The Feagin Mill pass
attempt was broken up by
Sidney Swan.
"He is one of the smallest
kids on the team, but he will
hit you hard, "said Belcher.
"Our defense played
strong all day, “ said Belch
er. “Christopher Al-Amin,
Brandon Alford and
Markese Howard played in
the backfield most of the day
and did a great job for us.
They shot through and cre
ated havoc."
Travanti Harrell had three
tackles while Markese
Howard and Brandon Alford
both had two.
“We did good overall.“ said
Coach James Lattimore
commenting on the offense
after the game. “If we could
have taken control of the
game in the beginning, our
score would have been
much higher."
Lattimore commended
Ricky Harris’ performance
on offense and defense say
ing that Harris’ had two big
contributions during the
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“He kept stopping #3. who
we considered Feagin Mill’s
biggest tljreat. Once they
scored on the punt return,
Ricky Harris kept picking up
five and six yards on
offense." Lattimore contin
ued.
“They were tough yards
and got us several first
downs that helped to run
the clock out." he said.
Perry will face Tabor, the
number one seed in the
county Wednesday after
noon at 5 p.m.
With the change to stan
dard time this past week
end. the Panthers will have
to play under the lights for
the first time this season.
Belcher said that his team
practiced after dark at Perry
High school to get used to
the difference.
Cold weather will also be
a factor in the game, as the
temperatures were expected
to drop down into the 20's
Tuesday night and only
reach the 40’s by game time.
Belcher said he was glad to
play a game in what he
called “football weather".
Perry played Tabor during
their last game of regular
season and beat them 8-0.
To earn their way to the
playoffs, Perry had to beat
the Tigers just to be involved
in a five-way tie.
Last week, in their own
semi final matchup. Tabor
beat Warner Robins 28-0.
“They have two backs,"
said Belcher. “Both are very
good and both can throw the
ball. They are a deep threat
anytime they touch the
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Tabor will have two teams
in the county finals, one in
the 7th grade game and one
in the Bth grade that will fol
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Perry, Westfield at home Friday night
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for their last game at the Panther
Pit this season.
They will see action against
Macon County (2-6) who last week
were blown away by Dodge Coun
ty 42-6. The Bulldogs returned a
young group, including only seven
seniors, from last year's 8-4 team
that defeated Appling County in
the first round of the AA playoffs
before losing to Early County in
the second round
Only five starters returned off
last year s team; three on offense
including Senior Corkey Drew,
who picked up 1.000 yards last
year and is considered again to be
the Bulldogs top runner. Drew will
play middle linebacker on defense.
The game is Perry's next to last
on their schedule this year. The
Panthers will travel to Cochran
next week to take on the winless
Royals to close out the season.
Game time at the Panther Pit is
8 p.m. ~ '
Meanwhile. Westfield, fresh off
the first loss of the year, will play
host to Region 1 -AAA foe Windsor
in the final game of the regular
season.
The game will feature home
coming activities, and will begin at
8 p.m.
A Hornet win will lock up sec
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Westfield
Stanley completes
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Michael Stanley of Perry com
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17 in the Marine Corps Marathon
at Washington, D.C.
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Instead of intimidating his
team, that will give them
extra incentive.
“We don’t want them to
win back to back. We are
going to stop them first."
S ports Update
Stanley, who is self-trained,
has run in several shorter races
before, but his was his first 26.2
mile run.
He completed the course in
3:13:44. which placed him 325
overall in the event which was
sponsored by the Washington
Post.
He finished 46 in the male 40-
44 competition, according to
Washington Post statistics.
Nash fifth in nation
Brian Nash of Perry finished
fifth in the Re/Max World Long
Driving Competition held recently
at Mesquite, Nevada.
He hit his best drive of the com
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round. He was in a 368 feet for the
second and third rounds, then
had a 360-foot drive in the fined
competition.
The winner hit the golf ball 376
feet in the final round.
"I loved it. I am pleased to have
done so well in my first national
tournament," Nash said early this
week.
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ty University in Virginia, said he
'nopes to make a demonstration
clinic appearance in the midstate
area soon.
Nash said he would continue in
long driving competition indefi
nitely while he continues to work
on his golf game for tournament
play.
He is sponsored in the competi
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