February 20, 2019
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By Rkhard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.nef
The Mary Persons boys
track team placed second
out of 15 teams at the Riv-
erside Military Academy
Last Chance Indoor meet
in Gainesville on Saturda -
MP finished with 76
points, finishing behind
only the champion Wolves
Track Club with 128 points.
Host Riverside Military
took third place with 71.5
points.
MP had three first place
winners with two athletes
taking the top spot in mul-
tiple events. Junior sprinter
Rico Harden took the top
spot in both the 55 meters
(Hardens winning time of
6.78 seconds edged second-
place Kenny Williams of
Rome by just over two-
tenths of a second) and
the long jump (Hardens
first-place jump of 20 feet,
11 inches, topped second-
place Tae Gray of Heard
County by a foot-and-a-
half). Sophomore distance
runner Justin Wachtel fin-
ished atop the podium in
the 800 meters (Wachters
winning time of 2 minutes,
9 seconds was four seconds
faster than second-place
Donangelo Marshall of
Gainesville) and the 1,600
meters (Wachters first-
place time of 4 minutes,
30 seconds was six-tenths
of a second faster than
second-place Miguel Lopez
of Gainesville). Also, MP
senior De'Adrek Alford
took the top spot in the
55-meter hurdles with a
time of 8.10 seconds, just
over one-tenth of a second
faster than second-place
Montrell MiUsap of Rome.
Other MP boys athletes
who recorded Top 10 fin-
ishes on Saturday included:
Harden, who placed third
in the 200 meters with
a time of 24.84 seconds,
William Stewart, who
placed seventh in the 200
meters with a time of 26.12
seconds, Antoine Davis,
who placed seventh in the
400 meters with a time
of 59.18 seconds, Kelvin
Harden, who placed fifth in
the 55-meter hurdles with a
time of 8.56 seconds, Cam-
eron Buckner, who placed
ninth in the 200-meter
hurdles with a time of
31.02 seconds, Alford, who
placed eighth in the high
jump with a jump of 5 feet,
4 inches and placed 10th
in the triple jump with a
jump of 35 feet, 4 inches.
Also, MP'S 4 x 200-meter
relay team of Rico Harden,
Alford, Kelvin Harden and
Stewart placed third with
a time of 1 minute, 42 sec-
onds and MP'S 4 x 400-me-
ter relay team placed fifth
with a time of 3 minutes, 58
seconds.
MP boys track head
coach Kip Burdette said
Saturday's success should
serve as a good early season
indicator for future success.
Burdette said, "We didn't
quite take the whole squad
because we had several on
official visits for football,
but I was very pleased with
the guys that went and
competed against some
stout competition"
Other boys squads in
attendance on Saturday in
order from highest to low-
est finish were: Gainesville,
Monroe Area, Thomson,
Heard County, Franklin
County, Pace Academy,
Stephens County, Mont-
gomery County, Galloway,
Chapel Hill, Banks County
and Johnson.
Mary
Persons
sophomore
distance
phenom
Justin Wach-
tel placed
runner-up in
the 3,200
meters at
the Mari-
etta Distance
Carnival
meet in
Marietta on
Saturday.
Wachtel
finished the
prestigious
meet in a
time of 9
minutes, 42
seconds. The
MP track
season will
be pre-
viewed in
the March
6 Reporter.
(Photo/Kip
Burdette)
Mary Per-
sons senior
Morgan
Lawson,
pictured
on defense
during a
4-0 home
loss to
Warner
Robins,
scored MP's
open-
ing goal
in a 3-0
rivalry road
win over
Jackson on
Thursday.
(Photo/Will
Davis)
By Will Davis
pubJJsher@mymcr.nef
The Mary Persons girls soccer
team is 3-1 after throttling rival
Jackson 3-0 on Thursday.
Playing on Jackson's new
turf field for the first time,
the Bulldogs jumped on top
when senior Morgan Lawson
scored. But more goals would
be hard to come by as the Lady
Devils played their defenders
very high, close to mid-field,
preventing the MP attack from
getting close t9 the goal without
risking an 8ffsides penalty. De-
spite controlling the possession
for most of the half, MP still had
only a 1-0 lead at intermission.
Jackson seemed poised to tie
it in the second half when the
Lady Dogs were whistled for a "
foul in the box, giving the Red
Devils a penalty kick against
first-year keeper Maggie Sand-
ers.
But Sanders, playing with what
turned o ut to be a broken finger,
easily stopped the PK and the
Dogs clung to that 1-0 lead.
Finally* the MP offense began
to i enetrate the high Jackson
defensive line. Junior Alexis
Havens sent a free kick from the
back over the top line's heads,
and junior striker Abbie Davis
chased it down and chipped an
arching shot over the keeper's
head to make it 2-0.
Then freshman Karsen Winget
was fouled and got a free kick
from just outside the box. She
sent a missile into the back of
the net and MP clinched a 3-0
win.
On Tuesday, the talented War-
ner Robins Demonettes shut out
the Lady Dogs 4-0 at Lancaster
Field in Forsyth. Warner Robins
is now 4-0 on the year.
The Lady Dogs cancelled their
game scheduled at Houston
County on Tuesday due to inju-
ries. Sanders, Annie Giles and
Banks McCoy are all battling
injuries, and coach Dallas Hall .
said he wants to focus on start-
ing Region 2-AAAA action at
West Laurens on Friday, Feb. 22.
The game may be made up later.
See our MP girls soccer preview
inside.
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
The Mary Persons boys basketball
team ~w its season come to an end on
Saturffay with a 67-52 road loss at Cross
Creek in the first round of the AAAA
state tournament.
It was the second straight year that the
Bulld9gs have been bounced from the
state tourney in the opening round. MP
finished the 2018-19 season with a 9-20
record (4-9 in Region 2-AAAA).
The contest was tied 14-14 after one
quarter. Cross Creek then outpointed
MP 18-16 in the second quarter to take
a two-point halftime lead at 32-30. The
Razorbacks then extended their lead to
five at 45-40 through three quarters be-
fore dominating MP 22-12 in the final
period for the 15-point final margin.
The Bulldogs never led after the first
quarter.
Also, the MP JV boys basketball team
finished the 2018-19 season with a 7-6
record while the MP 9th Grade boys
basketball team finished 1-10.
Meanwhile, the Monroe County
Middle School 15oys basketball team
also concluded its season with a first
round area playoffloss at Kennedy
Road on Wednesday to finish 8-5.
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on High Falls Road about an
alarm. When Rodgers arrived,
he found
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window
shattered.
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on High
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where he leaned on it. The suspect
then shattered the store's front
window before returning to the
vehide and exiting the parking
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