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April 18, 2018
IF IT'S PLAYED. WE'VE GOT IT COVERED
MARY PERSONS BULLDOGS
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Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5:30 pm
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SPRING SPORTS
4 p.m.
Varsity Girls Tennis
(vs. Shaw}
4 p.m.
Varsity Girls & Boys Golf
(vs. Schley County @ The
River Forest Golf Club)
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
Varsity Baseball
(vs. Upson'Lee)
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
HE SWEET TASTE OF VICTORY
Spalding Co. 1
MP players
Brock Hulsey
(green jersey)
after beat-
ing Spalding in
penalty kicks on
Friday.
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MONDAY, APRIL 23
4 p.m.
Varsity Girls & Boys Golf
(River Forest Invitational @
t 'er Forest Golf Club
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
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MP improved to 12-3-1, 6-3 in region last
week with wins over Spalding and Howard. On
By Will Davis
pubhsher@mymc~net
Friday, the Bulldogs beat the Jaguars for the
The Mary Persons boys soccer team has ap- second time this year, both of them nail-biters.
patently locked down a.thi.rd place finish in The teams were scoreless after 60 minutes on
Region 2-AAAA with a thrilling penalty-kick Friday. But then the Bulldogs got a corner kick '
win over Spalding at Lancaster Field on Friday, and sophomore Julian Rivera lobbed a perfect
April 13. As a result, the Bulldogs are expected rainbow to the middle. Rivera's brother Alex
to hit the road for Round 1 of the state playoffs came speeding to the ball, head down, and
at Shaw-Columbus on Friday, April 27. MP was drilled it into the net to give MP a 1-0 lead with
set to host Perry on Senior Night on Tuesday 20:03 left to play.
but the outcome would not likely change the But the Jags wouldn't go quietly. With 15:40
standings. MP lost to the Panthers 6-1 the last left to play Spalding scored from the back side
time. to tie it at 1-1. While MP controlled posses-
FOR A VIDEO FROM THE GAME
REGION 2-AAAA STANDINGS
SCHOOL OVERALL REGION
Upson-Lee High 14-I 8-I
Perry High 9-4-I 6-2
Mary Persons 12-3-1 6-3
Spalding High 7-7-2 5-5
West Laurens 7-8 1-7
Howard High 4-9 0-8
sion for much of the remainder of regulation,
neither team could take the lead in it or the two
five-minute overtime periods. So the teams
See MP BOYS Page 4B
MP boys track finishes surprising
second at windy region title meet
By Richard Dumas
forsyfh@myrncr.net
In the coldest, windi-
est championship day in
recent Region 2-AAAA
track history, the Mary
Persons boys track squad
performed admirably
at Spalding on Monday,
finishing as the region
runner-up for the second
straight year.
As expected, MP fresh-
man Justin Wachtel was
the Bulldogs' star, captur-
ing a pair of individual
races, the 1,600 meters
and the 3,200 metem.
Two other MP boys also
won individual titles with
senior Condarius Alford
prevailing in the high
jump and senior Bralen
Harvey finishing atop the
podium in the pole vault.
Also, MP senior Jaques
Watkins finished as the
region runner-up in the
high jump to his teammate
Alford while the Dogs' top
4 x 400-meter relay team
of Alford, Malik Davis,
Wachtel and Watkins
finished as the runner-up
as well.
MP totaled 129 points
in its second place result,
finishing behind region
champion West Lau-
The youthful MP boys track squad, coached by first-year head man Kip Burdette,
finished as the runner-up at the two-day Region 2-AAAA track meet, concluded on
Monday. (Photo/Richard Dumas)
rens' total of 146 points, placed third in the pole tional region meet cover-
Perry placed third with vault, Colton Dingmore, age will be available in the
107 points followed by who placed fourth in the April 25 Reporter.
Howard with 89 points, shot put, Danid Lavelle, MP head coach Kip
Spalding and Upson-Lee who placed fourth in the Bur&Re said of his squad's
were also in attendance discus, Alford, who placed performance on Monday:
at Monday's meet. Perry's third in the 400 meters, "I think we exceeded
Davion Ross won the indi- lamar Fagan, who placed expectations this year.
vidual award for capturing fourth in the 110-meter Early in the year I did not
the most individual points hurdles, and Myles John- think we would be able to
at the region meet. son, who placed third in have the success we had
Other MP boys athletes the 800 meters. Also, MP's down the stretch. Each kid
who achieved top-four top 4 x 100-meter relay on the team was basically
region finishes and will team of Ladamian Sands, maxed out on events, and
move on to the AAAA Alford, Fagan and Caileb they fought really hard
state sectional competition Ussery placed third, down the stretch. I was
included: Watkins, who Full region meet results
placed third in the long and times were unavail-
jump, Brycen Young, who able at presstime. Addi- See BOYS TRACK Page 2B
Former Mary Persons head coach Rodney Walker is one
of eight new inductees into the Forsyth-Monroe County
Sports Hall of Fame. Walker and the rest of the class will
be inducted in a ceremony on June 16. (File photo)
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
The second-ever induction class of the Forsyth-Monroe
County Sports Hall of Fame will officially be enshrined at
an induction ceremony at the Monroe County Conven-
tion Center at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.
Eight new members were chosen on Tuesday, April
See HALL OF FAME Page 2B
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