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By It.k Dumms
forsyth@mymcr.net
The Mary Persons football
team finished the first half
with a losing record for the
first time in 13 years, but MP
has a chance to fight all of
its wrongs with a big second
half.
The 2-3 Bulldogs will begin
their quest for a record fifth
consecutive Region 2-AAAA
championship when they
visit Griffins Memorial Sta-
dium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday
to open region play against
Spalding. The Bulldogs won
four straight region tides
from 1977-1980 and again
from 2015-18, but have
never before captured five in
a row.
The MP offense is expected
to get a boost with the return
from injury of starting
quarterback Malikk Harris
and starting running back
Rico Harden. Harris injured
his leg late in a Sept. 13 loss
at Lover and was sidelined
during a 44-13 home defeat
to Peach County on Sept. 20.
Meanwhile, Harden, who
rushed for more than 100
yards in each of the first two
games of 2019, went down
with a foot injury early in
a victory over Morrow on
Sept. 6 and missed all of
MP's last two games.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs'
defense has struggled might-
fly in 2019, giving up 31.4
points per game, which is six
points per game higher than
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LAST MEE111 .
Sept. 28, 2018. MP 21, Spalding 0
PREDICTION:
Mary Persons 31, Spalding 14
fifth
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The Mary Persons Lady Bull-
dogs softball team will miss out
on the AAAA state playoffs for
the first time since 2013 after
dropping its final two regular
season games last week.
MP conduded a disappoint-
ing 2019 campaign with a 9-16
overall record (1-9 in Region
2-AAAA), finishing two games
behind Spalding for the fourth
and final spot in the Region
2-AAAA tournament. The four
region tourney qualifiers, Perry,
West Laurens, Upson-Lee and
Spalding, will all automa caUy
move on to the AAAA state
tourne
MP took on Perry on the
road on Thursday in its region
finale. The Lady Dogs fell be-
hind 7-0 through two innings
before scoring three runs in
the top of the fifth to narrow
their deficit to 7-3. However,
the first-place Lady Panthers
answered back with four runs
in the bottom of the fifth to
defeat MP 11-3 in five innings.
Perry finished offa perfect 10-0
region regular season cam-
paign with the win.
Two days earlier, the Lady
Dogs kissed their faint state
playoffhopes goodbye with a
fi'ustrating 5-4 loss to Spalding
MP's Nazari Jackson races home to the delight of third
base coach Sonny Trammell (left) during the Lady Dogs'
5-4 home loss to Spalding on Tuesday. (Photo/Will Davis)
in their home finale.
MP scored two runs in the
bottom of the first to take a
2-0 lead, but the Lady Jaguars
answered back with four runs
in the top of the third to go
4-2. MP then tied the game at
4-4 in the bottom of the sixth
on a two-run single by senior
Emmalee Hayman. MP had
a chance to take the lead with
runners on second and third
and one out, but Spalding's
Lindsey Foster fanned back-to-
back batters, Emma Heath and
Mallory Turner, respectively, to
end the threat.
Spalding's Madison Cham-
bers then led off the top of the
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