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In Week 5, Stan Hickman
and Eric Bunn led our
celebrity pickers by going
9-1, while Sonny Trammell
held onto the fop spot by
two games. Among readers,
Katie George, John Josey,
Teddy Sauls and Samantha
Penamon all led by going
8-2. Josey won the tiebreak-
er (Mercer-Campbell score)
and takes first place, a
$15 Gift Certificate from
/V inori's Italian Risforanfe
and a Winner's T shirt
from ERATEES Custom
Screen Printing. Katie
George takes second place,
a $15 Gift Certificate
from Sh0ney's of Forsyth.
Teddy Sauls takes third
place, a $12 Gift Certifi-
cate from Pickled Okra.
MP at Spalding
West Laurens at Howard
Iowa at Michigan
Auburn at Florida
Vandy at Ole Miss
Chattanooga at Mercer
Mich State at Ohio State
Virginia Tech at Miami
Pittsburgh at Duke
Falcons at Texans
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news editor
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editor of the
Reporter,
and has
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at Mercer
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a freshman
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on the MP
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Wachtel resting on Thursday,
the Mary Persons boys cross
country team still managed
a sixth place finish out of
16 teams at the Rock Ranch
Invitational in Yatesvflle.
MP finished with 176 points
as East Coweta took the top
spot with 23 points. Veterans
came in second with 111
points while Whitewater took
the third spot with 120 points.
East Coweta's Kyle Harkabus
was the varsity boys individual
champion with a time of 16
minutes, 43 seconds, about
41 seconds faster than the
second-place time recorded by
Upson-Lee's Jacob Stewart.
MP's top individual finisher
was senior Logan O'Neill, who
posted a time of 18 min-
utes, 2 seconds to place 10th
overall out of 146 total racers.
Other MP boys runners who
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recorded counting times
induded: Holden Haworth,
who placed 23rd with a time
of 18 minutes, 40 seconds,
Alec Remick, who placed 40th
with a time of 19 minutes,
11 seconds, Connor Battles,
who placed 48th with a time
of 19 minutes, 31 seconds,
and Weston Dunwody, who
placed 62nd with a time of 19
minutes, 54 seconds.
Other MP runners who
competed on Thursday but
failed to record counting times
included: Bryce Lynch, who
placed 85th with a time of 20
minutes, 56 seconds, Michael
Necastro, who placed 91st
with a time of 21 minutes, 18
seconds, Dylan Garza, who
placed 120th with a time of
23 minutes, 36 seconds, and
Hunter Benson, who placed
136th with a time of 25 min-
utes, 34 seconds.
Other varsity boys teams in
attendance at Rock Ranch on
Thursday in order of high-
est to lowest finish included:
Jones County, LaGrange,
Pike County, Harris County,
Upson-Lee, Lamar County,
Stratford Academy, Houston
County, Spalding, Warner
Robins, Jackson and Howard.
Meanwhile, the MP IV boys
cross country team placed fifth
out of eight total teams at the
Rock Ranch Invitational on
Thursday.
The MP JV boys finished
with 141 points as Whitewater
took the boys IV team title
with 33 points. Jones County
placed second with 40 points,
and Veterans came in third
with 96 points. LaGrange's Bo
Beall was the IV boys indi-
vidual champion with a time
of 19 minutes, 20 seconds,
besting second-place Blaze
Crawford of Whitewater by
about 27 seconds.
MP's top IV boys finisher
was Christopher Martin,
who placed 21st overall out
of 111 total racers with a time
of 22 minutes, 16 seconds.
Other MP IV boys runners
who recorded counting times
include& Leighton Judd, who
placed 23rd with a time of 22
minutes, 24 seconds, Austin
Adams, who placed 58th
with a time of 24 minutes,
39 seconds, Luke McBride,
who placed 59th with a time
of 24 minutes, 40 seconds,
and Mitchell Whitfield, who
placed 60th with a time of 24
minutes, 42 seconds.
Other MP IV runners who
competed on Thursday but
failed to record counting times
included: Clayton Drury; who
placed 65th with a time of 25
minutes, 32 seconds, Jacob
Bedgood, who placed 69th
with a time of 25 minutes,
48 seconds, Liam Whitson,
who placed 86th with a time
of 27 minutes, 36 seconds,
Benjamin Robinson, who
placed 87th with a time of 27
minutes, 40 seconds, Brock
Brown, who placed 90th
with a time of 28 minutes, 8
seconds, and Marshall Causey,
who placed 95th with a time
of 29 minutes, 5 seconds.
Other IV boys teams in
attendance at Rock Ranch on
Thursday in order ofhigh-
est to lowest finish included:
Harris County, LaGrange,
Houston County and Lamar
County.
Also, the Monroe County
Middle School boys cross
country team placed fifth
out of nine teams at the
Rock Ranch Invitational on
Thursday.
The C-Team Bulldogs
finished with 109 points as
Harris County took the C-
Team boys title with 66 points.
Stratford Academy placed
second with 75 points while
Gardner-Newman came in
third with 102 points. Lamar
County's Aaron Crenshaw was
the C-Team boys individual
champion with a time of 12
minutes, 54 seconds, edging
second-place Wes Flournoy
of Stratford Academy by less
than a second.
Monroe County's top
C-Team boys individual
finisher was Kayden Mays,
who placed 12th overall out of
134 total racers with a time of
13 minutes, 46 seconds. Other
Monroe County C-Team boys
who recorded counting times
included: Wes Stapleton, who
placed 20th with a time of 14
minutes, 20 seconds, Cole Bat-
ties, who placed 25th with a
time of 15 minutes, 6 seconds,
Ike Dunwody, who placed 31st
with a time of 15 minutes, 29
seconds, and Breydan Funck,
who placed 34th with a time
of 15 minutes, 37 seconds.
Other Monroe County
C-Team boys runners who
competed on Thursday but
failed to record counting times
induded: Todd McCall, who
placed 60th with a time of
16 minutes, 23 seconds, Mac
Roeser, who placed 83rd with
a time of 17 minutes, 32 sec-
onds, and Caleb Moore, who
placed 99th with a time of 19
minutes, 15 seconds.
Other C-Team boys teams in
attendance at Rock Ranch on
Thursday in order of high-
est to lowest finish included:
Lamar County, Upson-Lee,
Henderson, Rehobath Road
and Long Cane.
The MP boys varsity and IV
cross country teams will next
compete in the Alexander/
Asics Invitational in Doug-
lasville at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Monroe
County Middle School boys
cross country team will next
compete at home in the Mid-
dle Georgia Middle School
Athletic League Champion-
ships at the Monroe County
Recreation Department at 4:30
p.m. on Thursday.
Continued from 1 B
the previous worst scoring defense in
modem program histor With 157
points allowed in just five games, MP
has already given up 11 more points
than the 146 points it yielded in 13
games in 2018.
After challenging MP for Region
2-AAAA supremacy in 2016, the Jag-
uars have struggled mightily since,
winning just 8 of 25 games since
the start of the 2017 season. The
1-4 Jaguars, led by first-year head
coach Jeffrey Hammond, lost their
first three games in 2019 by blowout
margins (40-0 to AAAAA Griffin on
Aug. 23, 50-14 to AAAAA Carver
(Atlanta) on Aug. 30 and 35-13 to
AAAA Oconee County on Sept.
6. Spalding then rebounded with a
62-34 rout over AAAA McDonough
on Sept. 13 before falling to AAAAA
Fayette County, coached by former
Jaguars' head man Nick Davis, 27-16
on Sept. 20.
q-he Bulldogs have won eight of
nine previous meetings with the
Jaguars, including three straight
victories since the series resumed in
2016 upon Spalding joining Region
2-AAAA.
In MP's last visit to Memorial Sta-
dium in 2017, the Bulldogs amassed
501 total yards of offense In a 42-18
blowout win over the Jaguars. In
2018, Spalding was one of just three
teams (along with Peach County
and Marist) that MP was unable to
beat by mercy rule. The Bulldogs
prevailed 21-0 at Dan Pitts Stadium
on a sloppy turf, scoring 21 poInts in
the first 17 minutes before being held
scoreless for the remaining two-and-
a-half quarters thanks to a trio of MP
turnovers. MP running back Quen
Wilson scored two of MP's three
touchdowns while amassing a career-
high 262 total yards, including 163
on the ground.
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LADY .DOGS
Continued from 1 B
seventh with a solo homer to
left-center off of Turner to put
the Lady Jags in front 5-4. After
Foster got two quick outs in
the bottom of the flame, Alissa
Rozier and Nazari Jackson
recorded back-to-back singles.
Both runners then moved up a
base on a wild pitch, but MP's
Victoria V'lning grounded out
sharply to second base for the
game's final out, stranding the
tying and go-ahead runs.
Meanwhile, the Monroe
County Middle School softball
team wrapped up its home
schedule with a 16-8 victory
over Clifton Ridge in five in-
nings on Thursday.
The C-Team Lady Dogs,
7-6 overall, were scheduled to
conclude the'~r 2019 regular
season campaign with a road
,contest at Gray Station at 5 p.m.
on Tuesday. Monroe County
will need to beat the Lady
, Greyhounds in order to qualify
for the area playoffs.
C-Team head coach Adair
Woodward said it's been an
up-and-down year so far. "We
haven't played a complete game
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yet;' Woodward said. "Every
single game we've played, we've
either struggled offensively or
we've struggled defensively"
On Thursday, Clifton Ridge
scored three runs in the first
inning against Monroe County
starter Quaqqesha Brown, in-
duding a leadoffhome run that
caromed off the scoreboard
beyond the right-centerfidd
fence. The C-Team Lady Dogs
then answered with four runs
of their own, the first on a roller
to short by Emma Jordan. MP
then scored a pair on a two-run
triple to left-center by seventh
grader Anaja Lucear before
Lucear came around to score
on a Lady Cougars' throwing
error.
Clifton Ridge then scored
three more runs in the top of
the second to go up 6-4 before
Monroe County fired back
with two runs in the bottom of
the second on an RBI single by
MaKenzie Hicks followed by
Hicks scoring on a wild pitch to
even the game at 6-6.
Clifton Ridge then took its
third and final lead in the top of
the third, going up 7-6. How-
ever, MP responded with four
runs in the bottom of the third,
primarily off of Lady Cougars'
infield errors, to take the lead
for good at 10- 7. Although
Clifton Ridge scored one run in
the top of the fourth, Monroe
County widened its lead with
two more in the bottom of the
fourth to go ahead by four at
12-8. After Brown hurled a
one-two-three top of the fifth
inning, the C-Team Lady Dogs
added four more runs in the
bottom of the fifth inning to
win by mercy nile.
Monroe County used its
speed to take advantage of
an inconsLstent Clifton Ridge
defense, stealing more than 10
bases in the win. Advancing
extra bases is something c-
team assistant coach Josh Ward
said the Lady Dogs have been
focusing on all season.
"We try to stay aggressive on
the bases, and we kind of go by
the motto, 'Keep pressure on
the defense,' Ward said. "Until
they show us they can throw us
out, we're gonna keep taking it"
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