6 The Perquimans Weekly, November 11, 1999
Sports
Turnovers spell doom for Pirates Friday
Mistake-prone
PQ falls 42-0 at
Williamston
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Coaches hate the “T” word.
And after Friday night, Harrell
Thach wants to remove
“turnover” from his vocabu
lary
Fifth-ranked Williamston
used five Perquimans
turnovers on the way to a 42-0
win over the Pirates in the sea
son finale.
“You just can’t make that
type of mistake against a good
football team or it’s going to
hurt you,” Thach said.
“They’re a very, very good foot
ball team. I would say they’re
the best football team we’ve
played this year. They could
hurt you in a variety of differ
ent ways.”
Thach said the Pirates drove
deep into Tiger territory early
in the game before penalties
crippled and a turnover killed
the drive.
“We took the ball to their 10.
If we could have scored then, it
may have been a closer game.
Things just went downhill
from there.”
The team, however, did not
quit.
“The boys didn’t give up.
They played hard.”
Bevon Miller rushed for 64
yards; Joel McClenney, 44;
Clifton Jenkins, 33; Phillip
Brent, 19; Justin Roberson,
eight; and Brent Potichko, two.
Roberson was 7-16-3 for 58
yards for the evening.
McClenney gained 22 yards in
the air; Monte TunneU, 18; and
MUler, 10.
Thach said Williamston
coach Harold Robinson’s solid,
established program had the
Tiger players much further
along in fundamental develop
ment than the rebuilding
Perquimans program.
“That’s (Williamston) an
established program, a good
team. I have great respect for
Harold Robinson and his pro
gram. He’s been there for over
20 years. His players are well-
schooled in issues such as the
first defender tackles, the next
one strips the ball. That’s what
we’re working to establish
here.”
Thach also said that
Robinson runs a classy pro
gram.
“He probably could have
punched it in again, but he
knelt on the Perquimans two
(yard line) at end of game,”
Thach said.
Now Thach and his squad of
experienced coaches are look
ing on 1999 as a very positive
step in the rebuilding program
at PCHS. After a two-win sea
son in 1997 and a one-win sea
son in 1998, the 1999 team went
5-5, a tremendous improve
ment. And Thach added that
the team’s losses were to quali
ty teams with established pro
grams.
“We’re looking forward to
next year,” he said. “I’m ready
to get started on it. I feel like
we made a lot of positive
moves this year that will help
us next year. We’ve got some
excellent jayvees coming up
that will definitely help the
program.”
Thach said the weight room
will be open for training in
January at both 7 a.m. and 4
p.m. He hopes to see football
players and prospective play
ers working out during the off
season.
“To establish a program
(like those) that have been
established at other schools
such as Williamston, you have
to work out all year. They do,”
Thach said.
Caddy 9th in state 1-A cross country meet
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Dayton Caddy sprinted to a
Perquimans record at the state
1-A cross country meet
Saturday to claim 9th place.
Caddy turned in a time of
17:43, anchoring the 8th-place
Perquimans team.
“Dayton Caddy ran a super
race,” said a proud Pirates
coach Sadot Mendez. “That
was the best performance from
any cross-country runner of
Perquimans ever at that level.
He missed all-state by two posi
tions. But I am glad that he fin
ished his last race on a high
note since he is a senior. I’U
miss him greatly as a friend
and as an athlete.”
Mendez said Caddy joined
an elite group of cross country
runners at Perquimans, among
the best since Mendez started
the program. All-time top run
ners who have come through
the program include Caddy,
William Ponton, Jeremy Cram,
Buddy Hollowell, Calvin
Johnson and Patrick Gregory.
In Caddy’s shadow is Ben
Godfrey, a junior Mendez
expects to take the leadership
role on the 2000 team. Godfrey
finished 18th at the meet, the
second runner from
Perquimans to finish.
“Definitely Ben Godfrey will
be the leader next year,”
Mendez said. “He ran an excel
lent race.”
In addition to Caddy and
Godfrey, Adam Reynolds,
David Byrum and A.J.
Overman scored for
Perquimans. Bryan Jennings
and James Caddy were just sec
onds behind.
As a team, the Pirates
moved up two notches in state
competition from 10th last
year.
For the Lady Pirates, Erica
Sinkovic and Charlsie Perry
finished 62nd and 68th, respec
tively Mendez said the pair ran
very well, and he expects the
duo to be the axis of a rebuild
ing effort for the girls team
next season.
Mendez said the team repre
sented the county and school
system in an excellent manner,
as did the 18-20 fans who made
the long trip to Charlotte for
the meet.
PCMS loses big game in OT JVs fall to Williamston, 27-12
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
It was football at its best
Saturday night as two top mid
dle school teams went head to
head at PCHS for the PCMS
homecoming game.
Perquimans and River Road
battled hatd for four quarters,
only to see the score knotted at
20 when the final buzzer
sounded. The Rockets nipped
Perquimans, 26-20, in OT.
Jevone McClenney, Shavoris
Lewis and Chris Hartsfield
scored for Perquimans. John
Hoggard passed for a touch
down.
On defense, John Wolfe
recovered two turnovers and
Corey Hunter and Eddie
Gilbert, each had one recovery.
The outcome of the game
left Perquimans, River Road
and Manteo tied for the top
spot in the conference, each
team with one loss. A coin flip
on Monday sent Manteo to the
Coastal Athletic Conference
East-West championship to
represent the east division.
The game was played before
a packed house with lots of
excitement. The Marching
Tigers, the school’s 8th grade
band, did an outstanding job,
making director David Ziemba
very proud, he said.
At halftime, Mr. and Ms.
School Spirit were crowned for
each grade level. Winners were
Brock Thomas and Shawanda
Johnson, 6th grade; Brent Bass
and Whitney Jones, 7th grade;
and John Hoggard and
Tamesha James, 8th grade.
The Pep and SADD clubs sat
together and wore black and
gold to cheer on the Tigers
under the direction of Kim
Hunter-Layne and Linda
Layden-Mewborn. It was
Kindness Month, so the SADD
Club passed out mints and
suckers with the message:
Tigers were ‘mint” to be kind.
Everyone agreed it was a
great night for PCMS.
Byrum running well for Barton
Winslow’s bat
expected to be
big for Bulldogs
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Amanda Byrum is running
her way through the
Carolinas-Virginia Athletic
Conference. Just as in her days
as Perquimans’ record-setting
cross country athlete. Byrum’s
work ethic and ability puts her
in the front of the pack.
Barton College cross coun
try coach and sports informa
tion director John Hackney
said Byrum is “a diamond in
the rough” whose already
strong performances will only
get better as she cruises
through her years at Barton.
“She’s doing great,”
Hackney said. “I’ve been really
impressed with her. She’s been
in the top 10 in six of seven
meets.”
The All-Conference and All-
East performer during her
days as a Lady Pirate finished
ninth and earned All
Conference honors at the
CVAC championships at St.
Andrews College in
Laurinburg. Her time was 2
seconds off her college best,
20:54.
Please see Byrum page 9
Amanda Byrum
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
The JVs lost 27-12 to a strong
Williamston squad to end the
team’s season Thursday night
in Hertford.
“They were a good ball
team,” said JV head coach
Robert Spruill. “You have to
play a mistake-free game to
beat them. It’s hard to win with
turnovers. We had fumbles and
turnovers that led to
WUliamston scores.”
Injuries hurt the team, also,
as a couple of players either
played at less than 100 percent,
had to come out during the
game or were forced to stand
on the sidelines during the
contest.
Perquimans gained 210
yards on the ground and 38 in
the air against the strong Tiger
team.
Michael Everett powered
the ban in for a touchdown,
and quarterback Jamel Sutton
hit Josh Phillips for a 27-yard
touchdown strike.
The loss, though disappoint
ing, does not overshadow a
very positive season, Spruill
said.
“We lost so many valuable
players to varsity and that
caused us to have to regroup
early in the year,” he said.
“These guys really responded
and overall, I think we played
extremely well.
“With the guys were have
returning and those moving up
from the junior high level, I
think we’ll have a real good
season next year.” “We need all of them,” he
Spruill said he was said,
impressed with the success of Spruill also wants , his
the middle school team this team’s fans to return,
year, and hopes to see all “We really had some good
eighth graders next season at fans, good support in the
PCHS. stands,” he added.
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