ial'1993 Football' section in today's Journal
News andV,00ws from the C,00arron Valley
The Perkins Journal
Frank "Aton
103, NUMBER 49 Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma, 74059 Thursday, September 2, 1993
35¢
Demons open football season Friday night
Bob Williams
Editor
"Few Good Men" from
open the football
Friday night at. Meelmr.
time is 7:30.
head coach Pat Gray
have at least 10 players going
k as one-platoon football returns
Behind the starters,
' as six freshmen are ticketed
duties.
the Demons are short
what isn't missing
especially after P-T
cdTense last week at
the squad's last full-scale
moved the ball," said a
Gray. "Without penalties,
V3uld have v, on 6-0. We had
back by a
"Matt Brewer, our quarterback,
showed a lot more poise and
confidence at Nowata. All of our
backs, Jeremy Bale, Pete Sweger
and Jeff McClellan ran hard.
"Bale scored our touchdown from
two yards out.
"The score we had called back
was a 35-yard pass from Brewer to
Craig Reid.
"In the line, James Will and
Justin Darrow blocked well as did
tight end Justin Poe.
"Defensively, we didn't play as
well as we did the week before
against Prague. We didn't pla with
the same emotion. The en!tnti,nn
wasn't there. We have to get Stan
Longan untracked. He isn't pressed
in practice and hasn't been able to
handle the seniors opposfie him in
the two scrimmages.
"Our linebackers, Wilkes and
McClellan, had better reads. Poe
played well again at defensive end,
and noseguard Richard Kautz did
a good job gettin 8 through the
line," Gray said in summing up the
Nowata scrimmage.
Nobody was happier to see the
break in the hot weather this week
more than Gray who is banking on
his starters to pla a lot of minutes
against a very quick foe.
"Meeker runs out of the wing-T,"
he said. "They run a lot of motion
and a lot of counters.
"We're going to spend the
final week of practice woddn8 on
Meeker's effete, learning to stay
at home instead of taking the fake.
Offensively, we're going to try
to fine tune what we have been
working on."
No one is discussing last year's 0-
Boys Ranch looking for
p of volunteer workers
Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch
for volunteers.
organization, churches to
United Way to hospitals to
nonprofit orgAni,tions,
a solid base of vohmteers
what we are starting at
Ranch," said Oregg Conway,
director.
callin8 it 'Friends of Boys
he continued.
volunteer will receive a
card, ear decal, T-
cap, training and tndoetrina-
There will be an end--the-
when we will honor
Year," Conway
enthusiastically.
had people assist us in
Past but for the first time
actively seeking bonafide,
and formalized volunteer
, he continued,. "Each will
the appropriate training
kinds of volunteers are we
for? All kinds.
people who could take
fishing or to a ball game. We
. who can take a boy
to a dockr or dentist appointmmt or
to come out and help a Ranch parent
prepare an evening meal.
"We need volunteers who can
come out to be a tutor to one or
more of the boys. To help them with
an FFA or 4-H project, to take them
home for an evening, weekend or
over a holiday, like Christmas.
"We need drivers.
"When you have 17 boys and just
twu sets of Ranch parents and a
counselor ava.._able, s pop up
when the boys need to be at four,
five or six different places at the
same time.
"we are asking for volunteers
simply because we don't have the
funds to hire more staff.
"We're not asking for naw, h from
Our voltmteers, an hour or so a
week, or month. Whatever time
anyone can donate will be greatly
appreciated," said Conway.
The two Boys Ranch facilities,
the Homestead, three miles south
of town, and White Cloud, located
near Vinco, are full.
"We currently have eight boys
at the Homestead and nine at
White Cloud. That's capacity," said
Conv.
Construction is well underw at
the new White Cloud facility.
"We hope to be umved inm the.
building by the middle Of October,"
said Conv W. "The current facility.
be renovated. It's exact use
basn't yet been ."
Conway is also looking to hire
anether set houseparents.
"The Mendenhalls, Barbara and
Kenneth, have accepted a similar
in Lu2 ukl Cmmy.
"That's where the/r children five.
Tbe Mendenhalls we our relie/v
parmm, time each week
at both facilities. We are certainly
going to miss thea and we ate
Iookin 8 for repl_¢mtR,"
To apply for the housepanm.
position, or to join the list of Boys
Ranch volunteers, Conway is asking
interested persons to coutact his
cSice, 54%2462.
"Our needs are many.' What we
are looking for our boys are adults
who they can relate to, something
like Big Brothers and Big Sisters,"
Conway added. "If you can spare an
hour to help a boy, pleue call us."
10 record or the 24 straight losses.
"It's a new year. A new season,"
Gray says. "This is a new team. It's
just like if we had won 52 straight
games going into the season opener.
This team vmuld still 13e 0-0."
The only injury was wide receiver
safety Jesse Chamberlin who suf-
fered a bruised knee at Nowata.
Gray listed his tentative starting
line for Masker with backups in
parenthesis:
Offense
Tight end - Senior Justin Poe
(junior Craig Reid)
Left tackle - Sophomore Start
Lougan (sophomore Goes-
man)
Left guard - Sophomore David
Focht (junior Mike Clary)
Cemer - Junior Richard Kantz
(freshman Roland Basr. .
Right guard- Senior James
Wilkes (junior Eric Crenshaw)
Right tackle - Sophomore Justin
Darrow (sophomore Josh Morris)
Split end - Alternate junior Jesse
Chamberlin, junior Craig Reid and
sophomore Wayne Minshall.
Quarterback - Junior Matt Brewez
(junior Josh Murray, freshman Brad
Kastl )
Halfbacks - Senior Pete Sweger
and junior Jeremy Bale (freshman
Bard Kasfl and freshman Clifton
Kolb)
Fullback - Sophomore Jeff Mc-
Clellan (freshman George Hamons)
Defense
Ends - Poe and Focht (Reid
and freshman Mike Berry or junior
Benny Savory )
Tackles - Longan and Darrow
(Goosman and Morris )
Nosegoard - Kantz (Bastianelll)
Linebackem - Wilkes and Mc-
Clellan (Bastianelli and freshman
Clifton Kolb)
Cornerbacks - Bale and Chain-
berlin (Minshall and junior Rick Gi-
anetti )
Safeties - Brewer and Sweger
(Kastl and Murray)
"It's obvious we will be one of
the youngest teams in the district
again," Gray pointed out. "On
offense, we will start 3 seniors, 2
juniors and 4 sophomores with two
juniors and a sophomore alternating
at wide receiver.
"They are backed by 5 jun/ors,
3 freshmen and 2 sophomores.
Two other freshmen are backup on
defense.
"With all this youth, in 1993, we
want to get our program in gear.
"And next year, we're going
to race with the dragsters on the
freeway," said Gra.
FOUR RIDE TOGETHER Only four seniom m playing football foe the PerklmJ-Tryon DenmJm
this falL This crow, which opens the season I=ddey night at Meeker, consists of, from the left:
Chad Crist, Justin Poe, Pete Sweger and James Wilkes
Students will read to earn
World Book Encyclopedias
Pekins-Tryon Middle School and they read during this period as book or other educational or reference
Ttyon Elementary School students reports or other projects, book, at no cost to the school's
are trying to read themselves into
prospe0000.
Under a reading challenge pro-
gram through World Books, stu-
dents seek pledges for each book
they read during the length of the
program, Sept. 7-Oct. 26.
"For every two dollars raised,
World Book contributes one dol-
lar," explained Kathleen Woods, P-
T middle school librarian, about the
Pmragrs In Excellence Reading Pro-
gram.
"The mtdmu can ue the booim
"in this time of tight money, ev-
ely nickel and dime is important."
Mrs. Woods has aiso had her
budget reduced. She would like
to get a new set of World
Book Encyclopedias for the middle
school library. That would mean
middle school students would have
to receive enough in pledges to raise
$372.67. World Book would match
that with $186.33 to reach the price
of $559. The program is designed to
budget.
"Of course, there are other,,
less epensive, educational products
' that could be purchased ff our World
Book goal isn't reached," Mrs.
Woods said.
There are also individual awards
for students.
A certificate of achievement for
each student who reads a minimnm
of seven books and enrolls at least
seven sponsors and a gold medal for
allow each school, or classroom in a all students who read I0 books with
school, to earn a set of World Book, at least I0 sponsors.
EAGER Hoed 8tsrt finger palntom are, from the left, Apell Kltotml, Flonsld Hsrtley Jr.
8okimL They am pert of the program that Is bask in PerkimL Hed 8tt is for
four-yearn-old. Them ere 10 enrolled with morn for four more. Ruby Kemtke and
I Woerns am tseohing the local Head Starters soolal gmooL
Summer drought was finally
Monday evening when the
area received .56 inches of
measurement was from
weather watch Bill Lott
of town. Mike Beard, who
the north side, said his rain
"almost a half an inch."
measurements were overnight
include the steady rain
morning. The rain
also
the first cool front of the
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What's Coming up... [
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON, Thursday, Sept. 2,
Lions Den, noon.
PERKINS-TRYON BOARD OF EDUCATION monthly meeting,
Thursday, Sept. 2, at Tryon, 7:30 p.m.
TAYSLORVILLE GOSPEL OPRY, Thursd, Sept. p2, 7 No
admission. Outside, bring your lawn chairs. Hosted by Heanisnd "m"
Quarto
and featuring The Duun Family from Perry and One-Way Singers from
Pawns0.
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, Monday, Sept. 6, No School. No L/cm
Club meelin 8.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, Tuesday, Sept. 7, City Hall, 7:30
p.m.
READY TO md and eem money in the Wed Book program are these PMIdns-Tryon Middle
8o11oo1 students, from the left, Temmy MeOeslin, Josle Hilley, Sherryl Alien, Bden Wilson and
Christie Gill.
