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Mary Persons - 1980  State Champion GHSA  AA

AA – MARY PERSONS (15-0) Coach: Dan Pitts; key players: Alvin Toles RB, Charles Wilder RB, Greg Elrod QB
Aug. 29 Elbert Co. 34-0 W A team ranked #1, Duluth #1
Sept. 5 Monticello 38-0 W A to #2, Model is new #1
Sept. 12 Peach Co. 29-0 W H
Sept. 19 Wilkinson Co. 42-0 W
Sept. 26 Manchester 9-0 W H to #1 (Model lost to Cartersville)
Oct. 3 Pike County 37-0 W A
Oct. 10 R.E. Lee 19-6 W H
Oct. 17 Upson Co. 21-0 W
Oct. 31 Jackson 34-0 W H
Nov. 7 Lamar Co. 41-26 W A Toles 3 TD’s, Wilder 2
Nov. 14 Johnson Co. 28-0 W H
Nov. 21 R.E. Lee 17-0 W H
Nov. 28 Greene Co. 16-0 W A
Dec. 5 Mitchell Co. 26-0 W A Elrod 2 TD passes and scored one
Dec. 12 Duluth 34-6 W H Toles 149 yards rushing

FINAL RANKING
1. Mary Persons 15-0
2. Duluth 11-3-1 (beat Gilmer 24-14, Oconee Co. 42-14, Cartersville 20-7, and College Park 7-6)
3. College Park 13-1 (beat Westminster 7-0, Lovett 20-0, and Bass 37-6; lost to Duluth)
4. Mitchell Co. 10-4 (beat Macon Co. 14-0, Brooks Co. 23-7, and Vidalia 21-12; lost to Mary Persons)
5. Vidalia 12-1 (beat Berrien Co. 28-13 and Blackshear 35-28 in overtime; lost to Mitchell Co.)
6. Blackshear 11-1 (beat SE Bulloch 26-20 and lost to Vidalia 35-28)
7. R.E. Lee 9-3 (beat Bleckley Co. 28-14 and lost to Mary Persons 17-0)
8. Greene Co. 9-4 (beat Morgan Co. 13-7 and Lincoln Co. 7-0; lost to Mary Persons 16-0)
9. Morgan Co. 9-2 (lost to Greene Co. 13-7)
10. Cartersville 8-3-1 (beat Model 40-15 and lost to Duluth 20-7)

AJC All-State: Robert Lavette (Cartersville, Back of the Year, 2103 yards on 285 carries and 19 TD’s), Ken Volkmer (College Park, LB, Lineman of the Year), Rob Allen (Blackshear QB), Cedric Brown (Greene Co. QB), John Pruitt (R.E. Lee QB), Alvin Toles (Mary Persons RB), Curtis Guinyard (Westwood RB), Casey Neal (Ridgeview RB), Ronald Watson (Jefferson RB), Roger Kingdom (Vienna RB), Knox Culpepper (Lovett LB), Ric Davis (SE Bulloch LB), George Davenport (Briarwood L), Bobby Hodge (Vidalia L), Ben Thomas (Turner Co. L), Eugene Williams (Morgan Co. L), Greg Hillmeyer (Duluth L), Ralph Smith (Cedar Grove L), Wade Britt (Blackshear L), Craig Traylor (R.E. Lee L), Freddie King (Mitchell Co. DB), Tony Hites (Duluth DB)

 

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