Perry Reese Jr Tribute to a friend and coach By KEVIN LYNCH Nearly 200 friends, former players, family members and current members of the Hiland boys and girls basketball teams gathered together to celebrate the third annual Perry Reese Jr., Memorial Tip-off Saturday at the Carlisle Village Inn in Walnut Creek. WKLM radio personality Mark…
Perry Reese Jr Sports Illustrated writer to speak at Reese Tip-Off Memorial Sports Illustrated senior writer Gary Smith will be the guest speaker at the second annual Perry Reese Jr. Tip-Off Memorial to be held at the Amish Door Restaurant on Saturday, Nov. 23. All proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Perry…
Perry Reese Jr Sports Illustrated article on Perry Reese Jr. to be a movie By KEVIN LYNCH The legend lives on. And it is growing at an incredible rate. First, it was a feature on Sportcenter, a nice lengthy segment on the recently departed teacher and coach Perry Reese Jr. Then came the ultimate compliment…
Perry Reese Jr Shades of black and white; Ten years after his passing, Perry Reese Jr.’s legacy of breaking through the color barrier continues By DAVE MAST Coach. That is what the people who knew Perry Reese Jr. called the man who overcame some incredible odds as a Catholic black man trying to fit into…
Perry Reese Jr Reese remains good for Hiland By BRIAN QUESTEL The carping began before the final seconds had ticked off the clock in Hiland’s Div IV state semifinal loss to Fort Jennings. Maybe the Hiland Hawks would be better off without Perry Reese, Jr, as head coach. After all, this was the third consecutive…
Perry Reese Jr Reese loses battle By BRIAN QUESTEL BERLIN — You can bet Perry Reese wouldn’t have liked this one bit. He wouldn’t have cared for the crowd which had assembled because of him nor would he have cared for all the long faces and red eyes. In his mind, he would have thought…
Perry Reese Jr Proposed Perry Reese movie still in holding pattern By ROGER METZGERThe Times-Reporter It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Perry Reese Jr. patrolled the sidelines as the coach of the Hiland High boys’ basketball team. Later in 2000, Reese lost a courageous battle with cancer. Sports Illustrated’s Gary Smith…
Perry Reese Jr Praying for a miracle By Brian Questel People were filing into the new Hiland gymnasium, which normally would have brought a smile to anyone’s face — even Perry Reese’s It would have meant something big was in store for the Hawks, and that part, at least was true. The tip-off, though, was…
Perry Reese Jr Perry Reese movie gets new life By DAVE MAST For several years, the rights to the Perry Reese movie have been on hold on the shelves of Walt Disney Studios. That is about to change, thanks to athlete-turned-actor-turned-producer James Black. Black, who hails from Dover, where he starred in both football and…
Perry Reese Jr Perry Reese Jr Tip-Off Memorial Dear Friend, We would be honored to have you attend the first annual Tip-Off Memorial dinner to benefit the Perry Reese Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund. This event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001 at the Banquet Center at the Amish Door Restaurant in Wilmot. the…