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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008
BARROW JOURNAL
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APALACHEE FOOTBALL 2008
LOOKING FOR YARDAGE
The Apalachee High School backs had to battle the Heritage defense and the ele
ments last Friday night.
Missed chances cost Wildcats
WINDER-BARROW FOOTBALL 2008
Slow start hurts Doggs in loss
T ■-i.
IN THE TRENCHES
Winder-Barrow High School’s Matt Harmon (71) deliv
ers a block against a Salem defender last Friday night.
Photo by Jessica Brown
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Too many missed oppor
tunities proved costly for the
Apalachee High School foot
ball team last week.
The Wildcats (5-3 over
all) dropped a 20-0 decision
to Heritage on the road in
Conyers and could only won
der what might have been
when the final buzzer sound
ed.
Two missed chances inside
the Patriot 5-yard line hurt
Apalachee including one as
the first half expired.
“The score could have been
14-14 at half,” Wildcat coach
Shane Davis said. “Even if it
is 14-7, the game has a com
pletely different outlook. We
just didn’t get it done. We’ve
have some special teams mis-
cues the last couple of weeks
and haven’t played as well
defensively.”
Three turnovers, including
two late in the fourth quarter
when Apalachee was attempt
ing to catch up, also played
Region Roundup
8-AAAA Standings
Team
Reaion/Overall
Loganville
7-1
Clarke Central
7-1
Apalachee
5-3
Salem
5-3
Cedar Shoals
5-4
Hab. Central
5-4
Heritage
4-4
Rockdale County
4-4
Madison County
2-6
Winder-Barrow
1-7
Monroe Area
0-8
a role.
Davis credited Heritage for
earning the win saying the
Patriots have had some tough
losses and are probably better
than their 4-4 record indi
cates.
“They have some good
athletes who play hard,” the
Wildcat coach said.
Apalachee took the game’s
opening series but was forced
to punt. At this point, fans got
to see a call which is rarely
seen, an illegal punt.
The Wildcats punted
the football off the ground
and the snap was dropped
and Heritage took over the
25-yard line.
The Patriots then recovered
an onside kick. Apalachee’s
defense would hold, how
ever.
After the Wildcats were
forced to punt. Heritage
moved in front 14-0.
Apalachee would move
inside the Patriot 5-yard line
twice in the second quarter
but could not punch the foot
ball across the goal line either
time.
That changed the momen
tum of the contest.
The Wildcats will look to
get back on track in the region
this Friday when they host
Madison County.
See a preview story of that
contest in today’s sports sec
tion.
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
If you take away the first
five minutes of last week’s
game between Winder-Barrow
High School and Salem High
School, you would have a
draw.
Unfortunately for the
Bulldoggs, those first five
minutes count as much as
the remaining 43. In the end,
the visiting Seminoles (5-3
overall) recorded a 21-0 win
and remained in contention
for one of the playoff spots
from Region 8-AAAA while
Winder-Barrow (1-7) contin
ues to build with its overall
young squad.
“We weren’t ready early,”
said Bulldogg head coach Ben
Corley. “I need to take the
blame for that. By the time we
focused in and started to play
well we were too far behind.
We have to come out of the
gate ready.”
Salem took the opening
kickoff and marched 63 yards
in just four plays for an early
7-0 lead.
After the Bulldoggs were
forced to go three and out, the
Seminoles struck again on a
54-yard run.
An interception by the Salem
defense put the Seminoles
back in business and a third
score at the 7:19 mark of the
first quarter.
While it appeared the
contest was going to be a
complete runaway, Winder-
Barrow regrouped and would
hold Salem scoreless the
remainder of the way.
The Bulldoggs’ best scor
ing drive of the first half came
on their fourth possession
which eventually resulted in
a missed 38-yard field goal.
Winder-Barrow had several
key plays on the drive includ
ing passes from Greg Dixon
to Terrell Evans and a run by
Tyler Coleman.
After the Seminoles' fast
start, the Winder-Barrow
defense forced three consecu
tive punts. Salem then missed
a field goal at the end of the
first half.
While his team was able
to keep the game relatively
close, Corley still has con
cerns about falling behind so
quickly.
“We have had problems
coming out one side of the
football or the other,” the
coach said. “We don’t need
to take so long to adjust to the
speed of the game.”
Despite the loss, Corley did
see some positive things from
his squad.
“We don’t have any ‘give
up’ in us,” he said. “We play
hard the entire game. We’ve
done that each week. It is a
credit to our players for doing
that. If we can get off to a
quick start it would help us
tremendously.”
Overall, Winder-Barrow is a
young team with 11 seniors.
“They are all good kids and
good players,” Corley said of
the seniors. “We just don’t
have that many of them. Our
junior class is also small.
However, I don’t want to
use that as a crutch. We have
played eight games now. It’s
time to start growing up.”
The coach said Salem had
one of the better defenses his
team has faced this fall.
“We were playing a strong
defense and we were also bat
tling the elements,” Corley
said. “Of course, they were
playing in the same weather
we were.”
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