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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
APALACHEE FOOTBALL 2011
2011 Schedule/Results
Aug. 26
Habersham Central
L 35-38
Sept. 2
OPEN
Sept. 9
Floweiy Branch
L 20-42
Sept. 16
@ Salem
L7-14
Sept. 23
@ Heritage
L17-22
Sept. 30
Madison County
W45-9
Oct. 7
@ Rockdale County
W 34-21
Oct. 14
Clarke Central
L 28-37
Oct. 21
Cedar Shoals
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28
Winder-Barrow
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 4
Loganville
7:30 p.m.
All games are Region 8-AAAA contests
Region 8-AAAA Roundup
Flowery Branch
7-0
7-0
Heritage
7-1
7-1
Clarke Central
6-1
6-1
Habersham Central
4-3
4-3
Loganville
4-3
4-3
Salem
4-4
4-4
Cedar Shoals
3-4
3-4
Apalachee
2-5
2-5
Madison County
2-5
2-5
Rockdale County
1-7
1-7
Winder-Barrow
0-7
0-7
Clarke Central holds off upset-minded
TRYING TO HOLD ON
The Apalachee High School defense tries to bring down Clarke Central’s Quenshaun Watson Friday night.
Watson proved to be the major weapon for the Gladiators. Watson rushed for four touchdowns in the
region win. Photo by Jessica Brown
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
Clarke Central 37, AHS 28
Madison County 22, Rockdale 21
Flowery Branch 21, Heritage 13
Cedar Shoals 36, Salem 10
Loganville 42, Winder-Barrow 7
THIS WEEK’S REGION GAMES
Cedar Shoals @ Apalachee; Madison
County @ Clarke Central; Heritage
@ Habersham Central; Loganville
@ Flowery Branch; Winder-Barrow
@ Salem; Rockdale County is off
CLASS AAAA TOP 10
1. Tucker
(74))
2. Noithside Warner Robins
(74))
3. Flowery Branch
(74))
4. East Paulding
(74))
5. Statesboro
(84))
6. Ware County
(6-1)
7.Marist
(6-1)
8. Lovejoy
(74))
9. Northgate
(74))
10. Warner Robins
(5-2)
The Class AAAA Top 10 poll which will
be used each week in the Barrow Journal
is compiled by Georgia High School
Football Daily. Tire poll is conducted by
Chip Save card Todd Holcomb, regarded as
the leaclitrg high school footballjournalists
in the state. Teams in bold are members cf
Region 8-AAAAc
By Chris Bridges
cbridges @ barrow journal, com
T he Apalachee High School
football team played perhaps
its best game of the season Friday
night against the defending region
champion.
In the end, however, the visiting
Clarke Central Gladiators showed
why they are still a force to be
dealt with in 2011 as they held off
the Wildcats 37-28 at R. Harold
Harrison Stadium.
The game was not effective
ly decided until Clarke Central
moved in front by two scores on a
41-yard field goal by
Noah welch with ii;07 Clarke Central
left. AHS was not able
to score again and
the Gladiators would
remain in contention
for another region crown.
“We are past the point of morale
victories,” said Wildcat coach
Shane Davis. “However, the fact
is our kids played hard. We had a
couple of penalties — including
one on me — that I was not proud
of. As far as the effort from the
kids and the game plan from our
coaches, I think we did everything
we could to win. We just came up
a little short at the end. Until they
made the field goal, we still had a
chance to win the game.”
AHS took a 22-19 lead into half
time, using a methodical offense in
an attempt to shorten the game. The
Wildcats took the opening kickoff
and marched 71 yards in 11 plays
capped by a three-yard by Zay
Henry with 6:47 left in the first
quarter. The AHS offense picked up
five first downs along the way.
Clarke Central would quickly
answer, however, in just four plays
going 62 yards to tie the score with
five minutes left in the opening
quarter.
After forcing the Wildcats to
punt on their next possession, the
Gladiators took their initial lead
on a 47-yard run by Queshaun
Watson, who proved to be the most
dangerous weapon of the night
for Clarke Central. A missed extra
point left the score at 13-7 with
less than a minute left in the first
quarter. Going into the game, Davis
said he knew stopping — or at least
slowing down Watson — would be
vital.
“He's a great back,” the AHS
coach said. “We hoped to slow him
down to some degree.
He hurt us. I don't think
there's any doubt he’s
one of the top backs in
the region, if not the top
back.”
Watson finished the game with
259 yards and four touchdowns on
24 carries. Whenever the Gladiators
needed yards, Watson was able to
deliver.
Apalachee would answer on a
three-yard run by Eric Tanner for
a 14-13 lead with 8:19 left in the
first half.
A somewhat unusual play on the
ensuing kickoff would give Clarke
Central possession at midfield. A
personal foul was called on the
Wildcats when the Gladiators sig
naled a fair catch.
After the rekick, Clarke Central
had great field position and would
quickly capitalize and regain the
lead at 19-14.
Still, AHS would not go away and
put together a 64-yard drive culmi
nating with another three-run by
Tanner with 1:16 remaining before
halftime. Stanley Williams added
the two-point conversion.
Zay Henry had a key run during
LOOKING FOR YARDS
Stanley Williams finishes with 143
yards against Clarke Central
Photo by Jessica Brown
the drive and Clint Ashe connected
with Williams on a pass to the
Clarke Central 10-yard line.
In the second half, the Gladiators
scored on their first three series to
seize momentum. Tanner's 1-yard
run with 3:59 left in the third quar
ter momentarily gave the Wildcats
a 28-26 lead but Clarke Central's
offense proved to be too strong.
The AHS offense had plenty
of highlights as well, however.
Williams finished with 143 yards
on 14 carries while Henry finished
with 124 yards on 19 rushes.
Gladiator coach Leroy Ryals said
he has a great deal of respect for
Apalachee and said they may very
well be the best 2-5 team in the
state.
“They know their system and run
it well,” Ryals said. “We knew they
would be ready to play and would
give us a run for it.”
37
Apalachee 28
Wildcats
AHS tries to
shorten game
against Clarke
The plan was a simple one
and it proved successful — at
least to a degree — for the
Apalachee High School foot
ball team Friday night against
Clarke Central.
Wanting to keep the Gladiator
offense off the field for as long
as possible, the AHS coaches
tried to shorten the game by
putting together time consum
ing drives.
The Wildcats took the
game's opening kickoff and
matched 71 yards in 11 plays,
picking up five first downs
along the way. AHS head
coach Shane Davis could be
seen doing something normal
ly reserved for the final min
utes of a game: he was using
his watch to time the seconds
allowed in between plays. This
would allow as much time to
run off the game clock as pos
sible, shortening the game in
fact and limiting the powerful
Clarke Central offense.
AHS
Notebook
“They are so explosive, you
want to keep them off the
field,” Davis said about the
game. “(Quenshaun) Watson
has shown what he can do
when the football is in his
hands regardless of the team or
defense he is playing. Our plan
was to win the time of posses
sion and do what we could do
to keep it out of his hands for
as long as we could.”
Unfortunately for AHS,
Watson proved that even with
less time he could be equally
as effective. The standout back,
considered by many to be the
best in Region 8-AAAA, had
a huge night with four rushing
touchdowns.
• ••
The AHS players wore stick
ers on the back of their helmets
honoring Tony Seda, a 2009
graduate who was killed in a
motorcycle accident recently.
Seda is tied for most career
wins as a starting quarterback
in program history and guided
the Wildcats to back-to-back
postseason appearances.
Many of the AHS coaches
also had the sticker on their
hats.
• ••
Wildcat offensive coordina
tor Joel Miller sits atop the
press box during games while
defensive coordinator Matt
Sorrells works the sidelines.
Assistant coaches Mark
Moore and Scott Bates work
with Miller “up top” relaying
information to coaches on the
sidelines.
— compiled by
Chris Bridges
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