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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Braselton News
Page 3B
JCCHS Football
Panthers set to host Loganville on Friday night
BY ALLEN LUTON
The Jackson County football
team will look to play the role of
spoiler this Friday night when it
welcomes Loganville to Panther
Stadium in region play.
Winless through six games
this season, three of which were
in sub-region play, the Panthers
don’t appear to be headed to the
playoffs this year. What they can
do, however, is ruin the playoff
hopes of the remaining teams on
their schedule.
Coming up:
WHAT: Loganville
at Jackson Co.
WHERE: Panther
Stadium in
Jefferson, Ga.
WHEN: Friday at
7:30 p.m.
After two
straight lop
sided defeats
against highly-
regarded Dacula
and Clarke
Central, the
Panthers (0-6,
0-3 in Region
8 A - A A A A )
will be facing a Loganville team
they’ve played much closer with
over the years.
In three out of the last four sea
sons, the Red Devils and Panthers
have seen their annual contest
decided by a touchdown or less.
That should give Jackson County
reason to be optimistic heading
into Friday’s game, despite last
week’s 49-6 defeat at Clarke.
First-year JCCHS head coach
Billy Kirk admits his team has
been overmatched personnel and
depth-wise over the past two
games, but Friday the Panthers
should be more competitive.
“I think we matchup well with
them. Athlete-for-athlete I think
we’re going to match up from a
player standpoint, they’re obvi
ously going to have a few more
than we’ve got, but I think it’s
going to be a good football game
for us because I think some of our
kids are starting to grow up.”
PANTHERS HOPE TO PREVAIL
Jackson County’s Chad Daniel runs up the middle last week against Clarke Central. The quarterback will lead the Panthers against
Loganville at home this Friday night. Photo by Lyn Sengupta
Depth has been an issue for the
Panthers all season, due mainly
to the loss of a host of play
ers because of the opening of
East Jackson Comprehensive
High School this year. The lack
of numbers not only has hindered
Jackson County on Friday nights,
but also during the week at prac
tice. But, Kirk said Tuesday that
his team has responded well so far
in preparation of the meeting with
the Red Devils.
“Today I think was one of the
most physical practices we’ve
had probably all year,” Kirk said
Tuesday. “It was very, very physi
cal out there. I’ve had to back off
of that a lot this year because we
can’t afford to get any kids hurt,
but we threw it all out there today
and it was very physical and I was
pretty proud of that.”
Loganville is a team that is
strong defensively and that will
look to run the ball and play power
football team on offense with a
variety of formations and misdi
rection.
Kirk said in many ways the Red
Devils mirror his squad.
“Just watching them, they’re
very, very similar to us from a
scheme standpoint and every
thing. The things that we’ve got
to do is stay with their formations
and keep our kids focused and
keep their spirits up,” the coach
explained.
With several very narrow defeats
earlier this season, Jackson County
is winless on the year and it is run
ning out of games to crack the vic
tory column. The Panthers would
like nothing more than to grab
that first triumph on Friday night
as the school is hosting its Alumni
Night festivities prior to kickoff.
Kirk said he and his coaches
continue to challenge their players
to keep fighting despite the diffi
cult campaign so far, particularly
for the team’s 19 seniors.
Jackson County was in a similar
position toward the end of last sea
son, having been eliminated from
playoff contention, and it man
aged to upset Heritage in the final
game of the year. Down the stretch
they will look to once again sur
prise their remaining opponents
Loganville, Madison County, and
Habersham Central.
“It’s tough on kids, but I chal
lenged our underclassmen to step
up because we owe theses seniors
these last four games. We’re pretty
much mathematically eliminated
from the playoffs, so we’ve got to
be a spoiler and hurt somebody’s
feelings and I’m hoping that starts
this week with Loganville. These
seniors deserve to have a win.
They really deserve to have one.”
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