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Page 8A The Braselton News
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Panthers win in double overtime
Jackson County’s Daniel Stites (No. 3) and Chris
Nunez-Mateo (No. 91) combine for a tackle on Cen
tral Gwinnett’s Andre Cooper in the Panthers’ 32-
26 double overtime win over the Black Knights on
Friday (Sept. 1).
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Jackson County’s Bo Souto (right) and Daniel Stites celebrate after the Panthers pull off a 32-26 double
overtime win Friday (Sept. 1) against Central Gwinnett.
Jackson County defensive end Josh Mendoza celebrates a big moment for the defense in Friday’s (Sept.
1) 32-26 double overtime win over Central Gwinnett.
Jaydan Hibbert signals for a touchdown after his
teammate, M.J. Spurlin, scores a touchdown in the
first overtime of the Panthers’ 32-26 double over
time win over Central Gwinnett on Friday (Sept. 1).
Bears present many different
looks on offense and are led
by a crafty quarterback, who
can make plays through the
air or with his feet. He said
this game comes at an op
portune time on the schedule,
just ahead of region play.
“It’s a great test for us as
we after this week transition
into region play — really
probably couldn’t be a better
opponent for us just to kind
of see where we’re at at this
point in the season.'’ Mobbs
said.
though a missed extra point
kept the score at 26-20.
Central Gwinnett just
missed pulling out a win
with a wild play as quarter
back Makhi Cunningham, on
fourth-and-14, scrambled to
his right, broke a tackle and
lofted a 14-yard touchdown
pass to Zavion Plunkett in the
middle of the end zone to tie
the game 26-26. But Jackson
County blocked a low PAT at
tempt from Larry Singleton to
force a second overtime.
After the Black Knights
came up empty on their next
overtime possession, Spurlin
ended the game on his second
carry of the second overtime
period with his 9-yard score.
Jackson County trailed
midway through the first
quarter after Coleman took
a short pass 46 yards for a
touchdown on the Black
Knight’s second possession.
A failed two-point conversion
kept the score 6-0. Central
Gwinnett, however, wouldn’t
score again in the first half,
and Jackson County tied the
game midway through the
second quarter with a 3-yard
Game continued from 7A
The Panthers figure to have
a battle-tested team moving
forward, losing and winning
double overtimes games in
consecutive weeks — a rare
pair of games for any team.
“Never taking anything for
granted, I think having been
in games like that, it will help
us down the road,” Mobbs
said. “But really, to be honest,
the non-region schedule is all
about preparing for region,
and that’s when the so-called
money is made. So that’s
why we’re thankful that we
play three (Class) 7-A teams
to hopefully get us ready
for the speed that our region
brings.”
Jackson County gets back
to practice this week hav
ing rallied from a 14-point
fourth-quarter deficit to earn
a 32-26 double overtime
win over Central Gwinnett.
Mobbs said the win “gives
you a good shot in the arm.”
The coach noted the team had
the opposite feeling the previ
ous week coming off a dou
ble overtime loss to Duluth.
Win continued from 7A
touchdown run from Spurlin.
followed by a failed PAT.
The Black Knights broke
the he with 3:36 left in the
third quarter when Cunning
ham hit a wide-open Xavi
er Tates in the endzone on
fourth-and-eight for a 12-yard
touchdown pass, putting Cen
tral Gwinnett up 12-6. The
Black Knights again failed on
a two-point try.
A high snap over the head
of Jackson County punter
Carson Odom later gave the
Black Knights the ball deep
in Panther territory, setting up
Cooper’s 14-yard touchdown
run to open the fourth quarter.
But Jackson County flipped
the previous week’s script
with Spurlin scoring at the
9:31 and 3:09 mark in the
fourth quarter to fuel the rally.
Mobbs said the win was
meaningful “because you
want to see results.”
“We’re so focused on re
sults that sometimes we forget
about the process that it takes,
but results always matter,” he
said. “Tonight’s big for us be
cause the kids needed to see
tangible evidence of the hard
work that they’ve put in, and
we’re so glad that we were
able to do that.”
Jackson County travels to
Mountain View next Friday
(Sept. 8).
Jackson County 32, Central Gwin
nett 26-2 OT
CGHS 6 0 6 8 [6] [0] — 26
JCHS 0 6 0 14 [6] [6] - 32
First quarter
Central Gwinnett: Darren Coleman 46-
yard reception [2-point conversion failed],
5:10
Second quarter
Jackson County: M.J. Spurlin 3-yard
run [Brice Rogers kick], 5:42
Third quarter
Central Gwinnett: Xavier Tates 12-yard
pass from Makhi Cunningham [2-point
conversion failed], 3:36
Fourth quarter
Central Gwinnett: Andre Cooper 14-
yard run [Coleman 2-point conversion],
11:55
Jackson County: Spurlin 11-yard run
[Rogers PAT], 9:31
Jackson County: Spurlin 10-yard run
[Rogers PAT], 3:09
Firstovertime
Jackson County: Spurlin 9-yard run
[PAT failed]
Central Gwinnett: Zavion Plunkett 14-
“It’s a great lesson about
never getting too high and
never getting too low and
being committed to having
great practice habits every
week, regardless of results,
which is hard to do with
15-18-year-old kids,” Mobbs
said. “Because a lot of times,
all they see is the results.”
Mobbs said he’s preach
ing, “It’s the process day-in
and day-out that creates the
results.”
“We’ve had a good couple
of days here, and we’re going
yard pass from Cunningham [PAT failed]
Second overtime
Jackson County: Spurlin 9-yard run
STATS
Rushing-Spurlin 33-209,5 TDs; Mc
Clure 3-49; Scott 3-11; Spry 1-2
Passing-Scott 5-14,83, INT
to have to have a really good pete with Mountain View,”
week to show up and com- he said.
August 30, 2023
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