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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Warner Robins opens in the Dome against Parkview
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
What better setting for a battle of
state high school football tradition
than the Georgia
Dome in Atlanta?
Warner Robins
High School
faces off with
Parkview High
School in the Kell
Powerade Classic
on Saturday after
noon. Parkview
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Northside
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today, 2:45 p.m.
has won four state championships
under head coach Cecil Flowe and
can call Atlanta Braves baseball
star Jeff Franceour as one of its
own.
The Warner Robins Demons are
a season removed from its most
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Right at the end of the first
quarter, the Bears’ Trenton
Powell and Roddy Nixon
made a stop behind the line
and Gavin Whitefield chased
down Brandon Jordan on a
toss at the original line of
scrimmage.
With the score tied,
Houston County was on its
way to another three-and
out on Prewett’s tackle for
a loss on second down. The
big mistake, though, was a
personal foul on the Eagle
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gave it up twice in the first
half on a fumble and inter
ception. Only Perry couldn’t
capitalize. Every Perry fum
ble occurred in Hawkinsville
territory.
Although the Panthers
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quarter. A Westfield receiv
er then hobbled the ensu
ing kickoff following that,
but recovered it, and then
fumbled John Milledge’s sec
ond punt of the evening, but
smothered it, too.
Those didn’t hurt. Keep
reading.
The Hornets answered the
Trojans’ field goal with a
drive that covered 70 yards
on seven plays and featured
mostly Austin Madruga
churning up large chunks of
yardage on each carry and
ended with an 18-yard touch
down pass from sophomore
quarterback Chase Ellis to
Zach Young.
The Trojans, in turn,
countered that on a 57-yard
touchdown run.
The Hornets then drove 69
yards, once again Madruga
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was “proud of their effort
and the kids never gave up.
We will keep working and
hopefully things will turn
around for us.”
Becky Studstill pitched and
took the loss for the Lady
Eagles even though she gave
up only four hits.
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recent state championship in the
AAAA classification. It was the last
of four for the school since 1976.
This game marks Warner Robins’
return to the 5-A classification,
the one dominated by the likes of
Parkview along with some of the
Demons’ new region rivals named
Lowndes and Valdosta. A win, or
even a loss, in this non-region game
has the potential to carry signifi
cant weight in the final playoff
analysis.
After head-to-head, the next tie
breaker in the region standings
is the record in non-region games
against schools in your class.
Warner Robins head coach Bryan
Way and his staff had a chance
to see Parkview’s scrimmage last
weekend. He reported seeing a team
punter, keeping Northside’s
series going in Bear ground
at the 45.
Northside earned its first
first-down since a B. Jordan
first-quarter touchdown on
an Ivory-to-Rodrigues con
nection for 12 yards to the
30. Deonta Jordan took a
draw handoff at fullback 21
yards for lst-and-goal on the
9.
The Bear defense held its
ground at this point, but
Pike made it count for the
Eagles with his first varsity
field goal in his first attempt.
The 27-yarder went through
offense played with the Red
Devils in the first half, it
disappeared in the second
frame while Hawkinsville
found its wings.
Henry threw for touch
downs, one in the third
quarter and another in the
fourth. He finished the night
with 154 yards.
He completed six of seven
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was the workhorse but he
had plenty of company in
both drives - in the form of
Young - and scored again.
On their next possession,
Madruga capped off another
long drive - and short in
terms of burning time off the
clock - by simply running
over defenders and into the
endzone.
Following Joel Revis’ extra
point - he was perfect on
the night - Westfield was up
21-10. John Milledge made it
21-16 with another long run
just before the half. That was
with a failed two-point con
version added in.
The Hornets took the open
ing kickoff to start the third
quarter - no fumble here, but
wait, it’s coming - and drove
all the way down to the 8
before having to turn it over
on downs.
After a John Milledge fum
ble - for a change - they took
over on the 23. A few plays
The squad will be in action
next, Wednesday at Jones
County.
The loss dropped the Lady
Eagles to 2-8 overall and 1-3
in the region.
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just as good as the Panther clubs of
the past.
This will be the first ever meeting
between the Demons and Parkview,
and it’s one of football powers that
take the same basic approach to the
sport.
“They’re fundamentally sound,
they don’t do anything fancy and
they don’t beat themselves,” said
Way. The coach’s glowing scout
ing report is impressive consider
ing that Parkview lost one of the
country’s top college prospects in
running back Caleb King.
The No. 3-rated back in the
nation according to Scout.com,
King transferred to Greater Atlanta
Christian during the summer. He
had around 2,700 yards rushing for
the Panthers last year.
good at 4:30 for a 10-7 lead.
Another mistake for
Houston County led to more
Northside scoring. The Bear
offense lost a fumble recov
ered by Isaac Wilson on
the HC 25. The Eagles ran
four plays, starting with a
remarkable grab by Kevyn
Cooper near the sidelines for
19 yards. D. Jordan cashed
it all in with his first touch
down as an offensive player
at 2:30.
The PAT snap was hobbled,
thus keeping the Eagles up
front 16-7 at halftime.
Eagle head coach Conrad
in the second half to receiv
ers often standing alone with
nothing else to do but catch
the ball.
He hit David Grace on a
15-yard strike in the third
and Kamaron Riley on a 17-
yarder in the fourth. Vickers
made both extra points.
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Friday at 7:30 p.m.
later, Young punched it in via
a nice second effort.
The Hornets’ defense held
and forced the Trojans to
punt again - a clean field
- but Ellis threw an intercep
tion several plays later.
That in turn led to another
John Milledge score. At that
point it was 28-23 in favor
of Westfield with 6:16 left in
the game.
Now, a fumble on the kick
off. That gave the Trojans
the ball on the Hornets’ 39.
They drove it down to the
1 where it still appeared
Westfield might pull it off.
The Hornets stopped John
Milledge on three straight
tries - all run attempts -
before the Trojans threw a
short pass on fourth down
over the line for the score.
This time they made the
two-point conversion but with
two minutes left, Westfield
was unable to drive down for
a tying or winning score.
on the calendar for Thursday
was Houston County at
Rutland. That game, howev
er, was rained out after three
innings with the intent, head
coach Cristi Griffin said, of
making it up “sometime.”
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Nix got a look at what he
hopes is a constant combi
nation for Northside, Ivory
throwing to Rodrigues. They
hooked up for 21 yards on
the first snap of the season
for the Eagles. That spotted
them on the HC 31.
Robert Crawford, the lone
returning starter on the
front line, cleared the path
on the left side for B. Jordan
to take a sweep and score at
just the 10:18 mark. Pike
was good on his first PAT
try.
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starting spot, their own 48,
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Reginald Douglas Kennedy
Wanted for violation ifprobation from Superior Court
LKA: 100 block Madrid Street,
Warner Robins
Shawn Steven Lawson
Wanted for violation of probation (for aggravated assault), bail jumping,
failure to appear/amtempt of court, driving with suspended or revoked
license, failure to show proof of insurance
I.KA: 100 block of Ignico Drive.
Warner Robins
Janies Manson Jr.
Wanted on arrest order for failure to appear
from Superior Court/child support
I.KA: 100 block of Astor Avenue,
Warner Robins
Marcus James Parsons
Wantedfur battery, theft In taking and violation of probation
from Stale Court
LKA:24OO block of Brevard Street,
Macon
37703
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But that’s not of any concern to
Warner Robins.
“They have a good-looking line
backer that also plays some run
ning back,” said Way. “Their two
cornerbacks are good, and they
have big offensive and defensive
linemen like they always do. I’m
sure they will miss (King), but have
plenty to replace him.”
Like Warner Robins, Parkview
concentrates its offense on the run
ning game. Way said it’s a power
offense that uses different forma
tions and shifts aimed at getting a
defense out of alignment.
The Panthers throw the ball out
of the play action with efficiency,
Way said, but otherwise they are
out to get five to six yards a carry
on the ground.
for that first touchdown
thanks to a punt of just 24
yards.
Houston County would
actually dominate possession
of the football in the first
quarter, 15 total plays to just
eight for the Eagles. There
were also eight total penal
ties in the first 12 minutes
spread out to both sides.
The Bears had two first
downs on their second drive,
but were thrown back to
their side of the 50 on fouls
and a sack by sophomore
Eric Fields.
Wilson had five Northside
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Gaildino Rebellao
Wanted for disorderly conduct, public drunken
ness, failure to appear/contempt of court
I.KA: 70 block of Red Fox Run,
Warner Robins
Christoher Antonio Luster AKA
Christopher Lester
Wanted for aggravated assault, batten and violation of
probation from Superior Court
LKA: 1100 block of Calhoun Drive, WR
Alfredo Ontiveros-Soto
Wanted for violation of probation
I.KA: 100 block of Arnold Street,
Centerville
Sebastion Perez-Gomez
Wanted for violation of probation from
State Court
LKA:4OO block of Camillia Circle,
Warner Robins
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On defense, again Way said it’s
all about basic football in a 4-3
cover-two scheme.
“They will line up where they
need to be, and you just need to
block them and execute on offense,”
said Way. “I see some similarities
(in us). I like to think we do things
the same way. We rely on execution,
though we’re more of a misdirec
tion team.”
Way said, as for the Demons’
progress leading up to the sea
son opener, he’s seen a tremendous
amount of improvement in all areas
and the practices this week were
great.
“We’re excited about it,” said Way.
“This is the winningest program in
5-A over the last 10 years ... not by
accident.”
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tackles in the first period,
including a trip on Dodson
on third down late in the
opening period.
King had 184 passing
yards for Houston County
on eight completions. In
addition to his touchdown
throw to Collins, he made
one more try to hit his tight
end late in the game. The
football was deflected into
the hands of sophomore
Craig Pressley, and he got a
43-yard touchdown out of it
with 1:24 left.
Michael Thompson made
the PAT kick.
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Shaw 38, Troup 6
Southwest (Matt) 34, Cedar Grow
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Si Pius 47, North Springs 8
Statesboro 21, Screven County 0
Stephenson 24,8anneker3
Tattnall 18. Ctaxton 13
Temple 49, Hlllgrove 15
Thomson 26, Salem 3
Toombs County 27, Southeast
Bulloch 6
Trton 35, Lafayette 0
Tucker 36, Milter Grow 0
Villa m 23, Chapel H. il 20
Wao«r 27, Mt. Pisgah
Gerald Lee Kormos
Wanted for hail jumping
LKA: 100 block Dove Court,
Warner Robins
Adrian Reyes Romero
Wanted for violation of probation from Superior Court
I.KA: ISO block of F.laine Drive,
Warner Robins
Jose Omar Pacheco
Wanted for harassing telephone calls
I.KA: 1IM) block of Ashley Drive, Perry
David Lee Prince
Wanted for interfering with public utility
I.KA: 300 block of Mike Street,
Warner Robins
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