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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Northside wins battle
with North Clayton
From staff reports
Charles McKenzie saved what was left of
Eagle fans’ fingernails. With 59 seconds to
go, he intercepted a North
' Clayton pass to help preserve
a 28-21 Northside victory on
the road Friday.
The Eagles from College
Park had set up the last-min
ute dramatics by stopping
the Eagles from the south
deep in their own territory.
Northside 28,
North Clayton
21
Northside subsequently punted giving North
Clayton, which had already struck once on a
long pass and came into the
contest with a reputation for
the long ball, possession on
Northside’s 35. At first North
Clayton was its own worst
enemy, being penalized five
yards twice before snapping
the ball, and then again on
Also
Demons shut
out
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the play following an incompletion. But, fol
lowing a pass knocked down by McKenzie, the
Eagles’ quarterback connected for a pass to
the 23 with 1:11 remaining.
That in turn set up McKenzie’s other gem
on the next play.
Northside actually trailed in the contest all
of the first quarter and all but 28 seconds of
the second. North Clayton, taking advantage
of a Northside fumble on its first possession,
took an 8-0 lead - with 2-point conversion
added in. Marques Ivoiy, with a Devon Pike
extra point added in, made it 8-7 when he fin
ished off a Northside drive by hitting Jacobi
Rodrigues with a 29-yard touchdown pass.
North Clayton, however, aided by a long run
and long pass, made it 15-7. That came just as
the game entered the second.
Northside again countered that with a score,
this one a three-yard run by Deonta Jordan
that finished of a drive just inside the 50.
Pike, as he was all night, was perfect again.
Northside finally took the lead on a 22-yard
pass from Ivory to Tijuan Green.
Following an interception by Damon Lopez
- a defensive lineman - on the 9 of North
Clayton, Green scored again from the 7.
North Clayton then countered that with a
long drive that included a conversion on third
and seven. Keith Townsend blocked the extra
point to make it the 28-21 final, but that was
with 1:32 left in the third. There was still the
whole fourth to play and plenty nail-biting to
be had on both sidelines and in the stands.
Perry stops Southwest
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Perry High’s softball team
recovered from a tough road
loss at Peach County Tuesday
to top Southwest-Macon for
the second time this season
8-3 at home Thursday.
Coach Jeff Sans said, while
it was good to get back in
the win column in Region
4-AAA, his Panthers didn’t
play a great game but caught
BACK
From page iB
on Monday and a shutout the
next day - both on the road
- Westfield’s bats came back
on the home field with seven
runs on seven hits and some
wayward defense by the vis
iting Knights of Albany.
It all started in the bottom
of the first with an infield hit
from Audrey Clearman and
sacrifice bunt by Daryl Ann
Thompson that Deerfield-
Windsor booted. Gilliam’s
long fly-out ended the scoring
drought and put Thompson
in position to score on wild
pitch.
With the bases empty
again, Moreland singled,
stole her way to third base
and came in on Hanna Jones’
groundout.
Westfield (2-1 in the region,
6-6 overall) added a fourth
run in the second on two
walks and a throw from the
Deerfield-Windsor catcher
that the pitcher missed cut
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BACK
From page iB
' Tattnall Square 47-yard-line. But when
Young tried to go around left end on sec
ond down, he could not get back up due to
the pain in his foot that first sprang up in
a week 1 loss at John Milledge.
The football would go to the Trojans on
a punt by Tyler Brooks to the 16. On sec
ond down, it popped out of fullback Darius
Green’s grasp and Brooks recovered on
the 34.
It was a takeaway Westfield could not
let go without some reward. It came in a
six-play drive of all running plays from a
variety of Hornet backs. Tattnall Square
was also called for a facemask to spot
Westfield on the 3.
For most of these plays, the Hornet
backfield was a scene of controlled confu
sion. But from the 3 Trent Usher came out
with the ball and the touchdown at 6:37 of
the first period. Joel Revis kicked the PAT
for the 7-0 lead.
The rest of the first half was a 19-0 run
for the Trojans. They held Westfield to
just 65 yards for the half and just one first
down after the touchdown.
See HORNETS, page 8B
BAFFLE
From page iB
on the Bears next possession, taking the
ball in from the 10-yard line for his sec
ond touchdown. He squeezed through the
clutches of three defenders at the line of
scrimmage and then sprinted in for the
score.
Houston County’s defense held Berkmar
to 26 yards rushing in the first half and
minus 15 in the second as'the Patriots
abandoned the run for the pass.
“We took them out of their game plan,”
Johnson said of Berkmar’s veer offense.
“They had some success throwing, but we
really didn’t prepare for that. We worked
on defending the option.”
What defensive problems the Bears
began when T.J. Smith entered the game
as quarterback, replacing J.J. Harbin.
Throwing from the shotgun, Smith com
pleted five of his first six passes.
The Patriots had a chance to score late
in the first half after Smith hit Will Clark
on a 27-yarder to the Bears five yard line.
But Berkmar’s offense unraveled with
the help of relentless defensive pressure.
See BEARS, page SB
a few breaks along the way.
With the game still closely
contested midway through,
Jessica Wright had a two-run
single up the middle to give
Perry a comfortable lead.
Marla Patterson had four
hits, including another home
run and a triple. Jenna
Clarke pitched a complete
game for the win with seven
strikeouts.
Perry is now 13-7 over
all and 3-2 in the region.
ting off while Shae Horsting
was stealing second base.
The bottom of the fourth
was another one-run Hornet
inning. Jennifer Wrye,
the catcher, led off with a
single, then her courtesy
runner, Ashley Moreland,
stole second with two outs.
Clearmari’s hit brought her
home.
Wrye had another hit to
help load the bases in the
home sixth. Clearman flied
out deep to left for her sec
ond RBI, then Thompson
singled for the final 7-0 mar
gin.
Gilliam gave up a hit in the
first inning and hit the lead
off Knight batter in the top
of the second. In that inning,
Moreland made a force-out
at second base, then covered
first base to take a throw
from Thompson in right field
for the second out. Moreland
also covered first on a bunt
in the third inning and took
a throw from Clearman, who
plays first base, at that bag
to end the top of the fifth.
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