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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Demons rally past Valdosta
By JAMES TIDWELL
Journal Sta ff Writer
After falling behind by 10
points, things did not look
good for Warner Robins
against Valdosta.
Not many teams have ral
lied from double-digit def
icits at Cleveland Field at
Bazemore-Hyder Stadium,
but that is what the Demons
faced Friday night.
Warner Robins proved up
to the task, however, as the
Demons scored 21 unan
swered points to hold on for
High school football
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■ Columbia 22, Miller Grove 14
■ Creekview 55, Towns Co. 20
■ Dodge Co. 43, Tattnall Co. 8
■ Dublin 49, Bleckley Co. 7
■ Dunwoody 16, Chamblee 13
■ EL Chrstn 48, Lady of Mercy
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to a 7-0 lead on their first
possession as Green scored
on a 1-yard run with 8:08
left in the first quarter.
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newfound I formation in
the first half. With its goal
line so close, though, it was
all wishbone. Davis sup
plied the first big break
with a 20-yard gain.
The Panthers were also
proficient on the third
down conversions, and on
one situation in this series
Trey Smith made a clutch
catch from quarterback
Casey Hayward to move the
chains. Davis exploded for
14 yards and a first down,
then Hayward gained two
more firsts to the West
Laurens 29 and 14.
Almost seven minutes
went off the game clock
in this drive, which ended
on a Davis two-yard touch
down run.
Perry would also turn
three Raider turnovers into
scoring possessions. West
Laurens, which took the
game-opening kickoff tried
to run trap after trap only
to put the football on the
grass on the first series.
The Panthers recovered
on the Raider 46 and would
go on to score after convert
ing twice on fourth down.
There was less than a
yard to gain on both fourth
downs. Davis left no room
for doubt with an eight
yard pickup on the first
one.
Hayward did a sneak for
the second at the 16. From
that spot, on third down,
the quarterback threw
while running towards the
sidelines and hit fullback
Brandon Golden for the
touchdown.
West Laurens didn’t
gain a first down in the
first quarter, and lineman
Kanorris Davis was a major
reason why.
In the second period,
Perry earned first down
on 4th-and-inches for the
third time thanks to Kenny
Davis.
He broke a big sideline
run to the 2, and scored
from there on third down
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a 21-17 win in a Region 1-
AAAAA contest.
With the win, Warner
Robins improved to 4-2 over
all and 2-0 in the region,
while the Wildcats dropped
to 1-6 and 0-3.
Senior running backs
Jeremy Grant, with 133
yards rushing on 16 carries
with one touchdown, and
Dewayne Jackson, with 117
yards on 16 carries with two
touchdowns led the Demons.
Trailing 10-7, Jackson put
Warner Robins ahead for
good with a 70-yard touch-
■ Fitzgerald 49, Berrien 0
■ Gordon Lee 13, N. Oconee 6
■ Grayson 28, Parkview 6
■ Greene Co. 21, Morgan Co. 7
■ Griffin 34, Lovejoy 6
■ Harlem 19, Glenn Hills 14
■ Harrison 23, S. Cobb 16
■ Hiram 7, Mundy's Mill 6
■ LaGrange 63, Spencer 0
Baldwin responded on the
next possession, driving the
length of the field to set up
a first-and-goal inside the
10. The Eagles defense stiff
ened, however, and stopped
the Braves on three straight
plays. Baldwin then attempt-
with 7:46 left until half
time.
The Raiders, attempting
to find some breaks with
a no-huddle offense, found
much more luck throwing
the football and crossed
midfield for the first time.
They had a big third-down
catch on the Panther 3, and
scored from there to make
it a 14-6 game at 4:33.
Unlike Perry’s Bill
Freeman and his 6-for
-6 PAT kicking night, the
home team missed its one
and only conversion shot.
But the first half wouldn’t
end without some sweat
ing on the Panther sideline.
With under a minute to
go, the Raider defense got
its hands on a pass, but
the football hit the ground
as the defender came down
with it. West Laurens was
awarded possession, either
by interception or recover
ing its own fumble of the
INT.
The Raiders made a third
down catch on the Perry
30, but Tav Brown broke
up a pass later in the end
zone.
There was still time, .5
seconds to be exact, for
West Laurens to make a
fourth-down heave, but the
receiver dropped the ball.
But there would be no
question marks about
Perry’s control of the sec
ond half. After the 96-
yard drive, the Panthers
scored after Golden made a
catch on the Raider 4 and
Hayward trotted in from
three out late in the third
period (28-6).
In the fourth quar
ter, Brown and Stephen
Calhoun intercepted pass
es. Kenny Davis scored his
third touchdown on a three
yard run after the Brown
pick. To cash in Calhoun’s
takeaway, Jacorey Lane got
into the offensive unit and
plunged in from one out.
Up next for the 4-2
Panthers and head coach
Andy Scott is a showdown
with last year’s Class AAA
state champions, Peach
County, in Perry.
down run with 11:00 minutes
left in the fourth quarter.
Grant scored the Demons’
first points of the night in
the third quarter on a 47-
yard touchdown run with
3:12 remaining in the third
quarter to cut the lead to
three. He also added a 1-
yard run with 4:59 left in
the fourth quarter to put the
Demons ahead 21-10.
Warner Robins finished
with 241 yards on 45 car
ries on the night, but were
hampered with turnovers as
the Demons fumbled the ball
■ Lanier Co. 38, Bacon Co. 7
■ Lovett 49, Decatur 6
■ Metter 59, Jefferson Co. 21
■ N. Cobb 21, Woodstock 14
■ Newton 16, Lithonia 7
■ Pierce Co. 17, Appling Co. 7
■ Riverdale 24, Jonesboro 7
■ Rockmart 13, Coosa 10
■ Screven Co, 7, Laney 6
ed and missed a 24-yard field
goal try.
The Eagles got the ball
back and drove for another
score as Ivory scored on the
8-yard run with 37 seconds
left in the first quarter.
Neither team was able to
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three times and lost all of
them. Valdosta rallied to trim
the lead to 21-17 as quar
terback Michael Turner con
nected with Alfrie Johnson
on a 9-yard touchdown pass
with 3:42 left in the game.
The Wildcats put the only
points up in the first half as
kicker Brad Barr hit a 33-
yard field goal with 4:20 left
in the second quarter.
Valdosta increased its lead
to 10-0 as Johnson exploded
for an 81-yard touchdown
run with 6:37 remaining in
the third quarter.
■ Shaw 56, Hardaway 7
■ Southside 18, South Atlanta 8
■ Statesboro 38, Evans 0
■ Stephenson 17, M.L. King 6
■ Temple 35, Amurchee 34, OT
■ Thomson 55, Butler 0
■ Walton 33, Pope 21
■ Warren Co. 36, Aquinas 8
■ Westover 9, Cairo 7
put together anything in the
second quarter as Northside
took a 14-0 lead into half
time. Baldwin was with
out leading rusher Darius
Marshall, who reportedly
suffered an ankle injury dur
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the Hornets in turn fol
lowed that up by scoring on
two plays. One of those was
a 55 yarder by Zach Young
to the endzone.
That came near the mid
point of the first quarter.
And, it was a short-lived
lead as FPD went 80 yards
on its next possession to
take it back.
Not to be undone,
Westfield scored again
right after. The Hornets’
long drive was character
ized by picking up two first
downs on third-down plays
- one of them a third-and
-11 - and was finished off
by Joel Revis who raced the
last 18 yards for the score.
He also kicked the extra
point - and the one prior to
that - giving the visitors a
14-10 lead.
But, after the defense
had held - giving Westfield
the opportunity to score
again to close out the half
- Westfield turned it over
again.
FPD turned that into a
17-14 lead at the break.
The Vikings, who won the
coin toss but deferred, took
the ball to start the third
quarter and ate up all but
about a minute-30 of the
third quarter en route to
a score.
Critical to that touchdown
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was a successful fake on a
punt - Westfield had them
fourth-and-nine at the time
- and a fourth-down con
version deep inside Hornet
territory. The Hornets also
had them in third down sit
uations twice - one of them
long - but couldn’t hold.
Westfield started deep
in its own territory on the
ensuing kickoff but Young
gave them breathing room
with a 31-yard run. That
was all they could muster,
however, and later had to
punt.
FPD took over - now
with the game moved into
the fourth quarter - drove
down the field and scored
again. Not a flag for hold
ing, a third-and-16, third
and short or a fourth-and
goal from the 2 could keep
them from making it a
17-point game, 31-14 with
just over four minutes left
to play.
The Hornets were forced
to punt from inside their
endzone after going three
and-out on their next pos
session.
That gave FPD the ball
on Westfield’s 35 with
2:43 left to play. A 15-yard
run on the first play from
scrimmage moved it deeper
but the Hornets forced and
recovered a fumble on the
next play to end the threat.
Westfield picked up a first
down at that point but time
ran out shortly after.
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