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♦ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006
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early start to the playoff
scene with region playoff
games on Nov. 10.
Undefeated Northside is
a shoo-in to host a Region
4-AAAA playoff game
despite what might happen
in the Eagles' meeting at
Westside-Macon on Nov. 3.
Who could be making
the trip to McConnell-
Talbert Stadium for that
Nov. 10 contest? How about
a rematch with North
Clayton, a bunch that gave
Conrad Nix’s team fits back
on Sept. 21?
In that A sub-division of
4-AAAA, there exists a four
team battle for third and
fourth place. North Clayton
is currently tied with Mt.
Zion-Jonesboro for third
place at 2-2. In a tie for
fifth place and one game
behind at 1-3 are Jonesboro
and Lovejoy.
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Griffin High, like
Northside, is standing in
control of its sub-region at
5-0 with Riverdale in sec
ond at 4-1.
Northside is taking this
weekend off as it looks ahead
to facing Robert Davis’ high
scoring Seminoles. Westside
has just one loss the entire
season, and in that game
the Seminoles gave Baldwin
all it wanted before falling
27-24.
Perry High School can’t
worry too much about last
week’s resounding loss at
the hands of defending Class
AAA state champion Peach
County. The Panthers are
still in a fight to play at
home for the Region 4-AAA
play-in round.
First, Perry needs to
dispatch of struggling
Southwest-Macon tonight
at home. Up next will be
Northeast-Macon, which
beat Central-Macon last
week to break a third-place
tie in the south sub-region.
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That game, too, is at home.
Back-to-back wins for
the Panthers would mean
a fourth home game in
a row, which would be a
contest for a third straight
trip to the state playoffs.
Again, for those who like
to look ahead, if that play
in game took place tonight,
the Panthers would see a
former region rival.
Mary Persons High, which
brought in Rodney Walker
as head coach before the
season, is in third place in
the north sub-region at 2-
1. But second place isn’t
out of the question for the
Bulldogs.
Tonight, Jackson and
Spalding play in Griffin
to break a first-place 3-
0 tie. Mary Persons faces
Henry County as well. If
Spalding loses to Jackson
and Mary Persons wins,
the Bulldogs would have a
chance to take second place
when they play Spalding
next weekend.
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a whole lot of different looks.
They don’t stunt a great deal.
They are well coached on
defense and fundamentally
sound.
“Probably the best part of
their game is their kicking
game. The kicker and punter
(Charlie Edwards) is one of
the best I’ve seen in high
school. He was the difference
in the Houston County game.
That’s a third of the game,
and one we have to do a good
job against to keep from los
ing field position every time
you have a kick or punt.”
Using such athletes as
Israel Troupe (committed to
the University of Georgia),
Tift County’s passing game
relies mostly on YAC, which
is a short way of saying yards
after the catch. Most times
Troupe and his teammates
catch short outside tosses
behind the line of scrimmage
and make the big gains from
there.
“We just have to be very
disciplined on defense,” said
Way about limiting the YAC.
“We don’t play a whole lot
of man coverage. As a rule
we are a zone defense. We
have to stay in our zone and
keep everything in front
of us. When they throw it
out there, they are going to
complete some, and we have
to come up and make sure
tackles and cut down on the
yards after catches.”
Houston County’s defen
sive line had success putting
pressure on Blue Devil quar
terback Sean Baxley with a
couple of sacks. That hap
pened despite the fact that
most of the Tift plays are run
out of the shotgun. Way said
the Bears have the personnel
up front to do that, more so
than probably the Demons
have.
“I don’t know how much
pressure we’re going to be
able to get on him without
having to stunt and blitz,”
he said. “Some of our front
guys aren’t the quickest in
the world, so we may have
a tough time getting pres
sure without sending extra
people.”
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"They give the
Illusion that they
throw It all over
the Held."
- Warner Robins head football
coach Bryan Way
Those extra people will
have their hands full contain
ing big running back Kaream
Hess. He’s another vital part
of the Blue Devil offense in a
number of ways.
“They give the illusion
that they throw it all over
the field,” said Way. “(Hess)
has carried the ball quite a
number of times on the little
counters they run and the
option pitch. He’s definitely
one that catches your eye.”
On the other side of the ball,
Warner Robins will throw the
same kind of offense at Tift
Houston County used last
week. The Blue Devil defense
is loaded with returning
starters, and it showed early
against the Bears. Houston,
though, stuck with the game
plan, and the offensive line
eventually asserted itself.
Way said his offense has
certainly had its struggles
in the first halves of recent
games, but picked things up
in the second half.
“We sure would like to
start better than we have
the last two weeks,” he said.
“I don’t think we’re going to
get out there and panic. This
is our eighth game, and in
the previous seven, six have
been pretty close. I think we
are going to get after them
and do what we do.
“They are pretty stout on
defense against the run, and
they have good athletes in
the secondary. I think we
can throw the ball on them
a little bit. We will have to
to keep them off balance.
The last couple of weeks our
throwing game’s been 0.K.,
and we will have to continue
to execute it to move the
football.”
Warner Robins’ last two
wins were come-from-behind
efforts at Valdosta (from 10
points down to 21-17 win)
and the Coffee County game
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on Saturday. The final score
was 24-7 with 21 of the
Demons’ points coming in a
35-second span of the second
half.
“It was a hard-fought
game,” said Way. “Coffee is
a very talented team. I think
physically they are the most
talented team in the region.
To our kids’ credit they hung
in there and hung in there,
scored a touchdown to go
up 10-7 then had those two
freak plays where we scored
14 points without the offense
stepping on the field.
“So you look at 24-7 and
say, ‘Boy, we really killed
them.’ It was anything but.
Our kids are still excited
about it, and hopefully that
carries on to this Friday”
The coach uses the word
“freak” to describe a couple
of defensive plays that led
to those 14 points, but even
good luck and fortune such
as that requires some work.
“We had some guys make
some plays,” said Way.
“Justin Cowart made a tre
mendous individual play on
the interception, and he hit
the quarterback, the ball
popped up, and Thomas
Bruce scooped it up and ran
it in. We had to make plays,
but that’s not the type of
plays you count on happen
ing all the time.”
Even with Valdosta still
sitting in the region base
ment at 0-4, the Wildcats are
not out of the playoff race
with two games remaining.
On the same note, Warner
Robins may be in first place,
but isn’t making any post
season plans yet with three
games left.
“We’re happy to be where
we are,” said Way “But we
understand we have three
tough games to go. We’re
definitely taking them one
at a time. If we continue to
play well and catch some
breaks like we’ve been, we
have a chance to win them
all. By the same token, we
have a chance to lose them
all.
“There’s no telling what
kind of record it’s going to
take to just get in the play
offs, to be fourth. It’s excit
ing for our fans, and our kids
have enjoyed it.”
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