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has been the head coach
there since coach Wright left
and has done a good job.
They’ve gotten better each
year.
“This year they start a fresh
man quarterback who is
probably the third or fourth
best quarterback in the
region. He is really a good
player. They have a wideout
who can run for days. They
are talented and can put
points on the board.”
Javoris Brown is indeed
the No. 2 receiver in 4-AAA
with 70 yards per game. He
is tied for the lead with nine
touchdown catches.
“The biggest thing with
their running game is they
are going to spread people
out and run it downhill,”
said Scott. “(Their back)
runs real well.
“They are big up front. We
don’t play many offensive
lines that are small. They
are tall, so it’s going to be
difficult for our linebackers
to see what’s going on.”
As far as team defensive
statistics go, Perry and
Northeast stand as the top
two clubs in the region in
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offense as that game wore on?
Even that supposed freshman
quarterback sensation, Tim
Tebow, was unimpressive
after his run up the middle
in the first series. And they
missed two field goals, which
was a big killer for Georgia’s
effort last year.
When Spurrier was run
ning the show, those Gators
couldn’t wait to get back out
there and drive the stake
down even further. And kick
ing was just a PAT thing.
The Florida defense, now,
showed no hesitations. In
fact, it turned out to be the
difference in the ball game.
The Gators scored with the
ball on the opening drive of
the first half, then scored on
Georgia’s opening drive of
the second half.
To our freshman quar
terback, Matthew Stafford,
good job on the part of mom
and dad on picking that first
name. I know it’s always
good to look up to a senior,
but it doesn’t mean you have
to play like Joe T.O.
So where does Georgia go
from here, for both the rest of
this season and beyond? Well,
the Bulldogs need to go to
Lexington Saturday and beat
Kentucky for consideration
by Shreveport, Nashville
and even Memphis bowl
games • (Remember, Western
Kentucky doesn’t count, l-
AA). Can’t really count on
wins against Auburn or
Georgia Tech (which may
have its mind on the ACC
championship game), but
score an upset somewhere
and maybe Atlanta’s bowl
will have some interest.
And what will Mark Richt,
the head coach, be saying
in the offseason? “We were
young, we did a lot of grow
ing” might spring up in an
interview or two. A criticism
about Richt’s coaching style
often heard has to do with a
lack of toughness on his part.
No, he is not a fiery task
master, but he doesn’t wear
velvet gloves either.
I don’t think the answer
is jerking facemasks around
on the practice field or extra
gassers (that’s running side
line to sideline). But maybe
it is time to shake things up a
little, take a close look at how
certain positions are being
prepared, especially on the
offensive side.
But for now, I just look at
it as catching a dear loved
one doing the wrong thing.
I think Richt has a few more
timeouts remaining before
it’s time for the harsh pun
ishment.
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two categories: total quar
terback sacks and fewest
rushing yards allowed. The
Raiders are No. 1, credit
ed with 21 sacks, while the
Panthers are right behind at
No. 2 with 18.
Northeast is also ahead in
the rushing defense depart
ment at 69.1 allowed per
game to 76.1 for Perry. The
Raiders rank second in
total defense at 172.4 yards
allowed a contest, but they
have yet to face the region’s
best rushing attack, which
Perry owns at 222.4 yards
a game.
“Defensively they play
a 4-3, some 50 front, and
they play with some big
tall, lanky type, very ath
letic kids there, too,” said
Scott. “They do play some
players both ways, but not
a lot of them. The defen
sive strength is the ability
to get to the football. They’ll
do some blitzing, but at the
same time, with their closing
speed they are able to swarm
the ball and tackle.”
With this amounting to
a playoff game in its own
right, Scott said he’s not
looking at specific match
ups, but is looking for good
execution. Before this week,
the Panthers went from
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playing the best, Peach
County, to playing the worst,
Southwest-Macon, of the
sub-region.
“That was one of those
games (Southwest) where
sometimes it’s good to play a
feel-good game,” said Scott.
“We were not very happy
with what happened against
Peach. To be able to come
out last week and play like
we did, and to be able to get
as many young kids some
playing time as we did, and
for them to execute was a
big plus.”
Scott also doesn’t want to
give too much thought yet
about possible region play
off opponents. The Panthers
won’t be in for any big sur
prises, though, either way
because both Spalding and
Mary Persons were region
rivals with Perry the last
two seasons.
Scott did say that the
north sub-region, in a case
where both first-place teams
beat their fourth-place oppo
nents, would get the No. 1 4-
AAA spot for the state tour
nament this year with the
south sub-region team get
ting No. 2. The same holds
true for the No. 3 and No.
4 spots if both second-place
teams beat the third-place
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teams.
That will flip-flop for the
2007 season.
In a recap of what has
brought Perry football to
this point, it is a team that
has just 10 senior players,
most of whom are starters.
Scott said they are probably
five or six plays away from
being just a one-loss team,
but despite the setbacks the
Panthers are continuing to
press forward.
“Casey Hayward’s contin
ually getting better in his
ability to read the defense
and put us in the right situ
ations,” said Scott about his
junior quarterback. “The
whole offensive line is get
ting better being a group of
sophomores and one junior.
That’s a big deal for us.
“The defensive line, with
(junior) Kanorris Davis,
is continually improving.
I’m real proud of (senior)
Stephen Calhoun, (sopho
more) Michael Walker, and
(sophomore) Tay Brown and
(senior) Yardley Allen in the
secondary. A lot of kids are
trying as hard as they can to
get better.
“It’s good for the future,
but we’re going to try as
hard as we can to finish this
year strong.”
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Rios-Maldanado battling
side-by-side with the other
two runners starting to
fade. Rios-Maldanado ini
tially passed Burkhardt but
about halfway through the
final lap Burkhardt went
back in front. In the end, it
came down to a sprint to the
finish line - a sprint that
Burkhardt won by less than
a second.
Another name worth
mentioning for the Demons
was Jeffrey Nakayama. He
finished ninth the third
Demon finisher - but as the
runners came up the big
hill for the last time, he
was situated, somewhat sig
nificantly in all, behind four
Tift County runners - the
Blue Devils finished second
overall, by the way - and
a Colquitt County runner.
Between the approximate
300-400 yards that was left,
he passed them all.
Perhaps just the way his
coach, David Erpelding, had
planned all along.
“I told them that they had
to run the race of their life
but not too get excited at the
beginning,” Erpelding said,
“but to pace themselves and
to run all out after they hit
the woods for the final time.
And that is what they did.
“The boys were a little
disappointed after county,”
he added. “But they were
relentless in their charge for
another region champion
ship (their first since 2002)
and that is all I could ever
ask of them.”
“Marc Kushinka did a
great job as captain keeping
the boys focused on their
goal since the beginning of
the season.”
Overall, Warner Robins
finished with a team score
of 46. Tift County was sec
ond with 68, followed by
Colquitt County with 71,
Houston County with 79
(the top four teams qualify
for state), Valdosta with 127,
Lowndes 129 and Coffee
County 148.
The top six individu
als - that included Rios-
Maldanado and the Bears’
Jordan Randall, who was
sixth - also qualified for
state (although, in the case
of those two, they would be
going regardless based on
the fact the team qualified).
As far as the girls, that
race was a replay of many
with the Demonettes’
Brittney Stewart taking the
lead and blowing away the
field.
The closest to her at the
finish was the Lady Bears’
Megan Breitbach - nearly
30 seconds back.
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"I told them that
they had to run
the race ol their
life but not too
get excited at the
beginning, but to
pace themselves
and to run all out
after they hit the
woods lor the Anal
time. And that Is
what they did.”
- Warner Robins bead cross coun
try coach David Erpelding
Warner Robins, however,
was unable to capture the
team title. That went to Tift
County with a score of 42.
Houston County was second
with 53, then the Demonettes
with 66. Colquitt County, in
fourth, was the last team to
qualify for state. Lowndes
was fifth with 119, followed
by Valdosta with 148 and
Coffee County with 198.
As far as his girls, they “did
an outstanding job today,”
said Erpelding. “Since they
were missing one of their
top girls (she was out ill, he
said) and I just told them
to run their best and shoot
for the top three and that is
what they did.”
Added Erpelding: “First
of all I would like to thank
God for giving these kids
the talent to run and for
them to use their gift given
to them.
“Second of all I would
like to thank Ms. (Steve)
Monday and Coach (Bryan)
Way for their outstanding
support of our cross country
program.
“Next I would like to
thank the parents for their
hard work in helping to put
on all the meets we held this
season.
“Finally I want to thank
the kids for giving it their all
when it counted the most.”
Editor’s note: For full
results, along with addition
al pictures, see Saturday’s
Houston Daily Journal.
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