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The Panthers’ Kanorris Davis strips the ball from a Raider Friday in Perry.
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Casey Hayward throws for the endzone.
PERRY
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Northeast changed its
quarterback the next time
its offense took the field. It
was 6-3 junior Earnest Gray,
replacing an ailing Palmer.
His results running the ball
were just as good as Palmer’s
as, from the shotgun, he
charged up the middle for
a first-down run to his own
41.
Kanorris Davis and Robby
Taylor, though, got to Gray
and stopped that series.
Perry took the punt, but a
foul made the Panthers start
a drive on the 11.
Felder was still finding
himself all alone over the
middle, and he made a catch
and-run on the first snap up
to the Northeast 40. Johnnie
Farms, the young left tackle,
opened up his side of the field
for Kenny Davis to charge to
the 25. Felder had one more
clutch catch in him on third
down, taking an out throw
on the 15.
From there, Hayward ran
the option and found the best
option was his own legs. His
touchdown run came at 5:40
until halftime.
Northeast found more
problems with the Perry
defensive front. End Tony
Davis got to Gray for a six
yard loss on the next series.
It led to a daring gamble by
the visitors - a fake punt
- but it would only lead to a
Panther start on the 14.
Ray Guin, a freshman kick
er who was perfect in PAT
tries all half, put through a
31-yard field goal at 2:53.
Perry would take the 31-6
lead into the break, but not
before Tony Davis broke
into the Northeast backfield
again for a third-down loss.
Kanorris Davis had a slight
injury problem in that final
minute, but was back on the
field for the last tackle.
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Northeast shut down the
Panther running game in the
third quarter, limiting Perry
to 58 yards on the ground.
The Panthers could see how
much tougher it would be to
move the football right away
as the Raider line denied
them on back-to-back plays
near midfield.
The Raiders stole posses
sion on downs on the Perry
48. Cornelius blasted up the
middle 27 yards to the 21,
and Brown made a couple
of moves after a reception
for lst-and-goal on the 4.
Cornelius scored from there,
bringing his team within 19,
31-12.
The Panthers still couldn’t
drive past midfield, but
caught a break on Northeast’s
first punt block. The ball
rolled forward past the line
of scrimmage and bounced
off a visiting player. Taylor
Recovered on the NE 42.
Perry’s next attempt at a
punt made it through the
air, and the Panther defense
followed with a three-and
out. Most of Perry’s rushing
yards of the quarter came on
the next series as Hayward
found some daylight going
sideline to sideline for 28
yards. The Panthers fumbled
away the next snap on the
Raider 20.
Northeast was unable
to elude Tony Davis and
Ambrose Kendrick at the
start of the fourth quarter,
and the Panthers took anoth
er punt on its 34.
From there Kenny Davis
made sure his team would
produce in the final quarter.
His simple left tackle run
turned into a 66-yard touch
down. Guin upped the lead to
38-12 by making the PAT at
10:43 remaining.
But it was still a long time
to go, and Northeast was not
ready to return to Macon.
With a fresh running back,
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Raiders drove up to its own
46 and faced a fourth-down
decision. That call went to
McCornell up the middle,
and he didn’t stop just for a
first down.
Fifty-four yards later, the
Raiders were back on the
board. McCornell did the
same run on the two-point
alignment, and it was 38-20
with 8:16 to go.
That was it for scoring,
but not for the highlights.
Head coach Andy Scott
brought some fresh people in
for his offense, and Thomaas
Redding’s first touch went 42
yards to the Raider 25. Two
plays later, though, Northeast
would get an interception by
Ternez McCoy and a return
to midfield.
Taylor had the answer
for the defense, first hit
ting Gray on a second-down
throw, then intercepting a
pass on the Raider 43.
Northeast had two more
drives, one after a blocked
punt on the Panther 45 and
a second on fumble recovered
at the 40. They would only
get as far as the 20 the rest
of the time, and Kenny Davis
recorded a fourth-down sack
to finally wrap up the vic
tory. Mary Persons report
edly beat Spalding Friday
19-18, which sends Spalding
to Perry this coming Friday
as the third-place team from
the 4-AAA north sub-region.
The winner qualifies for the
Class AAA state playoffs.
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loss meant that they would
be playing the No. 3 seed
from the South in the first
round of the playoffs, a fate
that the Raiders did not want
to face. Westfield’s defense
kept the Hornets in the game
throughout the contest, but
their offense was not able to
provide the needed points to
upset the favored Raiders,
and Southland left Perry
with a 13-0 victory.
Although the odds were
largely in Southland’s favor,
the Hornets made it known
from the opening kickoff that
they had no intention of lying
down for the Raiders.
Starting from their own
9-yard line, sustained a five
minute, 58-yard drive high
lighted by an 18-yard run
by wingback Zach Young as
well as an 18-yard comple
tion from quarterback Chase
Ellis to receiver Joel Revis.
A failed quarterback-throw
back on fourth down ended
the Hornet drive and brought
Westfield’s defense on the
field.
The Hornets dodged a bul
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ensuing possession. After
the Raiders converted sev
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short yardage throughout
the drive, Southland run
ning back Chase Willis made
his way into the endzone
on a sweep on fourth down.
Luck was with the Hornets,
though, as the play was
negated by a holding penalty
on Southland.
Neither offense was able to
get on the scoreboard in the
first quarter. Southland was
the first to break the scoring
deadlock, when Raider quar
terback Taylor Payne scored
a one-yard touchdown run
with 8:20 left in the first
half.
The Hornets were not able
to score on the following
possession and were forced
to punt it to the Raiders.
Southland’s attempt to
increase their lead before the
end of the half was stopped
by a Zach Young intercep
tion. The Hornets went into
the locker room trailing 7-0.
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the Raiders in check for most
of the first half, highlighted
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well as Young’s interception
“Our defense played as
well as we could have asked
for tonight,” said Westfield
head coach Ronnie Jones.
“Our offense did not pro
duce tonight, which left the
defense to defend the short
field most of the night.”
After stopping the Raiders
on their first possession of
the second half, the Hornets
put together a drive that was
stopped short by an inter
ception by Justin Hood.
The interception set up the
Raiders for a three-min
ute drive that ended with
a 23-yard field goal, giving
Southland a 10-0 lead.
The Hornet defense was
called on again to defend the
short field when a Westfield
fumble gave the Raiders
the ball at the end of the
third quarter. The Raiders
got inside the Hornets’ five
yard line on second down,
but Westfield’s defense was
able once again to hold the
Raiders to a field goal, mak
ing the
left in the game.
The Hornets, now at 1-7-
1, will finish out their sea
son Friday in Albany against
Sherwood Christian.
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