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2B ♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2006 BHi «K '""'*' v ™ B ▼! Hr' a <m JHf * ENI Gary llarmon The Panthers’ Kanorris Davis strips the ball from a Raider Friday in Perry. ENI/Gary Harmon Casey Hayward throws for the endzone. PERRY From page iB 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. Donate Your Car to Goodwill! One Car at a Time ... ! \ mm * \ w%& , '■%/ 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, Quinton McCornell, the Creates One Job at a Time When you donate your car to Goodwill, you II get a tax deduction, and your car will become part of Goodwill's Automotive Training Program Goodwill s trainees will learn valuable job skills in automotive technology so they can get good jobs in our community. Call 1-866-Let-It-Go or visit www.goodwillworks.org i Building lives, families / and communities ■ ONE JOB AT A TIME. Q| 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. My Grandpa We love him! . : I SKID From page tB 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. 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HWjlfj»■ |rg“g]PSS " jgS Bulswls ife | IHIapliiBli laFIB let on defense during the ensuing possession. After the Raiders converted sev eral plays on third down and 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. Westfield’s defense kept the Raiders in check for most of the first half, highlighted by a multitude of tackles by linebacker Ryan Campbell as E’BtBmSM- s confidence ggSEgfis-vT'D. mSrSmBBSmP E king rJxwt m .MMSmp voctre ■f'Wran’. FT VOUPC OUJN PLAYING LEVEL W&mEk T Mp-r £, herd to ifW"^rV ! tW n chi eve if you I, THE CHIEF MSAm Sin OF SO MANY im* TSUiI - RLUISYS TO PLAY ■■■■BHbJßHHtilr GOLF CLUB HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 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. >-mail CieatsmailQaol com www gocomics com rojoo* by King Feature* Syndicate Inc World right* raaervrd 1