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This year, the B sub-region gets the higher seed in the event both first place teams win in the play in round. “I thought our guys played really well,” said Nix. “I’m thankful for the way we played both offensively and defensively.” The Eagle passing game seems to be showing signs of growing more and more potent. Marques Ivory had CLEATS /7'M GONG over TO \ (| ' f 1 tamoer'g mwi for ) \Atf WAR. J Play Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS BALANCE From page iB the offensive line. Johnson said he’s had college recruit ers tell him that whole unit is full of recruits. The Trojans run the veer with a good fullback, Melvin Loving, who is No. 3 in the region in rushing by only three yards. Coffee is No. 1 in the region in total offense at almost 300 yards a game. “They are very explosive,” said Johnson. “They can score on you at any time. The first thing we have to do is stop the fullback. He’s gotten yards against every body. The quarterback is the next guy. If he has a great night throwing the football, then it’s going to be really tough. “We are going to be a little smaller than they are (up front). I think one tackle is 6-6, 320. They are going to have us out-manned. We are pretty good up front, and hopefully we can even some of that out. We are going to have to tackle real well because the fullback has broken a lot of tackles. People have a hard time get ting him down.” Coffee County also stops ■ roDAr^B i Catch all of tonight's game highlights in » tomorrow's Mauaton Maiig Jjauriuil wM View stats, pictures and a variety of sports related information. I WESTFIELD FOOTBALL I * Phtt Clark and fficlt /ofansfone are the most experienced |high school play-by-play announcers in middle Georgia, with over | fifty years of combined time behind the sports mikes. Enjoy every | game this season on IM* 100.9, with each broadcast beginning | thirty minutes before kickoff. IMw 100.9 encourages you to • support the Hornets in person if possible, but if you can't, be sure | to join us on game night. Take your transistor radio to the game and get the inside scoop on what's going on. 173 yards passing with three touchdowns. Jacobi Rodrigues had one touch down and 105 yards receiv ing, while Nick Bass hauled in two scoring throws and Tijuan Green the other, which actually came from Rodrigues, the former start ing quarterback. “I don’t think it’s the best it’s been, but it was good,” said Nix about the throw ing production. “We have to continue to be good. I don’t know if we’ll have those kind of numbers all the time, but we still have to be effective and utilize our passing game if people stop us from run ning the football.” Nix was worried about the Seminole running game going in, but held senior Fernando Pitts to just 37 yards and the team as a whole to 55 on the ground. “If we don’t win this week, we’re out of it,” said Nix about the finality of this play-in situation. “It’s defi nitely a playoff atmosphere for us from here on out. It’s hard to believe it’s that time /jack I WHERE PIP YOU ) ! V. GET THAT euu? I J I 1 (c) 2000 Bill Hinds Dist by Universal Press Syndicate J the run fairly well, giving up less than 80 yards on the ground on average. The total defense also leads the league at 161 per game. Houston County will throw the lead ing rusher, Eric O’Neal, at a group with three good line backers in a 4-3 and a 5-3. “Something’s going to have to give there,” said Johnson. “I hope we’ll be able to win that battle some. The whole front is pretty good. It’s hard to get them out of the way. The lineback ers run well.” 1-AAAAA may have explo sive running backs and spread-out offenses, but sev eral scores in region games turned out to be quite low. “It’s a very good defen sive region,” said Johnson. “If you look at our scores, there’s 14-10, 10-7 or what ever. “We’ve only had a couple of games where somebody’s scored a few points, and that’s probably because of turnovers. People who play good defense are usually doing good coaching jobs.” When Houston County topped Valdosta for the first time ever, it was in a 14- 9 final. O’Neal scored the game-winning touchdown HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL of year, we’ve already played nine ball games.” While the Eagles would be a heavy favorite to win on Friday, Nix is only wor ried about that game and the fact that Region 4-AAAA is paired with Region 1-AAAA in the first round. Right now it looks like Lee County will finish fourth in that region unless it beats Americus-Sumter this week end. 1-AAAA is only a four-team region led by Thomas County- Central, a team Northside beat in the playoffs last year. Americus-Sumter and Bainbridge are tied for sec ond, but Americus-Sumter beat Bainbridge. Statesboro is the defend ing state champions and still highly ranked at No. 2, while Griffin sits at No. 3 in the rankings. But again, don’t ask Nix who is the team to beat. “Our main interest is play ing Friday night, and hope fully we’ll play good, win and then see who all is in the bracket,” said Nix. f w you soy tuic.'N TUIW FOR YOUR «*!?! J J /PON'T l a. 1 -w .g ______ ■ i www gocomics com e-mail CleatsmailQaol com J with 1:29 left. Valdosta had gone ahead with 2:55 to play on a field goal. The Wildcats tried to dip into its history during this lean 1-8 season going into that game, which was defi nitely going to be their fina le. “Valdosta for us as coaches was a very scary ball game,” said Johnson. “They broke out their old Valdosta jer seys. They started a new thing this year, changing jerseys for the first time in 55 years, and they thought that was going to be a big deal. When we get out there, they’re in the old Valdosta jersey, and they played really hard. “We told our kids they were going to play hard. It was their last chance to beat somebody. “We did a pretty good job defensively. They did a few things that caught us off guard, but after that we gave up a field goal, and that was pretty much it.” Famous Homemade Cinnamon Rolls 1-75 ExN 136 • 987-t77 4QQQ9 SliiTT; 1009/: WFQA-FMI | Preaame radio show Starts at 7:30 . ■ 000378 16