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2B ♦ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2006 Check out Wednesday’s Houston Daily Journal for more pics of the Eagles and Demons’ Dome games P 8 ENI/Gary Harmon Northside’s Devon Pike kicks off as Kevyn Cooper holds. IB B ' * iiiiPß j . * * • .••<•.*. • •:«•,-.--••••«.•«•• .*•* „• *,.. .• : ~,: -».w " • r ; ■ . s .' V • ..y- .......?rr ■. * ENI Gary Harmon Eagle defenders bring down a Lion runner. HUE From page iB He added another 13 for lst-and-goal on the 5, The Lion defense, though, would not let him cross the goal line on two more carries, and Ivory had to fall on a bad snap on the 6 for 4th and-goal. This is where, as Nix referred, Northside missed a field-goal try and gave St. Pius X a chance with 3:25 remaining. The Eagles gave the Lions even more of a chance with a fourth-down pass inter ference and personal foul. Tinsley followed that with a third-down conversion on a 10-yard sweep to the 16. It was from that that Flint caught his touchdown, and Chris Philpott kicked the PAT that made it the 20-17 SHORT From page iB and Ryan Reid pushed Davis back to the Peachtree Ridge side of the 50 and got the football back for the Demon offense. Jackson’s run around left end for 13 yards and Grant bounce and spin right from the wing set for 20 yards represented Warner Robins’ last first downs of the night. Jin PSNMML v -Part-time Pay Mont > for college Retirement f I I ife liisiii iiiice t MHM.O (.1 vltU <<»».! Mill <.(>.(,t VRlUum final. After Jordan's onside-kick catch, Green completed his night with three more rush es. He had 22 in all, 16 com ing in the second half, for a total of 191 yards with the three touchdowns. “He’s special,” said Nix. “I’m very, very thankful that he’s on our team and for the way he ran the football.” For the junior Ivory, it was his first start in the Dome, and he started out well hit ting on his first three throws for 32 yards. “We didn’t complete as many as we needed to,” said Nix. “But he competed and he led us, and we won. So he gives us another chance. One guy’s job is important, but everybody together has to do his job. “A lot of guys made some plays (on defense). Those guys inside played their On a third-down counter play from the Peachtree Ridge 42, the Demons lost a fumble after a gain of eight yards, and the Lions recov ered on their 32. Graham showed a little Vick-like running cutting across field on third down for 18 yards to the Warner Robins 47. But Scott broke up a pass to end the first period and Roderick Rose stopped Davis on the line to start the second. Haynes You < ;in in (lie (.corjiia Army Nitlionsil Guard! Dmi'l miss this exciting oppoi tunils to sei s e your country and community. Ydtrll experience discipline, teamwork, leadership, ami career training. Along with [ your pay check, members arc I eligible to collect tuition assistance and other valuable military benefits. Seek out adventure... in the <ieoi gia Army s -,g Ob" National t.uard! -I • * 4 1 • -* '**“ '• '■%"}¥' i^MWr’JR&RPVV^^^ f *■'''"% * ,. • ftfofr i - -Jfcf <§* ENI/Gary Harmon Northside takes on St. Pius X. hearts out and kept on com peting. There are a lot of things you don’t see all the time. A lot of other plays we maybe don’t recognize until we see it on video.” The one play St. Pius X may regret all off-season happened on its first pos session. The Lions showed the Eagles its option attack, but could not get a first down as safety Mitchell Bell, the third man to get a look at Tinsley on third down, stopped him on the line of scrimmage. Philpott went back to punt, but he had to chase the foot ball after it was snapped over his head. Charles McKenzie chased the kicker down on the Lion 2. It only took one play for Green to bounce, spin and score his first touchdown at 7:13 of the first quarter. “Anytime you get points, took the snap in punt forma tion, but was surrounded by Buford, Xavier Jackson and Josh Palmer short of the first down. The highlights belonged to the defenses for a while with Dustin Gibbs of the Lions getting a huge third down sack and Ivory Petties and Thomas Bruce of the Demons stopping Davis for more lost yards. With 1:04 left until half time, Drew Butler, son of "Have Cameras, Will Travel" rv ii imi I MIC II ill > Aerial Hitimrapliy | imi luinci • IM/MW W 4/WM-WU '4l*9* SPORTS wf flPOßir mmm' i * * M * ■. M K\ f y iHw*- xl JF tH - - - -;■*-; , - vi:A:« * «'~'*vj& --*' ; ENI/Gary Harmon Isaac Wilson and other Eagle defenders make a stop. it’s big,” said Nix. “You have to seize those oppor tunities and hopefully take advantage of them. We did on a couple of those, and it worked out.” St. Pius X ran eight plays on its next possession, but Bell came up with anoth er stop on Tinsley inside Northside ground. Philpott got his next punt try off, placing the football on the 18. From there, the Eagle offense had to overcome to holding calls as Ivory got a first down throw outside to Nick Bass on the 30. On second down from the 37, Green just sprinted off right tackle and didn’t stop until he had six more points at 1:15. The lead stayed 13-0, though, with a missed PAT kick. The Lions cracked the scoreboard in the second former University of Georgia and Chicago Bears kicker Kevin Butler, gave Peachtree Ridge some points with a 27- yard field goal. The Lions began its domi nation of the time of posses sion in the second half with a 12-play drive that started on the Demon 49. Rose, Buford and Cowart made big stops on first down, but Peachtree Ridge overcame to get three first downs up to the 11. They even elected - with quarter on a 15-play drive that started on their own 38. It included a fourth-down conversion by Knight on the 50 and a 3rd-and-l conver sion by big fullback Tyler Fish on the Eagle 40. There was no play on this drive of more than 10 yards until Asip, from the 23, escaped trouble and crossed the field for 14 yards to the 9. The Lions had a field-goal set up on 4th-and-goal at the 6, but the pressured shown by Jordan forced a procedure call. Still, Philpott made the 28-yarder at 1:50 until half time (13-3). • St. Pius X had the football first in the second half, but the Eagles covered the kick off return on the 17. But with little gains here and there, the Lions con verted three third downs to the Northside 44. The 11th Butler’s strong leg and only down 7-3 - to go for a first on 4th-and-inches inside the 14. On 3rd-down from the 4, Bruce forced a fumble that Buford picked up on the 5. But the edge in field k position also stayed with 1 CHRISTMAS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS j \ WEDDINGS, FUNERAL, BIRTHDAY, I ANNIVERSARY ■ i ™ Call NOW to place your I order: 478-923-9707 i ask for the “flowerlady” (Peggy) i i Houston Ace Hardware j i mention this ad and receive 20% off your first order I I | Delivery Available I I a (certain conditions apply) £ I | L mm mm mm mm —. _ mm mm mm mm l°°° 377^ THE HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL play was the big play as Tinsley burst through the middle to score a 40-yard touchdown. Half of the third quarter was gone (5:58 on the clock), and Philpott’s kick brought the Lions within three at 13-10. At this point, Northside’s offense had just one first down since Green’s big touchdown run. But Green took care of that on the next drive with two first-down runs. The Eagles, though, went the other way on a sack by Greg Foster. “Right now our confidence is probably a little bit shak en,” said Nix. “We’ve played not great, pretty good all year and done well on both sides of the ball. Defensively I know they’re a little disap pointed in themselves, but you can’t shut everybody down every night.” Peachtree Ridge, as it was able to field a punt on the Warner Robins 48. From there, Haynes made a 12- yard catch on third down at the 33. Graham lost six yards fumbling a snap at the See DEMONS, page 6B 90041 271 r I Hi k i . j