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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Don’t miss: More on Northside’s championship in Tuesday’s Houston Daily Journal. *Jaaßr i. ■ ™ ’ ~ 1>• JEjfc mmm mammas*' g... > i ' ’wwriflif • |y| immpmmJwimp - * * **m « mmsKKrmkmtrjUf^ ENI Gary Harmon Northside fans cheer on the Eagles during the GHSA Class AAAA state championship victory Friday night at McConnell-Talbert Stadium in Warner Robins. iff 1 llil BBKF C ft Vs , . i * ]Jhb p| ENI Gary Harmon Northside running back Tijuan Grecen runs through tackles by a Marist defender during the first half. Ipl n? V i «§ ?-•> 9HnH| a kJjffL il mLU!| ENI Gary Harmon North side quarterback Marques Ivory (11) runs through a massive hole in the Marist defense. CHAMPS From page iB that kept the drive alive. The only problem was Pike’s extra point hit the goalpost and caromed off to the left. Northside forced Marist into a three-and-out on their next possession and appeared to be headed for paydirt on its subsequent possession. Ivory and Green combined runs to make it a second and-one before Othman Falah picked up the first on a pass from Ivory near the sidelines. That put the ball on the War Eagles’ 43. But, on the next play, the Eagles opted to shoot for the endzone. The pass, intended for Bass on the left side, was intercepted. That appeared at first just to be a bump in the road as the defense held again. But, it was also flagged for rough ing the kicker on the punt, from the endzone. That gave Marist the ball back with 15 extra yards to boot. By then the clock was nearing the two-minute mark. The War Eagles, aided by a completed pass on a third and-eight and later a face mask by Northside, man aged to get within range of Gallagher. This time, however, he hooked the 36-yard attempt wide left. That came with no time showing on the clock. The Eagles took the ball to open the second half and needed just five plays to score. The last two of those were by Green. His first was for 22 yards, the second for 43 and the score. Pike’s extra point made it 16-6 with 9:51 left in the third. Northside’s defense then closed up the line - shut down the run on Marist’s next possession. It almost found an outlet in regard to the pass but the receiver on third-and-long let the ball go through his hands on a deep route across the field. It’s safe to say that the Eagles and Green had just been warming up. SPORTS v'.y ; : ,- ill,: *l' *t. ’ -f. ■ te A%>/ &&, - wmmm f g&f 1 * >3? ißp ~ij rrfl'Mi I tKlnnr ▼ » aEri®: . ENI/Gary Harmon Northside fans encourage the Eagles by holding up letters that spell ‘Make it happen’ .> 1 . : ,y&' <...’- ® IHH ENI Gary Harmon Northside fans hold up signs and a No. 1 finger during the win. , -&$ */ /•- ■ , Jit 1 * , ' -’'n’l' - / ' * "' '’ |k • f it A B ENI/Gary Harmon Northside head coach Conrad Nix discusses a call with an official. • On Northside’s next pos session, it scored again. This time it took four plays and just over a minute for the Eagles to go 52 yards and score again. Green accounted for the majority of those yards, first spinning and juking his way to a first down on the initial handoff from scrimmage and then getting wide open for a 29-yard touchdown pass from Ivory. Pike made it 23-6 with 6:21 left in the third. The last thing the War Eagles needed at that point was a fumble but that’s exact ly what they got. Jordan, among a pile of Eagles, came up with the loose ball that gave Northside possession at Marists’ 40. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2006 ♦ The Eagles were unable to score but they were able to pin the War Eagles inside their 10. Marist picked up a first down on the pass before Northside’s defense got busy again. Jordan stripped a receiver of a pass. Taylor, on second-and-23 blindsid ed Marshall who fumbled. Marist recovered but on the next play Eric Fields sacked Marshall. By the time Northside was finished the War Eagles were back to where they started and punting out of the end zone. By then the game was just into the fourth quarter. The Eagles, following the punt, took over on their 42. Two plays and a first down from scrimmage later and Green was off and running again. He ran it to the 20. Then he ran it to the 6, then the 1. That gave Northside a first and goal from the 1. Green dove in from there. Pike made it 30-6 with 7:40 left to play. The Eagles forced another turnover on Marist’s next possession, recovered and continued to eat up yards and the clock. With Green, and Jordan now on that side of the ball, Northside pound ed it to the eight-yard line. There, with just a little more than a minute to play Ivory began taking a knee. Northside’s first champi onship was complete. 3B