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NORTHSIDE 1
From page 13
“On the defensive line we lost Marcus
Hill and Jonathan Ridley, but coach (Kevin)
Smith will have those guys ready to go.
“Hopefully it’s (a defense) that won't give
up the big play. That’s what we’re focused
How they fared
Houston County Won 26-14
Warner Robins Won 28-7
North Clayton Won 28-21
Jones County Won 45-0
Dutchtown Won 54-0
Stockbridge Won 43-6
Baldwin County Won 28-6
Upson-Lee Won 41-7
Westside Won 27-7
Mt. ZionMBBB Won 47-6
Lee Co. Won 41-0
Brunswick Won 38-13
Habersham Central Won 34-0
st. Pius X Won 20-17
Marist H Won 30-6
HORNETS 1
From page 17
“Will Jenkins (junior) is kind of amazing
in that he weights about 140 pounds but
benches about 320,” said Jones. “He looks
good out there. Zach Crowe looks good out
there. Our defensive tackle people are Ste-
YEAR 1
From page 16
not have won much in this season, but
the Bears sure weren’t fooled into think
ing it would be an easy night. Not trail
ing by two with less than two minutes
left But Eric O’Neal’s 17-yard touch
down run was the game-winner for
playoff-bound Houston 14-9
Warner Robins didn’t look playoff
bound losing at home to Colquitt Coun
ty 24-14 Westfield knew for sure there
would be no playoffs as Southland,
bound for the state finals, won at the
Hornets’ Nest 13-0.
Perry High was looking for a chance
at a 4-AAA playoff game at home, and
needed to beat Northeast-Macon to
get it. Casey Hayward connected with
Akeen Felder twice for touchdowns
in the early going, and the Panthers
cruised 38-20.
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Nov. 10-11
Northside did to Mt. Zion-Jonesboro
much what it had done to south sub
region teams in the regular season. The
Eagles won its play-in game against
the north sub-region foe 47-6.
Perry also had a play-in round with a
on, that everybody takes care of their re
sponsibility. We’re throwing a lot of stuff at
them so far. I think the strength will be the
defensive front (with end Anthony Taylor
leading the way). We have a lot of guys who
can play there. Hopefully we have enough to
keep the pressure and intensity on to be a
get-afterit kind of defense.”
Sophomore Devon Pike won the place
kicking job as a freshman last year and is
back after a strong finish to last season. Nix
said they are trying to find a new punter and
long snapper.
Northside starts the year with two big
rivalry games, Houston and Warner Rob
ins High, and then takes on the team the
Eagles perhaps struggled with the most in
the regular year, North Clayton. He said it’s
important for Northside to be prepared in
these games, and that’s most important with
Houston County and its new head coach in
George Collins.
In Region 4-AAAA and the south sub-re
gion, Nix said everyone should be improved,
even Baldwin, which lost its quarterback and
running back.
“A lot of attention has gone to (Westside),”
said Nix. “Upson-Lee I know will be better.
They carried Griffin to the wire, were ahead
late in the game in the playoffs. Griffin beat
them 36*32. Stockbridge has three or four
major college prospects. It’s a very competi
tive region.
“The only thing that’s guaranteed is ev
erybody’s going to come after us. We have a
bigger target on our back.”
ven Peake, Jay Hadden, Zach Horton and
Dylan Carson. Matt Mcßride, who weighs
about 255 pounds ... if we have a prospect,
I think it’s him (at defensive end). He runs
about a 5-1 40, which is moving for a big guy.
At the other defensive end, Jordan Payne
and Trent Usher are vying for that job.”
John Peake, Young, Crook and Revis will
also be looked at to play the secondary po-
familiar face in Spalding High. The Pan
ther defense kept the Jaguars from the
red zone (20-yard-line in) let alone the
end zone. The offense was provided by
a Casey Hayward 52-yard touchdown
run and 45-yard pass to Akeen Felder
in a 27-0 shutout.
On Friday, Warner Robins needed a
win to get into the state playoffs from
1-AAAAA. The Demons helped keep
the defending AAAAA champions from
Lowndes out of the ‘big dance’ as Lar
on Scott had a 92-yard kickoff return for
a score in a 16-6 win.
It was the help from Warner Robins
that ensured Houston County of the No.
4 seed from the region. So on Saturday,
Coffee County was in the must-win situ
ation facing the Bears at McConnell-
Talbert. Trojan Melvin Loving scored a
three-yard touchdown to cap a 92-yard
drive in the fourth quarter, and Coffee
got that win 28-21.
Week 12
Nev. 17-18
Eric O'Neal helped Houston County
shove the football right down Newnan
High's throat with five touchdowns and
180 yards on the ground. The Bears
had 433 rushing yards, and defensively
two fumble recoveries of pass recep
tions inside the 20 helped open the
AAAAA playoffs with a 35-21 upset.
No. Name Grade
3 Nick Bass 12
4 K.J. Morton 11
4 Jordan Couillard 10
5 Tijuan Green 12
6 Leslie Jordan 12
7 Brandon Brown 10
8 Tracey Lawrence 12
9 Ben Hicks 12
10 Quin Green 10
11 Marques Ivory 12
12 Brison Williams 10
13 Darius McGee 12
14 Kevyn Cooper 12
15 Eddie Aaron 11
16 Pat Williams 10
17 DougMeddings 12
18 Joe Scott 11
19 Brandon Jordan 12
20 Adrian Tyler 12
21 Chris Hudson 12
22 Jerome Mitchell 12
23 Jerold Ingram 12
24 Rashad Young 11
25 Xavier Hawkins 11
26 DathanTharpe 12
27 Ken Gray 11
28 Rennis Perry 10
29 Joe Brown 10
30 Alan Davis 11
31 Shawn Rich 11
32 Darius Ivey 11
33 Randal Mcßride 11
34 Eric Fields 11
sitions. Again, only four of the seven South
Region teams in Class AAA will make the
state playoffs. Jones said FPD and Pinewood
should return several starters while South
land, which played Tattnall for the state title,
lost several seniors. Stratford had a coaching
change after a season of struggle.
“I think you can expect (Westfield) to play
with a lot of enthusiasm,” said Jones. “The
Tijuan Green had a 60-yard touch
down run on the second play of the
game as Northside beat Lee County
to open the AAAA playoffs with a 41-0
win.
Perry would go down, however, at
the start of the AAA playoffs in a road
trip to extreme south Georgia in Cairo.
The Panthers lost 17-6.
David Clark kicked four field goals,
including a school-record 50-yarder,
to lead Warner Robins past Mundy's
Mill 40-14 in a Saturday AAAAA playoff
game at ivicConnell-Talbert. Dewayne
Jackson also rushed for 134 yards with
a touchdown.
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Nov. 24
Twenty-one first-quarter points and
two interceptions by the defense led
Houston County to a second road play
off victory in as many weeks. The Bears
blanked M L. King 28-0.
For Warner Robins, this weekend
marked the first of two monumental
road upsets in the playoffs. Camden
County had a huge home winning
streak snapped by the Demons 27-7.
Tijuan Green ran for 211 yards and
three touchdowns, and Northside
mounted a scoring drive of 99 yards
to beat Brunswick High at McConnell-
Talbert 38-13. The long drive in the third
2007 Eagles
35 Anthony Lockhart 11
36 Dominique Loving 12
36 Travis Boyd 10
37 C.J. Styles 11
38 Jason Griffeth 12
39 Aramis Ferguson 11
40 Wes Garber 10
41 Denzel Davis 11
42 Marquis Carswell 12
43 Anthony Taylor 12
44 Khiry Jones 12
45 Tevin Lester 10
46 Devin Mitchell 10
47 Daniel Cambell 11
48 Rich Askew 11
49 Brian Jones 11
50 Phil Jones 10
51 Derek Golden 12
52 Sheldon Maraj 12
53 Michael Leotis 11
54 Jamario Clark 11
55 Austin Bethea 11
56 lan Cunningham 10
57 GusDelßio 10
58 Jerome Bibbins 12
59 Brian Wilson 11
60 VeshanOats 12
61 Kwame Williams 11
62 WillZunino 12
63 Matt Nesmith 11
64 Marc Jones 10
64 Kiara Jones 12
65 Sam Cherney 10
66 DonWerden 10
quarter began with a Charles McKen
zie interception that was overruled as
a touchback and spotted on the 1. The
drive went 14 plays, with a key third
down catch by Jacobi Rodrigues, and
ended with a Green touchdown.
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Dec. 1
Two for the Dome, and one stays
home.
That one is Houston County High,
which would lose at Roswell 42-21 in
what would turn out to be the final game
for retiring head coach Doug Johnson.
Northside's defense paved the path
to Atlanta with a shutout win against
Habersham Central 34-0. Tijuan Green
carried the football 29 times for 185
yards and two touchdowns.
Warner Robins was close to the
Dome playing in the quarterfinals at na
tionally-ranked Norcross High. Jeremy
Grant had two touchdowns and Rod
erick Rose intercepted a pass as the
Demons prevailed 14-3.
Week 15
Dec. 8-9
Tijuan Green had another game of
three touchdowns, and Mario Arm
strong intercepted a tipped pass in the
Georgia Dome semifinals for AAAA. It
wasn’t until Deonta Jordan fell on an
onsides kick, however, that Northside
HOUSTON COUNTY FOOTBALL 2007
67 Calvin Johnson 11
68 Zach Bibbins 11
69 Matt Hernandez 11
70 Brandon Stephens 10
71 NateKorytko 10
72 Jordan Dooley 12
73 Chip Pouge 10
74 Tharren Printup 10
75 Shedrick Jones 11
76 Chris Linder 11
77 Robert Frisch 11
78 Tommy Moore' 11
79 Trent Johnson 10
80- Devon Pike 10
81 Troy Culpepper 10
82 Andre Smith 10
83 Quin Lester 10
84 Wade Tillman 12
85 Daniel Ater 11
86 Evan Arthur 11
87 Christian Negron 11
88 Steven Faulkner 10
89 Will Foskey 11
90 Henry Davis 11
90 Darren Loving 11
91 Chris Hendrick 11
92 Anton Williams 11
93 Darion Gibson 11
94 Justin Postalwait 12
95 DeronMclntee 11
96 CHRIS JOHNSON 12
97 Abry Jones 11
98 Greg Clark 10
99 Eddie Thomas 12
biggest thing practicing with them so far is
their attitude. I think they want to turn this
thing back around to where our program
used to be. I don’t want to say ‘used to be’
with just one year where we didn’t have a
good year.
“We just don’t want another year like last
year. Those first four ball games are impor
tant for us to get off to a good start.”
finally secured the right to host the
state championship game as the Ea
gles topped St. Pius X 20-17. St. Pius
had scored the last points of the game
on a touchdown with 1:17 left to play.
“Nothing” is what Warner Robins had
on offense after a solid opening drive
against Peachtree Ridge. But the even
tual co-state champions dominated ev
ery minute afterwards, and it took just
about every minute that remained for
the Lions to get past the Demons 13-7.
Dewayne Jackson had a Demon touch
down halfway through the first quarter,
but the team had just two first downs
afterwards.
Week 16
Dec. 15
Finally. Finally. Finally.
Northside High, Conrad Nix and ev
eryone else in blue are on the outside
looking in the championship window no
more. The Eagles left no doubt about
the outcome, sending Marist back to
Atlanta on the wrong end of a 30-6 fi
nal.
Green had another 200-yard game
and caught a touchdown pass, Devon
Pike accounted for the first points with
a field goal, and Nick Bass caught a
touchdown pass. Eric Fields sparked
the defensive play with a pair of quar
terback sacks.