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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007
PERRY
From page iB
Perry 40 for a first down,
and Taylor faked a handoff
and ran a keeper to the 23.
But Jones had to save the
Central drive recovering a
Taylor fumble on the 28.
After a 10-yard catch from
Crump to set up 3rd-and
5, Central brought back the
four-wide look, and Taylor
eyed Crump all the way to
the left corner of the end
zone, fired away, and had
the touchdown play at 7:47
of the third. Crump also
caught the two-point pass
giving the Chargers an 8-2
lead.
Perry’s offensive prob
lems came in trying to fin
ish off drives and tighten
ing up on Central’s side of
the 50. Felder, with blocking
help from Smith, had a 17-
yard catch for first down on
the Panther 43, and then
Brandon Golden ran a trap
20 yards to the CH 30.
But Perry lost yards from
there, and on third down
Crump, playing free safe
ty, intercepted a ball over
the middle. His touchdown
return was called back for an
illegal block. That, however,
was the first of three second
half Panther turnovers.
Central did give that
takeaway back as Garrett
Stokeling recovered a fum
bled pitch on the Charger 40.
BROWN
From page iB
(1992-2007). This means
that, in one place or another,
I have been a part of 15 full
high school football seasons.
I can’t tell you the exact
number of high school games
I’ve seen as it is not a simple
equation, what with playoffs,
games held on Thursdays
and Saturdays and a couple
of times here at the Journal
when I handled some assign
ment other than football live
on a weekend.
At each and every game I
covered - and will cover in
the future - I kept my own
statistics. I chart each play
and come up with my own
totals for rushing and passing
yards (team and individual),
and if needed I could give the
total number of first downs,
the penalties, kick returns
and defensive numbers like
sacks and interceptions.
I admit there are times
when, if I peak at what
another publication did on
the same game, I will see dif
ferent numbers than what I
calculated. Some might even
ask why I had that number
and another paper had a dif
ferent number for the same
category. Which one is right?
A lesson learned in all these
years is that no two people
are going to see a football
game the same way... at least
when it comes to keeping the
stats. That’s why this year I
will say right off the bat that
any numbers you see from a
game I covered are mine and
not necessarily the “official”
numbers a team may report
to the rest of the world.
Not only are my numbers
“unofficial,” they are “offi
cially unofficial.” I don’t
want them to be official,
because I know that some
where along the way I proba
bly missed something. Doing
A
AYER
From page iB
competed at tournaments in
North and South Carolina,
and of course the World
Tournament in Oklahoma,
although he only received
points for in-state tourna
ments.
Points, Ayer explained,
ranged from 10 for a first
place finish down to 5 - five
just for competing. His fin
ishes ran that gamut, too,
with wins directly affecting
his Player of the Year status
- having only missed two
tournaments total - coming
Howard second in Crappie USA tournament
From staff reports
Rick Howard of Warner Robins teamed up
with Steve Deason of Gray to finish second
in the Semi-Pro Division of the Crappie USA
tournament held Sept. 22 at the South Bay
Marina on Lake Oconee.
Perry could not move the ball,
though, and J.R. Lasseter’s
punt went to the 17.
From there, Central took
a 14-2 lead as Cornelius
Williams took the inside
veer handoff and charged for
an 83-yard touchdown.
Perry’s next series ended
in another turnover on the
first play of the fourth quar
ter. Central recovered a fum
bled reception on its 49. The
teams traded three-and-outs
as Stokeling, Kaderius Felder
and Tony Davis stuffed the
running game.
With 5:20 remaining,
Marcus Jones of Central
intercepted a pass in Charger
ground and returned it to
the Perry 38. The result was
another one-play touchdown
drive as Crump, again tak
ing the ball off right tackle
rushed towards the end zone
to make it 20-2.
Perry’s offense put points
on the board with more than
three minutes left in regula
tion at the end of a 13-play
drive. Golden converted a
fourth down on the ground
with a run to the Central
47, and Smith and A. Felder
made first-down catches up
to the 20. On 3rd-and-goal
from the 4, Smith caught
the ball on the right side of
the end zone (20-8).
Central’s recovery on the
onside kick at the 50 set up
Crump’s third touchdown
as he ran yet another veer
play that covered 47 yards
stats at football games is not
an exact science, and there
are numerous situations that
can make you go, “How do
you score that?”
Through the years I have
picked up some rules ... at
least I think they are rules on
how to count certain plays. I
never read any manual on
football statistic keeping (if
any such thing exists), but
I will point out some of the
things that can happen in a
game and how I understand
it goes in the stat sheet.
Fumbles always mess me
up. First, you have to note
where the fumble occurred
and the recovery. If a player
recovers a teammate’s fiimble
behind the line of scrimmage,
it is obviously lost rushing
yards ... but against whom?
I’ve always heard that it goes
against the fumbler, even if
he doesn’t get it back.
Two times at last week’s
Perry-Henry County game, a
play happened that I always
dread: A forward pass is
completed, then fumbled.
Whether the offense recov
ers or not, you have to make
sure you credit the passing
yards, which means remem
bering how far the receiver
got before losing the ball.
How can that be a problem?
Try when the fumble hap
pens a second after the catch
and the ball goes several
yards one way or the other
away from the point of the
fumble.
Penalties, especially hold
ing calls, require strict atten
tion to make sure the num
bers are close to accurate.
When there is a hold called
on a run play, it’s usually a
spot foul, which means it is
enforced at the spot of the
call. Sometimes that’s ahead
of the line of scrimmage and
results in such unusual situ
ations as lst-and-18.
What you have to do (the
way I understand it anyway)
at Carrollton and Hull.
He also won at the
Dogwood Tournament in
North Carolina, teamed up
with fellow club member
Larry Myers to win the state
championship in doubles
and recently won the Golden
Olympics for his age group for
the sixth-straight time. None
of those, of course, counted
toward Georgia Player of the
Year.
“At first I didn’t set my
sights on this,” he said of
winning Player of the Year.
“But then I saw I was in the
running, so I started going to
them all.”
It should also be noted who
The duo, against 82 other competitors
(total) turned in a weight of 7.03 pounds and
received $350 for their efforts.
According to a release, they spent day fish
ing docks along with four brushpiles using
chartreuses Culprit Paddle Tail jigs.
(26-8).
Central missed two 37-yard
field goals in the first quar
ter. Taylor, on his first carry,
snuck through the middle of
the line and gained an amaz
ing 68 yards before K. Davis
caught up with him on the
Panther 22. Both Kanorris
and Tony Davis wouldn’t let
Central drive any further,
and the field-goal kick was
low and into the pile of play
ers.
In the second quarter, T.
Davis, Brandon Smith and
Jecavesia Hayward made
the plays that put Central in
the punting situation at its
own 35. K. Davis got to the
Jones attempt, and it was
Taylor who kicked it out of
the end zone to give Perry
two points at 8:41.
The ensuing free kick
gave Perry possession on
the CH 49, and Lane ran
up the middle to the 34.
He would have a touchdown
run taken away on a hold,
and Perry couldn’t get those
yards back. Lasseter punted
Central to the 11.
The Chargers gained three
first downs from there to
the Panther 36, but Taylor
had to fall on a bad snap on
the 42. He had fourth down
on the 33 when Jonathan
Clowers batted down his
pass to give Perry the ball.
Golden ended the game
with 17 carries for 77 yards
while Lane picked up 66 on
nine totes.
is credit the runner with
a carry and the number of
yards gained up to the spot
of the hold or illegal block.
Again, in the Perry-Henry
game, there was a 2nd-and
-10 play for Perry that gained
more than 10 yards, but 10
yards past the line the refs
found a hold. So the runner
got 10 yards for his stats,
but the ball was spotted back
at the line of scrimmage for
another 2nd-and-10.
Here’s something I have
trouble figuring out. How
can any play in football be
more than 100 yards? When
an interception or a kick
return (which can’t happen
in high school by rule) hap
pens in the end zone and
is returned all the way for
a touchdown, people will
credit more than 100 yards
for the play depending on
how deep he was in the end
zone.
Yet, for touchdown plays
that do not start in the oppo
site end zone, the yardage
count stops at the goal line.
So when a ball is snapped on
the 1, the quarterback drops
back to the 8 and finds a
receiver in the back of the
end zone (about 9 yards in),
it’s a 17-yard touchdown,
right? Nope. Only 1.
Here’s a play that can be
interpreted two different
ways depending on who’s
watching. Was it a forward
pass or a backwards pass (an
official once told me there’s
no such thing as a lateral)?
All you have to do is - when
you see a quarterback throw
the ball sideways - watch for
an official to stick his arm
out in the opposite direction
of the drive to signal the
backwards ba11... if any offi
cial elects to do that.
Otherwise, you’re on
your own. You have to hope
maybe the intended target
will not make the catch. You
get either an incomplete sig-
he was in the running from:
Myers, Mary Ann Gibbs and
Chuck Poole, all fellow Perry
members, to name three. In
fact, they finished second
through fourth, respectively,
also in the Player of the Year
standings.
“We’ve kind of been lead
ing the way the past few
years,” Ayer, who added the
club will have its first dis
play case up at the Perry
Recreation Department
soon, said. “We hold all the
state doubles records. We
hold all the singles cham
pionships for the past few
years. We’ve been a busy
group.”
SPORTS
Lady Hornets shut out Tattnall
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
With Kelsey Gilliam pitch
ing another shutout and the
offense providing some small
ball scoring, Westfield defeat
ed Tattnall Square Academy
2-0 at home Tuesday in the
complete regularly sched
uled game between the two
schools. (Tattnall won 7-1
in the game that was sus
pended back on Aug. 27 in
Macon and finished Tuesday
in Perry).
For the defending state
champion Hornets (13-9),
the focus is now on one
final non-region contest this
coming Tuesday against
SENIORS
From page iB
win - Northside’s 23-6 over
all - marked a new high in
wins for the program. Three,
VOLLEYBALL
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so much and we are so close
to where we want to be.”
Close was also the case
in regard to Mary Persons
as the Lady Eagles fell two
games to one with scores of
nal or a scramble for a live
loose ball. Or, if the ball is
caught, maybe the receiver
will throw the ball forward.
If there are no flags for two
forward passes on one play,
you have your answer.
But remember, that back
wards throw ball is a rushing
play and not passing yards.
I have seen a backwards
thrown football ‘intercepted’
and returned for a touch
down. Only, that’s not an
interception, but a fumble
recovery, even though the
ball really wasn’t fumbled in
the traditional sense.
Don’t even get me start
ed on counting tackles.
Everybody has there own
way of doing that. For some,
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another 2006 state winner,
Trinity Christian, in Dublin.
Afterwards, Westfield’s team
goes back to Dublin and the
Southern Pines Complex on
Oct. 13 for first-round state
action, which will be a best
of-3 series against either
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Gilliam had eight strike
outs and two walks over
seven innings. She scattered
six hits, including two dou
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Of the six runners Tattnall
because it was the last Region
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of the regular season, the
Lady Eagles’ mark of 12-0
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in the sub-region.
And four, because of that
25-18 (loss) 25-17 (win) and
27-25.
“The first game verses MP
we came out flat,” White
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were more focused and ready
to play. The third game we
came out veiy strong jumped
to a 11-4 lead then made
all you have to do is touch
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left on base, two were on
third.
Westfield’s scoring came in
the second and third innings.
Jamie Marshall and Audrey
Clearman had back-to-back
hits to start the second, and
Jennifer Wrye bunted them
to scoring position. Gilliam
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Darryl Ann Thompson
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lead off the third and hus
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Moreland, the leadoff hitter,
did her job with a scoring
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The Hornet defense got
through the game without
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unbeaten string, Northside
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