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2B ♦ 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 From page iB 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, MACON REGIONAL Help solve A Crime 742-2330 • 1-877-68 CRIME (27463) Rewards of up to 5 1,000 - Remain Anonymous! - nAi Jeffrey Larkin Wanted for failure to appear (two counts) for failure to pay child support. LKA: 100 block of Brantley Road, Centerville k Hilario Ramirez Martin Wanted for bench warrant (original charge possession of cocaine). LKA: 100 block of Spring Hill Drive, Warner Rob ins W *'**%s■ M it ] jfl^flp - niMCTnnrffi ' I 1 J^SSm’ Adrian Reyes Romero Wanted for violation of probation from Su perior Court. 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On Monday, Tattnall goes to North Cobb for a play-in series, which is also best-of 3, with the winner advanc ing to face Westfield. Gilliam had eight strike outs and two walks over seven innings. She scattered six hits, including two dou bles. Of the six runners Tattnall because it was the last Region 4-AAAA sub-region contest of the regular season, the Lady Eagles’ mark of 12-0 meant they went undefeated 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 said. “The second game we 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 the ball carrier and you get an assist. I can give you the offi cial tally for this column: 21 paragraphs for 1,237 words. 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