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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Northside overcomes miscues, beats Creekside
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Northside survived four
turnovers to defeat visit
ing Creekside 14-0 in AAAA
first-round playoff action at
McConnell-Talbert Stadium
Friday night.
After both teams played
a scoreless first half,
Northside’s Tijuan Green
took control of things, rush
ing for 109 yards on 17 car
ries in the second half, but
touchdown runs by Kevyn
Cooper and Joe Scott in the
third and fourth quarters
respectively capped Green’s
efforts. Devon Pike kicked
both extra points.
After a dismal offensive
first half, the Eagles’ offense
came out of the field house
fired up.
“We told them just
don’t turn the ball over,”
said Northside head coach
Conrad Nix. Nix credited his
defense for setting up field
position.
“Our defense kept it down
at their end of the field in
the second half,” Nix said.
“We didn’t want it down on
our end. That happened to
us in the first half.”
Northside’s first scoring
drive started on the Eagles’
48 yard line after Creekside
went three and out on its
opening possession of the
second half.
The Eagles used five plays,
including three touches
by Green, to score. Green
rushed twice for 32 yards
and caught a 17-yard pass
from Scott.
Scott followed that toss
with an 18-yard keeper
to set up Cooper’s 9-yard
touchdown run.
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Meanwhile, Northside’s
defense did not allow
Creekside to get any first
downs in the half.
Creekside managed only
nine yards of total offense
in the second half despite
getting excellent field posi
tion after Northside muffed
a punt on its 27 that gave
the Seminoles excellent field
position.
“They tried to help, us a
little,” said Creekside head
coach Kevin Whitely of
Northside’s four turnovers.
“If we’d have done our
thing, it might have been a
different game.”
Unfortunately, the second
half belonged to the Eagles.
Creekside ran three plays
for minus nine yards and
had to punt.
That wasn’t the only
missed opportunity for the
Seminoles in the game.
Thanks to an interception
late in the second quarter,
Creekside managed to move
the ball from Northside’s 39
to its four before a Seminoles
delay penalty moved the ball
back to the Northside 9.
“All of our struggles on
offense we hurt our
selves,” Whitely said.
Forced to go for a 20-yard
field goal with 4.6 seconds
left in the half, Creekside
saw the kick miss wide left.
Turnovers killed Northside
in the first half. The Eagles
opened the game with an 11
play drive that ended with
a fumble at Creekside’s one
yard line.
The next fumble faux pas
occurred at the Eagles 33
yard line early in the sec
ond quarter, but Northside’s
defense stifled Creekside’s
offense.
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Northside quarterback Joe Scott takes the snap in the Eagles’ win over Creekside Friday in Warner Robins.
“They’re one of the top
three or four defenses in the
state,” Whitely said of the
Eagles.
Creekside had it chances in
the first half had no chance
in the second.
With Northside up 7-
0 after three quarters, the
Eagles dominated the clock
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in the final quarter.
When Northside took over
on its 13 yard line after a
Creekside 48-yard punt, the
Eagles used more than six
minutes of the clock to drive
the 87 yards necessary for
Scott’s six-yard touchdown
run.
Green carried the ball nine
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times for 55 yards, all of
them through the middle of
the defense, as the Eagles’
offensive line opened mas
sive holes.
“I think they were dou
bling the lineman,” Whitely
said, “and chipping our line
backers who were slow to
move up.”
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Northside held the ball
more than 10 minutes in
the final frame, denying
Creekside any opportunity.
“It was a great win for us,”
Nix said of his 11-0 team that
will next meet Evans High of
Region 2-AAAA in the second
round this coming Friday at
McConnell-Talbert.
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