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♦ WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
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was usually on some kind
of deflection. Such was the
case as Collins Hill took
the 1-0 lead at 15:35 of the
first half.
A shot taken off an Eagle
head hit the top bar hard.
But the rebound was right
at another Collins Hill
attacker, and he quickly
put the visitors up by one.
The Bear box didn’t see
much activity for the rest of
the half thanks to Wimsatt
and Wharton. Houston had
one significant scoring try
at about eight minutes to
go, but Christian Aguilar’s
header was saved.
Collins Hill had two shots
in the first three minutes of
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Ryan Barrick for Houston County gets airborne for a
header.
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In fact, for the longest
time the Patriots appeared
to be their own worst enemy.
They had seven shots on goal
before finally getting their
first score. One of those hit
the cross bar on the right,
five were either hit hard or
lobbed over the net and one
was even headed so hard into
the dirt it bounced over.
The score itself resem
bled none of those. It came
when Daniel Gnecco pushed
down the left sideline - left
unchecked the whole of the
way - and then turned into
the goal where he was still
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Warner Robins’ Matt Drapeau takes a tumble after heading a ball away from a trio of
Walton players in the Demons’ GHSA AAAAA state tournament loss Friday in Warner
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half No. 2, one missed and
the other was a Clodfelter
save.
A yellow card hand ball
against the Bears actually
worked in their favor as
Chester took the deflected
free kick and drew a yellow
on the Eagles. The Eagle
keeper caught the ensuing
free kick.
Wimsatt, though, gave
his team two more chances
to attack, and Wharton cre
ated another, but Chester’s
shot was saved with under
33 minutes to play.
Clodfelter had four more
saves in a span of 12 min
utes while Chester drew
another Eagle yellow card.
Hall would later line up
a free kick from 30 yards
out. He sent the ball into a
crowd, but Baughman got
left unchecked. In the end he
was only about four feet out
and required little more than
to thread the needle between
Wisniewski, who appeared
partially if not fully screened,
and pay dirt. That came with
9:58 showing on the clock.
On its next possession
Walton nearly scored again
but Wisniewski prevented
it by turning himself into a
receiver.
The ball was kicked hard
down the line to his left. He
thought to come out of the
box to get it but about half
way there realized - shock
ingly - that a Patriot was
going to beat him to it. He
retreated back toward goal.
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to the ball with his head
and evened the match 1-1
(19:49).
McCook referred to
his team letting one slip
away. That was a point
blank range shot from Josh
Salmon that went too high
with the score still tied.
It was then at 17:03 on
the other end when, with
several players in tight,
that a deflected ball for the
Eagles found the net for a
2-1 lead.
Eight minutes later, the
lead was 3-1 on a 30-yard
free kick that went over
the wall of four Bears and
hooked left.
The nucleus for McCook’s
next team is strong
though he will miss eight
seniors including Wimsatt,
Cameron Bradley, Salmon
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Houston County’s Richie Wimsatt steals a ball from a Collins Hill player in the Bears’ GHSA AAAAA state tournament
playoff loss Friday at home.
The Walton player kicked it
toward net but he caught
it on the fly. Actually had it
been football, it would have
been called “incomplete.” He
dropped it but quickly picked
it back up to prevent the
score.
Pretty much Warner
Robins’ best and only chance
to score in the first half came
when Cameron Luck crossed
to the middle where Jamiah
Aguabeiia was streaking
unchecked. The pass was too
quick, however, and crossed
by just before he could get
there.
The Patriots’ second and
final score came with 23:50
showing in the game and
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and Baughman.
He is sure to get a lot
more goals in the next
three years from Chester,
and Clodfelter, who had a
fine save with 10 seconds
to play Friday, became the
full-time keeper as a sopho
more.
“We have everybody back
on defense and will have
some key individuals in the
midfield who played a lot of
minutes,” said McCook. “I
believe if this junior class
will take off like this senior
class, we’ll he better next
year.
“(Clodfelter) is an ath
letic keeper, very vocal. He
earned the respect of his
teammates. He worked his
tail off to get there.”
unfortunately with a little
aid of a Demon defender. He
meant to kick it forward but
accidentally clipped it in the
wrong direction as he drew
his leg back. From there it
was a battle between him
and Christian Radukovich
to be the first to reach it.
The latter won that honor
and then grounded it past
Wisniewski for the score.
Leading up to that goal,
Walton had had seven good
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Karl Chester goes up for a header in front of the Collins
Hill goal.
chances while the Demons
had had one.
Following the goal Warner
Robins received back-to-back
free kicks but couldn’t set
those up for scores. It also
couldn’t take advantage of a
free kick with 15:11 remain
ing and with just over six
minutes left.
Kennesaw Mountain 12,
Demonettes 11 (OT)
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understatement for Warner
Robins’ girls as they fell to
Kennesaw Mountain (19-1;
the Demonettes closed out
their year 17-3) on the road.
Warner Robins, on
Elizabeth Clark’s goal - her
first of the year, head coach
Phil Daly said - took the lead
about 25 minutes in.
They held it, too, until
there was about 1:40 left to
play (another Demonette
goal was nullified* by an off
side call). Then, Kennesaw
Mountain scored on a “very
nice shot” from the left of
the 18-yard box that went to
the upper far post, said Daly.
That tied it and it was still
tied at the end of overtime,
so it went to penalty kicks.
After the first five it was
tied 3-3. Then it became
“sudden death.”
It went to the 16th before
one of Warner Robins’ girls
were unable to convert.
“It was very emotional and
we were disappointed with
the loss,” Daly said. “But
we had our opportunities to
win the game and it did not
work out.
“We were able to battle
the No. 2 team in the state
and nearly came home vic
torious,” he added. “These
young ladies have a lot to
be proud of. We set a school
record for wins, goals scored
(118) - we scored 100 more
goals than our opponents
- won the region for the sec
ond consecutive year and
made it to consecutive Elite
Eight’s.
“Also, we have five girls
going on to play at the next
level. Their coaches, parents
and school are real proud of
what these young ladies have
accomplished.”
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