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Olivia Eubanks, Alice Culpepper, Eliza Usher and MbKenzie Black. Back row, from left: Callie Franklin, Riley
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Ist Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals
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17:28.04), Jacob Grubb
(90th, 17:46.43), Ryan Dimes
(92nd, 17:47.14), Chris
Benefield (158th, 19:09.43)
and Stephen Bassett (159th,
19:13.78).
The Bears’ were: Jared
Hager (122nd, 18:18.21),
Kasib Abdullah (151st,
18:54.07), Logan Cohenour
(155th, 19:00.42), Jose
Segarra (163rd, 19:15.98)
and Forrest Mercier (182nd,
19:53.20).
For the Panthers, Jesse
Yeomans was 23rd with
a time of 16:57.11. Billy
Colbert was 41st (17:26.17),
Nick Wood 53rd (17:40.42),
Matt Phillips 80th (18:26.33)
and Terrell Wimbush 161st
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I always wanted to be a
Northside Eagle.”
That cousin would be
Rodrick Hayward, who also
ran the football for Nix.
From 2000-2003 Hayward
ran for 1,469 and scored 13
touchdowns.
Bacon, in this one lone
Northside season, has 1,334
yards on 228 carries with
18 touchdowns. His numbers
average out to 113.4 yards
per game (10 games) and 5.9
yards per rush.
To get to play at McConnell-
Talbert Stadium, Bacon had
to take a route that might be
a school record in itself. He is
originally from the southeast
Georgia town of Claxton,
which is a short ride south
west of Statesboro. His step
father is in the U.S. Army, so
Bacon also took up residence
in Kentucky and Alaska.
“Man, it’s cold,” Bacon said
about the 49th state. “I never
got used to the cold, just cold,
and it’s dark for six months
and light for six months. You
have to be from there to get
used to it.”
Before Alaska, Bacon lived
in Fort Knox, Ky., beginning
with his seventh grade year.
He stayed there through
his sophomore year of high
school, and he said he made
enough of an impact on the
football field that about every
college program in the com
monwealth has made him a
scholarship offer.
Because of a broken ankle,
Bacon didn’t get to play foot
ball as a junior in Alaska.
Now he’s at Northside with
what he called a “100 per
cent” healed foot.
“I was kind of nervous,” he
said about his first day back
at a Georgia school. “I had to
really meet people, meet all
the teachers. I got used to it
real fast. The players made
it feel like home, and the
coaches.”
Back to that Oct. 31 game
when Northside met Warner
Robins High in the middle of
a packed McConnell-Talbert,
which Bacon said was by far
the biggest crowed he’s been
involved with at a football
contest. While a majority of
his work comes from taking
handoffs from either Eagle
quarterback, Joe Scott or
Briar Van Brunt, Bacon is
also dangerous on the back
line of kickoff return units.
He started the game against
the Demons going more than
60 yards on the opening
kick, a return that set up
Northside’s first score.
“It’s a real big game,
real exciting,” said Bacon.
“Hearing about it, reading
about it, it’s the biggest game
I’ve ever heard of.”
Starting momentum and
keeping momentum is how
Bacon has helped Northside
to a 9-1 record. His rush
ing yards are 74.8 percent
of the Eagles’ total yards on
the ground in 2008 (1,784).
Bacon also has 20 receptions
for 183 yards for a grand total
of 1,517 yards from scrim
mage. Northside has 2,597
offensive yards, and Bacon’s
amount represents 58.4 per
cent of that total.
Here are some more num
bers. Bacon’s total touches
from scrimmage (not includ
ing returns) are 248. That’s
59.6 percent of the team’s
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snaps. As for touchdowns
(not including defensive and
return scores), Northside has'
25 on offense, and Bacon’s 18
is 72 percent.
Like any good running
back, Bacon i@ quick to give
proper credit to his offensive
line. It’s a line with four first
time varsity starters. Both
Bacon and his blockers seem
to be getting better with each
game.
Last Friday at Colquitt
County High, Northside
concluded the regular sea
son with a 31-7 win over
the Packers. Bacon had
184 rushing yards and four
touchdowns, one covering 37
yards.
Bacon’s stepfather, a staff
sergeant, is currently sta
tioned in Iraq. The running
back says he’s able to fol
low his career through the
Internet, and they are in
constant telephone contact
about what’s going on in
Warner Robins.
Northside’s game with
Union Grove is the first step
in the Eagles’ quest for a
third straight state champi
onship. The first two were in
Class AAAA, and another dif
ferent aspect about this sea
son is that all championship
games, not the semifinals,
are taking place in Atlanta’s
Georgia Dome. That would
mean more dreams real
ized for Bacon, not only the
chance to win a state title,
but to play in a stadium that
houses, among other things,
a National Football League
squad.
Aside from the -college
offers from Kentucky, Bacon
said he has other colleges
looking at him, but the next
level - which he definitely
aspires to reach - is some
thing he will consider more
once Northside’s season is
done.
Bacon admitted to being
a fan of the University of
Florida growing up - again
for family reasons - but
recently he’s leaned towards
the University of Georgia. He
said he accompanied team
mate Abry Jones, who has
committed to sign with the
Bulldogs, on a visit to the
season opening game against
Georgia Southern.
• A pair of notes about a
former Northside Eagle in
college football: 2006 grad
uate Mario Armstrong, a
sophomore starting safety
at Western Michigan, had
a career high 12 tackles in
the Broncos’ 23-17 upset
win against Illinois Saturday
at Ford Field in Detroit.
Armstrong also broke up two
passes for the first time in a
college game.
At Northwest Mississippi
junior college, Tijuan Green,
who scored 50 career touch
downs for Northside includ
ing a record-tying 29 in the
2007 season, just completed
his freshman year as the
Rangers’ leader in several
rushing categories.
In 10 games, Green had
647 yards on 116 carries with
eight touchdowns. He added
148 yards on 21 receptions
for 795 all-purpose yards.
Green won MACJC Offensive
Player of the Week for Week
No. 9 when he scored three
touchdowns and had 85
yards in a 50-28 win against
Northeast Mississippi.
Green’s Northwest team
finished at 6-4, second in the
MACJC north division.
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