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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
ONE LAST TIME
The Winder-Barrow High School football team takes the field prior to its GHSA Class AAAAAA first-round playoff game at Dalton on Friday. The Bulldoggs
fell behind early and never recovered, losing 42-7 to the top-ranked Catamounts. The Bulldoggs finished the year 5-6, but reached their third consecutive
postseason under third-year coach Heath Webb. Dalton will now host Lovejoy in the second round on Friday. Photos by Scott Thompson
Bulldoggs continued from IB
The Bulldoggs were
much more competitive in
the second half, led by an
improved defensive perfor
mance and the efforts of
junior quarterback Brock
Landis.
Landis finished 18-of-27
for 162 yards passing and
scored on a 14-yard rush
midway through the third
quarter when he tucked the
ball down at the Dalton
14, took off and made an
acrobatic leap to get into
the end zone.
“We showed we could
compete with a team this
caliber for a half.” Webb
said. “Honestly at halftime,
Brock said ‘Coach, just put
the ball in my hands and
let me go to work,"’ Webb
said. “He really did a tre
mendous job running the
offense out there.”
It was the third straight
first-round exit for Wind
er-Barrow in Webb’s third
year as head coach.
Prior to his arrival,
the Bulldoggs had never
reached the state playoffs
consecutive years and had
not been to the postseason
since 2003.
A year after losing to
eventual Class AAAAA
champion Allatoona in the
first round, the Bulldoggs
were overpowered by a
team that could be consid
ered the favorite to win in
AAAAAA.
“The thing we can take
away from all of this is
we’ve seen the measuring
stick,” Webb said. “And
we’ve seen how much we
need to grow.”
Scoring summary
W 0 0 7 0 — 7
D 14 21 0 7 —42
D—Ahmaad Tanner 19
run (Ivan Mora kick)
D—Tanner 7 run (Mora
kick_
D—JP Tighe 12 run
(Mora kick)
D—Tighe 44 pass to
Sam Stepp (Mora kick)
D—Tighe 48 pass to
Zeke Cobb (Mora kick)
W—Brock Lands 14 run
( Jesse Zamora kick)
D—Keith Adans 2 run
(Mora kick)
STRONG PERFORMANCE
Winder-Barrow quarterback Brock Landis threw
for 162 yards on 18-of-27 passing and scored the
Bulldoggs’ lone touchdown against Dalton.
LOOSE BALL
Dalton players recover a fumble after a reception by Winder-Barrow’s Teague Moore in the second
quarter of Friday’s playoff game. The Catamounts won the game 42-7 to advance to the second round
of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs against Lovejoy this week.
AIMING FOR THE STOP
Winder-Barrow’s Peige Moore (3) goes in for a hit as Dalton running back Ahmaad Tanner carries the
ball deep into Bulldogg territory during Friday’s first-round playoff matchup. The Catamounts won 42-7.
Football Pickers Contest: Week 12
Rhonda Kennedy closes out season with
Rhonda Kennedy of
Bethlehem won the Barrow
News-Journal’s final Pigskin
Football Contest of the sea
son last week, turning in a
strong 9-1 performance to
best her competition. This
season’s contest comes to
an end with the end of high
school football season local
ly-
Kennedy’s only miss
last week was the Georgia
Tech-Virginia Tech game
and she was just off the mark
on the tiebreaker game, pre
dicting Winder-Barrow and
Dalton would combine for
47 points.
The Bulldoggs and Cat
amounts actually combined
for 49.
The win was Kennedy’s
second of the season as she
also won in week four. She
joined Eddie Wallace of
Winder (weeks three, six and
seven) and Dale Kennedy of
Bethlehem (weeks 5 and 8)
as multiple-time winners.
Other winners this season
included Angela Smith of
Winder (week one). Steven
Fisher of Dacula (week two),
Dale McDaniel of Monroe
(week nine), Charles Garrett
of Winder (week 10) and
Ronnie Fields of Winder
(week 11).
Contestants missing two
games last week were:
Gloria McDaniel of Law-
rencville, David McDaniel,
Sr. of Lawrenceville. Tommy
Nabors of Winder, Johnny
Suggs of Hoschton and Bill
House of Winder.
Contestants missing
three games were: Bran
don Shedd of Auburn, Billy
McDaniel of Lawrenceville.
Vince Sparacello of Winder.
Michael Cameron of Mon
roe. Charles Garrett of Wind
er and Deborah Prickett of
Monroe.
Contestants missing
four games were: Michael
McDaniel of Monroe,
Larry McDaniel of Mon
roe. Charles Perry of Wind
er, David McDaniel, Jr. of
Cumming, Eddie Wallace of
Winder, Dale Kennedy of
Bethlehem, Randy Frank
lin of Winder, Greg Prickett
of Monroe, Ken Moore of
Winder and Angela Smith of
Winder.
Contestants missing five
games were: Susan White
of Winder, Dale McDaniel
of Monroe, Pam Yarbrough
of Maysville, Mike Murphy
of Winder, Ronnie Fields
of Winder. William Bennett
of Winder. Tony Bennett of
Winder, Caleb Prickett of
Monroe, Kenny Coleman
of Monroe, Steven Fisher of
Dacula and Robin Fisher of
Dacula.
Contestants missing six
games were: Larry Manders
of Winder and Don Rutledge
of Auburn.
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Brock Landis
WBHS
Photos Courtesy of
Nelson Sanders
victory
Contestants missing eight
games were: Wanda McDan
iel of Dacula.
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