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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
High School Football: Apalachee
Moving on up
ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL
From left to right: Apalachee senior football players Ethan Morris, Will Smith
and Gunnar Wright signed college scholarships on Feb. 1 as part of National
Signing Day ceremonies across the country. Morris and Wright signed
with Reinhardt University while Smith inked with Point University. Both
teams compete in the Mid-South Conference of the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The schools played each other last season
with Reinhardt winning 55-2. Photo by Scott Thompson
3 Wildcats sign with colleges
“I’m extremely proud of these guys because
they’ve worked hard. We haven’t had a whole
lot of success while they’ve been here in terms
of wins and losses, but they’ve got us going
in the right direction. Those three are a big
part of what we have done well and I’m proud
they get a chance to continue their careers. ”
Steve Sims
Apalachee football coach
on the college signings of Wildcat seniors
Ethan Morris, Will Smith and Gunnar Wright
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
Apalachee senior foot
ball players Ethan Morris,
Gunnar Wright and Will
Smith were all Wildcat
head coach Steve Sims
looks for in a football play
er throughout their high
school careers.
They showed up every
day, worked hard, led their
team and took care of their
work in the classroom.
Now that work is paying
off for them.
The three Wildcats
signed letters of intent Feb.
1 to continue their play
ing careers in college as
part of National Signing
Day. Morris and Wright
are heading to Reinhardt
University of Waleska
while Smith inked with
Point University, which
moved its main campus
from Atlanta to West Point
in 2012.
Both teams compete in
the Mid-South Conference
of the National Associa
tion of Intercollegiate Ath
letics (NAIA). Reinhardt
is coming off a school-
best 13-1 season, in which
it advanced to the NAIA
semifinals, while Point
went 3-6. The Eagles beat
the Skyhawks last season
55-2.
All three players gath
ered for a signing ceremo
ny in the school cafeteria
as their family members,
teammates, friends and
school officials looked on.
“Em extremely proud of
these guys because they've
worked hard,” Sims said of
his now former players.
‘‘We haven’t had a whole
lot of success while they've
been here in terms of wins
and losses, but they’ve got
us going in the right direc
tion. Those three are a big
part of what we have done
well and I’m proud that
they get a chance to con
tinue their careers.”
While Apalachee strug
gled again in 2016, going
2-7-1, Morris, Wright and
Smith all played a part in
their victories.
Wright, a first-team
All-Region 8-AAAAAA
selection at safety, led the
Wildcats with 118 tackles
and 4 interceptions.
One of his interceptions
helped set up Apalachee's
first win of the season
against Walnut Grove,
14-13.
He followed that up a
week later with several
critical defensive plays as
the Wildcats topped Mon
roe Area 10-7.
“He wound up finishing
in the top two or three all
time in tackles in school
history,” Sims said. “He's
just a hardworking, hard-
nosed kid.”
Smith, another key cog
in the Wildcat secondary
at corner, was named sec
ond-team all-region after
finishing the year with 62
tackles and 3 interceptions.
Sims relayed a story
about the first day Smith
arrived at Apalachee as a
rising junior after moving
to Barrow County from
Maryland.
“A couple days later we
were getting ready to go
to camp and I asked the
team how they felt about
(Smith) coming with us
because he had not been
through all the summer
workouts with them,” Sims
said. “They said, ‘Coach,
yes!' And he’s been here
every day ever since.”
Finally there was Mor
ris, a wide receiver who
emerged as the Wildcats’
top offensive threat last
fall.
Morris, also a first-team
all-region selection, caught
49 passes on the year (sec
ond most in a season in
school history) and broke
the school’s single-season
receiving yardage record
with 780 yards.
“He was one of the only
bullets we had in the gun
late in the year,” Sims said.
“Our team did a good job
pass protecting and our
quarterback, Ryan Miller,
did a good job of getting
Ethan the ball. And Ethan,
to his credit, kept find
ing ways to get open even
when the other team knew
we were going to throw it
to him.
“He’s just a great overall
kid.”
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