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fr—Griffin Daily News Thursday, October 6, 1977 Page 16 Major Hoople Bears 14-point favorite over Jonesboro Cards By MAJOR AMOS B. HOOPLE Football Expert Egads, sports fans. The Griffin offense broke the 14-point barrier last Saturday with a 21-6 victory over Forest Park. Prior to that game, the Bears were hung up on 14 points. They beat Central of Macon 14-7, Rockdale 14-0 and LaGrange 14- 0. Now that that jinx is broken, the Bears’ offense is free to romp up and down the field with gusto. Griffin stands midway of the season with a 4-1 record. That's not bad for a team that had to replace 12 or 13 starters lost to graduation. The Bears hit the heart of their schedule, starting Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Jonesboro will be in town for a bout with Coach Max Dowis’ bruins. After ’Boro comes battles with Newnan (the only un beaten team in 6-AAA) and the powerful R. E. Lee Rebels. Coach Dowis and his players aren’t thinking of Newnan and right now. They are con centrating on the Cardinals. My spies discovered that Jonesboro has a good offensive unit. The Cardinals scored 109 points in 5 games. That’s nearly twice as many points as Griffin has made. The same scouts confirmed that Jonesboro has a porous defense. The Cards have allowed 115 points. Over 7 times as many points as Griffin has given up. Griffin’s defensive unit is GOODE NICHOLS Furniture Co. Home of BEAUTYREST MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS Used Cars 813 A— 1972 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. Gold-Black Vinyl Top. V-8 Engine. Power steering. Air Condition. Power Brakes. Was $2295.00 Now $1895 571 A—1974 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. Landau. LL Blue, Blue Vinyl Top. V-8 engine Power steering. Air condition. Power brakes. AM-FM radio. Was $3295.00 Now $2995 584 A-1973 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. Beautiful Fire Thorn Red-Black Vinyl Roof. V-8 engine. Bucket seats. Air condition. Power steering. Power brakes. Power windows. Power door locks. Aluminum wheels. 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The Panthers’ broke that Prep preview Cedartown likely to break loss string to West Rome By BARBARA WASHINGTON AP Prep Editor Coach John Hill, whose debut in 1976 at Cedartown High signalled the football team’s first winning season in years, is concentrating on No. 13 as he prepares the Bulldogs to face West Rome Friday night. That is bad news for Cieftan Coach Robert Green, who is convinced the ’Dogs, now 4-0-1, need no further en couragement to break the string of 13 games they have lost to West Rome since 1964. “Coach Hill, who had a real good weight program during the off-season feels he’ll have a real good chance to knock us off this year, and our team isn’t as stront as it has been,” said Green, whose Cieftans are 2-1-2 for the season. “We’re not throwing in the towel, though,” added Green. “We’re just working a little harder.” Dale Ayers, who transferred to West Rome this year from Sprayberry High in Marietta, will start at quar terback for West Rome, which won the region 7AA title last year by defeating Cedartown 17-14. Ayers has completed 24 of 54 passes for 324 yards and one touchdown. He will get help in the backfield from tailback Mark Phillips, who has rushed for 306 yards in 44 carries, and fullback Steve Kidney, who has carried the ball 32 times for 112 yards. On defense, where the Chieftans have the most ex perience, tackles Lynn Hudson, a 185-pound sophomore, and John Morgan, a 180-pound junior, have been in on an average of 15 tackles a game. Ned Elrod, who backed up all-state quarterback Ted Peeples last season, is the strength of the ‘Dogs’ offense along with fullback Larry Chubb. Elrod scored on touchdown runs of one and 33 yards and Chubb scored on a 46-yard run from a fake punt formation in Cedartown’s 30-0 shutout of Walhalla, S.C., last week. In that game, the ‘Dogs’ defense, led by linebacker Tim Mosley, who recovered a fumble and made 12 individual stops, held Walhalla to nine yards rushing. A week earlier they allowed Rockmart only 10. In other top games Friday, Windsor Forest takes on Benedictine, Laney meets Butler, Valdosta is at Monroe CRONIC CHEVROLET IHOVE’M OCT SALE Must Clear Lot For 1978 Trade-Ins Open Til 8:00 P.M. Monday Through Friday. Close 6:00 P.M. 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Woodward, which plays Lakeshore without injured starting quarterback David Archer, faces a fired-up Lancer squad which last week blanked previously third ranked Fayette County of Class AA 28-0. “Scott McGregor will be our quarterback, but he hasn’t had any real experience in a game until we were ahead,” said Woodward Coach Graham Hixon. “He’s capable, but he just can’t do the same things Archer can.” Quarterback Mark Sheffield, who passed 27 yards for one touchdown and ran 11 yards for another against Fayette, and tailback Johnny Scott, who scored from 24 yards out, are the nucleus of the Lancer offense. Woodward, currently No. 1 in AA in an associated PresM poll, is 5-0 for the season and lOthranked Lakeshore is 4-1. Other Friday games feature Bainbridge at Thomasville, Central of Thomasville at Tift County, Baker at Newnan, Richmond Academy at Evans, North Cobb at Wheeler, Clarke Central at Johnson of Gain esville, Ware County at Cairo, Jones County at Peach County, Perry at Putnam County, Collins at Fayette County, Gordon at Avondale, Dalton at LaFayette, Stephens County at Seneca, S.C., Greene County at Harlem, Cedar Grove at North Springs and Union County at Duluth. In other games, Bremen is at the Georgia School for the Deaf, Loganville is at Buford, Banks County at Rabun County, Mt. de Sales at Monticello, Metter at Wheeler County, Atkinson County at Patterson, Pickens at Car tersville, Pelham at Unadilla, Southwest of Atlanta at Douglass, Washington-Wilkes at Oglethorpe County and Commerce at East Hall. In Saturday night games, Crisp County is at Dougherty, Carver of Columbus at Southwest of Macon, Warner Robins at Central of Macon, Newton County at Morrow, Northside of Atlanta at Clarkston, Washington at Columbia, North Fulton at Therrell, Cedar Shoals at Chamblee, Drudid Hills at Cross Keys, Feldwood at Re dan, Price at Harper, Etowah at Upson, Smith at Sylvan and Bowdon at Pepperell. UagT—- we're Shooting DOWN HIGH PRICES * * *> * , <jt * DUCK IN MD CHECK OUR DEALS jgqMULsw PHONE 228-1326 swer wasn’t long in coming. Griffin’s defense will prevail. The Bears will wreck Jonesboro, 21 to 6. • \ \ PtP BT 1 B r* / aMf a! ”# 1 ' B W '*■> '' * **"*** B Griffin High punter Charles Steele practices his specialty. 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