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Backyard Sports King
In the world of backyard
sports it always paid to have
him on your team.
I think that the reason he
was so athletic was due to
his size. He was small, for
lack of a better word, and he
was fast. He was everyone’s
choice to be the sporting
world superstar from our
fifth grade class.
When we had our elemen
tary school “choose-up”
softball games he was al
ways one of the first ones
chosen. He would play sec
ond base or shortstop and he
could make a very respect
able throw to first. Due to
his size he wasn’t a power
hitter, but he could drop a
single or a double and be on
base before you could get the
ball.
He was the first one to
slide into a base during those
softball games and more
times than not he was safe.
He played baseball for
Cumming and I played for
Big Creek in our Little
League years. His team al
ways finished in first place
and mine always finished in
the cellar. There was one
game though that Cumming
came down south to play us
“country boys” and we beat
them. We gave them their
only defeat of the season. In
the last inning, with two
outs, he came to bat.
He could hit a baseball
right-handed or left-handed
and he walked to the plate to
hit it left-handed. This
meant he would pull the ball
to me at first base. He took a
pitch and sure enough,
bounced it right back to me.
I caught the ball and touched
the base. He was so fast that
I barely got him out.
Before the new courthouse
was needed (when the old
one was still intact) we
would play baseball on the
courthouse lawn after
school. One afternoon he
took a fastball from my
brother and launched it
through one of the court
room windows. We never
knew if they were having
court or not, but we didn’t
have to pay for the window.
He played a good game of
baseball, but football was
his sport. In those backyard
football games, he would al
ways be the running back
and I would be the quar
Winter Averages
100 Yards Game
Kelly Winter, the Forsyth
County Bulldog’s senior tail
back, rushed for 144 yards
on 22 carries against the
North Hall Trojans an ap
proximate six and 1/2 yards
per carry.
Winter, who carried for
only 60 yards last week
against Lumpkin County, is
averaging 100 yards rushing
per game with a total of 309
yards following three games
of the 1980 season.
The Bulldog’s 187 pound
running back, Steve Rogers,
powered for 34 yards on five
carries, averaging seven
yards per carry and scoring
two touchdowns.
Quarterback Mark Shirley
was nine for 17 on pass com
pletions and carried the ball
12 times for 24 yards. Shirley
passed for a total of 99
yards, his longest a comple
tion to sophomore Chuck
Tate for 22 yards.
Tight end Cam Harrison
received three passes for 23
yards and split end Jimmy
McWhorter caught two
passes for 23 yards.
The Bulldog’s had 202
yards rushing, while the
Trojans put up only 132
yards. The Trojans, who be
came the second team to de
feat the Bulldog’s on pass
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terback. We made a pretty
good combination. He was a
lot better running back than
I was a quarterback.
Our old Cub Scout den
would have meetings at his
house and on some af
ternoons we would choose up
and play in his back yard.
For him it was like playing
on his home field. No one
could touch him.
Once again, back in the old
days, when times were fun,
we would play football in the
end zone of the Forsyth
County Bulldog home
games. We would play using
wadded up coke cups as our
football. He and I were al
ways on the same team and
he always scored the touch
downs.
He could play a pretty
good game of basketball,
too. Often when we would go
to a friend’s house to shoot
basketball after school he
could move the ball around
and get it scored.
Once we went to a friend’s
house to try a little boxing.
He put on the gloves and
took on a kid twice his size.
The big guy didn’t stand a
chance. He hit him three
times with those quick hands
and the round was over.
He was everybody’s sports
idol and he was everybody’s
friend. He didn’t and still
doesn’t have harsh words to
say about anyone. He was in
deed a multi-talented ath
lete.
He hung it all up though.
He doesn’t hit those base
balls or softballs anymore
and he doesn’t run around
playing football with coke
cups. He doesn’t dribble
much basketball and he
hasn’t sparred with any of
his neighbors in a while. He
didn’t turn out to be the su
perstar we all thought and
hoped he would be.
But’ I was enlightened this
summer when his sister told
me that every night he could
be found in their basement
lifting weights and staying
in shape. It enlightened me,
because even though we
went our separate roads,
deep down he’ll always be
like a brother to me.
Who knows? The king of
backyard sports, Richard
Webb, may make a
comeback yet.
plays, passed for 146 yards
and two touchdowns. The
Bulldog’s led in total offense
with 301 yards to 278.
The Bulldog’s also had 16
first downs to the Trojans 13.
North Hall was penalized
five times for 40 yards and
the Bulldogs were penalized
six times for 55 yards.
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Bulldogs Fall
To North Hall
BY SCOTT VAUGHAN
Staff Writer
Quarterback Marcus Shir
ley sat on a table outside the
Forsyth County Bulldog’s
dressing room; running
back Steve Rogers paced
down a wall; tailback Kelly
Winter and split end Jimmy
McWhorter walked slowly
away from the field; and
tight end Cam Harrison sat
with a face of stone. The
Forsyth County Bulldogs
had suffered their second de
feat in two away games,
with a 27-26 loss to North
Hall Friday night in Gaines
ville.
The Bulldogs had more
rushing than the North Hall
Trojans, more total offense,
and more first downq. But,
the Trojans put passes into
touchdowns and suffered 15
less yards on penalties than
the Bulldogs.
“We haven’t got our heads
on right,” head coach Jim
Cooper said on his way to the
locker room following the
game. “You must play ev
ery minute of this sport with
your mind on the game. I am
•very disappointed at our
performance tonight.”
The Trojans, who entered
the contest with an 0-2 re
cord, were indeed looking
for their first real victory of
the season. They opened the
first quarter by taking the
Kaiser
Picks Off
His Second
Robert Kaiser, the For
syth County Bulldog’s 158
pound senior defensive back,
returned a 25-yard pass in
terception for a touchdown
against the North Hall Tro
jans and was a key to keep
ing the ballgame close.
Kaiser’s score came late
in the second quarter when
he picked off his second in
terception of the year and
returned the ball into the end
zone. Todd Yates booted his
extra point and the ballgame
was tied at the half 14-14.
North Hall had jumped to
an early lead at 14-0 and the
Bulldogs offense seemed
destined for a 14-7 halftime
score until Kaiser’s inter
ception.
North Hall quarterback
Rodney Clark opened up
from the beginning on the
Bulldog’s defensive second
ary, completing his first four
passes of the game and
throwing two first quarter
touchdown passes. Clark
was six for 12 on the night
and passed for 148 yards
The Bulldog’s defense was
also plagued by the running
of Kevin Jenkins who rushed
for 72 yards and one touch
down.
Defensive captain Greg
Chambers came up with one
fumble recovery that oc
curred following a fumble on
a kickoff.
kickoff. Quarterback Rod
ney Clark carried his team
through 13 plays for the first
touchdown of the game. The
score followed two pass
completions for 25 and 20
yards that set up the score
by Scotty Williams with 6:18
remaining in the quarter. J.
D. Minor booted the extra
point and the Bulldogs were
down 7-0.
Forsyth County had the
ball for three plays before
fumbling away to North
Hall. The Trojans marched
back down to Bulldog terri
tory and Kevin Jenkins, who
had 72 yards rushing, went
14 yards for the touchdown.
Following the P.A.T., the
Trojans led 14-0 at the end of
the first quarter
The Bulldogs took the ball
and after six plays were
forced to punt. The Trojans
then punted back to the Bull
dogs and the game began to
roll.
Quarterback Marcus Shir
ley hit Cam Harrison on a
pass to the North Hall
23. yard line. Running back
Steve Rogers then carried
eight yards to the Trojan 15
and Kelly Winter placed the
ball at the North Hall two
yard line.
Rogers then took the ball
into the end zone for the
touchdown and Todd Yates
added the point after to
make the score 14-7 North
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With 4:20 left in the half
the Bulldogs struck again.
The Trojans had the ball on
their own 13-yard line. Quar
terback Clark drew to pass
and the aerial was picked off
by Bulldog defensive back
Robert Kaiser. Kaiser re
turned the ball 25 yards for
the touchdown. Yates added
the extra point and the score
stood tied at 14-14 at the half.
North Hall tried to go
ahead late in the second
quarter but Minor missed
the field goal attempt from
the 26-yard line.
The Bulldogs went ahead
early in the third quarter as
they took the kickoff and
moved their way down to the
Trojans twoyard line. Steve
Rogers carried the ball in
the end zone with 6:37 re
maining. Todd Yates missed
his first extra point of the
year, hitting seven consec
utive. Forsyth led 20-14.
Kickoff specialist Herbie
Lincoln prepared to kick off
to the Trojans, but slipped
on the wet grass and sent the
ball skittering into the on
coming North Hall linemen.
A fumble followed and Bull
dog defensive captain Greg
Chambers recovered and
put the Bulldogs on the Tro
jan 27-yard line.
The Bulldogs got the ball
to the Trojan four yard line
Continued on Page 2B
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1*80-
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