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Sunday, October 13, 1985
REVENGE
Forsyth team ‘out physicals’ Murray to avenge ’B4 shellacking
By Gary Tanner
Sports Editor
Dominating the line of scrimmage
throughout the game, the Forsyth
County Bulldogs out-muscled visiting
Murray County Friday night to beat
the Indians 17-3 before a large and
enthusiastic crowd at Forsyth sta
dium.
“Last year they whipped us physi
cally,” said Bulldog defensive line
coach Allen Pritchett after the game,
“Tonight we paid them back.”
Defensive coordinator, Pete Mc-
Ginnis, told the jubilant Forsyth team
after the game in a meeting on the
field, “The thing I’m proudest of is
that tonight we out-physicalled some
body.”
The Bulldogs pushed the Indians
around on both lines of scrimma
ge. The offensive line exploded off the
ball, in opening holes that allowed
Forsyth runners to total 202 rushing
yards. Defensively, the Bulldogs
were able to neutralize the Murray
blocking to limit the Indians to just 86
yards on the ground.
The Forsyth coaching staff also
played a part in limiting the Indians’
offensive line.
“We noticed in the films that they
had been making a lot of illegal
blocks,” said Bulldog head coach
Ronnie Jackson. He said the Forsyth
coaches asked the officials to watch
for the illegal blocks, and the Indians
were whistled for the infraction three
times during the game. “Those calls
weren’t home cooking,” Jackson
said, “they were pretty obvious and
the officials called it.”
Pritchett’s statement about paying
the Indians back seemed to be a
common sentiment among the the
Bulldog team and fans. “The mem-
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Around the state yesterday in
college football, West Georgia
hosted Livingston for
homecoming. Georgia
Southwestern took on Savannah
State, Valdosta State played Troy
State in famed Cleveland Field
and Georgia Southern hosted
Bethune Cookman at Paulsen
Stadium.
None of these games created as
much interest as the games
Georgia and Georgia Tech were
involved in, and the names of the
arenas don’t conjure up images of
hedges or aging Grant Field. Still,
the unique thing is the fact that
those small colleges played
football games yesterday. Just
five years ago none of them played
football.
Small college football is back in
Georgia after a long absence and
that is a good thing for the football
fans and players of the entire
state.
While the games don’t create as
much stir as the Bulldog or Yellow
Jacket contests do, they are quite
an event for the students, alumni,
and residents of the small towns in
which these colleges are located.
With the restart of football at the
previously mentioned schools, it
has become a buyers market for
college football fans around the
state.
Now it is possible for most
college football fans in Georgia to
go to a game without travelling a
great distance or paying
exorbitant prices for tickets. The
competition is good, too.
Another positive thing about
small college football in Georgia is
that it gives athletes around the
state a chance to continue their
football careers collegiately.
Many of the players at the
Division II level West Georgia
Braves, Valdosta State Blazers,
NAIA Georgia Southwestern
Hurricanes, or Division 1-AA
Georgia Southern Eagles could not
play at the Division 1A level, and
would not travel out of state to
play at the lower levels. With the
state of football programs at these
smaller institutions, the players
can play at home.
Most of Georgia’s public
colleges played football until
World War n, but discontinued the
programs during the war. Even
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Glenn Sutko (12) attacks by air as Larry Jenkins strikes on land to pressure Murray quarterback
ory of last year’s game was still fresh
in our minds,” Jackson said. Lasy
season Murray routed the Bulldogs
42-0. Adding injury to the insult was
some rock throwing by rowdy Mur
ray fans. While this game was with
out incident, revenge was definately
Lady Bulldogs derailed at Region
By Gary Tanner
Sports Editor
SNELLVILLE- After rolling
through an undefeated regular sea
son, the express train that had been
the Forsyth County Lady Bulldogs
softball team ran into a brick wall at
the Region 8-AAAA tournament held
here this week.
The Forsyth women were elimi
nated from contention for the region
championship by dropping games to
South Gwinnett and Brookwood re
spectively. On the tourney’s opening
day Tuesday, the Comets of South
Gwinnett beat the Lady Bulldogs 10-2.
On Wednesday, the Lady Broncos of
Brookwood shut out the Forsyth team
4-0, to eliminate them from the tour
nament.
“I’m just stunned right now,” said
a visibly upset Lady Bulldog coach
Johnny Tallant, “We just stopped
scoring runs. I don’t know why. I
don’t think these teams are that much
different than the other teams we
have played...l mean it’s not like they
can pitch the ball a funny way.”
After averaging 14 runs per game
during a 19-0 regular season, which
included a subregion championship,
the offense deserted the Forsyth
team during the region tournament.
For the tournament the Lady Bull
dogs were able to score but one run in
each of the second and sixth innings
of the first game.
Forsyth totalled 10 hits in the first
game, but were not able to string any
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a factor.
Bulldog players and coaches wore
swatches of green cloth on them
during the game, signifying the green
uniforms of the Indians. Before the
game Forsyth fans streamed on to
the field, forming a tunnel for the
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of them together except in the second
inning when three consecutive sin
gles, followed by a double produced
one run.
team to run onto the field through.
“That (running through a tunnel of
fans) can give you chill bumps.”
Jackson said.
The stage was set for a Bulldog
upset of the Indian team which last
season finished one game shy of the
In the game with Brookwood, For
syth managed just five hits and were,
shut out. Three of the hits came in the
fifth inning, but the Lady Bulldogs
state class AAA championship.
A tough battle in the trenches was
established early, with Forsyth
clearly winning the fight. In the early
possessions the Bulldog defense
stuffed the Murray attack, while the
Forsyth offense moved the ball well
were not able to push any runs across
the plate.
Tallant said of being eliminated,
“Maybe we’re not as strong as we
Jr. High Ronndap
By Gary Tanner
Sports Editor
Otwell Junior High’s 9th grade Bul
lpup football team beat Dawson
County 26-0, Thursday in Dawsonville
to remain unbeaten and unscored
upon for the season.
The Bullpups posted their sixth win
and sixth shutout of the season, by
way of a defense that occasionally
bended but did not break, and a
methodical offensive game.
Throughout most of the game the
Otwell defense stifled the Tiger offen
sive attack. The homestanding Daw
son County team threatened to score
on the Bullpups, however, late in the
game before the Otwell defense rose
to the occasion to end the threat.
Before the Tiger’s late surge, the
Bullpups had methodically built a big
lead.
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without being able to score.
At half time the game was still
deadlocked 6-0.
After the half, the Bulldogs domi
nated the game. Forsyth County took
the opening kickoff and drove it me
thodically. A 1-yard plunge by Rich
ard Ingram, who would finish the
game with 108 yards rushing, broke
the scoring ice and put the Bulldogs
on top 7-0 after Freddy Yarborough’s
PAT.
A pair of Indian turnovers helped
the Bulldogs put more points on the
board. Linebacker Glenn Sutko
stepped in front of Indian quar
terback Richard Payne’s throw and
raced 31 yards with the theft for a
score. Yarborough’s kick was again
true.
Murray turned theball over again
on its next possession when Rob Aick
elin recovered a Payne bobble. For
syth’s ensuing drive stalled at the 1-
yard line, giving Yarborough a shot
at a field goal. His kick was good,
giving Forsyth a 17-0 lead.
Murray began to move the ball late
in the game, but was only able to
manage a field goal, as the Bulldog
defense rose to quell a late threat.
The Indians recovered a Bulldog
fumble at their own 46-yard line with
about three minutes left in the game.
With 2:40 left the Indians had a first
and goal at the Forsyth 8-yard line. -
hen the Bulldogs took over on downs
with 1:18 left, the Indians had been
fourth andgoal at the 38-yard line.
Three plays killed the clock, and
sealed the win for the Bulldogs,
whose record rose to 3-2-1.
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39-202 Passing yards 45 5 Raturn yards 0 77 Passes 8-
17-2 1-4-1 Punts 4 2 Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties
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thought we were.”
In Tuesday’s first game a bad sec
ond inning spelled doom for the For
syth team. The Comets scored 9 runs
in that frame to put themselves on top
10-0 after having scored a run in the
top of the first.
A grand slam home run by Comet
first baseman Karen Thompson over
the left field fence, was the big blow
in the decisive second inning.
The Lady Bulldogs used four con
secutive hits to score 1 run in the
bottom of the second, but were able to
put nothing more on the board.
After the second, the game was a
well-played defensive duel between
the teams.
Forsyth County was able to dent
home plate once more in the game,
that coming in the sixth inning.
Third baseman Christi Woodham
led off the inning with a single. Two
outs later, she was driven in by a
single off the bat of catcher Betsy
Henderson.
If the second inning had been taken
away the Lady Bulldogs would have
won the game 2-1, but the damage of
that inning was done before the team
settled down to play well.
In Wednesday’s game both the
Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Broncos
with one loss each had their backs to
the wall. The Lady Broncos used an
opportunistic offense and a stingy
defense to shut out the Forsyth team,
while playing on the Brookwood field.
As in the game with South Gwin
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Dawson County got a hint of how
the game would go after they kicked
off to the Forsyth team to begin the
game.
Otwell received the opening kick
off, and took over on offense at its
own 35-yard line. From there, the
Bullpups drove methodically down
the field for a touchdown. Quar
terback Chris Bennett took the ball in
mi a 22-yard keeper around left end to
cap the 65-yard drive. The try for a
two-point conversion failed, leaving
the score at 6-0.
The Bullpups were in the end zone
again seconds later. On the first play
the Tigers ran after the Otwell kick
off, quarterback Tim Bennett fum
bled into the arms of an alert Bullpup
defender, Dax Martin. Martin took
the bobble 30 yards for another Otwell
score. Again the try for two points
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