The wiregrass farmer. (Ashburn, Ga.) 1984-current, November 19, 2008, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPage 10 - The Wiregrass Farmer, November 19, 2008 Sports # Rebels topple Wave; Brookstone next game MICHAEL DONAHOO and Sean Green fight to get into the Green Wave backfield. Photo Trish Mathes by Brad Christian Win or go home. That’s the theme of the playoffs. And the Turner County Rebels decided they weren’t ready to go home yet as they pulled away in the sec ond half to defeat the Terrell County Greenwave 43-19 last Friday night in Ashburn. The win advances the Rebels (9-2 overall) to the second round of the GHSA Class A state play offs. They will travel to Columbus this Friday night to take the undefeated Brookstone Cougars. “We came out a little flat in the first half, but we played better in the second half. We had a strong effort there the whole game. At this point, you just hope to make it to the next week so it’s nice to be able to make it to the second round,” said head coach Erik Soliday. Terrell County opened the scoring early by marching right down the field and scoring on 4 1 * 1 down from 19 yards out to take an early 7-0 lead after the PAT. But the Rebels quickly marched down the field. EJ Walker scored from one yard out after big passing plays to Lester Green and Hiawatha Parker. The PAT by George Gonzolez tied the score at 7. In the second quarter, after Terrell County scored to go ahead 13-8, the Rebels retook the lead on a 20 yard run by Walker. The two point try was no good to make the score 14- 13. Perhaps the critical point in the game came right before the half when the Rebels stopped the Greenwave at the one yard line with no time remaining in the half. If the Greenwave score, they take a lead into the half and it is perhaps a different outcome. “That was big,” said Soliday. “I think that gave us some momentum going into the half. As bad as we played at times in the first half, we felt fortunate to be up by one at the half.” The second half was all Rebels. The Rebels scored early in the third quarter on an 8 yard run by Walker. All 61 yards on that drive were on the ground. With the two point conversion, the Rebels led 22- 13. That score held until the first play of the fourth quarter Cinemas Mlfir Quantum fjf sW. ” For All PrBEenUianH £ Showtimea (9121384-8880 www.rockin8.com EKAPE 'AFRICA *udilariBn» - Mi SHJiart StjU ■ All HflCturtfl ClUirt HIAWATHA PARKER shakes a tackle. Photo Trish Mathes when quarterback Kevion Newberry found Todd Lawson across the middle and he streaked 76 yards for the touch down. The PAT made the score 29-13. After yet another goal line stand, the Rebels essentially put the game away with a long 70 yard touchdown run by Walker. With the PAT, the score was 36-13. Late in the game, James Berry scored from 4 yards out and the PAT made the score 43- 13. A meaningless 73 yard touchdown run by Terrell County as time expired closed out the scoring at 43-19. Walker was the star of the night as he had 156 yards and four touchdowns on 9 carries. Newberry was an effective 8- 13 for 249 yard and one touch down. Lawson had three catches for 127 yards and a TD while Parker had 3 catches for 75 yards. Next up for the Rebels is a date with undefeated Brookstone. “They are big and strong and very disciplined. They are very fundamentally sound. But our kids are excited about going over there and compet ing,” said Soliday. This will be the first trip to Brookstone for many fans. The Cougars have been to Ashburn for various sporting events over the years. This will also be Soliday’s first trip to Brookstone. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Let’s have a big and loud Rebel crowd over in Columbus this Friday as our Rebels continue in their march through the state playoffs! ERIC WALKER breaks up field. 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