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Page 8 - The Wiregrass Farmer, October 25,2017
Sports
Rebels pull away in second for easy win over Atco
by Brad Christian
The Turner County Rebels
welcomed the Atkinson
County Rebels to Ashburn last
Friday night, hoping to quickly
put the loss to Clinch County
from the previous week out of
their minds. It was a tight
game for a half but the home
standing Rebels pulled away
with a dominating second half
to take the victory 53-13.
“You saw what you can do
when you play as a team,” said
head coach Leroy Hood when
he was speaking to his team
and Rebel fans after the game.
“We all need to continue to
play together as a team. Good
things happen when we do
that.”
The visitors from Pearson
put up quite the fight in the
first half. In fact, the score was
13-13 late in the second quarter
before Turner County scored
late in the second quarter to
take a halftime lead of 19-13.
The second half was all Turner
County as quarterback Tyler
Moore continued his recent
strong play as he threw six
touchdown passes on the
game, including three to Ricky
Temple. Over the last three
games, Moore has thrown a
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combined 12 touchdown
passes.
For the game, Moore was
13-25 with 270 yards and six
touchdowns. Temple had a
breakout game and finished 5
catches for 160 yards and three
touchdowns.
With the victory, the Rebels
improved to 5-3 overall and 3-
2 in region play. Before the
game, the Rebels were ranked
18th in the GHSA power rank
ings. The top 24 teams ad
vance to postseason play.
Early projections have the
Rebels improving to 17th this
week, though that ranking is
not official as of press time.
This week, the Rebels host
neighboring Wilcox County
for Senior night. The Patriots
(2-6) from Rochelle have long
been a rival of the Rebels. In
order to continue improving on
their playoff position, it is a
game the Rebels need to win,
especially with a trip to Ocilla
to take on likely region cham
pion Irwin County looming in
the regular season finale on
November 3.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 and
the radio broadcast of the game
will be on 105.7 beginning at
7. Please stay tuned to social
media for information regard
ing any Senior night festivities
as it becomes available.
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The cheerleaders had plenty of extra help Friday night for Pink Out night for breast cancer awareness.
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Quandarius Ezell moments before he crosses the
goal line for the Rebels.
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After a rough first half, the defense stepped up in the
second to shut Atco’s offense down.
Thanks for your help
On behalf of "Communities thank you to our community
In Schools" and the teachers of for making "Sanitizing Sep-
the Turner County High/Mid- tember" such a success. The
die Schools I would like to say donations you made for Clorox
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wipes, tissues and hand sanitiz
ers will help our teachers and
students fight the flu and cold
season.
In addition, I would like to
offer a special thaxnk you to
the Wiregrass Farmer, the
Chamber of Commerce, The
First United Methodist Church
of Ashburn, Wiregrass Min
istries of Rebecca, Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church of Rebecca
and all our community partners
and lovely citizens who helped
us meet the needs of our
schools.
You are a big reason why
our schools are successful.
Thank you so much for caring
about the needs of others.
Danny Gay - Site Coordi
nator Communities In Schools
of Fitzgerald-Ben Hill
County/Turner County
Newcomer
welcome kits
If you are new to Turner
County please be sure to stop
by the Ashburn-Turner County
Chamber of Commerce to pick
up your New Resident Wel
come Kit. The kit is filled with
promotional material, adver
tisements, and coupons pro
vided by Chamber Members,
along with a map and direc
tory. We are located at 238 E
College Ave. and look forward
to welcoming you.
