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PHS Football
Dragons lose shootout to Cedartown
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Shannon Brooks about to cross the goal line for a touchdown. Brooks would finish the
night with 183 rushing yards and 66 receiving yards.
Arguably, the top two teams
in the sub-region played at
Dragon Stadium last Friday night
as Pickens hosted #6 ranked
Cedartown Bulldogs. Cedartown
came into the ball game with a
perfect 6-0 record, while the
Dragons only lose came at the
hands of Northwest Whitfield; a
night that saw Pickens turn the
ball over 6 times. Pickens came
into the contest averaging 37
points per game on offense and
only allowing 16, while Cedar
town, led by University of Geor-
Region 7-4A
Football Scores
Oct. 11
Cass 13
Gilmer 30
LaFayette 26
Heritage 48
Dalton 31
N.W. Whitfield 28
S.E. Whitfield 20
Ridgeland 35
gia bound running back Nick
Chubb, was averaging 42 points
each game and giving up 18. The
contest would not disappoint as
both teams went up and down the
field for most of the night on
each other.
The first touchdown of the
night would take only one offen
sive play after Cedartown recov
ered a Pickens fumble on the
opening kickoff. Nick Chubb
would run off the right tackle 12
yards and give Cedartown a very
quick lead.
Running back Shannon
Brooks would find the end zone
on the Dragons second attempt
from 58 yards after Kyle West in
tercepted a Cedartown pass. The
extra point was no good and
Cedartown led 7-6.
The Bulldogs would continue
to move the ball on the ground
for the entire half with Chubb
putting up two more touchdowns
by halftime. Pickens would score
once more before half when QB
Tanner Brumby kept it from 4
yards out. With the extra point
good, the halftime score would
be in favor of Cedartown 20-13.
The opening possession of the
third quarter was huge for both
teams. For Cedartown, a score
would increase their lead to a
two-touchdown difference; for
the Dragons, a stop would give
the offense a chance to tie the
game with a touchdown and a
two-point conversion. Cedar
town would win the battle of the
first possession, putting up yet
another touchdown on the Drag
ons to move their lead to 28-13.
Pickens continued to fight
back; moving the ball 52 yards to
ultimately find themselves in a
fourth down situation on the 16
yard line, down by two touch
downs. A screen pass from
Brumby to Brooks broke open
and Brooks would barrel his way
into the end zone to cut the
deficit down to 28-20 with plenty
of time left.
Cedartown seemed to always
have an answer for the Dragons
however. Nick Chubb seemed to
lose some steam in the second
half as the Dragon defense wore
him down, but new threats
emerged in the Cedartown re
ceivers as the Bulldogs begin to
go to the air for ways to put more
points on the board. Two touch
down passes would finally push
Cedartown’s score far enough
past the Dragons to secure the
victory, even though Pickens
would score a late touchdown
and attempt an on-side kick the
contest would end with the Bull
dogs pulling out the victory 42-
34.
Coach Parker discussed after
the game the importance of com
ing back in next week and get
ting ready for the next opponent.
“We had an opportunity to win
the ball game tonight, and that’s
what we ask these young men to
do each week.. .give themselves
a chance to win the ball game in
the fourth quarter. Cedartown
was the better team tonight, and
my hat goes off to them; they
have a very good team. But I also
want the players to know I am
proud of the way they competed
against a good team. This group
has responded well all year to ad
versity by picking each other up,
and I am confident that they will
come in Monday morning and be
ready to go back to work next
week.”
For the night, Tanner Brumby
was 18 of 37 for 227 passing
yards. Shannon Brooks would
have 183 rushing yards (on 26
carries) and 66 receiving yards.
Thomas Howard would lead the
defense again in tackling with
21. Kyle West and Caleb Brooks
would both record an intercep
tion each, while Matt Devroy
would have a fumble recovery
for the Dragons.
Pickens will travel to Gilmer
County this Friday to take on the
Bobcats at 7:30.
’Nettes named to
All-Region Team
Congratulations to
Pickens High School
softball players Kayla
Howard and Brooke
Wilson for being named
to the All-Region team.
Also congratulations to
Angel Dement for re
ceiving Honorable Men
tion.
Pickens 34
Cedartown 42
October 11, 2013
1 2
3
4
TOTAL
Pickens 6 7
7
14
34
Cedartown 21 0
14
7
42
Team Stats
Pickens
Cedartown
First Downs
20
14
3rd Down Attempts
17
10
3rd Down Conversions
8
5
Toted Yards
458
549
Toted Plays
82
55
Rushing Yards
231
409
Rushes
45
42
Passing Yards
227
140
Pass Attempts
37
13
Interceptions Taken
2
1
Fumbles Taken
1
1
Toted Takeaways
3
2
KPSOENCE RISHT TO YOUR FRONT MOW
Sports Fanatic
House Divided
By Tommy Gartrell
Sports rivalries can divide
friends, coworkers and some
times families. One of my fa
vorite high school teachers
informed me that she was a dyed
in the wool
Auburn fan
but her hus
band was a
die hard Ala
bama fan.
Needless to
say that their
home is a
house di
vided, and this week many local
houses including mine are di
vided by Friday’s Pickens-
Gilmer football game.
This phenomenon is nothing
new in my family! My father at
tended Gilmer High School and
was in fact the school’s STAR
Student once upon a time, and
my mother is a 1960-something
(I better not reveal too much for
fear of no more of mom’s home-
cooked meals) graduate of Pick
ens High School. I graduated
from PHS in 1988 and my wife
graduated from GHS in 1991.
Her mother is a PHS graduate
and her late father graduated
from Gilmer.
If you think that we are tense
and tiptoe around each other on
egg shells all week, you are mis
taken. You will not see one of us
wearing green and the other one
clad in purple. Since our children
attend school here, we are both
loyal to the Dragons. It was dif
ficult for me to convert her
though; the process took years
and three children. Honestly, we
both just love sports. Rivalries
add to the enjoyment, and no
prep clash can top the passions
stirred by this annual battle of
old foes.
The Bobcats (5-1) and Drag
ons (4-2) battle for 2nd place in
the sub-region and the winner
will likely earn an eventual play
off berth. Gilmer hosts at Huff-
Mosley Stadium in Ellijay on a
famed Apple Festival weekend.
The history of this game dates
back to 1957 when Pickens first
fielded a football team. Gilmer
won the inaugural game 57-0
and dominated the Dragons for
the next nine seasons. On Nov. 4,
1966, Pickens finally defeated
the Bobcats by a 13-12 margin
ending the longest winning
streak by either team in the se
ries. It is a rivalry filled with
length winning streaks by both
teams.
Pickens went on a seven-year
run from 1970-1977 highlighted
by a 39-6 romp in 1975. Gilmer
answered with an eight-year
streak which was interrupted by
the infamous 0-0 tie in 1986
which is widely considered the
most memorable and largely at
tended game of them all. It was,
in fact, the most anticlimactic
meeting of unbeaten foes of all-
time and directly led to the adop
tion of an overtime system in
high school football.
Pickens won 9 of 11 meetings
from ’98-’08, but the Bobcats
took the most recent four con
tests. Last year they prevailed
21-13. Overall, Gilmer holds a
34-20-1 won-loss advantage ver
sus the Dragons.
This year, no Dragon senior
has ever beaten the Bobcats.
Conversely, no Gilmer senior
has lost to Pickens.
Like the geo-economic and
demographic similarities of these
two North Georgia counties,
their respective football teams
mirror each other. Both teams
have high-powered and prolific
offensive squads, and both de
fenses punish opponents.
As the leaves begin to turn and
the chill of autumn winds visit us
for the first time this year, it is
football weather, and one of the
biggest and best games of the
year is only hours away.
From a house divided - Go
Dragons! No, go Bobcats! No,
Dragons
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