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The True Citizen, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 — Page 11
Region title may be out of reach for Spartans
ByTres Bragg
tresbragg@bellsouth.net
It was a detrimental loss, but
the Edmund Burke Academy
football team’s chances for a
state title are still alive.
Last Friday, the Spartans
traveled to Monticello to take
on their biggest rival of the sea
son, Piedmont Academy. The
Cougars lived up to their name,
walking away with a 35-14 win.
Despite EBA scoring on the
third play of the game with a
71-yard touchdown run from
quarterback Logan Christian,
they were unable to stop the
Cougar offense for the rest of
the night. Piedmont racked up
nearly 300 yards rushing and
were able to hold the Spartans
to just 246 yards on the
ground... well under their rush
ing average per game. Hagen
Wade scored Edmund Burke’s
other touchdown midway
through the fourth quarter.
The win puts Piedmont at the
top of the region standings and
keeps them in a tie with
Brentwood Academy as the
only two undefeated teams in
GISA Class 1-AA. EBA’s focus
will now be on securing the No.
2 spot from their region, which
will give them home field ad
vantage for the first round of
the state playoffs. They must
overtake Brentwood,
Gatewood and Robert Toombs
to do so.
According to head coach
Buddy Sorrow, clinching the
Josh Gradous attempts to chase down Piedmont’s quarterback.
No. 2 seed is extremely impor
tant. "If Piedmont wins out,
then that number two slot is
going to be crucial,” Sorrow
said. “That’s the only business
we can take care of right now.
It’s not going to come easy
though. Brentwood, Gatewood
and even Robert Toombs are all
going to have something to say
about who's going to get that
higher seed.”
The Spartans’ first task will
be defeating the Crusaders of
Robert Toombs this Friday
night at Rogers Field. They will
battle Gatewood on Oct. 28, be
fore taking on the toughest of
the three teams, Brentwood, on
Nov. 4.
Although the Spartans lost to
Piedmont on Friday, they still
could see the Cougars again in
the state championship game.
Coach Sorrow hopes for a bet
ter outcome if that happens.
“We played real good against
them in the first quarter,” Sor
row explained. “When we gave
them the chance to take the
lead, we just pressed a little too
much. As bad as we played, we
were only down by two touch
downs in the fourth quarter.
But, with a good team like Pied
mont you have to keep the
score closer towards the end of
the game. And, you can't turn
the ball over as much as we
did.”
Kickoff for this Friday’s
game is scheduled for 7:30 pm.
At halftime of the game,
Edmund Burke Academy’s
state championship baseball
team will be honored for win
ning the school's first ever state
title last season.
BY THE NUMBERS
Rushing
Logan Christian - 7 carries for 87
yards, 1 touchdown
Brandon Sharpe -14 carries for 82
yards
Hagen Wade - 8 carries for 49
yards, 1 touchdown
Defense
Dawson Atkinson - 8 tackles, 8 as
sists, 1 forced fumble
Clint Saxon - 4 tackles, 3 assists
Michael Taylor- 2 tackles, 5 assists
Lane Christian-5 tackles, 1 assist
Lane Clark - 5 tackles, 1 assist, 1
fumble recovery
Austin Daniel - 3 tackles, 3 assists
Josh G radous—2 tackles, 3 assists
Seth Paulk - 3 tackles, 2 assists
Hagen Wade - 4 tackles, 1 assist
Hunter Bailey - 3 tackles, 1 assist
Logan Christian - 3 tackles, 1 as
sist
Brandon Sharpe - 2 tackles, 2 as
sists
TEAM STATS
Rushing
EBA - 38 carries for 246 yards
Piedmont - 56 carries for 299 yards
Passing
EBA - 4 of 8 for 20 yards
Piedmont - 4 of 7 for 43 yards and
1 touchdown
First Downs
EBA-15
Piedmont - 22
Penalties
EBA-5 for 41 yards
Piedmont - 5 for 50 yards
Turnovers
EBA-3
Piedmont -1
Derwin Butler and Denzell Warthen take down Rebel quarterback Terry Robinson.
Bears disappoint Hephzibah on homecoming
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
The Bears had a big crowd to
watch them run away with another
blowout.
Burke County High School's
football team traveled to
Hephzibah last Friday, where they
routed the Rebels in their home
coming game 55-6.
Bears head coach Eric Parker
applauded his players for picking
up another Region 3-AAA South
win.
“Once again our kids jumped
out there and played hard,' ’ Coach
Parker said. “They were really
motivated and inspired. I think
that’s a sign of a mature team. On
both sides of the line of scrim
mage, our offensive and defensive
lines did a great job.”
The Bears picked up plenty of
yardage, rushing for 318 yards and
passing for nearly 100 more.
They never punted the ball
away, though losing it once on
downs.
On defense, the Bears were up
against the Rebel’s triple option,
which required some adjustments
they were able to pull off with few
problems.
“Defensively, I thought we did
a great job against their option.
You have to play so disciplined
against the option,” Coach Parker
said.
Burke County’s 8 touchdowns
came courtesy of Tom Ellison's
24-yard carry, Donquell Green’s
22-yard carry and third-quarter
keeper for 25-yards, Corey
Mayton's 32-yard keeper and sec
ond-quarter carry for 13 yards, and
Reginald Grubbs’ 7-yard carry.
Montres Kitchens and Jocquez
Habersham each pushed I -yard
over the goal line to score. Fresh
man Ian Phillips was 7 for 7 kick
ing PATs. A conversion run failed.
Defensively, the Bears were led
by Chris Washington and Derwin
Butler, who each also recorded
sacks. Tyler Williams, Denzell
Warthen, Devonte Lambert,
Aldrick Kittles, Kitchens, Jesse
Bush and Jermaine Baxley also
recorded several tackles in the
game.
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Corey Mayton runs into the end zone for one of his 2 touch
downs.
PLAYING TIME
Fans got to see a little more action from Burke County’s starters against Hephzibah, as coaches try to
give them more time on the field as they prepare for big games coming up. Over the past few weeks,
they had been pulled earlier in the games as the Bears jumped to big leads in the first quarters of play.
In the two previous games, starters took just 27 and 25 snaps, respectively. Against Hephzibah, the
Bears' starters took 37. If they played an entire game, they might take 80 or more.
“The big challenge is just how much do you play your starters. When you have the game in hand by
halftime, you pull your starters out and keep them from getting hurt and it gives your younger kids some
time,” Coach Parker said. “That's become a little bit of a concern. You worry a little bit when you have to
play a full ballgame, because your starters haven't played one in a while. There’s just nothing like that
game conditioning. We played them a little longer this week.”
On the flip side, Coach Parker said those game scenarios have allowed them to keep their starters
healthy.
“We haven’t had to take a physical beating... that’s the good news,” Coach Parker said. “There are a
few bumps and bruises but it wouldn’t be football without that.”
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a Bath ...
As part of its corrosion control program, the City
of Waynesboro will begin flushing water lines in the
distribution system on October 18th, 19th, and 20th.
All customers on the City water system should be
aware that their water could be “discolored” or
cloudy for a time during the flushing process. We
advise customers to check their water on each day
during this process before doing laundry.
Customers experiencing “discolored” water
should open the cold water tap in their bathtub and
let the water run until it clears.
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Happy Birthday, Kamerenl
Kameren celebrated her October 8th birthday with
family & friends Sunday at the Southern
Bank Pavilion.
She is the proud
daughter of Brittany
Greene & Willie
Habersham. Jr. of
Waynesboro.
Granddaughter of
Missy Ketly, Ronnie Winn
Lisa & Willie Habersham,
Sr., all of Waynesboro
and Alphonso & Natasha
Greene of South Carolina,
Her surviving great
grandparents are Faye
Phillips, Marme & Jessie
Habersham of Waynesboro
& Great, great granddaughter
of Irene Greene of Augusta.
KanTs godmothers are Amanda Barks
of Waynesboro and Prissy Lyons of Mi