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Page 8A — Wednesday, October 28, 2020, The True Citizen
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Bears take down the Bulldogs
BEN ROBERTS
benroberts@bellsouth.net
The Burke County Bears
defeated the Harlem Bulldogs
on the road last Friday 35-13 to
move to 2-0 in Region 4-AAA
play.
The win put the Bears in
second place overall in the
Region and sets up another
decisive match-up against the
third-place Thomson Bulldogs
at the Bear Den this Friday.
“We’re in the best shape we
could be in right now as far
as Region play,” Bears’ head
coach Eric Parker said. “This
is a pivotal match up. Thomson
has had some issues between
COVID and injuries but, of
course, I think they’re all back
healthy and rolling to face us.
You’ve just got to prepare for
them as if you’re getting the
best they’ve got.”
Burke County (2-2 overall,
2-0 Region 4-AAA) proved to
be on their own roll Friday as
the offense put together a 305-
yard night with 100 yards thru
the air and 205 yards on the
ground. The Bears continued
to spread the ball around as
starting sophomore quarter
back Marshall Flowers found
multiple pairs of hands to get
the ball to.
“We’re getting more com
fortable in our roles on the
offense. This was Marshall
Flowers third start as a high
school quarterback, so we think
he’s going to continue to get
better with every start. Some
of those pieces around him are
starting to fall into place as
well. We’ve been able to score
some points,” Parker said.
The Bears’ defense did their
part as well, holding Har
lem (2-5 overall, 1-2 Region
4-AAA) to just two scores on
the night. The Bulldogs second
touchdown came with less
than 4 seconds remaining in
the game.
Harlem had 294 total yards
of offense with 111 passing and
183 rushing yards. The Bears
allowed 13 first downs but
also came away with a single
interception and one fumble
recovery.
“We played a lot faster,”
Parker said of his defense.
“There’s still a lot of room
left for growth, but I thought
we played well. They had two
drives that we really gave up
some yardage on. They ran 62
plays which is a lot for a high
school football game. So, to
run that many plays and not
score many points is really an
anomaly.”
The Bulldogs lack of points
could be attributed to Burke
County’s defense shutting
down the highly touted CSRA
running back, Cameron Gar
nett, who is on his way to his
third career 1000-yard season.
The six-one, 210-pound senior
was held to just 40 yards on 13
carries and no touchdowns.
“We did a good job defend
ing their running back, which
was our plan, but the quarter
back got a chance to run and
he picked up more yards than
he normally would. That’s a
concern with Thomson coming
in because their quarterback is
pretty dog-gone good,” Parker
said.
Friday’s matchup against
Thomson (5-2 overall, 2-1 Re
gion 4-AAA) will be broadcast
on television as WJBF’s Game
Night Live. Kickoff is set for
7:30 p.m.
Season ends for BCHS softball
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
The Lady Bears have fin
ished up their season on the
softball held following the first
round of state competition.
Last week, the girls faced
Pierce County in the playoffs
and were eliminated after los
ing the first two games, 5-0
and 20-0.
In game one, Kam Parker
and Kayleigh Egan lead the
offense, batting 2-3 and 1-2,
respectively.
Head coach Aaron Fera said
Arliyah Crumbley excelled
from the mound as usual.
“She pitched awesome like she
always does against a potent
lineup,” he said.
“I had this group of seniors
since the sixth grade — for
seven years,” Fera added. “We
grew together. It took a lot
of hard work and dedication
from the players in order for
us to be competitive, and we
accomplished that. I hope the
girls cherish the memories, and
hopefully Amy [Stewart] and I
passed on a couple life lessons
along the way.”
The Lady Bears retire nine of
their team members to gradu
ation this year. Below on their
names and Fera’s thoughts on
each young lady.
Lindsi Sullivan. We were
blessed to have her for two
years as she was the defensive
player we were missing to win
region.
Morgan Chancey. The hard
est working girl I know; she
will do great things in life. We
will miss her like the rest of the
seniors a lot!
Delana Tablada. A fixture
behind the plate and a leader
on the held. She is always into
the game.
Baylie Lovett. One of our
most dangerous bats for seven
years. She is always a joy to
be around.
Kristina Jones. One of the
greatest teammates anyone
can ask for.
Libby Ford. One of our best
players for the last seven years.
She is one of the reasons we
were so successful and region
champions in 2019.
Sophie Dye. Another one of
our catchers who has been a big
part of our battery for the last
seven years. She is such a joy.
Kam Parker. She has always
been an offensive presence in
our lineup. Came through in
numerous situations over her
career to propel our team to
victory.
Alexis Copeland. A great
teammate, who always cheered
on her teammates regardless of
the situation.
Spartans go 1-1 in busy football week
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
Last week, the Edmund
Burke Academy Spartans (3-4)
took a win on Tuesday against
Robert Toombs (47-12) and
fell to Brookwood (49-20) on
Friday.
In Tuesday’s game, Edmund
Burke’s offense tallied a total
of 412 yards on the ground,
with Evan Hirschauer and Ea
son Waters rushing for 98 yards
each. Hirschauer had 3 carries
total, earning touchdowns on
34-yard and 45-yard carries,
while Waters had 6 carries.
Carson Woods ran 3 times
for 77 yards and also had 2
touchdowns. In the air, Waters
completed a 40-yard pass to
William Hood, and Grant Mo
bley threw 25 yards to Garrett
Jenkins for a completed pass.
Defensively, the Spartans
were led by Hood, who had 9
total tackles, and Woods, who
had 8.
Against Brookwood, EBA
had the yardage but not the
points.
“I thought our kids played re
ally hard all the way to the end
in a game where they could’ve
easily given up,” said head
coach Aaron Phillips. “In order
for us to win, we have to ex
ecute at a higher level because
we are so young, and we just
didn’t do that. We turned the
ball over way too much and
made it easy for Brookwood
to score.”
Brookwood jumped ahead
of the Spartans in the first
quarter with two touchdowns
and scored a third in the sec
ond before EBA lit up the
board with Woods bringing a
70-yard run to the end zone.
Brookwood answered with
two touchdowns before Woods
earned another TD on a 60-
yard run to close out the first
half. Brookwood earned the
sole touchdown in the third
quarter and scored again in
the fourth with a 42-yard pass.
Waters managed to hop in on
Brookwood territory one last
time for the Spartans.
Phillips said the Spartans had
three costly turnovers deep in
their own territory and a mis
take on special teams that led
to a Brookwood touchdown.
“We had 412 yards of offense,
and we lost the game,” he said.
“Take away a few mistakes
here and there and that’s a re
ally close ball game on the held
even though the score didn’t
indicate it.”
Woods led the effort with
212 yards, while Waters
picked up 149. On defense,
Waters rallied 12 tackles, and
Brantley Jones had 8.
This Friday, Oct. 30, the
Spartans head to Ameri-
cus for a non-region game
against Southland Academy
(0-6).
“This is the first time I’ve
ever taken a team to South
land to play,” Phillips said.
“They have a really good
tradition of football; they
are a bigger school as far as
classification goes than we are.
It will be a challenge for us,
especially since we have six
players out with injuries this
week. We really need some
guys to step up and play much
bigger roles.”
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
Charlie Dorsey on the carry.
Politics
Bird Dog
the top of their list of priorities.
With this case, however, they
have proven they’re not willing
to let a pesky policy get in the
way of their personal desires.
There’s another party to
blame in all of this though: we
the voters.
We continue to trot the same
old folks out for these positions
and act surprised when things
like this occur. This is not
the first backroom deal these
Commissioners have brokered
nor will it be the last. Until the
citizens and taxpayers of this
county put a stop to it, these
Commissioners will continue
to swap favors amongst them
selves for things they want
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individually rather than what
the people of this county need
as a whole.
It reminds me of the old
saying, “Fool me once, shame
on you. Fool me twice, shame
on me.”
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