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The True Citizen, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 — Page 13
Spartans advance to final four
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The second time was the
charm for the Spartans (4-7,
2-2), who picked up a 21-20
win over Bulloch Academy
in take two of the Backyard
Battle. The win catapulted Ed
mund Burke into the hnal four
of the Georgia Independent
School Association (GIS A) AA
state playoffs.
“I thought the kids played
really hard,” said Spartans’
head coach Aaron Phillips,
adding that the running backs
put up a lot of big plays. “Lane
Waters helped us grind some
tough yards and that helped
us pick up key first downs.
He has played well for us at
the fallback position with his
tough running. Parker Oliver,
Grant Mobley and Owen Redd
had really big runs that either
scored or set us up to score.
Even Hirschauer distributed
the football very well; he ran
the offense and when we need
ed a big play, he put us on his
shoulders.”
Phillips went on to say that
the defense had another great
game against Bulloch, just like
they did in their hrst game a
week prior. “The difference is
the offense held on to the foot
ball and was able to score some
points,” he said. “The offensive
line did a good job of opening
up some holes.”
Up next, the Spartans face
Terrell Academy in the fi
nal four of the state playoffs.
“They are 10-1 on the season
and are the number two ranked
team in the state,” Phillips said.
“It’s gonna be a very tough
challenge for us, but it’s one
that we expect and are ready to
take on. Our guys are excited
for this opportunity to play,
and I think we’re playing our
best football right now. We are
healthy and we are starting to
click. As a football coach you
want to win every football
game, but you especially want
to be playing your best football
at the end year in the playoffs.”
The Spartans travel to Daw
son this Friday, Nov. 26, to take
on Terrell.
Lady Spartans start season with win
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Lady Spartans got their
basketball season off to a good
start with a win last Tuesday,
defeating Alleluia Community
50-41.
“We played well in spurts on
defense and did a good job at
times of putting ball pressure
on their guards,” said head
coach Daniel Hannah. “We will
need to be able to get produc
tion from several players this
year in order to be successful,
and I think throughout the
year we're going to see mul
tiple game scoring leaders and
rebounding leaders. We have
fifteen players on the roster
and are looking to gain more
experience for our younger
players so they are ready for
our region schedule and tour
nament time.”
On Tuesday night, Hannah
said his was impressed by the
efforts of both Marlee Mobley
and Braelyn Reeves on the de
fensive end of the court. “They
did a lot of things that we're
going to need to do in order to
be successful,” he said. “We
played twelve players through
out the game and saw a lot of
positive results from many of
our younger players.”
Mobley had a total of 21
points on the night and also
had 6 steals, 5 rebounds and 2
blocks. Her sister, Ellee Mob
ley, along with Reeves, lead de
fensively with 7 rebounds each.
Zaylie Baker had 9 points,
7 steals and 5 rebounds, and
Kelsey Jaquess had 3 steals and
6 rebounds.
The girls faced Portal and
Robert Toombs in the EBA
Thanksgiving Invitational, but
results were not available at
press time.
Continued from front
Junior safety, Kohen Rogers, ends a Stephens County drive
with an interception.
backs, three wide receivers
that are all pretty good. A real
physical offensive line. They’re
big and fast on defense.”
Parker said no one should be
surprised by the level of talent
at this point in the tournament.
“You’ve gotten down to the
cream of the crop. These are
probably the best eight teams
in the state. Now it just comes
down to stealing one on the
road and seeing if we can’t slip
into the hnal four,” he added.
In Friday’s game, the Bears
continued to ride a successful
rushing attack led by Eldrick
“Tiger” Williams and Charlie
Dorsey. Williams had 13 car
ries for 129 yards and 4 touch
downs while Dorsey had 58
yards on 19 carries and a solo
touchdown.
Quarterback Marshall Flow
ers was 6 of 11 for 126 passing
yards with 2 interceptions and
34 of his own rushing yards.
The junior passer was on when
it counted, including a 45-yard
pass to Kohen Rogers early in
the second quarter. That play
would set up Williams’ second
touchdown of the night one
play later.
In the fourth quarter, Flow
ers connected with sophomore
Noah Boynton on a 44-yard
pass and ran for the Bears’ hnal
touchdown of the night, closing
the door on any comeback by
the Indians as the Bears went
up by more than two scores.
On the defensive side of the
ball, Burke County continued
to be stingy in giving up yards
and scores, holding the Indians
to just 211 total yards of of
fense. Stephens County rushed
for 114 yards while passing for
97. They turned the ball over
three times with two intercep
tions and one fumble.
Parker credits his team’s
current success to their attitude
and enthusiasm.
“I can tell the energy level
is up, obviously they know
they’ve got a good thing going.
They’re having fun, playing
good together, he said. “That’s
something that is big to me. I
think you’ve got to have those
things to win. Everybody is
probably playing that way. Ev
erybody’s got that same energy
level. Now it just comes down
to matching it every week and
executing and, of course, get
ting some breaks too.”
Friday’s game will have a
later start time due to another
Atlanta-area school having to
play on the same held. Parker
said that will require a small
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adjustment but doesn’t expect
it to be a factor.
“The good news is we’re not
in school. We’ll bring the kids
in later, leave a little later, it’s
not like the kids have been in
school since 7:30. Kind of a
strain on the parents and the
fans,but we’ll be hne,”he said.
In 2017, Burke County faced
another Atlanta school, Marist,
in the quarterfinals. The Bears
lost that matchup 28-6.
Should they win this week,
Burke County would face the
winner of the Peach County-
Pierce County quarterfinal
game. Pierce County is trying
to repeat as the class AAA
champions this year. Peach
County was eliminated in
the quarterfinals last year by
Oconee County. The Bears
defeated Peach County in 2011
to win the AAA championship
that season.
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