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November 14, 2012
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i-Reporter
PIGSKIN PICKS
WEEKLY WINNER RECEIVES $20 & “PIGSKIN PICKER” T-SHIRT FROM T-SCREENS
RULES
1. Read the ads. Circle your choice of the winner in each game. There is
a different game in each ad.
2. Guess the score of the game listed in the box marked
“Tie Breaker.” This will be used only if there is an
otherwise unbreakable tie.
3. Mail your entry to: The Monroe County Reporter
P.O. Box 795, Forsyth, GA 31029
or bring it to the office at
50 N. Jackson St. Forsyth, GA 31029
Entries must be postmarked or in The Reporter office by noon on the Fri
day following publication date.
4. You may enter in your own name or other members of
your family. However, only one entry per name will
be accepted.
5. Members of The Monroe County Reporter staff and their
immediate families are not eligible to compete.
6. Make sure your name, address and phone number is written on the
face of the entry form.
7. In the event of repeat winners, $10 cash prize will be given.
Name:
IE BREAKER (write in what the score will be)
Address:
Statesboro at
Phone:
Mary Persons
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Johntavious Josey won Pigskin Picks last week by going 8-2, and was our only
picker to take predict Texas A&M’s surprise win over Alabama. A fourth-time win
ner, Josey gets $10 cash.
For your chance to win, make your own picks by circling the winners on page 4B.
The one submitted by 5 p.m. Friday with the best score wins.
It was a rough week for our celebrity pickers. Richard Dumas, James Freeman,
Kay Floyd and Brandon Pinson tied for first, but by going only 6-4. With just two
weeks left in the season, Eric Bunn maintains a one-game edge over “Dangerous”
Daron Fears.
This year’s Celebrity Pickers are editor Will Davis, sports editor Richard Dumas,
hospital CEO Kay Floyd, insurance man Eric Bunn, dentist Dr. Clell Morris, funeral
home director James Freeman, radio personality Daron Fears and Dr. Brandon
Pinson in the annual “Games of the Week” competition.
‘CELEBRITY’ PICKERS & THE WINNER
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Monroe County
Reporter,
Publisher
Will Davis
Richard Dumas
Monroe County
Reporter, Sports
Editor
Richard Dumas
Kay Floyd
Monroe County
Hospital, CEO
Kay Floyd
Eric Bunn, the
Bunn Agency in
Forsyth, agent
Eric Bunn
Dr. Clell M. Morris,
Forsyth Dental
Center
Clell Morris
James Freeman,
Freeman Funeral
Home, director
James Freeman
Dr. Brandon
Pinson, Animal
Veterinary Clinic,
Owner
Brandon Pinson
‘Dangerous’
Daron Fears,
sports director,
WQMJ Radio
(MajidOO)
Daron Fears
games!
(80-30)
(77-33)
(83-27)
(86-24)
(82-28)
(80-30)
(78-32)
(85-25)
Statesboro at
Mary Persons
Mary Persons
Mary Persons
Mary Persons
Statesboro
Mary Persons
Mary Persons
Statesboro
Mary Persons
South Effinghan
at Westside
i Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Arkansas at
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Miss. State
Ga Southern
at Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Southern Cal
at UCLA
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
Southern Cal
UCLA
NC State at
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Duke at
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Duke
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
at Vanderbilt
Vandy
Tennessee
Vandy
Vandy
Vandy
Vandy
Tennessee
Vandy
Stanford
at Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Arizona
at Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
MP
continued from the front
West Laurens' personal foul
flag allowed MP to get into
Miller's field goal range.
Miller booted through a 37-
yarder for a 10-0 halftime
lead despite MP being out-
gained 157 to 67 in total
yards.
MP's offense began to pick
up the slack in the second
half. The Bulldogs went on an
eight-play, 67-yard touchdown
drive to open the third quar
ter. Sophomore Dee High
capped the drive with a 44-
yard touchdown on a pitch
out to the right. High broke
an arm tackle just past the
line of scrimmage and explod
ed to the end zone to give MP
a 17-0 lead with 8:22 left in
the third quarter.
The two teams traded punts
on each's next series before
West Laurens made the
Raiders' biggest play of the
game with 2:22 left in the
third quarter. Quainton
hooked up on a flea-flicker
with receiver Travoisier
Mitchell for an 86-yard touch
down. Bill Leroy made the
extra point to narrow MP's
lead to 17-7.
MP responded with a criti
cal drive of its own. Mays
dashed straight up the gut for
a 50-yard touchdown with 16
seconds left in the third quar
ter. Miller's extra point put
MP back up three scores, 24-
7.
On the very first play of the
fourth quarter, MP essentially
iced the game when Shannon
intercepted a wide receiver
pass by Mitchell. Shannon
scored on the return, but the
touchdown was negated once
again by a penalty.
Nevertheless, MP started in
excellent field position at
West Laurens' 24-yard-line.
On the first play of the ensu
ing drive, Zellner took a
reverse around left tackle for
a 24-yard touchdown run.
Miller's extra point gave MP
the 31-7 advantage. MP
tacked on one final score with
6:12 left in the fourth quarter
on a one-yard touchdown run
by senior Demario Webb.
West Laurens running back
Gerald Carr ran for a 77-yard
touchdown on the Raiders'
next possession to close out
the scoring.
Thanks to the Raiders' two
long scoring plays, West
Laurens ultimately outgained
MP 343 to 313 in total yards.
Banks passed for 111 yards
and one touchdown on 8 of 16
completions. Quainton passed
for 175 yards on 9 of 17 pass
es with one touchdown and
three interceptions.
High led MP's rushing
attack with 68 yards and a
touchdown on 12 carries.
Mays added 60 yards and a
touchdown on six carries.
Zellner had 123 total yards,
rushing for 31 yards and a
touchdown and catching five
passes for 92 yards and a
touchdown. Carr led West
Laurens in rushing with 123
yards and a touchdown on 12
carries.
Nelson said he wasn't sure
if last year's fight was respon
sible for the officials calling
the game so tightly but
acknowledged it was possible.
Nelson said all the stoppages
hurt both teams' rhythm in
the game.
"It's hard to get in a flow so
to speak because seemingly it
was stopping every play or
every other play it seemed to
me," Nelson said. "I hadn't
ever been a part of anything
like that. I think some of
them were deserved, and I
think some of them probably
weren't deserved."
Nelson said perhaps the
best thing about Friday's
game was getting to play a
number of players who don't
typically get snaps.
"Yeah, we wanted to get
those guys in, especially with
it being Senior Night," Nelson
said. "We've got a handful of
seniors that are backups that
don't get to play very much.
We got some of them in. And
they were able to do some
good things for us. It's nice to
be able to play as many guys
as you possibly can. Because
everybody works just as hard.
It's just not everybody gets a
chance to play all the time.
It's nice to get to reward those
guys for what they do too."
Nelson admitted the region
runner-up trophy he present
ed to his team in the locker
room wasn't exactly the tro
phy he hoped MP to win, but
he said it is still a nice tribute
to a fine season.
"It's like I told them, it's not
exactly what we wanted, but
it's a step," Nelson said. "It's a
runner-up finish, and we're
never gonna accept anything
less. These guys did a great
job to get to that point, and
they should be rewarded for it
and excited about it because
quite frankly we probably
surprised some people about
how well these kids came
together and performed and
competed and really have
done what we asked them to
do. And it's a great bunch of
kids."