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PAGE 4B -- THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007
League Champions
The Commerce Tigers 11-12 age division
football team recently won the BJC Football
Conference Championship by going unde
feated and beating the Jackson County Eagles
33-12 in the championship game. Left to right
are (front) Greyson Cochran, Hunter Jackson,
Cody Cooke, Josh Cook, Drew Whitfield, Daniel
Streetman, Holden Nunn, Kenyon Wood, (mid
dle row) Vader Walraven, Michael Seagraves,
Morgan Flint, Chance McClure, Tyler Bowen,
Wesley Daniel, Dylan Seagraves, Cain Neisler,
Aaron Kyle, Travis Holt, Tony Patman, (back
row) assistant coach Tim Nunn, head coach
Chip McClure, assistant coach Chad Neisler,
assistant coach David Flint and assistant
coach Steve Streetman. Not Pictured: Dyeravis
Johnson.
— Cheer Tigers In Hunt For State Crown
Peachstate Speedway Set
For World Crown Weekend
With $10,000 on the line for the winner, Sunday’s World
Crown 250 at Peachstate Speedway could come down to an
exciting finish, like this one seen back on June 23 between
Paul Kelley (23) and Bubba Pollard (26). Both drivers will be
competing in Sunday’s event. Photo by Brandon Reed
Cont. from Page 1B
ter. They’re scheduled to be the
16th team to take the floor.
“It shouldn’t be that late, 10:00 or
10:30, but there’s no guarantee. It
could be moved up,” Cotrell not
ed. “We’re not near the beginning
and not at the end. Being in the
middle is a good place to be.”
Last year, the Tigers scored
third-best among all schools, but
that was only good enough for
second place in Class A, as Bre
men took the crown.
Cotrell figures Bremen will be in
good form again, but there will be
other Class A teams to watch as
well.
“Bowden and Irvin County are
doing really well. They’ve been
talked about a lot,” she said. “I
think you’re going to have to be
clean, sharp and execute what
you do have. A lot of teams are
doing advance skills, but they’re
not hitting them that well. That’s
where their points come down.
You’ve got to take what you have
and execute it.”
The Tigers have faced Bremen
once this year and came in sec
ond. Cotrell does not see that as
a disadvantage.
“I’m sure they’ve improved,” she
said. “We’ve improved too. I’m
sure there will be several teams (in
the running).”
The scoring process has changed
slightly, and cheer squads across
Georgia are reacting.
“The execution of the different
skills is very important,” Cotrell
pointed out. “It’s been kind of
challenging this season, trying to
learn what the judges want and
how they score. We’ve got to go
out and do what we did Saturday
— and just a little bit better.”
Cotrell, who notes that the judg
ing is more “nitpicky” in the state
meet, predicted that it will take a
235 to 245 to win. Last year, the
Tigers hit 244, only to see Bremen
win with 248 — the highest score
among schools of all classifica
tions in the state meet.
$10,000 On The Line
For Sunday's Winner
By Brandon Reed
One of the biggest short track
races in the southeast is set to
make its return this weekend.
Nov. 9-11 marks the return of
the World Crown weekend to
Peachstate Speedway, culminat
ing Sunday, Nov. 11, with the
World Crown 250, presented by
Zaxby’s, for pro late model rac
ers, with $10,000 on the line for
the winner of the big event.
Track promoter Vince
Whitmire says over 50 entries
have been received for the
World Crown from all over the
country.
“We’ve got cars coming from
Colorado, Michigan, Ohio,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,
South Carolina, all around the
southeast,” Whitmire says. “It
looks like it’s going to be a big
deal for Sunday.”
Drivers from several different
racing organizations will be tak
ing part, including the Georgia
Asphalt Series, the ASA late
model series, the Hooter’s Pro
Cup tour, along with several
local entries.
And with over 50 cars already
entered, and only 38 starting
the World Crown Sunday, that
After defeating Winder-Barrow
last week 27-6, the Madison
County Red Raiders will end the
regular season Friday at Salem
(8-1, 6-0), and a victory would
propel them into the playoffs.
means qualifying and the heat
races will be extremely competi
tive.
“We’ll probably lock 24
qualifiers in during Saturday’s
qualifying. Then after our local
races, we’ll have 25-lap quali
fying heat races for the late
models that didn’t make it in
on time. We’ll take five out of
those races and lock them in.
Then we’ll have a last-chance
race for everyone that’s left,
taking the top two finishers out
of that into the race.”
With each starter in Sunday’s
World Crown 250 guaranteed
On paper, the odds appear
stacked against Madison County,
which won three straight games
to put itself in this position.
Salem, winners of eight in a
row, hasn’t lost a region game
at least $1,000 to start, that
could make Saturday night’s last
chance race the most contested
of the weekend.
Originally, the event had been
planned as a 300-lap race, with
local divisions supporting it on
Friday and Saturday.
But in the last few months,
the weekend has gone through
some changes.
In an effort to level the play
ing field for teams that may not
have a full-time pit crew, the
event was cut back to 250 laps,
and a “challenge” format was
put in place.
all year and is coming off a
28-10 dismantling of previously
unbeaten Cedar Shoals. Last
year, Madison County beat
Salem 47-44 on a field goal in a
playoff upset.
Red Raiders Travel To Salem For Playoff Shot
— East Jackson Eagles To Host West Forsyth For Homecoming
Cont. from Page 1B
as the Eagles tried to work their
way off their own one-yard line
and lasted 35 minutes as officials
tended to the player and he was
transported from the field.
Caputo said he and his coaches
tried to keep their team focused
during the delay.
“We just tried to keep them
fresh, and keep them loose, and
keep their minds on what had to
be done, but Lord knows that was
difficult,” he said.
When the game resumed, the
Wolfpack got back the ground
they’d lost. Late in the third peri
od they scored a touchdown, had
a successful two-point conversion
and tied the game at 14.
Late in the game, the Eagles
found themselves defending
from deep in their own territory.
It looked like East Jackson had
gotten a break when a Woodland
touchdown was called back due to
a penalty, but the Wolfpack scored
with 31 seconds left in the game.
The Eagles were able to keep the
PAT off the board, and stay within
striking distance as the clock ran
down.
East Jackson tried to drive with
less than 25 seconds left, but the
Wolfpack ran back an intercep
tion for their fourth touchdown of
the game .
But the excitement wasn’t over.
Eagle quarterback Evan William
son ran the ball in the final play
of the game, and a hit after the
play ended out of bounds caused
some post-game controversy, but
the outcome remained Woodland,
Henry winning 26-14.
“I think there was a lot of bad
blood going into the game to be
gin with,” Caputo said. “It goes
back to swapping some films. We
had given them three films to help
them out, and they would not re
ciprocate. Like I told them after
the game, I wasn’t pleased with
that late hit by any stretch, but I
shook their coaches’ hands, and I
thought they did a heck of a job.
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As far as I’m concerned, we shook
hands with them, congratulated
them on how well they played,
and that was the end of it.”
Statistically Speaking
Tory Lamb led the team in
rushing, with five carries for 104
yards. Cody Hall was the leading
receiver, with four receptions for
41 yards. Williamson passed for
61 yards, with seven completions
on 13 attempts.
Caputo said momentum was a
big key in the game.
“Momentum swung from that
run that Drew Mitchell made,
which was absolutely phenom
enal, and we were feeling really
good about ourselves, then they
ran it back to their 30, and we
get a tripping call, then the mo
mentum shifted back again. It was
back and forth. We just have got
to get better with everything that
we do.”
Homecoming
Up next is Friday night’s home
coming game against the West
Forsyth Wolverines. The Wolver
ines defeated East Jackson in the
Eagles’ second game of the sea
son, 14-8, Sept. 7. Caputo said the
plan for Friday could be summed
up in one word.
“Win,” he said. “We’re going to,
hopefully, minimize some of our
mistakes, but we’ve just got to
continue to build on what we’re
trying to get accomplished, and
that’s about all we can do. We fix
one area, and another area gets
messed up. But all in all, we’re
making progress.”
Kick off Friday is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Forecasts for the area
call for temperatures in the 50s
for game time, with little chance
of rain.
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