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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1. 2008 - PAGE 3B
EJCHS Volleyball
EJCHS Softball
East Jackson Hopes To Stop Losing Slide
By Brandon Reed
It was the same song, dif
ferent verse for the East
Jackson Lady Eagles vol
leyball team, as the Eagles
find themselves in the midst
of a six-game losing streak.
Their next chance to snap
that streak comes Thursday,
as East Jackson travels
to Clarke Central to face
the Lady Gladiators and
Monroe Area at 5 p.m.
Last week started with
losses to Rabun County and
Hart County by identical
scores of 0-2. Against Rabun,
the Lady Eagles lost in sets
of 11-25 and 18-25. Against
Hart County, they lost in
sets of 10-25 and 5-25.
The next match came at
home on Thursday, as they
played Tallulah Falls and
Jefferson. Unfortunately, the
results remained the same.
The Lady Eagles dropped
to Tallulah Falls 0-2 in sets of
28-30 and 13-25, and lost to
Jefferson 0-2 in sets of 11-25
and 15-25.
“Against Tallulah Falls
we were up 24-18 in the
first game and couldn't
close it out," said coach
Tim Thomas. “I'm not even
sure what happened here
because I was so caught up
in trying to figure out how
we could get that last point...
From that point on we just
lost our will to win, and
the rest of the night went
downhill.
“When you have a close
contest like that - in any
sport - and you wind up los
ing, it takes a lot of energy
out of you, and that's what
happened with us."
On a positive note, Thomas
said, the Lady Eagles played
the best they had all sea
son in the first set against
Tallulah Falls.
“Everyone was working
together, talking, and had
their heads in the game. Our
back row looked really good,
particularly Penny Gray and
Victoria Bennett. The two
of them have become back-
row specialists, and they
both responded extremely
well to everything that came
at them.
“Our serving was also
Jenna Dukes serves to Tallulah Falls dur
ing a match last week at East Jackson.
Photo by Brandon Reed
the
game
end zone, and
ended at 44-6.
By The Numbers
Robbie King led the
Eagles in rushing with
eight carries for 30 yards;
Michael Stevens had three
carries for 16 yards; Tyler
Collins had two carries for
46-yards; C.J. Allen had
six carries for 16 yards;
Ricardo Zaraguza had two
carries for nine yards, and
one reception for 23-yards;
Cody Gibbs had one carry
for a loss of three yards,
and Standrick Stevens had
two carries for a loss of
two yards.
Quarterback Evan
Williamson went four for
14 for 54 yards with 2 inter
ceptions, and also had
three carries for a loss of
four yards. Cody Gibbs
took over at QB late in the
game, going one for one
for eight yards. The Eagles
passed for a total of 62
yards on the night.
Tyler Collins had one
reception for eight yards;
Dylan Kemp had one
reception for 13-yards;
Cody Hall had one recep
tion for 13 yards, and Jamal
McDonald had one recep
tion for five yards.
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East Jackson’s Autumn Wilbanks watches for a chance to steal
second during last week’s tight game against Fannin County. The
Lady Eagles scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to win the
game 3-2. Photo by Brandon Reed
Lady Eagles Win Over Fannin Co.
EJCHS Ladies Look Towards Postseason
improved over what we'd
been doing lately but still
needs to be more consis
tent. Marie Manders contin
ues to do an excellent job
as our primary setter, and
Ansley Brooks had some
great back-row attacks.
She's really picked her game
up over the past couple of
weeks."
—EJCHS Beat On By Riverside
Cont. from Page IB
quarter, when Riverside made a pass interception just 55 seconds in to take over the
ball on the East Jackson 25 yard line. Less than two minutes later, they were celebrat
ing in the East Jackson end zone, running the score up to 23-6.
Possession went back and forth for much of the rest of the quarter, but after taking
over possession with 51 seconds remaining in the half, Riverside needed only one
play to break away from East Jackson and score their fourth touchdown of the night.
Going into the half, Riverside held a commanding 30-6 lead.
Call The Calvary
Last week, after working to try to find a way to hold Union County in the first half of
a home game, the East Jackson Eagles came back on the field and immediately found
ways to control the situation.
That was not the case Friday night, unfortunately. Just 53 seconds into the second
half, Riverside Military Academy was celebrating another touchdown against East
Jackson, running the score up to 37-6.
But the East Jackson offense did not give up, and began working their way steadily
into position to score.
Their train was derailed by another Riverside interception that was run in for a
30-yard return, and another Riverside touchdown.
Again, East Jackson set themselves to not only keep Riverside from running the
score up further, but also to score again. They proceeded to keep Riverside out of the
end zone for the remainder of the third quarter, and had moved themselves steadily
down the field and into Riverside territory.
But with 7:28 remaining, Riverside recovered another East Jackson fumble, and took
over on their own 35-yard line.
The East Jackson defense took to the field, and worked hard to hold the Riverside
offense at bay. Although they were able to make some steady gains, East Jackson
locked Riverside out of the
By Brandon Reed
The Lady Eagles of
East Jackson continue to
roll over opponents and
toward the postseason,
winning twice last week
to improve their region
record to 5-2, and 20-6-1
overall.
East Jackson was sched
uled to travel to Jefferson
for the final region
match-up, against the
Lady Dragons. Results
of that pairing were not
available at press time.
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newsports.com for scores
and updates throughout
the week.
East Jackson will wrap
up its regular season
today (Wednesday) with
a trip to Loganville. The
first pitch is scheduled
for 6 p.m.
East Jackson started
off the week with a trip
to Homer to face the
Lady Leopards. Maybe it
would be more appropri
ate to call them “Blanks
County,” as the Lady
Eagles kept the Banks
bats silent with a 3-0
win.
Next was the final
East Jackson home
game Thursday night,
including a salute to the
Lady Eagles’ depart
ing seniors, Kaitlin
Hill, Abby Woodall and
Brittany Meeler.
It appeared that the
match-up might be busi
ness as usual as the Lady
Eagles took a one run
lead over the Fannin
County Lady Rebels
early on. That changed a
couple of innings later, as
the Fannin bats warmed
up, and the Lady Rebels
came back to take a 2-1
lead while East Jackson
pitcher
Haley Thompson
worked to keep Fannin
County in check.
Senior pitcher Hill took
to the mound late to hold
off the Rebel onslaught,
and to try to keep the
Lady Eagles within strik
ing distance.
Trailing by two runs
going into the bottom
of the seventh, the Lady
Eagles rallied to get two
runs across to claim their
fifth region victory.
Game statistics for the
week were unavailable at
press time.
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