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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
Football: EJCHS readies for Monroe Area
Leaping reception
Matthew Flint makes a leaping catch against the Prince Avenue defense. Flint
finished the game with two catches for 25 yards in the 21-14 loss. Commerce hosts
Providence Christian this Friday. Photo by Charles Phelps
Tigers ... Cont. from IB
on a 72-yard Grant Roland-to-Christian
Parrish connection with 10:29 left in the
first half.
Commerce responded with a 13-play
drive that resulted in a punt.
The game remained 7-6 at halftime.
The Wolverines took the opening pos
session of the second half and added
more points as Roland found Noah Camp
bell on a dump-off pass that turned into a
16-yard touchdown to the right side of the
end zone. The Wolverines led 14-6.
The Tigers’ offense responded with a
14-play, 59-yard drive, which included six
first downs, recovering a fumble and con
cluded with Chancey’s second touchdown
as he galloped into the end zone from 14
yards away. His number was also called on
the two-point conversion try, which was
successful, tying the game at 14.
The fourth quarter became a stalemate
as both defenses held serve, forcing punts
and the Tiger defense finally got the first
turnover of the game when Kyre Ware
intercepted a Roland pass.
The Tiger offense proceeded to convert
a first down on a fourth-and-1 play but
came up short on its second fourth-down
attempt of the drive.
After the defense held and got the ball
back for the offense, Commerce went
three-and-out, giving the ball back to the
Wolverines’ offense at the Commerce
40-yard line.
On the second play of the drive, Roland
scrambled 38 yards down the left side to
the Commerce 2-yard line.
The first two attempts from there were
unsuccessful, thanks in part to a shoe
string tackle from Chancey on running
back Thomas Huff. But the third time was
a charm as Huff crossed the goal line with
10 seconds left for the go-ahead score.
“They are doing every thing we ask.
They are playing physical and playing with
great effort,” Brown said.
BY BEN MUNRO
The East Jackson football team will
face a Monroe Area team that’s short on
wins but not on talent.
The Eagles (2-3, 0-1 Region 8-AAA)
will take on the 1-5 Purple Hurricanes
Friday on the road at 7:30 p.m.
“(Monroe Area coach) Joey Sulkowski
does an outstanding job with his players
and his staff,” coach Christian Hunnicutt
said. “In watching them, they’ve obvious
ly got probably the best skill kids in our
region, easily.”
This is the first meeting between these
two programs. Both seek their first region
wins as East Jackson fell on the road
last week to Morgan County 42-6, while
Monroe Area was thumped by Jackson
County 41-21.
The Eagles are aiming for their first
region win since Sept. 16, 2011.
Monroe Area has had its struggles in
recent years as well with a 5-21 record
since Sulkowski took over in 2014. The
Purple Hurricanes had enjoyed a stretch
of 42 wins between 2010-2013 with a trip
to the state semifinals in 2012.
Monroe Area is off to a slow start this
year, having dropped its last four games
since beating Social Circle 24-7 on Sept.
2.
Meanwhile, East Jackson looks to
rebound after suffering its most lopsided
loss of the season.
“It’s going to be a challenge for us in
how fast we can regroup and try to put
(the loss to Morgan County) behind us
and learn from it and try to take a step
forward,” Hunnicutt said.
This is the third of five consecutive
road games for East Jackson, which
won’t return home until Oct. 21 against
non-region foe Haralson County.
Loss to Morgan Co.
East Jackson was buried under an
avalanche of points early as the Eagles
watched their region opener get out of
hand.
Morgan County (4-2, 1-0) scored on
five of six first-half possessions and
recorded a defensive score in a 42-6 last
Friday.
“They had a lot of good players, but
we tried to do too much on both sides
of the ball,” Hunnicutt said. “That’s the
main thing, we tried to do too much on
both sides of the ball and confused our
kids ... We tried to add too many wrinkles
and stuff like that, and invariably, it led
our kids to be confused and invariably, it
led to our kids not playing as fast as they
need to play.”
Caleb Adair provided East Jackson’s
lone touchdown, scoring on a 3-yard run
late in the third quarter.
Morgan County, which built a 21-0 lead
less than eight minutes into the game,
held East Jackson to 57 yards rushing
and 66 total yards.
Morgan County set the tone immedi
ately, opening the game with a 68-yard
completion from Trey Patterson to Ker-
rieon Farley to the East Jackson 1-yard
line, setting up a 1-yard score from Jor
dan Huff on the next play.
Malik Chapman scored on a 20-yard
run on the Bulldogs’ next possession and
Lamarcus Stokes then caught a 33-yard
touchdown pass on Morgan County’s
third drive to stake the Bulldogs to a 21-0
first quarter lead.
The second quarter followed the same
script.
Huff scored on a 32-yard run 42 sec
onds into the period, followed by a
16-yard touchdown reception from Cor
nelius Peterson to push the Bulldogs’
lead to 35-0. Morgan County closed its
high-scoring first half with a 56-yard
interception return from Stokes for a
touchdown. The Bulldogs finished with
three interceptions on the night.
A Morgan County fumble at its own
3-yard late in the third quarter set up
Adair’s 3-yard touchdown run.
Grooms
Cont. from IB
thing 1 need.”
She credits second-year
head coach Donnie Byrom
with her maturation as a
player and person during
both her junior and senior
seasons.
“From the start, he’s
made me a better ball play
er by showing me different
ways to improve my game,”
she said. “Other than soft-
ball, he’s just helped me
become a better person.
“He treats every girl
• • •
on the team just like he
would his own daughter.
I’ve been blessed to have a
coach have such an impact
on my life.”
Grooms will always
cherish her time at East
Jackson, from the class
room to the softball dia
mond, and everything in
between.
“We easily have the best
principal around,” she
said. “He loves our athletic
teams and most principals
aren’t like that.
“Our administration
is awesome. But from
the sports perspective,
it’s taught me a lot going
to East Jackson. When I
was a freshman playing,
we were always known
as the underdog around,
but with a new coach my
junior year, it complete
ly changed our team’s
demeanor. I love being an
Eagle and wouldn’t change
it for the world.”
Football: Leopards sit at 2-4 going into bye week
BY CHARLES PHELPS
The Banks County Leopards’ foot
ball team heads into its second off
week of 2016 this Friday.
The Leopards sit at 2-4 in 2016 and
are 1-1 in Region 8-AA play.
Last week, the Leopards trekked up
to Tiger and visited the Rabun Coun
ty Wildcats for their second-straight
region game. Unlike the week before
against Monticello, a 29-22 win, the
Leopards struggled to find points in a
46-3 loss to the Wildcats.
Quarterback Griffin Goodwin went
12 of 28 through the air for 167 yards
and tossed two interceptions.
Wide receiver Bryce Bennett was
on the receiving end of five Goodwin
passes for 75 yards.
The Wildcat defense stuffed the
Leopards’ running attack to nega
tive yardage. The Leopards’ offense
gained only six first downs for the
entire game.
The Leopards fumbled on their first
possession and the Wildcats needed
only five plays to cash in for an early
7-0 lead.
The Wildcats added another score
on the Leopards’ next possession by
snagging a safety to take a 9-0 lead.
The lead grew to 12-0 after a 35-yard
field goal.
The Wildcats’ second touchdown
came early in the second quarter and
the lead grew to 19-0.
The next touchdown came after a
Goodwin pass was tipped and inter
cepted.
The Leopards’ struggles on defense
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continued later in the quarter as the
Wildcats poured on two more touch
downs for a 33-0 lead.
The Leopards got on the board
right before halftime with a 34-yard
field goal to cut into the lead, 33-3.
The Wildcats scored on the open
ing possession of the second half to
extend their lead and the final score
came late in the fourth quarter on
a 10-yard pass completion to set the
final at 46-3.
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