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HERE COMES THE 1982 TRION HIGH BULLDOGS
Revolutionary War
Battle Described
When Colonel Elijah
Clarke heard the distant
drumbeats of approaching
British soldiers on the after
noon of Aug. 18, 1780, he at
once ordereg his men to keep
silent.
The 200 militiamen from
Georgia crouched behind a
rough barricade of logs, brush
and dirt. Sweating in the heat
of the day, breatfiinf in dust
and the syrupy smell of fresh
cut pine, the men gripped
their heavy muskets and
peered through the branches,
while the shouting and gunfire
clattered ever nearer.
Suddenly a group of riders
came galloping up the road.
These were friengs. Captain
Shadrack Inman’s scouting
fiarty. now racing for their
ives. Inman’s cavalry dashed
into the woods at the front of
the barricade, just as a pack of
British footsoldiers stormed
into view, their drums beatinfi
the charge. The Redcoats, le
by a mounted officer, swarm
ed toward the hidden rebels,
who cocked their muskets and
waited for Elijah Clarke’s
command.
Colonel Clarke and his men
had left their homes on the
Georgia frontier a month
earlier. By that time it was
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clear that the British had
chan%ed their strateragy in the
war. Frustrated in New York
and Massachusetts, the
King's soldiers had turned
their attentions southward.
Savannabh fell to a British fleet
in December 1778. The Red
coats advanced to Augusta
one month later.
After the fall of Charleston
in May 1780, the British navy
controlled the entire southern
seacoast. The British army,
meanwhile, terrorized the in
terior of South Carolina and
Georgia.
Clarke had moved from
South Carolina to the Georgia
frontier in 1773. He had Ezld
his neighbors in battles
against marauding Indians
and later against British
troops. When he called for
men in July 1780, 200 had
followed him across the
Savannah River.
Clarke linked up with other
rebel units under colonels
Charles McDowell and Isaac
Shelby. Their combined forces
of 700 skirted Major Patrick
Ferguson’s larger British ar
my and marched 30 miles in
one night, in order to surprise
a camp of 400 Loyalists at
Musgrove’s Mill.
Early on the morning of
Aug. 18, Clarke learned that
Colonel Alexander Innes and
600 British Regulars had rein
forced the Loyalists. Clarke
sent out a scouting party
which killed a Redcoat and
thereby revealed the
Americans’ position. b
Knowini that Innes would
soon attack, Clarke ordered
his men back up a road, where
they threw together a
makeshift barricade. Then he
sent Captain Inman with 20
mounbe(f men to lure the
British into his trap.
When Inman’s party came
thundering back to the bar
ricade, Clarke held his fire un
til the charging Redcoats were
within 70 yards. The first
volley of American musket
fire staggered the British ad
vance.
Innes, however, renewed
his attack with a bayonet
charge against the right side
of the barricade, where Col
onel Shelby’s frontiersmen
nearly broke and ran.
" The British suffered 63
dead and 90 wounded at the
Battle of Musgrove’s Mill,
while American losses were
only 4 dead and 9 wounded.
Elijah Clarke was one of the
injured, with saber wounds to
the back of his head and neck.
As chance would have it, his
stock-buckle deflected the
blows and saved his life.
The Battle of MusFove's
Mill did not win control of the
Georgia-South Carolina back
country.
Trion Falls To East Rome,
20-18 In Season’s Opener
By GENE MARTIN
The Trion Bulldogs and
the East Rome Gladiators
t,an’Fled up last Friday night
in Trion with the Gladiators
taking a 20-18 victory to start
the season, East Rome is a
highly-ranked team in the
Rome area was favored by two
touchdowns over Trion. The
game was a real hard-fought
game.
The Gladiators won the
toss of the coin and elected to
show off their offense first.
East Rome displayed a lot of
sgeed but were stopped short
of a first down on their first
possession. Rodrick Twyman
was the one that did the runn
ing damage for the Gladiators.
Trion took control of
things on their possession as
they mounted a scoring drive.
After an incomplete esasss.
Lonnie Hatcher pass to
Wade Hall picking up nine
yards. Lonnie Hatcher ran
next for four yards giving
Trion a first ({own. Kenny
Gilreath squeezéd out one
yard next. On a pass from
Hatcher to Tracy Trammell
gave the Bulldogs another
yard. What occurred next was
vue 01 tue unusual plays of the
night. Hatcher attempted a
pass which Dennis V&yhatley
intercepted, but Kennl};
Gilreath tackled Whatley wit
such force that Whatley
fumbled the ball and Max
Baldwin recovered the ball on
East Rome’s one yard line.
Rex Collins carriecr the ball
over on the next play to give
Trion a 6-0 lead as the point
after failed following a bad
sna{: from center.
he one thing about East
Rome is that you don’t let
them have the bi]f play if you
want to play ba witK them.
On the kickoff that followed,
Thomas Tate gathered the
ball in on his seven yard line
and raced 93 yards back up
the middle of the field for a
touchdown. Allen Turner kick
ed the extra point giving East
Rome a 7-6 lead.
The Bulldogs couldn’t
manage a serious drive on
their next possession as a
penalty came at the wrong
time when the Bulldogs com
mitted an infraction. On
fourth down, Kenny Gilreath
gunted the ball into East
ome’s end zone.
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East Rome wasted little
time in getting their offense
going again, Rodrick ng'man
rushed for five yards. On se
cond down, Dennis Whatley
broke for an 11 yard gain.
Petro Green ran next for five
gards. Rodrick Twyman came
ursting through the line and
outran the Trion’s defense for
59 yards and a touchdown.
The point after failed but East
Rome led 13-6.
After the Bulldogs receiv
ed the kickoff they began a
drive that wouldy lead to
another Bulldog score in the
second quarter., Rex Collins
rushed for two yards on first
down. Going back to the air,
Hatcher passed to Max
Baldwin for 22 yards. Hatcher
Y(assed aiain next going to
enny Gilreath for a 17 yard
gainer. After a deflected pass,
Lonnie Hatcher dashed for 11
yards. With time runninfi out
in the first quarter, William
Love edged out one yard
before Hatcher connected
with Tracy Trammell for 13
yards on the last play of the
Tlxart,er. On the first play of
the second quarter, Kenn!
Gilreath rushed for one yard.
Hatcher went to passing
again on second down an
found Tracy Trammell in the
end zone for six points. The
extra point failed.
There was not another
serious threat in the first half
until East Rome took over
with 4:31 left. It looked as if
Trion might stop the
Gladiators, fiut Thomas Tate
broke around his right side for
66 yards and a touchdown.
Allen Turner added the extra
point fiving East Rome a
20-12 lead which concluded
the first half scoring.
In the second half, the
Bulldogs got off to a bad start
by getting a penalty. Trion
had things to go even worse as
East Rome intercepted Hat
cher’s pass. The turnover
gave the Gladiators good field
position, but they couldn’t
make good use of it. Neither
team was able to generate a
scoring drive in the third
quarter. 3 .
The fourth quarter started
off on a good foot for the
Bulldogs. A pass from Hat
cher to Gilreath that covered
19 yards had the Bulldogs
rolling. However, two plays
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later the Bulldogs fumbled
and Labron Jacaway
recovered the ball for East
Rome. The only problem was
that the Gladiators fumbled
the Figskin and David
Knowles recovered for the
Bulldogs.
Trion started a scoring
drive with 10:02 left in the
game. Kenny Gilreath came
roarin% through for 12 yards
and followed that with a four
yard burst. After a loss of two
yards, Hatcher connected
with Max Baldwin on a pass
Elay good for nine yards ilus
ast Rome was penalized half
the distance to the goal line.
Hatcher next connected with
Wade Hall for six yards. With
two filays coming up empty,
Hatcher found Tracy Tram
mell again for a touchdown
pass good for six yards and
six points. The try for the two
point conversion and a tie
came up only inches short.
The clocking showing right
at seven minutes to go was an
indication that more football
was to come. East Rome came
out running again. Thomas
Tate broke a 57 yard run
before Max Baldwin brought
him down on Trion’s six yard
line. After the smoke had
cleared on this drive, the
Gladiators had been stopped
on the Bulldogs’ six yard line.
The only problem for the
Bulldogs was that t(;:ey
couldn’t get a drive gding
with time running out.
However, the Gladiators were
willing to settle for the 20-18
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Kenny Gilreath was the
leading ground gainer for the
Bulldogs. In the pass receiv
ing, Tracy Trammell, Wade
Hall, Max Baldwin and Kenn
Gilreath did a very good jofi
keeping the defense honest.
Hatcher completed 12 of 23
passes. R
~ The defense had a number
of names called time and time
again. Lorne Blackmon, Bob
by Wilbanks, Bobby Hood,
Mark Davis, John Everett
and David Knowles kept the
Gladiators in check for much
off the night. Kenny Gilreath,
Tracy Trammell, Wade Hall
and Max Baldwin did their
share also.
Coach Sharp praised the
Bulldog coaching staff for
having the Bulldogs so well
prepared. Coach gharp said
that Trion had a very good
assing attack with Lonnie
glatcher at the quarterback
spot.
The Bulldogs will travel
this week to Haralson County
to do battle with the Rebels.
TRION EAST ROME
15 First Downs 6
110 Yards Rushing 271
133 Yards Passing 0
23 Pass Atmets 1
12 Passes Completed 0
2 Passes had Intercepted 0
10 Yards Penalizes 78
The Summerville News, Thurs., Sept. 2, 1982 .
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TRION RECEIVER GRABS PASS
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