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PAGE 2B - THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21.2019
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“All night I hadn’t really
bused any plays,” Gresh
am said. “But coaches kept
telling me it would open up
eventually. We were going
to keep running outside and
the second they widen out,
we're going to ran up the
middle. If it wasn’t for my
linemen, it wouldn’t have
happened.”
Ridgeland restarted at its
own 34-yard line but failed
to move the ball thanks to
a heavy pass rash by Kiya
Hubbard. On fourth-and-
nine from its own 35-yard-
line, Ridgeland threw up
a prayer to keep the game
alive. Colby Smith inter
cepted the Hail Mary and
fell down at the Madison
County 28-yard-line with
just 27 seconds left. Ridge
land had no more timeouts.
“Right after the ball got
in my hands, the game was
over," Smith said. “I knew
we had to take a knee. It was
a great feeling of joy that hit
me when I caught that ball.”
As both teams trotted
out their 11 players for
the final play, the celebra
tion began on the Madi
son County sideline. Chris
Smith hugged whoever he
could find. Welbom, nursing
an injured knee embraced
teammates.
As Colby Smith’s knee hit
the turf to run out the clock,
the celebration spilled on
to the field where Smith,
Cooper, Gresham and the
rest of the Madison Coun
ty offense joined the party.
Before meeting as a team,
Smith had his team bring the
celebration to the Madison
County band members who
made the road trip.
“Our kids didn't give up;
we kept battling,” Smith
said. “We got the ball back
late and we just ate the
clock. That’s what we do;
that’s what our offense is de
signed to do. Our offensive
line played great all night.
I’m proud of those guys.
They got after it.
“What I’m proud about
is when we had a chance to
hang our heads, we didn’t.
We kept battling and took
care of our business.”
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While Madison County
(5-6, 1-3 Region 8-AAAA)
won as a team in all three
segments of the game, the
win would not have been
possible without running
back and receiver Martavi-
an Cooper. He carried the
ball 12 times for 158 yards
and caught three passes for
73 yards. Cooper scored
Madison County’s first three
touchdowns of the game
starting with a 46-yard
touchdown run on a toss
sweep in the first quarter.
He added a 20-yard touch
down catch and a 16-yard
touchdown run in the third
quarter.
“Coach Tyler Berryman
always preaches to me to
stay behind my blockers,”
Cooper said. “I’m getting
five or 10 yards per carry if
I stay behind my blockers
so I trained myself all week
to stay behind. I would not
have been in the end zone
without my blockers.
Cooper’s first touchdown
set the tone for how the of
fense would run the rest of
the game. The Red Raiders
started on their own 21-yard
line and got the drive go
ing with a 20-yard carry by
Gresham. A few plays later,
Cooper took a toss sweep
to the right side of the field
with a convoy of blockers
ahead of him. Forty-six
yards later, Cooper had
Madison County ahead 7-0.
All the momentum seemed
to be on Madison County’s
side when Ridgeland (6-5,
5-1 Region 6-AAAA) mis
handled a squib kick and the
Red Raiders recovered at
the Panthers’ 45-yard line.
But Madison County failed
on 4th-and-short and gave
the ball back to Ridgeland
at its own 36. The Panthers
scored soon after with a
57-yard run by their speedy
fullback. Ridgeland missed
the point after kick and
Madison County maintained
a 7-6 lead with 40 seconds
left in the first quarter.
A 17-yard carry by Coo
per as the quarter ended had
the Red Raiders’ offense
rolling again, but the drive
was halted by a fumble giv
ing Ridgeland the ball at the
Madison County 39-yard-
line. Ridgeland started its
next drive with a 29-yard
fullback run and ended with
a rush into the end zone
from inches away. The Pan
thers converted the PAT this
hme to take a 13-7 lead with
Photos by Kyle Funderburk
Martavian Cooper turns around to catch a touchdown pass from Colby Smith during the third quarter of Madi
son County’s upset win over Ridgeland
9:16 left in the second quar
ter.
Madison County had a
chance to regain the lead
before halftime driving all
the way to the Ridgeland
9-yard-line. Colby Smith
scrambled and found Devin
Welbom as hme expired.
Welbom broke a tackle and
raced to the pylon but was
tackled two yards shy of the
goal line.
Madison County kicked
another squib kick to open
the second half and again
Ridgeland failed to field the
kick. The ball bounced to
the Panthers’ 35-yard-line
where the Red Raiders re
covered. The ensuing drive
was all Cooper. He picked
up 17 yards on first down
before getting wide open
past defenders in the end
zone for a touchdown pass.
The point after kick bounced
off the goal post, holding the
score at 13-13 with 10 min
utes left in the third quarter.
Smith ended the night with
four pass completions for 83
yards.
“On that play, they had
safeties spinning and when
they spin, that allows him to
get by,” Colby Smith said.
“When they spin, he has a
step on them already. They
were spinning the whole
time, so, coach saw that and
we saw that the comer on
that side was weak, so we
took advantage.”
Ridgeland expected an
other squib kick, but Mad
ison County kicked it deep
and the ball stopped bounc
ing before it reached the end
Dayton Gresham scores the game winning touchdown
for Madison County in the fourth quarter at Ridgeland.
zone. The Panthers’ return
team picked it up, but the
Red Raiders made the tackle
at the 3-yard-line.
The Panthers got away
from their own end zone
with a first down, and took
a gamble attempting to con
vert fourth-and-inches from
their own 22. The gamble
backfired as Ridgeland fum
bled the snap and let the ball
bounce back to the 16-yard-
line. Ridgeland recovered
but Madison County took
over. Cooper wasted no time
taking the ball to the house
on another toss sweep with
a convoy of blockers. Mad
ison County led 20-13 with
5:42 left in the third quarter.
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Madison County’s de
fense shut down Ridgeland
again on its next hme out,
but a great punt by the Pan
thers pinned the Red Raiders
at their own 2-yard-line and
a fumble two plays later led
to another short touchdown
mn by the Panthers. With
2:34 left in the third quarter,
the game was tied 20-20.
Both offenses stalled
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on their next possessions.
Then, with just over seven
minutes left in the game,
Madison County started the
drive that will live on in Red
Raider lore.
The Red Raiders took over
at their own 25 and started
the march with a 19-yard
mn by Cooper. Two per
sonal foul penalties totaling
30 yards helped the Raiders
move deep into Ridgeland
territory. Madison County
eventually moved down to
the Panthers’ 15-yard-line,
facing a third-and-eight sit
uation.
A false start penalty
moved the Red Raiders
back to the 20-yard-line,
but the team rebounded
with a 10-yard-run by Coo
per to set up fourth-and-
three with less than three
minutes left on the clock.
Madison County wouldn’t
need to mn a play to pick up
the first-down however as
Ridgeland’s defensive line
jumped before the snap to
hand the Red Raiders a first
down at the five-yard-line.
Gresham did the rest with a
five-yard plow into the end
zone, giving Madison Coun
ty a 27-20 lead with 1:44 on
the clock. Gresham finished
the game with 14 carries for
77 yards.
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