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■ Wednesday, November 23, 1994, Houston limes-journm
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Bulldogs
crowned
champs
The Perry Bulldogs were crowned
champions on CGSA Field #4 in the
Under 10 soccer league of the 13th
Annual Kiwanis Bowl on Saturday,
Nov. 12. The bowl was an 18 team
single elimination tournament. In
the final match, the Dawgs defeated a
scrappy bunch of Rangers 4-0. Zach
Yelton scored the only goal of the
first half so the Dawgs could have a
1-0 lead at halftime. But the
visiting team turned it up a notch in
the second half, scoring three times
to make the final score 4-0.
Scorinng for the Bulldogs in the
second half were Ben Erwin and Zach
Yelton in the
third quarter; Zack Yasin pul die
finishing touches of the shutout in
the championship game with a goal
in the final quarter.
To reach the semi-finals the
Bulldogs had to win two matches
after receiving a first round for being
the number one seeded team in
Division One. In second round
action the Dawgs had to hunker
down and fight for their life against
the Lions, a team they had beaten 3-
1 earlier in the season. Trailing 1-
0 midway the fourth quaarter, center
midfielder Ryan Jordan took the ball
at midfield and weaved his way to
the goal for the tying score. Tucker
Ellis, from the left side, chipped a
high shot over the keeper for the
winning goal in the first overtime
round of sudden death. The third
round proved to be easy as the
Staines plays key role in Hornets win
By: PHIL CLARK
You won't find the n;une Brian
Staines at the top of the list of
rushing leaders in the GISA. The
Westfield winghack doesn't get the
ball often enough to rack up
staggering yardage totals lies
small at 130, but factor in his heart
<uid determination and he becomes a
giant. Used only an average of
about five times a game to carry the
ball out of the Hornets' wing-T
offense. Staines nevertheless
delivers when he is called upon
Fact is. he averages around eight
and a half yards every lime he
touches the football His per carry
average is second on the team only
to Michael Davis And dial average
went up Friday night at Brentw<x>d
when the sophomore, used most
often as a blocker, gained a game
high 151 yards on seven carries,
including three long runs that got
the Hornets out of a hole. His runs
of 46 and 54 were the longest in the
game, and he added another crucial
26-yarder as the Hornets advanced to
the semi-finals in the GISA
playoffs with a 28-0 win over
region four chtunpion Brentwood
and GISA AAA's leading rusher
David Kauffman
The game wasn’t close as the
Hornets dominated the statistics. It
could have been more lopsided but
lor four Westfield turnovers deep in
Brentwood territory. One of the
Brentwood recoveries was short
lived, though as the Hornets scored
one possessionlater. Brentwood's
Ben Alexander stripped Tim Allen
of the ball as the big fullback
neared the goal line, with the
Hornets on top 14-0. Brentwood
recovered at their own four, but
were unable to move the ball and
had to punt it away. Matt Shepley
came up with one of several big
plays by the Hornets as he stepped
off an impressive «35-yard punt
return to give Westfield a first-and
goal at the five. Allen then tcxik it
in for his second score of the game
and twelfth touchdown of the yc;tr,
giving him the team scoring lead.
The shutout by Westfield was
their fourth in a row and fifth of the
year, and it means that Westfield is
the only playoff team to shut out
both of their opponents. The
Hornets held Kauffman to just 111
yards on 27 carries, far below his
GISA-leading 203 yards a game
average. The big junior could not
turn the comer on the Westfield
defense out of the Eagles' patented
power sweep. Most of Kauffman's
yardage came in short bursts up the
middle, and the containment of
Kauffman was another key to the
relatively easy 28-0 win.
The I lomets got their first score
in the opening period as Allen
bolted over from six yards out to
give Westfield a 6-0 lead. Michael
Davis had set up the score with a
23-yard setunper to the Brentwood
twelve, tiller a clipping penalty had
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Front Row: Justin Moss, Heather Lee, Carrie Barnes, Kevin McGee, Kristin Schratt
and Gregg Williams. Back Row:: Tucker Ellis, Ben Erwin, Billy Warren, Zack Yasin,
Ryan Jordan, Zach Yelton and Allen Morrow; Coaches: Jehad Yasin and Dicky Erwin.
Not pictured: Coach David Yelton.
Dawgs scratched and howled their
way to an 8-2 win over the
Crusaders #2 team Zack Y asin and
Zach Yelton led the team with three
goals each. Ryan Jordan and Carrie
Barnes scored one goal apiece.
In the semi-finals, it seemed the
Bulldogs had met their match against
the Bandits. Their regular season
record was 6-1 -1. the best the Dawgs
had played all season The Bandits
carried a 2-1 lead into halftime.
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John Morton, 23, dodges past tackier on his way to a touchdown in last Firday night's Hornet win
against Brentwood. The Westfield team won by a score of 28-0.
put Westfield in a first ;uid 27 at the
Brentwood 37. Staines then got six
to give the Hornets a tirst-and-goal
at the six and Allen went over on
his first carry of the night. Allen
has scored twelve touchdowns on
49 carries.
Big plays set up the second
Westfield score as they mounted an
impressive drive highlighted by
long runs. Davis got 18, Staines
ripped off 26 and John Morton had
17, his longest run of the night.
Davis then carried it the final 21
yards for the score. Westfield had
missed the PAT following Allen's
score, but a two point conversion
attempt was good as Shepley hit
Allen to make it 14-0. Allen's
second score gave die Hornets a 21-
0 halftime lead, and Shepley then
ended the scoring, going across
from six yards out in the fourth
quarter, a storing drive highlighted
by Staines' 54-yarder.
It was the defense, though, that
shone in this game. Effectively
cutting of the Eagles' patented
power sweep out of the power !
formation, the Hornets were able to
contain GISA AAA's leading rushed
David Kauffman. Kauffman, who
gained over 2000 yards in the
Houston Times-Journal a a
Zack Yasin scored die Dawgs* lone
goal in the first half after the Bandits
had gone up 2-0. After a scoreless
third quarteer. Yction. Erwin, Yasin
and Jordan pounded the Bandits'
goal time after time. Finally,
Yelton scored two goals to tie the
game 3-3. The game ended in a tie
so the teams played two five minute
sudden death overtime periods. It
was still tied so a sudden death
shootout was held and the Dawgs
regular season, picked up 111 on 27
canries, far below his 203 y;irds per
game average. The Hornets were
playing without Mike Shepard, the
junior nose guard who was injured
in the Brookwood game.
The semi-finals Friday night
have come down to an all Region 1-
Region 2 showdown as Westfield
and Tattnall meet in one game and
Stratford meets Mount de Sales in
the other. Region winners Tattnall
are the hosts.
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prevailed 3-1, with Billy Warren,
Zack Yasin and Ryan Jordan scoring
the winning shots. The final score
was 4-3 m favor of the Dawgs.
Three of the eight Perry teams
placed in the top four.. The Under
10 Dawgs won Ist place: the other
Under 10 team won 4th place; the
Under 12 team won 3rd place.
Teams from Robins AF Base.
Sacred Heart. Warner Robins and
Perry were in die league
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Prep playoffs are offering
interesting possibilities
The GISA playoffs have reached
the semi-finals, while the GHSA is
just beginning its four week
process to name state champions.
Both offer some interesting
possibilities. First of all, the
GISA could have its AAA
championship game between the
same tw'o teams that played last
year. Stratford and Westfield. Both
have made the semi-finals and will
meet again for the title if Westfield
beats Tattnall and Stratford wins
over Mount de Sales. Neither chore
will be easy. On the surface,
Stratford would appear to have an
easier task, since they beat Mount
de Sales 20-6 in the regular season.
3ut the Cavaliers are playing with
only a loss to Tattnall in the final
regular season game lotting their
record over the last nine games.
They have two impressive playoff
wins, beating the region 3AAA
champion Deerfield Friday night.
Westfield beat Tattnall 12-9 in the
second game game of the season, at
Westfield. Should the Hornets and
Eagles make it to the title game
again, it would mean a match up of
teams whose last loss was to die
other. Westfield lost to Stratford
on October 14th this year, while
the Eagles haven't lost since
Westfield beat them during the
1993 regular season, having won
25 in a row overall.
The GHSA also has some
interesting scenarios developing.
S'> Warner Robins and Colquit
County win Friday night, they
would meet the following week in
the quarterfinals in Moultrie. That
would pit the two best scoring
defenses in AAAA against each
other. Warner Robins led AAAA
with 56 points allowed, while
Colquit surrendered just 63.
In AAA. should Peach County
and Thomas County Central both
advance, they would meet the
following week also. Should (hat
happen, it would be the third year
in a row that Peach would play
Thomas County in Thomasville.
They lost the championship game
in 1992 there, then were eliminated
last year in the quarterfinals by the
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Yellow Jackets, on the way to their
second straight state title. It would
also be the second straight
quarterfinals meeting, both
Thomasville. That's because Peach
is playing in a different region this
year, and their new region, 2AAA,
is paired in a bracket that makes a
meeting with a region lAAA team
possible.
How about the AA
classification! If Mary Persons and
Washington County both advance,
as they are expected to do, they
would meet in the quarterfinals in
Forsyth. That would mean a
meeting of arguably the two best
AA teams in the state, although
Carrolton would put up a good
argument. Washington County and
Mary Persons are re iked first and
second in scoring offense, while
Carrolton is third. Washington
County is first in scoring defense,
while Persons is third. Carrolton,
the region 7AA champion dropping
down from AAA, ranks seventh in
scoring defense.
In class A, there's a showdown
looming between number two
Manchester and number three
Annuchec in the quarterfinals. If
both win this week, they would
meet the following week in Blue
Devil stadium in Manchester.
Manchester, also dropping down in
classification, has the second best
scoring offense in class A, next to
Macon County. The Blue Devils
tied Toombs County for the second
best scoring defense, also trailing
only Macon County.
By the way, Washington County
and Macon County were the only
teams to lead their classification in
both scoring offense and scoring
defense. In fact, Macon County led
all classifications in both
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