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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
PERRY
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own 49, the second also near
midfield and last on their
own 44.
And what did they have to
show for all that? Nothing,
nada - they even had minus
five yards rushing.
The problem for Perry was
it was on the other end of
the spectrum. It started on
its own 30 and 31 and sort
of went downhill from there.
Its last two drives of the first
quarter started on its own 1
and 17, respectively.
Montay West had a good
run to get it outside the
20 on the first drive of the
second half, but on the next,
the Panthers started on the
16.
They did start on their
own 38 with less than two
minutes to play in the sec
ond half, which is where
they mounted their biggest
threat.
They drove to the 22 - it
would have been deeper had
a pass not been called back
BESTS
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The Demons completed
one pass in the first half
for 22 yards but ended in a
fumble. After that, Warner
Robins quarterbacks were
0-4.
“You won’t believe this,
but in practice we throw
and catch very well,” Way
said. “We had people open all
night. It was frustrating.”
Houston County had a
chance to tie the game. The
Bears took possession on
downs at its 21 with 3:18
left in the game.
Quintin Banks assumed
the quarterback duties
and drove the team to the
Warner Robins 31-yard line,
overcoming a first-and-21
after a clipping penalty.
He competed two passes
for 24 yards and rushed for
NORTHSIDE
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blasted off left tackle all the
way to the end zone for a
55-yard touchdown. Who set
this up? Why, it was Hunter
again with a 40-yard kickoff
return, which adds up to 95
total yards.
While fellow senior David
Everett spelled Hunter in the
backfield for a late first-quar
ter series, he picked up 42
yards, putting the moves on
an outside linebacker along
the way, to the Trojan 34-
yard line. Hunter came back
in and executed the option
pitch for the first time for a
third first down.
Chris Barnard opened
second-quarter play with a
35-yard field goal, and the
Eagles led 10-6.
Peach County had one lone
offensive highlight in the
first half, a 66-yard sprint
draw for a touchdown by
Mareo Howard. That one
play was the exception, for
the Northside defense held
Peach to minimal yards
HEAT
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and told us how impressed
they were with the way you
handled yourselves on the
field.
That says a lot about each
and every one of you and it
makes your coaches, families,
and your organization very
proud of the way you repre
sent us all. We thank you for
the wonderful experience you
have given each of us and we
will remember this time of
your lives forever.
SCOREBOARD
AAA Nationals Rnults:
Pool Play
Georgia Heat 3, Diamond Dusters 0
Georgia Heat 7, Texas Cobras 0
Georgia Heat 4. Clearwater Bullets 0
Georgia Heat 5, Orange Crush (14) 0
Georgia Heat 8. Seminole Warriors 4
Bracket Play
Georgia Heat 5. Maryland Xplosion 0
Georgia Heat 2, Ragin' Maniacs 4
Georgia HeatlO, Orange Crush,(l4) 1
Georgia Heat 3, Gold Coast Hurricanes 2
Georgia Heat 7, Orlando Titans 4
Georgia Heat 6, Orange Crush (13) 0
Georgia Heat 5, Ragin' Maniacs 3
Georgia Heat 12, Seminole Warriors 4
Georgia Heat 7, Seminole Warriors 3
for a hold - before stalling.
Jason Sweat then came in
and stirred up a bit of contro
versy. His 51-yard attempt
was well short but appeared
to be touched by a Stephens
County player as it rolled
into the endzone. A Panther
player smothered it, Perry
- all of the coaches from
the sidelines to the press
box - thought they had a
touchdown, but the officials
disagreed, bringing it out to
the 20.
Sweat, however, did get
the Panthers on board first
with a 33-yarder with 2:41
to go in the third quarter.
It turned out to be
short-lived, however, as on
Stephens County’s next pos
session, Taurean Poole ram
bled 68 yards for a score.
Perry had a chance to go
back on top two possessions
later following an Indians
fumble on the Panthers’ 41,
but they stalled out again,
this time on a fourth-and-4
on the 12-yard line.
eight more but the clock
became a factor.
With less than 30 seconds
left in the game, Banks
threw to the end zone four
times, and Demons defend
ers batted the ball away each
time, the last at the buzzer.
“(Warner Robins) did a
good job knocking the ball
away,” Johnson said.
SCOREBOARD
WARNER ROBINS 14, HOUSTON COUNTY 7
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WR - Brandon Anderson 13 run (David
Clark kick)
HC - Eric O'Neal 2 run (Taylor Jones kick)
WR - Anderson 36 run (Clark kick)
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Istdwns 11 9
Rush/yds 44-234 37-118
Pass yds 22 40
Com-Att-Int 1-6-0 2-12-1
Fum/lst 3-3 3-3
per play, not including the
touchdown. Special teams
were also sharp with all eyes
on All-State receiver Chris
Slaughter.
Northside punted away
from him in the first period,
but Peach tried a reverse to
the playmaker. The Eagles
had that covered well, setting
a tone for winning the field
position battle.
Slaughter did have a 41-
yard kickoff return after
Northside’s first score, but
the defense recorded a three
and-out.
There was a three-and
out after the field goal on
a Trojan drive that started
on the Peach 14. The road
team took a punt into Peach
ground at the 47. With help
for a personal foul hit out of
bounds questioned loudly by
the home crowd, Northside
took a 17-6 halftime lead on
an 18-yard reverse touch
down, Kevyn Cooper scoring
untouched. Barnard added
the PAT kick. That would be
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The National Champion Georgia Heat 14-and-under Black team, front row from left,
Kinsley Gilliam and Maddie Hunt. Second Row, Taylor Fountain, Mason Moreland,
Jensen Barrett and Katie Farinelli. Third, Rebecca Jones, Kaila Hunt, Ashlyn Masters,
Daryl Ann Thompson, Kelsey Gilliam and Carrie Tucker. Back, Lydia Hunt and coaches
Kevin Hunt, Jeff Pope, Eddie Moreland and Phil Gilliam.
It appeared their chances
of pulling off that victory
were over when they turned
the ball over to the visitors
on the 45 and with 4:23
showing on the clock.
But the defense held once
again giving Perry the ball
back - following a long punt
return by Montay West,
who was just one of sev
eral Panthers who suffered
cramping from late in the
third quarter on - on their
own 34 with 1:56 remain
ing.
Casey Hayward found West
on the first play from scrim
mage. That put the ball on
the 19 with 1:05 left.
A pass to Jarodius Brown
put the ball on the 7 but a
sack moved it back to the
12. Hayward kept the ball
on next play and took it to
the 4 and then on the next is
when he found Johnson.
It was a fitting end
ing for the now-undefeat
ed Panthers - and a great
beginning for Scott.
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Warner Robins' Antonio Felder (45) chases the Bears' Eric O'Neal.
the first of two scores on such
calls for the sophomore.
Peach did not get across
midfield in two last drives of
the half. Mitchell Bell of the
Eagles let Slaughter know
how hard it would be to gain
yards with a lifting tackle on
the last kick-off return.
Up front for the Eagles
were Michael Howard, Will
Zunino, Jerome Bates, Robert
Crawford and Chris Rorie.
Slaughter did excite his
fans in the second half taking
the opening kickoff 94 yards
for a touchdown. A personal
foul after forced the Trojans
to go for two, but they failed
keeping the score at 17-12.
Northside answered the
call with a six-minute plus
drive with quarterback
Jacobi Rodriques making his
presence felt. In the 15 plays
Northside used to cover 61
yards, there was one third
down and two fourth-down
conversions.
Rodrigues’ first signifi
cant pass completion was on
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Perry's Casey Hayward narrowly gets off a pass Friday in the Panther Pit.
third-and-11 from his own
45. He hit a wide-open Mario
Armstrong in the flat, and
the play went to the Trojan
43. Everett had a lot more
backfield work, and his sev
enth tote was on the option
on fourth-and-2 to the 15.
Nix had one more fourth
down call to make on the 6,
but instead of the field goal,
the Power I set went in, and
Rodrigues pitched to Hunter
for his second touchdown on
the near-right pylon.
Still in the third period,
Hunter shot over the 200-
yard mark on a drive begin
ning on his team’s 14. He
had a 47-yard run through
gaping holes to the Peach
14.
In the fourth, Nix again
bypassed the field goal on
4th and 11 from the 15.
Rodrigues showed option,
and Cooper got the football
and big Crawford up field
for his second reverse touch
down. With 11:06 left, the
Eagles led 30-12.
HHJ Joe Serney
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2005
Hornets put
the sting on
Fullington
From staff reports
Westfield rolled past
Fullington 49-20 on the
road to open its 2005 sea
son.
Leading the team
on offense was Andrew
Arnold who had two
touchdown runs and an
interception, all in excess
of 60 yards.
“It was a typical open
ing night,” said Hornets
assistant coach Billy
Sellers, who added the
coaches were able to play
“everybody” in their line
up.
“Fullington had 17
players on the sidelines
and we just outmanned
them,” he said.
All of Fullington scores
in turn came off of
Westfield miscues, Sellers
said.
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HIM Don Moncrief