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HOCO
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receivers are pretty good, the
offensive line does a good
job, and the quarterback’s a
good player.
“It’s a typical Peach team.
Slaughter makes a big dif
ference because he is a go
to guy. Defensively they are
always real strong. We’ve
always had a hard time mov
ing the ball against them.”
Johnson then recalled
how, in last year’s meeting
with Peach, the Bears moved
the well though the Trojans
won 31-29. Peach had some
Division I senior prospects
on defense while Houston
had a strong senior class.
Peach opened the sea
son losing 30-12 at home
to Northside in a game
where the Eagles negated
Slaughter’s production
save one kickoff return for
a touchdown. In Houston’s
case, Johnson said Peach
has other players who can
beat you.
“We will try to contain
Slaughter as much as we
can,” he said. “But they have
so many weapons it’s hard
to single in on one guy.
“They played two real
ly good teams. They went
and played Carver out of
Alabama. Northside wasn’t
close, but the Carver game
was close. They will be in
the playoffs ... deep in the
playoffs.”
Houston County is look
ing for its own run to the
playoffs, and this weekend
is part three of a brutal
non-region stretch that also
includes playing Northside
in two weeks.
The Bears beat Crisp
County 28-7 after an open
ing night loss to Warner
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PERRY
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mentality, Scott said, some
times employing four wide
outs and at times using
“trips.”
“They’ve got some kids
who run real good routes,”
he said. “They don’t have a
lot of burning speed. They’re
just good quality receivers.”
The phones at Central,
Carroll went unanswered
on Monday presumably
due to the holiday, but
when the Lions do move
the ball on the ground,
Scott said it’s typically via
a counter or trap, some
times a toss and they’ll
WESTFIELD
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“They run the option,
the toss sweep, the fullback
trap, and maybe two more
plays, and that’s all they’ve
ever done.
"They do a good job of
executing,”
For the Westfield defense,
this week the focus is on
“assignment football.”
Somebody must be respon
sible for the quarterback,
while another needs to
watch out for the fullback
and another needs to spy on
the pitch man.
“All it takes is one person
not doing their responsibil
ity, and they can hurt you
bad,” said Jones.
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The Bears raise their helmets for the kickoff Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Robins.
In addition to Slaughter’s
talents, Peach’s size advan
tage up front stood out
to Johnson. On the Bear
defense, the coach said only
one starter is more than 200
pounds.
“Speed is always a big dif
ference-maker between us
and them,” said Johnson.
“They have a lot of tremen
dous speed. I think for us,
again, we have to try to con
trol the football and make
plays happen, keep Slaughter
on the bench instead of out
on the field, and give our
defense a chance to rest in
between.”
The Bears amassed 359
rushing yards in the final
tally of the Crisp victory.
“It will be a lot tough
also “run a little I forma
tion,” he said.
“The biggest thing for us
is to ensure we can rush the
passer,” he said. “Make sure
we do a good job of covering
the passing lanes and mak
ing sure we do a lot better
in coverage (than against
Fitzgerald).
“They’re gong to make
sure they get open. We’ve
got to continue to try and
put pressure on the quar
terback. That will give the
secondary a much better
chance to cover.”
As far as the Lions’ defense,
Scott likened it a lot to the
Wre doing a good job of getting to the
football. As long as we're aggressive on
defense, getting eight, nine, 10 people
around the football, we'll be OK.'
- Westfield head football coach Ronnie Jones
Westfield will counter
with some option of its own,
but Jones said his option is
something used as a change
of pace.
The coach knows Tattnall
will have a solid defense,
so his biggest concern for
another week is eliminat
ing the mistakes. Even
er against Peach,” said
Johnson. “They are proba
bly more talented than Crisp
is on the line. We have to
hang in there and move the
football. The more we keep
those guys on the bench, the
better off we are.”
Houston fans will remem
ber several times when the
Bears went for it on fourth
down against the Cougars
with success all but once.
Johnson said he didn’t call
for the punt because they
were always in good field
position when faced with
fourth down.
“The kids stepped up to
the challenge,” he said. “We
weren’t taking a huge gam
ble. We were just trying to
keep drives alive.
“We did punt in the first
one former Warner Robins
head football coach Richard
Fendley used to run.
It’s a 50-type front, he
said, with the defender two
or three yards off the ball.
“With that they feel they
can line up and read the
fullback and attack the run
quicker,” he said. “It’s just
a different type of philoso
phy.”
The Panthers, of course,
are trying to rebound from
last week’s 21-3 loss to
Fitzgerald, their first of the
year and first with Scott as
head coach.
To that end he said
though the Windsor score
looks pretty convincing, a
lot of the scoring was done
in bunches.
“We jumped up 20-0 and
didn’t take care of busi
ness,” said Jones. “We had
20 points in the first quar
ter and didn’t score again
the whole first half. We’re
SPORTS
ball game three times, so
we can punt. I love to go
through games where you
don’t have to punt because
you are moving the foot
ball.”
The big issue Johnson will
address this week is fum
bling the football.
Houston lost two out of
about four bobbles, one of
which led to Crisp’s only
scoring drive. Late in the
game, the Bear defense had
to overcome a fumble on its
own 20 and managed to get
an interception.
“We’re just not a football
team that can turn the foot
ball over,” said Johnson.
“We’re not going to put a
lot of points on the board.
We can’t be giving away any
points.”
they’ve gone back, looked at
the game film and made the
necessary corrections, and
addressed the loss itself.
“We hope to learn from
it,” he said, “And I think the
kids did just that. And they
all came back with a good,
positive attitude. It’s a situ
ation where you’re going to
have setbacks.
“The biggest thing now
is to continue to work and
strive to get what you want
and try to get there.
“It’s like a cold. It hurts
for a few days and leaves a
bad taste in your mouth but
after that, you get over it.”
making those same mis
takes, turnovers and things
like that. We can’t have
them against a team like
Tattnall.”
While searching for consis
tency on offense, Jones feels
he is getting that from the
defense.
“We’re doing a good job
of getting to the football,”
he said. “As long as we’re
aggressive on defense, get
ting eight, nine, 10 people
around the football, we’ll be
OK.
"Hopefully we’ll make the
other team make some turn
overs. You do that by being
aggressive and being at the
right place on defense.”
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 ♦
Results ton Aug. 2ft
Name W L Hndicp Avg Ringer %
1 Howard Kuehn 16 3- 55 , \ SI 59 , 36.58
2 DaveMcKim 11.5 7.5 58>56
3 Bonnie Miller 11 5 I 63 50 < 27,03
3 Mary Ann Gibbs 11 8 47 ,68 7 46.18
3 Dane Clark 11 8 60 53 29.34
4 John Rackiey 9 7 61 ;£2 SO-94
5 Carolyn Hildenbrand 8.5 6.5 64 >■ > 23.33
5 Larry Myers 8.5 7.5 65 48 . . 27.03
5 Suzanne Miller 8.5 7.5 67 45 22.19
6 Maureen Thompson 8 3 75 37 15.45
7 Thomas Carter 7.5 11.5 67 46 22.24
8 Chuck Poole 7 6 91 19 4.04
8 Buddy Ayer 7 6 67 45 21.54
8 Wofford Sinyard 7 12 65 48 27.63
9 Marcus Waters 6.5 9.5 68 44 19.38
10 Wayne Wildes 6 9 81 30 16.50
11 Richard Thompson 5.5 6.5 67 45 29.58
12Joanne Kennedy 4 2 62 51 30.00
12 Jesse Wildes 4 11 88 22 4.00
13 Tracy Hildenbrand 3.5 11.5 85 26 5.67
14 Jerome Kennedy 2.5 6.5 80 31 10.28
'fS Robert Hester 2 1 76 36 16.67
16 Doyle Johnson 1 1 65 48 23.75
16 Tim Bozman 1 9 87 23 7.27
17 Irene Hamer 0.5 1.5 81 30 7.50
18 Peggy Clark 0 2 98 11 2.50
Results from Monday:
1 Howard Kuehn 16 3 55 59 36.58
2 DaveMcKim 11.5 7.5 58 56 29.21
3 Ronnie Miller 11 5 63 50 27.03
3 Mary Ann Gibbs 11 8 47 68 46.18
3 Dane Clark 11 8 60 53 29.34
4 John Rackiey 9 7 61 52 30.94,/
5 Carolyn Hildenbrand 8.5 6.5 64 49 '~'~2933’
5 Larry Myers 8.5 7.5 65 48 *• -27,03
5 Suzanne Miller 8.5 7.5 67 45 ? 22.19 "
6 Maureen Thompson 8 3 75 37 . 15.45.,
7 Thomas Carter 7.5 11.5 67 46
8 Chuck Poole 7 6 91 19
8 Buddy Ayer 7 6 67 45 21.54
8 Wofford Sinyard 7 12 65 48 27.63
9 Marcus Waters 6.5 9.5 68 44 *£* ■ 19.38
10 Wayne Wildes 6 9 81 30 ' 16.50
11 Richard Thompson 5.5 6.5 67 45 /*. 29.58
12 Joanne Kennedy 4 2 62 51 30.00
12 Jesse Wildes 4 11 88 22 * V;. 4.00
13 Tracy Hildenbrand 3.5 11.5 85 26 v,'" ! 5.67
14 Jerome Kennedy 2.5 6.5 80 31 10.28
15 Robert Hester 2 1 76 36 16.67
16 Doyle Johnson 1 1 65 48 23.75
16 Tim Bozman 1 9 87 23 . 7.27
17 Irene Harner 0.5 1.5 81 30 , 7.50
18 Peggy Clark 0 2 98 11 2.50
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