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DEL.ICIO.USLovett-Dublin gametracker
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Class AA semifinal
Dublin 65, Lovett 7, final
Report filed by Chris Whitfield, AJC staff
Lovett failed to score on its opening possession of the second half after putting together a pretty decent drive. Dublin took over and continued to ram the ball down the Lions’ throat with a little help from Lovett when Dublin’s first punt hit off a Lovett player to give the ball back to the Irish. Cochran connected with Edmond for a 20-yard pass to go up 48-7. Dublin corner Rashard Smith picked off a Chris Meyer pass and returned it 25 yards for another Dublin score and the Irish have 55 (55!) points on the board. Mercifully, Dublin puts in the second string. Nevermind, second-string tailback breaks six tackles and scores from 39 out. Another Lovett turnover. Dublin could bust the clock. Nah, nah, na-na. Nah, nah, na-na. We still have another quarter to play. Clock will finally run.
Lovett finally gets on the board with a 2-yard touchdown run from West Barnwell, but the Lions imploded from there.
Dublin scores on a 45-yard run from Morris to go up 28-7, and Lovett muffs the ensuing kickoff to give the Irish the ball back at the Lion 21. Five plays later it was Wilcher from the 1 to make it 35-7. Lovett’s best chance to get back in the game ended with a failed fourth-down conversion late in the second. Dublin put another first-half score on the board when Cochran hit Brandon Taylor with a 23-yard pass wih less than a minute in the half. The biggest cheer for the Lions came when the defensive line blocked the extra point as Dublin leads 41-7 at the half.
I smell a running clock in the second half with the mercy rule.
No. 3 Dublin wasted little time, taking the opening kickoff 56 yards in eight plays with quarterback Ben Cochran connecting with Jamon Morris for a 24-yard scoring strike that saw Morris run over a Lovett defender at the goal line for a 7-0 lead. Lovett went three-an-out on its opening possession, and Dublin capitalized on a the short field going 53 yards in four plays. Cochran hit Thomas Barnes for a 23-yard gain and Brian Wilcher had a 34-yard run as Barnes capped the drive with a 1-yard plunge and a 14-0 lead with 6:18 left in the quarter.Lovett managed a first down on its next possession, but Dublin forced a punt and drove 68 yards as Brian Wilcher scored on a 6-yard run to make it 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.
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