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DEL.ICIO.USNew strategies at Milton, Hooch
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Northside
After being burned by Roswell quarterback Dustin Taliaferro last year with several long passes, Chattahoochee’s defense came up with a new scheme for Friday’s 13-10 win: The safety played 30 yards away from the line of scrimmage on each down.
Coach Terry Crowder said: “We’ve struggled versus the deep ball. I know with [our safety] playing back there at 30 yards, someone had to have a lot of courage to go after us. It worked for us. Roswell did a good job coming up with some other stuff that hurt us, but having that guy back there [to prevent the deep ball] just made me feel better.”
With Riverwood being a heavy underdog against Dunwoody, Raiders coach Kent Sparks joked about his team’s chances: “If I were to get into a fist fight with (professional wrestler) Ric Flair, I’d lose because I’m a bald, fat old man. But before I go down, I’d hurt him. I might go down, but I’d get in a good shot. Who knows? I might get lucky and get in one good shot and knock him out.”
Milton tailback Lance Martin ran with purpose Friday night. That purpose?
“We haven’t won five games as long as I’ve been here,” the senior said. “I’d like to get to five, then win a few more.”
Martin is on his way. The Eagles senior ran for 161 yards on 26 carries and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win at Northview. The win was Milton’s fifth of the season. One more victory and the Eagles will tie their win total for the past two seasons combined.
Gwinnett
Quarterback Michael Tamburo, who has led North Gwinnett to a 7-0 start and Class AAAAA’s No. 2 ranking, likely will miss Friday’s home game against South Forsyth after suffering a concussion against Peachtree Ridge.
The junior was hurt on a 19-yard keeper early in the fourth quarter. Senior Patrick Thompson replaced Tamburo and completed both his passes for 41 yards in the Bulldogs’ 31-19 win.
North Gwinnett coach Bob Sphire said he expects to start Thompson Friday.
Northwest
Hillgrove junior Synjyn Days became the first running back in Cobb County to break 1,000 yards rushing on the year. Days had 183 yards on 10 carries for 1,054 yards on the season…. Lassiter’s Schuyler Vaughn became Cobb’s first quarterback to pass for more than 1,000 yards on the season. Vaughn passed for 103 yards and two touchdowns to move to 1,056 yards and 10 touchdowns in a loss to Sprayberry…. Harrison is averaging 46.75 points per game in its last four games since a 13-12 loss to North Cobb.
Cherokee is one of handful of AAAA teams that are undefeated and unranked in the state rankings. The Warriors (6-0) have faced a schedule with only one opponent (Sequoyah at 4-2) sporting a winning record. The rest of Cherokee’s opponents are a combined 7-23. The next three weeks will be the true test as the Warriors face Douglas County, East Paulding and Pebblebrook — a combined 13-5.
Southside
Dominique McDermott has caught at least one pass in each of Our Lady of Mercy’s six games, and had his first 100-yard receiving game against Eagle’s Landing Christian last week, the largest portion of QB William Pearl’s 247 passing yards … While six of his defensive teammates were collecting turnovers, Fayette County’s Devontae Patridge piled up the stops, finishing the Tigers’ 28-0 win over Creekside with five tackles, six assists and two sacks.
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By Cougar MOm
October 17, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this
Cherokee has no business in Region 5-AAAA…..neither does Sequoyah…and please don’t give me the “enrollment qualifiers dictate they are in the right region” bull that GHSA has been sprewing since they put them in our region last year. The GHSA seriously needs to get the whole regional divisions thing worked because what they have now is a JOKE.
By Nuff Said
October 17, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
With Chattahoochee’s safety 30 yards deep in the middle, Roswell should have run both wide receivers deep down the sidelines. Whichever side the satefy went to cover the receiver, it would have been a easy read to throw to the other receiver for a deep completions. This play was never run? as well as several others that would have worked, but we did run up the middle too many times as usual.
By Cougar Mom
October 18, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
Nuff Said soulnds like you have the same problem we do. Seems like all we ever try to do is stuff it up the middle with little to no success. Our quarterback has a GOOD arm but he is only given a chance to air it out at the end of the 4th quarter when we are past the point of desperation…and we usually score at this point. Our O-line is tired of being blamed for what is really just BAD PLAY CALLING on the coaches part. TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALREADY. It isn’t working up the middle…our record proves that…the morale of the team is rock bottom even though we have been toe to toe with EVERY OPPONENT this season. Don’t give up Cougars. We started out hoping for a .500 season and we can still have that…let’s go to work :)