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DEL.ICIO.USNot Even the Rain Can Stop Us.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Once again, the West Forsyth Wolverines have dominated the field with an incredible win against the Forsyth Central Bulldogs. With a final score of 23-16, West Forsyth left the soaking wet field with one more win under its belt.
First quarter started off a little faster than the previous two games with a nerve-wracking touchdown by Central after only 5 minutes. Slowly but surely the clouds rolled in and covered the field, by the next play the rain had begun. Lance Baker made an incredible pass to Andy Cameron who took the ball downfield thirty-eight yards, putting us close enough for a potential touchdown. After a few plays passed, the only choice that the Wolverines had left was a field goal. Despite the rain and the distance between David Camp and the uprights, he made an incredible kick that soared through the air and right between the two yellow posts, bringing the score up to 3-6 with two minutes left in the first quarter. West was still down three, but the game was far from over. Then the rain picked up and became a torrential downpour, soaking everyone and everything in sight. Having my phone, my wallet, and my notebook still on me, I headed for shelter until the rain lightened up a bit. I came back out to the game with eight and a half minutes left in the second quarter.
The score was still 3-6 in favor of Central and the field was now so wet that every step that every player made created a splash of water. After about three minutes of play time Ben Emert made his way to the end zone and scored West’s first touchdown for the night, bringing the score up to 9-6.
The band, despite the rain, still performed and still did a wonderful job. Although they were not allowed to march due to the rain, they still played their show and even added their next song. Austin Edwards, the first chair trumpet, played an incredible solo for the first time in front of an audience and did a wonderful job. Big thanks to the ‘Pride of the West Marching Band!’ Excellent job guys!
Third quarter began and after only fourteen seconds of playtime, Jason Klanac broke free of the Central defenses and made an incredible sixty yard run towards the end zone, scoring West’s second touchdown. The Wolverines followed this up with an extra point; bring the score up to 16-6. After another three and a half minutes of playtime Central got its second touchdown and two extra points, bring the score up to 16-14. Later on in the quarter Ben Sasser made a very long run downfield, and as soon as I find out how long it was, I’ll put it in here. This set us up for a touchdown and at one point I thought Lance Baker made a touchdown but something happened that I think I missed and it didn’t count. Long story short, Central pushed us back and ended the quarter about midfield.
Fourth quarter started and after a few minutes of play time Central pushed us far enough back to get themselves a touchback, tying the score at 16-16. The game started back up and Lance Baker made an incredible pass right into the middle of the mayhem to Jason Klanac who proceeded to gain twenty-nine yards and put us in range for a touchdown. A few plays later, Lance Baker made another incredible pass to Ethan Shirley who gained fifteen yards. Central got a five yard penalty somewhere along the way and that put West at the six yard line on the first down. The Wolverines gained two more yards and that put us at the fourth yard line on the second down. Finally the Wolverines broke through and Harris Evans scored West Forsyth’s third touchdown and that was followed by an extra point, bringing the score up to 23-16. At this point, the Wolverines are all fired up because they know that there’s no way they can lose now. At the kickoff the Wolverines punted it into the mass of Central players and as soon as the ball was caught, it was dropped again, presumably because of the rain. By the time Central recovered the ball; the Wolverines had already gotten in and tackled them all, placing Central a good twenty yards on the wrong side of the fifty yard line. A few plays later the Central quarter back made a frightening pass that would have resulted in a touchdown had Jacob Sloan not jumped into the air and blocked the pass. With two minutes left in the game and four downs later the Wolverines took control of the ball at the thirty-nine yard line. The Wolverines pushed forward to the twenty-seven yard line where they proceeded to make a handoff, gaining fourteen more yards. The Wolverines were now within thirteen yards of the end zone and only one minute and forty-one seconds left in the game. The game was coming to a close with no hope left for Central and whether out of exhaustion or respect, Lance Baker put his knee down for the next two plays and let the clock run down, ending the game with West Forsyth as the victors. The record now stands at 3-0.
No matter the conditions, it’s obvious that West Forsyth has become a very formidable team, and will, with no doubt, win many more games this season. Congratulations Wolverines!
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By Jeffrey Vega
September 16, 2007 8:09 PM | Link to this
Awesome article man! I’m the AJC representative for Norcross High School, and it seems like we’re the only ones posting stuff! I tried to check other school reporters of the opposing teams Norcross has played so far and came out with nothing!
Ah well. Nice job, and after all, 3-0 is the way to go! :P