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INSIDE THIS WEEK:
• Stewart prepares to call Harmon Field action
• Dalton quarterback thinking of next step
• NW defensive end finds quickest route to ball
• Versatile Indian sticks to task no matter what
• Senior Raider a defensive leader at linebacker
The Dalton Catamounts are veterans of TV, and as • Area statistics
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CSS and Cass come to town on the same night,
they’ll push for another win in front of the cameras. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008
2 Thursday, October 9, 2008 TOUCHDOWN! THE DAILY CITIZEN
OOO T H E T W O - M I N U T E D R I L L OOO
Five thoughts for this week ... points the Catamounts have given up
since 2004 and worst margin of defeat
■ No single player had particularly overwhelming stats in since a 51-13 loss to Statesboro in the
Northwest Whitfield’s 35-7 win against Cass last week, but no 2001 Class 4A championship. But any-
one seems to care right now, either. The Bruins are on a roll, 3-0 one who thinks the Cats won’t make a
in the sub-region and winning always makes it easier for players good run at fixing whatever ails them is
to buy into the team-first concept. And Northwest’s somewhat FIVE-STEP kidding himself — Dalton hasn’t lost
diminished individual stats are partially because there’s enough back-to-back games in a single season
depth to spread the ball around without missing a beat, some-
thing the Bruins have done well lately.
drop since 2004, and Cass will bear the brunt
of a team looking to shake off the frus-
■ That said, the Bruins are well aware the toughest part of tration of a rare regular season misstep.
their season is ahead. They have a murderer’s row of sorts wait- ■ Northwest running back Drew Smith is doing a nice job of
ing in Rome, Sequoyah and Dalton to finish the sub-region slate, combining grit and grace as the team’s top receiving option, show-
but they also have the advantage of enjoying an off week before ing the athleticism to go up for a catch and the power to pull along
taking on those tasks. They’ll mostly rest up this week before defenders. He’s also come a long way in his first year at punter
MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen
turning their attention to the Wolves, who have already topped and is second in the area with a 35.1 average on 12 attempts.
As CSS cameras work to bring the sights of
Sequoyah, which has already topped Dalton. ■ Hard to believe, but little more than a month remains in the
Harmon Field, Matt Stewart will add the sound. ■ There’s no getting around the shock factor of the numbers in regular season. And the last half stands to deliver plenty of drama.
Dalton’s 38-14 loss to Sequoyah last week. It marked the most — Marty Kirkland
He’s the man on the mic
W FAN W EEK INSIDE THIS ISSUE
hen Comcast Sports O F TH E
Southeast started tele-
vising high school
football games live, Matt Stew-
art was there. Stewart, 45, has
Game of the Week: Cass at Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
since received two Emmy nomi- ■ Name: J.R.
Saylor Catamounts Spotlight: Stryker Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
nations during his television
career and works about 100 ■ Age: 30
■ Hometown: Bruins Spotlight: Chris Quarles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSIDE THE events annually for CSS. On Fri-
Cohutta
huddle day, Stewart will be at Harmon
Field as CSS will televise Dal-
ton’s home game against Cass:
■ Favorite team:
Northwest Whitfield
Indians Spotlight: Zac Dills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
■ Alma mater: Raiders Spotlight: Zach Sneed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
“The biggest challenge every week doing high school games Kings High School,
is that you’re getting two new teams. On Saturdays, I’ll do Geor- Kings Mill, Ohio Area statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
gia Bulldogs games, but I know them. In high school, we have ■ He said it: “Pain
to get our own information on the teams and conference calls Game preview capsules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
is temporary, pride is
with the two coaches provides us with all the inside information, forever!”
the back stories about interesting players that we wouldn’t know Region 6-3A standings, schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
otherwise. And we ‘Google’ a lot. It’s a lot tougher to prepare for
a high school game than college or the pros. I’ll probably spend Region 7-4A standings, schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10 hours a week getting ready for a high school game.
“Just over a decade ago, nobody was televising live high
school football games. Initially, we had to overcome the feeling TOUCHDOWN!
that televising high school games would hurt the gates. It’s no A weekly supplement Northwest
longer a hurdle and we don’t have to explain who we are. to The Daily Citizen Whitfield
“Now, every game we do is before a packed house. No senior Drew
Publisher: William H. Bronson III
empty seats. That’s primarily because we select our games Executive Editor: Jimmy Espy Smith (10) has
about 10 days ahead of time and we’re getting very com- Sports Editor: Larry Fleming become a
pelling games. The lone exception to that is the Dalton game. Advertising Director: Gary Jones
We chose this one before the season because it’s the Carpet Sports Writers: Marty Kirkland, Adam hard-to-stop
Capital Classic. Our games have become a big deal. The kids Krohn offensive
love being on TV and parents love seeing their kids on TV.” Photographers: Matt Hamilton, Misty option for the
Watson Bruins this
— As told to Larry Fleming
season as
they’ve built a
■ ABOUT THE COVER: Don’t hate us because we went a little bit Hollywood. As a tribute to Tinseltown’s 3-0 record in
famous sign and in honor of Dalton’s fourth straight year as a Comcast High School Football Game of the Region 7-4A’s
Week, we created a virtual homage on Rocky Face Ridge. Dalton seems to have this television thing Division “A.”
down — the Catamounts have won each of their games on CSS.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen MATT HAMILTON
The Daily Citizen
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O O O G A M E O F T H E W E E K O O O
CASS (2-3) at DALTON (5-1) • Harmon Field, Dalton • Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Live from Dalton The CSS
network will
bring its
Plenty of eyes will be watching as cameras to
Harmon Field
Dalton aims for bounce-back win for the fourth
straight year
to broadcast a
BY LARRY FLEMING “Basically, I’ve told our Dalton game.
larryfleming@daltoncitizen.com kids the game will be on Last season,
Cass is in a tough spot. TV just so they’d know,” the Cats beat
The Colonels will face Dalton on Friday Casko said. “I played on Rome, 23-21.
for the seventh time in program history, and TV in high school and
college and it looks like a MATT HAMILTON
they lost each of the previous six meetings.
regular game. However, The Daily Citizen
Cass is also halfway through a four-game
mine field. The Colonels lost to Rome (28- there are a lot of people
0) and Northwest Whitfield (35-7), and will watching that you don’t
Winegarden see. If you’re not playing
take on Dalton at Harmon Field, where it’s
not easy for visiting teams to win. well or doing things right,
As if that wasn’t long enough odds to it’s right there on the screen for people to
overcome, Friday’s game will be televised by see.
CSS with Matt Stewart handling the play-by- “But it’s an honor to be on TV. I told our
play call and Derek Rackley, a former NFL kids it may never happen to them again.
player, scheduled to handle analysis. Howev- They have to represent themselves and their
er, Rackley, a long snapper, had a tryout with school well.”
the Houston Texans on Monday and could be Dalton’s junior quarterback, Stryker
signed to a contract prior to Friday’s game. In Brown, has been on the sidelines for the past
that case, former Georgia All-American and two CSS games, serving as Harrison Scott’s
NFL player Matt Stinchcomb would likely backup. Despite a concussion suffered in last
be Stewart’s pressbox sidekick. week’s loss to Sequoyah, the Cats’ first this
Is a game on TV a big deal? To fans season, Brown approaches Friday’s game as
maybe, but not the coaches and players. the next one on Dalton’s schedule.
Dalton has always done well on CSS- “It’s not that big a deal,” Brown said.
televised games, and that is the concern for “We’ll prepare for this game just like we
Cass. This week’s game marks the fourth always do. We won’t treat it any differently.”
time CSS has televised from Harmon Field, Unlike any game this season prior to
and the Cats won all three previous games, Sequoyah, the Cats are coming off a loss.
beating Northwest (10-0) in 2005, knocking “We were very disappointed in how we
off Southeast (52-21) in 2006 and defeating played last week,” Dalton coach Adam
Rome (23-21) last season. Winegarden said.
Cass coach Rick Casko hasn’t spent
much time talking about the game being on
television.
➣ Please see GAME, 5
SERIES HISTORY
Catamounts lead, 6-0
1984 — Dalton 16, Cass 12 1987 — Dalton 42, Cass 9
1985 — Dalton 20, Cass 7 1988 — Dalton 52, Cass 19
1986 — Dalton 15, Cass 14 1989 — Dalton 21, Cass 7
— Source: ghsfha.org
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CATAMOUNTS SPOTLIGHT: Stryker Brown
Ready to move forward
QB aims to shake
Dalton junior
quarterback
Stryker Brown,
shown
off injury and loss galloping
around a
teammate
during the
BY LARRY FLEMING Catamounts’
larryfleming@daltoncitizen.com spring game,
Closers in baseball don’t had a rough
night last
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remember that ninth-inning home
run they gave up the previous week at
night. Sequoyah as
Quarterbacks in football imme- Dalton lost,
QB
diately forget an early-game inter- 38-14, he
ception and keep right on firing. threw two
Everyone should forget a loss. Brown interceptions
That wasn’t a problem for Dal- and suffered a
ton’s junior quarterback Stryker arriving at the emergency room. concussion.
Brown this past weekend. He was told doctors gave him a But he’s
“I didn’t even know we lost CT scan and pain medication. putting that
until I was in the emergency room “We were there until about 2 in behind him as
(at Hamilton Medical Center),” the morning (Saturday),” Brown Cass comes to
said. “I went home and went to Harmon Field
said Brown, who suffered a
sleep.” this Friday.
“slight” concussion in the Cata-
After waking up around 10 a.m.
mounts’ 38-14 loss to Sequoyah Saturday, Brown said his equilibri-
on Friday, their first setback in six MATT HAMILTON
um “was off” and he was dizzy The Daily Citizen
games this season. and had a bad headache for most
“I don’t remember much of the of the day. He was feeling better
second half of the game.” on Sunday and was re-examined offense very efficiently, and he’s Calhoun, once I got over being a down and work on getting better.”
Brown watched the game on by a doctor on Monday. been good with the football. little nervous, I did all right.” Asked what he’s most proud of
video over the weekend and “I hope I’m cleared to play by “Last week we had to throw a The challenge for Brown and the in the first six games as Dalton’s
believes the injury came early in Friday,” said Brown, who wants to lot more, but for the most part he’s Cats will be to bounce back from starting quarterback, Brown
the third period. lead the Cats against Cass, a game made the proper decisions in the the season’s first loss, a defeat that thought for a few seconds and said,
“It was an option play to the that will be regionally broadcasted passing and running game. He puts dropped Dalton six spots to No. 10 “We outscored the other teams to
right,” said Brown, who completed by Comcast/Charter Sports South- us in positions to be successful.” in the latest Associated Press poll. win the first five games. That’s
10 of 23 passes for 125 yards, with east. “If it’s up to me, I’ll play no While helping Dalton to a 5-1 Cass, Brown said, will be no differ- always good enough for me.”
two interceptions, against the matter what.” record, Brown has completed 43 ent than Sequoyah or any other But Brown is bothered by the
Chiefs. Dalton coach Adam Winegar- of 72 passes for 631 yards with team on the Cats’ schedule. Cats’ performance against
“I think the outside linebacker den believes Brown will be able to five touchdowns and three inter- “We’ll prepare for them the Sequoyah, just like his teammates
hit me or it could have been the play against the Colonels. ceptions, two of which came in the same way we do anybody else we and coaches.
cornerback. As I was going to the “He’s going to be fine,” Wine- second half against Sequoyah. play,” he said. “We prepare for “We just turned the ball over
ground I was hit in the head and I garden said. He said his greatest improve- everybody’s best because that’s too much,” he said. “It happens
believe it was a helmet-to-helmet Brown is an integral part of the ment has come simply from gain- what we get from everybody we sometimes. They beat us in every
hit. I played two or three more dri- Catamounts offense, a unit that ing game experience after receiv- play, their best. I have faith in my aspect of the game. It just wasn’t
ves.” averages 31. 5 points per game. ing minimal varsity playing time teammates that we’ll bounce back. our day. We knew they were going
Brown said he suffered a con- “Stryker has shown a lot of while serving as Harrison Scott’s We’ll prepare hard because we to be good, probably the best team
cussion earlier in his career, but mental and physical toughness for understudy for two years. want to win more than anybody. we’ve played so far. Our turnovers
not “one as bad as Friday.” our offense and he presents a lot of “I’m definitely more comfort- “Personally, I’m going to study certainly helped them, but I’m not
He doesn’t remember the ride intangibles that you can’t coach,” able with the speed of the game,” the Cass defense hard, prepare for taking anything away from how
back to Dalton from Canton or Winegarden said. “He runs the he said. “In the first game against their formations, get my reads they played. We just got beat.”
THE DAILY CITIZEN TOUCHDOWN! Thursday, October 9, 2008 5
Game: ‘Meshing’ tough for Colonels
➣ Continued from page 3 sive starter and that’s Brian Owens. They’re playing hard. That’s all we
He was a running back last year and can ask.”
“The coaches were disappointed this year’s he’s our quarterback.” Winegarden said Cass is not that
and the players were certainly not “Last year’s quarterback, Blake far from being on the plus side of the
happy about it. Sequoyah is definite- Sims, moved to Gainesville and win-loss column.
ly a good football team and I credit they’re telling me he’s their best “They have a very athletic team, a
them for playing well. At the same player this year. Gainesville is very capable team,” he said. “Coach
time, we were very good to them and loaded, but his moving caused us to Casko is probably not happy with the
put ourselves in tough situations to change our offense, change what we record, but they’ve played well in
come from behind. But that game is can do. I’ve never been in a situation most of their ballgames. A play here,
over. We have to move on.” where I have so few seniors.” a play there and their record could be
Rebounding from a loss might Mistakes have hampered the a lot different.”
come easier for the 10th-ranked Cats Colonels’ progress this season. The Colonels, who competed in
(5-1, 2-1) than the Colonels (2-3, 0- “The problem with a young team Class 3A last season before jumping
2). Dalton has more experienced is that the mistakes are not consistent to Region 7-4A’s Division “A” for
players while Cass’ roster is domi- and come from a bunch of players,” the 2008 campaign, utilize the spread
nated by youngsters. Casko said. “Meshing is tough when and I-formation alignments and
“CSS asked for our roster and I you’re inexperienced. We only have deploy in a 3-5 defensive scheme.
was looking it over before sending it two returning players on defense. The Cats have faced a 3-5 defense
to them,” Casko said. “We’re a lot But five games into the season you once before this year — in the season
younger than I thought we were. We can’t talk much about experience opener against Calhoun.
have about seven seniors and three or anymore. “Four or five years ago we faced a
four of them play. We’re basically all “A big problem is that we’ve been 3-5 about four or five games in a MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen
sophomores. When one of our sopho- playing quality teams. Playing the row,” Winegarden said. “More peo- Dalton running back Chris White and the Catamounts
mores goes down, we more than like- teams we’re playing in this stretch ple were running it back then, but we will try to get their offense fired up again after being held
ly put in a freshman. We’ve got some would be tough for a team heavy haven’t seen it a ton lately. It can to 14 points in last week’s loss to Sequoyah — the first
juniors. We have one returning offen- with seniors. We coach them hard. cause you problems.” time this season they’ve scored less than 28 in a game.
6 Thursday, October 9, 2008 TOUCHDOWN! THE DAILY CITIZEN
BRUINS SPOTLIGHT: Chris Quarles
End game
Senior half of talented
combo for NW defense
BY MARTY KIRKLAND
martykirkland@daltoncitizen.com
Already this season, some of
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Region 7-4A’s quarterbacks have
undergone the unfavorable experi-
ence of seeing Nermin Delic,
Northwest Whitfield’s 6-foot-4-
inch, 240-pound defensive end,
barreling toward them in the back-
field.
If they turn and sprint in the
DE Quarles
trolling the edge, it makes things a
other direction, the guy they’ll
lot easier.”
likely see doesn’t offer much in
the way of relief. In Northwest’s 4-3 scheme,
Picking up where the quarter- keeping those linemen busy and
back hounding left off for last forcing runners inside is the first
year’s defensive end combo of priority for the ends. But they’re
expected to make some big stops MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen
Dakota Beavers and Adam Miller Northwest Whitfield senior Chris Quarles (2) had never played defensive end before moving to
— who made The Daily Citizen’s as well, to harass opposing quar-
terbacks and generally keep the the position this past spring, but he’s thriving in the new role and is just outside the top 10
2007 All-Area Football Team and among area players in tackles, with 40. Along with junior Nermin Delic, Quarles has stepped up
went on to sign college scholar- opposing backfield unsettled
about what’s coming next. to fill the void left by 2007 Daily Citizen All-Area defensive ends Dakota Beavers and Adam Miller.
ships — Delic and fellow end
Chris Quarles have developed into It’s safe to say Quarles finds
some extra enjoyment in the latter running the ball and having the along with an attitude that proba- Quarles and Northwest’s
another solid 1-2 punch for the freedom of a linebacker to focus bly doesn’t hurt when the scales defense faced one of their toughest
Bruins. half of his mission, which makes
good use of an instinct for getting on pursuit, but has worked hard at are tipped in the opposition’s tests yet with last Friday’s game.
With the regular season just learning his latest position because favor. Cass brought to Tunnel Hill a
past its midpoint, Northwest’s to the football Falleur cited as one
of the senior’s best assets. it’s what’s “better for the team.” “It takes a little bit more quarterback whose playmaking
defense is giving up an average of He tries to put to use the past aggression, because I normally go abilities were well advertised and
14.7 points per game, second in 7- “It just kind of comes naturally
knowledge that came from playing against guys who outweigh me by the Bruins knew hemming him in
4A Division “A” to Rome (11.2), to me,” said Quarles, a former
other positions, taking into 40 or 50 pounds,” Quarles said. would be crucial to stopping the
and displaying a hard-hitting style two-way player who was moved to account what he might have done “So I use my speed to go around Colonels offense.
that was well showcased in last solely defense when he transferred as a running back, and has been them — 250 pounds doesn’t feel Owens never had a chance to
week’s 35-7 homecoming victory to Northwest from Murray County attentive to defensive coordina- good when you’re getting hit all find a rhythm, though, as North-
against Cass. before his junior season. “I hate to tor/ends coach Josh Robinson’s night.” west’s defense worked together
There are plenty of reasons for lose and I hate to not be around the lessons as well. But that’s a means to an end. well to take away the quarter-
the Bruins’ success on that side of action. And I try to hit everybody “When I first moved there, it Quarles doesn’t shy away from back’s outlets for moving the ball
the ball, but Northwest coach as hard as I can.” was a little awkward,” the 6-foot- collisions and he’s not one to take downfield through the air or on the
Mike Falleur believes Quarles is But this season, Quarles is 1-inch, 195-pounder said. “I had a a play off, either. ground. Quarles, Delic and the
definitely one of them. making those hits from a new clue what to do, but I wasn’t real “The best thing I can say about front line were all part of the plan.
“If you’ve got two guys that angle. A running back and line- sure. But coach Robinson helped him is that he plays hard every “That was the thing that
control the end of the line of backer/safety throughout his time me a lot. Now it’s something I play,” Falleur said. “If everybody impressed me the most, that we
scrimmage, it makes a lot of dif- at Murray County, he continued really like.” played as hard as he did, we’d kept the quarterback contained,”
ference,” Falleur said. “If they’re playing linebacker last year — and While his counterpart, Delic, always be in great shape. I’m not Falleur said. “And that has a lot to
doing a good job, the linebackers moved into a starting role at sea- has an edge in size — and is gen- saying the other kids don’t, but do with those defensive ends stay-
are running free because the tack- son’s end — but was shifted to erally assigned to the strong side he’s always getting to the football ing on the outside, staying in their
les and the tight ends haven’t got- defensive end this past spring. for that reason — Quarles makes and doing all the things he’s been pass rush lanes and those two
ten to them. If those guys are con- Quarles admitted he still misses good use of his quickness up front, coached to do.” inside guys doing the same.”
THE DAILY CITIZEN TOUCHDOWN! Thursday, October 9, 2008 7
INDIANS SPOTLIGHT: Zac Dills
No turning back Despite on-field struggles, two-way
threat remains committed to team
BY ADAM KROHN despite the team’s struggles.
adamkrohn@daltoncitizen.com Dills said it takes a cer-
In high school football, tain player to handle playing
on a losing team and the
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the big plays are made on
Friday night. But all the negativity from the class-
behind-the-scenes work that mates that can come with it.
goes into making those “At school, some of the
LB
plays is done earlier in the kids love to be negative,”
week during practice. Dills said. “We were in
That’s why Murray Dills weight training the other
County starting tight end day and some kid, who had
and middle linebacker Zac against Northwest for exam- actually quit the team before
Dills practices so seriously ple. Dills helped to give the the season even started, said
— and his effort does not go Indians some momentum ‘Wow, 1-4, that’s really
unnoticed. with a big interception with good. I can’t believe you
“He’s a very hardwork- four minutes left in the third even won one game.’
ing player in practice,” Indi- quarter and the Bruins lead- “Some of my teammates
ans coach Josh Lowe said. ing 28-0. were in the room, so I told
“I’m a big believer in that But he wasn’t finished. them ‘Hey, he’s not playing
you play the way you prac- On the offensive end, on and he’s got no right to say
tice, and he practices full Murray County’s ensuing anything. We’re the ones
speed.” drive, Dills caught a 9-yard giving our all so it doesn’t
Dills said it was his hard touchdown pass to put the matter what anyone else
work during practice that Indians on the board. His thinks.’
led to him earning a spot in play sparked the team and “They don’t go through
the staring lineup his sopho- the Indians scored again all the hard work and every-
more season. after another Bruins thing we do just to be on the
“During spring practice turnover. field.”
my sophomore year is when Dills said the team is
“At halftime, we had a
I started taking practice seri- tight-knit and there aren’t
good talk in the locker MISTY WATSON/The Daily Citizen
ously,” Dills said. “I was any players on the squad
room, and the whole team, Murray County junior Zac Dills, a tight end and linebacker for the Indians, has
looking forward to the sea- like the former teammate in
our morale changed,” Dills the weight room. learned a few things about persistence since earning a starting spot as a
son and was willing to work said. “With the interception, sophomore, when he played running back. He makes a point of encouraging
my hardest to get varsity “From spring practice to
I was in the right spot at the now, we have smaller num- teammates when outside negativity pops up around the the team.
playing time. I knew I had
right time, and after the bers,” Dills said. “Practices
to give everything I had all
the time and that I had to go touchdown I was pumped toughen up a whole lot, so
harder than I had been up to get us on the board. your work ethic has to be
going. We started gaining momen- there and you have to want
“I ended up getting the tum, but it was too late.” it. You have to give 100 per-
starting spot (at running The turnover and subse- cent and not slack off in
back). That’s when I knew if quent score demonstrated practice.
I could do that (earn a start- Dill’s ability to play on both “We weeded out the ones
ing spot as a sophomore), sides of the ball, an attribute that weren’t giving 100 per-
then there would be greater which has been noticed by cent and now we’ve got the
things for me as I climbed Lowe. ones who want to be here
the totem pole of the high “Zac is a very versatile and who love the game.
school football team.” player,” Lowe said. “He’s “We’re having fun even
Dills’ efforts have not got tremendous overall ath- though it’s a hard practice
gone unnoticed by the Mur- letic ability. He’s got a nose and we’ll make big hits on
ray County coaching staff for the ball at linebacker and each other in practice and
but more importantly, they he handles the ball extreme- joke about it. We’re in a
have also not gone unre- ly well at tight end.” good mood before and after
warded. Though the Indians lost practice and everyone hangs
Take Murray County’s 35-12, Dills and his team out with each other. We’re
last game two weeks ago have remained upbeat family.”
8 Thursday, October 9, 2008 TOUCHDOWN! THE DAILY CITIZEN
RAIDERS SPOTLIGHT: Zach Sneed
Less talk, more action
Hits are Sneed’s biggest noise
BY ADAM KROHN and listed Sneed as a college 17th in the area in tackles
adamkrohn@daltoncitizen.com prospect in Georgia High with 65, the team’s second-
Some football players School Football Magazine best total behind Isaac
this past summer. Carreon’s 68.
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are talkers, boasting about
their talent and bringing So far, Sneed has visited Like any football player
attention to themselves with The Citadel in Charleston, asked to switch positions,
antics and outrageous com- S.C., and drawn interest Sneed went through an
LB
ments. from Shorter and a few adjustment period while
On the opposite end of other small schools, Crane learning to play middle line-
that spectrum is where Sneed said. backer. But Crane said there
you’ll find Southeast’s Sneed has bounced was never an indication that
senior starting linebacker around the idea of walking Sneed was bothered by the
Zach Sneed. “He’s got the academic on at Georgia Southern, an move. He quickly became
“He’s not going to say a ability and he’s by no means NCAA Division I Football comfortable anchoring the
whole lot, now,” Raiders a kid of borderline intelli- Championship Subdivision linebacker corps and he’s
coach David Crane said. gence,” Crane said. “It’s just program that competes in led the Raiders in tackles in
Crane describes Sneed as something he had to decide the Southern Conference, four of their six games.
a player that leads by exam- for himself that he wanted where many of the area’s Sneed said he hardly
ple, preferring to make to do.” top prospects have gone on misses playing free safety.
statements with hard work, A goal for Sneed is to to play in recent seasons. “I like middle linebacker
not words. play college football. To One of many attributes better,” Sneed said. “There’s
He leads the Raiders even have the chance to play the 6-foot-2, 190-pound more area to cover, but the
with 68 tackles and had 10 in college, Sneed realized he Sneed can offer a college reads are easier than in the
last week against Ringgold. had to step up his work ethic program is his versatility. secondary. Also, I don’t
Sneed plays with a sense on the field and in the class- He can also play free have to worry about the pass
of urgency and possesses a room. safety, where he started last as much and I get to hit peo-
keen sense for where the So, much in the way he season. In 2007, Sneed was ple a little more.”
ball will be. carries himself on the field,
Asked to describe his Sneed took care of business
style of play, Sneed needed by taking action.
just one word. “I saw on his grade
“Aggressive,” he said. checks where he has a 90
More times than not, average in his math class,”
Sneed is one of the first Crane said. “I told him I saw
Raiders to the ball. his report card and told him
“I usually make my reads he was doing a good job and
right and make the tackle,” he just said, ‘Yeah,’ and
Sneed said. “Pretty basic flashed that smile of his.”
stuff.” When Crane took over
Sneed’s not only making the Southeast job, one of the
big plays on the field, he’s first things he noticed was
also tackling his academics that Sneed was on the mail-
in the classroom, which has- ing list for a number of dif-
n’t always been the case in ferent schools, and part of
MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen the past. the reason was former coach Tournament? Fundraiser? Team tryouts?
Southeast senior linebacker Zach Sneed works He was always capable Jon Lovingood made the
hard on the practice field and in the classroom in Put it in our local sports calendar!
of doing the work. At times, effort to get Sneed’s name to
hopes of taking his football career to the college however, he lacked the nec- college coaches. Crane fol- Send news to larryfleming@daltoncitizen.com
level next season. essary effort. lowed his predecessor’s lead
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RUSHING
2008
Luke Mealer, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Wesley Bell, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
STATISTICAL
LEADERS
. . . . 107
. . . . . 91
. . . 17.8
. . . 22.7
....2
....1
Zac Dills, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chito Chibuye, NW . . . . . . . . . . . 1
.....0
.....0
.....0
.....0
......6
......6
Shaquan Moore, DAL . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 89 . . . 22.2 ....1 Tanner McCutcheon, SE . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATT . . . . YDS . . . AVG . . . TD Clayton Geary, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . 81 . . . 13.5 ....1 Carter Gillean, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6
Shaquan Moore, DAL . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . .596 . . . .7.2 . . .10 Chris White, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . 74 . . . . 8.2 ....0 Reaves Coker, DAL . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6
Dean Haynes, NW . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . .516 . . . .7.6 . . .12 Tre Beck, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . 72 . . . 10.3 ....0 Zach Sloan, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .....1 .....0 ......2
Carmelo Apodaca, SE . . . . . . . 69 . . . . .442 . . . .6.4 . . . .5 Nermin Delic, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 70 . . . 17.5 ....0 Josh West, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .....1 .....0 ......2
Chito Chibuye, NW . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . .353 . . . .5.9 . . . .1 Mickey Guerrero, MC . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . 62 . . . 10.3 ....0 Zac Baker, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .....1 .....0 ......2
Drew Smith, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . .310 . . . .9.1 . . . .4 Jordan Darnell, NW . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 57 . . . 19.0 ....0
Mickey Guerrero, MC . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . .274 . . . .5.9 . . . .3
Chris White, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . .252 . . . .6.0 . . . .4
Reaves Coker, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 49 . . . 24.5 ....0 PUNTING
Mike Martin, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . .235 . . . .9.8 . . . .3
Jake White, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . .176 . . . .4.3 . . . .0 SCORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NO . . . YDS . . . . AVG
Ben Crump, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . 503 . . . . 35.9
Stryker Brown, DAL . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . .196 . . . .4.8 . . . .0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TD . . . . XP . . . . FG . . . . TOT Drew Smith, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . 442 . . . . 35.1
Tre Beck, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . .147 . . . .4.7 . . . .1 Dean Haynes, NW . . . . . . . . . . 12 .....1 .....0 . . . . . 74 Toombs Norman, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . 424 . . . . 30.3
Tanner McCutcheon, SE . . . . . . 28 . . . . .124 . . . .4.4 . . . .1 Shaquan Moore, DAL . . . . . . . . 11 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 66 Carlos Ojeda, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 80 . . . . 26.7
Austin Williams, MC . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . .109 . . . .1.3 . . . .1 Carmelo Apodaca, SE . . . . . . . . . 5 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 30 Jason McFarland, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . 281 . . . . 23.4
Carter Gillean, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .105 . . .26.2 . . . .1 Beau Blackwood, DAL . . . . . . . . 5 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 30
Chad Keeter, NW . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . .96 . . . .7.4 . . . .2
Lance Andrews, NW . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . .96 . . . .6.4 . . . .0
Jose Garcia, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 23 . . . . . 1 . . . . . 26 DEFENSE
Drew Smith, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 24
Beau Blackwood, DAL . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . .95 . . . .4.7 . . . .5 Chris White, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAC . . . . FF . . . FR . . INT
PASSING Romeo Williams, NW . . . . . . . . . 4
Mike Martin, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
.....0 .....0
.....0 .....0
. . . . . 24
. . . . . 18
Garren Palmer, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . 1 . . . . 0
Zach Sneed, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . 0 . . . . 2
....1
....1
Jeremy Bishop, SE . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 18 Zac Baker, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 ....0
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM . . . ATT . . . YDS . . . TD . . INT Mickey Guerrero, MC . . . . . . . . . 3 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 18 Carlos Prieto, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 ....0
Tanner McCutcheon, SE . 85 . . . 187 . . . . 970 . . . . 8 . . . 16 Oscar Solarzano, NW . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 18 . . . . . 0 . . . . . 18 Ethan Watson, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 ....0
Stryker Brown, DAL . . . . . 43 . . . . 72 . . . . 631 . . . . 5 ....3 Jesus Serna, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .....7 .....2 . . . . . 13 Carmelo Apodaca, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 ....0
Dean Haynes, NW . . . . . . 34 . . . . 63 . . . . 463 . . . . 2 ....2 Tre Beck, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Jay Motley, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 ....0
Austin Williams, MC . . . . . 25 . . . . 49 . . . . 171 . . . . 3 ....2 Chad Keeter, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Jalen Fields, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 ....0
Tevin Collins, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Jason McFarland, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 ....3
RECEIVING Luke Mealer, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Martin Self, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 ....0
Allen Moore, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Chris Quarles, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . 0 . . . . 1 ....0
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REC . . . YDS . . . AVG . . . TD Zach Harper, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .....0 .....0 . . . . . 12 Blake Thornton, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 ....0
Jeremy Bishop, SE . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . 346 . . . 13.8 ....3 Michael Lopez, MC . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .....3 .....2 ......9 Zac Dills, MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 ....0
Damond O’Neal, SE . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . 334 . . . 12.4 ....1 Damond O’Neal, SE . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....2 .....0 ......8 Justin Adams, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 ....0
Carter Crutchfield, DAL . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . 207 . . . 18.8 ....1 Clayton Geary, NW . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6 Justin White, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . 3 . . . . 0 ....0
Zach Harper, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . 143 . . . . 11.0 ....2 Jason McFarland, SE . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6 Romeo Williams, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . 3 . . . . 1 ....3
Drew Smith, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . 138 . . . 12.5 ....0 Jordan Darnell, NW . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6 Josh Wilson, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 ....0
Tevin Collins, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . 130 . . . 18.6 ....2 Austin Williams, MC . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6 Carter Crutchfield, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 ....0
Caleb Moore, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . 116 . . . 10.5 ....1 Wesley Bell, NW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .....0 .....0 ......6 Josh Morgan, SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . 0 . . . . 2 ....0
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THIS WEEK’S GAMES
Cass (2-3, 0-2) Murray County (1-4, 0-1)
at Dalton (5-1, 2-1) at Rome (5-1, 3-0)
■ WHEN: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ■ WHEN: Friday, 8 p.m. Murray County
■ WHERE: Harmon Field, Dalton ■ WHERE: Barron Stadium, Rome quarterback
■ COST: $7 ■ COST: $7 Austin
■ RADIO: WYYU-104.5 FM ■ RADIO: None Williams, right,
■ TV: Charter 27, Optilink 59 (Not available ■ LAST WEEK: Murray County was off; and the
on satellite) Rome beat Woodland-Bartow, 42-19 Indians will
■ LAST WEEK: Cass lost to Northwest ■ LAST TIME: Rome beat Murray 24-12 head to Rome
Whitfield, 35-7; Dalton lost to Sequoyah, 38-14 (2005) High’s Barron
■ LAST TIME: Dalton won, 21-7 (1989) ■ THE SERIES: Rome leads, 5-7 Stadium this
■ THE SERIES: Dalton leads, 6-0 ■ COACHES: Josh Lowe, Murray County week for a
■ COACHES: Rick Casko, Cass (25-31, (1-14, second season) Sid Fritts, Rome (35-7, tough test
sixth season); Adam Winegarden, Dalton (5-1, fourth season) against the
first season) ■ TOP PLAYERS: Murray County — LB state-ranked
■ TOP PLAYERS: Cass — QB Brian Ethan Watson (Sr., 6-0, 200), PK Michael Wolves.
Owens (Sr., 5-7, 170), WR Tarris Batiste (So., Lopez (Sr., 5-9, 165), RB Mickey Guerrero (Jr.,
6-1, 170), LB Kwamaime Winters (So., 6-0, 6-0, 190), Rome — QB/DB Jamalcolm Griffin MATT HAMILTON
185); Dalton — QB Stryker Brown (Jr., 5-10, (Sr., 6-3, 170), WR/RB Reggie Whatley (Jr., 5- The Daily Citizen
160), RB Shaquan Moore (Jr., 6-0 175), DE 7, 160), FB/DT P.J. Green (Sr., 5-9, 235)
Jalen Fields (Jr., 6-4, 230) ■ WHEN MURRAY COUNTY HAS THE
■ WHEN CASS HAS THE BALL: The BALL: The Indians’ bread and butter is a run-
Colonels usually rely heavily on quarterback Brian ning game based out of the spread option, how-
Owens to spearhead their offense. Owens is one ever, in their last game two weeks ago against
of seven seniors on the team, with only “three or Northwest Whitfield, Murray had a lot of suc-
four playing,” according to coach Rick Casko. cess in the passing game, with quarterback
That’s a far cry from 2007, when the Colonels had Austin Williams throwing two touchdowns —
superstar running back Richard Samuel, who one a 38-yard bomb to Luke Mealer and the
rushed for 1,429 yards with 26 touchdowns. other a 9-yard pass to tight end Zac Dills.
Samuel is now a freshman at Georgia. Last week Rome’s defense is similar to Northwest’s in the
at Northwest Whitfield, Owens was limited to 58 sense that they’re both very physical, so it will
yards rushing on 15 carries with a touchdown. be interesting to see if Indians try to build on
■ WHEN DALTON HAS THE BALL: The their passing success.
Cats have two of the area’s top seven rushers, ■ WHEN ROME HAS THE BALL: The
led by No. 1 Shaquan Moore, who has 596 Wolves are a run-first team that works out of
yards with 10 touchdowns. He averages 7.2 the wing-T, and they’ve been very good at it
yards per carry. And if defenses key too much ever since Sid Fritts has coached Rome. This
on Moore, backs Chris White and Tre Beck are year, they have a lot of speed from running
dangerous and quarterback Stryker Brown has quarterback Jamalcolm Griffin, slot receiver/run-
passed for 631 yards and gained 196 on the ning back Reggie Whatley and fullback P.J.
ground. Wide receivers Carter Crutchfield and Green. Fritts said his young offensive line has
Tevin Collins have combined for 18 receptions limited the passing game, so expect the Wolves
for 337 yards and three touchdowns. Moore to focus their game plan on clock control, a plan
also has a touchdown catch to his credit. that will be helped by the presence of Green,
■ DID YOU KNOW?: Cass will go into the one of the region’s toughest backs.
game having lost all six times it has faced Dal- ■ DID YOU KNOW?: Winning is all Sid
ton over the years. In those six games, the Fritts knows. In addition to his 35-7 record at
Catamounts have outscored the Colonels, 166- Rome, he was 53-8 at Class 2A’s Vidalia and
68. On three occasions, Dalton has held Cass has a career winning percentage of .850. His
to nine or fewer points. The two teams first met “worst” season since he started coaching in the
in 1984 and the Cats won 16-12. Peach State was his first in 2000, when he
■ QUOTE THAT: “Coaches and players went 8-3. He hasn’t lost more than two games
were disappointed how we played last week in a season since.
against Sequoyah (38-14 loss). You just can’t ■ QUOTE THAT: “We try to preach what
make the mistakes we made against a good we always preach anytime we’re about to play
team. I credit them for playing well, but at the an opponent, which is focus on the next one on
same time we were very good to them and put your schedule. I know that sounds like coach
ourselves in tough situations to come from talk, but we have to take it one game at a time.”
behind.” — Dalton coach Adam Winegarden on — Rome coach Sid Fritts when asked how he
rebounding from the team’s first defeat. would prepare his team to face the Indians.
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CARROLLTON (5-1) CASS (2-3)
REGION results
standings
Westminster . . . . . . . . . . L
Douglas County . . . . . . . W
Avondale . . . . . . . . . . . . W
. . . . . . . . 24-7
. . . . . . . 17-14
. . . . . . . . 65-0
Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-3
Oct. 10 — Haralson County
Oct. 24 — Central Carroll
Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . . L
South Paulding . . . . . . . . W
Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
. . . . . . . 25-20
. . . . . . . . . 6-3
. . . . . . . 22-15
Oct. 10 — At Dalton
Oct. 17 — Sequoyah
Oct. 24 — Murray County
schedules Whitewater . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 24-23 Oct. 31 — at Cedartown Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 28-0 Oct. 31 — at Woodland
AAAA
Heritage-Catoosa . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 58-0 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Northwest Whitfield . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 35-7 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
CARTERSVILLE (4-2) DALTON (5-1)
Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 25-20 Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 21-3 Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 30-7 Sequoyah . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 38-14
Rockmart . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 39-28 Oct. 17 — at Central Carroll Sprayberry . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 34-14 Oct. 10 — Cass
Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-7 Oct. 24 — Cedartown South Paulding . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-14 Oct. 24 — at Rome
Westminster . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 48-21 Oct. 31 — at Haralson County Murray County . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 47-10 Oct. 31 — Northwest Whitfield
LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 34-7 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Woodland-Bartow . . . . . W . . . . . . . 36-14 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
CEDARTOWN (1-4) HILLGROVE (3-2)
Division A Rockmart . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-12 Oct. 10 — Central Carroll Haralson County . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 39-0 Oct. 10 — Osborne
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall . . . Reg. . . PF . . PA Pepperell . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
Coosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
. . . . . . . 41-14
. . . . . . . 19-14
Oct. 17 — at Haralson County
Oct. 24 — at Cartersville
Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 21-7 Oct. 17 — at Sprayberry
Sequoyah . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 28-6 Oct. 24 — Hiram
Northwest Whitfield . . . 5-1 . . . . 3-0 . . 200 . . 88 Chattooga . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 48-22 Oct. 31 — Carrollton Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-15 Oct. 31 — Paulding County
Ridgeland . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 42-21 Nov. 7 — Region playoff South Paulding . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 17-6 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 . . . . 3-0 . . 172 . . 67
CENTRAL CARROLL (3-3) HIRAM (3-2)
Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 . . . . 2-1 . . 189 . . 97 Villa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 34-0 Haralson County . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-14 Washington . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-19 Oct. 10 — South Paulding
Sequoyah . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 . . . . 1-1 . . 146 . . 87 Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-14 Oct. 10 — at Cedartown Northwest Whitfield . . . . . W . . . . . . . 21-14 Oct. 17 — at Osborne
Northside Columbus . . . W . . . . . . . . 24-6 Oct. 17 — Cartersville Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 22-15 Oct. 24 — at Hillgrove
Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 . . . . 0-2 . . . 55 . 106 Coosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 27-7 Oct. 24 — at Carrollton Northgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 27-10 Oct. 31 — Sprayberry
Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 17-14 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Paulding County . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 44-38 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Murray County . . . . . . . 1-4 . . . . 0-2 . . . 53 . 188
HARALSON COUNTY (1-5) MURRAY COUNTY (1-4)
Woodland-Bartow . . . . 3-3 . . . . 0-3 . . 198 . 155 Hillgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 39-0 Central Carroll . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-14 East Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 17-13 Oct. 10 — at Rome
Division B Bowdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
West Laurens . . . . . . . . . L
. . . . . . . 42-14
. . . . . . . 24-21
Oct. 10 — at Carrollton
Oct. 17 — Cedartown
Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 36-0 Oct. 17 — Woodland-Bartow
LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 57-14 Oct. 24 — at Cass
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall . . . Reg. . . PF . . PA Paulding County . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 27-12 Oct. 31 — Cartersville Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 47-10 Oct. 31 — at Sequoyah
Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 49-25 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Northwest Whitfield . . . . . L . . . . . . . 35-12 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 . . . . 1-0 . . 117 . 120
HERITAGE-CATOOSA (0-6) NORTHWEST WHITFIELD (5-1)
Hillgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 . . . . 1-0 . . 104 . . 70 Sonoraville . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 42-6 LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 54-3 Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 53-0 Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 35-7
Sprayberry . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 . . . . 1-0 . . 135 . . 118 Gordon Central . . . . . . . . L
Gordon Lee . . . . . . . . . . . L
. . . . . . . . 49-9
. . . . . . . . 40-7
Oct. 17 — at LFO
Oct. 24 — Ridgeland
Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
Sprayberry . . . . . . . . . . . W
. . . . . . . 21-14
. . . . . . . 21-20
Oct. 17 — Rome
Oct. 24 — Sequoyah
South Paulding . . . . . . 2-3 . . . . 0-1 . . 100 . . 72 Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 55-17 Oct. 31 — at Ringgold Woodland-Bartow . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-28 Oct. 31 — at Dalton
Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 58-0 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Murray County . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-12 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 . . . . 0-1 . . . 56 . 174
LAFAYETTE (4-2) OSBORNE (2-3)
Paulding County . . . . . 1-4 . . . . 0-1 . . . 96 . 184 North Paulding . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 50-15 Heritage-Catoosa . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 54-3 Pebblebrook . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 34-7 Oct. 10 — at Hillgrove
Trion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 15-12 Oct. 17 — Ringgold Murray County . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 36-0 Oct. 17 — Hiram
6
Murray County . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 57-14 Oct. 24 — at Southeast Woodland-Bartow . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 48-0 Oct. 24 — At Paulding County
LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 36-33 Oct. 31 — Ridgeland Sandy Creek . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 42-7 Oct. 31 — at South Paulding
REGION
Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 34-7 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Sprayberry . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 50-7 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
results LAKEVIEW-FORT OGLETHORPE (2-4) PAULDING COUNTY (1-4)
standings Coosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 19-12 Ridgeland . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 28-20 Pepperell . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 32-0 Oct. 10 — at Sprayberry
Gordon Lee . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 14-6 Oct. 17 — Heritage-Catoosa Woodland-Bartow . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 48-21 Oct. 17 — South Paulding
schedules North Paulding . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 56-14 Oct. 24 — at Ringgold Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 48-10 Oct. 24 — Osborne
AAA
LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 65-0 Oct. 31 — Southeast Haralson County . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 27-12 Oct. 31 — at Hillgrove
Mt. Paran Christian . . . . W . . . . . . . . 30-0 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Hiram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 44-38 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
RIDGELAND (3-2) ROME (5-1)
Gordon Lee . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10-6 Oct. 10 — at Ringgold East Paulding . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 10-7 Woodland-Bartow . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-19
Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 28-8 Oct. 17 — Southeast Hillgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 21-7 Oct. 10 — Murray County
Darlington . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 16-13 Oct. 24 — at Heritage-Catoosa Paulding County . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-10 Oct. 17 — at Northwest Whitfield
Cedartown . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 42-21 Oct. 31 — at LaFayette Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-0 Oct. 24 — Dalton
LFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 28-20 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Sequoyah . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 26-21 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Division A RINGGOLD (2-3) SEQUOYAH (4-1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall . . . Reg. . . PF . . PA Murphy, N.C. . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 48-27 Oct. 10 — Ridgeland Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 24-7 Oct. 10 — Woodland-Bartow
Adairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-17 Oct. 17 — at LaFayette Creekview . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 35-34 Oct. 17 — at Cass
LaFayette . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 . . . . 2-0 . . 216 . . 112 South Paulding . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 26-21 Oct. 24 — LFO Hillgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 28-6 Oct. 24 — at Northwest Whitfield
Central Carroll . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 17-14 Oct. 31 — Heritage-Catoosa Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 26-21 Oct. 31 — Murray County
Ridgeland . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 . . . . 1-0 . . 101 . . 91 Southeast . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 48-0 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 38-14 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 . . . . 1-0 . . 130 . 108 SOUTHEAST (1-5) SOUTH PAULDING (2-3)
Northwest Whitfield . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 53-0 Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 48-0 Allatoona . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 51-0 Oct. 10 — at Hiram
Southeast . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 . . . . 1-1 . . 123 . 223 Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 20-14 Oct. 17 — at Ridgeland Cass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Oct. 17 — At Paulding County
Heritage-Catoosa . . . . 0-6 . . . . 0-1 . . . 42 . 298 Sonoraville . . . . . . . . . . . . L
Heritage-Catoosa . . . . . . W
. . . . . . . 36-29
. . . . . . . 55-17
Oct. 24 — LaFayette
Oct. 31 — at LFO
Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
Ringgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
. . . . . . . 28-14
. . . . . . . 26-21
Oct. 24 — Sprayberry
Oct. 31 — Osborne
Lakeview-FO . . . . . . . . 2-4 . . . . 0-2 . . 157 . . 111 Haralson County . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 49-25 Nov. 7 — Region playoff Hillgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . 17-6 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
SPRAYBERRY (2-3)
Lassiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 42-28 Oct. 10 — Paulding County
Division B THIS WEEK’S GAMES Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
Northwest Whitfield . . . . . L
. . . . . . . 34-14
. . . . . . . 21-20
Oct. 17 — Hillgrove
Oct. 24 — at South Paulding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall . . . Reg. . . PF . . PA Starr’s Mill . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 23-14 Oct. 31 — at Hiram
Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 50-7 Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Carrollton . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 . . . . 1-0 . . 192 . . 64 Haralson County at Carrollton Murray County at Rome
Central Carroll at Cedartown Paulding County at Sprayberry WOODLAND-BARTOW (3-3)
Central Carroll . . . . . . . 3-3 . . . . 1-0 . . 107 . 106 Ridgeland at Ringgold Woodland-Bartow at Sequoyah Adairsville . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 41-14 Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . 42-19
Paulding County . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . 48-21 Oct. 10 — at Sequoyah
Cedartown . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 . . . . 0-0 . . . 92 . 162 Cass at Dalton (Cartersville, Heritage-Catoosa, Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . 48-0 Oct. 17 — at Murray County
Osborne at Hillgrove LaFayette, LFO, Northwest
Cartersville . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 . . . . 0-1 . . 139 . 131 South Paulding at Hiram Whitfield, Southeast OFF)
Northwest Whitfield . . . . . L
Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L
. . . . . . . 42-28
. . . . . . . 36-14
Oct. 31 — Cass
Nov. 7 — Region playoff
Haralson County . . . . . 1-5 . . . . 0-1 . . 110 . 185 w w w . d a l t o n c i t i z e n . c o m
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