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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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Greenfield tops Middleton
20-6 for first win |
By Jason Peevyhouse
Sports Editor |
Mother Nature may have sent the Greenfield Yellowjackets
and Middleton Tigers, as well as local football fans, a
significant downpour during the second quarter of Friday
night’s contest, but nothing was going to rain on the
Greenfield parade as the ’Jackets scored twice in the
second half to put away the Tigers and take a 20-6 win.
Greenfield got started off on the right foot as Thanos
Edmontson opened the game with an 11-yard carry for a
first down. Two plays later, Edmonston picked up another
first down with a 13-yard gain. However, a penalty
stalled the drive as the five yards lost proved to be
enough to force the ’Jackets to punt.
Middleton took over at their own 24-yard line and went
to their hefty fullback Brandon McKinnie, as the 6-4,
300-pound back busted through the Greenfield defense for
a 14-yard gain. After another pair of McKinnie runs, as
well as a six-yard carry by Logan Howell, an offsides
penalty gave the Tigers another first down. Middleton
was able to pick up two more first downs before the end
of the first frame, both inside the ’Jackets territory.
After an eight-yard gain by Kevin Prewitt gave the
Tigers a fresh set of downs at the Greenfield 30-yard
line, McKinnie gained another first down and eight more
yards two plays later. However, as the quarter changed,
the ’Jacket defense toughened up and kept the Tigers out
of the end zone.
(Read the rest of this story in the September 27th edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!) |
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Gleason continues skid
with 26-0 loss to Fulton Co. |
By Rory Higgins
Sports Writer |
Coming off
their loss at Union City from last week, the Gleason
Bulldogs were visited by the Fulton County Pilots on
Friday night. Despite a 30-minute rain delay, a shower
during most of the second quarter, and another impending
storm, the game went on that evening, with the home team
suffering a 0-26 loss.
The game started almost 30 minutes late as officials
waited for a storm overhead to pass, but the game got
off to a quick first quarter as both teams seemed to
have trouble maintaining control of the ball.
Multiple turnovers and running plays saw the opening
stanza scoreless, but just as the rain began in the
second quarter, the Pilots began to make some successful
offensive plays following a quarterback sack from Fulton
County that forced a turnover on downs at the FCHS
48-yard line.
From there, a couple plays pushed Fulton County up to
the Gleason 39-yard line, but a stop from a host of
Bulldogs helped push the Pilots back to the 50-yard line
on a run from Antione Gaston.
Gleason's defense was not able to stave off Fulton
County for too much longer, as a 39-yard touchdown from
Johnathan Roberson to Chaz Dial made the scoreboard 7-0,
with the kicked extra point good.
(Read the rest of this story in the September 27th edition of the
Dresden Enterprise.) |
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Dresden Middle tops
Gleason in junior high action |
By Jason Peevyhouse
Sports Editor |
The Dresden Middle School Lions got back to their
winning ways against Weakley County opponents on
Thursday night as they rebounded from a loss to Martin a
week earlier to hand the Gleason Bulldogs a 34-6
setback.
It did not take long for the Lions to get on the board.
After a pair of runs that netted seven yards, Lion
running back Will Vernon broke through the Gleason
defense for a 56-yard touchdown run. Gatlin Hatchel
added the two-point conversion to make the score 8-0
with 6:25 left in the opening frame.
Dresden got on the board again later in the first frame
and once again it only took a few plays for the Lions to
get across the goal line. A nine-yard run by Hatchel
followed by a 15-yard pass from Dale Hutcherson to
Michawl Hawks set up a 14-yard Vernon run for a
touchdown with 10.5 seconds left in the first frame.
Gleason was able to answer back at the start of the
second frame. After picking up a pair of first downs
with a six-yard run from James Owen and an 18-yard pass
from Kirby Esch to Douglas Valley, DMS appeared ready to
halt the Gleason drive. But, an unsportsmanlike penalty
proved to be costly as it gave the Bulldogs a fresh set
of downs and an extra 15 yards. Two plays later, Owen
scored on a seven-yard carry to make the score 14-6 with
3:03 left in the first half.
However, the Lions were able to answer right back. Led
on the ground by runs from Hatchel and Vernon, DMS put
the ball in the air as time ran out. Hutcherson hit
Hawks for a 31-yard touchdown strike to make the score
20-6 at the half.
(Read the rest of this story in the September 27th edition of the
Dresden Enterprise.) |
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