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2B Monday, September 14, 2009
Thumbs: Delic big on special teams unit
➣ Continued from page 1B
Against agood team, that
will cost dearly.
Twomissed PATs. Some
snaps looked alittle high
and that may have contributed.
Then again, kicker
Nick Jang may have just
been tired from all the work.
Dalton
■ THUMBS UP:
Offensive firepower.
Options? Dalton has plenty
of them. The offense rolled
up 35 points on asolid
South Paulding County
defense. Running back
Shaquon Moore has become
one of Region 7-4A most
complete players. Whether
it’s apower run from the
fullback position, using his
speed for abig gain or taking
ascreen pass at tailback,
Moore has seven inonly
three games. Quarterback
Stryker Brown is steady and
has developed anice connection
with receiver Tevin
Collins. The defense played
equally well, containing
senior Ryan Ayers, who has
verbally committed to
Georgia Tech, in limiting
him to less than 20 yards on
offense.
■ THUMBS DOWN:
Penalties. The Catamounts
racked up eight penalties for
60 yards. Several illegal
motion penalties (illegal
shift, false starts) on offense
have to be minimized as
Dalton moves forward this
season.
On the back nine,
Renwick turned in atorrid
5-under 31 that included
birdies on three of the final
four holes. Holmes had a3-
under 33 and Wingardh and
Vandeventer each carded 35
for the Vols’ 134. That was
two shots off the tournament’s
back-nine record 132
set by Georgia in the second
round of the 1999 spring
tournament.
“Through 12 or 13
holes,” said Wingardh, a
junior from Morarp,
Sweden, “and I think we
had aone- or two-shot lead.
Then everybody just
stepped up their game. We
had four guys who really
had good rounds. We talked
about how important it was
to us to win this tournament
after finishing second last
year.”
Holmes, a senior from
Knoxville, Tenn., put the
Vols’ strong finish in perspective.
“It was unbelievable,” he
said. “I’m asenior and that’s
the best nine holes this team
has ever had. It shows that
we can compete with anybody
this year. We’ve got
guys who are very mentally
tough and this was asgood
as it gets.”
The strong finished
stunned Renwick, who
birdied three of his last four
holes.
“I can’t believe we won
by 12 shots,” said Renwick,
a sophomore from
Worthing, England. “We
had good rounds the first
two days and we all felt like
we would be there at the
end. We finished second in a
lot of tournaments last year
and we talked last week that
we needed to start winning
tournaments.”
Well, Vols coach Jim
Kelson didn’t have towait
long for the first title of the
season in the team’s first
event of the fall.
“Everybody played terrific
golf,” said Kelson, after
the Vols’ 274 broke the tournament
single-round record
of 275 set by Georgia in
1999 and tied by Georgia
Tech in 2005. “This is the
Masters of college golf. I’ve
brought teams here for 10
years and we didn’t dowell
early on, but they kept inviting
us back. We finished
Northwest
■ THUMBS UP: To
Nermin Delic and the
Bruins special teams unit,
which kept Northwest in the
game early and prevented a
shutout late.
In the first quarter, Delic
blocked aSprayberry punt,
which set the Bruins up on
the Jackets’ 32, giving
Northwest an edge the field
position game. That edge
eventually led to Sprayberry
being backed up to its own 2
before aquestionable pass
interference call kept the
Jacktes’ first scoring drive
alive.
With just over aminute
left in the game, Delic
recovered the ball on abad
snap when Sprayberry was
attempting to punt and ran
the 21-yards for Northwest’s
only score.
■ THUMBS DOWN:
To offensive execution. The
Bruins never did find a
rhythm on offense and were
out of sync in the passing
game. The quarterback tandem
of Chad Keeter and
Tyler Sheppard struggled
with their accuracy onsome
throws, and on other throws
that were on target, the
receivers dropped them.
The Bruins also weren’t
getting much from production
from the run game.
Between five different rushers,
Northwest carried the
ball 34 times for just 76
yards.
Southeast
■ THUMBS UP: The
Raiders made Sonoraville
pay for most of its mistakes
in the first half, turning two
of four fumbles by the
Phoenix before halftime into
touchdowns. That was an
especially bright spot in
Southeast coach David
Crane’s assessment because
it was something his team
hadn’t done yet — in the
first two games, the Raiders
were minus-6 in turnovers.
Southeast also showed
heads-up play by not being
fooled on afake punt in the
second quarter and stopping
the Phoenix short of the
first-down marker.
Sophomore receiver David
Rayborn made anice 34-
yard catch to set up
Guerrero’s touchdown run
late in the first half and senior
wideout Jeremy Bishop
was sure-handed as the
Raiders tried to stage a
comeback.
Tanner McCutchen, the
Raiders senior quarterback,
helped out his defense in the
field position battle with
what he did as the team’s
punter, averaging 40 yards
on five kicks.
■ THUMBS DOWN:
second last year and now
we’ve got the team championship.
Youcan’t fluke your
way to this championship.
And if you win here, you
know you’ve got a good
team.”
UTC played good golf
Sunday, asdid some other
teams, but all of them were
left in Tennessee’s wake.
The Mocs’ Jaeger, who
finished tied for third overall,
got plenty of help from
teammates on the final day.
Fredrik Qvicker and
Derek Rende each shot
even-par 72 and Steven Fox
closed with a 1-over 73.
Only Jaeger, a sophomore
from Munich, Germany, finished
in the top 10.
“We felt all along
Tennessee was the team to
beat in this tournament,”
Guhne said. “We played
good and the course was
perfect and gave everyone a
good test of golf. But
Tennessee having four guys
in the 60s today was stout.
Our play was consistent and
I’m excited about what we
can do this year.”
Georgia Tech (867) finished
third, Auburn (870)
fourth and South Carolina
No phase of the game is isolated.
When ateam struggles
on special teams or
defense, it hurts the offense
— and any combination of
that scenario is true. That
was easy to see on Friday as
the Raiders let a21-point
lead slip away.
The offense couldn’t
maintain drives, picking up
just four first downs in the
first half and one less than
that in the second. The running
game was unproductive
and things weren’t much
better through the air, where
deep routes failed to yield
big plays. And it came
behind what looked like a
tough night up front, where
backs found little room to
operate.
All of that resulted in
more and more time on the
field for the defense, which
spent all but athird of the
second half trying to slow
down Sonoraville’s option
attack. But their trouble
doing that was showing
even before halftime, as the
Phoenix had 13 plays covering
6ormore yards.
Special teams had trouble,
too — at one point, four
straight kickoffs went out of
bounds — on anight the
Raiders would probably
rather forget, but must
remember long enough to
learn from the mistakes and
salvage what they can from
the painful loss.
Golf: Classic couldbearound in next year
➣ Continued from page 1B
(872) rounded out the top
five.
Georgia (982) finished
tied with East Tennessee
State for 10th.
The Bulldogs’ Russell
Henley, whose 6-under 66
propelled him into a twoshot
lead over teammate
Harris English after 36
holes, closed with a1-over
73 for a 4-under 212, the
same score as English. They
were tied for sixth place.
Clemson’s Ben Martin
(71) and Kyle Kopsick of
Auburn (69) were at 2-under
214 and tied for ninth.
NOTE: There were whispers
on Sunday that there
might not be a22nd CCCC.
However, tournament
chairman Andy Bargeron,
after presenting trophies to the
winners, said, “All Ican say is
don’t make any plans for this
weekend next year,” the implication
being that the tourney
would be around next fall.
Bargeron pointed out,
however, that no final decision
has been made about
the CCCC’s future.
This year’s tournament
was scaled back from 18
teams to 12, due primarily
to apoor economy.
LIONS 61, GENERALS 8
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Bartow 0 0 8 0 — 8
C. Heritage 7 27 20 7 — 61
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
CHR — Terrell Wilson 72 run (Nick Jang
kick)
Second Quarter
CHR — Daniel Pierce 2run (kick failed)
CHR — Wilson 21 run (Jang kick)
CHR — Mason Sikes 42 pass from
Pierce (Jang kick)
CHR — Daniel Groce 31 pass from
Pierce (Jang kick)
Third Quarter
CHR — Ethan Turnmire 20 run (Jang
kick)
BAR — Stephen Coriell 6run (Nall run)
CHR — Wilson 46 run (kick failed)
CHR — Turnmire 37 run (Jang kick)
Fourth Quarter
CHR — Turnmire 11 run (Jang kick)
YARDSTICK
BAR CHR
Rushes-Yds. 57-255 32-454
Passing Yds. 0 73
Com.-Att.-Int. 0-3-1 2-2-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Punts-Avg. 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds. 3-15 7-73
Turnovers 3 0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Bartow: Adam Gifford 18-
84, Andrew Kolodziejski 14-66, Jeff
Williams 6-40, Eric Borgese 8-32,
Stephen Coriell 7-24, Kendall Craton 1-
7, Grady Nall 3-2; Christian Heritage:
Terrell Wilson 8-258, Ethan Turnmire 5-
84, Marshal Williams 4-64, Seth Defoor
4-49, Cody Stansell 5-24, Daniel Pierce
6-0.
PASSING — Bartow: Williams 0-3-1-0;
Christian Heritage: Pierce 2-2-0-73.
RECEIVING — Christian Heritage:
Daniel Groce 1-31, Mason Sikes 1-42.
———
PHOENIX 26, RAIDERS 21
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Southeast 7 14 0 0 — 21
Sonoraville 0 0 7 19 — 26
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
SOU — Mafi Tumaua 12 fumble return
(Carlos Ojeda kick)
Second Quarter
SOU — Mickey Guerrero 99 fumble
return (Ojeda kick), 7:50
SOU — Guerrero 14 run (Ojeda kick),
1:31
Third Quarter
SON — Robert Morgan 8run (Matt
Edgars kick), 3:51
Fourth Quarter
SON — Shaqueal McAfee 18 run
(Edgars kick), 10:45
SON — McAfee 62 run (Edgars kick),
8:28
SON — McAfee 11 run (Edgars kick),
3:09
YARDSTICK
SOU SON
First Downs 7 22
Rushes-Yds. 21-55 54-392
Passing Yds. 116 98
Com.-Att.-Int. 13-22-2 8-18-0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 6-3
Punts-Avg. 5-40 4-28
Penalties-Yds. 11-71 8-70
Turnovers 2 3
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Southeast: Coty Burch 9-
26, Mickey Guerrero 5-29, Tanner
McCutchen 7-0; Sonoraville: Shaqueal
McAfee 25-282, Zach Washington 14-
65, Robert Morgan 8-46, Ryan Bess 7-
minus 1.
PASSING — Southeast: McCutchen
13-22-2-116; Sonoraville: Bess 8-18-0-
98.
RECEIVING — Southeast: Jeremy
Bishop 10-69, David Rayborn 1-34, Trey
Parris 2-13; Sonoraville: Landon
Ralston 2-35, McAfee 3-29, Washington
2-20, Wade Stephenson 1-14.
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PREP FOOTBALL: WEEK 2BOXES
CATS 35, SPARTANS 14
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Dalton 7 7 14 7 — 35
S. Paulding 0 14 0 0 — 14
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
DAL — Stryker Brown 16 pass to Tevin
Collins (Juan Garcia kick good) (:28)
Second Quarter
SOU — Brandon Black 2run (Jose
Guerra kick good) (6:20)
SOU — Black 32run (Christian Guerra
kick good) (1:59)
DAL — Brown 41 pass to Shaquon
Moore (Garcia kick good) (:33)
Third Quarter
DAL — Moore 30 run (Garcia kick)
(8:12)
DAL — Moore 15 run (Garica kick)
(4:53)
Fourth Quarter
DAL — TreBeck 14run (Garcia kick)
(11:54)
YARDSTICK
DAL SOU
First Downs 13 13
Rushes-Yds. 37-199 32-153
Passing Yds. 143 158
Com.-Att.-Int. 7-10-0 9-18-1
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Punts-Avg. 2-33 3-37
Penalties-Yds. 8-60 5-50
Turnovers 0 1
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Dalton: Shaquon Moore
17-80, Stryker Brown 9-67, TreBeck 7-
38, Chris White 3-12, Matt Cobb 1-2;
South Paulding: Brandon Black 15-95,
Isaiah Jones 9-40, White 2-8, Ayers 2-6,
Chaquan Turner 1-2, Tony Daniel 3-2.
PASSING — Dalton: Brown 7-10-2-0;
South Paulding: Daniel 9-18-0-1.
RECEIVING — Dalton: Tevin Collins 5-
87, Moore 1-41, Beck 1-16; South
Paulding: Black 2-45, Anthony Jones 2-
44, Matt Ayers 3-43, Cody Hunt 2-15,
Jones 1-11.
———
JACKETS 28, BRUINS 7
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Northwest 0 0 0 7 — 7
Sprayberry 0 21 7 0 — 28
SCORING SUMMARY
Second Quarter
SPR – D.J. Funderburg 70 pass from
Jerick McKinnon (Paul Bailey kick),
10:36.
SPR – Robert Bailey 20run (P.Bailey
kick), 6:43.
SPR – R. Bailey 15run (P.Bailey kick),
5:03.
Third Quarter
SPR – Alex Kinnard 47 run (P. Bailey
kick), 3:06.
Fourth Quarter
NOR – Nermin Delic 21 fumble return
(Oscar Solarzano kick), 1:06.
YARDSTICK
NOR SPR
First Downs 14 8
Rushes-Yds. 34-76 22-99
Passing Yds. 105 114
Com.-Att.-Int. 10-24-1 9-16-2
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Punts-Avg. 5-28.2 5-25.2
Penalties-Yds. 2-25 10-91
Turnovers 2 2
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Northwest: Jordan Darnell
5-35, Mike Martin 7-22, Lance Andrews
7-16, Tyler Shepard 3-4, Chad Keeter
13-4; Sprayberry: Robert Bailey 7-45,
Alex Kinnard 4-40, P.J. Stone 2-8, Jerick
McKinnon 7-3, Joshua Moody 1-2,
Marcus King 1-1.
PASSING – Northwest: Keeter 5-14-1
68, Shepard 5-11-0 37, Darnell 0-1 0;
Sprayberry: McKinnon 5-10-2 124,
Kinnard 4-6-0 30.
RECEIVING – Northwest: Wesley Bell
2-36, Zach Sloan 2-35, Tyler Painter 2-
23, Tyler Arnold 1-11, Cameron Crump
1-5, Darnell 1-0, Keeter 1-minus 5;
Sprayberry: D.J. Funderburg 4-86,
Stone 2-45, Justin Montgomery 2-19,
King 1-4.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — Drew
Brees looked even better
than last year, which was
bad news for aDetroit
Lions team trying to win for
the first time since 2007.
Brees tied aSaints
record with six touchdown
passes and threw for 358
yards in a45-27 victory
Sunday that extended the
Detroit Lions’ regular-season
losing streak to 18.
Brees’ touchdown passes
connected with Marques
Colston for 9yards, Robert
Meachem for 39, Jeremy
Shockey for 1and 15,
Devery Henderson for 58
and Heath Evans for 13.
Matthew Stafford’s was
16 of 37 for 205 yards with
three interceptions.
Detroit isstill eight losses
off the NFL record of 26
straight defeats by Tampa
Bay in 1976-77.
■ Vikings 34, Browns
20: In Cleveland,Brett
Favre threw a6-yard touchdown
pass to rookie Percy
Harvin in his debut with the
Vikings, and Adrian
Peterson scored three touchdowns
and finished with
180 rushing yards on 25
carries.
Favre was 14of21for
110 yards.
■ Broncos 12, Bengals
7: In Cincinnati, Brandon
Stokley caught atipped pass
and outran Cincinnati’s
PRO FOOTBALL: NFL WEEK 1SUMMARY
Brees outguns Stafford for easy Saintswin
shocked defenders for an
87-yard touchdown with 11
seconds left.
After Cedric Benson’s 1-
yard run put Cincinnati
ahead 7-6 with 38 seconds
left, Kyle Orton — in line to
shoulder the blame for a
Denver loss — threw adesperate
pass into acrowd at
the sideline, hoping
Brandon Marshall would
somehow come down with
it.
■ Eagles 38, Panthers
10: In Charllote, N.C.,
Panthers quarterback Jake
Delhomme was 7of17for
73 yards with four interceptions
and alost fumble.
Victor Abiamiri picked
up Delhomme’s fumble,
caused by Trent Cole’s sack,
and plunged 2yards for the
go-ahead touchdown on the
first play of the second
quarter. Moments later,
DeSean Jackson returned a
punt 85 yards for atouchdown,
the second longest in
franchise history.
■ Jets 24, Texans 7: In
Houston, Mark Sanchez
threw for 272 yards and a
touchdown, Thomas Jones
scored twice, and the Jets
shut down Houston’s highpowered
offense.
■ Ravens 38, Chiefs 24:
In Baltimore, Joe Flacco
went 26 for 43 for 307 yards
and three touchdowns, all
career highs. The Ravens
ruined the head coaching
debut of Kansas City’sTodd
Haley asthey amassed a
franchise-record 501 yards,
yet needed a31-yard touchdown
catch by Mark Clayton
with 2:06 left to break atie.
■ Cowboys 34,
Buccaneers 21: In Tampa,
Fla., Tony Romo threw for
353 yards and three long
touchdowns, spoiling the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’
debut under coach Raheem
Morris.
■ Colts 14, Jaguars 12:
In Indianapolis, Peyton
Manning threw for one
touchdown, Joseph Addai
ran for another and the
Colts’ defense stopped
Jacksonville twice in the
fourth quarter.
■ Giants 23, Redskins
17: In East Rutherford, N.J.,
Eli Manning threw a30-yard
touchdown pass to Mario
Manningham, and defensive
end Osi Umenyiora ran back
afumble 37 yards in his
return from aknee injury.
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■ 49ers 20, Cardinals
16: In Glendale, Ariz.,
Shaun Hill directed a15-
play, 80-yard drive for the
winning touchdown on a5-
yard pass to Frank Gore,
and the 49ers spoiled the
season debut of defending
NFC champion Arizona.
It was the Cardinals’ first
loss to an NFC West foe in
two seasons.
■ Seahawks 28, Rams
0: In Seattle, Matt
Hasselbeck finished 25 of
36 for 279 yards and three
second-half touchdowns
after throwing two first-half
interceptions.
The Rams, under new
coach Steve Spagnuolo,
gained just 247 yards in a
flop that looked alarmingly
like their 38-3 loss against
Philadelphia that opened last
season. The Rams were also
doomed by 10 penalties —
two personal fouls after
plays by volatile offensive
lineman Richie Incognito.
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