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Panthers claw 'Dawgs in Brundidge
Published Friday, October 24, 2008
In a tough defensive battle, it was a six-yard Bradley Horne scamper into the end zone that put the only points on the board in a 7-0 Geneva win over Pike County High School Friday night.
Both teams finished with 177 yards of offense and both reached the redzone only once, but it was the Panthers who made their trip inside the 20 count.
The Bulldogs (5-4, 5-2 AHSAA Class 3A, Region 2) had some turnover trouble and some costly penalties that contributed to the loss.
“We had three turnovers in the first half,” Pike County head coach Brad Waggoner said, “Any time you have that many turnovers in the first half against a good team like Geneva you’re going to be in trouble.”
The turnovers came off two fumbles and botched snap on a punt.
The ‘Dawgs also had four penalties for 25 yards.
Neither offense could get things going during the matchup in Bulldog Stadium.
The teams traded possessions throughout the first half and were knotted at 0-0 at the half.
Pike County got the ball to start the second half, but stalled at their own 49.
Geneva took over at their own 42 and went to work.
The Panthers ran down the clock in a methodical 11-play drive that took five minutes off the clock before Horne took the naked bootleg in for the touchdown.
“You’ve got to give Geneva credit for hanging in there all night long and making the play when they had to,” Waggoner said.
In the back-and-forth battle, Pike County got the ball four more times, but each time saw their offense stall.
“We are disappointed with the mistakes during the game, but we have to put it behind us and get ready for the playoffs,” Waggoner said.
Gerald Adams led the Bulldogs. Adams had eight carries for 47 yards and CC Griffin added seven rushes for 44 yards.
On defense, Eddie Carter had 15 tackles while Elijah Caple had 13 tackles including two sacks.
Horne led Geneva, as he was 6-of-7 through the air for 37 yards along with his touchdown run.
Pike County is off until the first round of the playoffs Nov. 7. The Bulldogs will head to Waggoner's old stomping grounds in Luverne for a battle with the Region 1 No. 2 seed Tigers.
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Posted by bulldogfan (anonymous) on October 25, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I was at the game last night and it was a defensive struggle. We had several chances to start with and we did our ownselves in by turning the ball over 3 times and snapping ball over punters head.
Coach Waggoner has done an amazing job with our kids and you could tell a big difference in them last night because they stuck together the entire game even though things did not go there way. The Dawgs play at Luverne first round and it is good we go on the road because our home crowd is embarrassing because we have a bunch of fans that have no clue about football and some still complaining about our loss to Cordova last year.
Posted by turtle (anonymous) on October 25, 2008 at 8:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sadly it has been like that all season with the people in the stands bulldogfan. I refuse to call those people fans because fans would not act like those jerks do. Hopefully I can make it to Luverne and support the kids who decided to stick it out with Coach Waggoner and show everyone that Bulldog football is alive and well under his watch. Go bulldogs!
Posted by bulldogfan (anonymous) on October 25, 2008 at 9:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Turtle, you are right on. These clowns we have that call themselves dawg fans are classless. It is ashame when I hear our kids say they want to play on the road because we have fans that are embarrassing. The fans that are classless all sit in the same section and one of them is a do called Reverend! Can you believe that! I am proud we have a coach that stands up to those classless people and does his job the right way! Dr. Bazzell you ought to be commended for bringing class back to pike county high school and it will pay off in the long term
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