Photo* by Craig T. Gmakt
Eagles running bock Joelon Currence-Daniels (12) battles for yardage against Pierce Alston of the Raiders.
Flurry
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from tying the game and
possibly forcing overtime.
The Raiders attempted
an on-sides kick, but failed
to recover and East Forsyth
took over near midfield. On
the next play, Maxie took
the handoff. slipped two
tackles, then raced down
the right sideline on a
game-clinching 47-yard
touchdown run. It was his
third score of the night.
The Eagles, who led
26-12 at the half, added an
exclamation point to the
victory when DJ. Hodge
intercepted a Raiders pass
on the last play of the
game.
Maxie produced some
crowd-pleasing runs, the
most memorable came in
the third quarter from 38
yards out. He started out
toward the left sideline, but
made a sharp cut near the
hash-mark. He sidestepped
one defender, did a spin
move to escape another
tackier and outran the rest
of the defense to score
standing up.
The Eagles didn't have
to rely solely on Maxie's
input. Childs and Barrett
proved to be difficult to
contain as pass receivers
and on kick returns. Childs
stunned the Raiders with an
85-yard punt return for a
touchdown in the first half.
Carter, who played run
ning back, quarterback and
linebacker, provided the
bulk the offensive fire
works for Reagan. Aside
from his fumble recovery
for six points. Carter scored
on a short run and he
caught a screen pass, which
he tufned into a 43-yard
touchdown.
East Forsyth and
Reagan were originally
scheduled to play on Sept.
3 (Thursday). The game,
however, was postponed
because of thunderstorms
and rescheduled for the fol
lowing Monday. As a
result, both teams had to
double up on that week
with a second game, which
was played three days later
on Sept. 17. The Eagles
hosted Greensboro
Grimsley and the Raiders
squared traveled to play
Greensboro Page.
Hortom
Reagan's Jarod Sullivan (9) signals possession after recovering an East Forsyth
fumble.
Whips
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answer with a score, but
John Saunders' pass was
picked off by Titans defen
sive back KeAndre Buyna
to end that threat. Three
plays later. Latham hooked
with Kallai Buyna again,
this time for a 25-yard
touchdown, and West
Forsyth extended its lead to
29-18 at the half.
High Point Central (3
1) managed to stay in con
tention with much help
from its passing attack. The
Titans went up 36-18 on
Latham's 29-yard scoring
pass to Davis Latham. But
the Bison responded and
trimmed the deficit to two
touchdowns (36-24) on
Saunders' 12-yard touch
down pass to Trent
Westray.
The Titans added one
more score early in the
fourth quarter on Mack
Duke's 40-yard touchdown
run. High Point Central
closed the gap to 13 points
on Isaiah Bagley's 34-yard
touchdown reception.
The Bison got the ball
back on the ensuing kickoff
by recovering an on-sides
kick near midfield. With a
little over five minutes
remaining, the Titans
clinched the victory wen
Stephen McBride inter
cepted a Saunders pass to
end that drive.
"I keep telling our
defense that if we can get
stops and have a lot of
three-and-outs. we'll win
ball games," said Eure.
"We have a strong offense
that's operating on all
cylinders. I don't get nerv
ous when our offense has
the ball because we have so
many different weapons to
work with."
Drew Latham finished
the game with three touch
down passes (two to Kallai
Buyna) and Duke rushed
for two scores. Multi-pur
pose back Kenyar
McPhatter produced the
Titans' first score of the
game on a one-yard run
For the Bison. Saunders
passed for four touchdowns
and Bagley ran for a score
and had two touchdown
receptions.
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Photos by Craig T Omsk*
West Forsyth's defense stuffs the run and strips the ball from High Point Central's Isaac Bagley (24 in
white). Clifton Mack (bottom) gets ready to recover the fumble for the Titans.
Thursday, Sept. 24
Southern Guilford @ North Forsyth, 7 p.m.
Mount Tabor @ Reagan, 6 p.m.
Parkland @ West Forsyth, 6 p.m.
East Forsyth @ Greensboro Page, 7 p.m.
Davie County @ Reynolds, 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 28 *
Carver @ North Forsyth, 7 p.m.
* Rescheduled from Sept. 10 game, which was
postponed because of thunderstorms.
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West Forsyth wide-out Jamon Brown (5) catches
a pass against High Point Central's Cobb Sella.
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