Walkertown runner Reggie Green III, No. 6 in black, gets dragged to the turf by a Parkland defender.
Parkland
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Awater
said they kept the ball on
the ground mostly because
they had to start their back
up quarterback against the
Wolf pack.
The Mustang defense is
not to be overlooked. The
team members were able to
keep Walkertown in long
yardage situations all night
long. With the Wolfjpack
unable to throw the ball
effectively, the Parkland
defenders could key in on
the Walkertown running
backs.
Walkertown was deal
ing with a few injuries,
leaving the team somewhat
depleted coming into the
game. The team gave
maximum effort all game,
especially Reggie Green
III, who is affectionately
nicknamed "Mr. Versatile"
by Walkertown head coach
Chris Cannon. Green took
snaps at quarterback and
running back on offense
along with being the start
ing cornerback on defense
and returned kicks.
Cannon says he was
happy that the team never
gave up and fought all
game even when the game
was out of reach.
"As far as tonight's
game, J the team] gave a
valiant effort but we were
outmanned, and that's what
it came down to," said
Cannon. "I like the effort
we put in during the sec
ond half. The first half we
came out a little sluggish,
buf I think we have some
building blocks."
The lone score for
Walkertown came from a
Parkland fumble and was
picked up by Wolfpack
defender Zack Monette
who returned it 68 yards
for the score. The
Walkertown sideline went
wild with cheers.
Thursday's game" was
the second of the season
for Walkertown because of
a lack of players, and
coach Cannon says he
wants his team to continue
to grow throughout the
season.
"We didn't give up, and
any time you can look at
the scoreboard and you see
that you're down and your
brothers are hurt and you
can keep fighting, that's
better than any score,"
Cannon continual.
Parkland's lone loss of
the year came against West
Forsyth in Week 2 of the
season. Parkland is sched
uled to play Carver.
Atwater says his team was
not prepared for West, but
says the team will be when
they face off next week.
Cannon said his team
may be a little thin but the
team will fight hard every
week and he is confident
that they will win a game
this year.
Photos by Timothy Ramsey
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The scoreboard tells the story about the game Saturday, Sept. 10. Winston-Salem State University upends Catawba.
Rams
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drive,
would end on the foot of
Johnson, as WSSU
increased its lead to 23-10,
with 12:17 left to play.
Catawba would not go
away, and with 6:32 left
nginthe game, Mike
Sheehan scored from four
yards out, to cut the Rams
lead to 23-17, setting up
another dramatic ending
for the WSSU Rams.
The Rams offense
would methodically move
the ball on their series,
using a much of the game
Rebound
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ters together and eliminating penalties.
"The main thing is to get better at what we do. We
make adjustments to each team and we run our defense.
We have to go out and have a good week of practice and
get ready to finish up before conference play starts."
Hyatt continued.
Hyatt says he knows they have some tough opponents
in conference play but says the championship is "up for
grabs." He thinks if his players stay healthy, they have a
great chance to compete for the championship,
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clock as possible, using
4:33 seconds on a 10-play
drive. The Rams would
eventually settle for a 36
yards field goal attempt
from Will Johnson, who
this time missed, as scaled
ball sailed wide right, to
keep the score at 23-17,
with 2:12 remaining in the
game.
Catawba would get the
ball back on their own 20
yard line, trying to get to
the end zone, before the
clock struck zero.
After back-to-back
completions, and with the
help of a roughing the
passer call on the Rams,
the Indians moved into the
Rams territory, leaving the
WSSU fans on the edge of
their seat for the second
consecutive week.
But after two incom
pletions. Sheehan's third
down pass was completed,
but came up shot of the
first down, and on fourth
down and one, he inexpli
cably rushed to the line and
spiked on the ball on fourth
down, turning the ball over
on downs to Winston
Salem State.
The WSSU Rams
would kneel on the ball,
and come away with the
23-17 win.
The Rams were led in
rushing by Te'Vaughn
Hurse, who finished with a
game-high 103 yards and
one touchdown. Xavier
Quick had five canies for
48 yards and Kerrion
Moore finished with 10
canies for 44 yards. Justus
Pickett had 10 carries for
0
19 yards.
Rod Tins Icy had a solid
night guiding the Rams, as
he finished 12 of 18 pass
ing for 142 yards and one
touchdown. He had a long
pass of 49 yards.
Reggie Wilkins led the
Rams receiving corps,
hauling in three catches for
42 yards and Demeeko
Jones also had three catch
es for 27 yards. Canard
Brown had two catches for
54 yards and one touch
down. Te'Vaughn Hurse
also hauled in two catches.
Will Walton and Xavier
Quick each had one catch.
Defensively, WSSU
was led by Braxton Daye,
who finished with nine
tackles, one tackk for loss,
two forced fumbles and
two quarterback hurries.
Kailan Chavis had six tack
les and two pass breakups,
and CJ Washington,
Daryus Skinner and PJ
Clyburn each had five
tackles. Clyburn also
picked up a fumble recov
ery. Jarrell Bright finished
with four tackles, and eight
other Rams defenders had
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