The Mt. Airy quarterback gets sacked by Walkertown defender Cody Hawk, No.
23 in black.
room Uy runotliy Ramsey
Reggie Green III ofWalkertown looks for open space during his punt return
last Thursday against Mt. Airy.
Walkertown
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Wilmoth said his team played hard but injuries played a
role in the effectiveness of the offense.
"The injury changed what we could do, so we tried to
improvise but we just couldn't get it done," Wilmoth said.
"When you're shorthanded, you just have to play. You
just have to line up and play the next play."
Walkertown received the ball first in the second half.
On the second play from scrimmage, Reggie Green III
took a handoff and outran the Mt. Airy defense all the way
to the end zone. That score gave the Wolfpack a 12-8
lead.
Without their starting quarterback, Mt. Airy could not
move the ball with any consistency. Their defense
attempted to keep them in the game by keeping the
Wolfpack off the scoreboard for the remainder of the
quarter.
Since Mt. Airy could not move the ball, the Wolfpack
played keep away for most of the fourth quarter.
Walkertown was able to move the chains effectively
enough to run the majority of the clock during the fourth
quarter. In the process of running out the clock, Trace
McElveen broke free through the line and scored from 45
yards out to seal the victory 20-8.
'Tonight was the culmination of all the hard work.
This is what we have been striving for all season and it all
came together tonight," said Cannon on his team's per
formance. "From the coaching staff to all the players, it
was a great effort and you see the results."
Cannon said he was proud that his team did not let a
win get away from them. He said earlier this season his
team had an issue with holding a lead and finishing their
opponent off. He said this game is a confidence builder
and looks forward to the future with his team.
Reagan running back DJ. Moyer, No. 6, is tries to outrun the West Forsyth defender.
photos by Tinwdiy Rmtoy Titan wide receiver CJ. Graham searches for run
ning room against the Reagan defense.
Blowout
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half.
Reagan head coach
Chris McCoy was pleased
with his teams first half of
play but said the second
half got away from his
team.
"In the first half, we
had a great half, we came
out and we were executing
on both sides of the ball,"
McCoy said. "Some plays
went our way, and we were
making plays."
On the other hand,
Jared Eure, West Forsyth
head coach, thought his
team was a little tight and
was not fully prepared to
play during the first half.
He says he gave his team a
pep talk during the inter
mission and they came out
to play with "fire and ener
gy" in the second half.
Eure said during half
time he told his team about
the last time they played on
their home field and lost on
the last second play to Mt.
Tabor. He asked his team
if they wanted that "nasty
taste in your mouth again
or play West Forsyth foot
ball and blow these guys
out."
That seemed to have
the desired effect. West
Forsyth scored on their
opening drive when Jalen
Ferguson ran it in on a
quarterback keeper. The
Titan defense quickly
forced a punt fropi the
Raiders on their next set of
downs. Several plays later
running back G'Mone
Wilson scored giving the
Titans a 26-14 lead.
Things fell apart for
Reagan after this point,
throwing a pick six on their
next possession that
stretched the deficit to 19
points at the end of the
third quarter. Frasier threw
another interception on
their next drive.
Coach McCoy was
weary of a second half
push from the Titahs and
warned his team not to
become complacent as
they had a whole half of
play left.
McCoy went on to say,
"I told them at halftime the
first six minutes of the
third quarter will be very
vital to us. They were
happy and I told them to
harness in that energy for
the third quarter.
Unfortunately, we made
some mistakes offensively
and didn't help our defense
out much and they capital
ized on big plays and our
turnovers, which is what
good teams do."
The Titans converted
that turnover into more
points when running back
Malik Neal ran it in to put
his team up 40-14 midway
through the fourth quarter.
There was a bright spot for
the Raiders as Frasier cor
ralled a bad snap and scam
pered 45 yards for a late
score, but the game was
out of range at that point.
McCoy felt the
turnovers "took the wind
out of our sails." He said
his team was flying high
but the turnovers hurt his
team's momentum. He
thought the second half
was about what team made
the most plays, and unfor
tunately, his team did not.
West Forsyth was able
to add field goal on their
next possession for the
final score of the night.
Coach Eure was pleased
with the running game and
the play of his offensive
line.
"If our offensive line is
doing their job, we can run
on anybody," said Eure.
"We have about four differ
ent running backs and both
quarterbacks can run the
ball. I'm happy with the
effort in the second half but
I thought the first half was
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Coach Atwatcr lost his
star running back, Zyheir
Dillard, a few weeks ago
against Mt. Tabor with a
broken leg. He says he still
wants to use the running
game as the staple of his
offense.
"We want to hit the
ground running and air the
ball out at times," said
Atwater. "Our quarterback
definitely has the talent to
throw but he has his weak
nesses at tunes."
Defensively, Atwater
says he needs his front
seven to play well in order
for his defense to work
effectively.
"How I look at it is, if
our lineman and lineback
ers toll out of the right side
of the bed, I could see a
good game. As far as stop
ping them, we arc going to
send our boys. We are
going to blitz them and
hopefully we can catch
them in the backfield
before they get going,"
Atwater said of his strategy
against Davie County. .
Atwater went on to say
that in this last game of the
year against the War
Eagles, if his team leaves
everything they have on the
field, he will be happy. He
says his team has energy
during the week but when
it comes to game day, they
seem somewhat flat.
Atwater thinks that
some of his players have
become dejected with how
the season has gone thus
far as they had higher
expectations for the year.
He says be strives every
day to keep his kids moti
vated and hopes it all man
ifests on the field this
evening.
Parkland JV head coach
Brendan Atwater shows
his guys the proper place
to line up for kickoffs.
Photo by Timothy Ramsey
The Parkland receivers
and defensive backs
practice one-on-one
drills during practice.