Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA Quarterfinal: Walton vs. Brookwood
Season 2021 Episode 12 | 3h 18m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
GHSA Quarterfinal: Walton vs. Brookwood - Nov. 26, 2021
In a shootout that featured eight scoring plays of 20-yards or more, Walton travelled to Brookwood and upset the #7 ranked Broncos 52-35 to advance to the Class 7 Five A semi-finals. A 64-yard touchdown pass from Jeremy Hecklinski to Sutton Smith in the third quarter helped Walton score 21 unanswered points to build a 35-14 third quarter lead which proved too much for Brookwood to overcome.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA Quarterfinal: Walton vs. Brookwood
Season 2021 Episode 12 | 3h 18m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
In a shootout that featured eight scoring plays of 20-yards or more, Walton travelled to Brookwood and upset the #7 ranked Broncos 52-35 to advance to the Class 7 Five A semi-finals. A 64-yard touchdown pass from Jeremy Hecklinski to Sutton Smith in the third quarter helped Walton score 21 unanswered points to build a 35-14 third quarter lead which proved too much for Brookwood to overcome.
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BUCKLE UP.
AS WE WELCOME YOU TO BROOKLYN COMMUNITY STADIUM IN SNELLVILLE GEORGIA.
TONIGHT THE WALTON RAIDERS HAVE TRAVELED TO TOWN TO TAKE ON THE 7th RANKED BROOKWOOD BRONCOS.
>> I'M MATT STEWART.
JOINED BY FORMER TIGERS ALL AMERICAN.
AND 15 YEAR PRO.
WAYNE GANDY.
AT LAST THESE TWO TEAMS BACK IN THE QUARTERFINALS, TWO PROUD PROGRAMS.
FOR BROOKWOOD, FIRST SINCE 2017 SEMIFINALS.
JUST THE SECOND TIME SINCE THEY WON THE STATE TITLE IN 2010 AND FOR WALTON, THEIR FIRST TIME SINCE 2011 WHEN THEY GOT TO THE STATE FINALS.
TRUTH OF THE MATTER, BOTH TEAMS WAYNE PLAYING THEIR BEST FOOTBALL OF THE YEAR.
>> AND BOTH COACHES FEEL LIKE JUST GETTING TO THE THIRD ROUND.
LOT OF MENTION PRACTICE THIS WEEK.
BOTH TEAMS FEEL THEY HAVE THE COMPONENTS TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> BROOKWOOD BRONCOS, 10-2 ON THE SEASON.
THEY HAVE WON EIGHT STRAIGHT SINCE STARTING THE YEAR 2-2.
LET'S START WITH THEIR OFFENSE.
IF YOU WATCH GPB YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY.
DYLAN LONERGAN, THE NUMBER 7 RATED JUNIOR QUARTERBACK IN THE NATION.
FOUR STAR.
>> THE LONE WOLF.
A BIG ARM AND BIG GAME.
THEY COUNT ON HIM TO MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS FEET.
HE'S A DUAL THREAT, STRONG VOCAL LEADER HE'S BECOME.
WATCH FOR HIM TONIGHT.
HE GETS THE BALL OUT QUICK.
THEY NEED HIM TO MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
>> HE'S A FOUR STAR.
THEIR BIG STAR ON OFFENSE IS AB UNDERRATED STAR.
ALEXANDER DIGGS HAS ONE OFFER, FROM DAVIDSON.
>> MR. UNDERRATED BIG TIME DIGGS DOWN THE FIELD WITH THE SPEED, OUT THE BACK FIELD CATCHING THE BALL.
A GREAT RUN THREAT.
VERY ELUSIVE.
RUNS BIGGER THAN HIS SIZE.
>> THIS BRONCOS TEAM, THEIR DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP LESS THAN TWO TOUCHDOWNS, NO MORE THAN TWO TOUCHDOWNS ANY GAME IN THEIR LAST SEVEN.
LED BY MICHAEL HAINES, THE QUARTERBACK.
>> SMALL, GRITTY, LOT OF EFFORT.
THE TEAM LIVES AND FEEDS OFF HIS ENERGY.
14 INTERCEPTIONS FOR HIS DEECHX.
MICHAEL HAINES LEADING THE WAY.
>> THE WALTON RAIDERS, BEEN AN UP AND DOWN SEASON.
BEGAN THE YEAR WITH AN OVERTIME VICTORY.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT WON MORE THAN TWO GAMES IN A ROW ALL YEAR.
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT THREE IN ROW TONIGHT.
THEY ARE LET BY A TRUE DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK SYSTEM.
ZAC ROZSMAN AND JEREMY HECKLINSKI.
AND THIS PROVED TO BE FORTUITOUS LAST WEEK BECAUSE ROZSMAN GOT KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST QUARTER >> HE'S A DUAL THREAT.
PRESENCE ON THE FIELD.
BOTH QUARTERBACKS, HECKLINSKI HAS ACCEPTED THEY ARE GOING TO BOTH PLAY AND BOTH COUNTED ON TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
HIS TEAM PUTS UP A LOT OF POINTS AND THEY BOTH ARE THE REASON WHY.
>> THEIR TOP WEAPON ON OFFENSE IS THEIR THREE STAR RUNNING BACK.
SUTTON SMITH WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE MEMPHIS TIGERS.
>> MR. EVERYTHING, SUTTON SMITH.
LAST TIME WE SAW HIM HE WAS RUNNING A BIG KICKOFF BACK.
LOT OF SPEED, BIG PLAY ABILITY.
WATCH FOR HIM IN THE OPEN FIELD.
>> THEY HAVE A BIG TIME CORNER TOO.
A FOUR STAR, MARCUS ALLEN, COMMITTED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS.
>> PLAYING THE BEST FOOTBALL OF HIS CAREER, HEADED TO CAROLINA COUNTRY.
OFFENSE, DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS.
MARCUS ALLEN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE PLAYS IN ALL THOSE POSITIONS.
>> THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT BALL GAME TONIGHT.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THIRD GAME OF THE SEASON BUT THE REGULAR SEASON MATCH-UP GOT DANCED BECAUSE OF COVID.
THEY PLAYED LAST YEAR.
BROOKWOOD BEAT'EM 43-32 IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
NOW THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM TONIGHT IS HABIT TURNER-WILKINS AND SHE'S STANDING BY AT BROOKWOODTABITHA TURNER-WILKINS AND SHE'S STANDING BY AT BROOKWOOD.
>> ITS BEEN SAID THE TRADITION IS MORE ABOUT PEOPLE AND VALUES RATHER THAN THE ROUTINE AND NOBODY DEMONSTRATES BETTER THAN THIS GROUP OF SENIOR WHO IS HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE 6 AND 7 YEARS OLD.
THEY HAVE ONLY LOST A COMBINED, THAT'S RIGHT, THREE LOSSES IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREER, WITH ONE LOSS AT THEIR NOW QUARTERBACK AT HIS HANDS IN DYLAN LONERGAN WHEN THEY WERE JUST 9 YEARS OLD.
HEAD COACH PHILIP JONES DUBBED HIS TEAM THE ANTI-TRANSFER TEAM, AFTER LOSING A FEW PLAYERS TO THE PORTAL.
HE ADDED THIS CORE GROUP IS LOYAL, USED TO WINNING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE PLAYING WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE.
JON.
>> THANK YOU, TAB.
WE KNOW YOU WILL HAVE THINGS UNDER CONTROL THERE IN SNELLVILLE.
SINCE IT IS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, I DO NOT HAVE MY GLOSSY WITH THE CIRCLES AND ARROWS AND THE PARAGRAPHS ON THE BACK OF EACH ONE BUT I DO HAVE ANY BRACKET.
AND ALREADY HAVE A GAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, A TIGHT ONE.
THAT'S HERE.
WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE HALL.
>> RING THE UPSET ALARMS.
WE'LL BE DOING IT ALL NIGHT.
64 TEAMS IN ACTION.
WE'LL NARROW IT DOWN TO 32.
I'LL BE FOLLOWING ALL THE TOP GAMES FROM EACH CLASSIFICATION, INCLUDING SOME BIG REMATCHES FROM A YEAR AGO AND ALL OF THESE UPSETS THAT WE'LL HAVE COMING IN.
JOIN US ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW FOR THAT AND MORE.
AND THE POST GAME SHOW WE'LL BREAK DOWN BRACKETOLOGY WITH COACHES AS THEY COME OFF THE FIELD LIVE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW BY DOWNLOADING THE GPB SPORTS APP.
SCAN THE KWRKD ON YOUR SCREEN ALL NOILGT LONG, MATT.
>> BROOKWOOD WON THE TOSS AND DEFERRED.
WALTON WILL BE ON OFFENSE TO START THE GAME.
>> PHILLIPS JONES HIS SEVENTH SEASON.
53-28 HIS RECORD.
HE WAS A PLAYER ON THEIR 1996 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
THEY ARE FIRST IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
NOW JUST THREE WINS AWAY FROM WINNING IT A THIRD TIME.
THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
AND WE ARE UNDER WAY FROM SNELLVILLE.
OPENING KICK IS TAKEN AT THE 13 YARD LINE.
AND THE RETURN UP TO THE 30 YARD LINE BY MUSTAFA HEFNER.
AND THE RAIDERS WILL GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
>> SO FIRST AND TEN FOR THE RAIDERS FROM THE 30 YARD LINE.
ROZSMAN GOES TO THE AREA.
INTEND FORWARD RAUSEN McNEIL RAWSON MACNEILL.WSON McNEIL RAWSON MACNEILL.
RAWSON MACNEILL, 6'5", ARE THREE STAR WIDE RECEIVER COMMITTED.
>> FALSE START.
OFFENSE.
FIVE YARD PENALTY.
REMAINS SECOND DOWN.
>> EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE THIS RAIDER OFFENSE ALL YEAR LONG.
ONE OF THE BIG THING IS THE PRE SNAP PENALTIES, LOT OF THEM PUTTING THEM BEHIND THE CHAINS.
AND THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS, ROZSMAN AND HECKLINSKI HAVE HAD TO BUILD THAT OUT AND CLEAN IT AND UP AND PLAY AN EFFICIENT GAME.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 15 FOLLOWING THE PENALTY.
ROZSMAN.
GONNA RUN IT.
>> THIS IS A TOUGH SECONDARY TO THROW AGAINST.
THOSE PRE SNAP PENALTIES PUTTING THEM BEHIND THE SIX.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIRD AND LONG AGAINST THIS KIND OF SECONDARY.
>> THE OTHER QUARTERBACK, JEREMY HECKLINSKI IS ALSO THE PUNTER AND HE STANDS AT THE 8 YARD LINE.
LOW SNAP.
HE MOVES AWAY FROM THE RUSH AND KICKS IT OFF THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.
IT BOUNCES BACKWARDS.
AND BROOKWOOD IS GONNA HAVE GREAT FIELD POSITION AT THE WALTON 35 YARD LINE AFTER A POOR SNAP.
AND JUST A 12 YARD PUNT.
>> AVERAGING 36 POINTS A GAME.
GOOD JOB BY HECKLINSKI KEEPING HIS POISE AND GETTING IT OUT ON A ONE STEP PUNT BUT GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR DYLAN LONERGAN TO START THE DRIVE.
>> LET'S SEE IF LONERGAN TAKES A SHOT AT THE END ZONE HERE IN THE FIRST SNAP.
INSTEAD A HANDOFF TO DIGGS WHO COMES TO THE NEAR SIDE AND GETS CORRALLED AT THE 31 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS AJ BROWN MAKING THE TACKLE FOR THE RAIDERS.
>> NICE JOB COMING OFF THAT LEFT SIDE.
LOCKING DOWN IS MAYES.
ON THAT LEFT SIDE.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE OPEN.
ALEXANDER DIGGS, VERY DANGEROUS OUT IN SPACE.
>> SECOND CARRY FOR DIGGS AND HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> NICE JOB GETTING UP FIELD.
SHOULDERS SQUARE.
BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
UPSTAIRS, 325 WITH HILL AT THE RIGHT TACKLE.
ORTEGA IN THE MIDDLE AT 275.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 25.
DIGGS HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE RUN.
TOUCHDOWN BROOKWOOD.
THREE CONSECUTIVE RUNS BY ALEXANDER DIGGS.
COVERS THE 35 YARDS AND THE BRONCOS HAVE THE EARLY 6-0 LEAD.
>> HELLO MR. DIGGS.
LAST TIME I SAW YOU WERE DOING SOME OF THE SIMILAR PLAYS.
GREAT BLOCKING UP FRONT.
THIS LEFT SIDE HERE.
NICE JOB FOLLOWING HIS BLOCKS.
GOOD KICKOFF THERE.
PROTHEROUX.
KICKING OUT.
FOLLOWING THE SHOULDERS AND SHOWING YOU THE SPEED AT THE END IS DIGGS.
>> ON FOR THE P.A.T.
AND BROOKWOOD THE EARLY 7-0 LEAD.
THREE PLAYS BY ALEXANDER DIGGS.
THE LAST ONE A 24 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS LEAD THIS 7 A. QUARTERFINAL EARLY.
7-0 ON THE RAIDERS.
>>> AND WE ARE UNDER WAY WITH A 7-0 LEAD FOR THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS, AS THEY TURN THAT SHORT PUNT, THE BAD SNAP ON THE PUNT, TURNED INTO A QUICK TOUCHDOWN SCORE FOR THE BRONCOS.
KICK IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AT THE 12 YARD LINE THIS TIME.
AND THE RETURN UP ACROSS THE 30 TO THE 34 BY SUTTON SMITH.
FIRST TOUCH OF THE GAME FOR HIM AND IT IS GOING TO BE FIRST AND 10 FOR THE RAIDERS IN THAT POINT.
>> GREAT DRIVE, BROOKWOOD.
PHYSICAL UP FRONT.
AND SHOCKED THAT ALEXANDER DIGGS STILL ONLY HAS ONE OFFER.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO'S RATING AND WHO'S WATCHING BUT SUCH A TALENTED BACK.
VERSATILE, OUT THE BACK FIELD WITH GREAT HANDS.
BIG PLAY DIGGS, AS WE'RE LEARNING TO CALL HIM.
>> EVERY TIME WE SEE HIM PLAY HE JUST MAKES BIG TIME PLAYS, RIGHT?
HICK LINSKY IS NOW IN AT QUARTERBACK.
>> NO REAL SCHEDULE WHEN ONE DEPOSIT IN AND THE OTHER COMES OUT.
>> IT WORKED WELL FOR THEM LAST WEEK.
ROZSMAN GOT HURT AGAINST ARCHER AND HECKLINSKI LED THEM TO VICTORY.
A FLAG IS OUT.
LOOKED LIKE ELLIOTT WILL BE CALLED FOR THE D.P.I.
TRYING TO GO TO MARCUS ALLEN ON THE PASS ROUTE.
LOOKS LIKE INTERFERENCE ON THE BRONCOS.
>> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE NEVER TURNING TO FIND THE BALL.
NOT A LOT OF CONTACT BUT IN THESE SITUATIONS FOR HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED THE RULE.
THEY WANT THE CORNERBACK TO MAKE SOME KIND OF EFFORT TO FIND THE BALL.
NEVER LOOKED.
JUST A LITTLE PEEK AND THE REFER WOULD HAVE PROBABLY KEPT THE FLAG IN HIS POCKET.
>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE RAIDERS FOLLOWING THE DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE CALL.
A TOSS SWEEP TO SUTTON SMITH.
>> THIS IS WHAT HE DOES IN PUNT RETURN, KICKOFF RETURNS.
USE THE SPEED.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 37.
RAIDERS TAKE A SHOT.
GOT A MAN OUT THERE, TOUCHDOWN WALTON.
AND IT IS 7-6.
>> MARCUS ALLEN, WE TOLD YOU IN THE OPEN, AS THIS SEASON HAS GONE ON, STARTING TO PLAY MORE AND MORE OFFENSE.
HECKLINSKI PLAY ACTION FAKE.
NICE PICK UP ON THE BLITZ RIGHT THERE BY STOKES.
AND ALL ARM GETTING IT INTO THE END ZONE.
NICE PLAY, NIGH ANSWER TO THE BROOKWOOD TOUCHDOWN.
>> MICHELIN WITH THE P.A.T.
AND WE'RE TIED AT 7.
A 37 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM JEREMY HECKLINSKI TO MARCUS ALLEN.
HOW ABOUT MARCUS ALLEN, WAYNE?
HE'S GOT 16 TOUCHDOWN CATCHES ON 11 TOTAL RECEPTIONS.
>> BIG TIME.
6'2", 175.
YOU CAN SEE THE TALENT DRIPPING OFF HIM.
THE BALL SKILLS THAT HE HAS.
THE FOUR STAR CORNERBACK.
>> THIS WALTON OFFENSE.
35 POINTS A GAME.
THEY CAN MOVE THE BALL.
REGARDLESS OF WHICH QUARTERBACK IS IN THERE.
HECKLINSKI ONLY A SOPHOMORE SHOWING YOU THE BRIGHT FUTURE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING AS THEY CONTINUE HOW MUCH MORE HE PLAYS AND HOW IS ZAC ROZSMAN HAVING ANY ISSUES PHYSICALLY AFTER THE LAST GAME.
HAS HECKLINSKI SHOWN ENOUGH TO GET MORE TIME THAN HE DID EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
>> THE MICHELIN SET TO KICK OFF FOR THE RAIDERS.
WHATEVER YOU PERCEIVE THE OVER/UNDER TO BE?
GO OVER.
WHATEVER YOU THINK IT IS, JUST GO OVER.
BALL GONNA HIT AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
THAT IS A LIVE BALL AND PRINCE HAS TO GET BACK ON IT AT THE 6 YARD LINE.
NILES PRINCE MADE A BIG MISTAKE RIGHT THERE IN THE KICK RETURN GAME BY LETTING THAT BALL HIT IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> NOT SURE WHAT THE SENIOR WAS THINKING.
YOU CAN CALL FAIR CATCH AND GO GET THE BALL IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST LET THE BALL DROP IN FRONT OF YOU.
HE'S IN POSITION TO GET THE BALL.
HE JUST LET IT DROP IN FRONT OF HIM.
IN THAT SITUATION, VERY DANGEROUS PLAY.
COVER TEAM RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM.
WALTON FINDING THEMSELVES HAVING TO COME OFF THEIR OWN FIVE YARD LINE.
>> IT IS AN OBLONG BALL WITH POINTS.
YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HIT IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT IS GOING TO BOUNCE.
>> ENCROACHMENT DEFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY.
REMAINS FIRST DOWN.
>> GORDON DICKERSON, OUR REFEREE, AND THE REST OF THE OFFICIATING CREW WORKING THIS SEMIFINAL TONIGHT.
>> AND PROTHRO GETS HIS FIRST CARRY, UP TO THE 14.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REGIONS BANK STARTING LINE UP FOR THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK ON THAT OFFENSE.
LED BY P.J.
KATZ, FORMER QUARTERBACK.
AND BONNER A REAL WEAPON.
51 WATCHES ON THE YEAR.
HE'S BEEN OFFERED BY AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
PROTHRO ON THE RUN EIGHT YARDS PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> BOTH BACK, DIGGS AND PROTHRO, IN THEIR STATURE, YOU SEE 175, 180 BUT BOTH OF THEM RUN WITH A 210 MENTALITY.
VERY POWERFUL.
STRONG RUN BETWEEN THE TACKLES SMALL BACKS.
>> MASON GILL COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE LOW THROW FROM LONE RGAN AND IT IS SECOND AND TEN.
>> GOOD FORMATION OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.
GOOD BLOCKING.
UP FRONT.
PROTHRO, SPEED TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THE PLAY.
15 YARDS WHICH, MEANS UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT MOST LIKELY THIS IN SITUATION.
>> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL DEFENSE, 15 YARD PENALTY FROM END OF THE RUN.
WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.
>> SO A BIG PENALTY ON THE RAIDERS GIFTS THE BRONCOS WITH A FIRST DOWN.
>> HUSTLING TO THE BALL.
ALL THE WHITE JERSEYS YOU CAN SEE.
HENRY, 55 RIGHT THERE.
CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE BIG FELLOW AND LITTLE ASSISTANT THERE BY KAD THOMPSON TO FINISH OFF THAT PLAY AND PICK UP THAT PENALTY.
>> PROTHRO.
INTERESTING THAT WE'VE SEEN PROTHRO CARRY HERE.
DIGGS AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE CARRIES COVERED 5 YARDS ON THE OPENING POSSESSION AND SCORED A TOUCHDOWN.
NOT BACK IN THERE.
>> BOTH BACKS IN NOW IN THE BACK FIELD.
>> WALTON ON DEFENSE.
LED BY THEIR COORDINATOR TIM EWING ON THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.
UGOKWE, THE SOPHOMORE.
HE LEADS SEVEN QUARTERBACK SACKS.
LINING CORE, THE TOP TWO TACKLERS IN THE SECONDLY.
HUND LER AND WOODS.
AND MARCUS ALLEN.
>> ON THAT QUICK SLANT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SYNC UP.
>> BONNER, THE TIGHT END.
FIRST TIME THEY HAVE CONNECTED WITH HIM AND DOWN THE SIDE LINE, BIG FIRST DOWN FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> COMING ACROSS THE FIELD.
NICE TOUCH BY LONERGAN TO LEAD HIM SO HE DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP HIS FEET AND KEEP THE DISTANCE.
>> THEY HAVE AVERAGE 138 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME.
COACH JONES WANTS TO BE AROUND THE 150 MARK.
HE FIGURES IF THEY CAN BE THERE, THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN.
PROTHRO AGAIN.
DANCES IN THE HOLE.
GETS INSIDE 20 TO THE 18.
>> WATCH HAS DYLAN LONERGAN IN THESE SITUATIONS.
HE KIND OF LULLS TO YOU SLEEP AS THOUGH HE DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN.
HE HAS SIX RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS ON THE SEASON.
CLOSE TO 600 YARDS RUSHING.
HE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY IN THESE THIRD AND SIX SITUATIONS TO SCRAMBLE AND MAKE PLAYS DOWN IN THE RED ZONE WITH HIS FEET.
>> THEIR.
>> Matt:E THEIR KICKER, J.J.
SEVER HAS BEEN MONEY FOR THEM.
AND THE KICK IS BLOCKED.
OR IS IT JUST FAKED?
IS IT BLOCKED?
THE BALL IS GOING TO GO OVER ON DOWNS.
I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS BLOCKED OR JUST FAKED.
>> Wayne: I THINK IT WAS JUST PRESSURE OFF EDGE.
DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SETTING THE BALL DOWN.
BIG PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.
OH HE LOOKS LIKE -- YEAH, HE JUST SLIPPED THE BALL AND GOT UP.
TRYING TO CATCH THE TRYING TO CATCH THE FIELD GOAL TEAM OFF GUARD.
NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE EDGE.
BIG GAMBLE AND YOU HAVE TO QUESTION COACH JONES' SITUATION THERE, WITH DUAL THREAT AND LONERGAN AND THE WAY YOU RUN THE BALL IN THAT SITUATION.
YOU COULD HAVE JUST LINED UP, HANDED THE BALL OFF AND TRIED YOUR CHANCES THAT WAY.
>> Matt: YEAH HE JUST PICKED IT UP.
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE BOBBLED THE SNAP AT ALL.
>> Wayne: EVEN IN THE FAKE THERE WAS NO LEAD BLOCKER OUT TO GET ANY PRESSURE OFF OF HIM.
GOOD COVERAGE THERE BY WALTON.
>> Matt: SO THERE WAS A PENALTY CALLED ON THE PLAY.
IT HAS BEEN DECLINED.
AND SO THE RAIDERS TAKE OVER AT THE 17 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: RIGHT NOW THIS DEFENSIVE FRONT GETTING A LOT OF PRESSURE PUSHING THE POCKET.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
SMITH MAKES A MAN MISS IN THE BACK FIELD.
FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN BY PRINCETON BROWN ON THE EDGE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME PRESENTED BY BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF GPB HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT PRE SNAP PENALTY GETTING BEHIND IN THE CHAINS.
JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT AND BROOKWOOD.
SUTTON SMITH AND MACNEILL.
>> Matt: FIRST DOWN STRIKE TO MACNEILL AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
MACNEILL COMING BACK FROM A BROKEN COLLARBONE THIS SUMMER.
MISSED THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.
>> Wayne: AND STARTING TO BECOME THE BIG PLAY GUY FOR THIS OFFENSE DOWN THE FIELD.
AND EARLY ON HECKLINSKI TRYING TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION WITH HIM.
>> Matt: 18 YARD PICK UP.
CARRIED BY BRAYLON STOKES THAT TIME.
FIRST CARRY OF GAME FOR STOKES.
TACKLED BY MALCOLM McCAIN WHO'S BEEN THEIR LEADING TACKLER ON THE SEASONMcCAIN WHO'S BEEN THEIR LEADING TACKLER ON THE SEASON.
>> Wayne: VERY CAPABLE OFFENSE NOT REALLY COUNTING ON ONE POSITIONBEEN THEIR LEADING POSITION.
NOT LOT OF DEPTH BUT COMFORTABLE SWITCHING OUT PLAYERS.
LOT OF CAPABLE GUYS WITH THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS.
>> Matt: THIRD OFFENSIVE POSSESSION FOR THE RAIDERS TONIGHT.
HECKLINSKI GONNA RUN FOR IT.
AND HE'LL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AND SLIDE DOWN AT THE 49 YARD LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50.
>> Wayne: GROWING IN THIS AREA OF HIS GAME, MAKING SMART DECISIONS.
NICE JOB GETTING UP IN THE POCKET.
HECKLINSKI OPEN FIELD, GETTING WHAT HE CAN AND GET DOWN.
HE'S ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
KNOWN AS A POCKET PASSER.
WATCH FOR THAT TO GROW NOT JUST IN THE FUTURE BUT TONIGHT IN THIS GAME.
>> THAT WAS A 12 YARD PICKUP AND BRAYLON STOKES GETS STOPPED BEHIND THE ELIJAH THAT TIME.
THAT WAS JORDAN DAVENPORT AMONG THOSE ON THE TACKLE FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> Matt: QUICK PASS OUT ON THE EDGE.
SUTTON SMITH SLIPS OUT OF THE ONE TACKLE.
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE FIRST DOWN MARKER AS HE'S HELD UP BY COREY ELLIOTT AND PATRICK CAMPBELL.
>> Wayne: PATRICK CAMPBELL IS ONE OF THE KEYS FOR THIS DEFENSE.
YOU GOT GET'EM ON THE GROUND AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T PUNISH YOU AFTER THE CATCH.
RALLY TO THE BALL.
GOOD JOB THERE, FORCING A THIRD AND ONE.
>> Matt: EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP RIGHT HERE.
SEE THE CENTER PHILLIP IKE HOUSER.
6'3", 275 JUNIOR.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WAYNE, THEY HAVE THE NICE SIZE ON THAT OFFENSIVE LINE.
FOURTH AND 10 NOW AND WALTON FACING A DIFFICULT DECISION THIRD AND SHORT.
>> Wayne: BEING AGGRESSIVE, WHO HE IS, A HIGH MOTOR GUY.
HE GIVES YOU EVERYTHING.
A CHAOTIC MENTALITY HE BRINGS TO THE FIELD.
JUST GETTING CAUGHT RIGHT THERE.
JUST HAVE TO BE SMARTER IN THOSE SITUATIONS, IS BROWN THE SENIOR.
>> Matt: AGAIN, NO RUNNING ROOM FOR THE RAIDERS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.
SUTTON SMITH TACKED BY JOSEPH LESLIE THAT TIME.
>> Wayne: SUTTON SMITH, DYNAMIC PLAYER.
I CAN SEE HIM MORE OUT IN SPACE.
SOMETHING OUT ON THE EDGE.
TALK ABOUT HE'S A GREAT RETURNER.
THOSE GUYS YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WIGGLE AROUND.
ESPECIALLY AGAINST THIS KIND OF DEFENSE.
PARKER AND WASHINGTON AND LESLIE INSIDE WITH THAT SIZE.
GET OUT ON THE EDGE IN SPACE AGAINST THESE SAFETIES.
>> Matt: FIVE CARRY, 17 YARDS FOR SMITH, MOSTLY BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
HECKLINSKI FORCED OUT OF POCKET, THROWS DOWN FIELD INCOMPLETE.
MACNEILL WAS THE TARGET, COVERED BY ELLIOTT.
>> Wayne: NO LINEBACKER.
JORDAN DAVENPORT COMING STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE UNBLOCKED.
SUTTON SMITH MISSING HIM.
SIX TACKLES FOR A LOSS.
14 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON FOR BROOKWOOD.
YOU HAVE TO BE SMART IN THESE SITUATIONS.
>> Matt: FIRING IN THE MIDDLE, CAUGHT BY MACNEILL AND FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: CATCHING SOFT COVERAGE OUT ON THE EDGE.
MACNEILL WORKING THAT LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD.
WE'VE SEEN HECKLINSKI FIND HIM.
THAT IS ABOUT THE THIRD TIME.
SIMILAR ROUTE ON THE EDGE.
CORNERS PLAYING SOFT AGAINST THE BIG TARGET.
>> Matt: 24 YARD PICKUP.
HANDOFF.
SUTTON SMITH TO THE OUTSIDE.
TOUCHDOWN WALTON, RAIDERS ON TOP.
>> Wayne: NUMBER 42 HAVING THIS PLAY DEAD TO RIGHTS BUT HAD TO WAIT ON HECKLINSKI TO HAND OFF TO SUTTON SMITH.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
HOLDING IT.
DEFENSIVE END HAD TO WAIT AND SUTTON SMITH OUT IN OPEN SPACE.
AS DANGEROUS AS ANYONE ON THIS FIELD TONIGHT, TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE GROUND.
>> Matt: IN THE MEANTIME MICHELIN MISSES THE P.A.T.
A 12 PLAY 83 YARD CAPPED WITH A 12 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY SUTTON SMITH.
>> Matt: WALTON LEAD BY A TOUCHDOWN.
SHORT KICK, COMING DOWN AT THE 23.
CAMPBELL ON THE RUN, YOU WERE TO THE 34.UP TO THE 34.
LET'S SEE IF BROOKWOOD CAN GET BACK TO WHAT THEY DID SO WELL ON THE OPENING POSSESSION, WAYNE, WHICH WAS GIVE THE BALL TO ALEXANDER DIGGS.
>> Wayne: DIGGS DYNAMIC NOT JUST IN THE BACK FIELD BUT OUT IN SPACE.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE HIM A FACTOR TO KEEP PACE WITH THE WALTON OFFENSE.
>> Matt: DIGGS HAS A CHANCE TO BE A 1,000, 1,000 PLAYER THIS YEAR IF BROOKWOOD CAN KEEP THE SEASON GOING.
HAS OVER 800 YARDS RECEIVING AND CLOSING IN ON 800 YARDS RUSHING.
AND PROTHRO.
SCOOP OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RAIDERS.
AJ BROWN F THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN?
IT IS.
A SCOOP AND SCORE THE WALTON RAIDERS NOW LEAD BY 12.
>> Wayne: TO THE OUTSIDE.
LOT OF WHITE JERSEYS FIGHTING FOR YARDS.
EVEN THOUGH DIGGS STARTED THE GAME HOT, JUST THAT EFFORT TRYING TO GET THE EXTRA YARDS, THE FUMBLE FOR WALTON.
GOING FOR TWO IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Matt: AND THEY GET IT.
AND THE BALL COMES OUT AFTERWARDS.
PASS TO THE TIGHT END HUNTER DIEHL FOR THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION AND WALTON RECLAIMS THAT MISSED P.A.T.
KICK AND IT IS 21-7.
>> Wayne: NICE ROLL OUT.
COUPLE OF OPTIONS IN THE FACE OF JEREMY HECKLINSKI.
OUT ON THE EDGE TRYING TO GET UP FIELD.
KNOCKING THE BALL OUT RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE, CLEAN FUMBLE.
PRINCE KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT.
EXCUSE ME, CADE THOMPSON KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT FOR WALTON.
NICE JOB ON THAT TWO-POINT CONVERSION THERE.
BY JEREMY HECKLINSKI, WHO SEEMS TO BE THE HOT HAND FOR WALTON IN THIS GAME.
QUITE SURE HEAD COACH DANIEL BRUNNER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RIDE HIM FOR A WHILE.
>> Matt: TO WALTON HAS BEEN ON QUITE A ROLL.
BEING A 3 SEED, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON THE ROAD PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS.
LAST WEEK THEY SLAMMED THE DOOR ON ARCHER ON THE TIGERS HOME FIELD 34-7 AND HERE ON BROOKWOOD'S HOME FIELD, THEY HAVE A 21-7 LEAD LATE HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
BALL COMING DOWN AT THE 22.
RETURNED RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
THERE GOES ALEXANDER DIGGS.
DIGGS CUTTING BACK.
GETS AWAY FROM THE TACKLER.
TOUCHDOWN BROOKWOOD.
DIGGS SAYS IF YOU WON'T GIVE THE BALL TO ME ON OFFENSE, I'LL TAKE THE KICKOFF ALL THE WAY BACK.
>> Wayne: MR. MATT, THEY WON'T GIVE ME THE BALL, I'LL TAKE IT.
BIG TIME PLAY.
BURST OF SPEED.
AND I GOT TO TALK TO THE GREAT JON NELSON ONCE AGAIN.
ONLY ONE STAR.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- EXCUSE ME, ONE OFFER.
GOOD BLOCKING AND LOOK AT THIS VISION.
LOOK AT THE CUT BACKABILITY, FOLLOWING THE BLOCKER, STIFF ARM.
SWITCHING THE BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
WHAT A TALENTED PLAY RIGHT THERE BY THE SENIOR.
NOT GOING TO GIVE THE RETURN TEAM A CHANCE TO KNOCK THAT BALL OUT.
YOU SEE HIS FOOTBALL IQ RIGHT THERE.
AND HAVING ENOUGH SPEED TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE AND GET HIS TEAM BACK IN IT.
THAT QUICKLY.
>> Matt: P.A.T.
BY SILVA IS UP AND GOOD.
AND IT IS 21-14.
SO 35 TOTAL POINTS IN JUST UNDER 12:00.
>> Wayne: NOT SURE.
BUT YOU WERE EXACTLY RIGHT.
ALEXANDER DIGGS, SEEMED FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT HE WAS RUNNING HA BALL KIND OF UPSET.
LIKE HEY, DID YOU SEE ME THE FIRST COUPLE OF PLAYS IN THE GAME, COACH?
AND RIGHT THERE, HE WANTS TO GET INTO THIS GAME.
A BIG TIME TALENT RIGHT HERE.
MR. UNDERRATED IS WHAT WE HAVE TO START CALLING HIM.
>> Matt: IF I'M MISTAKEN, DIGGS HAS TOUCHED THE BALL FIVE TIMES AND SCORED TWICE.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO REDO THE P.A.T.
HERE.
BACK'EM UP FIVE YARDS.
BUT DIGGS, FIRST THREE CARRIES OF THE GAME, 35 YARDS TOTAL, INCLUDING A 21 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
CARRIED THE BALL ONE MORE TIME THE REST OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
THEN JUST TOOK IT BACK 78 YARDS ON A KICK RETURN.
>> Wayne: DOESN'T HAVE THE BIG MEASURABLES THAT YOU WOULD JUST CHECK OFF INSTANTLY, BUT INSTINCTIVE VISION, SPEED AND HEART.
YOU SEE JUST DRIPPING OUT OF ALEXANDER DIGGS WHEN HE PLAYS AND HAS THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.
>> Matt: SO ON THE SECOND P.A.T., BROOKWOOD DOES THE SAME THING AS ON THE FIRST AND PUT IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS.
AND IT IS 21-14.
78 YARD KICK RETURN BY ALEXANDER DIGGS.
AND LET ME BE THE FIRST TO SAY IT TONIGHT.
MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> Wayne: DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.
THIS WALTON TEAM HAS BEEN IN GEAR.
BUT RIGHT HERE, LOOK ANOTHER THE VISION AND THE CUTBACK.
WATCH THIS.
I WOULD SAY YOUNG PLAYERS, BUT ALEXANDER DIGGS IS ONLY 17, 18, BUT YOU YOUNGER, 6, 8, 9 YEAR OLDS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
WHEN YOU GET IN THOSE SITUATION, EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, SWITCH THE BALL AWAY FROM THE DEFENDER AND PROTECT IT FROM BEING ABLE TO PULL THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS.
NICE JOB.
GREAT EXAMPLE OF FOOTBALL IQ BY ALEXANDER DIGGS.
>> >> Matt: DIGGS HAS 113 TOTAL YARDS IN THE GAME.
THE REST OF HIS TEAM HAS 58.
HE IS ONE OF THOSE FOUR PLAYERS TABITHA WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE START OF THE GAME THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER ON THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM SINCE THEY WERE 6 YEARS OLD.
FROM FIRST GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
UNTIL THEY GOT TO VARSITY FOOTBALL.
THEY LOST ONLY THREE GAMES THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS.
ANGLE KICK TO THE FAR SIDELINE.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AT THE 37 YARD LINE BY LIONS.
AND THE RAIDERS GO ON OFFENSE.
AND THE RAIDERS GO ON OFFENSE.
LIKE I SAID, TAKE THE OVER.
>> Wayne: OH IT'S NOT HALFTIME?
LOT OF ACTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE OFFENSE IN A GROUP.
JEREMY HECKLINSKI, ROZSMAN STARTED THE GAME BUT ITS BEEN THE HECKLINSKI SHOW SO FAR IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> Matt: PERHAPS THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER RIGHT HERE.
AND OH MY GOODNESS.
MY GOODNESS, THERE IS LANGSTON JONES AGAIN.
MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT.
HE SWALLOWED UP BRAYLEN STOKES, ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
A BIG DEFENSIVE PLAY IN A FIRST QUARTER DOMINATED BY OFFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.
12 MINUTES IN THE BOOKS AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AT BROOKWOOD.
WALTON ON TOP 21-14.
>> Matt: RAIDERS SET TO BEGIN THIS SECOND QUARTER.
JEREMY HECKLINSKI HAS PLAYED QUARTERBACK FOR THE RAIDERS IN EVERY SERIES BUT THE OPENING SERIES.
AND YOU WONDER IF ROZSMAN CONTINUES TO BE HAMPERED BY THE INJURY HE SUFFERED LAST WEEK AGAINST ARCHER.
JUMP BALL.
AND ALLEN UNABLE TO COME DOWN WITH IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CORNERBACK MIGHT HAVE BEEN GIRARDI ON THE NJURED ON THE PLAY.
CAME DOWN HARD ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
MICHAEL HAINES.
>> Wayne: 50/50 BALL.
PROTECTION UP FRONT BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
AIRING IT OUT, HECKLINSKI.
MARCUS ALLEN VERSUS MICHAEL HAYNES.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING AT A RAIDERS PRACTICE, OAKLAND RAIDERS BACK IN THE DAY.
DEFINITELY NEED HIM OUT ON THE FIELD.
DRAWING IT UP.
DECENT PROTECTION.
GOOD POCKET TO THROW FROM.
AIRING IT OUT AND TRUSTING HIS TOP BIG PLAY RECEIVER DOWN THE FIELD AND JUST LANDING ON THAT SHOULDER.
>> Matt: SHOULDER OR ELBOW.
ONE OR THE OTHER.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT SHOULDER.
>> Wayne: 50/50 BALL.
AND YOU CAN SEE.
PUTTING THE ARM OUT.
YOUR BRAIN TELLS YOU TO GUARD YOURSELF.
AND YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE BETTER PULLING IN YOUR ARMS AND JUST FALLING ON YOUR BACK.
YOU TRY TO BRACE YOURSELF.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST HIT THAT ELBOW OR THROW THAT SHOULDER OUT OF WHACK.
BUT IF THERE IS SOMEONE ON THIS BROOKWOOD DEFENSE TO GET BACK IN THE GAME, HAYNES IS THE ONE.
>> Matt: HECKLINSKI LINES UP AND GOES AGAIN RIGHT BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THIS TIME ALLEN BREAKS IT UP.
SUTTON SMITH COMES AWAY WITH THE BALL AND SAYS HE CAUGHT IT.
BUT LOOKS LIKE ALLEN, OR RATHER TOREY ELLIOTT BROKE IT UP.
>> Wayne: SUTTON SMITH NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT.
GOOD COVERAGE BY ELLIOTT.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND 13.
HECKLINSKI STAYS IN TO PUNT.
STANDING AT HIS 20 YARD LINE.
HAD TROUBLE ON THE SNAP EARLIER.
THIS IS A GOOD SNAP, AND HECKLINSKI RUNS IT OUT THERE JUST TO TEST THE DEFENSE TO SEE IF THEY WILL COME OVER THERE AND TRY TO TACKLE HIM.
AND HE DOES PUNT IT AWAY AND THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.
>> Wayne: FEELING THE PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN OFF THE EDGE.
STAYING COOL UNDER PRESSURE.
DID HE GO ACROSS THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO PUNT THE BALL?
I THINK MAYBE IS THE QUESTION.
>> Matt: I THINK THERE MIGHT BE RULING THEY ROUGHED THE KICKER.
I THOUGHT WHEN THE PUNTER WENT OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, STARTED TAKING OFF RUNNING LIKE THAT HE WAS KIND OF FREE GAME.
BUT IF HE'S IN THE ACT OF KICKING AND YOU HIT HIM, >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE KICKER, DEFENSE, 15 YARDS.
>> Wayne: I'M WITH YOU, MATT.
I FELT ONCE HE GETS OUTSIDE IN THIS SITUATION, AS THOUGH HE'S GOING TO RUN THE BALL.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU -- HOW THAT PUTS THE DEFENDER IN A SITUATION.
HE'S WAY OUTSIDE THE TACKLE BOX.
>> Matt: HE WAS IN THE ACT OF KICKING.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
THAT IS NOT DEBATABLE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GET A RULES EXPERT TO HELP US INTERPRET THAT ONE.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN THE KICKER STARTS TO RUN LIKE THAT HE'S KIND OF FREE GAME.
BUT HE'S ALSO IN THE ACT OF KICKING AND YOU CAN'T HIT THEM WHILE THEY ARE IN THE ACT OF KICKING.
SO THAT PART IS TRUE AS WELL.
THAT WILL GIVE THE RAIDERS A FIRST DOWN AT 49 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: DEFINITELY PUTS THE DEFENDER IN A TOUGH SITUATION, HE'S ATTACKING THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TRY TO GO GET THE FIRST DOWN WITH A FAKE BUT A BIG BREAK FOR THE WALTON OFFENSE.
>> Matt: PHILIP JONES WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT CALL.
35 YARDS NOW ON THE BRONCOS.
HECKLINSKI FIRES UNDERNEATH, COMPLETION AND FIRST DOWN DOWN TO THE 33 YARD LINE.
HUNTER TEAL WHO CAUGHT THAT TWO-POINT CONVERSION PASS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WITH HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME, GOES FOR 18 YARDS.
>> Wayne: NICE THROW AND CATCH HERE.
THIS WALTON OFFENSE THEY ARE GOING MAKE PLAYS AND CATCH SOME BALL K YOU GET THEM DOWN ON THE >> Matt: HECKLINSKI HAS THIS WALTON OFFENSE MOVING WELL.
>> Matt: SMITH, TEAL, HEFNER, SPREADING IT OUT ON THE EDGES GETTING THIS TALENT THE BALL OUT IN OPEN SPACES.
WE ALSO SAW HECKLINSKI CATCH DOWN THE FIELD WHICH HAS GOTTEN THE SECONDARY TO BACK OFF A LITTLE.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10, HECKLINSKI GOING TO RUN IT THIS TIME ON THE RPO.
SLIDES DOWN ABOUT A YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
NINE YARD PICK UN.
PICK.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND THE RUN BY SUTTON SMITH WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
McCAIN THERE ON THE TACKLE FOR THE BRONCOS BUT ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE RAIDERS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SLOWED DOWN BY THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM.
REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THE LAST SEVEN GAMES, THIS BRONCOS TEAM HAD NOT ALLOWED MORE THAN TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN ANY GAME.
NOW, THEY HAVE ONLY ALLOWED TWO TOUCHDOWNS PLUS A DEFENSIVE SCORE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT WALTON THREATENING TO MOVE IN FOR THEIR THIRD OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN HERE IN THE OPENING 14 MINUTES OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: RIGHT NOW THEY SEEM TO HAVE BROOKWOOD OFF BALANCE.
HECKLINSKI SPREADING THE BALL AROUND.
GETTING INTO DIFFERENT SPOTS.
>> Matt: HUNTER TEAL THE TARGET.
CAMPBELL, THE SAFETY, ON THE COVERAGE.
>> Wayne: AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB PLAY CALLING.
SPREADING THE BALL.
MAKING ALL THE DEFENDERS HAVE TO PLAY OUT IN SPACE.
AND THEY ARE WINNING THAT BATTLE.
BEINGS PATIENT, TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK IS DOING.
>> Matt: NINTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP FOR THE RAIDERS.
AGAIN, HECKLINSKI SINCE THE OPENING SERIES HAS BEEN THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE RAIDERS SINCE THEN.
ROZSMAN.
PLAYED THREE SNAPS AND HAS NOT BEEN BACK IN THE BALL GAME.
>> Wayne: ON DEFENSE.
PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.
>> Matt: HECKLINSKI RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE FOUR YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: AND THAT'S WHAT HECKLINSKI SAW RIGHT THERE.
HE SAW BROOKWOOD PLAYING MAN.
AND YOU SAW HIM CHECK TO THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.
HE KNEW THE PRESSURE WAS COMING OFF THE EDGE.
SMART PLAY BY HIM.
MAN TO MAN.
EVERYBODY FOR THAT INITIAL INSTANCE HAS THEIR BACK.
THEY ARE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT QUARTERBACK FOR THAT FIRST STEP.
NICE JOB OF HIM GETTING THE BALL AND GETTING UP FIELD AND SETTING UP THIS THIRD AND ONE.
THEY CAN GET A FIRST DOWN WITHOUT GETTING A TOUCHDOWN IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Matt: 136 YARDS OF OFFENSE FOR THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK.
3 FOR 29 RUSHING, 5 OF 10 FOR 107 PASSING AND THEY TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE PLAY IN FROM THE SIDE LINE, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO BURN A TIMEOUT RIGHT HERE.
SO WE'LL STEP ASIDE.
>> Matt: WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
THE VISITORS ON TOP OF BROOKWOOD 24-14.
CALLAWAY KNOCKS OFF SOUTH ATLANTA.
THEY SCORED 32 UNANSWERED TO WIN 29-32.
CALLAWAY ADVANCES TO THE SEMIFINALS.
CAREER WIN 160 FOR PETE WIGGINS.
ONE OF THE GAMES WE THINK IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN ANY OTHER SEASON.
QUAD A.
OF COURSE, AFTER THE FIRST HALF NOTHING IS RESOLVED.
14-14 DOWN ON THE COAST.
TWO GREAT OFFENSES, TWO FANCY DEFENSES.
RIGHT NOW MATT THAT ONE IS TIED.
THE OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT.
BUFORD IN CONTROL.
BACK TO.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, TOM.
OUT OF TIMEOUT.
TOSS TO SMITH, SMITH CUTS INSIDE AND DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE.
STOPPED INSIDE THE ONE BUT THAT WILL GIVE THEM A FIRST DOWN AND FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE RAIDERS.
>> Wayne: DANGEROUS OUT ON THE EDGE, SUTTON SMITH.
WE'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY IN THIS GAME.
THAT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GET HIM CLEAN ON THE EDGE.
GOOD BLOCKING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH HIM AND RIGHT THERE AT THE END, LITTLE INSTANT REPLAY.
IF YOU HAVE A FLAG, CHALLENGE FLAG TO THROW.
MIGHT HAVE STUFFED THAT BALL OVER.
>> Matt: QUARTERBACK KEEPER.
HECKLINSKI GETS IN FOR THE SCORE, I BELIEVE.
OR MAYBE NOT.
THE OFFICIALS RUNNING FROM THE SIDE LINE SPOTTED IT SHY.
GONNA SAY HE DID NOT GET?
>> Wayne: BIG PUSH IN THE MIDDLE.
LOT OF WHITE JERSEYS.
DIDN'T REALLY SEE A BROOKWOOD DEFENDER PULL HIM DOWN IN THAT SITUATION.
STAY AGGRESSIVE IF YOU ARE WALTON.
WITH THE RUNNING ABILITY.
I IMAGINE THEY TRY THIS AGAIN.
>> Matt: 12th PLAY OF THE DRIVE.
AND HECKLINSKI GETS IN FOR THE SCORE THIS TIME.
JEREMY HECKLINSKI PUSHING IT ACROSS.
AND IT IS A 27-14 LEAD FOR WALTON.
REMEMBER, THE ROUGHING THE PUNTER CALL IS WHAT KEPT THIS DRIVE ALIVE AS THEY MOVED DOWN THE FIELD AND REESTABLISH A TWO-TOUCHDOWN LEAD.
>> Wayne: BIG TIME PUSH IN THE MIDDLE THERE BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
EASY CALL FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
GOING TO THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.
TWO TIMES IN A ROW.
JEREMY HECKLINSKI IN THIS OFFENSE MAKING BROOKWOOD HAVE TO DEFEND THE WHOLE FIELD.
CHALLENGING THEM DEEP, THEY ARE THROWING ON THE EDGE, THEY ARE RUNNING IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES AND THEY ARE IN A GROOVE RIGHT NOW.
>> Matt: MICHELIN WITH THE P.A.T.
AND 28-14 LEAD FOR WALTON.
DOING THIS AGAINST A BROOKWOOD DEFENSE THAT HAD NOT GIVEN UP MORE THAN TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME IN THEIR LAST SEVEN.
AND GIVEN UP JUST AN AVERAGE OF 9.3 POINTS PER GAME IN THE LAST SEVEN GAMES.
>> Wayne: CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE.
6'1", 180.
WE ARE SEEING HIM BE ABLE TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS PULLING THE BALL.
WILLING TO RUN.
THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.
SCRAMBLE.
THINGS THAT WHEN HE STARTED THE SEASON HE WAS JUST KNOWN AS SITTING BACK IN THE POCKET TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE THE BALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW KEEPING THIS DEFENSE UNBALANCED WITH HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE.
AND AS YOU SAID.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO GOT THE CALL ON THE PUNT, ROUGHING THE PUNTER BECAUSE HE'S ALSO THE PUNTER.
>> Matt: WELL YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG THAT DECISION WAS FOR HEAD COACH DANIEL BRUNNER.
IN THE OFF SEASON HE WANTED TO CHOOSE ONE GUY AND ROLL WITH THAT ONE GUY AS HIS STARTING AND MAIN QUARTERBACK.
BUT HECKLINSKI WAS SO COMPETITIVE THAT THEY COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO ROZSMAN AND HECKLINSKI WENT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SEASON SPLITTING REPS AT QUARTERBACK.
ROZSMAN TYPICALLY CONSIDERED THE NUMBER ONE.
HECKLINSKI A VERY CLOSE YOU KNOW ONE B STARTING QUARTERBACK.
AND WHEN ROZSMAN GOT HURT AGAINST ARCH LAST WEEK STEPPED IN AND DID A GREAT JOB.
AND HE'S TAKEN OVER AND RUN THE OFFENSE HERE FOR ALL BUT THE FIRST THREE SNAPS OF THE GAME TONIGHT AS THEY LEAD BROOKWOOD 28-14.
>> Wayne: COACH BRUNNER SAID IF IT HAD BEEN ANOTHER POSITION HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO TRY TO GET THEM BOTH OUT ON THE FIELD OR ROTATE THEM, SO HE DID THE SAME AT QUARTERBACK.
>> Matt: KICK COMING DOWN AT THE 15 YARD LINE AND FIELDED ON THE HOP BY PROTHRO.
AND HE'S GOING TO BE DROPPED AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
THAT IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE SEEN THE BRONCOS LET A KICK HIT THE GROUND WHEN IT APPEARED THEY COULD HAVE FIELDED IT IN THE AIR.
>> Wayne: PROTHRO IN THIS SITUATION FEELING LIKE THE BALL WAS GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT HIT THE TURF AND DIDN'T BOUNCE THE WAY HE THOUGHT.
SO HE TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST PLAY THAT HE COULD.
>> Matt: KEYS TO THE GAME BY BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT.
OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF GPB HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
AND THE WALTON OFFENSE AGAINST THE BROOKWOOD DEFENSE.
>> Wayne: THEY NEED TO ESTABLISH THE RUN TO KEEP THE OFFENSE BALANCED AND THIS WALTON DEFENSE, THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RALLY TO THE BALL.
LONERGAN HAS NOT REALLY BEAT THEM MOVING OUT OF POCKET YET, BUT HE HAS THAT ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS FEET.
>> Matt: AND GIVE THE BALL TO DIGGS.
>> Wayne: WHICH IS KEY FOR THIS OFFENSE.
>> Matt: I DON'T PRETEND TO BE AS SMART AS THEIR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR P.J.
KATZ, WHO PLAYED AT BROOKWOOD.
HAS BEEN A COACH AT HIS ALMA MATER THE LAST 10 SEASONS.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GIVE THE BALL TO ALEXANDER DIGGS AND IT IS GOING TO WORK OUT PRETTY GOOD.
LONERGAN THROWS TO BONNER.
BONNER IS GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
FIRST DOWN CATCH AND RUN BY STONE BONNER.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB JORDAN GETTING OFF THE BLOCK TO PREVENT AN EVEN BIGGER PLAY.
BONNER OUT IN SPACE FOR A SCREEN AND IF WILL JORDAN DOESN'T GET OFF OF THAT BLOCK THERE OF MASSENGILL, IT COULD BE A BIG RUN FOR BONNER.
>> STONEWALLED AT THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE.
NO RUNNING ROOM RIGHT THERE.
THE SOPHOMORE ASHTON WOODS, THEIR SECOND LEADING TACKLER MAKING THE STOP ON LONERGAN.
>> Wayne: DON'T FALL TO SLEEP AND LET DYLAN LONERGAN FOOL YOU THAT HE CAN'T RUN THE BALL.
AS THEY GET BEHIND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS WITH THE FEET.
>> Matt: SECOND AND NINE.
BROOKWOOD HAS AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE, AVERAGING 36 A GAME.
THEY ARE NOT OUT OF IT BY ANY MEANS.
AS THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE.
TRYING TO GET IT INTO A TIGHT SPOT WITH STONE BONNER AND MARCUS ALLEN BROKE IT UP.
>> Matt: NUMBER 55.
CASON HENRY, THE SAME ONE HEADING TO SOUTH CAROLINA AS THE RIGHT TACKLE, PUSHING THE POCKET, GETTING PRESSURE.
DYLAN LONERGAN NOT ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT THROW.
AND WHEN THROWING AGAINST A GUY LIKE MARCUS ALLEN, YOU BETTER GET SOME PACE ON THE BALL.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
PROTHRO IN MOTION.
NOW AN EMPTY BACK FIELD FOR THE BRONCOS.
THROWS TO PROTHRO.
COULDN'T KEEP HIS FEET.
HAD HE NOT GOT TRIPPED UP AND HAD JUST ONE MAN TO BEAT FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
AND NOW IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
>> Wayne: -- AND JUMAL PROTHRO WITH LONERGAN.
EXPLOSIVE.
ONE MAN TO BEAT.
HAVING TO GO DOWN LOW TO PICK THAT OFF HIS SHOE STRINGS.
HE FALLS AND TRIPS OVER HIS FEET.
PLAY IS THERE.
FOUR VERTICALS DOWN THE FIELD.
DRAG ROUTE BY THE RUNNING BACK COMING UNDERNEATH.
JUST NOT ABLE TO GET A GOOD THROW FOR HIM TO LEAD UP THE FIELD.
>> Matt: BRADEN DEAL WILL PUNT.
HIT AT THE 41, BOUNCE AWAY FROM THE RETURN MAN AND DEAD AT THE 33 WHERE THE RAIDERS WILL GO ON OFFENSE.
WITH JUST OVER SIX MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
36-YARD KICK BY BRADEN DEAL WHO AVERAGES ABOUT 37 YARDS A KICK.
RIGHT ON AVERAGE.
>> Wayne: TIME FOR THIS BROOKWOOD BRONCOS DEFENSE TO STEP UP.
28-14.
YOU COME IN THIS GAME RUNNING HIGH DEFENSIVELY.
ONLY GIVING UP 17 POINTS A GAME.
IT IS TIME TO GO OUT ON THE FIELD AND GET YOU A THREE AND OUT AND GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A SHORT FIELD TO WORK AND GET POINTS BEFORE THE HALF.
>> Matt: INTERCEPTED BY DAVENPORT.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 20.
AND THAT IS THAT BIG PLAY YOU WERE TALK ABOUT RIGHT THERE, WAYNE.
JORDAN DAVENPORT WITH THE INTERCEPTION.
>> Wayne: AS THEY SAY, "JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED."
JORDAN DAVENPORT WITH HIS THIRD INTERCEPTION.
READING THE QUARTERBACK EYES.
WATCH HIM DROP BACK IN COVERAGE, NEVER TAKING HIS EYES OFF HECKLINSKI.
NICE JOB.
NEVER THREATENED BY THE RUN.
>> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, BLOCK SIDE BLOCK AGAINST DEFENSE.
-- SNAP.
>> Matt: SO THAT ERASES A BIG PART OF THAT 20-YARD RETURN BY DAVENPORT WITH THE BLIND SIDE BLOCK.
DIGGS STOENLD AT THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGENEWALLED AT THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE.
RIGHT INTO THE TEETH OF THE WALTON DEFENSE.
>> Wayne: GIVING HIS OFFENSIVE LINE A LITTLE TIME, BUT TOO SLOW A PACE, NOT HITTING THE LINE WITH ANY KIND OF SPEED.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN LONERGAN WILL THROW TO DOPSON RIGHT THERE, LOW.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN.
>> Wayne: THE LINEBACKER, WOODS, AND OTHERS TRYING TO BRING THE PRESSURE.
AND LONERGAN HAS TO REGROUP ON THE SIDE LINES AND GET HIMSELF BACK IN SOME KIND OF GROOVE.
MISSING ON THE LAST THREE THROWS.
JUST MISSING HIS TARGET.
>> Matt: 4 FOR 8, 46 YARDS FOR LONERGAN.
YOUNG MAN WHO HE'S THROWN FOR OVER 31 HUNDRED YARDS THIS SEASON.
30 TOUCHDOWNS AND FOUR INTERCEPTION BUT, BUT I WILL HAS NOT HAD IT.
LEAST NOT YET.
THE BRONCOS GOT THAT PASS INTERCEPTION FROM JORDAN DAVENPORT BUT COULD DMO ANYTHING WITH IT.
>>> FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF.
28-14 LEAD FOR WALTON.
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>> Matt: RAIDERS BACK ON OFFENSE.
STOKES SHORT GAIN, PICKS UP A COUPLE ON THE PLAY.
TACKLED BY McCAIN, LINEBACKER.
>> Wayne: 97 JEREMY JOHNSON T BIG SOPHOMORE, THE WIDE BODY.
97 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, GOOD PRESSURE.
NOT LETTING THAT RUN DEVELOP.
JUST PUSHING THE LINE INTO THE BACK FIELD.
AND WHEN THEY HAVE HAD SUCCESS.
ITS BEEN BECAUSE OF THIS DEFENSIVE LINE AND THE PRESSURE THEY HAVE TO DISRUPT THE RUN GAME.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
HECKLINSKI SPIN MOVE.
MAKES DAVENPORT MISS AND HE SPINS FORWARD TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
HECKLINSKI HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT.
HE'S HAD COMMAND OF THE OFFENSE OUTSIDE OF THE ONE INTERCEPTION THAT HE'S THROWN.
HE HAS BEEN VERY SHARP TONIGHT.
AND VERY POISED.
>> Wayne: BIG THIRD DOWN ONCE AGAIN.
YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR OFFENSE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
YOU CAME UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION.
THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
IF YOU ARE BROOKWOOD AND BRONCOS DEFENSE, YOU HAVE TO START TAKING AIR OF YOURSELF AND GET OFF THE FIELD.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
HEAVY RUSH COMING OFF THE EDGE.
HECKLINSKI GETS IT OUT OF THERE FOR A FIRST DOWN.
COMPLETION TO MARCUS ALLEN AGAIN.
>> Wayne: THAT IS JUST A FUNCTION OF MARCUS ALLEN AND THE BIG TIME CAPABILITY HE HAS.
YOU CAN SEE CORY ELLIOTT PLAYING SOFT, NOT EVEN -- NOT A LOT BEHIND THIS BALL BY HECKLINSKI.
BUT THE CORNER IS PLAYING SO SOFT.
NICE JOB OF ALLEN COMING BACK TO GET THE BALL AND PICKING UP THAT FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: HANDOFF, PIG RUN HERE FOR THE RAIDERS.
SUTTON SMITH RAN INTO HIS OWN MAN AND SLOWED HIM DOWN ENOUGH FOR THE BRONCOS TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
PRINCETON BROWN AMONG THOSE MAKING THE TACKLE FOR BROOKWOOD.
>> Wayne: THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS THE ABILITY, THE SIZE, THE HEIGHT.
THEY EVER EXPECTED TO DOMINATE UP FRONT.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO MORE PASS PROTECTION THAN RUN BLOCKING.
BUT THEY ARE VERY CAPABLE MEN ACROSS THE BOARD TO GET THIS DONE WHEN NEEDED.
AND THAT IS THAT BALANCE THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO KEEP JEREMY HECKLINSKI OUT OF THOSE SITUATION WHERE IS HE HAS TO DLOU OVER PLAY.
>> Matt: -- TENNESSEE TECH, AND SMITH UP THE MIDDLE DID NOT GET THEIR HANDS ON HIM AND GET HIM ON THE GROUND BEHIND THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE.
HE LUNGES FORWARD FOR THE FIRST AND 10.
>> Wayne: THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT.
GOT TO QUICKLY, RAWSON MACNEILL GET HIM DOWN.
ZONE BLOCKING, GOOD PENETRATION, COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE THE TACKLE.
WHAT A DYNAMIC PLAYER HE IS IN THE OPEN FIELD.
>> Matt: HECKLINSKI ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT, THROWING ON THE RUN.
AND COMING BACK UNABLE TO MAKE THE GRAB AT THE 23 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS NATE LYONS.
SECOND DOWN.
>> Wayne: JUST LIKE WE SIT HERE, I THINK THIS BRONCOS DEFENSE T WAY THEY RUSHING JEREMY HECKLINSKI, HE'S SHOWING YOU HOW HE'S BLOSSOMING INTO HAVING THAT ABILITY TO ESCAPE PRESSURE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU FIRST PUT DOWN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HIM AND WHAT HIS ABILITIES ARE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE LEARNING AS THE SEASON, THE REPETITION, ABLE TO ESCAPE THE POCKET AND GIVE HIS OFFENSE A CHANCE, COMING UP SHORT ON THE THROW.
ONCE AGAIN TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET THIS PLAY IN.
HAVE TO CALL A TIMEOUT.
WALTON.
>> Matt: THAT WILL BE THE SECOND TIMEOUT THEY HAVE EARNED U BURNED HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
SO HECKLINSKI GOES TO THE SIDE LINE TO TALK THINGS OVER WITH SECOND AND 10 COMING UP AND TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK WITH HANNA GOODEN AND SEE WHAT'S COMING UP ON HALFTIME.
>> COMING UP ON THE HALFTIME SHOW, WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO NARROWING 64 TEAMS DOWN 32.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE TOP 10 MATCH-UPS AROUND THE STATE AND SOME BIG REMATCHES FROM A YEAR AGO.
AND JON WILL HAVE UPSET ALERTS RINGING.
AND IT IS ALL COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> Matt: LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HANNA.
HOW ABOUT THIS WALTON RAIDERS TEAM?
THEY GOT THRASHED BY MARIETTA.
WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS.
THEY WENT TO MOULTRIE.
ONE OF THE TOUGH PLACES TO PLAY AND WIN IN STATE OF GEORGIA AND BEAT THE PACKERS 31-14 AND BEAT ARCHER LAST WEEK ON THE ROAD 34-17.
NOW THEY ARE ON THE ROAD AT BROOKWOOD LEADING AND THREATENING TO SCORE AGAIN BEFORE HALFTIME.
>> Wayne: WE HEAR COACHES TALK ABOUT TIMELY LOSSES.
SOMETIMES GOOD TO HAVE A LOSS AND GET A TEAM REFOCUSED.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED OFFENSIVELY.
THEY ARE MOVING VERY WELL.
MAKING YOU DEFENSE THE WHOLE FIELD.
AND JEREMY HECKLINSKI IS STEPPING UP AND BECOMING A STAR AS THE PLAYOFFS GO ON.
>> Matt: SMITH ON THE SWEEP.
FIRST DOWN RUN BY SUTTON SMITH DOWN TO THE 29 YARD LINE.
AND WAYNE, HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE?
WHO NEEDS IT.
WALTON 2-3 AT HOME THIS YEAR.
6-0 ON THE ROAD.
>> BIG TIME PLAYER ON THE EDGE.
JET SWEEP ACTION TO GET HIS TALENT ON THE EDGE AND THAT IS WHERE HE LIKES TO BE, SUTTON SMITH.
AND THAT'S SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT.
JUST ACCEPT I'M GONNA BE ON THE ROAD.
DON'T TRY TO FIGHT IT OR WORRY ABOUT IT.
DON'T LIKE WELL IF THIS TEAM BEATS THIS TEAM WE'LL GET A HOME GAME.
JUST ACCEPT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND WE HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH TRAVEL AND ON THE ROAD.
KEEP THE BAG PACKED, PUT YOUR TOOTHBRUSH IN YOUR BACK POCKET AND JUST GO TO WORK.
>> Matt: AFTER THIS ONE IT WOULD BE EITHER MILL CREEK OR MILTON.
LONG WAY TO GO STILL IN THIS ONE.
HECKLINSKI GOING FOR THE SHOT IN THE END ZONE.
TOUCHDOWN WALTON.
RAWSON MACNEILL WITH THE 29 YARD LINE TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND IT IS 34-14 WALTON.
>> Wayne: STARTING THE SEASON WITH A BROKEN COLLARBONE.
BIG PLAY DOWN THE FIELD.
BIG TARGET, THE THREE STAR.
NICE JOB, NICE FIND.
BEAUTIFUL THROWLY HECKLINSKI.
PLAY ACTION FAKE.
GOOD PROTECTION BY THE O-LINE.
AND WHAT A TIME FOR RAWSON MACNEILL TO START SHINING.
WE SAW IN THAT FIRST QUARTER HECKLINSKI TRYING TO GET HIM THE BALL, GET HIM IN THE GAME EARLY.
THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH A BIG TIME TALENT.
NICE JOB, BEAUTIFUL DRIVE.
BEG TIME PLAY.
>> Matt: SPEAKING OF BIG TIME, WAYNE, I THINK JEREMY HECKLINSKI HERE LATE IN HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON IS SHOWING US THAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS HE'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECT HIMSELF.
>> Wayne: ONLY 6'1", ABOUT 180.
YOU IMAGINE, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
GIVE HIM TWO, THREE MORE INCHES BY THE TIME HE'S A SENIOR AND FILL OUT THAT BODY.
HE'S A GREAT PLAYER.
>> Matt: ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S CHECK WITH JON NELSON.
>> A PEEK IN FIVE A.
THE LEFT SIDE, LOW LEFT.
TWO TEAMS 30 MILES APART.
WARNER ROBINS AND JONES COUNTY.
THIS IS AT THE BREAK.
21-ALL WITH 3:24 TO GO FIRST HALF.
WARNER ROBINS RETOOK THE LEAD WITH UNDER 30 SECONDS TO GO.
THIS IS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
JONES COUNTY TRY TO PLAY MAKE IT TAKE IT AND KICK ONSIDE EACH TIME THEY SCORE TO KEEP IT OUT OF HANDS OF WARNER ROBINS.
BUT WARNER ROBINS IN A SHOOTOUT WITH THE GRAINDS AT THE BARKING >> Matt: THE BRONCOS BRING IT OUT TO THE 20 WITH JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES TO PLAY.
ALL TIMEOUTS REMAINING AND DESPERATELY NEEDED TO SCORE BEFORE HALFTIME.
>> Wayne: THIS WALTON RAIDER OFFENSE IS IN SUCH A GROOVE RIGHT NOW.
AND AS I SAID, THE BEST THING THEY ARE DOING, NOT JUST THE LEVEL OF PLAY BUT HOW THEY ARE PLAYING AND MAKING BROOKWOOD HAVE TO PLAY THE WHOLE FIELD.
HITTING THEM ON THE OUTSIDE, HITTING THEM DEEP WITH PLAYS.
AND THIS BRONCOS OFFENSE RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY A LITTLE RECKLESS AND GET THEMSELVES BACK IN THIS GAME AND TRY NIK SOME PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB DIGGS GOING AND GETTING THAT OFF HIS SHOE STRINGS.
>> Matt: THROWS THE BALL TO PROTHRO.
HE GETS HIT ONCE, AND TWICE AND DROPPED FOR A LOSS BACK AT THE 31.
HUNTER TEAL CAME UP TO MAKE THE TACKLE I BELIEVE.
AT LEAST HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS THERE.
>> Wayne: BROWN, GOOD COVERAGE.
KEEPING HIS SHOULDER TO THE OUTSIDE.
MISSING A TACKLE BUT FORCING PROTHRO BACK INTO THE TEAL TACKLE.
>> Matt: LONERGAN.
STEPS UP AND RUNS.
BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB THERE BY THE PLAYER RETRACING.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK AND PULLING HIM DOWN.
THIS BROOKWOOD OFFENSE IS JUST NOT ABLE VERTICALLY.
>> Matt: NOT A GREAT THROW BY LONERGAN RIGHT THERE.
AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO PUNT IT.
YOU CAN'T RISK GIVING THEM THE BALL ON THIS SIDE OF THE 50 YARD LINE WITH THIS MUCH TIME LEFT.
THEY ARE GOING RUN THE CLOCK DOWN AND THEN EITHER TAKE A PENALTY OR USE A TIMEOUT AND THEN PUNT.
>> Wayne: ONE TIMEOUT.
WALTON THE WAY THEY HAVE SHOWN TO BE ABLE TO GO VERTICAL.
THIS IS A SMART MOVE JUST TO GET OUT OF HALF AND RESETTLE YOURSELF.
>> Matt: LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING RUN ONE FINAL PLAY HERE.
>> Wayne: MAYBE GO WITH A HAIL MARY.
THEY DID TAKE THE PENALTY.
THEY HAVE A FALSE START OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> Matt: OR WAS IT DELAY OF GAME?
>> Matt: THE RAIDERS GETTING IT DONE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO ON THE ROAD NOW THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> Wayne: PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL ALL THREE PHRASES AND THE OFFENSE RAISED ITS HAND AND SHOWN THEY ARE GOING TO BE EFFICIENT AND EXPLOSIVE.
EVERYBODY IS GETTING INTO THE ACTION ACROSS THE BOARD YOU SAW IN THE FIRST HALF, MAKING PLAY, THE OFFENSIVE LINE GIVING THE PROTECTION FOR HECKLINSKI, AND RIGHT NOW THE BROOKWOOD DEFENSE JUST HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN ANYTHING.
>> Matt: OUR COACHES INTERVIEW WITH WALTON HEAD COACH DANIEL BRUNNER AND TABITHA TURNER-WILKINS IS PRESENTED BY DBHDD.
>>> COACH BRUNNER.
HIGH SCORING, FAST PACED FIRST HALF.
OFFENSE HAVING THEIR WAY OUT THERE.
WHAT WENT WELL FOR THEM.
>> A LOT.
THROWING PRETTY WELL.
EXCEPT FOR ONE PLAY WE'D LIKE BACK.
OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE CLICKING IN NEARLY ALL PHASES RIGHT NOW.
CLEAN UP THE KICKING GAME AND OTHER THAN THAT FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> DEFENSIVELY BROOKWOOD IS GOING MAKE A RUN.
WHAT IS YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAN TO ADJUST TO THEIR RUN?
>> THE QUARTERBACK IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.
GOT TO GO A GOOD JOB.
HELD HIM IN CHECK FIRST HALF BUT HE AIN'T GOING TO BACK DOWN.
WE GOT TO GET AFTER HIM IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> I GOT MY BRACKETS READY.
ALREADY HAVE A PFEIFER FOR TONIGHT.FINAL FOUR FOR TONIGHT.
CALLAWAY HEADING TO THE SEMIS NEXT FRIDAY.
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE'VE GOT MORE GAMES GOING TO HALFTIME AND INTO THE THIRD QUARTER.
ALL THE TOP SCORES COMING UP ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
AND BREAKING DOWN THE BRACKETS WITH JOHN.
SO STICK WITH US.
>> BUFORD 17-0.
AND 5 A, ANOTHER REMATCH.
WARNER ROBINS UP AT THE HALF.
AND 14-14 MARIS VERSUS BENEDICTINE.
3 A, THESE TWO TEAMS VERY FAMILIAR.
CEDAR GROVE AND CRIS COUNTY.
2019 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND IN THE 2020 QUARTERS.
AND CRICKS COUNTY 14-3 AT THE HALF.
IN 2 A, THE LONGEST DRIVE AWARD.
THE WILDCATS TRAVEL 325 MILES TO THOMASVILLE TO TAKE ON THE BULLDOGS AND THE BULLDOGS ARE UP 24-7.
1, A PRIVATE.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN AND CAVALRY DAY.
WE'RE TIED.
AND IN PUBLIC, THE TWO TIME STATE CHAMPIONS UP 21-7.
LET'S BRING IN JON NELSON.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LOT OF SCORES NOT ON THE TOP 10.
AND UPSET ALERTS.
>> WE GOT TWO WE'RE TRACKING.
AND ONE OF THEM.
BLESSED TRINITY.
THE OTHER ONE IS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
DAUGHERTY WON 7-0 LAST WEEK.
THEY ARE LEADING 14-8.
BEEN A BIT OF A BACK AND FORTH.
DAUGHERTY HAS IT BACK.
LET'S GO TO THE SECOND UPSET ALERT.
BLESSED TRINITY WITH THE RUNNING GAME.
28-0.
THAT ONE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
THOSE TWO GAMES HANNA ARE YOUR FIVE ALARM FIRES THAT WE'RE KEEPING ON EYE ON RIGHT NOW.
COUPLE UPDATES FROM YOUR SCOREBOARD.
HUDSON GROVE 37 YARD FIELD GOAL GIVES BENEDICTINE A LEAD NOW.
THAT ONE IN THE THIRD.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN NOW LEADING CAVALRY DAY.
A BACK AND FORTH DOWN ON THE COAST.
IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING CATCHING UP.
THOSE TWO GAMES ON THE COAST.
ADD TO THIS ONE THE PIERCE COUNTY LEAD AND BACK AND FORTH WITH PEACH.
INTERESTING STUFF GOING ON DOWN IN THE SAVANNAH AREA.
>> STICK WITH US.
WALLY GET BRACKETOLOGY AT THE END OF THE SHOW.
UP NEXT GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
BY REGIONS BANK.
QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UP TWEEN WALTON AND BROOKWOOD.
IT IS HALFTIME.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE.
THIS IS THE BOTTOM LEFT BRACKET OF THE 7 A. WALTON, 3 DEFEATING 2 IN THE FIRST ROUND.
WALTON WOULD DEFEAT 1 SEED ARCHER 34-7 IN THE SECOND ROUND.
HERE WE ARE IN THE QUARTERS.
AT THE BOTTOM.
1 SEED DEFEATING THE 4 SEED BY 56-7 IN THE FIRST ROUND.
IN THE SECOND ROUND THEY DEFEATED 3 SEED 17-14 TO MAKE IT TO THE QUARTER.
AND OUR HALFTIME SCORE RAIDERS UP 35-14.
THE WINNER OF OUR GAME PLAYS -- WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THEY GOT THERE.
>> MILTON KNOCKED OFF DULUTH IN THE FIRST ROUND.
THEN MARIETTA IN THE SECOND ROUND.
MILL CREEK WORKING THROUGH.
McEACHERN LAST WEEK.
MILTON AND MILL CREEK RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS 22-10.
AND MILL CREEK CUT TO IT A FIVE POINT MARGIN.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
TIGHT GAME UPPER LEFT.
GAME ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY IS LOW LEFT HAND.
THAT IS THE LEFT SIDE.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 7 A BRACKET.
RACEN AND ROSWELL AT THE HALF.
GRACEN WINNING 14-7 SO RIGHT NOW GRACEN ON THE ROAD AT RAY MAINIS.
THEY ARE GETTING THE DUKE RIGHT NOW.
THEY KNOCKED OFF DENMARK IN THE LAST GO ROUND.
ROSWELL IN AN UPSET OVER NORTH COB A MAD BACK AND FORTH --.
DOWN LOW RIGHT, IT WAS 20-0 AT ONE POINT.
THIS WAS AN 8:00 START.
COLINS HILL WINNING 28-7.
NOW SECOND QUARTER IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
>> WE GOT A COUPLE IN IN PEN.
LOT MORE TO GO.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT BRACKETOLOGY WITH JON AFTER THIS.
MORE FROM THE SECOND HALF, IS WALTON VERSUS BROOKWOOD WITH MATT AND WAYNE AFTER THE BREAK.
>>> HALFTIME IN A 35-14 LEAD FOR THE WALTON RAIDERS.
>> DEFENSIVELY YOUR TEAM HAS NOT GIVEN UP MORE THAN TWO TOUCHDOWNS ALL SEASON.
GAVE UP A LITTLE MORE IN THE FIRST HALF.
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.
>> WE GOT TACKLE BETTER FIRST OF ALL.
GOT TO GET TO THE QUARTERBACK AND GOT TO PLAY BETTER IN THE SECONDARY.
ON THIRD AND FOURTH AND LONG THEY ARE WE'RE LETTING'EM MAKE THE PLAYS THEY NEED.
AND THROWING OVER OUR HEAD COUPLE TIMES.
HASN'T HAPPENED MUCH THIS YEAR.
WE GOT TO CLEAN THOSE UP.
>> -- >> WE GOT TO STAY ON SCHEDULE.
GOT TO GET IN A RHYTHM.
BEEN OUT OF RHYTHM ALL GAME.
THEY HAVE HAD THE BALL MOST OF THE TIME.
WE JUST GOT TO DO BETTER JOB GETTING IN RHYTHM.
PUTTING TOGETHER SOME FIRST DOWNS.
AND GET THE BALL HERE TO START SO WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING AND GET MOMENTUM GOING.
>> THANKS.
MATT, WAYNE?
>> Matt: THANK YOU, TABITHA.
APPRECIATE THAT.
VERY IMPRESSIVE FIRST HALF FOR THE WALTON RAIDERS.
>> Wayne: GETTING EVERYONE INVOLVED.
AND THE BIG SCORES.
>> Matt: THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS, STARTED WELL FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> Wayne: BIG TIME PLAY EARLY ON TO GET THE GAME GOING AND START BECOMING THE JEREMY HECKLINSKI SHOW.
GETTING THE BALL DEEP TO MARCUS ALLEN WITH THE BIG STRIKE TO TIE IT UP 7-7.
>> Matt: 37 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF TWO FOR HECKLINSKI IN THE FIRST HALF.
12 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
PROTHRO IN THE OPEN.
SCOOP AND SCORE BY AJ BROWN AND THE QUICK TURNAROUND AND A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD FOR WALTON.
>> Wayne: WHEN THE OFFENSE ONCE AGAIN HITS THE FIELD RIGHT HERE.
ONE YARD RUN BY JEREMY HECKLINSKI TO PUSH IT UP TO 28-7.
>> Matt: SECOND QUARTER.
HECKLINSKI.
RAWSON MACNEILL WITH 29 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
241 YARDS FOR THE WALTON RAIDERS IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Wayne: THIS FERP GOING WIN THIS GAME.
ONLY 61 PASS YARDS.
OFFENSE REALLY SIGNIFIED ITSELF BEING ABLE TO THROW THE BALL, ONLY 61 YARDS PASSING.
TWO TURNOVERS FOR WALTON.
>> Matt: LONERGAN DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD FIRST HALF AND WE KNOW HE'S A GOOD HALF, SO HE'S GONNA TURN THINGS AROUND.
>> Wayne: THAT PUTS ALL THE PRESSURE ON THE BRONCOS' DEFENSE.
WE SAW THEM AFTER THE TIDAL WAVE HIT'EM COME UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION THERE BY JORDAN DAVENPORT.
BUT THE OFFENSE WASN'T ABLE TO BRING ANY ENERGY AND DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE THE MOST SURPRISING THING AS WE SAW IN THE FIRST HALF.
ONE TEAM PLAYING WITH LOT OF ENERGY, WALTON.
THE OTHER IN THE BRONCOS, YOU COULD SEE COACH JONES RIGHT THERE TRYING TO GET SOME ENERGY GOING FOR HIS TEAM.
>> Matt: SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
DYLAN LONERGAN JUST 7 OF 11 FOR 61 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.
UNUSUAL FOR HIM AVERAGING 300 PER GAME.
>> Wayne: WHO IS GOING STEP UP AND START MAKING PLAYS?
BUT THE FIRST THING THEY HAVE TO DO IS EXECUTE UP FRONT, GET BACK TO THE EARLY RUNS AND STAY OUT OF THIRD AND LONGS.
>> Matt: THROW A PASS BEHIND THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE TO DIGGS AND HE'S DROPPED FOR A LOSS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS MARCUS ALLEN, THE FOUR STAR CORNER, COMMITTED TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHO MADE THE BIG PLAY.
>> Wayne: LONG EXTENDED HANDOFF ON THE EDGE TRYING TO GET TO IZ TOP PLAYER.
AND WENDELL GREGORY, 14, GETTING OFF THE BLOCK OVER STONE BONNER.
>> Matt: BROKEN UP BY CADE THOMPSON.
>> Wayne: NOT A LOT ON THIS BALL BY LONERGAN.
NOT ABLE TO REALLY STEP FULLY THROUGH.
AND LUCKY NOT HAVING THAT INTERCEPTED.
JUST CAN'T THROW THAT LONG OF A ROUTE WITH NO PEPPER ON THE THROW AT ALL.
DYLAN LONERGAN.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S NURSING A INJURY.
BUT NOT REALLY PLAYING UP TO THE LEVEL WHICH E CAN PLAY.
>> Matt: THIRD AND 14.
BEHIND HIS TARGET DIGGS.
THIRD AND LONG AGAIN FOR BRONCOS.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE AS THE GUYS FOR BROOKWOOD GO TO THE SIDE LINE, THEIR WHOLE BODY LANGUAGE, THE ENERGY, JUST SEEMS TO BE DOWN AND IT IS SHOWING UP ON THE PLAY ON THE FIELD.
THEY ARE JUST MISSING THE TARGET.
COUPLE OF STEPS BEHIND ALEXANDER DIGGS ON THAT ROUTE.
>> Matt: DEAL AT THE 11.
SO WALTON WILL HAVE PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION TO START THIS THIRD QUARTER.
PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT BROOKWOOD DEFENSE FROM A FIELD POSITION STANDPOINT.
>> Wayne: WE SAW WALTON UP 21 POINT, SUTTON SMITH, WAY HECKLINSKI WAS PULLING THE BALL.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT GOOD LONG DRIVES.
AND FOR THEIR OFFENSE, LONG DRIVES.
THEY CAN EAT UP THREE, FOUR MINUTES EACH TIME THEY GET THE BALL HERE.
ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.
THAT'S SUCCESS AS WELL.
>> Matt: HIGH SNAP.
IF THE BRONCOS CAN GET BACK ON THAT.
AND HECKLINSKI WAS ABLE TO CORRAL IT.
OR WAS THAT SMITH WHO ACTUALLY -- SMITH WAS LINED UP AT THE WILDCAT AND SNAPPED OVER HIS HEAD.
>> Wayne: SOMETIMES YOU CAN OUTSMART YOURSELF AS AN OFFENSE.
DEFENSE JUST WENT THREE OUT.
>> Referee: PENALTY IS DECLINED.
RESULT OF THE PLAY SECOND DOWN.
>> Wayne: ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO JEREMY HECKLINSKI, MAYBE DO THE QUESTION MARK SHOULDER SHRUG TO TRY TO DRAW THE DEFENSE OVER.
HE FAKES AS THOUGH HE'S LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AT THE SIDE LINE.
CENTER SNAP JUST A HIGH SNAP OVER THE HEAD OF SUTTON.
JUST A INTERESTING CALL AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME JUST TO START THE SECOND HALF.
>> Matt: I AGREE.
OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS OFTEN TIMES --.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO CHRIS HIRSCHFIELD.
I'M SAYING THAT ABOUT EVERY OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR I'VE EVER MET.
YOU ARE DOMINATING THE GAME IN ALMOST EVERY PHASE.
NO NEED TO REACH INTO THE BAG OF TRICKS, RIGHT?
SO NOW IT IS THIRD DOWN.
>> Wayne: AND BROOKWOOD, YOU HAVE TO GET OFF THE FIELD.
YOU GOT TO GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A SHORTER FIELD.
>> Matt: THAT PLAY NETTED NOTHING ON THE PASS TO HEFNER AND FOURTH DOWN.
THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
>> Matt: LIKE OUR MAN GORDON DICKERSON, HE'S GOT SOME STYLE.
HECKLINSKI, STANDING AT THE 16 YARD LINE.
DOWN FIELD.
GOING TO HIT AT THE 39.
AND THEY GET ABOUT A 10 YARD ROLL OUT OF IT.
SO THE BALL AT THE 29 FOR THE BRONCOS, WHO NEED TO GET SOMETHING GOING ON OFFENSE.
WE'LL FIND OUT IF THEY CAN WHEN WE GET BACK.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
BALL AT THE 33.
ACROSS THE MIDDLE.
MASSENGILL DROPPED BY THE AFOREMENTIONED ASHTON WOODS AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
>> Wayne: BIG, PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE.
JUST GETTING STRONGER.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SOPHOMORES, ALONG WITH HECKLINSKI, MAKES YOU' A BRIGHT FUTURE.
UNDERNEATH ROUTE, CHOICE ROUTE BY MASSENGILL AND BIG TIME TACKLE, PHYSICAL TACKLE RIGHT THERE BY WOODS.
>> Matt: SUTTON SMITH STANDING DEEP TO FIELD THE PUNT.
AND DEAL AT HIS 21 TO KICK IT.
>> Wayne: FALSE START ON THE EDGE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT -- JUST HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ENERGY.
ALEXANDER DIGGS, WITH THE KICKOFF RETURN.
OUTSIDE OF HIS COUPLE OF PLAYS, NO ONE REALLY PLAYING WITH A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET THIS JOB DONE.
AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE.
>> Matt: FAIR CATCH.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIT BY --.
WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY END UP SPOTTING IT.
OFFICIALS WAVE IT DEAD AT THE 29.
41 YARD PUNT BY DEAL.
AND THE RAIDERS GO BACK ON OFFENSE WITH SEVEN MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> Wayne: THE RAIDERS OFFENSE, DON'T WANT TO BACK OFF TOO MUCH.
TAKE UP SOME CLOCK TIME.
THE LAST DRIVE THREE AND OUT.
MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE SNAP ON A LITTLE TRICKERY PLAY TO SUTTON SMITH.
YOU STILL WANT -- YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE POINTS BUT YOU NEED TO GO ON A FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE DRIVE AND MILK THE CLOCK AND PUT MORE PRESSURE ON BROOKWOOD.
>> Matt: JUST GET BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
BROOKWOOD WASN'T ABLE TO STOP THAT IN THE FIRST DOWN AND GOAL HALFTIME.
HECKLINSKI THROWS COMPLETE TO SMITH.
STUTTER STEPS.
GOES BY THE SAFETY, DOWN THE SIDE LINES.
SUTTON SMITH IS GONE.
TOUCHDOWN WALTON.
64 YARDS.
>> Wayne: THREE STAR HEADED TO MEMPHIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIM OUT IN OPEN SPACE.
WHEN HE'S HEALTHY.
HIS COACH THAT HE'S AS GOOD AS ANYONE IN THE STATE.
>> Wayne: RIGHT HERE.
SHOWING YOU OUT ON THE EDGE.
TAKING THIS SHORT, ONLY A THREE YARD ROUTE.
LOOK AT THE BALANCE AND THE FOOTWORK.
AND JUST THE SPEED.
IN A FOOT RACE VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN.
BIG PLAY ON THE SECOND DRIVE OF THE SECOND HALF.
>> Matt: SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR SUTTON SMITH.
THIRD TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE NIGHT FOR HECKLINSKI.
AND I DARE SAY MEMPHIS TIGER FANS ARE GOING TO LIKE SUTTON SMITH.
WOW.
42-14 WALTON.
STUNNER HERE IN SNELLVILLE.
WALTON HAS BUILT A FOUR TOUCHDOWN LEAD IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
JON NELSON?
>> STUNNER THERE IN BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY BUT NOT ON THE COAST.
QUAD A, THE BRACKET ONCE AGAIN.
UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THE 1 VERSUS 2, BACK AND FORTH.
MARIS TWO MINUTES TO GO.
BENEDICTINE LEADING 24-21.
THEY HAVE TO USE THE TIMEOUTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT BACK FOR A GAME TYING SCORE.
BAINBRIDGE IN A BACK AND FORTH LEADING NORTH O COHEN.
AND MARIS AND BENEDICTINE GOING TO THE WIRE ON THE COAST.
>> SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING BALL GAME, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER.
VERY ACCURATELY.
THAT'S PROBABLY A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-UP.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET IN THE QUARTERFINALS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
BROOKWOOD HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING QUICKLY OR THEY CAN START PLANNING FOR THE OFF SEASON.
DOPSON WITH A FAIR CATCH.
THE BIG PROBLEM FOR BROOKWOOD RIGHT NOW IS EVEN IF THEY DO FIND THE OFFENSE THE DEFENSE HAS TO STOP WALTON.
AND THEY HAVEN'T YET.
THEY EVER DOWN FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
AND ALMOST IN A MATHEMATICAL MUST-SCORE SITUATION EVERY TIME THEY TOUCH THE BALL.
IN FACT THEY PROBABLY ARE WITH 18 MINUTES TO PLAY.
>> Wayne: PUSHING THE BALL.
PUSHING THE BALL DOWN FIELD.
NO REAL SNAP TO THE BALL.
BALL HANGING A LONG TIME IN THE AIR ON THE THROW.
LITTLE ROLL OUT AND GET AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE.
JUST PUSHING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
VERY SURPRISED END OF THE GAME IF WE DON'T FIND DYLAN LONERGAN IS DEALING WITH A LITTLE INJURY AND JUST THE BEST OPTION TO MAYBE GIVE THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM.
BUT IN THIS SITUATION, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO START FINDING A VERTICAL GAME TO EVEN HAVE A CHANCE.
EARLY ON THESE THREE, FOUR, FIVE YARD PASSES WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY GOT TO GET ON THE BOARD QUICKLY.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN, LONERGAN.
NOBODY IN THE PICTURE.
DIGGS WAS RUNNING A GO ROUT.
>> Wayne: MISCOMMUNICATION HOPEFULLY IN THIS SITUATION.
BUT KIND OF ALMOST SEEN THIS ALL NIGHT LONG BETWEEN LONERGAN AND HIS RECEIVING CORPS.
COACH JONES TAKING A DEEP BREATH, TRYING TO FIND SOME ANSWERS, BUT THIS OFFENSE JUST NOT -- IT CAME IN 36 POINTS A GAME.
BROOKWOOD IS ABLE TO PUT UP.
THEY HAVE THE TALENT.
THEY HAVE THE ATHLETES.
JUST NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING WELL.
NO EXECUTION TONIGHT.
>> Matt: LONERGAN ON THIRD DOWN.
GONNA TRY TO RUN TO THE STICKS.
AND LET'S SEE, DID HE GET THERE?
I THINK HE STEPPED OUT BEFORE HE GOT TO THE MARKER.
BRING UP FOURTH AND ONE.
>> Matt: PROTHRO PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AS WE GO UNDER SIX MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
JUST ABOUT TO.
>> Wayne: GOT TAKE SOME CHANCES BRONCOS DOWN THE FIELD.
SIX MINUTES LEFT IN THE QUARTER.
GOT TO START GETTING VERTICAL.
50/50 BALLS TO STONE BONNER.
COME UP WITH A BIG CATCH.
>> Matt: QUARTERBACK SACK.
RYAN ANDERSON WITH THE QBS.
>> Wayne: BIG NOSE TACKLE INSIDE.
RYAN ANDERSON JUST PLAYING HARD.
DYLAN LONERGAN.
THIS IS ABOUT QUARTERBACK AWARENESS.
THE TIME CLOCK GOES UP.
YOU GOT TO STEP INTO THE POCKET.
NICE JOB RETRACING HIS STEPS BY ANDERSON FOR THE SACK.
DYLAN LONERGAN AT THAT POINT, BODIES AROUND YOU.
GOT TO STEP UP IN THE POCKET AND MAKE A QUICK DECISION, RUN OR GET THE BALL OUT.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND 12.
SCRAMBLES LEFT.
FIRES INCOMPLETE.
POPPED OUT AT THE END.
RECOVERED BY THE BRONCOS AT THE 21 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME OF KIND OF THE LONERGAN THAT WE'RE USED TO.
DIGGS ON THE CATCH RIGHT THERE.
GOES FOR 27.
>> Wayne: CAME IN EXPECTING THEY WAS GONNA HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.
LAST TIME IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, CONTINUING UP IN THE POCKET HE GOT SACKED.
THIS TIME MOVED HIS FEET AND DELIVERED THE BALL.
>> Matt: INTERCEPTED.
I THINK IT IS INTERCEPTED.
IT IS.
IT GOES OVER TO THE WALTON RAIDERS.
WILL JORDAN WITH THE INTERCEPTION.
AND WALTON'S GOT IT BACK.
>> Wayne: LONERGAN, BREAKING ON THE BALL, WILL JORDAN RIGHT HERE.
PLAYER DONE FOR BROOKWOOD.
>>> RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE RUN GAME MIGHT BE A COUPLE MINUTES FROM GETTING INTO THE SEMIFINALS.
BACK TO MATT.
>> Matt: SO DURING THE TIMEOUT THEY RULED IT WAS AN INCOMPLETE.
NOT AN INTERCEPTION.
SO BROOKWOOD WAS STILL ON OFFENSE.
SECOND AND 10 FROM THE 21 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: FOURTH AND SIX.
GOT TO GO FOR IT.
DOWN FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Matt: FIRES, TOUCHDOWN BROOKWOOD.
TO ALEXANDER DIGGS.
HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT.
AND REPRIEVE FOR BROOKWOOD.
ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN INTERCEPTION RULED INCOMPLETE.
THEY GET A SECOND CHANCE AND THE TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM LONERGAN TO DIGGS.
LONERGAN'S FIRST TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE NIGHT.
>> Wayne: ALEXANDER DIGGS MADE THE PLAY.
SPLIT OUT.
RUNNING SEAM ROUTE, MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
SAFETIES BACK.
NICE JOB DELIVERING THE BALL THERE.
ONE OF THE BETTER THROWS FOR LONERGAN TONIGHT.
>> Matt: SO BROOKWOOD CUTS THE WALTON LEAD IN HALF.
WITH JUST UNDER 16 MINUTES TO PLAY IN THIS GAME.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB TO SEE DYLAN LONERGAN SHAKE OFF INCOMPLETE PASS.
YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THAT SITUATION ON THAT THIRD DOWN.
COMING UP SHORT ON THE THROW AND THAT WAS STEPPING UP.
STEPPING INTO THE THROW.
ALEXANDER DIGGS ONCE AGAIN 21 POINTS UP ON THE BOARD.
AND THEY HAVE ALL COME THROUGH ALEXANDER DIGGS OFFENSIVELY.
TWO OFFENSIVELY AND ONE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY.
>> Matt: WAITING TO SEE, I THOUGHT THE P.A.T.
WAS GOOD BUT THEY HAVE NOT ADDED THE POINT TO THE SCOREBOARD HERE AT BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY STIMULATE.
SO BROOKWOOD IS GOING TO KICK OFF HERE.
NOT TIME FOR ANY KIND OF SQUIB KICK.
NOW THEY ADD THE POINT TO THE SCOREBOARD.
SUTTON SMITH GOING OUTSIDE THERE.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN KICKING IT DEEP ALL NIGHT.
THAT GUY RIGHT THERE.
>> Wayne: SUTTON SMITH, HE'S A DANGEROUS MAN WITH THE BALL IN HIS HAND, AS YOU CAN SEE.
HE'S ALWAYS REALLY ONE TACKLE, ONE MISSED TACKLE AWAY FROM BIG YARDAGE.
NICE JOB.
ONLY THING I LIKE TO GO DOWN THERE AND TELL HIM IS STOP HOLDING THE BALL WITH ONE HAND.
WHAT A DANGEROUS PLAYER, NICE PICK UP.
HEADED TO MEMPHIS.
>> Matt: LOOKS BETTER THAT WAY.
MAKES A BETTER LOOKING HIGHLIGHT.
>> Matt: HECKLINSKI THROWS, COMPLETE TO HUNTER TEAL FOR ABOUT NINE.
ELLIOTT GETS HIM ON THE GROUND.
>> Wayne: KNOWN FOR HIS BLOCKING IS TEAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE ONE THING ABOUT THESE GUYS OUT IN SPACE AND TALKED ABOUT IT WITH BROOKWOOD KEY TO THE GAME IS TACKLING.
AND COACH JONES TALKED ABOUT HIS TEAM HAD TO DO A BETTER JOB TACKLING.
THESE GUYS OUT IN SPACE.
THEY ARE NOT BIG HOUSEHOLD NAMES OUT OF SUTTON SMITH.
THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND HARD TO BRING DOWN.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND ONE.
PASS IT ON THIRD AND ONE.
HECKLINSKI ROLLS AND THROWS COMPLETION TO NATE LYONS.
THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE, WAYNE, WATCHING THIS WALTON OFFENSE IS THEY GOT A LOT OF DUDES THAT CAN CATCH THE BALL.
THEY CAN GO DO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT GUYS.
>> Wayne: THAT IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY COVER THE WHOLE FIELD.
HECKLINSKI IS SPREADING THE BALL AROUND.
HE'S MAKING THE WHOLE DEFENSE HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS.
NICE JOB SHOWING A LITTLE MORE THREAT SIMPLE IN HIS ABILITY TO SHAPE THE RUSH.
>> Matt: THAT WAS THE FIRST CARRY FOR AUSTIN WILLIAMS.
THIS WALTON TEAM, YOU KNOW.
THEY HAVE GONE ON THE ROAD NOW AND SCORED TWO BIG WINS AND IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A THIRD RIGHT HERE.
HUNTER TEAL COULD NOT COME ONE THE PASS RECEPTION.
>> Wayne: TRYING TO KEEP THE BALL LOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD IS HECKLINSKI.
AS YOU REMEMBER TALKING THERE MATT.
I WAS THINKING OF RECENT SUPER BOWL CHAMPS, SIMILAR TO THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES O COUPLE YEARS AGO.
>> Matt: NEVER WON MORE THAN TWO GAMES IN A ROW THE ENTIRE SEASON.
IF THEY WIN TONIGHT IT WILL BE A SEASON LONG THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK FOR THIS WALTON TEAM.
>> Wayne: ANOTHER EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE.
RAWSON MACNEILL CATCHING SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
BUT HAVING THAT SENSE OF WHERE THE CHAINS ARE.
TURNING HIS SHOULDERS.
BIG TARGET, 6-5.
LAYING OUT TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN AND KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS CLOCK RUNNING.
>> Matt: DOWN TO ONE MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND WALTON DOING THEIR VERY BEST JUST TO MILK THE CLOCK LEER.
HECKLINSKI GOING TO HAND OFF TO AUSTIN WILLIAMS AGAIN.
GETTING A COUPLE OF CARRIES HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER AT THE TALE END OF IT.
AS WE GO UNDER 40 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER.
>> Wayne: WASHINGTON JUST NOT ABLE TO COME WITH THE TACKLE.
GOT A INJURED PLAYER, I THINK IT IS WASHINGTON, ON THE FIELD.
>> Matt: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WALTON RAIDERS' RESUME.
EIGHT-TIME REGION CHAMPIONS.
BEST SEASON EVER IN 2011.
14-1, THEY LOST TO GRACEN IN THE STATE FINALS THAT YEAR.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE THAT 2011 SEASON THAT THEY HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
MADE THE PLAYOFFS 18 OF THEIR LAST 21 YEARS.
COACH ED DUDLEY THE WINNINGEST COACH IN RAIDERS HISTORY.
AND PHILIP JONES WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR ED DUDLEY AT WALTON HIGH SCHOOL IN FACT.
>> Wayne: COACH BRUNNER WAS VERY UP FRONT THAT HIS MISSION THIS WEEK WAS TO PUSH THIS TEAM PAST THIS ROUND.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN HERE BEFORE.
NOW IT IS TIME TO GO INTO SOME NEW TERRITORY.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL, IN ALL THREE PHASES.
>> Matt: YEAH.
BACK-TO-BACK, TO BACK-TO-BACK, FOUR STRAIGHT SEASONS GETTING ELIMINATED IN THE SECOND ROUND.
THEY WERE PUSHING FORWARD TO THE QUARTERFINAL THIS YEAR AND BEYOND.
AND NOW THEY ARE ABOUT 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM MOVING ON IN THE SEMIFINALS TO PLAY EITHER MILTON OR MILL CREEK.
AND AGAIN ON THE ROAD IN THE SEMIFINALS.
OF COURSE IF THEY WIN THAT ONE, THEY WILL BE ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
>> 3:14 TAKEN OFF THE CLOCK ON THIS DRIVE.
GETTING THEMSELVES DOWN IN THE RED ZONE.
SECOND AND SIX, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THE WHOLE PLAYBOOK IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND NOW THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT TO END THE QUARTER.
>> Matt: SO THE QUARTER COMES TO AN END.
MILTON LEADING MILL CREEK BY THE WAY 29-27 IN THAT BALL GAME.
WILL THE WALTON RAIDERS PLAY THEM NEXT WEEK IN THE SEMIFINALS?
CAN THE BRONCOS STAGE A BIG COMEBACK IN THE FOURTH?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
>> Wayne: HE'S HAD THAT KIND OF GAME.
ALREADY TAKEN 3:45 OFF THE CLOCK ON THIS DRIVE.
SECOND AND SIX.
MOST LIKELY TO KEEP THIS ON THE GROUND AND EAT UP SOME MORE CLOCK.
>> Matt: AGAIN IT IS AUSTIN WILLIAMS GETTING HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE CARRY OR THIRD OF THE SERIES I SHOULD SAY.
LANGSTON JONES MAKING THE TACKLE BUT LOSES THE HELMET SO HE HAS TO GO TO THE SIDE LINE FOR A PLAY.
HECKLINSKI, 248 YARDS PASSING FOR THE SOPHOMORE TONIGHT, AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND HE'S ALSO RUSHED FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Wayne: DANGEROUS IN THIS SITUATION.
PROVEN THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO SCRABBLE AND MAKE A PLAY.
STACKING THE BOX.
LOT OF BODIES FOR BROOKWOOD IN THE MIDDLE.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
HECKLINSKI BEING CHASED.
SPINNING AND THROWING THE BALL AWAY.
YOU COULD HEAR THE BRONCOS' SIDE LINE YELLING "ROUNDING."
BUT THERE WAS AUSTIN WILLIAMS, THE RUNNING BACK IN THE VICINITY OF THE THROW AND NOW IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND FOUR.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DO HERE.
THIS WOULD BE IN ABOUT THE RANGE OF A 40-YARD FIELD GOAL KICK.
WITHIN TRAINING OF LUCIEN MICHELIN THEIR PLACE KICKER.
>> Wayne: INTERESTING CALL ON THAT PLAY.
-- SITUATION GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.
YOU WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT THE BALL ON GROUND.
ONCE AGAIN RUNNING THE BALL TO KEEP THE CLOCK GOING AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM.
CAPABLE OFFENSIVE LINE.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IT HERE ON THIS FOURTH AND FOUR.
>> Matt: THEY WILL CALL THE TIMEOUT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU TRY THE FIELD GOAL HERE?
IT CERTAINLY IS WITHIN MICHELIN'S RANGE.
HE'S 7 OF 8 ON HIS FIELD GOALS THIS YEAR.
YOU ALWAYS RISK OF COURSE THE BLOCK AND THE RETURN AND THE MOMENTUM SWING AND ALLOWING THE TEAM TO GET BACK IN THE BALL GAME ANY TIME YOU HAVE A FIELD GOAL HERE BUT A FIELD GOAL SUCCESSFUL HERE MAKES IT A FOUR-SCORE GAME AND PRETTY MUCH PUTS IT OUT OF REACH, IF IT ISN'T ALREADY.
LET'S CHECK WITH JON NELSON.
>> QUAD A, 1 VERSUS 2 ON THE COAST.
BENEDICTINE WINS IT 24-21.
MARIST COULD NOT GET THE BALL BACK LATE.
AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE DIALING UP SEVEN NUMBERS.
IT MAY NOT BE 867-5309.
BUT WE'LL TELL YOU WHO IT IS.
NORTH OCONE KNOCKS OFF BAINBRIDGE.
THE FINAL 39-24.
SO NORTH OCONE HAS TO GO ON THE ROAD AGAIN NEXT WEEK ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR QUAD A BRACKET.
NORTH OCONE, BENEDICTINE GETS TO STAY AT HOME AGAIN FOR THE SEMIFINALS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
>> Matt: AND I WANT TO LET MY PARTNER WAYNE GANDY KNOW BENEDICTINE IS LED BY FOUR STAR QUARTERBACK AUBURN TIGERS COMMIT HOLDEN GUERIN.
>> Wayne: FINALLY SOME MORE EAGLES ON THE BOARD AROUND HERE.
>> Matt: WALTON GOING FOR IT RIGHT HERE.
HECKLINSKI GOING FOR THE END ZONE.
CAUGHT IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
TOUCHDOWN WALTON.
21-YARD TOUCHDOWN TOSS TO RAWSON MACNEILL.
HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN GRAB OF THE NIGHT.
FOURTH TOUCHDOWN MASS OF THE NIGHT FOR THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK.
AND WALTON A 48-21 LEAD.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB HANGING IN THERE.
BEAUTIFUL PASS TO RAWSON MACNEILL ON THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
BIG TARGET.
THROW IT UP HIGH.
POSTROUTE THERE BY MACNEILL.
>> Matt: AND THE P.A.T.
IS GOOD.
49-21.
JUST OVER 11 MINUTES TO PLAY.
YOU ARE WITNESSING THE COMING OUT PARTY OF ONE JEREMY HECKLINSKI.
>> Matt: THAT WAS A NINE PLAY, 56 YARD DRIVE FOR WALTON THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD PUT IT OUT OF REACH FOR THE RAIDERS.
>> Wayne: CONSISTENTLY GETS BEHIND THE DEFENSE AND WITH HIS HEIGHT, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR QUARTERBACK LAY IT UP THERE.
BIG PLAY.
CLOSE TO FIVE MINUTES OFF THE CLOCK ON THAT DRIVE FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Matt: AND OF THE BALL IS LOOSE.
AND LET'S SEE.
DOES WALTON HAVE IT?
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE IT.
THE RAIDERS COME UP WITH THE FUMBLE ON THE KICK RETURN.
ASHTON WOODS, PROTHRO WITH HIS SECOND FUMBLE OF THE NIGHT.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE OFFICIALS RULE.
LET'S SEE.
THE OFFICIALS ARE INDICATING THAT BROOKWOOD HAS IT ALTHOUGH ASHTON WOODS ENDED UP WITH IT AT THE END OF THE PLAY.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO RULE PROTHRO WAS DOWN.
>> Matt: PASS COMPLETELY TO PROTHRO.
TRIPPED UP IN THE OPEN FIELD BY PIERCE HUNDLEY.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THEY CAN LET BROOKWOOD SCORE.
JUST DON'T LET'EM SCORE REALLY QUICKLY.
YOU CAN WALK DOWN THE FIELD AND SCORE.
YOUR LEAD IS SO BIG, IF YOU ARE WALTON YOU WOULD REALLY HAVE TO SCREW IT UP TO LOSE THIS GAME.
>> Wayne: CONTINUE TO TACKLE THE BALL CARRIER.
LET'EM COMPLETE THE BALL.
COME UP, MAKE THE TACKLE.
JUST DON'T GIVE UP THE BIG PLAY DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Matt: LONERGAN, RUSH, SACK BACK AT THE 44.
SECOND QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE NIGHT FOR THIS WALTON DEFENSE.
AND THAT WAS LODA UGOKWE.
HUGE FUTURE.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB OFF THE EDGE BY HUNDLEY.
>> Wayne: NOT SURE IF IT IS A FUNCTION OF HEALTH FOR LONERGAN BUT THE TIMING HAS BEEN OFF.
THE DEFENSE RIGHT NOW FOR WALTON IS PLAYING A TRUE "BEND BUT DON'T BREAK," AS YOU SPOKE ON IT, MATT, IT TAKES THEM FOUR MINUTES TO SCORE.
THAT IS A WIN FOR THE DEFENSE.
NO QUICK STRIKES.
KEEP EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND THEY ARE HAVING SUCCESS AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> Matt: DEPLETE 15 YARD LINE.
DOPSON WITH THE CATCH.
6'2", 175 POUND JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER.
>> Wayne: GIJ OF THE GAME, SCORED THE TOUCHDOWN.
AND THEN PERIOD OF TIME WHERE HE GOES MISSING.
NOT SURE IF HE'S INJURED AS WELL BUT NOT USED A LOT TONIGHT AND HE'S BEEN THEIR BIG PLAY GUY.
>> Matt: UP THE MIDDLE.
TOUCHDOWN BROOKWOOD.
11-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR DYLAN LONERGAN.
SEVENTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
AND IT IS 49-27.
>> Wayne: NICE READ.
IN MOTION.
THE LINEBACKER GOES WITH DIGGS WHICH SHOWS WHICH THEY ARE IN MAN-TO-MAN AND ON THE POWER RUN, ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE'VE SEEN THAT LITTLE SPARK.
SPEED, BURST RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
NICE READ BY THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Matt: EIGHT PLAY, 67 YARDS.
WITH THE P.A.T.
MAKES IT 49-28.
NINE MINUTES STILL TO PLAY.
NOT OUT OF REACH JUST YET.
>> Matt: AT THIS POINT YOU EXPECT THE ONSIDE KICK RIGHT?
>> Wayne: YOU GOT TO START TAKING SOME CHANCES TRY TO GET THE BALL AND YOU COULD SEE WALTON SETTING UP EXPECTING ONSIDE KICK IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Matt: OR SOMETHING.
GOT TO BE SOMETHING TRICKERY TO GET THE BALL THAT QUICK.
CERTAINLY WALTON IS ANTICIPATING THAT.
DEAL IS THE KICKER HERE.
GETS THE HOP BUT RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF THE WALTON HANDS RECEIVER UP THERE ON THE FRONT.
NATE LYONS GOT UP THERE TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
FIELD IT CLEANLY AND GET ON THE GROUND.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB BY LYONS STICKING IN THERE.
NOT BACKING AWAY FROM THE BALL.
BEING AGGRESSIVE.
GOING AND SECURING THE BALL.
AS HE TALKS ABOUT.
ONLY THING ABOUT THE ONSIDE KICK IS GIVE AB OFFENSE LIKE WALTON THE SHORT FIELD.
YOU HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN'EM ALL NIGHT LONG.
AT THIS POINT THE LAST DRIVE ABOUT 4:0.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE CLOCK.
>> Matt: HEFNER OUT OF BOUNDS CLOSE TO THE 30.
HECKLINSKI HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIG STORIES HERE TONIGHT.
269 YARDS PASSING.
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE AIR.
ONE TOUCHDOWN RUSHING.
AND DID NOT START THE GAME THE FIRST THREE SNAPS OF THE GAME WENT TO THE SENIOR ZAC ROZSMAN.
ROZSMAN WHO HAD BEEN INJURED IN THE PRIOR GAME AGAINST ARCHER.
HECKLINSKI HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER HERE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
PLAYED THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS LAST WEEK AND THE 34-7 VICTORY OVER ARCHER, HAS VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE GAME HERE TONIGHT IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A QUARTERFINAL WIN OVER BROOKWOOD.
AUSTIN WILLIAMS LOOKS LIKE HE'S KIND OF BEEN THEIR SECOND HALF RUNNING BACK.
MAYBE HE'S THE GUY THAT COMES IN TO RUN BETWEEN THE TACKLES, KILL THE CLOCK.
>> Wayne: HARPED ON THIS A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE THIRD QUARTER ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THESE SKILLED POSITIONS FOR WALTON.
THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE A LITTLE ELUSIVENESS.
THEY MAKE PEOPLE MISS, THEY ARE GOOD OUT IN SPACE.
SUTTON SMITH IS AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN WHEN IT COMES TO ABILITY.
WE KNOW THAT.
EVERYONE ELSE THAT GETS A LITTLE TOUCH OF THE BALL SEEMS TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WHEN THEY DO GET THEIR CHANCE.
>> Matt: THEY ARE A GOOD LOOKIN' TEAM.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS.
>> Wayne: RUN BETWEEN THE TACK TOLERANCE KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.
EXPECT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT HERE.
KEEP THE CLOCKS RUN.
IF YOU SCORE RUNNING, FINE.
IF YOU CAN PICK UP ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, EAT UP ANOTHER TWO, THREE MINUTES TO DO SO, EVEN BETTER.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10 FOR THE RAIDERS.
AS THEY MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO A SPOT IN THE STATE SEMIFINALIST.
AUSTIN WILLIAMS PICKS UP A COUPLE RIGHT THERE.
>> Wayne: 5'8", 165.
TALK ABOUT JEREMY HECKLINSKI.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
HUNTER TEAL AS WELL.
BRIGHT FUTURE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS WALTON TEAM SEEMS TO BE IN A GROOVE AND POISED TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ROUND.
>> Matt: JUST A PHENOMENAL TURNAROUND, AGAIN, BY A TEAM THAT'S PUT IT TOGETHER AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> Wayne: BALL SECURITY.
KEEP IT ON THE GROUND.
EFFICIENT, CLEAN.
SEEMS THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS READY TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME.
STAY BEHIND THE BIG FELLAS RUNNING THE BALL, KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
>> Wayne: AND TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET THE PLAY IN.
>> Matt: BALL IS FUMBLED.
AND I BELIEVE THE BRONCOS -- MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FINALLY RECOVERED BY THE RAIDERS.
AND WILL FITZPATRICK, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.
>> Wayne: 32 FOR BROOKWOOD.
ERIC SIMMONS ALMOST COMING UP WITH IT.
>> Matt: HOW DOES BROOKWOOD NOT GET THIS BALL?
ONE GUY THERE, TWO GUYS THERE.
TWO GUYS.
AMAZING.
SO MICHELIN IS ON FOR THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.
THIS IS A 30 YARDER.
FROM THE LEFT HASH.
THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A WHISTLE.
DANIEL BRUNNER'S LIKE UMM, HELLO, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
I DIDN'T HEAR A WHISTLE BUT THEY WERE CLEARLY OFFSIDE.
THE WHISTLE WAS A LITTLE BIT DELAYED.
BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT BROOKWOOD HAD JUMPED ACROSS THE LIKE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT DEFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY.
REMAINS FOURTH AND 10.
-- REMAINS FOURTH DOWN.
DANIEL BRUNNER, IN HIS FIFTH SEASON AS THE RAIDERS' HEAD COACH, SIXTH SEASON IN THE PROGRAM, CAME THERE AS THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH.
KICK IS UP AND THE KICK IS GOOD.
MICHELIN PUTS IT THROUGH AND IT IS 52-28.
52-28.
JON, UPDATE US ON THE SCORES.
>> THE WINNER OF THIS ONE GOING UP AGAINST THE UPPER LEFT HAND SECTION.
MILTON WINS IT 36-27.
GOT TIGHT EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER BUT MILTON DISTANCES THEMSELVES.
SO THE WINNER OF THE ONE THAT WE ARE ON RIGHT NOW WITH FOOTBALL FRIDAY GETS MILTON.
AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, IF MATH IS CORRECT, IF IT IS WALTON, WALTON GOES TO MILTON.
SO THAT WILL BE AT THE EAGLES.
AND IN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ADVANCE GRACEN.
GRACEN WITH THE WIN TONIGHT AS WELL.
SO ADAM CARTER AND THE GRACEN RAMS AS A 2 SEED WILL BE WAITING COLINS HILL IN CONTROL AGAINST LOUNZ.
RAMS AND EAGLES NEXT WEEK ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE LOOKS LIKE.
>> Matt: AND REMATCH OF THE 7 A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF A YEAR AGO.
52-28.
AS THE RAIDERS ARE NOW SIX MINUTES AWAY FROM THEIR FOURTH SEMIFINAL APPEARANCE IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
GOT THERE IN 2004 UNDER ED DUDLEY.
AGAIN IN 2007 UNDER COACH ED DUDLEY.
MADE IT THERE IN 2011 ON THE WAY TO THE STATE FINALS UNDER HEAD COACH ROCKY HIDALGO.
AND NOW APPEARS THEY WILL MAKE IT THERE UNDER DANIEL BRUNNER, FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
RAIDERS PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 1976.
AND THEY WILL BE TWO WINS AWAY FROM A FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
LONERGAN THROWS COMPLETE TO PROTHRO.
PROTHRO STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.
WHAT A MATCH-UP THAT WALTON AND MILTON GAME WILL BE.
WE SAW MILTON'S HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE LAST WEEK BEAT MARIETTA.
AND TONIGHT ABLE TO HOLD OFF MILL CREEK AND NOW DRAWING ONE OF THE HOTTEST TEAMS IN THE STATE IN THE WALTON RAIDERS.
LONERGAN OVERTHROWS BONNER.
YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE POST VIDEO REVIEW WITH COACH JONES AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM TONIGHT.
WAS IT JUST THE WALTON DEFENSE?
BUT THEY JUST NEVER SEEMED TO BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO INSYNC LIKE WE'VE SEEN THEM E EARLY IN THE YEAR.
>> Wayne: MISSED ROUTES.
BALLS THROWN BEHIND RECEIVERS.
NOT LEADING THE RECEIVER TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL WITH ANY MOMENTUM.
NICE JOB COMING FROM THE LINEBACKER.
WOODS.
THIS LINEBACKING CORE.
CORPS.
>> Matt: NUMBER 14 RIGHT THERE.
GREGORY, IS THE GUY THAT BROKE IT UP.
THAT IS ANOTHER GUY TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON.
THIS IS A BIG DUDE.
WENDELL GREGORY.
6'3", 195.
ANOTHER SOPHOMORE.
WE'VE OPINION REPEATING THIS THEME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
THIS WALTON TEAM APPEARS BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL HERE.
>> Matt: 6'3", 200 POUNDS.
ROVER POSITION.
SAFETY SLASH LINEBACKER.
MAKING PLAYS AND ONCE AGAIN NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH A CONNECTION IS LONERGAN TO CAMPBELL.
AND THAT IS REALLY THE THEME OF THE GAME RIGHT THERE.
ITS BEEN THAT KIND OF NIGHT FOR THIS OFFENSE.
NOT A ABLE TO GET THE BALL GOING VERTICAL.
SEE ONCE AGAIN SHAKING HIS HEAD.
I THINK HE'S BEATING HIMSELF UP INSIDE THAT HELMET.
TOP TIER TALENT.
THAT JUST DIDN'T SHOW TONIGHT IN DYLAN LONERGAN.
>> SO FOURTH AND TEN.
LONERGAN ONLY 124 YARDS PASSING.
WELL OVER 100 YARDS LESS THAN HE TYPICALLY GETS IN A GAME.
WITH SECOND EFFORT PROTHRO IS GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN TELL THIS PROOKD TEAM, THEY ARE NOT HURRYING.
THEY ARE NOT RUSHING.
THEY UNDERSTAND IT IS A BIG CHALLENGE.
>> Matt: RUNNING TO THE NEAR SIDE LINE AND LOWERS THE SHOULDER.
OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 38.
ACTUALLY DID NOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO THEY WILL KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.
>> Wayne: UP IN THE POCKET.
HE'S HAD TO DO THIS A LOT TONIGHT.
STEP UP.
NOT BIG TIME PRESSURE ON HIM.
BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND HAVE TO MOVE UP.
WE'VE SEEN HIM TAKE THE BALL, RUN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
HE HAS TRIED TO SET HIS FEET AND THROW.
JUST NOT BEEN THERE FOR HIM TONIGHT.
>> Matt: OVERTHROWS PROTHRO.
>> Wayne: I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING THAT.
HAVE TO GET CREDIT TO THE SECONDARY.
SOME OF THIS IS GOOD COVERAGE.
NOWHERE GO WITH THE BALL.
CAME IN WITH A GOOD GAME PLAN, KNOWING THEIR FIRST THING WAS TO MAKE HIM HAVE TO EXECUTE.
HEAD COACH DANIEL BRUNNER TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO STOP NUMBER 12 FOR BROOKWOOD IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT TONIGHT.
52-28, AS YOU SAID WHEN THE GAME STARTED, "TAKE THE OVER."
BIG SCORE FOR WALTON AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
LONERGAN THROWS AND BROKEN UP AT THE 27.
AGAIN REALLY STRONG DEFENSE, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO CAMPBELL RIGHT THERE.
MARCUS ALLEN HEFNER IN ON THAT WAS ALE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS 15.
MAYBE 13.
>> Wayne: EVEN WITH THE GAME OUT OF RANGE, ALEXANDER DIGGS NOT BEEN IN THE PLAYBOOK.
>> Matt: DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE SAW WHAT HE WAS ABLE THE BALL IN THIS GAME.
11 OR 12 TOUCHES.
JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT FOR HIM TONIGHT.
HE SCORED THREE TIMES.
HE SCORED ALL THEIR TOUCHDOWNS BUT ONE.
AND COMPLETE BUT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN ON THE PASS ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO CAMPBELL.
THE BALL IS GOING TO GO OVER ON DOWNS AND WALTON WILL TAKE OVER WITH RIGHT ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT IN THIS GAME AND TIME TO STAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S "PLAY OF THE GAME" PRESENTED BY BESTIES.
SHARE WITH YOUR PESTY.
-- BESTY.
IT IS OUR DEFENSE.
THE SCOOP AND SCORE BY AJ BROWN.
THAT REALLY CHANGED MOMENTUM OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: TOOK THE AIR OUT FOR BROOKWOOD ON THE FUMBLE.
THE WAVES JUST GOT BIGGER FOR WALTON.
NICE JOB GETTING TO THE END ZONE FOR AJ BROWN AND THIS WALTON TEAM NEVER LOOKED BACK.
>> Matt: YEAH, THAT MADE IT 21-7 AT THAT POINT.
AND WALTON, AFTER FALLING BEHIND 7-0 IN THE OPENING 90 SECONDS OF THE GAME ON THAT SCORE RIGHT THERE REALLY CHANGED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME.
AND THEY WERE IN CONTROL PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY THEREAFTER.
AUSTIN WILLIAMS WITH THE RUN.
SO WALTON RAIDERS WILL WIN THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE ROAD GAME.
THEY WILL IMPROVE TO 7-0 ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON.
THE SECOND TOP 10 WIN FOR THEM ON THE ROAD IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THEY ARE NOW 4-1 AGAINST TOP 10 TEAMS THIS SEASON.
AND THEY WILL GET ANOTHER ONE NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY PLAY AT MILTON.
>> Wayne: BIG JEREMY HECKLINSKI TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE CLOCK STOPPED.
>> Matt: I THINK YOU MADE THE POINT EARLIER.
THIS WILL BE THE GAME THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WILL REMEMBER BACK AND SAY OH YEAH, THAT IS THE GAME THAT JEREMY HECKLINSKI TOOK OVER.
THAT'S THE GAME WHEN WE FINALLY FOUND OUT WHAT JEREMY HECKLINSKI WAS ALL ABOUT.
>> Wayne: AND HOW THE GAME UNFOLDED, IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE THAT FIRST DRIVE WAS JUST LETTING THE SENIOR, ROZSMAN, START THE GAME.
WE KNOW THEY RUN A TWO-QUARTERBACK SYSTEM.
IT WASN'T ABOUT ROZSMAN NOT BEING HOT.
HE JUST AFTER THE FIRST DRIVE WAS REMOVED FROM THE GAME.
AND HECKLINSKI TOOK OVER.
>> Matt: AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN RESIDUAL FROM THE INJURY SITUATION.
YOU KNOW HE GOT KNOCKED OUT AFTER ONE QUARTER AGAINST ARCHER.
COULD HAVE BEEN RESIDUAL.
MAYBE CAME TO THE SIDE LINE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE IT -- WHO KNOWS.
WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT HECKLINSKI WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TOOK THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT AND PASSED FOR IT TOO.
FIVE TOUCHDOWNS TONIGHT WHICH HE'S ACCOUNTED FOR.
RIGHT AT 300 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE.
>> Wayne: AND THE BIGS THING THAT A TWO-QUARTERBACK SYSTEM DOES, IT IS LIKE PREPARING FOR TWO DIFFERENT RUNNING BACKS.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND PRACTICE.
AND YOU CAN'T JUST STUDY ONE GUY.
TOUGH RUNNING HERE BY AUSTIN TO KEEP THE CLOCK GOING AND GET THE FIRST DOWN.
BUT IT FORCES A DEFENSE OF YOUR OPPONENT TO HAVE TO STUDY BOTH GUYS.
BECAUSE EVEN IN SIMILARITIES, THEY ARE DIFFERENT TO THEIR TARGET OF WHERE THEY LIKE TO THROW THE BALL, WHO THEY LIKE TO THROW THE BALL TO.
AND IT THROWS YOU OFF BALANCE.
>> Matt: GIVE COACH DANIEL BRUNNER A LOT OF CREDIT.
HE RECOGNIZED EARLY IN THE SEASON THAT THEY SHOULD GO WITH THIS TWO-QUARTERBACK SYSTEM.
AND NOT AN EASY CALL TO MAKE WHEN YOU HAVE A THREE STAR SENIOR QUARTERBACK SO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO PLAY THE SOPHOMORE TOO.
AND HERE LATE IN THE SEASON IT IS A BRILLIANT DECISION BY BRUNNER.
AND BROOKWOOD GETTING READY TO GO ON OFFENSE, PERHAPS FOR THE FINAL TIME HERE IN THE 2021 SEASON.
FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.
SO WE SFLOOERL THE BRACKET SET.
WALTON WILL BE AT MILTON.
AND OF COURSE ALL OF THE BRACKETS.
ALL THE SCORES AND INTERVIEWS AND COACHES AROUND THE STATE COMING UP IN A FEW MOMENTS.
THE GPB SPORTS POST GAME SHOW COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
LET'S CHECK WITH HANNA GOODEN.
>>> YEAH, MATT.
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES IS THE POST GAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
29 TEAMS HAVE ALREADY PUNCHED THEIR TICKETS TO THE SEMIFINALS.
WE'RE FILLING OUT OUR BRACKETS IN PEN.
JUST MISSING THREE FINAL SCORES, INCLUDING OUR GAME.
WE ALREADY HAVE COACHES AND MEDIA MEMBERS AROUND THE STATE CALLING IN.
THEY ARE ON THE LINE.
HOT MICS COMING UP.
>> Matt: THANK YOU HANNA.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE'LL GET UPDATED ON ALL THE BRABLGTS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOWN TO FINAL FOURS IN EVERY ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS.CKETS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOWN TO FINAL FOURS IN EVERY ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS.
32 TEAMS TOTAL WILL REMAIN IN THE HUNT FOR THE EIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE REWARDED TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
WHAT A DISAPPOINTING FINISH FOR THE BRONCOS' SEASON.
THEY WILL LINE UP 10-3 AND HAVE THEIR 8-GAME WIN STREAK SNAPPED HERE IN THE STATE QUARTERFINALS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A SEASON LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO GO THIS FAR GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TRANSFERS, THE FOUR PLAYERS THAT WENT TO NORTH COBB.
BROOKWOOD PLAYED VERY WELL THIS SEASON.
WON A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
PASS COMPLETE RIGHT THERE TO DIGGS.
HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
ARE YOU DIDDING ME?
FOURTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR ALEX DIGGS.
>> Wayne: ALEXANDER "BIG PLAY" DIGGS DOWN THE FIELD IN A LOSING EFFORT.
ONCE AGAIN RINGING UP SEVEN FOR HIS TEAM.
THIS SENIOR HAS PUT ON A PERFORMANCE FOR GPB WHEN WE PUT HIM ON TV.
NICE JOB.
READING THE DEFENSE, BREAKING TACKLES.
OUT IN OPEN FIELD.
SHOWING YOU THE SPEED.
STILL NOT SURE WHY IN YOUNG MAN ONLY HAS ONE OFFER.
>> Matt: WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE.
I MEAN LET'S FACE IT.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF COLLEGE COACHES WATCHING.
BECAUSE THEY TELL ME THEY WATCH.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE ALEX DIGGS AN OFFER.
HE'S GOT AN OFFER FROM DAVIDSON.
I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT OR DIMINISH THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WILDCATS FOR OFFERING THIS YOUNG MAN.
BUT EVERY TIME WE HAVE SEEN HIM, THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME ON GPB THIS YEAR, HE HAS COME TO WORK.
AND HE HAS EXECUTED.
HE HAS COMPETED AND HE HAS GOTTEN THE JOB DONE.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET ANOTHER CHANCE, THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE HIS FINAL FOOTBALL GAME OF HIS CAREER.
>> Wayne: AND HOW RARE IS IT FOR A PLAYER TO GO OUT AND SCORE FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN A LOSING EFFORT?
YOU REALLY NEVER THINK ABOUT IT.
HE SCORED FOUR TOUCHDOWNS HERE TONIGHT.
>> Matt: BIG TOUCHDOWNS.
NOT ONE-YARD RUNS.
>> Wayne: CORRECT.
AND LAOS THE GAME.
USUALLY WITH THAT KIND OF EFFORT YOU CAN GET YOU A WIN.
BUT HATS OFF TO HIM BEING FOCUSED, COMING OUT TO PLAY ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS FOR THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM TONIGHT.
>> Matt: HE'S HAD A 24 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
A 78 YARD KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWN.
A 17 YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION.
AND NOW A 75 YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION.
>> Wayne: REMEMBER HISSEN SENIOR SEASON.
HIS LAST GAME OF THIS YEAR AND LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
BUT HE ALSO CHEERED THAT HE HAD A BIG GAME IN THIS LOSS.
>> Matt: AND I CALL IT A 75 YARD RECEPTION.
A 75 YARD RUN.
EITHER WAY HE WENT A LONG DISTANCE.
ONSIDE KICK, COVERED BY WALTON AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
SO WALTON GOES BACK ON OFFENSE, 95 SECONDS TO GO.
AND A CHANCE TO SEAL THIS VICTORY AND GET INTO THE SEMIFINALS FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
JUST BEEN AN EYE OPENING PERFORMANCE BY THIS RAIDERS TEAM TONIGHT.
THEY WILL IMPROVE TO 9-3 ON THE SEASON.
RECORD THEIR SEASON BEST THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK.
HOFF OFTEN DO YOU SAY THAT?
FOR A TEAM GOING INTO THE SEMIFINALS, THAT THEY ARE DOING SO ON A SEASON-BEST THREE-GAME WINNING STREAM.
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WALTON IS DOING RIGHT HERE.
THEY HAVE NOW OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS IN THESE THREE ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS 127-59.
>> Wayne: ONE OF THE MISLEADING THINGS ABOUT THIS AS THEY MOVE ON, THIS WALTON RAIDERS DEFENSE, THERE IS 35 POINT ON THE BOARD.
BUT A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN IN KIND OF LIKE "LET'S GET THE GAME OVER" MENTALITY.
THEY KIND OF STEPPED BACK, WENT MORE OF A COVER TWO, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN FRONT OF'EM.
GOT AWAY FROM BEING AGGRESSIVE.
SO DON'T LIKE THE 35 POINTS, IF YOU ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ROUND MAKE YOU THINK THEY DON'T PLAY GOOD DEFENSE.
THEY PLAYED ONLY GOOD DEFENSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Matt: ABSOLUTELY.
THE 35 POINTS IS KIND OF A MISNOMER THERE.
THIS WALTON DEFENSE PLAYED MUCH BETTER THAN THE 35 POINTS.
LOT OF THOSE POINTS AFTER THE GAME WAS OUT OF REACH, WHICH EFFECTIVELY AS HALFTIME WHEN IT WAS 35-14.
LET'S FACE IT.
BROOBLGD WAS NEVER REALLY ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THAT BILLING DEFICIT AT HALFTIME.
DANIEL BRUNNER, CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH BRUNNER, HAS THE WALTON RAIDERS IN THE SEMIFINALIST.
CAME IN TO THE SEASON WITH THE GOAL OF PUSHING BEYOND THE SWEET 16 WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN STOPPED FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
AND NOW NOT ONLY GETTING PAST THE SWEET 16 BUT INTO THE FINAL 4 IN 7 A.
AND FACING THE MILTON EAGLES NEXT WEEK IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS.
TWO WINS AWAY FROM A FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
>> Wayne: VERY VOCAL ABOUT HIS TEAMS MISSION GETTING OUT OF THIS ROUND AND MOVING ON.
NOW THEY HAVE THAT CHANCE TO PLAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
HEADED INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND COMING OUT PARTY FOR THEIR BIG TIME QUARTERBACK.
THE SOPHOMORE JEREMY HECKLINSKI.
>> Matt: FORGET ABOUT THANKSGIVING.
NOW YOU GET TO PRACTICE FOR DECEMBER.
SO 52-35 THE FINAL HERE.
JEREMY HECKLINSKI BIG NIGHT.
SUTTON SMITH.
WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF HIM.
HE DID HAVE THE 64 YARD SCORE THE SECOND HALF.
ONCE HE GOT THAT IN THE BARNG THEY SENT HIM OVER TO THE SIDE LINES AND SAID LET'S MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET HURT REST OF THE WAY.
BE READY FOR THE SEMIFINALS.
BUT ANOTHER BIG PERFORMANCE FOR HIM.
SPECTACULAR NIGHT AS WELL.
JUST STATISTICALLY A LITTLE OVERSHADOWED BY SOME OF THE OTHER PERFORMS, BUT HE JUST CONTINUES TO HAVE A BIG TIME SENIOR SEASON.
12 CARRIES, 67 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN AND THE ONE 64-YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION AS WELL.
TWO TOUCHDOWNS ON THE NIGHT FOR THE MEMPHIS COMMIT.
>> Wayne: HIS BIG PLAY ABILITY ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH BEING ABLE TO CATCH SHORT AND RUN LONG REALLY BALANCED RAWSON MACNEILL TO THE TWO HEADED COMBO.
>> Matt: DANIEL BRUNNER AND JEREMY HECKLINSKI STANDING BY WITH TABITHA TURNER-WILKINS.
>> COACH YOU SAID BEFORE THE GAME, TWO OF YOUR KEYS WERE MINIMIZE THE QUARTERBACK AND HIS PASSING AND NOT LEAVE ANY POINTS ON THE BOARD.
I THINK YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISHED THAT FEAT.
CAN YOU SPEAK HOW YOUR GUYS PERFORMED TONIGHT.
>> TREMENDOUS.
PLAYED GREAT.
CORNERBACK, TOOK THINGS AWAY.
OUTSTANDING JOB.
TEAM GAME.
JUST CAN'T SPEAK HIGH ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT TIME TO BE PLAYING.
>> THIS GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO NAP.
NOT THE PLAYOFF GAME BUT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET EARLY IN THE SEASON.
CANCELED DUE TO COVID.
WAS IT WORTH A THAT T WAIT?
>> NO DOUBT.
ONE OF FOUR STAN PDING STILL.
HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
BACK TEAMWORK FOR NEXT WEEK.
>> YOU HAVE MILL CREEK COMING UP.
HOW DO YOU PREP FOR THAT GOING INTO THIS WEEK WITHOUT OVERLOOKING WHAT'S COMING UP OR GOING TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
>> FOCUS ON OUR JOB.
TASK ORIENTED.
ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD NOW THREE WEEKS IN THE PLAYOFFS AND GONNA STICK TO OUR PLAN.
HOPEFULLY PAY DIVIDENDS -- >> EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS MILTON.
NOT MILL CREEK.
EXCUSE ME FOR THAT.
YOU HAVE HAD AN UP AND DOWN YEAR BUT SEEM TO BE CLICKING AGGREGATE THE RIGHT TIME.
>> OUTSTANDING.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUS TO YEARS IN A ROW.
AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.
WORKED WAY TO HARD TO NOT FIND A WAY TO WIN THE GAMES AND WE'RE FINDING WAYS RIGHT NOW.
WANT TO CONTINUE THAT NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU, COACH.
OUR COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER GAME OF THE.
JEREMY, THIS IS FOR YOU.
YOU PLAYED TIME AT QUARTERBACK BUT TONIGHT THE OFFENSE KWIKD CLICKED WELL.
WHAT MADE THIS -- >> IT WAS REALLY JUST A GROUP EFFORT.
RECEIVERS CLICKING, LINEMEN, RUNNING BACKS.
IT WAS EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE COMPLETE FALL FOR PLAYING OUR BEST.
WE ALL PLAYED OUR PART AND JUST DID OUR ROLE.
>> HOW YOU FEELING.
>> FEELING GOOD.
ON TO THE NEXT.
JUST WIN.
>> YOU ARE TWO WINS AWAY FROM A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
GOING INTO MILTON NEXT WEEK, HOW DO YOU PREP THIS WEEK?
>> SAME WAY WE'VE BEEN PREPPING.
BALLS TO THE WALL.
WORKING HARD EVERY DAY AND KEEP IT GOING.
GOT TO WIN THIS GAME.
>> YOUR COACH, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE HE TOLD ME.
YOU HAVE THE CARD.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY CARD WHERE YOU GET TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE THANKFUL.
YOU ARE ON TELEVISION.
LIVE TV YOU.
DON'T HAVE TO WRITE NOTE DWROURS PARENTS CAN YOU TELL -- >> THANKFUL FOR MY MOM, MY DAD, MY FAMILY.
BUT THIS TEAM FOR REAL.
ALL LOVE FOR THE COACHES AND PLAYERS.
COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT Y'ALL.
AND WE'LL SEE MILTON IN THE SEMIS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WOW.
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK RIGHT THERE TO LEAD WALTON TO CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINS IN THE LAST DECADE MORE PROGRAM.
AND THEY WILL BE A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT FOR THE MILTON EAGLES IN THE ROUND OF 4.
>> Wayne: FINALLY FINDING THEIR OFFENSE TO GO WITH THE SPECIAL TEAMS AND DEFENSE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING ALL SEASON LONG.
THE WAY THEY ATTACKED THE WHOLE FIELD GIVING EVERYBODY THE CHANCE TO MAKE A PLAY.
HECKLINSKI DOING A GREAT JOB DOWN THE FIELD WITH THE BIG PLAY TO MACNEILL AND TO SUTTON SMITH.
>> Matt: 9-3 ON THE SEASON.
THREE IN A ROW.
PLAYING THEIR BEST FOOTBALL AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THAT BEFORE?
THEY ARE DOING IT AND THEY WILL BE A TOUGH OUT FOR THE MILTON EAGLES NEXT WEEKEND.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOMORROW ON SATURDAY WE WILL ANNOUNCE WHERE WE WILL BE FOR THE SEMIFINALS RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
AND NOW FOR WAYNE GANDY, TABITHA TURNER-WILKINS, JON NELSON, HANNA GOODEN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, I'M MATT STUART.
SO LONG FROM SNELLVILLE.
CONGRATULATIONS WALTON RAIDERS.
INTO THE SEMIFINALS.
THE GPB SPORTS POST GAME SHOW IS NOW NEXT.
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