Football Fridays in Georgia
Roswell vs. Cherokee
Season 2021 Episode 5 | 2h 59m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Roswell vs. Cherokee - Oct. 8, 2021
Sophomore RB Nykahi Davenport lifted an injury depleted Roswell backfield by rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns to help the Hornets defeat rival Cherokee 41-13. Robbie Roper’s 48-yard TD pass to Dylan Williams early in the second quarter helped Roswell build a 27-7 halftime lead. Led by Ethan Nation and Riley Slaughter, the Hornets defense shut down Vanderbilt quarterback commit AJ Swann.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Roswell vs. Cherokee
Season 2021 Episode 5 | 2h 59m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Sophomore RB Nykahi Davenport lifted an injury depleted Roswell backfield by rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns to help the Hornets defeat rival Cherokee 41-13. Robbie Roper’s 48-yard TD pass to Dylan Williams early in the second quarter helped Roswell build a 27-7 halftime lead. Led by Ethan Nation and Riley Slaughter, the Hornets defense shut down Vanderbilt quarterback commit AJ Swann.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA, AS WE WELCOME YOU TO TOMMY BAKER FIELD IN CANTON, A HUGE REGION 5 7A MATCHUP AS THE HORNETS HAVE COME TO TOWN TO TAKE ON THE CHEROKEE WARRIORS.
I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK AND 15-YEAR PLAYER, WAYNE GAND AYE.
JON NELSON WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE SCENARIOS IN A MOMENT.
BUT ON THE SURFACE IT SHOULD BE AN ENTERTAINING GAME TONIGHT, BOTH TEAMS ARE SO SIMILAR.
>> MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, BOTH TEAMS LED BY BIG ALL-STAR QUARTERBACKS.
ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE BOTH RELY ON THE THREE-FOUR DEFENSE, BEND, DON'T BREAK ATTITUDE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ROSWELL.
STAR QUARTERBACK ROPER, ONE OF THE TOP PASSERS IN ALL 7A.
HE WILL BE IN THE LINE-UP TONIGHT.
TWO WEEKS AGO HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER.
>> THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES OF THE SEASON PROBABLY WAS THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE STATE, COMING BACK FROM THE SHOULDER INJURY.
HE HAS MASTERED HIS OFFENSE.
19 TOUCHDOWNS, THREE INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEWS JOHN.
>> AVERAGING CLOSE TO 300 YARDS PASSING PER GAME.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY SEVERAL AND GETTING INTERESTS FROM POWER FIVE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS IS ONE OF THE BEST JUNIOR CORNERBACKS IN THE NATION, ETHAN NATION ON PLAYS BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
>> THE ENERGIZER BUNNY.
HE NEVER TIRES.
THEY NEED HIM TO GET MORE TOUCHES ON OFFENSE.
HE IS DYNAMIC.
GET HIM EARLY.
ON DEFENSE, WE KNOW THERE'S NO BETTER COVER CORNER, ESPECIALLY IN THE JUNIOR CLASS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
THEY NEED TO COME WITH BY PLAYS TONIGHT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHEROKEE WARRIORS.
DON'T LET THEIR 3-3 RECORD FOOL YOU.
PLAYED A TOUGH NON-REGION SCHEDULE, LOST THREE GAMES WITH THEIR FOUR-STAR WIDE RECEIVER, ADARRIUS HARSHAW, OUT WITH AN INJURY.
MORE ON HIM IN A MOMENT.
THEIR OFFENSE STARTS WITH THE FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK, AJ SWANN COMMITTED TO MARYLAND.
>> HE IS THE FACE OF THE CHEROKEE WARRIOR TEAM.
HE HAS A BIG ARM.
HE SPREADS THE BALL AROUND AS WELL.
FOUR STAR, HE'S ACCURATE.
THEY COUNT ON HIM TO LEAD THE TEAM.
HE GIVES THEM A CHANCE AGAINST ANYONE.
>> A THREE-YEAR STARTER.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS IS THE AFOREMENTIONED ADARRIUS HARSHAW, COMMITTED TO UTAH.
HE HAS BEEN OUT WITH AN INJURY.
HOW MUCH HE IS PLAY TONIGHT WILL BE A QUESTION.
>> 5'11", 150, HE IS LONG AND FAST AND DYNAMIC.
THEY HAVE MISSED HIS PRODUCTION.
WHERE IS HIS CONDITIONING WITH SO MUCH TIME OFF?
THAT'S A BIG KEY TONIGHT.
>> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.
DEFENSIVELY THEIR DEFENSIVE TACKLE, DEFENSIVE END, TOBY THOMPSON, COMMITTED TO ARMY, PLAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
>> 6'4", 240.
WHAT A SPECIMEN.
HE'S RELENTLESS IN HIS PURSUIT.
HE PLAYS A LITTLE FULL BACK AND RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF AJ SWANN, HE'S THE TEAM MVP.
>> THIS WILL BE A FUN ONE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES LAST YEAR DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
WE EXPECT NO LESS TONIGHT.
THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, JON NELSON AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THE PLAYOFF SCENARIOS AND REGION IMPLICATIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING, MATT.
GOOD EVENING, WAYNE.
THANK YOU FOR HOWEVER YOU ARE ACCESSING US, LARGE DEVICE OR SMALL, GBP.org OR THE SPORTS APP.
LET'S GET TO IT.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS END OF THE SCHEDULE.
LET'S SHOW YOU HOW THINGS ARE AFTER WEEK ONE.
IT IS SPLIT IN HALF.
YOU HAVE MILTON AND THESE TWO TEAMS HERE WITH THEIR FIRST WIN.
THE TEAMS BELOW ALL AT 0-1.
HOW IMPORTANT IS A GAME LIKE THIS?
TAKE YOU BACK TO LAST YEAR, SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE ON GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
CHEROKEE SCORES TO MAKE IT 28-21.
KEITH ADAMS WILL CRASH IN FROM THE FOUR YARD LINE.
THE GAME WAS TIED AT 7-7.
IT WAS TIED AT 14-14, IT WAS TIED AT 21-21.
ROPER MAKES SURE IT IS TIED AT 28-28.
1:41 TO GO IN THE THIRD, THE FOURTH TIE IN THE GAME.
THEN THE MONEY PLAY TO MAKE IT 35-28.
RYAN HILL SCORES FROM THE 3 WITH 2:30 TO GO.
THAT'S THE FINAL SCORE.
IN CATCHING UP WITH COACH CHRIS PREWETT THIS WEEK, USING LAST YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, THE TWO SEED COMING OUT OF THIS REGION GOT TO HOST MILL CREEK, THE THREE SEED, CHEROKEE, HAD TO GO ON THE ROAD AND PLAY A TOUGH GAME AT TOM ROBINSON STADIUM TO TAKE ON NORTH GWINNETT.
THAT'S LAST YEAR.
WHAT IS GOING ON YOUR PART OF THE WORLD, HANNAH GOOD IN?
>> I WILL BE FOLLOWING THE TOP GAME INCLUDING CALHOUN/BLESSED TRINITY.
THE WINNER OF THE GAME WILL BE FRONT-RUNNER TO WIN THE REGION 7-5A TITLE.
I LIKE THE CRISP PEACH GAME.
THAT AND SO MUCH MORE COMING UP ON THE GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
JOIN ME ON POSTGAME SHOW AS WELL WHERE WE WILL GET THE WINNING COACHES TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG REGION BATTLES.
YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG TOO BY DOWNLOADING THE GBP SPORTS APP.
SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE SCORES AND TAKE US ON THE GO.
BACK TO MATT AND WAYNE ACROSS THE HALL TO GET IT GOING.
>> YES, HANNAH.
LIKE WE LIKE TO SAY, WHEN IT IS OVER, IT ISN'T OVER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POSTGAME SHOW COMING UP LATER ON TONIGHT.
OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
CHEROKEE WON THE TOSS.
THEY HAVE DEFERRED.
ROSWELL WILL BE ON OFFENSE TO START THINGS OFF.
JOEL STAHL, THE 5'11", 150-POUND SENIOR HAS IT TEED UP AND READY TO GO FOR THE WARRIORS.
WE ARE UNDERWAY IN CANTON.
KICK WILL GO INTO THE END ZONE.
NON-RETURNABLE, SO THE HORNETS WILL COME OUT TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
WAYNE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WITH ROBBIE ROPER.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO PROTECT THIS YOUNG MAN.
THIS ELIMINATES A LITTLE BIT OF THE RUNNING GAME FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE COMING INTO TONIGHT.
>> ROSWELL WANTS TO GET THE RUNNING GAME GOING.
YOU HAVE HILL AND DAVENPORT.
YOU HAVE AN OFFENSIVE LINE TO DO IT FOR YOU, TAKE PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON, OFF ROBBIE ROPER, FROM HAVING TO DO EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: YOU SEE HE IS NUMBER ONE IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, NUMBER FOUR IN THE STATE WITH 19 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS.
HE IS NUMBER FOUR IN 7A WITH 1,483 YARDS PASSING AFTER SITTING OUT LAST WEEK'S VICTORY.
RYAN HILL GETS THE FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME AND PICKS UP CLOSE TO TEN YARDS ON THE PLAY AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINE-UP.
FOR ROSWELL ON OFFENSE, PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK, GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGION BANK.
KNAPP, HADEN,, THEY HAVE A SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN AT SOPHOMORE TACKLES.
HILL, SUSPENSE, NATION, CRITE AND MOORE, THE BACKS AND RECEIVERS.
WE HAVE A PLAYER HURT, AND IT IS RYAN HILL WHO IS HURT ON THE OPENING PLAY OF THE GAME.
>> YOU SAW RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THAT PLAY AS HE WAS GOING TO THE GROUND, KIND OF FELL UP UNDER HIMSELF.
NICE JOB UP FRONT, GETTING OUT IN THE OPEN.
RIGHT HERE KIND OF FALLING BACK ON THAT LEFT KNEE RIGHT THERE.
ALMOST GIVING HIMSELF UP.
COULDN'T TELL WHETHER MAYBE THE INJURY OCCURRED BEFORE HE GOT TACKLED, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HIM GIVING HIMSELF UP RIGHT THERE.
ZONE BLOCKING UP FRONT, NICE JOB FINDING THE HOLE THERE BY HILL.
RIGHT THERE -- >> YES.
>> YOU SEE HIS LEG COME UNDERNEATH HIM.
HE'S PART OF THAT RUNNING BACKS THEY HAVE IN HILL, DAVENPORT AND HALL.
>> HALL CAN'T PLAY TONIGHT.
WE GOT LATE WORD THIS EVENING THAT HALL, WHO SUBBED IN AS A NUMBER THREE RUNNING BACK IN THEIR STARTING LINEBACKER IS OUT TONIGHT WITH INJURY.
IT LOOKS LIKE RYAN HILL IS HEAVILY FAVORING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
THAT IS A BAD SIGN FOR ROSWELL, A TEAM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HIT VERY HARD BY INJURY THIS SEASON.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT ROPER.
HE IS JUST COMING BACK.
HALL CAN'T PLAY TONIGHT.
CHEROKEES HAD INJURY PROBLEMS.
IT IS KIND OF THE STATUS QUO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN FOOTBALL, ISN'T IT?
>> AND YOU ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE AS A HEAD COACH YOU START HAVING TO GO DEEPER INTO YOUR ROSTER, AND YOU JUST HOPE THAT THESE GUYS CAN STEP IN AND GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED IN THEIR REPLACEMENT.
>> YOU SEE CHRIS PREWETT, 13 AND 4 IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS HEAD COACH, PROMOTED FROM DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, REPLACED MATT KEMPER WHO BECAME HEAD COACH AT ETOWAH.
>> YOU CAN SEE ON HIS FACE, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INJURY.
IN THIS GAME WHERE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RUN GOING AND YOUR TOP BACK RIGHT NOW IS BARELY MAKING IT OFF THE FIELD WITH A LOWER LEG INJURY.
>> SO THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING RYAN HILL OVER TO THE SIDELINE.
NEXT MAN UP ON THE DEPTH CHART WOULD BE THE SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK, DAVENPORT.
THE LAST TIME WE SAW ROSWELL HE ONLY PLAYED ONE SNAP BECAUSE OF A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN.
>> HE IS A PHYSICAL BACK, IN THAT SAME LINE AND SIZE AS HILL.
HE STEPS IN AND TAKES THIS BATON AND PRODUCE TONIGHT.
>> FIRST AND TEN AFTER HILL PICKED UP TEN ON FIRST CARRY BUT NOT GIRT, NYKAHI DAVENPORT GOES DOWN IMMEDIATELY AS WE LOOK AT CHEROKEE ON DEFENSE.
PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.
THOMPSON DOLLYHIGH BACK FROM AN INJURY.
THE BACKERS ARE GODDARD, SIMMONS AND COX.
IN THE SECONDARY, BERGMAN, BAKER, CHASE GODDARD.
THE GODDARD KIDS ARE YOUNG, SO KEITH AND DANIEL YOUNG PLAYING THAT JACK POSITION.
SECOND DOWN AND NINE.
DAVENPORT.
GETS STUCK RIGHT AWAY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS TOBY THOMPSON WHO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OFF THE TOP, THE FIRST MAN THERE TO MEET HIM.
>> AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, ROSWELL, THIS HORNET OFFENSE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.
WE KNOW WHAT ROBBIE ROPER CAN DO THROWING THE BALL.
YOU WANT TO SETTLE THIS OFFENSE AND KIND OF BRING A LITTLE MORE BALANCE.
IN THE FIRST THREE PLAYS YOU SEE HIM, EVEN WITH HILL GOING OUT, TRYING TO ESTABLISH DAVENPORT ON THESE LAST TWO PLAYS.
>> HORNETS AVERAGING 134 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME, AND NOW IT IS THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
EMPTY BACKFIELD NOW WITH DAVENPORT IN MOTION.
ROPER FIRES DOWN FIELD.
CAUGHT BY SPENCE ON THE RUN.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
PERHAPS A TOUCHDOWN-SAVING TACKLE BY DANIEL YOUNG, WHO TRIPPED HIM UP, BUT ON THIRD AND SEVEN A BIG CONVERSION FOR THE HORNETS OF 36 YARDS.
>> ROBBIE ROPER, WATCH HIS EYES.
HE KEEPS THEM UP THE FIELD REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE.
HE IS VERY DANGEROUS ONCE HE GETS OUT.
JUST THROWING A STRIKE RIGHT THERE TO SHAUN SPENCE, WHO WE HAVE SEEN EMERGE HIMSELF THIS YEAR AS A TOP TARGET.
>> FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 26.
DAVENPORT, JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THAT CARRY RIGHT THERE.
>> AND WE TALKED ABOUT RUNNING THE BALL TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF ROBBIE ROPER, BUT ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHEROKEE DEFENSE, THEY'RE PLAYING A LITTLE SOFT.
THEY KNOW THE DANGEROUS AND DEEP RECEIVING CORE THAT THEY'RE FACING.
THEY ARE PLAYING A LITTLE SOFT, AND COACH PREWETT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SMALL, ONLY FIVE-MAN FRONT, BY RUNNING THE BALL.
>> THAT COMPLETION TO SPENCE A MOMENT AGO WAS THE 300th CAREER COMPLETION FOR ROBBIE ROPER.
GOING BACK TO HIS DAYS WHEN HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT WOODSTOCK.
ROPER, GOING TO RUN TO THE SIDELINE AND STEP OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> AND I KNOW EACH AND EVERY TIME THAT HE GETS OUTSIDE THE POCKET, HEAD COACH CHRIS PREWETT NOT SEEING WHAT HE WANTS ON THE SCREEN, GETS OUT OF THE POCKET.
WHEN YOU ARE A COMPETITOR LIKE ROBBIE ROPER, A COACH CAN SIT YOU IN A ROOM ALL DAY LONG AND TELL YOU NOT TO RUN THE BALL.
HE'S GOING TO PUT IT ON THE LINE TO WIN.
>> HE AVERAGES SEVEN YARDS PER CARRY.
THE DANGER, OF COURSE, IS THE FEAR OF INJURING THAT SHOULDER AGAIN.
>>Referee: FIVE YARDS.
DOWN REMAINS.
>> REGINALD BOLTON IS OUR REFEREE TONIGHT.
A FIVE-YARD MARK OFF COMING UP AGAINST THE WARRIORS.
FIRST PENALTY OF THE NIGHT.
>> CHEROKEE RIGHT NOW REELING.
NOT ABLE TO KEEP ROBBIE ROPER.
ONE OF THEIR GOALS IS TO MAKE HIM WORK FROM THE POCKET.
>> LOOKS LIKE ROSWELL JUST GAVE THOSE FIVE YARDS BACK.
>> Referee: FALSE START.
MOVEMENT IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
DOWN REMAINS THE SAME.
>> AND THERE'S JOSH SHAW.
WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE IN HIS TENTH SEASON, 48 AND 55.
THEY'RE JUST FIVE SEASONS REMOVED FROM AN 0-10 SEASON IN 2017 BUT ON TRACK TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
ROPER WITH THE POCKET.
NOW DANCING AND LOOKING.
AND GOING TO THROW IT OUT OF BOUNDS.
ETHAN NATION IN THE VICINITY OVER THERE.
THAT WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
>> JUST KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL.
ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
PRETTY GOOD PROTECTION, JUST NOWHERE TO GO.
AS YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE RED ZONE EVERYTHING GETS CROWDED, AND AS THIS GAME DEVELOPS, ONE THING YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT WITH ROBBIE ROPER OR EVEN IF KJ SMITH OR CHRIS ELKO COME THIS IS THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.
>> AND WE MIGHT SEE THEM USE A COMBINATION OF QUARTERBACKS TONIGHT.
WE SAW KJ SMITH TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN ROPER GOT HURT AND HE PLAYED VERY WELL, AND NOT JUST A RUNNING QUARTERBACK.
THE SAME THING WITH ELKO.
WE SAW HIM THROW A PASS IN THAT GAME AGAINST WALTON.
ANY OF THE OTHER TWO GUYS THEY BRING IN TO SPELL DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL ON THAT PLAY.
EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP.
AND DID WE HAVE A PENALTY CALL?
>> Referee: THE PENALTY.
IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
>> WE HAD A PENALTY CALLED ON CHEROKEE.
ACTUALLY ON ROSWELL, WHICH THEY JUST DECLINED.
IT IS SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
HAND-OFF, DAVENPORT.
RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, AND DAVENPORT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 4 YARD LINE.
A BIG RUN BY NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT DAVENPORT BRINGS YOU.
EVEN THOUGH HE'S IN THAT SAME FRAME AS A RYAN HILL, ONLY ABOUT -- LISTED ABOUT 180, BUT LOOK AT THE PHYSICALITY DRIVING THOSE LEGS FOR ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR YARDS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM HIM.
HE HAS GOOD HANDS OUT OF THE BACK FIELD, BUT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO SEE HIM RUN BETWEEN THE TACKLES JUST LIKE THAT.
>> THIRD DOWN AND TWO.
GOING TO GET IT AGAIN, AND DAVENPORT NOT GOING TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
GREAT PENETRATION THAT TIME BY THE LINEBACKER, MORGAN COX, NUMBER 21.
DANIEL YOUNG IN ON THAT PLAY AS WELL.
NOW IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> AND TOBY THOMPSON, NUMBER 4, OFF THE CORNER TO GET THAT PENETRATION.
THAT INITIAL MISSTEP BY DAVENPORT IS WHAT SLOWED THAT PLAY UP, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ROSWELL IS BEING AGGRESSIVE HERE AND KEEPING THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD.
>> SO FOURTH DOWN AND TWO.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT HERE INSTEAD OF A SHORT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT BY BRETT GONDA.
>> HERE IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO, IF YOU ARE THE WARRIOR DEFENSE, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE QUARTERBACK.
>> AND THE PASS COMPLETE!
AND THAT IS OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 1 YARD LINE, BUT THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN COMPLETION TO CHRIS ELKO, WHO TRIED TO REACH AROUND AND GET THE BALL INSIDE THE PYLON BEFORE GOING OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT THEY PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN WITH ELKO'S CATCH.
>> NICE ROLLOUT, AND I'M NOT SURE CHRIS ELKO DID NOT STICK THIS BALL ACROSS THIS PYLON BEFORE HE GOES OUT, RIGHT THERE.
MATT, THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN BY CHRIS ELKO.
WE DON'T HAVE REPLAY, BUT GREAT JOB OF HIM GETTING UP FIELD AND GETTING THAT FIRST DOWN.
>> SO FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR ROSWELL, INSIDE THE 1 YARD LINE.
AND DAVENPORT.
GETS STONEWALLED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
DID HE GET IN?
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HE GOT IN.
IT IS GOING TO BE SHORT.
THEY'LL SPOT IT AT THE 1.
>> AND THIS IS WHERE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, JAYVON HALL BEING OUT.
YOU WOULD IMAGINE HE WOULD BE IN THE GAME, WAS THE BIGGER OF THE BACKS AT 210.
HAD THAT PHYSICALITY YOU WANT IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE TWO OR THREE INCHES AWAY FROM A TOUCHDOWN.
>> 12th PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND ROPER TRIES TO JUMP OVER.
ACTUALLY THAT'S ELKO IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK, AND ELKO DID NOT GET IN.
NUMBER 11, CHRIS ELKO, THE THIRD STRING QUARTERBACK, THEY BRING HIM IN TO TRY TO HURDLE THE LINE AND HE COMES UP SHORT.
NOW IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
>> RIGHT NOW GIVING A LITTLE HOMAGE TO THE OLD-SCHOOL GAME WHERE YOU HAD TO GET YOUR COMPLETE BODY INTO THE END ZONE.
SO MANY TIMES YOU SEE GUYS STICKING THE BALL OVER.
FROM THAT ANGLE RIGHT THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE ELKO WAS CLEARLY OVER FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
>> HARD TO TELL WITH THAT CAMERA ANGLE FROM THE BACK OF THE END ZONE, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD BROKEN THE PLANE WITH THE FOOTBALL.
NOT THE BODY, BUT THE FOOTBALL.
SO IT IS STILL THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE ONE.
>> I'M SURE HE IS THINKING, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET A TOUCHDOWN HERE, ELKO.
I IMAGINE HE IS DOING THE SAME THING ON THE PLAY.
>> ELKO TAKES IT IN ON THE TRICK PLAY.
THEY BIT ON THE FAKE TO ETHAN NATION.
LEFT A WIDE OPEN LANE FOR ELKO TO SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN FOR ROSWELL FROM ONE YARD OUT.
>> NICE READ BY ELKO.
A LITTLE JET SWEEP ACTION.
HE SEES THAT HOLE.
TOBY THOMPSON GETTING TURNED AROUND, NEVER SEEING CHRIS ELKO.
A CLEAN RUN INTO THE END ZONE AND THEY'RE GOING FOR TWO HERE.
>> WOW, THAT'S GONDA, NUMBER 20, IS THE KICKER.
THEY ARE GOING TO TOSS IT TO THE KICKER.
HE'S GOING TO THROW A CHUMP PASS IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE TO CRITE, AND SO THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT FAILS.
SO THE SCORE REMAINS 6-0.
BUT A 13-PLAY, 80-YARD DRIVE CAPPED ON THE ONE-YARD RUN BY CHRIS ELKO, AND ROSWELL HAS THE EARLY LEAD IN CAN TON.
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>>> ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO OUR FANS AT CIGNA, TIME TO HAND OUT THE $1,500 DONATION.
TIME TO CATCH UP WITH FRIENDS FROM CHAIR KEI HIGH SCHOOL.
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JEREMY ADAMS WON THE TOSS.
THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND TO GPB ALL WEEK LONG.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE CIGNA AND THE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SCHOOL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD SHOW TONIGHT.
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>> THANK YOU, NELLIE.
ROSWELL WITH THE 6-0 LEAD.
CHRIS ELKO COMING IN THERE AND SUBBING IN AT QUARTERBACK LATE IN THE DRIVE AND SCORING FROM ONE YARD OUT TO GIVE ROSWELL THE EARLY LEAD.
NOW BRETT GONDA KICKING THINGS OFF TO CHEROKEE.
TAKING IT TO THE 5 YARD LINE.
AND BARELY MAKING IT BACK TO THE 19 YARD LINE ON THE RETURN.
THAT WAS ZI JOHNSON, THE NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACK.
NOW OUR FIRST CHANCE TO SEE AJ SWANN AND THE CHEROKEE WARRIORS' OFFENSE.
YOU LOOK AT SWANN'S CAREER NUMBER.
CLOSE TO 6,000 YARDS PASSING WITH 55 TOUCHDOWNS.
19 INTERCEPTIONS BUT HE HAS ONLY THROWN THREE THIS YEAR.
>> VERY EFFICIENT.
HE MAKES ALL OF THE THROWS AND STILL IS PLAYING THIS SEASON WITH THIS ATTITUDE OF BEING AN UNDERRATED PASSER.
>> A RIVAL'S FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK, HE CHOSE MARYLAND IN MARCH OVER OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH AND VANDERBILT.
AND SWANN HIT!
BALL LOOSE.
I BELIEVE IT IS RECOVERED BY ROSWELL AT THE 15 YARD LINE, AND THERE'S ALSO A FLAG OUT ON THE PLAY AS WELL, AS CHASE MORRISON CAME UP WITH THE FUMBLE.
>> COMING OFF THAT RIGHT SIDE, RILEY SLAUGHTER ON CUE MAKING THE BIG HIT.
LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE A HOLDING ON CHEROKEE.
BUT NICE JOB WORKING THAT RIGHT TACKLE IS SLAUGHTER, AND BEFORE WE COULD SAY ANYTHING THESE TWO LINEBACKERS MAKE A LOT OF BIG PLAYS, AND COMING UP WITH THE TURNOVER IS CHASE MORRISON.
>> Referee: HOLDING AGAINST THE OFFENSE.
THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED.
RESULTS OF THE PLAY, FIRST DOWN.
>> SO ROSWELL WILL TAKE OVER AT THE 15 YARD LINE AFTER CHASE MORRISON COMES UP WITH THE AJ SWANN FUMBLE AFTER RILEY SLAUGHTER TACKLED SWANN.
HE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING.
>> JUST A NICE JOB OF SLAUGHTER THERE, COMING OFF THE EDGE.
KEEPING HIS PASS LOW.
SWANN NEVER SAW HIM.
NICE JOB, KEEPING HIS HEAD OUT OF THERE, KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT.
YOU SEE THAT MORE AND MORE, EVEN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL NOW, OF THIS ENDS AND LINEBACKERS COMING AROUND TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT.
IT USED TO BE I JUST WANT TO GET MY SACK.
SOMETHING ABOUT SUNDAY FOOTBALL HAS SPILLED OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
>> SO ROPER BACK IN THERE, QUARTERBACK, AS THE ROSWELL HORNETS WORKING WITH THE SHORT FIELD HERE AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
DAVENPORT ON THE RUN.
INSIDE THE TEN, INSIDE THE FIVE, AND DAVENPORT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 2 YARD LINE.
>> NICE BLOCKING THERE BY 34, ZEKE MOORE.
WE SAW ON THAT LAST DRIVE EARLY ON, THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS STARTING TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF.
LOOK AT THE BLOCK THERE BY ZEKE MOORE, GETTING UP UNDER IT THERE IN NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
SHOULDERS SQUARE, UP THE FIELD.
POWER RUN GAME.
>> 13-YARD PICKUP.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR ROSWELL AS THEY TRY TO TAKE A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THE SWEEP.
NATION.
TOUCHDOWN, ROSWELL.
SO ETHAN NATION TAKES IT IN FOR HIS SEVENTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON, A THREE-YARD RUN AND ROSWELL HAS THE LEAD, 12-0, EARLY.
>> AND THIS IS ABOUT THE SPEED AND ATHLETICISM OF ETHAN NATION RIGHT THERE, OUTFLANKING THE DEFENSE.
GOOD JOB BY THE RIGHT GUARD, NOT HOLDING ON THE PLAY.
ETHAN NATION POWERING HIMSELF INTO THE END ZONE.
SETTING UP AGAIN.
INTERESTING FORMATION.
>> AND NOW -- >> FOR THE FIELD GOAL.
NOW THEY'RE ADJUSTING BACK TO NORMAL FIELD GOAL PROCEED TEXT.
>> ELKO IS THE HOLDER.
FAGAN IS THE SNAPPER AND GONDA THE KICKER.
AND HE PUTS IT THROUGH.
13-0, ROSWELL.
CHEROKEE IN A DEEP HOLE, THREE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY NATION.
♪ ♪ >> Matt: ROSWELL WITH A 13-0 LEAD ON CHEROKEE AND JUST SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE GAME.
A BIG MISTAKE BY THE WARRIORS PUTS CHEROKEE IN A BIG EARLY HOLE.
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CHEROKEE RECEIVING AGAIN.
THIS TIME THE KICK WILL GO OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO THEY WILL BRING IT OUT TO THE 35 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW THIS ROSWELL HORNET OFFENSE HAS THOSE FIRST TWO DRIVES ESTABLISHED THEY ARE GOING TO GET BEHIND THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE AND RUN THE BALL.
>> Referee: ILLEGAL PROCEDURE.
KICKED OUT OF BOUNDS AGAINST THE KICKING TEAM.
BALL WILL BE PLACED AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: SO CHEROKEE'S RUN ONE PLAY ON OFFENSE AND THEY'RE DOWN TWO TOUCHDOWNS, SO AJ SWANN AND THE WARRIORS HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE.
YOU SEE HIS TWO GAMES AGAINST ROSWELL IN HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR SEASONS, OVER 500 YARDS PASSING AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME AJ SWANN HEROICS HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S THOMPSON IN MOTION.
SET TO THE END OF THE LINE.
SWANN LOOKS DOWN FIELD, FIRES TO THE OUTSIDE.
COMPLETE AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
NOW IT IS DARIUS HARSHAW MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT IMMEDIATELY.
>> Wayne: THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WANT TO GET YOUR BIG-TIME PLAYERS IN THE GAME EARLY.
HAS BEEN OUT.
A LITTLE ROLL-OUT BY SWANN, LOOKING DEEP, AND THEN NICE EYE DISCIPLINE TO FIND HIS TARGET, REMEMBERING WHERE ADARRIUS HARSHAW IS.
IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT DECISION.
>> Matt: HE COMMITTED TO UTAH IN JULY OVER EIGHT OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING MARYLAND, TULANE AND USF.
THE COMMITMENT CAME ABOUT A MONTH AFTER HE MADE AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO UTAH.
DOWN TO THE 42 YARD LINE ON THE FIRST RUSHING ATTEMPT OF THE NIGHT FOR THE WARRIORS.
THAT WAS AIDAN MOORE.
>> Wayne: WHAT A PHYSICAL SPECIMEN HE IS AT 6'2", 215.
LOOKED TO ROSWELL.
IF YOU ARE CHEROKEE, GETTING HIM IN THE GAME EARLY, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE BACK FIELD, IS A GREAT WEAPON TO HAVE.
MAKE THIS DEFENSE PLAY YOU RUN AND PASS.
DON'T BAIL THEM OUT JUST THROWING THE BALL TONIGHT IN AJ SWANN.
>> Matt: MOORE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY BIRMINGHAM, SOUTHERN AND BARRY, A TRANSFER FROM SEQUOYAH.
JOHNSON HIT IN THE BACK FIELD BY NATION.
FALLS FORWARD CLOSE TO THE LINE TO GAIN AND CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: MYSELF CORNER BLITZ BY ETHAN NATION, JUST NOT ABLE TO BRING THE BACK DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT CHEROKEE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL NIGHT LONG.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.
THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON HAS BECOME A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THE BLITZ, GETTING UP IN THE LINE QUICK THERE WAS AIDAN MOORE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: YOU CAN SEE THEY PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN.
FIRST AND TEN FOR CHEROKEE AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: A LOT OF SUBSTITUTIONS COMING IN AND OUT HERE FOR CHEROKEE.
STILL BRINGING PEOPLE ON TO THE FIELD.
NOT REALLY SURE WHO -- WHICH PACKAGE THEY HAVE.
THEY FINALLY HAD TO CALL A TIME-OUT.
>> Matt: YEAH, THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE TO A DELAY-OF-GAME PENALTY RIGHT THERE.
AS YOU SEE THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, JUSTIN PEARCE, ALSO THE QUARTERBACK COACH, COME OUT TO MEET THE OFFENSE HERE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CHEROKEE WARRIORS' RESUME.
PROGRAM STARTED IN 1956.
THAT MAKES THIS THE 66th YEAR OF FOOTBALL FOR THE SCHOOL IN CANTON.
THEY'RE ONLY REGION TITLE WAS A CO-REGION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2002.
THEY HAVE MADE THE PLAYOFFS THREE SEASONS IN A ROW, MAKING IT THIS YEAR WOULD BE FOUR WHICH WOULD BE A PROGRAM RECORD.
THEY HAD FINAL APPEARANCES IN 2003 AND 2004 UNDER ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH BRIAN DAM RON.
NOTABLE AWARD WINNER JASON FOSTER, WHO PLAYED FOR THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES.
>> Wayne: COACH SHAW SAID OVER THE LAST WEEK HE HAD TO PULL HIS SENIORS IN AND GET THEM MOTIVATED TO LEAD THE TEAM AS HE CALLED IT A COMING-TO-JESUS MEETING.
>>Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE.
FIVE YARDS.
DOWN REMAINS ONE.
>> Matt: SO THAT WILL MAKE IT FIRST AND FIVE NOW WITH THE BALL AT THE 34.
CHEROKEE AVERAGING 27 POINTS PER GAME.
THEY'VE NOT HAD A BIG RUSHING ATTACK THIS YEAR AFTER LOSING KEITH ADAMS, THEIR THREE-STAR RUNNING BACK FROM A YEAR AGO.
HE AND HIS FAMILY TRANSFERRED OUT TO UTAH, SO THEY LOST A BIG PIECE OF THEIR RUNNING GAME.
SWANN, THROWING ON THE RUN!
AND IT IS BROKEN UP AT THE 18 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, ROSWELL COMING WITH THE PRESSURE TO DOG BLITZ LINEBACKER, IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT HERE, NUMBER 44, COMING OFF THE EDGE TO BRING THE PRESSURE.
STONE SMITH FLUSHING AJ SWANN OUT OF THE POCKET.
NICE BREAK THERE ON THE BALL BY IAN MATTHEWS TO KNOCK THAT BALL AWAY.
>> Matt: KEEGAN BAKER WAS THE INTENDED TARGET RIGHT THERE.
YOU SAW STONE-SMITH COMING ON THE BLITZ.
HE IS IN TONIGHT FOR HALL, THE LEADING TACKLER FOR THE HORNETS TEAM.
THE JUNIOR LINEBACKER IS OUT WITH AN INJURY TONIGHT.
SECOND DOWN.
AND A FIRST DOWN CARRY FOR ZI TALKED ABOUT WITH ROSWELL RUNNING THE BALL, THIS CHEROKEE OFFENSE HAS TO BE PATIENT.
THIS DEFENSE IS PLAYING THEM VERY SOFT, VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE BOX.
NICE JOB OF BALANCING TO THE OUTSIDE THERE IS ZI JOHNSON TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: JOHNSON, 243 YARDS RUSHING ON THE SEASON, AVERAGING RIGHT AT 40 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME.
FIRST AND TEN.
BALL AT THE 27.
SWANN, QUICK FIRE IN THE MIDDLE AND THE SLANT ROUTE.
DOWN TO THE 20 YARD LINE ON THE CATCH.
THAT WAS ADARRIUS HARSHAW WITH HIS SECOND GRAB OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: TRUST ME, AJ SWANN IS BEAMING.
THE SECURITY BLANKET THERE.
NICE JOB BY HARSHAW WHO IS NOT A BIG RECEIVER.
HE IS 5'11", LISTED AT 150, BUT HE IS TOUGH AND GOING IN THERE, COMING UP WITH THAT NICE SLANT ROUTE FOR THE CATCH.
>> Matt: HAD A HUGE GAME AGAINST ROSWELL A YEAR AGO, TEN CATCHES FOR 171.
BUT HE DID GET HURT IN THAT GAME.
HERE COMES THE BLITZ.
SWANN GETS IT OUT OF THERE QUICKLY, AND AIDEN MOORE DOWN TO THE 10 YARD LINE WITH A CATCH AND RUN.
10-YARD PICKUP.
THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: RIGHT NOW OFFENSE COORDINATOR JUSTIN PEARCE AND AJ SWANN COMPLETING PASS NUMBER ONE IN THEIR KEYS FOR OFFENSE, AND THAT IS BEATING THE BLITZ RIGHT THERE.
NICE READ BY HIM.
BACKING UP IS SWANN TO BUY A LITTLE TIME, BUYING AIDEN MOORE UNDERNEATH.
>> Matt: YOU SEE AIDEN MOORE FOR THE SEASON AND HIS NUMBERS, PLAYING THE SLOT, IN THE NUMBER TWO RUNNING BACK POSITION.
ALSO PLAYS ON THE OFFENSE SIDE OF THE BALL.
FIRST AND GOAL.
SWANN DUMPS IT OFF TIME.
JOHNSON, INSIDE THE FIVE AND DOWN TO THE THREE.
>> Wayne: NICE, PHYSICAL ENDING RIGHT THERE BY TY JOHNSON.
KNOWN MORE OF A SCAT BACK, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF GAME THAT YOU ARE IN.
YOU ARE THREE AND THREE, YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE ON A POWERFUL ROSWELL TEAM, AND GIVE IT OUT, YOUNG MAN.
THERE YOU GO.
DROP YOUR SHOULDERS AND LET THE DEFENSE KNOW YOU ARE THERE.
>> Matt: YEAH.
160-POUND BACK COMPARED TO ADAMS AT 225.
THAT'S MOORE.
SLAMMING THE BALL RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, AND VERY LITTLE GAIN.
HE WILL PLUNK IT IN ON THAT TACKLE, AS WELL AS SLAUGHTER.
>> Wayne: EARLY ON IN THIS GAME, THIS HORNET DEFENSE IS PLAYING AGGRESSIVE.
YOU SEE SLAUGHTER AND PLUNKETT COMING OFF THE EDGE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE CORNER BLITZ COMING WITH ETHAN NATION.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND LET AJ SWANN PICK THEM OFF.
LIGHT NOW HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF MANAGING, AND THESE BACKS, THE ONE THING YOU SEE THEY'RE DOING IS GETTING IN THAT LINE QUICK BEFORE THE ENDS CRASH DOWN ON THEM.
>> Matt: TENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.
IT IS THIRD AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE THREE.
KEEPER.
SWANN.
DOWN TO THE ONE, AND DID HE GET IN?
APPARENT HE DID ACCORDING TO THEIR CELEBRATION.
THERE IT IS.
TOUCHDOWN FOR AJ SWANN.
>> Wayne: NICE PLAY DESIGN BY JUSTIN PEARCE, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
GOOD JOB BY AJ SWANN.
HE DOES HAVE RUNNING THE BALL IN HIS D-END AND HE DOESN'T LIKE TO DO IT A LOT.
DOING IT RIGHT THERE, NICE JOB READING THE BLITZ COMING OFF HIS RIGHT SIDE, PULLING THE BALL AND GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: SO JOEL STAHL IS ON FOR THE P.A.T.
SWANN IS THE HOLDER AND JACK WENTZ IS THE LONG SNAPPER.
AND THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD RIGHT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS, AND IT IS 13-7.
>> Wayne: SEEING THE CORNER BLITZ, READING IT, PULLING THE BALL.
LIKE CHRIS ELKO FOR THE HORNETS, STICKING THE BALL OVER THE GOALPOST TO GET THIS FIRST DOWN.
YOU LIKE TO SEE -- LOOK AT AT AJ SWANN, JUST OVER THE DEFENDER THERE TO GET IN THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: TEN PLAY, 65-YARD DRIVE, TOOK NEARLY FIVE MINUTES.
ONE CHEROKEE FINALLY GOT OVER THE DAMAGE THEY INFLICTED AGAINST THEMSELVES ON THEIR FIRST OFFENSIVE PLAY, THEY FINALLY PUT TOGETHER A FINE DRIVE THERE WITH AJ SWANN PASSING AND RUNNING THEM DOWN THE FIELD.
A NICE MIX AND BALANCE IN THEIR PLAY CALL, WAYNE.
>> Wayne: AND YOU SEE ALL OF THE POISE OF SWANN ON A COUPLE OF PLAYS THERE, AND THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP HE BRINGS TO THIS TEAM.
THEY SEEM VERY COOL, COLLECTED, AND REALLY JUST EXECUTING UP FRONT WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND DOING A GOOD JOB OF PICKING UP THE BLITZ AND MAKING PLAYS.
>> Matt: AS WE MENTIONED, SWANN DID COMMIT TO MARYLAND BACK IN MARCH.
COACH MIKE LOCKSLEY'S STAFF BECAME HIS FIRST POWER FIVE OFFER.
LAST CHRISTMAS EVE THEY OFFERED HIM ON CHRISTMAS EVE, GAVE HIM AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
HE DID TAKE AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO VANDERBILT LAST WEEK, AND HE HAS TAKEN OFFICIALS TO GEORGIA TECH AS WELL.
KICK IS GOING TO GO INTO THE END ZONE, SO THEY WILL BRING IT OUT TO THE 20 YARD LINE WITH SIX SECONDS TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> Wayne: AJ SWANN, LISTED AT 200, MATT, BUT I MIGHT GIVE HIM ABOUT 208.
HE IS A NICE BUILT, 6'4", HEADED TO MARYLAND.
THEY WILL PUT ANOTHER 20 POUNDS ON HIM, BUT WE SAW ON THE LAST RUN HE IS PHYSICAL WHEN ASKED TO RUN THE BALL.
>> Matt: YEAH, WELL, COACH JOSH SHAW BELIEVES HE COULD BE A SUNDAY QUARTERBACK ONE DAY.
I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER COACHES IN THE RECRUITING COMMUNITY SAY THE THING ABOUT HIM.
HE HAS A NICE BUILD AND HE HAS A NICE, STRONG ARM.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MOBILITY, BUT GOOD ENOUGH AT THIS LEVEL CERTAINLY.
SO DAVENPORT, ON WHAT WAS LIKELY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER, PICKS UP ONE.
AND THAT WILL BRING US TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
WE HAVE PLAYED 12 MINUTES AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD.
ROSWELL ON TOP, 13-7.
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FIRST QUARTER IN THE BOOKS, 13-7.
AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND, WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON SCORES ACROSS THE STATE AS WE GO.
GIVE YOU AN INJURY UPDATE.
FIRST PLAY OF OFFENSE FOR ROSWELL, RYAN HILL LOOKED LIKE HIS NAME WAS DONE.
THEY WERE DOING FLEXIBILITY, TRYING TO GET RANGE OF MOTION, ESPECIALLY ANKLE AND HIGH ANKLE.
IT IS NOW TO THE POINT WHERE TAPE IS OFF, CLEAT IS OFF, ICE IS ON THE ANKLE.
LOOKS LIKE RYAN HILL'S NIGHT, GUYS, IS DONE.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE HERE AND AROUND THE STATE.
BACK TO 260 14th STREET.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, NELLIE.
STUFF NEWS FOR THAT YOUNG MAN, RYAN HILL.
SECOND YEAR STARTING AND THE SENIOR RUNNING BACK.
YOU HOPE HE CAN GET HEALTHY BEYOND THIS INJURY AND COME BACK AND PLAY HERE IN HIS FINAL HIGH SCHOOL SEASON.
THEY WILL BE LEANING HEAVILY ON THE SOPHOMORE, NYKAHI DAVENPORT, FROM HERE ON OUT.
ONE QUARTER IN THE BOOKS.
13-7, ROSWELL ON TOP.
ROPER, TWO OF THREE PASSING FOR 34 YARDS.
DAVENPORT, EIGHT CARRIES FOR 27 YARDS IN THAT FIRST QUARTER.
ROPER IS GOING TO STEP UP AND RUN.
SEE HIM HOLDING ON TO HIS JERSEY AS HE RUNS AND STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 26 YARD LINE, THEN HAD THE LINEBACKER, MORGAN COX, FALL INTO HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
FIVE-YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: YOU COULD SEE A VERY CAUTIOUS RUN THERE BY ROPER.
THREE-MAN RUSH, DOG BLITZ LATE.
NICE JOB OF GETTING OUT, BUT RIGHT THERE, NOT REALLY -- >> Matt: I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE HARNESS UNDERNEATH HIM WAS BOTHERING HIM OR WHAT.
>> Wayne: I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS ABOUT TO SLIDE AND HE WAS JUST HOLDING HIS SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE HE GOT IT OUT OF THERE.
NICE JOB OF HIM PROTECTING HIMSELF AND GETTING OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER PICKING UP A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> Matt: SO THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
ROPER DANCING.
THROWING ON THE RUN, AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
IT IS CAN GO TO BE FOURTH DOWN, A PUNTING SITUATION COMING UP FOR THE HORNETS.
>> Wayne: RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE HAPPY FEET BY ROBBIE ROPER.
ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH ONCE AGAIN.
NO REAL PRESSURE BEARING ON HIM, BUT YOU CAN SEE EARLY ON IN THAT PLAY, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW COMFORTABLE HE IS RIGHT NOW.
TOUGHING IT OUT, BUT EVEN IN HIS MOVEMENT YOU CAN TELL THAT HIS LEFT SHOULDER IS BOTHERING HIM.
>> Matt: SUFFERED THAT INJURY TWO WEEKS AGO HERE ON GPB AGAINST WALTON.
SUFFERED IT EARLY IN THE GAME.
KJ SMITH, A SOPHOMORE, CAME IN IN RELIEF AND NEARLY LED ROSWELL BACK TO A COMEBACK VICTORY.
EVEN MATTHEWS HAS BEEN BOMBING THE BALL, SIX PUNTS FOR 49 AVERAGE SINCE HE TOOK OVER THE PUNTING ASSIGNMENT.
A TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE HORNETS.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE WHILE THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO RIGHT HERE.
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>> Matt: 13-7, ROSWELL ON TOP.
CALLED A TIME-OUT 20 SECONDS INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.
MY ONLY GUESS, WAYNE, IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT PERSONNEL ON THE FIELD.
NOW, WE DID MENTION THAT IAN MATTHEWS IS ALSO ONE OF THEIR SAFETIES, HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER THE PUNTING ASSIGNMENT.
HE HAS BEEN KICKING VERY WELL, BUT A 49-YARD PUNT AVERAGE PRESENTS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU OUTKICK YOUR COVERAGE.
>> Wayne: SOMETIMES YOU GET THE BALL AND YOU GIVE THE RETURN MAN JUST TOO MUCH TIME TO MAKE A PLAY.
RIGHT HERE WITH THE SAFETY IS ROSWELL GETTING THE BALL.
>> Matt: DAVENPORT ACROSS THE 50 AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 38.
SO HOW ABOUT THAT?
COMING OUT OF THE TIME-OUT DEEP IN THEIR OWN END, THEY RUN A 36-YARD FAKE PUNT TO NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
>> Wayne: WHAT A GUTSY CALL HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FILM STUDY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY SAW ON TAPE THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
COACH PREWETT CALLED A TIME-OUT, MADE SURE HE HAD EVERYONE IN THEIR PROPER PLACE TO RUN THIS PLAY.
NICE JOB THERE PICKING UP, GOOD BLOCKING UP FRONT, NO HOLDING OUT ON THE EDGE, AND NYKAHI DAVENPORT PICKING UP THE HUGE YARDAGE TO KEEP THIS DRIVE GOING FOR THE HORNETS.
>> Matt: DAVENPORT HAS BEEN LIVING UP TO THE BILLING.
COACH BELIEVES HE WILL GROW INTO A COLLEGE PROSPECT PRETTY QUICK, AT 6 FOOT, 180.
PREWETT WATCHES DAVENPORT PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THAT PLAY.
DESCRIBED HIM AS KIND OF A BABY GIRAFFE BECAUSE HE'S STILL SO GANGLY.
YOU CAN SEE HIS BODY IS REALLY LONG FOR A RUNNING BACK.
>> Wayne: HE IS 6 FEET, 180 AS A SOPHOMORE, SO HE EASILY BY NEXT YEAR COULD REALLY GROW OUT OF THE POSITION.
ONCE YOU GET TO ABOUT 6'2" AS A RUNNING BACK YOU FIND YOURSELF AT TIGHT END OR RECEIVER, BUT HE RYAN HILL GOING OUT.
THEY ALREADY HAD LOST JAYVEN HALL BEFORE THE GAME STARTED SO THE DUTY FELL ON HIM AND HE IS DO A GOOD JOB.
>> Matt: GOT A MAN OPEN.
ELKO, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 11 YARD LINE, BUT THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, HOLDING ON, ROSWELL.
WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY IN THIS GAME THEY HAVE -- THEY'VE COLLECTED ABOUT SIX PENALTIES IN THIS GAME ALREADY AND WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.
RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT COLLAR, JUST NOT LETTING GO SOON ENOUGH.
ONCE AGAIN, ROBBIE ROPER SHOWING HAPPY FEET.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO PULL THE BALL AND RUN.
>> Referee: ON THE PLAY, WE HAVE HOLDING AGAINST THE OFFENSE.
THAT PENALTY IS TEN YARDS.
REPLAY THE DOWN.
>> Matt: THAT ERASES A 25-YARD PASS COMPLETION TO ELKO.
INSTEAD OF FIRST AND TEN AT THE 11, IT IS NOW GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN, AND THE BALL WILL BE AT THE 46.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
17, PARDON ME.
SECOND AND 17.
I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY, HOW COULD IT BE SECOND AND SEVEN.
ROPER.
GOING TO RUN IT UP THE MIDDLE AND SLIDE DOWN ON HIS BACKSIDE.
PROTECTING THAT SHOULDER, MAKING SURE HE DIDN'T SLIDE ON THE SHOULDER.
THAT'S HOW HE GOT HURT THE SECOND TIME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN HE WENT OUT AND RAN THE BALL, SLID ON HIS SHOULDER.
>> Wayne: A NICE ROLL-OUT.
HE WAS LOOKING BACK ON HIS BACKSIDE TO THE LEFT, WANTING TO GO DEEP.
DIDN'T SEE IT.
LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE PLAY HE'S COMMUNICATING WITH THE RECEIVER.
JUST DIDN'T SEE WHAT HE WANTED TO THROW THE BALL.
NICE JOB OF HIM USING HIS FEET TO PICK UP BIG YARDAGE AND MAKE IT A THIRD AND MAKABLE IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Matt: SEE HIS NUMBERS ON THE SEASON, 72% COMPLETION.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.
1,483 YARDS, THAT'S NUMBER FOUR IN 7A.
19 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, THAT'S NUMBER FOUR IN THE STATE.
AND ROPER IS GOING TO BE STOPPED BEFORE HE CAN GET TO THE LINE TO GAIN, AND A FLAG OUT AGAIN.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, CHEROKEE ONLY RUSHING THREE-EIGHT MEN, DROPPING.
ROBBIE ROPER DOING THE SMART THING, PUNISHING THIS DEFENSE.
YOU IMAGINE IF HE WAS HEALTHY WITH THAT SHOULDER HE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO PUSH HIS WAY TO THAT FIRST DOWN RIGHT THERE, KIND OF GIVING HIMSELF UP.
>> Matt: WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHRIS PREWETT POINTED OUT ABOUT CHEROKEE IN HIS -- >> Referee: HOLDING.
>> Matt: SECOND CONSECUTIVE HOLDING CALL GOES AGAINST ROSWELL.
AND HE FELT LIKE TEAMS THAT PASS A LOT AGAINST CHEROKEE, THEY LIGHTEN UP THE BOX TO TRY TO STOP THE PASSING GAME, AND HE FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A RUNNING GAME AGAINST THIS CHEROKEE TEAM TO RUN THE BALL WHEN THEY LIGHTEN UP THAT BOX.
>> Wayne: WHEN YOU LOOK UP AS A QUARTERBACK, YOU COUNT THE BOX.
IF IT IS ONLY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE BOX -- >> Referee: OFFENSE, TEN YARDS FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
DOWN REMAINS THREE.
>> Wayne: AND IT IS NOT JUST ON -- IT IS NOT JUST ON ROBBIE ROPER.
IT IS ON THE LINE AND THE BACKS.
YOU GET UP, YOU GET A HEAD COUNT.
YOU POINT OUT THE BACKER.
YOU SEE FIVE PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD BE AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE EXPECTING THAT HE'S GOING TO CHECK TO A RUN.
SO FAR DOING A GOOD JOB IN THOSE SITUATIONS OF CATCHING THIS DEFENSE PLAYING SOFT AND RUNNING HIMSELF IS ROPER.
>> Matt: THIRD AND 19.
ROPER RETREATING, NOW THROWING ON THE RUN, AND IT IS CAUGHT!
TOUCHDOWN.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
DILLON WILLIAMS CAME BACK FROM THE BALL, STOLE AN ENTER SEMGS AWAY FROM THE WARRIORS, AND IT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE HORNETS.
47 YARDS, AND WHAT A PLAY BY DILLON WILLIAMS.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB OF PROTECTING YOUR QUARTERBACK BY DILLON WILLIAMS.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE, COMING BACK TO GET THIS BALL.
ONCE AGAIN, DROPPING EIGHT, ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
WATCH ROBBIE ROPER COMFORTABLY MAKE THE NOSE TACKLE THERE.
JEREMIAH THOMAS MISSES AND THROWS IT TO THE BIG TARGET, 6'1", 175, DOWN THE FIELD.
IT WAS A HAIL MARY TOUCHDOWN GRAB.
>> Matt: B.A.T.
BY GONDA, AND ROSWELL HAS A 20-7 LEAD.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB AVOIDING THE RUSH, KEEPING YOUR EYES DOWN FIELD AND JUST 50/50 BALL.
REALLY NOT OPEN IS WILLIAMS, BUT SHOWING YOU THE BIG ARM IS ROBBIE ROPER THROWING THAT BALL ON THE RUN.
NICE JOB AS A SOPHOMORE, NOT JUST SITTING THERE AND WAITING ON THE BALL TO COME DOWN BUT GOING TO GET THE BALL.
HE DOESN'T GO GET THAT BALL, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED THERE BY THE SAFETY.
>> Matt: THAT WAS THE 50th CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR ROBBIE ROPER.
WHAT A BIG ONE.
DYLAN WILLIAMS, WHO ONLY HAD TWO CATCHES FOR 11 YARDS THE ENTIRE SEASON, STOLE THE BALL AWAY FROM THE WARRIORS' SECONDARY, AND A MILESTONE TOUCHDOWN PASS BY ROPER GIVES THE HORNETS A 13-POINT LEAD.
>> Wayne: A HUGE THING.
A GOOD JOB OF HIM AND SWANN.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE POWER FIVE-TYPE TALENTS.
WHEN THEY GET UNDER PRESSURE, YOU CAN SEE THE POISE.
THEY CAN REMEMBER AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR RECEIVERS ARE, THEY KEEP THEIR EYES UP THE FIELD.
NICE JOB, NICE FIND.
LOOKED VERY COMFORTABLE BEING UNDER PRESSURE THERE, WAS ROPER, TO FIND THE OPEN AREA TO THROW THAT BALL.
>> Matt: AND SEVERAL BIG PLAYS ON THAT DRIVE.
REMEMBER, IT WAS A 36-YARD RUN BY DAVENPORT ON THE FAKE PUNT THAT SET ALL OF THAT UP.
AND A 20-7 LEAD FOR THE HORNETS.
SHORT KICK, TAKEN AT THE 8.
AND THE BALL IS OUT AND FUMBLED.
DID IT GO OUT OF BOUNDS OR DOES ROSWELL HAVE IT?
LOOKING FOR A SIGNAL FROM THE OFFICIALS, AT THE 36 YARD LINE.
THAT BALL FUMBLED FORWARD AND WAS HUGGING THE SIDELINE, BUT DID IT GO OUT?
ROSWELL BELIEVES THEY HAVE IT.
>> Wayne: THE GENTLEMAN WHO KICKED THE BALL OFF IS THE ONE WHO RECOVERED THE BALL.
THE BALL WAS BOUNCING DOWN THE SIDELINE.
>> Matt: IT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR THE HORNETS AS THE WARRIORS CONTINUE TO SELF-DESTRUCT HERE ON THEIR HOME FIELD.
BRETT GONDA, THE KICKER, RECOVERED THE FUMBLE.
THAT'S MORE ON THE RETURN.
NOW, WATCH.
THE BALL HUGS THE SIDELINE.
>> Wayne: RIGHT THERE IT LOOKED LIKE BRETT GONDA STEPPED OUT THOUGH, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU DON'T HAVE REPLAY BUT YOU CAN SEE HIS RIGHT FOOT AS HE GOES TO RECOVER THIS BALL.
>> Matt: YEAH, HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Wayne: HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Matt: THE BALL WAS IN BOUNDS, HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Wayne: THIS IS REALLY CHEROKEE'S BALL.
AIDEN MOORE TRYING TO GET THE EXTRA YARDAGE, HAVING THE BALL IN HIS WRONG ARM.
IN THOSE SITUATIONS YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CARRY THE BALL CLOSEST TO THE SIDELINE.
HE HAD IT IN HIS RIGHT ARM INSTEAD OF HIS LEFT.
THE BALL OUT AND A BIG BREAK FOR ROSWELL.
>> Matt: LET'S SEE IF THE HORNETS TAKE AN IMMEDIATE SHOT AT THE END ZONE HERE.
CERTAINLY THEY'RE IN ROBBIE ROPER'S RANGE.
GOING FOR THE HOME RUN AND THE TOUCHDOWN.
A JUMP BALL AGAIN AS THEY GO BACK.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ETHAN CRITE THAT TIME, NUMBER 17.
IT WAS, WHO WAS THE TARGET ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: DOUBLE COVERAGE RIGHT THERE.
STILL TRYING TO GIVE HIS RECEIVER A CHANCE, IS ROBBIE ROPER.
HE IS FEELING IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT AGAINST JAYCE JONES, WHO IS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.
HE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE BALL, NUMBER 11.
RIGHT NOW ALL OF HIS CONFIDENCE IS THAT HIS RECEIVERS ARE GOING TO GO UP AND MAKE A PLAY.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR ETHAN NATION.
YOU WANT TO START GETTING HIM INTO THE GAME A LITTLE MORE.
>> Matt: DAVENPORT.
AND ONE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN LOST THEIR HELMET.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS BLAINE MALOR, THE ONLY RETURNING STARTER ON THIS YOUNG HORNETS' OFFENSIVE LINE.
HE'LL HAVE TO COME OFF THE FIELD FOR A PLAY.
>> Wayne: I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A LETTER TO TELL ME WHY I HAVE TO GO OFF THE FIELD IF MY HELMET COMES OFF.
THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING RULE.
>> Matt: WELL, IT IS QUITE OFTEN THE PLAYER THAT LOSES HIS HELMET HAD IT PULLED OFF OR SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEY GET PUNISHED.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RULE.
AND THE PASS IS CAUGHT FOR A FIRST DOWN, AND THAT'S NATION.
ETHAN NATION GETTING INVOLVED IN THE GAME PLAN, JUST LIKE YOU SAID A MOMENT AGO THERE, WAYNE.
A 12-YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: HERE YOU IMAGINE WITH RYAN HILL BEING OUT AND THE TALENT THAT ETHAN NATION HAS, HE IS JUST THAT GUY AS WE SAW ON THE TOUCHDOWN RUN ON THE JET SWEEP, GOOD ROUTE, GREAT PROTECTION, STEPPING INTO THE THROW.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT WITH THE BALL, THAT KIND OF TALENT.
NICE JOB THERE BY KEEGAN BAKER.
HE KNOWS WE HAVE TO QUICKLY GET ETHAN NATION ON THE GROUND BECAUSE HE CAN MAKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE MISS AND GO INTO THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: FIRST AND TEN.
CHEROKEE IS KIND OF SHELL SHOCKED RIGHT NOW.
>>Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FALSE START.
MOVEMENT IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
FIVE YARDS.
THE DOWN REMAINS ONE.
>> Matt: YOU KNOW, THE AMAZING THING, WAYNE, IS ROSWELL IS UP BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS, ON THE VERGE OF MAKING IT THREE, AND THEY'VE HAD A TON OF PENALTIES CALLED ON THEM.
THEY'VE OVERCOME THEM ALL.
>> Wayne: BEATING THEMSELVES.
PLAYING WITH A LOT OF POISE.
HAVEN'T BLINKED, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WE SAW THEM WHEN ROBBIE ROPER CAME OUT, KJ SMITH CAME IN.
THE OFFENSE STILL TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND WENT DOWN THE FIELD.
RYAN HILL, LOST ON THE FIRST PLAY, AND THIS OFFENSE IS STILL ENGAGED.
THEY HAVE A QUICK MEMORY AND THEY'RE PLAYING HARD.
>> Matt: DAVENPORT TRIES TO SCOOT TO THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY GET HIM ON THE GROUND AT THE 25.
A PICK UP OF A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THAT PLAY.
THAT WAS RYAN O'KEEFE COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY POSITION TO HELP MAKE THAT STOP.
>> Wayne: COACH PREWETT SAYS THAT NYKAHI DAVENPORT KIND OF LEARNING THE GAME.
WELL, RIGHT NOW HE IS ACING IT TONIGHT.
STEPPING IN, RIGHT AFTER HILL STEPPED OUT, AND ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
WE HAVE SEEN A KIND OF PHYSICALITY TO HIS RUN.
>> Matt: YES.
>> Wayne: IT IS NOT A LOT OF TRYING TO JUKE AND MAKE PEOPLE MISS.
HE'S MAKING THAT CUT, GETTING UP FIELD AND GETTING BIG YARDAGE.
>> Matt: WE SAW HIS NUMBERS.
ALMOST HALF OF THAT CAME ON THAT FAKE PUNT.
ROPER, SPINNING BACK THERE.
FINDING AN OPEN MAN.
IT IS CAUGHT BY NATION AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
GOT HIS TOE DOWN INBOUNDS.
SO A POSITIVE PLAY FOR ROSWELL WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS NOT ONE THERE.
NOW IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
>> Wayne: ROBBIE ROPER DOING HIS BEST IMPRESSION OF RUSSELL WILSON RIGHT NOW OUT HERE FOR THE SEAHAWKS.
NICE JOB.
HE IS VERY COOL AND COLLECTED ABOUT GATHERING HIMSELF TO DELIVER THE BALL.
THAT'S THE BEST PART YOU LIKE ABOUT IT.
HE DOESN'T GET FLUSTERED IN THIS GAME BECAUSE YOU PUSH HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.
HE IS STOPPING, GETTING HIS FEET SET AND DELIVERING THE BALL.
>> Matt: WE SEE NATION WITH FIVE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS.
SCORED ON A RUSH EARLIER IN THE GAME.
THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.
ROPER.
POCKET BREAKING DOWN.
THREE-MAN RUSH CHASING HIM.
WAY BACK AT THE 43 YARD LINE HE HEAVES IT OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Wayne: TOBY THOMPSON BEARING DOWN ON HIM.
CONTINUING TO BACK UP.
NICE JOB OF HIM GETTING THAT BALL BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
GIVING HIMSELF A CHANCE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THAT WELL TOO MANY TIMES, MATT.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THOSE SITUATIONS YOU GIVE THEM THE BALL.
>> Matt: SO GONDA ON.
HE IS FOUR FOR FIVE ON FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS THIS SEASON.
THIS WOULD BE A 37-YARD KICK.
HIS LONG THIS SEASON IS 37 YARDS.
THE KICK IS ON ITS WAY, AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE OFF THE GOALPOST.
SO CHEROKEE DODGES THE BULLET THAT TIME AND DOES NOT SURRENDER ANY POINTS ON THE FUMBLED KICKOFF.
>> Matt: 20-7, ROSWELL STILL ON TOP AS THEY JUST FAILED TO SCORE ON A SEVEN-PLAY 46-YARD DRIVE AFTER THE FIELD GOAL HIT THE UPRIGHT.
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CHEROKEE BACK ON OFFENSE FROM THE 20 YARD LINE.
AIDAN MOORE GETS SWALLOWED UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY CASE BARRETT, THE LINEBACKER.
>> Wayne: AND THAT'S HOW YOU COME UP, CASE BARRETT, AND WELCOME YOURSELF TO THE PARTY.
NICE JOB SCRAPING TO THE OUTSIDE, MEETING THE BACK WITH YOUR SHOULDERS SQUARE, KNOCKING HIM BACK.
WHAT A PHYSICAL TACKLE RIGHT THERE BY CASE BARRETT.
>> Matt: SECOND LEADING TACKLER ON THE TEAM WITH 63 STOPS, 10 1/2 TACKLES PER GAME, 7 PFL AND A QUARTERBACK SACK.
HIS BROTHER KARSON, A JUNIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AT MOUNT UNION, THE THREE-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS.
THAT WILL BE A LOSS OF YARDAGE, AND ROSWELL GOT IN THERE.
THAT WAS CHASE MORRISON.
>> Wayne: COMING ON THAT DOG BLITZ ONCE AGAIN, NOT SITTING BACK, COMING WITH PRESSURE, OFF THE EDGE RIGHT THERE.
THEN YOU SEE CHASE MORRISON ONCE AGAIN WITH THAT DOG BLITZ COMING AROUND TO CLEAN IT UP.
SLAUGHTER COMING OFF THAT SLOT.
THESE LINEBACKERS IN THIS THREE-FOUR DEFENSE, THEY HAVE THEIR EARS PINNED BACK AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE PARTY RIGHT NOW.
>> Matt: FIRST SACK OF THE SEASON FOR MORRISON, IT IS THE SECOND SACK FOR THE HORNETS TONIGHT.
IT IS THIRD AND 14.
THEY USUALLY DON'T GET A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THEIR D-LINE.
MOST OF IT COMES FROM THEIR OUTSIDE BACKERS.
PASS INCOMPLETE.
HARSHAW WAS THE TARGET OUT THERE, THE 34 YARD LINE.
IT SHOULD BE A QUICK THREE AND OUT HERE FOR CHEROKEE AND A PUNTING SITUATION WITH FOUR-PLUS MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE HALF.
>> Wayne: EXCELLENT DEFENSE THERE BY THE HORNETS, COMING WITH THE PRESSURE.
GOOD TACKLING BY CASE BARRETT.
GOOD PRESSURE BY CHASE MORRISON, PUSHING HIM TO THIRD AND 14.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT AJ SWANN, MAKE HIM MAKE A PLAY, TRYING TO FIND HIS RECEIVER RIGHT THERE, ADARRIUS HARSHAW.
>> Matt: JOEL STAHL ON THE PUNT.
HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE PUNTING DUTIES FROM AJ SWANN.
HE IS AVERAGING 37 YARDS PER KICK.
HE STANDS AT THE 2 YARD LINE.
LINE DRIVE KICK.
COULD BE RETURNABLE.
NATION.
BOTTLED IT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF CHEROKEE, AND THE WARRIORS HAVE IT!
ETHAN NATION, INDECISIVE ON WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO FIELD THAT PUNT.
FUMBLED IT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE CHEROKEE DEFENDER.
>> Wayne: ANY TIME YOU ARE THE PUNT MAN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
EITHER GO GET THE BALL OR GET AWAY FROM THE BALL.
IT IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU WANT TO GET CAUGHT LIKE ETHAN NATION IN BETWEEN.
IN THAT SITUATION, EITHER YOU GO ATTACK THE BALL.
THE KIND OF ATHLETE HE IS, I'M QUITE SURE HE HAS THE GREEN LIGHT IN THAT SITUATION TO GO SAVE THAT YARDAGE AND GET THAT BALL.
>> Matt: OH, WOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT IS ROSWELL'S BALL.
POPS JAMESON, NUMBER 19, THE SOPHOMORE ON THE PUNT COVERAGE TEAM, HAD IT FUMBLED RIGHT INTO HIS HANDS.
LET'S SEE IF NATION WAS OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN HE TOUCHED IT.
HE WAS NOT.
HE WAS NEVER IN CONTROL OF THE BALL AND IT WAS RECOVERED BY JAMESON IN THE FIELD OF PLAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR INTERPRETATION WAS ON THAT, BUT THE REPLAY CLEARLY LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RECOVERED.
NOW, HE'S NOT OUT OF BOUNDS EVER AND IT GOES RIGHT INTO JAMESON'S HANDS.
ALL OF THAT HAPPENING IN THE FIELD OF PLAY.
THAT'S A TOUGH BREAK FOR ROSWELL -- OR FOR CHEROKEE RIGHT THERE AND A GREAT BREAK FOR ROSWELL.
DAVENPORT.
11 YARDS ON THE PLAY.
MAN, HE IS HAVING A SOLID FIRST HALF IN HIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE HERE TONIGHT AFTER THE INJURY TO RYAN HILL.
>> Wayne: TALKING ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY, NYKAHI DAVENPORT IS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
CAME IN THIS GAME AS THE SECOND TAILBACK.
RYAN HILL LEAVES AFTER THE FIRST PLAY, AND HE IS SHOWING SOME PHYSICALITY ON THE RUN, HITTING THE HOLE HARD IN THIS OFFENSIVE LINE UP FRONT, KNAPP, HAYDON AND MALOR, DOING A GOOD JOB OPENING UP FRONT.
>> Matt: 13 CARRIES, 83 YARDS FOR NYKAHI DAVENPORT HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
HE HAD 141 YARDS RUSHING ON THE SEASON COMING INTO TONIGHT.
HE'S BEEN HURT SOME, BUT HE'S REALLY MAKING THE MOST OF THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TONIGHT.
36 OF THOSE 83, REMEMBER, CAME ON THAT FAKE PUNT.
HIGH SNAP, ENDS UP IN DAVENPORT'S HANDS, AND DAVENPORT IS GOING TO GET A YARD OR TWO ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: DANIEL YOUNG ON THE TACKLE, THAT LINEBACKER HOLDING ON TO THAT LEG.
A GOOD JOB OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT BALL DOWN BY ROBBIE ROPER.
GETTING BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE -- OR ACTUALLY GETTING TWO YARDS IN A SITUATION THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A BAD PLAY.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
BALL AT THE 45.
UNDER THREE MINUTES TO PLY IN THE HALF.
SPEED SWEEP.
ELKO.
ELKO GOT JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY, AND THE BALL ENDS UP POPPING OUT OF THE PILE, AND CHEROKEE COVERED IT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAY WAS BLOWN DEAD.
>> Wayne: THIS OFFENSE HAS MOVED VERY WELL IN THIS FIRST HALF, ESPECIALLY RUNNING THE BALL.
STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MORE TOUCHES AND QUICK SCREENS, EVEN IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT THERE, GETTING THE BALL TO ETHAN NATION.
TRY TO GET HIM OUT IN SPACE.
HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY FROM HIM IN THIS FIRST HALF OF TOUCHING THE BALL.
>> Matt: SO THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN WITH THE BALL AT THE 44, LINE TO GAIN THE 37.
THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN, APPROACHING TWO MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE HALF.
THAT'S NATION IN MOTION.
ROPER.
GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND A GREAT DIVING CATCH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS, OR WAS IT CAUGHT?
STARGEL, THEY'RE GOING TO RULE IT A CATCH AT THE 26.
18-YARD PICKUP TO NUMBER 18.
>> Wayne: ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
GOOD PROTECTION BY THE LINE.
NICE STEP INTO THE THROW.
AND WHAT A GRAB THERE TO BRING THAT IN BY THE RECEIVER, STARGEL.
>> Matt: THIS IS THE SECOND GAME WE HAVE SEEN ROSWELL PLAY, AND I HAVE IN BOTH GAMES BEEN HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THE CATCHABLE SKILLS OF THEIR WIDE RECEIVER CORPS.
THEY'VE GOT GUYS THAT MAKE PLAYS ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> Wayne: A DEEP RECEIVING CORPS, AND THE WAY THAT NYKAHI DAVENPORT IS RUNNING IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUY HIM A CAKE AND PUT CANDLES ON IT YET, BUT HE IS HAVING A COMING-OUT PARTY.
15 CARRIES FOR 91 YARDS SO FAR IN THIS FIRST HALF.
>> Matt: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.
ROPER.
FIRES, FAR SIDE, AND IT IS CAUGHT AGAIN.
A FLAG COMES OUT.
THAT WAS NATION.
DIDN'T WE JUST SAY THEY MAKE THESE INCREDIBLE ACROBATIC DIVING CATCHES?
THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD IN THIS WIDE RECEIVER CORPS.
>> Wayne: SHAUN SPENCE, NATION, CHRIS ELKO.
>> Matt: DON'T FORGET BY DYLAN WILLIAMS WHO MADE THE CATCH OF THE NIGHT EARLIER IN THIS HALF.
LET'S CHECK THE PENALTY.
LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO GO AGAINST ROSWELL.
IT COULD BE ILLEGAL MAN DOWN FIELD.
AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED ON THE PLAY.
THAT'S WHAT IS AMAZING HERE.
ROSWELL UP TWO SCORES, AND THEY HAVE COMMITTED SO MANY PENALTIES HERE IN THE FIRST HALF AND YET THEY'VE ALMOST EVERY TIME OVERCOME THEM.
>> Referee: RECEIVER DOWN FIELD.
FIVE YARDS.
REPLAY THE DOWN.
>> Wayne: TO YOUR POINT, MATT, NOT JUST PENALTIES, PENALTIES ON BIG PLAYS, BIG YARDAGE PLAYS.
>> Matt: OH, YEAH.
>> Wayne: 15, 20-YARD CHUNK PLAYS THEY'RE HITTING THESE PENALTIES.
>> Matt: I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION, IF YOU WENT BACK AND ADDED UP THE NUMBERS, THEY'VE ERASED MAYBE 60, 70 YARDS WORTH OF PLAYS.
SECOND AND NINE.
ROPER.
GOT A POCKET TO WORK WITH.
NOW IT BREAKS DOWN.
GOING TO GET DOWN ON HIS KNEES.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, WE SAW HIM GRABBING HIS PADS, AND MAYBE IT IS JUST SOMETHING HE IS DOING TO PROTECT HIMSELF IF SOMEONE HITS HIM.
GOOD JOB ONCE AGAIN TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES YOU IN THIS SITUATION, TRY TO GET YOUR TEAM IN SCORING POSITION.
>> Matt: A TIME-OUT CALLED HERE BY ROSWELL, GIVES A CHANCE TO SEND IT TO HANNAH GOODEN.
>> THANKS.
THESE REGION BATTLE SCORES ARE ROLLING IN.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THESE ON "FOOTBALL FRIDAY" ON THE HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REEG YONLS.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH JON AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS ONE.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE BAND, NAME OUR PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GUESS WHO IT IS, HAVING AN OUTSTANDING NIGHT.
THAT AND A LOT MORE, MATT.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, HANNAH.
ANY SKY DAVENPORT, 15 CARRIES, 891 YARDS.
ROBBIE ROPER, SIX FOR TEN, 116 YARDS PASSING.
WHAT A BENEFIT FOR ROBBIE ROPER WHO IS A FINE QUARTERBACK.
WE'VE SEEN THAT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT HIS WIDE RECEIVER CORPS GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE BALL OUT THERE IN SOME CRAZY SPOTS WHERE ONLY THE WIDE RECEIVERS CAN GO GET IT.
>> Wayne: DOING A GOOD JOB OF COMING BACK TO THE BALL, FINDING THAT OPEN SPACE.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE ROBBIE PUTS THE BALL, THEY ARE GOING UP AND GETTING IT.
WE KNEW THEY WERE DEEP IN SKILL LEVEL TO MATCH ANYONE IN THE STATE.
THEY'RE SHOWING IT RIGHT IN THIS FIRST HALF.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND TWO WITH 53 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.
ROPER.
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN THROW.
A MISS ON THE TACKLE.
ETHAN NATION GOES DOWN AT THE 8 YARD LINE.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR THE HORNETS.
TEN-YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: NICE STOP ROUTE THERE BY ETHAN NATION, JUST THROW AND CATCH, QUARTERBACK TO RECEIVER.
A LITTLE FACE MASK THERE ON THAT PLAY AS WELL.
YOU COULD SEE ETHAN NATION ADJUST HIS HELMET.
NICE JOB OF HIM FINDING THE OPEN SPOT, COMING BACK TO IT, GETTING OPEN AND GETTING UP FIELD.
>> Matt: THREE CATCHES, 27 YARDS FOR NATION WHO NOW GOES IN MOTION TO THE FAR SIDE.
HAND-OFF GOES, DAVENPORT.
TOUCHDOWN, ROSWELL.
NINE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR NYKAHI DAVENPORT, AND THE HORNETS HAVE A 26-7 LEAD.
>> Wayne: I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN AT LEAST PUT THE CANDLES ON THE CAKE.
DON'T LIGHT THEM YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ON THERE.
WHAT A PHYSICAL RUN AT THE END BY NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
GREAT BLOCKING UP FRONT.
YOU COULD SEE HIM HIT THE LINE WITH ALL OF HIS MOMENTUM, GET HIS SHOULDERS SQUARE AND PUSH HIMSELF INTO THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: GONDA ON FOR THE P.A.T., AND IT IS 27-7.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT, THE SOPHOMORE, HAS NEARLY RUSHED IN THIS FIRST HALF FOR WHAT HE HAD RUSHED THE ENTIRE SEASON.
16 CARRIES NOW, 100 YARDS.
>> Wayne: WE'LL COUNT A POWER PLAY AND THE LAST FOUR YARDS IS ALL ON DAVENPORT, BULLYING HIMSELF INTO THE END ZONE.
ONLY LISTED AT 180, BUT HAS RAN THIS BALL IN THE FIRST HALF AS THOUGH HE IS ABOUT 205.
NICE JOB TAKING THE BATON WITH RYAN HILL LEAVING OFF THE FIRST PLAY.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST HALF FOR THE ROSWELL HORNETS' OFFENSE.
>> Matt: YOU KNOW, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT ON OUR RECRUITING 2021 SHOW WE HAVE A SEGMENT CALLED MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT AN UNDERRECRUITED PLAYER OR A PLAYER THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN RECRUITED YET.
I THINK NYKAHI DAVENPORT IS CERTAINLY A STRONG CANDIDATE HERE AFTER THIS FIRST HALF OF ACTION TO BE OUR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER CANDIDATE FROM THIS GAME.
100 YARDS OF RUSHING FOR THE SOPHOMORE BACK.
CHEROKEE HAS ONLY 58 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE.
POP-UP KICK TAKEN AT THE 12.
AIDEN MOORE, WHO FUMBLED HIS LAST KICK RETURN, IS GOING DOWN AT ABOUT THE 25, 26.
THAT IS WHERE THE WARRIORS WILL GO ON OFFENSE WITH 26 SECONDS TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
THEY DO THIS TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING, SO WOULD YOU TAKE A KNEE, GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM, REGROUP, WAYNE, OR DO YOU TRY TO GET THE BALL DOWN FIELD AND GET SOME QUICK POINTS HERE WITH JUST 26 SECONDS TO GO?
>> Wayne: WELL, THE WAY THIS GAME HAS PLAYED OUT FOR YOUR TEAM, WHERE YOU REALLY HAVEN'T CAUGHT THE BREAK.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PLAYS WHERE IT WENT ROSWELL'S WAY.
I THINK HERE YOU JUST KIND OF MAYBE RUN THE BALL OR KNEEL DOWN AND LET'S GO TO HALF AND REGROUP.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE ERRORS RIGHT NOW TO GIVE ROSWELL ANY MOMENTUM, ESPECIALLY HOW AGGRESSIVE THIS DEFENSE IS COMING OFF THE EDGE.
>> Matt: THEY'LL GO EMPTY BACK FIELD RIGHT HERE.
SWANN, GOING TO RUN IT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND SLIDE DOWN AT THE 32.
THEY'LL BURN A TIME-OUT.
OR DID THEY NOT?
THEY MIGHT -- THE CLOCK HAS JUST STOPPED FOR THE CHANGE TO MOVE.
THEY DID NOT CALL A TIME-OUT.
SWANN GOING TO TAKE A SACK.
BACK AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
THAT WILL BE SACK NUMBER THREE FOR THE HORNETS' DEFENSE TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, RILEY SLAUGHTER COMING OFF THAT EDGE.
TIME-OUT HERE BY CHEROKEE.
DIDN'T REALLY SEEM IN THOSE TWO PLAYS LIKE THEY WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
SO IT IS A WONDER WHY THEY WOULD CALL A TIME-OUT IN THIS SITUATION.
NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
>> Matt: SECONDS BACK OF THE NIGHT FOR RILEY SLAUGHTER.
THAT GIVES HIM FOUR ON THE SEASON.
YOU KNOW, HE IS A GUY THAT GETS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK FROM THAT JACK LINEBACKER POSITION.
>> Wayne: WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING THAT THREE-FOUR DEFENSE, IT IS SET, YOU HAVE THE FRONT THREE OR TWO GAPERS.
THEIR WHOLE JOB IS TO LET THE LINEBACKERS BE ABLE TO FLY AROUND AND THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITHOUT THEIR STAR, MIKE, JAYVEN HALL.
>> Matt: YES.
THEY'VE BEEN FEASTING AGAINST THIS CHEROKEE OFFENSE TONIGHT.
SWANN BEING CHASED AGAIN.
AND THROWS.
IT IS COMPLETE AND OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 47 YARD LINE.
CATCH MADE BY PEYTON BUTLER.
JUST HIS FIFTH CATCH OF THE SEASON.
THAT WILL STOP THE CLOCK WITH FIVE SECONDS.
11-YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: JUST TRYING TO PICK UP A BIG CHUNK PLAY, PUT YOUR QUARTERBACK IN A SITUATION HERE.
YOU DO HAVE A TIME-OUT HERE.
YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE SECONDS.
YOUR KICKING GAME, YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THIS SITUATION GOING TO TRY TO HAIL MARY, TRY TO GET THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE, IF YOU ARE CHEROKEE.
WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME THE WAY THAT THIS DEFENSE IS ATTACKING AJ SWANN, WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EVEN GET THIS BALL OFF?
>> Matt: MAYBE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE QUARTER RIGHT HERE.
SWANN, TOSSES IT DOWN FIELD.
IT IS CAUGHT AT THE 25, BUT THE CLOCK'S GOING TO RUN OUT.
POPS JAMESON WITH THE CATCH DOWN FIELD, BUT THE CLOCK RUNS OUT AFTER THE 28-YARD PICK UP.
ROSWELL IS GOING TO TAKE A BIG 27-7 LEAD ON CHEROKEE INTO THE LOCKER ROOM.
WAYNE, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT FIRST 24 MINUTES?
CHEROKEE, REALLY THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY A GOOD PART OF THAT FIRST HALF.
>> Wayne: ROSWELL COMING OUT ESTABLISHING THE RUN WITH NYKAHI DAVENPORT UP FRONT.
THEY'RE POISED IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE PENALTIES, THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
DEFENSIVELY, THEY JUST ATTACKED CHEROKEE AND CHALLENGE AJ SWANN TO MAKE PLAYS WITH THEM BLITZING HIM.
>> Matt: YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT HAS BEEN THE STORY OF THE FIRST HALF FOR ROSWELL OFFENSIVELY WITH HIS 100 YARDS RUSHING.
THE SOPHOMORE COMING IN AFTER THE NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACK, RYAN HILL, WAS INJURED ON THE VERY FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME.
JON NELSON IS STANDING BY WITH HEAD COACH CHRIS PREWETT.
>> LET'S ASK ABOUT THAT POINT, MATT.
YOU GET THE MARQUEE RUNNING BACK INJURED FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, BUT A SOPHOMORE STEPS UP FOR YOU, 100 YARDS ON THE FIRST HALF.
>> NYKAHI IS GOING TO DO WELL.
I FEEL GOOD WITH BOTH GUYS IN THERE.
NYKAHI WILL HOLD THE ROCK AND DO WELL.
>> I KNOW YOU WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT PENALTIES THAT REALLY STUBBED YOUR TOE ON A LOT OF DRIVES IN THE FIRST HALF TOO.
>> IT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EVERYONE.
WE HAVE TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF OUR OWN WAY.
THE GOAL IS ROSWELL DOESN'T BEAT ROSWELL.
TOO MANY MISTAKES, TOO MANY MENTAL ERRORS BEFORE THE SNAP.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THE SECOND HALF.
>> THANKS.
>> HANNAH GOODEN I BELIEVE HAS THE HALFTIME SHOW STARTING RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS, JON.
COACH PREWETT HAS HIS TEAM CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS IN FIRST HALF.
THEY BEAT CHEROKEE LAST YEAR.
WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN AND SEE WHAT IS COMING UP IN SECOND HALF.
WE HAVE THE "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA" PRESENTED BY REGIONS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE OF THE SCORES COMING UP AND MUCH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.
>>> WELCOME IN TO "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA" HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.
I'M HANNAH GOODIN COMING TO THE FROM THE STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.
IT IS HALFTIME OF THE BIG REGION CHEROKEE AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD IN CANTON.
HORNETS UP, 27-7.
THERE ARE OTHER BIG REGION IMPLICATIONS ON THE LINE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT.
LET'S LOOK ON THE GEORGIA EMC SCOREBOARD.
GEORGIA EMC IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
THE WINNER OF THE FIRST GAME ON THE BOARD WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP CONTENDERS TO WIN THE REGION 7 5A TITLE.
BLESSED TRINITY WON LAST YEAR BUT DOWN RIGHT NOW TO CALHOUN.
REGION 1 QUAD A, BAINBRIDGE UP OVER DOUGHERTY, 21-7.
THE ONLY TWO TEAMS LEFT IN AAA WITHOUT A REGION LOSS FACING EACH OTHER TONIGHT, JUST TIED IT UP, THAT'S PEACH AND CRISP.
I HAVE HAD MY EYE ON THAT GAME ALL NIGHT.
TWO UNDEFEATED IN REGION 8 AAA CHASING AFTER THE TITLE, OCONEE CART OVER HART COUNTY.
CEDAR GROVE STEPPING OUT OF REGION PLAY TO FACE LOWNDES.
I LOVE THIS MATCHUP.
OVER THE VIKINGS, SAINTS 21-7, TRYING TO GO 4-0 IN REGION PLAY COMING UP.
WARE AND COFFEE, THE WIN WILL HAVE TO FACE WARNER ROBBINS IN THE TITLE GAME.
SLAG COUNTY OFF TO A BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY, HOSTING THE REGION 5AAA OPENER AGAINST MACON COUNTY.
MACON COUNTY UP BY FOUR.
ANOTHER OPENER, HARALSON COMPANY OVER CALLAWAY, 28-0.
TWO TEAMS TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM FIRST LOSSES OF THE SEASON, HEARTBREAKING ONES AT THAT, PERRY BEATING WARE COUNTY.
PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN UP BY TWO SCORES OVER ATHENS ACADEMY.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER GAME UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS NOT ON OUR BOARD.
RABUN COUNTY BEATING GROVE TOWN, BUT THE QUARTERBACK STOCKTON JUST BROKE DESHAUN WATSON GEORGIA STATE RECORD FOR TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS WITH 219.
WATSON HAD 218 IN 2013.
WHEW!
WE DID IT.
THAT'S A LOT OF SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
I HOPE YOU FOLLOWED ME THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
GUYS, A LOT MORE COMING UP ON "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA" HALFTIME SHOW.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH JON, HEAR FROM THE BAND AND NAME OUR PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION IN EACH CLASSIFICATION IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD.
GSA TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MAKING THE AWARD A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
>> I THINK HIGH SCHOOL IS A SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO LEARN SOME THINGS BEFORE THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SHOW IT EVERY DAY THROUGH THE WAY THEY BEHAVE, HOW THEY INTERACT AND JUST BEING KIND TO OTHER STUDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE.
>> INTRODUCED IN 2006, THIS AWARD REINFORCES THE GHSA'S PHILOSOPHY EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES IT REPRESENTS.
>> GLYNN COUNTY IS DESERVING OF THIS AWARD BECAUSE IN THE YEAR 2020 IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED WHAT THE COMMUNITY WENT THROUGH.
THROUGH ALL OF THAT THEY HAVE PRESSED AND COME BACK AND THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THEM.
IT IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE SCHOOL AND THIS COMMUNITY.
>> WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS BEHIND US IN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE DO.
THEY COME OUT TO EVENT, SPOT OUR KIDS.
IF WE HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE LIKE THIS AWARD TONIGHT, I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS ALL GOING TO CELEBRATE IT WITH US.
IT IS A BIG COMMUNITY EVENT.
IT IS NOT JUST US, NOT A GLIN ACADEMY THING.
>> THE 31 PARTICIPATING COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RED TERRORS COMMUNITY.
♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS HALFTIME OF ROSWELL VERSUS CHEROKEE.
HORNETS UP 27-7.
ONE PLAYER THAT'S BEEN SO SPECIAL TONIGHT, THAT'S QUARTERBACK ROBBIE ROPER, BATTLING BACK AFTER A SHOULDER INJURY.
YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL.
HE'S OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SECOND QUARTER WE GO.
ROPER WILL AIR IT OUT HERE, 47 YARDS AFTER BREAKING UP SOME DEFENSIVE PLAYS.
WIDE RECEIVER DYLAN WILLIAMS, HIS 50th CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS.
HE WILL ALSO GET HIS 300th COMPLETION IN THIS ONE.
6'3", 205 POUNDS, AVERAGING ALMOST 300 YARDS PER GAME.
SHOWING WHY HE IS ONE OF THE TOP QUARTERBACKS IN ALL OF 7A.
CONGRATULATIONS, ROBBIE ROPER, OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN THE SECOND.
WE ARE CHECKING IN WITH JON AND HEARING FROM THE BAND NEXT ON THE "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA" HALFTIME SHOW.
>>> MANY OF US ARE A PART OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION, CARING FOR KIDS AND AGING PARENTS.
SUSIE IS HERE WITH HELPFUL TIPS TO CARE FOR OTHERS AND OURSELVES.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PART OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION?
>> BEING PART OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION THAT REALLY JUST PERTAINS TO ADULTS SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT CARE TAKING SITUATIONS, MEANING THEY ARE CARING FOR CHILDREN WHILE HAVING TO CARE FOR AGING PARENTS, WHO OFTEN TIMES MIGHT BE NAVIGATING SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS.
>> HOW CAN MEMBERS OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES?
>> WELL, WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ASK FOR HELP.
THIS IS REALLY YOUR TIME TO LEAN ON YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT CAN BE REALLY STRESSFUL.
A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES IT A STRESSOR IS THAT REALLY THAT ROLE REVERSAL.
YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE REALLY HUMBLING FOR A PARENT TO THEN NEED TO ACCEPT CARE FROM THEIR CHILDREN.
SO YOU WANT TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR CAREGIVERS?
ANY TIPS FOR OUR VIEWERS?
>> YES, THE GREATEST CONCERNS ARE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH CARE.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU ASK YOUR EMPLOYER IF THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ALMOST KNOWN AND AS EAP.
THEY ARE VERY COMMON AND CAN ASSIST WITH NAVIGATING FINDING HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS AND ELDER CARE SOLUTIONS.
AS FAR AS FINANCIAL SITUATIONS GO, YOU COULD WORK THROUGH A FINANCIAL PLANNER, AND WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW, MANAGING YOUR OWN FINANCES YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PARENTS' FINANCES ARE PROTECTED AS WELL.
THE ELDERLY POPULATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING COGNITIVE DECLINE, CAN BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO IDENTITY FRAUD.
THEY MAY BE RECEIVING CALLS OR E-MAILS THAT LOOK OFFICIAL BUT MEANWHILE THEY ARE TARGETING THEM.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR PARENTS AND THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT THEY SHOULD NEVER, EVER SHARE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKE THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR THEIR BANK INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEN, LASTLY, HELP WITH THEIR DOCTORS' APPOINTMENTS.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE KEEPING UP YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU CAN TO ACCOMPANY THEM OR SOMEONE WHO DOES CARE FOR THEM AND IS AVAILABLE CAN ACCOMPANY THEM, AND NOT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND MORAL SUPPORT BUT SO THERE'S ANOTHER LISTENING SET OF EARS THERE.
SO IF THERE'S A CARE PLAN, THEY CAN HELP TAKE NOTES.
IF THEY'RE GOING OVER MEDICAL HISTORY, THAT THEY CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT JUST IN THE EVENT THAT THE PARENT MIGHT FORGET TO SAY SOMETHING.
OFTENTIMES ELDERS MIGHT BE APPREHENSIVE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION FOR FEAR IT MIGHT COMPROMISE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND THEY MIGHT LOSE THEIR LICENSE.
SO IT IS REALLY JUST BEING MINDFUL AND COMPASSIONATE, THAT THIS ROLE REVERSAL AND RECEIVING CARE IS JUST AS TAXING AND DIFFICULT FOR THE PARENT AS IT IS FOR YOU FOR TAKING THAT ON.
SO, REALLY, BEING SENSITIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY IN THESE INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR DOCTORS SO THEY CAN HAVE REALLY THE BEST QUALITY OF CARE.
>> SUSIE, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CIGNA MEDICARE PLANS VISIT CIGNAMEDICARE.com.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO TOMMY BAKER FIELD IN CANTON WHERE THE CHEROKEE WARRIOR MARCHING BAND IS PERFORMING.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> YOUR HALFTIME SCORE IS ROSWELL, 27, CHEROKEE, 7.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH MY PARTNER IN CRIME, JON NELSON, THERE AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM THE SIDELINES IN THIS ONE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, I THINK THAT YOU CAN KIND OF CUT IT INTO TWO SECTIONS.
I WILL ASK COACH SHAW ABOUT IT WHEN HE COMES BACK OUT.
YOU SAW IT TOOK A WHILE FOR CHEROKEE TO GET IN THE GAME.
YOU HAD THE TURNOVER THAT CREATED THE LEAD.
THEN CHEROKEE GOES TO THE RUN GAME.
THEY CUT IT TO 13-7.
THEN ROSWELL, ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THE TOUCHDOWN PASS THAT COMES OVER THE TOP WHERE YOU HAVE A TALL RECEIVER OUT JUMPING A DEFENSIVE BACK IN THE END ZONE.
THEN THEY PUT THE PEDAL DOWN AND YOU SEE THE MARGIN HERE AT THE BREAK.
SO IT IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO IT, AND I WANT TO KIND OF ASK COACH SHAW WHEN IT COMES OUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS.
BECAUSE ONCE THEY GOT INTO THE RHYTHM OF THE HALF, THEY SEEMED TO GET THE GROUND GAME GOING.
THEY GOT THE PASSING GAME GOING.
THEY GOT THEIR WAY DOWN THE FIELD.
THEY ENDED UP GETTING THE SCORE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TO CUT THE MARGIN, AND THEN ROSWELL RESPONDED THE WAY THEY DID.
NOW I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE LIKE ABOUT RESPONDING ALL OVER AGAIN AS WE START HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> JON, REAL QUICK, WHAT ARE THE OTHER TOP SCORES YOU ARE FOLLOWING ON YOUR CELLPHONE THERE?
>> YEAH, THIS THING, I'VE GOT A PICTURE TO SHOW YOU AND DARYL MILLER WILL ZOOM IT IN AND SHOW YOU.
THE BACK AND FORTH DOWN IN SOUTH GEORGIA WITH ALCOVY AND COLQUITT.
IT WAS BACK AND FORTH AND NOT COLQUITT HAS A BIT OF A LEAD.
CEDAR GROVES AND LOWNDES, THAT ONE IS BACK AND FORTH IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
A COUPLE OF OTHERS, THOMASVILLE WITH LEAD.
BROOKS COUNTY WITH THE LEAD.
IRWIN COUNTY, FOR THOSE PAYING ATTENTION TO REGION 2 SINGLE A, THEIR GAME HAS BEEN PUSHED TO TOMORROW.
EARLY COUNTY AND FITZGERALD WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AT JC STADIUM.
IT WAS PUSHED BACK TO MONDAY.
HERE IS THE REASON WHY.
FLOODING AT JC STADIUM.
THAT'S THE PHOTO OF JC STADIUM FIELD AT FITZGERALD.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUSHED BACK FROM TO I.T.
I.T.
-- TO MONDAY.
WE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP KEEPING AN EYE ON THESE AS WE GO.
>> THANKS, JON.
CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE POSTGAME SHOW WHERE JON WILL HAVE WAY MORE SCORES AND WE WILL BE CHATTING ABOUT EVERYTHING HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE.
ALL OF THESE CRAZY REGION BATTLES HAPPENING.
THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THE GAME.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING THE "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW" PRESENTED BY REGION.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGION BANK.
>> CIGNA IS A PROUD PARTNER OF GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND "FOOTBALL FRIDAY."
CIGNA'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND PAEPS OF MIND FOR THOSE WE SERVE.
LEARN MORE AT CIGNA.com/TAKECONTROL TO LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
♪ ♪ >> Matt: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS HALFTIME HERE AT TOMMY BAKER FIELD IN CANTON, AND THE NINTH-RANKED ROSWELL HORNETS LEADING THE CHEROKEE WARRIORS, 27-7 IN THIS HUGE REGION 5 7A BATTLE.
AS WE MENTIONED OFF THE TOP, THIS GAME HAS SO MUCH WEIGHT ON IT FROM REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AND PLAYOFF POSITIONING IMPLICATIONS.
MATT STEWART ALONG WITH WAYNE GANDHI.
WAYNE, I THINK FROM THE CHEROKEE PERSPECTIVE THEY HAVE TO PUT IT BEHIND THEM AND COME OUT AND TRY TO PLAY A SOLID SECOND HALF AND GET BACK IN THIS BALL GAME.
>> Wayne: YEAH, WHEN THEY GO OUT IN THE SECOND HALF THEY'VE GOT TO REALLY APPROACH IT.
I KNOW EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS THAT IS 0-0, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE FIELD.
THEY DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING DEFENSIVELY.
ROBBIE ROPER DID NOT GET TO KEEP HIM IN THE COUNTY POSITIVE.
THEY DIDN'T GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED AND THEY DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH DEFENSIVELY STOPPING THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS.
>> Matt: LET'S LOOK BACK AT FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS.
ROSWELL SCORED ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME.
THE ONE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY THIRD STRING QUARTERBACK CHRIS ELKO IN THERE TO RUN THE BALL.
THEN ON THEIR OPENING SNAP, SWANN GETS SNACKED BY SLAUGHTER.
MORRISON RECOVERS, AND JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER NATION TAKES IT IN.
JUST LIKE THAT, A 13-0 LEAD FOR ROSWELL.
>> Wayne: ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE RUN, AND THEN THE BIG PUNT PICKUP HERE BY NYKAHI DAVENPORT TO KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
WHAT A STAR HE WAS IN FIRST HALF RUNNING THE BALL.
AND THEN ROBBIE ROPER, MAKING IT HAPPEN, MOVING IN THE POCKET, LOOKING DOWN THE FIELD, FINDING THE BIG TARGET OF DYLAN WILLIAMS RIGHT HERE, GOING UP TO CATCH THE BALL AND GET IN THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: THAT MADE IT 20-7.
IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE SECOND QUARTER, TEN-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY NYKAHI DAVENPORT TO CAP HIS 16-CARRY, 100 YARD RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF.
LET'S SEND IT TO JON NELSON WHO IS STANDING BY WITH COACH JOSH HA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TWO SECTIONS OF THE FIRST HALF.
THE FIRST SECTION TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR YOU TO GET IN THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME, BUT WHEN YOU DID YOU CLOSED THE MARGIN TO ONE SCORE.
WHAT WAS GOING ON THE SIDELINES ON THE APPROACH?
>> FRUSTRATION.
FRUSTRATION, FEEL LIKE WE ARE A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM THAN WHAT WE DISPLAYED IN THE FIRST HALF OBVIOUSLY.
THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM AND WE CAN'T MAKE THE MISTAKES WE HAVE MADE.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE TURNOVER ON THE SECOND -- OR THE FIRST DRIVE BY US OFFENSIVELY, GIVING THEM THE BALL BACK AT THE 20, IS NOT A MISTAKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
YOU FALL 13-0 RIGHT AWAY.
THEN WE TURN AROUND, WE GET THE BALL BACK AND THEN GO DOWN, GET ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE NEXT QUARTER WE TURNED AROUND AND GAVE UP A FAKE PUNT.
THEY'RE JUST GETTING TOO MUCH CHUNK PLAYS.
I MEAN TOO MANY LONG YARDAGE, THIRD DOWN.
WE HAD THIRD AND 19, THEY GOT IT THIRD AND 12 A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEN YOU ADD IN A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS.
WE ONLY HAD THREE OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS PLUS THE LAST ONE THERE WHICH WAS ONLY TWO OR THREE PLAYS.
SO WE HAVE TO GET IN SOME SORT OF A RHYTHM, NOT TURN THE BALL OVER.
JUST MAKING TOO MUCH MISTAKES.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE RHYTHM IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> YES, SIR.
>> THAT'S COACH SHAW.
LET'S GET READY FOR THE SECOND 24 MINUTES.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, NELLIE.
ROSWELL SCORED ON EVERY ONE OF THEIR OFFENSE POSSESSIONS IN FIRST HATCH.
13 PLAYS, TWO PLAYS, SEVEN PLAYS, EIGHT PLAYS.
THAT'S WHY THEY LEAD BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS RIGHT NOW.
>> Wayne: THE BIG SIGN UP, 139 RUSHING FOR ROSWELL IS WHAT STICKS OUT AND THEN THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS AT THE BOTTOM.
THREE PLAYS OF 30-PLUS YARDS FOR THE HORNETS, ZERO FOR CHEROKEE.
THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Matt: HERE WE GO, START OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
THE KICKOFF ANGLING OVER TOWARDS THE 10 YARD LINE, TAKEN ON THE HOP AT THE 8.
ZI JOHNSON DOES NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE 15 YARD LINE.
YOU REALLY GOT TO FIELD THAT BALL IN THE AIR.
YOU CAN'T LET IT HIT DOWN.
I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY HARSHAW.
HARD TO TELL A LITTLE BIT WITH THOSE RED NUMBERS ON THE BLACK JERSEYS.
THAT WAS HARSHAW.
YOU GOT TO FIELD THAT BALL IN THE AIR.
YOU HAVE TO COME UP AND MAKE THAT CATCH.
>> Wayne: YOU GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE IF YOU ARE CHEROKEE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT ON KICKOFFS THEY'VE STRUGGLED GETTING THE BALL.
THEY HAD THE ONE TURNOVER THAT REALLY WASN'T A TURNOVER BUT IT ENDED UP BEING THAT WAY.
NOW CAN AJ SWANN KIND OF TAKE A PAGE FROM THE FIRST DRIVE?
EXCUSE ME, THE SECOND DRIVE BECAUSE HE HAD A TURNOVER ON THE FIRST DRIVE.
THAT SECOND DRIVE, BEAT THE BLITZ, BE PATIENT AND MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Matt: YOU SAW HIS NUMBERS, JUST SIX OF EIGHT FOR 78 YARDS FOR SWANN IN THAT FIRST HALF.
ZI JOHNSON RUNS BY SLAUGHTER.
ZI JOHNSON GETS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE, THAT FIRST FOUR OR FIVE GAMES COACH PREWETT TALKED ABOUT THEY WERE NOT PLAYING UP TO STANDARD, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE RUN.
THEY WERE OUT OF GAPS, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY HAVE BEEN VERY STOUT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, STRINGING THAT OUT, MAKING THAT BOUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE.
THAT IS HOW THEY LIKE TO PLAY RUN DEFENSE.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
HEAVY RUSH.
AND TRIED TO DUMP IT OFF TO TOBY THOMPSON THERE.
PLUNKETT WAS COMING OFF THE EDGE WITH THE BLITZ AND SWANN COULD NOT LET THE SCREEN PASS DEVELOP THE WAY HE WANTED TO.
>> Wayne: AJ SWANN, WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A LITTLE PATIENCE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM IN THE SCREEN SITUATION AS A QUARTERBACK.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BALL AND GET IT DELIVERED REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE.
JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.
TOBY THOMPSON COULD NOT COME DOWN WITH THE GRAB.
>> Matt: SO THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
WARRIORS REALLY NEED TO AVOID A THREE AND OUT RIGHT HERE TO START THE THIRD QUARTER.
SWANN BEING CHASED.
AND SWANN IS GOING TO BE STOPPED SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN, I THINK.
NEEDED TO GET TO THE 25 AND DID NOT MAKE IT THERE.
FOUR-YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: CASE BARRETT, STONE SMITH.
SHOWING A LOT OF SPEED, A LOT OF RANGE.
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING, HEAD DOWN FIELD AS AJ SWANN NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO SET HIS FEET, EVEN IF HE WANTED TO, TO DELIVER THAT BALL.
GOOD PRESSURE, GOOD PURSUIT BY THE LINE BACKING CORPS OF BARRETT AND SMITH.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND ONE, AND THEY DO NOT BRING THE PUNT UNIT OUT THERE.
IT IS A PRETTY LONG ONE, TOO, BECAUSE YOU ARE AT THE 23 AND YOU GOT TO GET BASICALLY TO THE 25.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO DRAW THEM OFF SIDE AND THEN THEY HAND OUT, AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT, I DON'T THINK, UNLESS WITH THE SECOND EFFORT HE GETS THE SPOT.
I DON'T THINK HE PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS AIDAN MOORE ON THE CARRY.
IT IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE SPOT.
THEY'RE MARKING IT AT THE 24.
THAT'S GOING TO BE SHORT.
>> Wayne: OFFENSE FOR CHEROKEE IS STILL OUT AS THOUGH THEY PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN.
I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE GIVEN IT TO THEM.
>> Matt: OKAY.
WELL, FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT, AND WE'RE IN THE STUDIO, LOOKS LIKE HE DOES PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN WITH THE SECOND EFFORT RIGHT THERE.
SO FIRST AND TEN.
THEY THROW IT UP HIGH OUT THERE, AND DROPPED FOR A LOSS BACK AT THE 21 YARD LINE.
THAT'S THE FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME FOR BIG 6'6" WIDE RECEIVER, CALEB RICHARDSON.
>> Wayne: THIS IS ABOUT DELIVERY OF THE BALL, GIVING THE RECEIVER A CHANCE TO DELIVER THE BALL AND WORK UP FIELD.
RIGHT THERE AJ SWANN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE BALL TO THE RECEIVER.
AS YOU SAID, 6'6", HAVING THE JUMP AS THOUGH HE WAS DUNKING THE BALL AND GAVE THE CORNERBACK TIME ENOUGH TO COME UP AND MAKE THE PLAY.
>> Matt: SECOND AND TWO.
YOU SEE THE SHIFTING AND THE MOVEMENT BY THAT ROSWELL DEFENSIVE FRONT ON EVERY PLAY.
THEN YOU'VE GOT THE OUTSIDE BACKER OUT THERE, JUST LINING UP ON THE EDGE FIRING FROM THE CORNER.
>> Wayne: LONG INTO THIS PLAY.
NOT SURE WHERE HE WANTS TO GO WITH THE BALL.
MAKING DIFFERENT CHECKS.
>> Matt: YOU SEE A HIGHLY AGITATED AJ SWANN AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE SIDELINE AS THEY COULD NOT GET THE PLAY OFF IN TIME.
>> Matt: 9:07 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER, SO THREE MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF.
CHEROKEE HAS ALREADY HAD TO BURN A TIME-OUT HERE.
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SECOND DOWN AND 12 COMING OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.
>> Wayne: STAYING AGGRESSIVE.
ROSWELL STILL COMING WITH THE PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.
>> Matt: GOING TO THROW-BACK THE OTHER WAY, AND A WIDE-OPEN THOMPSON AT THE 40.
AND TOBY THOMPSON DRAGGING THE DEFENDER ACROSS THE 50 AND DOWN TO THE 40.
THAT'S THE FIRST CATCH WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT BY THE BIG ARMY COMMIT.
IT GOES FOR 38 YARDS.
>> Wayne: NICE SETUP PLAY CALL HERE, GETTING THIS SCREEN CALL.
A LITTLE ROLL-OUT, STREAM BACK TO THE SCREEN BACK TO THE LEFT THERE TO TOBY THOMPSON.
GETTING LOST DOWN FIELD WITH THE COVERAGE GOING OVER AJ SWANN.
A BIG CHUNK YARD PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT BY THIS OFFENSE.
>> Matt: TOBY THOMPSON, COMMITTED TO ARMY OVER THE AIR FORCE.
ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY HE CHOSE THE BLACK KNIGHTS IS HE WANTS TO PLAY ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
THEY GO UP TOP AND BEHIND CALEB RICHARDSON, WHO JUST HAD HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME FEW MOMENTS AGO.
>> Wayne: TIP YOUR HAT ON THIS DEFENSE.
REGARDLESS OF GETTING BEAT OR NOT, THEY'RE STILL BRINGING THE PRESSURE.
NO TIME TO WAIT FOR THIS PLAY TO DEVELOP.
RILEY SLAUGHTER ONCE AGAIN COMING OFF THE EDGE.
NOT GIVING AJ SWANN ANY TIME TO SET UP TO EVEN TRY TO FIND THE RECEIVER THERE.
>> Matt: WELL, ONE OF THEIR BIG GOALS TONIGHT DEFENSIVELY WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT SWANN, THEY GOT HIM OFF HIS SPOT.
WANTED TO MAKE HIM MOVE.
THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD BE SUCCESSFUL DEFENSIVELY IF THEY COULD GET SWANN OFF HIS SPOT.
NOW, THE SNAP.
APPEARED TO BE PREMATURE BECAUSE NOBODY WAS EXPECTING THAT.
>> Referee: SNAP INFRACTION, OFFENSE.
FIVE YARDS.
>> Wayne: NOW, MATT -- MATT, I STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL AT 13, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MY AGE BUT I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER HEARD OF SNAP INFRACTION.
IF THE BALL GETS SNAP, THE PLAY IS GOING.
>> Matt: RIGHT, THAT MEANS THE PLAY IS GOING.
SECOND AND 15.
THERE'S THE PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE, AND IT IS RECOVERED BY ROSWELL!
ZI JOHNSON COULDN'T KIM UP WITH IT.
THE FUMBLE RECOVERY AND THE HORNETS HAVE IT.
JORDAN BARAM COMES UP WITH THE LOOSE BALL.
>> Wayne: THIS IS ABOUT ZI JOHNSON FOCUSING ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE RIGHT THERE.
YOU COULD SEE HE SAW THE PRESSURE IN HIS FACE THERE BY HILL PLUNKETT.
TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL AND CONTINUING TO DIAL UP THE PRESSURE HAS BEEN THIS ROSWELL HORNET DEFENSE.
COMING UP FIELD OUTSIDE WITH THE LINEBACKERS AND HAS CAUSED A LOT OF HAVOC AND DISRUPTION TO THIS OFFENSE TONIGHT.
>> Matt: THAT IS THE THIRD FUMBLE BY THE WARRIORS TONIGHT.
ROSWELL HAS RECOVERED EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THEY'VE SCORED OFF OF ONE OF THEM.
THE OTHER THEY DID NOT.
NOW THEY'RE SET UP, FIRST AND TEN AT THE 44 YARD LINE.
ROPER.
GOING TO GO FOR THE HOME RUN RIGHT HERE.
JUMP BALL, AND IT IS TAKEN RIGHT BACK!
INTERCEPTED AT THE 5 YARD LINE.
THAT IS THE FRESHMAN, JAYCE JONES, WHO COMES UP WITH HIS SECOND PICK OF THE SEASON.
>> Wayne: AND IF YOU ARE THIS WARRIOR DEFENSE, YOU EXPECT IT IN THIS SITUATION.
WE SAW EARLIER OFF OF THE TURNOVER, THAT IS ROSWELL OFFENSE TRIES TO GET THE BALL DEEP DOWN THE FIELD QUICKLY TO ETHAN CRITE.
UNDER THROWN RIGHT THERE.
NICE JOB.
ONLY 5'6", 135-POUND FRESHMAN GOING UP AND TAKING THE BALL AT THE APEX.
A LITTLE UNDER THROWN BY THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Matt: 5'6", OUT JUMPS 6'2" FOR THE BALL.
CAN YOU SAY -- >> Wayne: NICE JOB BY THE FRESHMAN AND HIS COACH.
JOSH SHAW RAVED ABOUT JAYCE JONES AND HOW HE HAS A NO-BACK-DOWN ATTITUDE, EVEN THOUGH HE UNDERSTANDS HIS SMALL STATURE, BUT HE HAS A LOT OF HEART.
HE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE BALL EACH AND EVERY TIME.
>> Matt: CALLS HIM THE SECOND COMING OF ADARRIUS HARSHAW.
THEY'VE GOT FIVE FRESHMEN THEY HAVE IN THEIR TWO-DEEP ROTATION, PLAYING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MINUTES THIS SEASON.
JAYCE JONES BEING ONE OF THEM.
YOU CAN SEE WHY.
SWANN, NO RUNNING ROOM RIGHT THERE AS HE GETS SANDWICHED.
STONE SMITH IN ON THAT TACKLE FOR THE HORNETS.
>> Wayne: WE SAW IN THE FIRST HALF OF THAT FIRST QUARTER, CHEROKEE HAD A COUPLE OF SUCCESSFUL RUNS.
SINCE THEN, JUST NOT ABLE, THEY HAVE CAPABLE BACKS IN JOHNSON MOORE, DOMINIQUE JORDAN.
THEY JUST CANNOT SEEM TO GET ANY YARDS RUNNING THE BALL.
ONCE AGAIN, THE EDGE PRESSURE OF ROSWELL IS HURTING AJ SWANN.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
THEY SET UP THE SCREEN PLAY RIGHT THERE.
ZI JOHNSON SCRAMBLES TO GET TO THE 11 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: WHAT A JOB THERE BY CASE BARRETT AND STONE, SMITH.
THIS WAS SET UP PERFECTLY BY THE OFFENSE WITH THE SCREEN GRAEME.
WATCH 44 AND 10 COME UP, GET OFF OF BLOCKS AND GET THE BALL CARRIER DOWN.
NICE JOB OF THIS LINE BACKING CORPS.
CAN'T RAVE ENOUGH, WHETHER IT IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, THE LEVEL OF PLAY THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE FIELD.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE 23, SLAUGHTER, OFF THAT SLOT.
HE IS INCHING, HE IS READY TO COME.
>> Matt: HE IS BRINGING PRESSURE.
HE GETS TO HIM.
THE BALL IS LOOSE, AND CHEROKEE GETS ON TOP OF IT AT THE 2 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS RILEY SLAUGHTER.
HE JUST CAME IN UNBLOCKED AND PLUCKED THE BALL RIGHT OUT OF SWANN'S HANDS AND KNOCKED IT ON THE GROUND.
>> Wayne: IF YOU ARE AJ SWANN, YOU HAVE TO ANTICIPATE.
YOU SEE THE SAFETY BACKING UP RILEY SLAUGHTER.
HE WAS COMING OFF THE EDGE.
ONCE AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE TECHNIQUE OF SLAUGHTER RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF KNOCKING THAT BALL DOWN, CREATING THE BIG DISTURBANCE TO THE OFFENSE AND ALMOST GIVING HIM TEAM THE BALL AT THE 1 YARD LINE.
>> Matt: RIGHT TACKLE, COLT CHILDERS, SAVED IT FROM BEING A MASSIVE TURNOVER INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE.
SO STAHL IS ON TO PUNT.
A BOOMER THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50, AND ELKO DECIDES AT THE LAST MINUTE NOT TO TRY TO PICK IT UP.
THAT'S WHERE ROSWELL WILL GO ON OFFENSE AT THE 46.
THAT WAS A 56-YARD BOOMER, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROSWELL HORNETS' RESUME.
THEY'VE WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR HISTORY.
IN 2006 THEY TIED PEACH TREE RIDGE AT 14-14 FOR THEIR LAST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THAT FORCED A CHANGE IN THE RULES.
AFTER THAT YEAR THERE WERE NO MORE CO-CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THEY DECIDED TO HAVE OVERTIME IN THE STATE FINALS.
DID NOT NEED OVERTIME IN '68 AND '70 WHEN THEY WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THEY HAVE WON FOUR OF THE LAST SIX REGION TITLES.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST HALF WITH A BIG SEVEN-YARD GAIN.
>> Wayne: NICE PULL THERE BY THE GUARD, HAYDON, COMING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE BEHIND MELLOR AND STARGEL.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT, GOOD EVENING, SIR, TO YOU.
BIG YARDS, BIG GAME.
AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, WHEN YOU LOOK RIGHT THERE, ALMOST OUT TO HIM, THE FIRST SIX GAIN PRODUCTION IN FOUR QUARTERS SO FAR.
>> Matt: I THINK HE IS GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT AS HE RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 40 YARD LINE AND DOWN TO THE 39.
>> Wayne: WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE A DOMINANT RUN GAME, YOU LET YOUR BACK HIT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE UNDISTURBED WITH HIS SHOULDERS SQUARE.
THAT'S A GUARANTEED FOUR OR FIVE-YARD GAIN REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL YOU ARE IN.
STOP PENETRATION.
SO FAR I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF ANYONE HAS ACTUALLY LINED UP AT LINE -- AT RUNNING BACK EXCEPT DAVENPORT AFTER HILL HAS LEFT THE FIELD EARLY IN THE GUAM.
>> Matt: REMEMBER HALL, BASICALLY THEIR NUMBER THREE LINEBACKER, HE IS OUT WITH AN INJURY.
IT IS THE NYKAHI DAVENPORT SHOW.
IT HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING AS HE RUNS FOR ANOTHER TEN YARDS DOWN TO THE 29 YARD LINE.
IT IS REALLY KIND OF AMAZING.
YOU CAN WATCH HIS CONFIDENCE LEVEL GROW AS WE GO THROUGH THIS GAME, WAYNE.
>> Wayne: BOTTLE OF THE SNAP, SECURING THE CORNER RIGHT THERE AS MELLOR, NUMBER 75, AND NYKAHI DAVENPORT IS GETTING A WORK IN TONIGHT.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE HAS GELLED TOGETHER.
THERE WERE QUESTION MARKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNG, BUT THEY HAVE GELLED QUICK.
WHAT AN EXCELLENT JOB THEY HAVE DONE TONIGHT LOCKING IN THE RUN GAME.
>> Matt: THEY PUT THREE OFFENSIVE TACKLES INTO COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE LAST TWO SEASONS, AND THEY'RE GOING SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN AT OFFENSIVE TACKLE THIS YEAR.
DAVENPORT AGAIN GETS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND THAT TIME.
DANIEL YOUNG MAKING THAT TACKLE FOR CHEROKEE, BUT ROSWELL JUST CHEWING UP THE CLOCK, TOO, RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE JUST BITING OFF YARDS AND BITING OFF SECONDS AS WELL.
>> Wayne: THE THING ABOUT THE RUN GAME TONIGHT, ME BEING AN OLD OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, IT IS JUST HAND ON THE GROUND AND PUSHING FORWARD.
THERE'S NO TRICKERY.
THERE'S NO FLIPS OF THE BALL.
THESE ARE JUST SOLID INSIDE THE TACKLE.
SIX AND FIVE AND SEVEN GUYS AT A TIME PUSHING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND GIVING DAVENPORT ROOM.
>> Matt: WE SAW THE 144 ON THE GAME.
THAT'S THEIR PER-GAME AVERAGE.
THEY HIT THAT NUMBER STILL WITH 15 MINUTES TO GO, AND THEY GO ABOVE IT RIGHT THERE AS DAVENPORT GETS ANOTHER RUN.
>> Wayne: CJ HEY DAN, THE LEFT GUARD, FINISHING, PANCAKING THE LINEBACKER THERE.
NICE JOB BY HIM.
>> Matt: 21 CARRIES, 130 YARDS FOR NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
WILL SOMEONE MAKE HIM AN OFFER TONIGHT?
THIS HAPPENED THE LAST TIME WE TELEVISED ROSWELL AFTER THEY LOST TO WALTON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
JAYVEN HALL, THE LINE BACKER, HE PICKED UP HIS FIRST OFFER FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY AND LAST WEEK HE VISITED MICHIGAN STATE.
ROPER THREW IT BEHIND HIS MAN.
ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES TONIGHT THAT HE HAS BEEN OFF TARGET.
ZEKE MOORE, THE TIGHT END, COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
FOURTH AND THREE.
>> Wayne: ROBBIE WANTED THAT ONE BACK AS SOON AS HE LET IT GO.
ZEKE MOORE, WIDE OPEN.
FREE RELEASE AT THAT TIGHT END POSITION.
BIG TARGET, 6'2", 225, JUNIOR WHO HAS A TREMENDOUS UPSIDE RIGHT THERE.
JUST MISSING HIM IS ROPER.
NOT JUST FOR THE FIRST DOWN, BUT FOR A BIG -- ANOTHER BIG CHUNK PLAY TO SET HIS TEAM UP INSIDE THE FIVE.
>> Matt: THEY BRING IN ELKO AS THE RUNNING BACK.
WE SAW A TRICK PLAY OUT OF THIS FORMATION AGAINST WALTON WHERE ELKO THREW A PASS.
INSTEAD, ROPER GOING TO TRY TO RUN TO THE STICKS.
AND LET'S SEE IF HE GOT THERE.
IT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE.
I KNOW HIS PARENTS AND THE ROSWELL FANS AND THE COACHING STAFF, THEY ALL HOLD THEIR BREATH WHEN HE TAKES OFF AND RUNS LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE, WELL, THEY HAVE NOT MOVED IT YET.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB OF ROPER ONCE AGAIN.
WE HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, KIND OF CATCHING THE DEFENSE WITH THEIR BACK.
THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A MEASUREMENT.
>> Matt: FORTUNATELY, THE STICKS ARE RIGHT THERE.
THIS WILL NOT BE A LONG STRETCH.
>> Wayne: IN THESE PLAYS A COUPLE OF TIMES I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE FILM AND SHOW ROBBIE THESE SITUATIONS.
YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF UP BY JUST DIVING FOR IT.
YOU ARE RIGHT THERE.
GO AHEAD AND LAUNCH YOURSELF FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
YOU ARE DOWN, I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF, BUT -- >> Matt: THEY GOT IT BY THE NOSE OF THE FOOTBALL.
>> Wayne: THAT OLD GAME OF INCHES COMES INTO PLAY ONCE AGAIN.
>> Matt: SO ROBBIE ROPER PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN WITH THE RUN, AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES.
ROSWELL DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EATING UP THE CLOCK TOO RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH THE LEAD AND BURN SOME TIME AND SOME CLOCK AND SHORTEN THE GAME.
DAVENPORT.
CONTINUES HIS MONSTROUS NIGHT.
ANOTHER BIG RUN BY THE SOPHOMORE.
HE HAS BEEN UNSTOPPABLE AND GETTING STRONGER AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
HE IS UP TO 138.
>> Wayne: AND WE ARE RAVING ABOUT NYKAHI DAVENPORT, NOT JUST BECAUSE HE IS A SOPHOMORE, BUT HIS RESUME IS MORE OF A STAT BACK MENTALITY.
THESE RUNS DO NOT BOUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE, THEY'RE SQUARE SHOULDER UP THE FIELD.
THE WAY HE IS FINISHING THESE RUNS, IF YOU ARE COACH CHRIS PREWETT IT HAS TO EXCITE YOU ABOUT HIS POSSIBILITY.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND TWO.
ROPER, FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET.
RUNS IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
NOT SURE HOW CHEROKEE MISSED HIM AND DIDN'T GET HIM ON THE GROUND, BUT A TEN-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY ROBBIE ROPER MAKES IT 33-7.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, COOL UNDER PRESSURE.
FEELING THE PRESSURE AND JUST SMOOTHLY GETTING OUT OF TRAFFIC THERE.
KIND OF RUNNING AMONGST THE TREES.
RAN INTO HIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
FOUND HIMSELF NOT BEING TACKLED AND DECIDED HE'D JUST FINISH THE RUN AND GO INTO THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: P.A.T.
BY GONDA IS UP AND GOOD.
A 34-7 LEAD FOR THE ROSWELL HORNETS.
ROBBIE ROPER WITH HIS THIRD RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
ROSWELL IN COMMAND.
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♪ ♪ >> Matt: SO ROBBIE ROPER WITH THE TOUCHDOWN RUN.
HE HAS THROWN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
HE HAS RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, ROSWELL HAS HAD THEIR WAY THROUGH ALMOST THREE FULL QUARTERS HERE TONIGHT.
CAPS A TEN PLAY.
54-YARD DRIVE.
ROSWELL WITH A BIG GAME COMING UP AGAINST NUMBER THREE MILTON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH AN OFF WEEK IN BETWEEN.
LEADS THIS ONE, 34-7.
KICK TAKEN INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE.
HARSHAW GOES TO THE FAR SIDELINE.
HARSHAW UP CLOSE TO THE 30 YARD LINE.
HARSHAW IN HIS FIRST FULL GAME BACK SINCE THAT INJURY AGAINST ROME.
HAS HAD A FEW MOMENTS HERE TONIGHT BUT HAS NOT BEEN A HUGE FACTOR.
THAT'S NOT HIS FAULT, MAINLY BECAUSE AJ SWANN HAS HAD NO TIME TO THROW THE BALL TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: JUST HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BEAT THE BLITZ OFF THE EDGE.
JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON JA SWANN BY THIS HORNET DEFENSE.
THEY HAVE DICTATED THE PACE THOUGH THIS OFFENSE ALL NIGHT LONG, OTHER THAN THAT SECOND DRIVE WHERE THEY TOOK THE BALL AND WENT DOWN AND SCORED.
THEY HAVE JUST BEEN DICTATED TO, MAKING AJ SWANN PULL THE BALL.
RIGHT NOW HE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE HAPPINESS TO HIS FEET.
NOT REALLY GETTING SETTLED IN ANY OF HIS PASSES.
>> Matt: HERE COMES THE BLITZ.
AND SWANN HIT BY BARRETT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND DROPPED AFTER A SHORT, VERY SHORT GAIN.
>> Wayne: BLAKE JASPER, NUMBER 40, COMING OFF THE EDGE WITH THE PRESSURE.
AJ SWAN ABLE TO AVOID IT, BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THESE LINEBACKERS, SMITH, BARRETT, SLAUGHTER, PLUNKETT, THEY ARE GOOD AT GETTING OFF BLOCKS AND MAKING AND FINDING THE BALL.
>> Matt: YEAH, IF YOU ARE AJ SWANN YOU HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S 15 ROSWELL DEFENDERS OUT THERE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT.
THEY'RE JUST ALL COMING.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW FROM WHICH DIRECTION THEY'RE COMING.
A QUICK PASS.
HE FUMBLES THE BALL AND THEY'RE GOING TO RULE THAT AN INCOMPLETE.
SO FIRST TIME THAT FULLEN HAS HAD THE BALL COME HIS WAY, AND YOU SEE IAN MATTHEWS ENDED UP WITH IT IN HIS HANDS.
THEY JUST RULED THAT INCOMPLETE.
>> Wayne: A NICE FIND HERE BY AJ SWANN TO FULLEN.
A GOOD JOB COMING DOWN ON THAT BALL WITH THAT HARD RIGHT HAND THERE, AS IAN MATTHEWS, NOT SURE IF IT WAS A FUNCTION OF FULLEN DROPPING THE BALL OR MATTHEWS COMING ACROSS WITH THAT RIGHT HAND AND KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT.
>> Matt: I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE A CASE FOR A CATCH AND FUMBLE RIGHT THERE, BUT IT IS RULED INCOMPLETE ON THE FIELD.
TIGHT COVERAGE OVER THERE.
THEY HAD JALEN GILL STEP FOR STEP WITH CALEB RICHARDSON.
GILL IS A YOUNG MAN THAT MOVED IN FROM MARYLAND.
>> Wayne: NOTHING COMING EASY FOR CHEROKEE IN THIS OFFENSE, REGARDLESS OF SITUATION.
IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE'S A ROSWELL HORNET THERE ON EACH AND EVERY PLAY, EVEN IN SUCCESS, TO BREAK UP THE PLAY.
>> Matt: SO FOURTH DOWN AND NINE.
STAHL IS STANDING AT HIS 16 TO PUNT.
THEY BRING A HEAVY RUSH!
AND NEARLY BLOCKED STAHL.
A LINE DRIVE KICK OUT OF THERE THAT ROLLS ACROSS MIDFIELD AND DOWN AT THE 43.
THAT'S WHERE ROSWELL WILL GO ON OFFENSE WITH SEVEN SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER.
27-YARD KICK.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NELLIE.
>> GIVE YOU SOME SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE, MATT, HERE.
LATE THIRD, EARLY FOURTH AND A COUPLE OF FINALS.
BRUNSWICK, UNDEFEATED SHUTTING OUT STATESBORO TONIGHT.
ALSO GOING ON RIGHT NOW, CARROLLTON.
SAW THEM LAST WEEK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS, PUTTING UP 63 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
ONE OF THE SURPRISES IN AA, HARALSON COUNTY WAS OUT TO A 28-0 LEAD.
THEY'RE NOW UP 42-14 AGAINST CALLAWAY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SO EARLY FIREWORKS IN REGION 5AA.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Matt: A BIG GAME IN REGION 2 7A TONIGHT.
PEBBLE BEACH BROOK LAYING IT ON EAST COWETA IN SHARPS BURG.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG WIN FOR THE PEBBLE BROOK FALCONS TONIGHT.
ROPER UP TOP.
AND, OH!
NATION COULD NOT HAUL IT IN INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
HE COMES UP GRABBING HIS CALF MUSCLE, AND LOOKS LIKE IT IS PROBABLY JUST A CRAMP, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR ROSWELL.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN GOOD NEWS TONIGHT PRETTY MUCH, AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH.
NUMBER NINE ROSWELL WITH A 34-7 LEAD ON CHEROKEE.
>> Matt: IT HAS BEEN A BIG NIGHT FOR CHRIS PREWETT ON THE RIGHT, NOT A GOOD ONE FOR JOSH SHAW THERE ON THE LEFT.
WINNER OF THIS BALL GAME STAYS IN THE HUNT WITH MILTON FOR THE REGION 5 7A TITLE, AT LEAST TO WIN IT OUTRIGHT.
LOSER ISN'T ELIMINATED BY ANY MEANS BUT CERTAINLY WILL HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE THE REST OF THE WAY.
START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
MATT STEWART, WAYNE GANDY AND HANNAH GOODIN WITH YOU.
DON'T FORGET, WHEN WE'RE OVER, THE POSTGAME SHOW WITH HANNAH GOODIN AND COACHES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS PLUS JON NELSON COMING UP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BALL GAME HERE TONIGHT.
THAT WAS DAVENPORT AGAIN.
WHAT A NIGHT FOR DAVENPORT.
22nd CARRY FOR DAVENPORT.
THAT SHOULD PUT HIM UP CLOSE TO 140, IF NOT OVER, RIGHT THERE.
>> Wayne: PHYSICAL RUNNING BY DAVENPORT.
GREAT BLOCKING UP FRONT BY THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
YOU GIVE ROBBIE ROPER AND THIS RECEIVING CORPS ANY SEMBLANCE OF THIS KIND OF RUNNING GAME, IT MAKES HIM A DANGEROUS TEAM GOING FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
>> Matt: LOOK AT THAT.
HE IS JUST ONE YARD SHY OF THE SEASON TOTAL IN THE ONE GAME TONIGHT.
ROPER GETS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND BY HOBSON.
>> Wayne: FINALLY ABLE TO CORRAL ROPER.
WE HAVE SEEN HIM MAKE SO MANY PLAYS EARLIER IN THIS HOW, MAKING THAT DIVE WITH THE TOUCHDOWN RUN, BEEN ABLE TO AVOID THE DEFENSIVE FRONT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY PRESSURE ON HIM AND BRING HIM DOWN.
HE HAS MADE A LOT OF PLAYS, PUNISHING THE DEFENSE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND SEVEN.
PUNTING SITUATION FOR ROSWELL.
IAN MATTHEWS STANDING AT HIS 31 TO KICK.
ANOTHER BOOMER.
GOING TO HIT AT THE 20 AND ROLL INSIDE THE 5 AND IT IS DOWN TO THE 1.
MY GOODNESS.
53-YARD KICK FOR IAN MATTHEWS.
THE SAFETY, WHO WAS NOT THE PUNTER UNTIL JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE I THINK.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NELLIE.
>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES, MATT, AS WE GO HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
KIN SAW MOUNTAIN HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE UNBEATEN, SOUTH COBB WITH THE WIN.
NORTH OCONEE BEATS FLOWERY BRANCH WITH A SCORE OF 14-7.
FLOWERY BRANCH, 0 AND 2 IN REGION 8 QUAD A. DUBLIN, BEATING WILCOX COUNTY IN A REGION GAME, 49-0.
ALSO YOU MENTIONED TIM McFARLAND AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSWELL HAD IN THE PAST.
TONIGHT FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN SHUTS OUT CLARKSTON.
WITH THAT WIN TIM McFARLAND JOINS THE 200 WIN CLUB HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> Matt: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH McFARLAND.
HE SCORES ONE OF OUR FAVORITES HERE AT GPB.
HE HAS WORKED SOME GAMES FOR US IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND CERTAINLY WISH HIM THE BEST.
HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL EVERYWHERE HE HAS BEEN.
ROSWELL, BP AND NOW FELLOWSHIP.
>> Wayne: LOW SNAP.
NICE JOB OF AJ SWANN RECOVERING, GETTING THE BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE QUICKLY.
ADARRIUS HARSHAW, A PICKUP OF EIGHT YARDS.
BUT GOT TO GET THE SNAPS UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE QUARTERBACK IS STANDING IN THE END ZONE.
CAN'T HAVE THOSE MISCUES.
>> Matt: COACH TIM McFARLAND WILL JOIN US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW TO TALK ABOUT CAREER WIN 200.
YOU WILL WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR THAT, AS RICHARDSON IS SUBMARINED AT 29 YARD LINE AFTER THE SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: ETHAN NATION BACK IN THE GAME.
WE SAW HIM OVER THERE WITH CRAMPS.
NICE THROW AND CATCH.
MOVING THE POCKET.
GETTING OUTSIDE.
GETTING UP FIELD, FINDING HIS BIG TARGET THERE IN CALEB RICHARDSON.
ONE PLAY I GOT A CRAMP, I NEED IT RUBBED OUT.
THE NEXT ONE I'M TAKING ON A 6'6", 200-POUND RECEIVER.
>> Matt: BEEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL TONIGHT.
THAT'S FOUR TACKLES I HAVE HIM FOR UNOFFICIALLY, AS SWANN STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS SHY OF THE 30.
>> Wayne: IF YOU ARE CHEROKEE AND THIS WARRIOR OFFENSE, YOU JUST KIND OF WANT TO PIECE TOGETHER A DRIVE AS YOU DID EARLY IN THIS GAME.
TRY TO GET SOME CONFIDENCE AS YOU LEAVE.
NOTHING HAS GONE YOUR WAY TONIGHT.
YOU DIDN'T BEAT THE BLITZ OFF THE EDGE.
THAT'S WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN YOUR ACHILLES HEEL TONIGHT, BUT CAN YOU GET A LITTLE CONFIDENCE AND GET A DRIVE AND MOVE DOWN THE FIELD IF YOU ARE AJ SWANN?
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND THREE.
THEY WILL DROP A FLAG ON THIS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IT HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTING NIGHT ALL THE WAY AROUND -- ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION.
THEY HAD TOO MANY GUYS ON THE FIELD WHEN THEY BROKE THE HUDDLE.
YOU SAW JUST A MOMENT AGO NUMBER 67 FOR CHEROKEE, THEIR BIG LEFT TACKLE, RYAN CHANDLEY, WHO IS COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
HE HAS GROWN.
HE WAS A TWO-YEAR STARTER WHEN HE START HAVE HAD OUT IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
HE WAS LESS THAN 220.
HE'S UP TO -- >> Referee: STILL SECOND DOWN.
>> Matt: OKAY.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
SWANN FAKES ONE WAY.
GOES OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 24.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB OF ROSWELL ONCE AGAIN SNIFFING OUT THE SCREEN.
COULDN'T GET THE SCREEN, SO HE PULLED THE BALL DOWN.
AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH TONIGHT WITH THIS DEFENSE, IT IS FAST AND IT IS MOVING TOWARDS THE BALL.
NO ROOM FOR AJ SWANN TO MOVE.
THESE LINEBACKERS AND SAFETIES HAVE JUST BEEN FLYING AROUND ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> Matt: IT HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING NIGHT, YOU HEARD.
THAT'S THE EXACT WORDS OF COACH SHAW.
SO OBVIOUSLY FOR AJ SWANN AS WELL, ONE OF THE ELITE QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATION, PARTICIPATED IN THE ELITE 11 QUARTERBACK FINALS OUT IN CALIFORNIA DURING THE SUMMER, A VERY PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACKS MOVING ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THEY DON'T BRING THE BLITZ THIS TIME.
NOW HERE COMES THE BLITZ ON THE DELAY.
AND SWANN GETS RID OF IT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INCOMPLETE PASS.
>> Wayne: AJ SWANN ON THAT PLAY, AS YOU SAID, MATT, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE COMING HE ALMOST LOOKED LIKE HE FROZE.
HE WAS SO USED TO PRESSURE COMING OFF THE EDGE.
THIS TIME ROSWELL, DEFENSE RUSHING FOUR, AND HE'S JUST WAITING LIKE WHERE IS THE BLITZ COMING FROM.
NO BLITZ.
GOOD PRESSURE.
STONE SMITH BEING ABLE TOABLY HIM DOWN.
>> Matt: BLAKE JESKA ACTUALLY, NUMBER 40.
>> Wayne: NUMBER 40, EXCUSE ME, BLAKE JESKA.
COMING OUT OF HIS SHOE ON THAT PLAY IS AJ SWANN.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND EIGHT.
STAHL KICKS IT AWAY.
KICK IT OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 39 YARD LINE, AND THAT'S WHERE ROSWELL WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
39-YARD KICK.
♪ ♪ >> Matt: 8:30 TO PLAY IN THIS ONE.
ROSWELL HAS BEEN IN CONTROL SINCE A 13-7 FIRST QUARTER.
IT HAS BEEN ALL ROSWELL SINCE THEN.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS REALLY PRETTY MUCH ALL ROSWELL BEFORE THEN, TOO.
CHEROKEE BEING THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY TONIGHT, THEY FUMBLED THREE TIMES, RECOVERED BY ROSWELL.
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EVER WIN WHEN YOU COMMIT THOSE KIND OF TURNOVERS.
SO ROSWELL GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
I THINK THE REMAINING SUSPENSE IN OUR GAME TONIGHT, WAYNE, IS HOW MANY YARDS WILL NYKAHI DAVENPORT END UP RUSHING FOR TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: AND YOU IMAGINE HE COULD BE PULLED FROM THE GAME AT ANY MOMENT CONSIDERING RYAN HILL LEFT WITH THE LEG INJURY.
JAVON HALL DIDN'T PLAY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, ONCE AGAIN, PHYSICALITY BY THE YOUNG MAN, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE DRAGGING DEFENDERS FOR FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: 11 CARRIES, 151 YARDS NOW.
HE HAS NOW RUN FOR MORE YARDS TONIGHT THAN HE HAD THE ENTIRE SEASON.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK BRYCE HICKS, THE SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK FOR CARROLLTON WHO WENT OFF TO A BIG NIGHT, AND DAVENPORT DOING THE SAME THING HERE TONIGHT AS A SOPHOMORE.
NO DOUBT HE HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS OUR "MAKE THAT KIND AN OFFER" CANDIDATE FOR OUR RECRUITING 2021 ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW.
>> Wayne: WHEN YOU SEE THAT STAT, HE IS ALMOST TO THE AMOUNT OF RUSHING YARDS AS WELL FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
>> Matt: YES, GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE IS RUNNING HARDER AS THE GAME GOES ON.
THAT'S PROBABLY A TWO-FOLD EFFECT.
HE IS RUNNING HARDER AND THE CHEROKEE DEFENSE IS WORN OUT.
>> Wayne: I LIKE HOW THE OFFENSIVE LINE RIGHT THERE GOES DOWN.
CJ HAYDON AND BLAINE MELLOR PICKING THEIR BACK OFF THE GROUND.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AS WELL.
>> Matt: WE DID.
>> Wayne: AS YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE, PULL PEOPLE OFF OF YOUR BACK, ESPECIALLY WHEN RUNNING LIKE THAT, AND GET THEM -- >> Referee: SNAP, ENCROACHMENT.
DEFENSE.
FIVE YARDS.
DOWN REMAINS TWO.
>> Matt: CHEROKEE LIKELY GOING TO -- >> Referee: RESULTS, INFRACTION.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: SO THE FIVE-YARD MARK-OFF GIVES ROSWELL THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 40.
I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY ROSWELL -- OR CHEROKEE, PARDON ME, LIKELY GOING TO FALL TO 3-4 ON THE SEASON AND 1-1 IN THE REGION.
SPEED SWEEP RIGHT THERE TO ELKO, AND HE GETS A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB ONCE AGAIN.
REGARDLESS WHO IS IN THE GAME, AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT BASICALLY, IT HAS BEEN THE RUNNING OF NYKAHI DAVENPORT, BUT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE HAS PUT ON A PERFORMANCE TONIGHT UP FRONT.
HOLDING BLOCKS, NOT HOLDING, OPENING UP THE INSIDE RUN GAME.
>> Matt: YES, AND THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE LINE, LIKE I MENTIONED LAST YEAR, THREE-STAR OFFENSIVE TACKLE COREY ROBINSON NOW AT KANSAS.
TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY HAD TREY ZIMMERMAN WHO IS NOW AT NORTH CAROLINA.
THEY'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN OF GOOD OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HERE AT ROSWELL.
IT IS A YOUNG, ONLY ONE RETURNING STARTER, ONLY UNIT OFFENSIVE LINE.
BUT THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB FOR THEMSELVES HERE TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB OF ROBBIE.
TELL HIM, I SHOULD HAVE GAVE IT TO HIM AND NOT PULLED THE BALL, BUT GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET.
STAYING AWAY FROM A NEGATIVE PLAY.
RIGHT NOW THE CLOCK IS YOUR FRIEND.
ACTUALLY, REALLY AT THIS SCORE AND THE CLOCK, KIND OF SURPRISED THAT ROSWELL STILL HAS ROPER IN THE GAME AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CAPABILITY OF KJ SMITH.
>> Matt: YEAH.
>> Wayne: HE'S SHOWN YOU IN ROBBIE ROPER'S ABSENCE THAT HE CAN PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL.
>> Matt: WELL, YOU DO HAVE A WEEK OFF NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE YOU HOST NUMBER THREE MILTON IN A GAME THAT WILL NOT MATHEMATICALLY, BUT IN REALITY PROBABLY DECIDE THE REGION 5 CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Wayne: SPREAD THEM OUT.
EMPTY BACK FIELD.
WATCH ROBBIE ROPER IN THESE SITUATIONS.
DEFENSE, DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON HIM.
HE HAS PUNISHED YOU AND PICKED UP FIRST DOWN.
>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, DELAY OF GAME.
OFFENSE.
FIVE YARDS.
STILL THIRD DOWN.
>> Matt: YOU SEE THE CAST ON CHRIS PREWETT'S HANDS.
HE HAS THREE FINGERS OPEN NOW.
BACK WHEN WE TELEVISED A GAME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HE HAD JUST SLAMMED HIS WRIST IN HIS TRUCK DOOR AND HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY THAT WEEK, AND HE DIDN'T MISS A GAME, DIDN'T MISS ANY PRACTICES.
I THINK HE ALSO SAW JAYVEN HALL STANDING BEHIND HIM, LOOKED LIKE HIS ARM IN A SLING.
ROPE GOING TO TAKE OFF AND RUN.
ROPER GETS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND AT THE 31.
FOURTH DOWN COMING UP.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ROSWELL'S HISTORY NOT TOO LONG AGO.
HERE IS SOME OF THE GREAT HORNETS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE SCHOOL.
JERMAINE PHILLIPS, GEORGIA, WENT ON TO PLAY IN THE SUPER BOWL WITH TAMPA BOWL.
XAVIER.
TY LONG, UAB, KICKING WITH THE CHARGERS.
COACH BILL JOST, YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE, "REMEMBER THE TITAN," THE COACH IN "REMEMBER THE TITANS," BILL JOST, AT LEAST EARLY IN HIS CAREER WAS AT ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH JOST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
>> Wayne: GOOD MOVIE, "REMEMBER THE TITANS."
>> Matt: GREAT MOVIE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GREAT FOOTBALL MOVIES, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO PLAYED THE GAME?
USUALLY THEY LOOK VERY FAKE AND UNREAL.
YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF UNATHLETIC ACTORS TRYING TO ACT LIKE ATHLETES BUT IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE.
>> Wayne: "REMEMBER THE TITANS" AND "WATERBOY" WITH ADAM SANDLER.
>> Matt: OH, YEAH?
>> Wayne: YEAH, IF YOU WANT A GOOD LAUGH.
>> Matt: WHAT ABOUT "BIND SIDE," DID YOU LIKE THAT?
>> Wayne: I DID.
>> Matt: I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD STORY, I LOVED THAT MOVIE, TOO.
SO FIRST AND TEN.
APPARENTLY ROPER PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN ON THAT LAST RUN, AS WE GO UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY RIGHT HERE.
DAVENPORT JUST CONTINUES TO CARRY THAT ROCK.
>> Wayne: AS YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH THE BYE WEEK, BUT WHAT THIS REALLY GIVES ROSWELL IS A FACET OF THEIR GAME THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE, IF THEY COULD GET A LIED, EVEN IF IT IS NOT 34-7, IF IT WAS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE THEY'RE UP NINE POINTS, CAN THEY TAKE THE BALL AND DRIVE IT DOWN THE FIELD AND EAT UP FIVE MINUTES.
THE ONE KEY EVEN COACH SHAW TALKED ABOUT AT HALF IS THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE BALL HAS LIMITED CHEROKEE'S OPPORTUNITIES ON OFFENSE.
>> Matt: OH, YES.
THEY'VE BASICALLY HELD THE BALL THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ROSWELL SCHEDULE.
SCORED OVER 40 POINTS IN EACH OF THEIR FIRST FOUR VICTORIES.
THEN CAME THE LOSS AT WALTON.
BOUNCED BACK LAST WEEK, A VICTORY OVER ETOWAH.
YOU CAN CHALK THIS ONE UP TO A WIN.
YOU HAVE THE BIG ONE COMING TWO FRIDAY NIGHTS FROM NOW AGAINST MILTON.
OF COURSE, THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD.
THEY SHOULD BE FAVORED TO WIN THOSE.
SO WHAT THIS GAME, NOT MATHEMATICALLY BUT IN REALITY DOES FOR ROSWELL -- KJ SMITH IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK NOW.
HE THROWS SHORT TO LAWSON STARGEL.
WHAT THIS GAME -- NOT MATHEMATICALLY BUT IN REALITY DOES FOR ROSWELL IS THIS CLINCHES AT LEAST A FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME FOR THEM IN REALITY.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT IT DOES MATHEMATICALLY, BUT IN ESSENCE WITH THE SCHEDULE THEY HAVE REMAINING THEY WILL BE PLAYING MILTON FOR THE REGION TITLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY WIN THAT, THEY'RE THE REGION CHAMPIONS AND THEY'RE AT HOME FOR TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS IN THE PLAYOFFS.
BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS HOSTING A FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME.
>> Wayne: SOMETHING THAT THEIR HEAD COACH, CHRIS PREWETT, TALKED ABOUT IS ONE OF THEIR GOALS.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT REALLY GIVES YOU A BIG ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PLAYOFF.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND THREE.
ELKO NOW TAKING THE SNAPS.
>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, DELAY OF GAME.
OFFENSE.
REPLAY FOURTH DOWN.
>> Matt: IS ROSWELL IN DOUBLE DIGIT PENALTIES NOW?
I THINK THEY HAD SEVEN, THEY HAD SEVEN IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Wayne: INTERESTING CALL.
>> Matt: YEAH, THAT'S NUMBER TEN.
>> Wayne: ROBBIE ROPER BASICALLY HAS DRIVEN THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
YOU THROW KJ SMITH IN FOR ONE PLAY AND THEN YOU PUT CHRIS ELKO IN THE NEXT.
I THINK IT WOULD ADD UP TO A DELAY OF GAME WHEN YOU START TRANSFERRING THAT MUCH IN AND OUT BETWEEN THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.
>> Matt: SO ROPER IS NOW BACK IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK ON THIS FOURTH DOWN AND EIGHT.
BEING CHASED.
HE IS GOING TO TRY TO RUN TO THE STICKS HIMSELF, AND HE DOES AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
GOOD FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.
FELT REALLY BAD FOR HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WAYNE, WHEN WE SAW HIM SUFFER THAT SHOULDER INJURY.
THERE'S NO DOUBT HE'S BEEN INTO THE SEASON WITH A NUMBER OF GOALS.
TEAM WISE, THEY WANT TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
PERSONALLY, HE'S TRYING TO GET SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS.
HE WANTS TO CONTINUE HIS FOOTBALL PLAYING CAREER AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
RIGHT NOW HE'S GOT THREE OFFERS AND HE IS PICKING UP SOME INTEREST FROM SOME POWER FIVES, BUT YOU COULD JUST SEE THE DISAPPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN HE GOT HURT.
SO IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO BOUNCEBACK AND HAVE A SOLID GAME HERE TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: STILL RUNNING DOWNHILL BEHIND HIS PASS RIGHT THERE IS NYKAHI DAVENPORT, TAKING ON THE BACKER MORGAN COX IN THE HOLE AND BOWLING OVER HIM.
SMALL IN STATURE, BUT TONIGHT HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.
HE WILL BE ON FILM FOR THE NEXT OPPONENT.
>> Matt: YEAH.
>> Wayne: SHOWING WHO IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
>> Matt: YOU SEE ROPER THERE.
HE IS GETTING INTEREST FROM OLE MISS, GEORGIA TECH, FLORIDA STATE, TCU, LIBERTY AND TOLEDO.
NONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE OFFERED HIM YET.
HE HAS GOTTEN OFFERS FROM MORE HEAD STATE, WESTERN CAROLINA.
HE DID CAMP AT WESTERN STATE IN JUNE.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT WITH A CHERRY ON TOP AND TOUCHDOWN ROSWELL.
SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
GOES FOR 15 YARDS.
THAT PUTS HIM AT 178 FOR THE GAME, AND I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY HE HAS EARNED HIMSELF AN INTERVIEW WITH JON NELSON AT THE END OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: NOT JUST AN INTERVIEW WITH NELLIE.
HE HAS THROWN HIS NAME IN THE HAT FOR PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
NICE JOB SIDE STEPPING THE SAFETY TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
>> Matt: 41-7.
HAVE YOURSELF A GAME, YOUNG MAN.
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♪ ♪ >> Matt: 41-7 ON A MONSTER NIGHT BY SOPHOMORE NYKAHI DAVENPORT, WHO HAS RUSHED FOR 181 YARDS.
TIME TO TAKE ON LOOK AT OUR PLAY OF THE GAME, PRESENTED BY BESTIES.
SHARE WITH YOUR BESTY, TAKE YOU BACK TO THE OPENING THREE MINUTES OF THE QUARTER, A GREAT THROW BY ROBBIE ROPER AND AN EVEN BETTER CATCH BY WILLIAMS.
>> Wayne: THROWING IT UP.
TRUSTING HIS RECEIVER IS GOING TO MAKE A PLAY DOWN THE FIELD, GOING UP AT THE APEX TO GRAB THE BALL.
THERE IS WILLIAMS.
BIG PLAY, THAT TOOK THE OFFENSE WHO NEVER LOST CONTROL AFTER THAT BIG PLAY.
>> Matt: BESTIEs PLAY OF THE GAME, AND DYLAN WILLIAMS, YOU SEE HIM RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 12.
HE WILL BE TELLING EVERYBODY AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK JUST HOW HE DID IT.
>> Wayne: ONE THING ABOUT THE YOUNGSTER, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY REMEMBER EVERY PLAY.
THE YOUNG MIND, THEY HAVE EVERY YARD, THEY REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE, WHO SAID WHAT.
PLAY LONG ENOUGH, YOU FORGET ALL OF THAT.
>> Matt: WOW.
ROSWELL TONIGHT, 41-7 VICTORY OVER CHEROKEE.
WELL, 41-7.
IT IS NOT QUITE IN THE BOOKS YET.
IT IS GOING TO BE A VICTORY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS GOING TO BE AS CHEROKEE CONTINUES A DISTURBING TREND OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL TONIGHT.
HERE IS WHAT CHEROKEE HAS REMAINING ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
THEY DROP TO 3-4 TONIGHT, 1-1 IN THE REGION.
THEY WILL BE HOSTING ETOWAH AND ALPHARETTA IN THE NEXT TWO FRIDAY NIGHTS.
THEN THEY CLOSE OUT THEIR SCHEDULE AFTER AN OFF WEEK AT MILTON.
BUT IF THEY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FROM HERE ON OUT AND WIN TWO OF THOSE THREE FINAL GAMES, THEY WILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> Wayne: COACH SHAW TALKED ABOUT HIS TEAM HAVING TWO GOOD WEEKS OF PRACTICE.
HE FELT LIKE THEY WERE GETTING HEALTHY, GETTING GUYS BACK.
THEY HAVE RUN INTO A BUZZ SAW TONIGHT IN THIS HORNET DEFENSE.
>> Matt: HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BLOCK ROSWELL.
CASE IN POINT.
VERY FEW BIG PLAYS FOR CHEROKEE TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY NONE IN THE RUNNING GAME.
>> Wayne: AN AWESOME DISPLAY OF DEFENSE, EXECUTION, FLYING AROUND TO THE BALL.
WE KNEW THAT THIS LINE BACKING CORPS WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF WHAT MAKES THIS DEFENSE WORK.
THEY HAVE JUST BLANKETED THIS OFFENSE FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> Matt: DON'T GO AWAY.
WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
THE ALREADY-FAMOUS GPB POSTGAME SHOW WITH HANNAH GOODIN AND JON NELSON COMING UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE BALL GAME.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM COACHES AROUND THE STATE INCLUDING TIM McFARLAND, HAVING PICKED UP HIS 200 LITTLE CAREER VICTORY TONIGHT.
THAT WAS DOMINIQUE JORDAN GETTING IN THE GAME.
YOU SEE HE SAYS, I'M STAYING IN, I'M OKAY.
>> Wayne: HASN'T SEEN A LOT OF ACTION TONIGHT.
NOT JUST BECAUSE -- >> Matt: THEY'RE GOING THE MAKE HIM COME OFF AS HE LIMPS OFF.
>> Wayne: NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCORE, BUT BECAUSE THE RUN GAME HAS JUST BEEN INEFFECTIVE TONIGHT.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE BACKS ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ANYTHING GOING.
>> Matt: BE SURE TO CHECK OUT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TOMORROW, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM.
WE'LL MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW AS TO WHERE WE WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ANOTHER "FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA."
COMING AROUND THE EDGE.
FINALLY GET A BIG PLAY OUT OF THEIR OFFENSE RIGHT THERE.
23-YARD PICKUP BY POPS JAMESON.
LOOKS LIKE PERRY HAS BOUNCED BACK AFTER THEIR UPSET LOSS TO SPALDING LAST WEEK.
THE PANTHERS GETTING A 37-24 VICTORY OVER WACO, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
BUT YOU HEARD NELLIE TALK ABOUT IT EARLIER TONIGHT.
PERHAPS THE MOST STUNNING RESULT OF THE NIGHT WAS SOUTH COBB UPSETTING PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN KINNESAW MOUNTAIN.
WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE SCORES COMING UP IN THE "GPB POSTGAME SHOW."
NORTH COBB BEATS HARRISON, 42-14.
>> Wayne: AJ SWANN STILL IN THE GAME.
STILL TRYING TO PUT A DRIVE TOGETHER LATE IN THE GAME, GET SOME MOMENTUM FOR THEIR MATCHUP NEXT WEEK.
>> Matt: THE SAME PLAY THEY JUST RAN A MOMENT AGO.
POPS JAMESON GETS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND.
MARK TRIGG, THE BACKUP LINEBACKER, ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OR MIGHT HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE PLAY IN THIS GAME.
>> Wayne: ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED WITH THE CHEROKEE TEAM, I KNOW THE SCORE, 41-7, THE OFFENSE TONIGHT JUST NEVER SEEMED TO BE IN SYNC.
SEEMED LIKE INFORMATION FROM THE SIDELINE TO PERSONNEL JUST WAS ALWAYS DELAYED.
>> Matt: COMPLETION ON THE EDGE OUT THERE GOES TO PEYTON BUTLER.
STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.
THAT WILL STOP THE CLOCK.
CHEROKEE TRYING TO PUT A LATE SCORE ON THE BOARD HERE.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO STING FOR A WHILE.
THEY CERTAINLY CAME INTO THIS GAME THINKING THEY HAD A CHANCE TO BEAT ROSWELL.
THE LAST TWO GAMES HAD BEEN DECIDED BY ONE TOUCHDOWN.
IN FACT, THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED HERE IN 2019 CHEROKEE WON, 21-14.
THEN LAST YEAR, AS WE TOLD YOU, BACK WHEN WE STARTED, A VERY TIGHT GAME THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH THAT ROSWELL WON IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES.
BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN THE STORY HERE TONIGHT.
SWANN GOING UP TOP.
A JUMP BALL.
THERE'S GOING TO BE PASS INTERFERENCE INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE.
CALEB RICHARDSON, THE TART RIGHT THERE.
>> Wayne: CLEARLY PASS INTERFERENCE RIGHT THERE, TRYING TO GET IT TO HIS BIG TARGET.
>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE AGAINST THE DEFENSE.
15 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
RESULT OF THE PLAY WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: SO WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE PLAY.
INCLUDES PREWETT WILL IMPROVE TO 14 AND 4 AS ROSWELL'S SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH.
ONE OF THE YOUNG GUYS IN THE BUSINESS.
IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO HE WAS STARRING HIMSELF AT HALSTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN AT LA GRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT HE WENT FROM POPE TO JOHNS CREEK AND TO ROSWELL, ON THE STAFF OF MATT KEMPER.
AND THEN WHEN KEMPER LEFT FOR ETOWAH, HE GOT PROMOTED TO HEAD COACH AND HE HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB IN ONE-PLUS SEASON.
PERHAPS THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME RIGHT HERE.
SWANN KEEPING IT ALIVE.
SPINS OUT OF A SACK ATTEMPT.
THROWING, AND IT IS CAUGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.
17-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM AJ SWANN TO PEYTON BUTLER ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.
THAT WILL MAKE IT 41-13.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE BUTLER MAY HAVE HURT HIMSELF AS HIS TEAMMATES CARRY HIM OFF THE FIELD AFTER SCORING THAT TOUCHDOWN.
41-13, THE FINAL.
ROSWELL IN A BIG WIN IMPROVES TO 6 AND 1 ON THE SEASON AND 2 AND 0 IN REGION 5 7A AND ON A COLLISION COURSE AGAINST NUMBER 3 MILTON TWO FRIDAY NIGHTS FROM NOW.
BUT, WAYNE, NO DOUBT THE STORY OF THE NIGHT IS THE SOPHOMORE, NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
WHEN THE NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACK, RYAN HILL, GOES DOWN ON THE VERY FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, DAVENPORT TAKES OVER AND RUSHES FOR OVER 180 YARDS.
MORE YARDS TONIGHT THAN HE HAD RUSHED FOR IN THE FIRST SIX GAMES OF THE SEASON.
>> Wayne: MORE YARDS, MORE CARRIES.
THE PHYSICALITY OF THE RUNS THAT WE SAW HIM EXECUTE AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE PICKED UP THE PACE TONIGHT.
PHYSICAL BLOCKING UP FRONT.
THIS ROSWELL TEAM AFTER THAT FIRST PLAY WITH HILL, YOU COULD SEE EVERYBODY MAYBE HOLDING THEIR BREATH, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE RUN GAME.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT IS SOMETHING, AT LEAST FOR TONIGHT, TO CELEBRATE THE WAY THAT HE RAN THE BALL.
>> Matt: WOW.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS BACK-TO-BACK FRIDAY NIGHTS WHERE WE'VE HAD A YOUNG MAN, A YOUNG SOPHOMORE STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND BECOME THE STAR OF THE GAME.
DAVENPORT CERTAINLY DID NOT SHRINK AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HIM TO BE ON CENTER STAGE TONIGHT, HELPING ROSWELL.
ALSO ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, RILEY SLAUGHTER HAD TWO QUARTERBACK SACKS.
HE HAD A TACKLE FOR LOSS.
HE HAD A FORCED FUMBLE.
THEY HAVEN'T BLOCKED HIM YET.
THEY DID NOT BLOCK RILEY SLAUGHTER THE ENTIRE NIGHT, COMING OFF THE EDGE.
HE HAD A HUGE GAME FOR THE HORNETS DEFENSIVELY.
>> Wayne: THIS LINE BACKING CORPS AND THIS DEFENSE DICTATING WITH THE BLITZ TO AJ SWANN AND THE CHEROKEE OFFENSE.
>> Matt: LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO JON NELSON WITH THE PRESENTATION OF OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME TO KAI DAVENPORT.
THIS IS HALF OF THE EQUATION.
HERE IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE EQUATION.
THESE GO HOME WITH YOU, SIR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOES DOWN THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME, THE SENIOR STARTER.
YOU COME IN AND IT LOOKED EFFORTLESS OUT THERE FOR YOU.
WAS IT AS EFFORTLESS AS IT LOOKED GETTING NORTH OF 180 YARDS TONIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE WAS BIG FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY IN THIS SITUATION.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THEM OPEN UP THESE HOLES AND BE AS DOMINANT AS YOU WERE?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
PROBABLY ALL WEEK THROUGH IT AND THEY CAME AND EXECUTED.
>> IF I HAD TOLD YOU AT THE END OF THE NIGHT THAT THE SCORE WOULD BE WHAT IT IS WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID TO ME IF I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD HAVE PUT 40 POINTS ON A BOARD, YOU WOULD HAVE GONE FOR MORE YARDS IN A GAME THAN YOU DID THIS SEASON AND YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS DOMINANT, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME?
>> I WOULD HAVE SAID, YES, SIR.
YEAH.
>> HOW BIG WAS IT TO GET THIS -- OBVIOUSLY IT IS BIG TO GET THIS WIN COMING OUT OF THE BLOCKS, BUT YOU GUYS OFF TO THAT HOT START, TOO.
YOUR DEFENSE KEPT THE PEDAL DOWN ALL THE WAY, RIGHT?
>> UH-HUH.
>> WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE ON THE WAY HOME KNOWING YOU HAVE A REGION WIN?
>> WE WILL BE HYPED, READY TO COME BACK AND PLAY ANOTHER GAME.
>> OKAY.
GET HYPED, GET READY TO GO PLAY ANOTHER GAME.
>> YES, SIR.
>> NYKAHI DAVENPORT, GEORGIA COTTON PLAYER OF THE GAME.
A MAN OF FEW WORDS.
>> NELLIE, THAT'S WHY YOU WIN EMMYS, TOUGH INTERVIEW.
GOOD JOB, NELLIE.
THAT WAS A TOUGH INTERVIEW AFTER A GREAT PERFORMANCE THERE BY NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
I DON'T BLAME HIM.
HE'S JUST A 10th GRADER, HAVING A LITTLE MIKE SHYNESS THERE.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE.
CHRIS PREWETT IS STEPPING UP TO THE MICROPHONE NOW.
HE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE WORDS TO SAY ABOUT ROSWELL'S BIG WIN TONIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU SEE THE ACCOMPANIMENT WE HAVE HERE AFTER WINS.
I ASKED NYKAHI THIS QUESTION.
I WILL ASK YOU THE SAME ONE.
IF I HAD TOLD YOU AT THE END OF THE NIGHT THAT THE SCORE WOULD BE WHAT IT IS, YOU WOULD HAVE PUT UP 41 POINTS ON THE ROAD, WON BY 28, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME?
>> MAN, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD NIGHT, EXECUTED WELL.
TOLD OUR TEAM, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR US.
AS LONG AS WE CAN STAY FOCUSED AND AS LONG AS WE KIND OF KEEP OUR HEADS STRAIGHT AND WE DON'T KILL OURSELVES, WE ARE PRETTY GOOD.
BUT WE GIST GOT TO GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY SOMETIMES.
WE REALLY GOT TO EXECUTE AND BE AT A HIGH LEVEL ALL THE TIME.
>> AND AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE BIG LEAD, I THINK THAT YOU ALSO SHOWED TO YOURSELVES THAT YOU COULD BE IN CONTROL OF A GAME AND SEE A GAME OUT, WHICH TOWARD THE END OF SEASON TWO, REGION PLAY, AND GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, IT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT YOU GOT TO SHOW YOURSELF TONIGHT.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE WENT 1-0.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PREACHING, IS TAKE IT WEEK BY WEEK, YOU KNOW, AND WE REALLY HONED IN ON SOME THINGS WE THOUGHT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND OUR PLAYERS DID OUTSTANDING.
OUR COACHES DID A GREAT JOB GAME PLANNING.
HATS OFF TO OUR GUYS.
THEY CAME OUT READY TO PLAY AND EXECUTED FROM THE START.
>> MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF THE NIGHT.
WHO IS THE CO-PILOT YOU HAVE HERE?
>> YOU WANT TO SAY YOUR NAME?
WHAT IS YOUR NAME.
>> BLAKELY.
>> BLAKELY, THE BEST CO-PILOT YOU COULD HAVE HERE TONIGHT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
BIG WIN ON THE ROAD.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT FOR YOU AND BE A GREAT PARTNER.
>> GO HORNETS.
>> WHAT SHE SAID.
>> ALL OF THESE INTERVIEWS, MATT, THE DEPTH OF FIELD WE HAVE FOR THE INTERVIEWS.
NYKAHI DAVENPORT.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE POSTGAME SHOW NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME.
>> I'M WRITING UP YOUR EMMY NOMINATION RIGHT NOW.
GREAT JOB RIGHT THERE.
BLAKELY, HOW CUTE IS THAT, WAYNE.
A FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, BIG WIN FOR DADDY'S TEAM AND THE YOUNG LADY GETS TO APPEAR ON TELEVISION AND SAY GO HORNETS.
THAT WAS SWEET.
>> Wayne: HOW MUCH DID HE BRIBE HER TO BE A GOOD CO-HOST RIGHT THERE, IS COACH PREWETT.
>> Matt: LOVE ROSWELL.
IT IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE SEEN ROSWELL THIS SEASON AND THEY WERE QUITE IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THEY FOUND THEMSELVES A GREAT RUNNING BACK.
THEY GET RYAN HILL BACK.
DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR OPPONENTS GOING FORWARD IF THEY CAN ESTABLISH THE RUNNING GAME GOING FORWARD LIKE THEY DID TONIGHT.
BE AN INTERESTING GAME AGAINST MILTON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> Wayne: WHEN WE SAW THEM AGAINST WALTON, THEY LOST THEIR STAR QUARTERBACK AND STILL RESPOND.
ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH NYKAHI DAVENPORT STEPPING IN FOR RYAN HILL.
>> Matt: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THEY'VE SHOWN RESILIENCY, OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND NOW 6-1 ON THE SEASON AND 2-0 ON THE SIZON.
SEASON.
I'M MATT STEWART.
GOOD NIGHT FROM HAMPTON.
ROSWELL WINS BIG.
THE GPB SPORTS POSTGAME SHOW IS NEXT.
CIGNA, TOGETHER ALL THE WAY.
AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
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