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reprinted from The Madison County Journal May 21, 2009 edition
by Ben Munro
Sure, fans would have loved an offensive shootout, but coach Randell Owens said Madison County is better off with the defense struggle it witnessed Friday.
The Red topped the Gray 7-0 in the annual spring game, the only touchdown coming in the closing seconds when Jacob Owens hit Patrick McCrary for a 60-yard touchdown.
“If our offense had gone out there and blown our defense out, I would have been very concerned,” Owens said.
Owens told his troops not to be discouraged by the lack of offensive fireworks.
“Defense, you’re ahead and you should be,” he said during the postgame huddle. “It takes longer to build a bridge than blow one up.”
Other than the Jacob Owens-to-McCrary highlight, defense and turnovers dominated the other 59:58 of Friday’s spring game, which culminated two weeks of practice.
After a series of fourth-quarter turnovers by both sides, the Red got the ball back with 39 seconds left, but faced a third-and-long and time dwindling.
But Jacob Owens dropped back and found McCrary, a first-year senior, down the right side of the field. The 6’4” McCrary snagged Owens’ pass around the Gray 20 and sprinted to the end zone, ensuring that the spring game wouldn’t end in a scoreless tie.
McCrary, a standout on the school’s basketball team, is trying his hand at football.
“Yeah, he did some good things,” Owens said.
The Red missed a prime scoring opportunity earlier in the fourth quarter.
Bradley Raines, another basketball player donning pads, caught a 25-yard pass in the fourth quarter, setting the Red up at the Gray five. But Donavan Carey forced a fumble to kill the drive.
“He did some good things,” Owens said of Carey.
Madison County, 2-8 last year, now breaks for the summer, during which workouts are voluntary.
The offseason program includes weightlifting sessions, tackle-free passing league scrimmages and a team camp at West Georgia.
The team will officially reconvene in August for preseason practice.
“That’s the big thing, just what kind of commitment will they make between now and August when we have mandated required workouts?” Owens said. “That’s when you find out where their heart is.”
The season opener is Sept. 4 against Rockdale County.
SPRING NOTES
•Rover Tray Curruth “stood out on film,” according to Owens, during spring workouts. “If he’ll work hard over the summer and continue to get stronger, he might could help us here,” he said.
•Stan Maxwell had a nice catch on a slant for good yardage in the spring game, Owens noted. Maxwell (6’3”) is a part of a tall trio of receivers, along with Raines (6”3”) and McCrary (6’4”).
“They all run well,” Owens said. “If you get the ball to them in space, they’re capable of doing things with their athleticism.”
•Defensively, Bracken Turner, Cedric Bush, Pressley McKeever did a good job in coverage in the secondary, Owens said.
reprinted from The Madison County Journal May 14, 2009 edition
by Ben Munro
“They’ve shown a lot of ability to catch on to what we’re doing pretty fast and (they’re) not shy of contact,” Owens said. “(They’re) catching the ball well.”
Coaches have also tinkered with rising senior Jamal Cooper at running back, trying to put his track speed to use in the backfield. Cooper, who played wide receiver last year, clocked a 4.45 in the 40-yard dash during a combine at the Georgia Dome.
“I said, ‘Let’s see what he can do at running back,’” Owens said. “Just hand the dang ball to him.”
On the defensive side of the ball, the coach notes the competition brewing throughout the linebacker corps.
“We’re kind of having tryouts there to see who’s going to step up,” Owens said.
Owens called Donovan Carey “probably the most consistent” of the mix, while pointing to interesting battles at middle linebacker — where he says the job “is just open-season” — and bandit linebacker.
One of the biggest challenges of the spring has been giving everyone a look.
Participation swelled to around 100 rising sophomores through seniors last week, before dropping to 87.
“This spring has been the most people we’ve had out there since I’ve been here,” Owens said.
That’s been both good and challenging.
“It’s just hard to look at that many people,” Owens said.
TEAMS | Madison Co. | Opponents |
SCORE | 171 | 200 |
AVERAGE POINTS per GAME |
17.1 |
20.0 |
NUMBER OF RUSHING ATTEMPTS | 304 | 410 |
RUSHES - YARDAGE (NET) | 1,084 | 1,754 |
YARDS per CARRY |
3.6 |
4.3 |
ATTEMPTED PASSES | 217 | 116 |
COMPLETED PASSES | 105 | 47 |
PASSING YARDAGE (NET) |
1,626 |
832 |
INTERCEPTIONS | 17 | 5 |
TOTAL OFFENSE - YARDS | 2,710 | 2,586 |
AVERAGE YARDS per GAME |
271.0 |
258.6 |
FIRST DOWNS | 117 | 127 |
FUMBLES | 13 | 19 |
RECOVERED BY OPPONENT | 9 | 9 |
PENALTIES | 54 | 88 |
PENALTY YARDS | 384 | 759 |
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS Madison County vs. Opponents | ||||||||||
RUSHING | ATT. | YDS | TD | AVERAGE | RECEIVING | NO. | YDS | TD | ||
#5 Al Allen | 60 | 254 | 4 | 4.2 | #5 Al Allen | 34 | 605 | 5 | ||
#13 Jacob Owens | 103 | 253 | 3 | 2.5 | #10 B Turner | 21 |
275 |
2 |
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#21 Kendrick Butler | 24 | 124 | 2 | 5.2 | #6 J Cooper | 11 | 296 | 3 | ||
#33 Stacy Mack | 50 | 240 | 1 | 4.8 | #18 T J McGuire | 3 | 44 | 1 | ||
#34 C Johnson | 35 | 119 | 2 | 3.4 | #33 S Mack | 19 | 186 | 0 | ||
#9 Spencer Baird |
11 |
58 |
1 |
5.3 | #9 S Baird |
5 |
47 | 0 | ||
#7 C Bush | 2 |
4 |
0 | 2.0 |
#34 C Johnson |
10 |
156 |
0 |
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#23 K Hillsman | 8 | 7 | 0 | .09 | #13 J Owens |
1 |
5 | 0 | ||
#? T Burton | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | #22 A Young | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
#35 H Martin |
5 |
7 |
0 | 1.4 | ||||||
#45 K Gordon | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.0 | ||||||
#6 J Cooper | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7.0 | ||||||
#58 J Gunnells | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | ||||||
TOTAL | 304 | 1084 | 13 | 3.6 | TOTAL | 105 | 1626 | 11 | ||
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PUNTING | NO. | YDS | AVG | PASSING | COM | ATT | TD | YARDS | ||
#5 Al Allen | 40 | 1446 | 36.2 | # 13 Owens | 102 | 206 | 10 | 1567 | ||
#1 B Morris | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | Comp.% | 49.5% | - | INT: | 15 | - | |
#80 T Garrison | 2 | 22 | 11 | #9 S Baird | 2 | 7 | 1 | 54 | ||
Comp.% |
26.6% |
INT: | 1 | |||||||
#17 B Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Comp.% | 0.0% | INT: | 1 | |||||||
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#5 Al Allen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Comp.% | 33.3% | INT: | 0 | |||||||
KICKING | - | MADE | ATT. | KICKING | - | MADE | ATT. | - | - | |
#38 B. Wilson | PAT | 10 | 10 | #9 S Baird | PAT | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
FG | 1 | 4 | - | FG | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||
Longest | 30 | Longest | - | - | ||||||
Defensive Stats Madison County vs. Opponents- 2008 Season | |||||||||||||
Tackles | Fumbles | Other | |||||||||||
Player | 1st Hits | Assists | Sacks | Total | Caused | Recovered | PBU | INT | BLOCK KICK- | TD | Safety | ||
Adams T. |
8 | 10 | - | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Allen A. |
23 | 13 | - | 36 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | ||
Anglin J. |
7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Baird S. |
2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Bodiford K. |
29 | 22 | - | 49 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
Boyett C. |
15 | 6 | 2.5 | 22.5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
Bush C. |
10 | 3 | - | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
Butler K. |
15 | 12 | - | 27 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
Caldwell D. |
33 | 20 | 6 | 59 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Carey D. |
45 | 50 | - | 95 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
Dalton B |
0 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
||
Dean M. |
14 | 7 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Dove M. |
26 | 26 | 1 | 53 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Esco C. |
75 | 81 | - | 136 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Hardman J. |
1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Holloway A. |
- | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Johnson C. |
12 | 7 | - | 19 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
Jones K. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
Kendrick D. | 8 | 16 | - | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Luna R. |
2 | 5 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Mack S. |
- | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Martin H. |
1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
McKeaver P. | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Nesmith J. |
63 | 33 | 5.5 | 101.5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Owens J. |
5 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Rucker B. |
1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Thomas M. |
15 | 14 | 2 | 31 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Thomas Q. |
1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Turner B. |
27 | 12 | - | 39 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
Young A. |
29 | 22 | - | 51 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | ||
Team Totals | 470 | 354 | 19 | 841 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
MADISON COUNTY vs. CLARKE-CENTRAL STAT SHEET- GAME 10
TEAMS | Madison Co. | Clarke Central |
SCORE | 7 | 19 |
NUMBER OF RUSHING ATTEMPTS | 17 | 45 |
RUSHES - YARDAGE (NET) | 143 | 164 |
PASSING YARDAGE (NET) | 112 | 88 |
ATTEMPTED PASSES | 33 | 10 |
COMPLETED PASSES | 15 | 5 |
INTERCEPTIONS | 4 | 0 |
TOTAL OFFENSE - YARDS | 255 | 252 |
FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 12 |
FUMBLES | 2 | 1 |
RECOVERED BY OPPONENT | 2 | 0 |
PENALTIES | 4 | 14 |
PENALTY YARDS | 30 | 125 |
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS Madison County vs. Clarke Central | ||||||||||
RUSHING | ATT. | YDS | TD | - | RECEIVING | NO. | YDS | TD | ||
#5 Al Allen | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | #33 Stacy Mack | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||
#13 Jacob Owens | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | #34 C Johnson | 5 |
41 |
0 |
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#21 Kendrick Butler | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | #22 A Young | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
#33 Stacy Mack | 4 | 55 | 0 | - | #18 T J McGuire | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
#34 C Johnson | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | #5 A Allen | 2 | 19 | 2 | ||
#9 Spencer Baird |
4 |
33 |
1 |
#9 S Baird |
1 |
5 | 0 | |||
0 |
0 |
0 |
#10 B Turner |
2 |
11 |
0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | #6 J Cooper |
1 |
1 | 0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 17 | 143 | 1 | - | TOTAL | 15 | 112 | 0 | ||
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PUNTING | NO. | YDS | AVG | PASSING | COM | ATT | TD | YARDS | ||
#5 Al Allen | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | # 13 Owens | 15 | 30 | 0 | 112 | ||
Comp.% | 50.0% | - | INT: | 3 | - | |||||
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#9 S Baird | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Comp.% | 0.0% | INT: | 1 | |||||||
KICKING | - | MADE | ATT. | NAME | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
#38 B. Wilson | PAT | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | INT: | 0 | - | |
FG | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Defensive Stats Madison County vs. Clarke-Central - Game 10 | |||||||||||||
Tackles | Fumbles | Other | |||||||||||
Player | 1st Hits | Assists | Sacks | Total | Caused | Recovered | PBU | INT | BLOCK KICK- | TD | Safety | ||
Adams T. |
1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Allen A. |
4 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Anglin J. |
- | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Baird S. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Bodiford K. |
3 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Boyett C. |
2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Bush C. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Butler K. |
2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Caldwell D. |
2 | 5 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Carey D. |
4 | 3 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Dalton B |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
||
Dean M. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Dove M. |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Esco C. |
8 | 8 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Hardman J. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Holloway A. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Johnson C. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jones K. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Kendrick D. | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Luna R. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Mack S. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Martin H. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
McKeaver P. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Nesmith J. |
10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Owens J. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Rucker B. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Thomas M. |
1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Thomas Q. |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Turner B. |
2 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
Young A. |
2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Team Totals | 48 | 33 | 2 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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