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The Ninth Grade Team finished their 2007 season at a banquet held on Thursday, November 15.
It was sponsored by the Madison County Touchdown Club.
Players and managers were awarded a t-shirt specifically designed for the 9th Grade Team.
Head Coach, Dean Allen, gave words of praise to all the players. Each player's season was highlighted by their squad's coach.
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Owens Says Raiders Open It Up Against Skilled Seminoles
Posted by Randell Owens at Nov 14, 2007 4:00PM PST
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Reprinted from The Madison County Journal, November 8, 2007 edition
by BEN MUNRO
Expect the simple, tailored game plan Madison County employed to beat Winder-Barrow this past Friday night to be thrown directly in the trash can this week.
Raider head coach Randell Owens , who only called for nine passes against the Bulldoggs, said Madison County will have to dig deep in its playbook and throw caution to the wind against high-powered Salem this Friday in the region playoffs at Reid Stadium in Conyers.
“You pretty much got to throw out all of the stops; you have to roll the dice and take chances,” Owens said.
To the winner goes on of the four coveted spots in the state playoffs out of the region. The loser stays home.
Facing a team that hasn’t lost since August 31, Madison County must leap a huge hurdle to keep its season alive. Owens called the Seminoles the best team Madison County will play this season besides fifth ranked Habersham Central, which beat the Red Raiders 33-9 October 5.
Offensively, Salem is led by quarterback, Terrance Davis, who has already verbally committed to Mississippi State.
Davis can wreck havoc on offense with his mobility—like he did last year in Madison County’s 47-44 victory.
“He’s an exceptional athlete,” Owens said. “We couldn’t contain him.”
The passing game isn’t complicated, but is very effective due in large part t Davis’ scrambling, which often creates open receivers in all the chaos.
Of course, he’s always a threat to tuck the ball and run.
“You work so hard to contain him,” said Owens, who added that Davis has solid receivers to throw to.
On defense, Salem possesses “great quickness and speed” and a big defensive line. The ‘Noles’ also play special teams very well, according to Owens especially on kickoff coverage. The Raider coach expects field position and the kicking game to loom large in this contest.
Owens said Salem is a “pretty complete football team.”
“We’ll have to play awfully good,” Owens said. “The biggest thing is not to beat ourselves.”
The key for the Raiders?
“Contain, Contain.” Owens said.
Defensively, Madison County can’t “give them the big one,” he said.
And offensively, the Raiders must take advantage of its own opportunities.
“When our defense creates opportunities for us, we’ve got to capitalize,” he said.
by BEN MUNRO
Expect the simple, tailored game plan Madison County employed to beat Winder-Barrow this past Friday night to be thrown directly in the trash can this week.
Raider head coach Randell Owens , who only called for nine passes against the Bulldoggs, said Madison County will have to dig deep in its playbook and throw caution to the wind against high-powered Salem this Friday in the region playoffs at Reid Stadium in Conyers.
“You pretty much got to throw out all of the stops; you have to roll the dice and take chances,” Owens said.
To the winner goes on of the four coveted spots in the state playoffs out of the region. The loser stays home.
Facing a team that hasn’t lost since August 31, Madison County must leap a huge hurdle to keep its season alive. Owens called the Seminoles the best team Madison County will play this season besides fifth ranked Habersham Central, which beat the Red Raiders 33-9 October 5.
Offensively, Salem is led by quarterback, Terrance Davis, who has already verbally committed to Mississippi State.
Davis can wreck havoc on offense with his mobility—like he did last year in Madison County’s 47-44 victory.
“He’s an exceptional athlete,” Owens said. “We couldn’t contain him.”
The passing game isn’t complicated, but is very effective due in large part t Davis’ scrambling, which often creates open receivers in all the chaos.
Of course, he’s always a threat to tuck the ball and run.
“You work so hard to contain him,” said Owens, who added that Davis has solid receivers to throw to.
On defense, Salem possesses “great quickness and speed” and a big defensive line. The ‘Noles’ also play special teams very well, according to Owens especially on kickoff coverage. The Raider coach expects field position and the kicking game to loom large in this contest.
Owens said Salem is a “pretty complete football team.”
“We’ll have to play awfully good,” Owens said. “The biggest thing is not to beat ourselves.”
The key for the Raiders?
“Contain, Contain.” Owens said.
Defensively, Madison County can’t “give them the big one,” he said.
And offensively, the Raiders must take advantage of its own opportunities.
“When our defense creates opportunities for us, we’ve got to capitalize,” he said.
Reprinted from The Madison County Journal, November 8, 2007 edition
by BEN MUNRO
It wasn’t a perfect night from Madison County Friday, but it didn’t have to be. No, the Raiders will hope for that this weekend in the region playoffs.
With only Winder-Barrow blocking Madison County’s path to a week 10 date in 8-AAAA’s one-week postseason, the Raiders (5-4,3-3) knocked the visiting Bulldoggs out of the way, turning a close game into a breather with two touchdowns in the last 4:40 to put Winder-Barrow (4-5, 1-5) away, 27-6, over the weekend.
“We really needed it,” Senior Raider Running Back, Cello Latimer said of the win. “I really can’t say much about it. I’m just proud of everybody.”
Al Allen scored a touchdown from four yards out with four a half minutes left then returned an interception 81 yards to slam the door on a three-game winning streak to close the regular season schedule.
It was Madison County’s second consecutive win over the Bulldoggs.
The Raiders kept the game plan conservative in the first half in taking a 13-6 lead into the locker room, throwing just one pass and racking up 150 yards on the ground. Madison County spread out the offense in the second half, but didn’t find the end zone again until late when it put together a six-play, 54-yard drive, culminating with Allen’s four-yard touchdown.
Allen’s interception and 81-yard jaunt then set off the long awaited celebration of Madison’s County’s claiming of the fourth and final spot in the region playoffs.
“It was a terrific effort,” said Latimer, who scored the first touchdown of the game. “We gave everything we could and came out victorious.”
And a big victory it was.
Since falling 33-9 to Habersham Central on October 5, Madison County has risen from last place to 8-A-AAAA to being a win away from a third-straight trip to the state playoffs as the program’s preseason goals are still intact.
“We were pretty dejected after that,” said senior placekicker Jack Orr of the team’s slow 0-3 start in subregion. “But we just said we’ve got to do our thing and take care of business.”
Which Madison County did once again against a struggling Winder-Barrow outfit.
The Raiders jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the second quarter, following a one-yard Latimer touchdown and a 20-yard field goal from Orr. Winder-Barrow cut the lead to 10-6 briefly before Spencer Baird connected with Allen for a 40-yard completion. Madison County’s only pass of the first half—to set up another Orr field goal, then one from 33 yards.
The game settled into a defensive struggle for most the second half, but the Raiders, who picked up six sacks in the game, only allowed the Bulldoggs to cross midfield twice in the final two quarters.
The Raiders assured themselves of finishing at least .500 for a eighth-straight year with Friday’s win.
by BEN MUNRO
It wasn’t a perfect night from Madison County Friday, but it didn’t have to be. No, the Raiders will hope for that this weekend in the region playoffs.
With only Winder-Barrow blocking Madison County’s path to a week 10 date in 8-AAAA’s one-week postseason, the Raiders (5-4,3-3) knocked the visiting Bulldoggs out of the way, turning a close game into a breather with two touchdowns in the last 4:40 to put Winder-Barrow (4-5, 1-5) away, 27-6, over the weekend.
“We really needed it,” Senior Raider Running Back, Cello Latimer said of the win. “I really can’t say much about it. I’m just proud of everybody.”
Al Allen scored a touchdown from four yards out with four a half minutes left then returned an interception 81 yards to slam the door on a three-game winning streak to close the regular season schedule.
It was Madison County’s second consecutive win over the Bulldoggs.
The Raiders kept the game plan conservative in the first half in taking a 13-6 lead into the locker room, throwing just one pass and racking up 150 yards on the ground. Madison County spread out the offense in the second half, but didn’t find the end zone again until late when it put together a six-play, 54-yard drive, culminating with Allen’s four-yard touchdown.
Allen’s interception and 81-yard jaunt then set off the long awaited celebration of Madison’s County’s claiming of the fourth and final spot in the region playoffs.
“It was a terrific effort,” said Latimer, who scored the first touchdown of the game. “We gave everything we could and came out victorious.”
And a big victory it was.
Since falling 33-9 to Habersham Central on October 5, Madison County has risen from last place to 8-A-AAAA to being a win away from a third-straight trip to the state playoffs as the program’s preseason goals are still intact.
“We were pretty dejected after that,” said senior placekicker Jack Orr of the team’s slow 0-3 start in subregion. “But we just said we’ve got to do our thing and take care of business.”
Which Madison County did once again against a struggling Winder-Barrow outfit.
The Raiders jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the second quarter, following a one-yard Latimer touchdown and a 20-yard field goal from Orr. Winder-Barrow cut the lead to 10-6 briefly before Spencer Baird connected with Allen for a 40-yard completion. Madison County’s only pass of the first half—to set up another Orr field goal, then one from 33 yards.
The game settled into a defensive struggle for most the second half, but the Raiders, who picked up six sacks in the game, only allowed the Bulldoggs to cross midfield twice in the final two quarters.
The Raiders assured themselves of finishing at least .500 for a eighth-straight year with Friday’s win.
| Individual Defensive Statistics | |||||||||||
| Tackles | Fumbles | Other | |||||||||
| Player | 1st Hits | Assists | Sacks | Total | Caused | Recovered | PBU | INT | Block Kick | TD | Safety |
| Adams, T | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Allen, A | 5 | 2 | - | 7 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Anglin, J | 4 | 5 |
- |
9 |
1 |
- |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Bodiford, K | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butler, K | 0 | 0 |
- |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dalton, B | 0 | 0 |
- |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Escoe, C | 9 | 8 | - | 17 |
1 |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ginn, N | 5 | 2 |
- |
7 | - |
- |
- |
- |
- | - | - |
| Hall, M | 4 | 6 |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- | - | - | - |
| Johnson, C | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kraeling, A | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
- |
- | - | - | - |
|
Mack, S |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
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| McGuire, TJ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
- |
- | - | - |
| Orr, J | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pittard, A | 4 | 2 |
1 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- | - | - | - |
| Randall, D | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
- |
- | - | - | - |
| Russell, Brad | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
- |
- | - | - | - |
| Russell, Brent | 5 | 5 |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Stevens, A | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuchell, J | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tilton, A | 5 | 5 | - | 10 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- | - |
| Turner, B | 6 | 6 | - | 12 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- | - | - |
| Vaughn, C |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
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| Young, A |
2 |
1 |
- |
3 |
- |
1 |
- |
|
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| Team Totals | 54 | 44 | 1 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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