Football - 2007
Hurricane Upset Bobcats Malcolm Lundy with the game winning interception.
Early County High School - Blakely, GA (10/19/07)
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| Early Co. Michael Perry & Fitzgerald Brad Taylor. |
Sports game of the week features two undefeated teams in the Early County Bobcats versus the Fitzgerald “Purple Hurricanes”. The Bobcats enters the match up looking to take revenge after losing last years match up 33-14.
The two teams are traditional powerhouse when it comes to the game of football. The Bobcats losing to last years 2006 2-AA champs Charlton County in the state semi-finals and the Purple Hurricanes made an early exit in the first round losing to Bleckley County. Nevertheless the October 19th match up has been marked on many players and fans calendars. The winner of the match up looks to take the lead behind first place Thomasville.
The atmosphere was set and the crowd was rocking, waiting to claiming bragging rights on the best team in region 1-AA. It wouldn’t take long once it fired up. The Purple Hurricanes would strike first, scoring on a 4 yard touch down run by Trenton Pruitt after an interception thrown by the Bobcats QB Michael Perry 7-0. The Bobcats defense looked off key early as the Purple Hurricanes would put up their second score in the first quarter on a Nick Williams 25 yard blast to move the score to 14-0. After a quick pep talk by assistant coach Kevin Ealey the Bobcats offense took off running. Bobcats quarterback Perry would throw for 2 Touchdown passes before the half, one to Dion’is Bryant for 34 yards and Shawn Williams for 27 yards. The Purple Hurricanes wouldn’t be out done as quarterback Brad Taylor would hit the tight end R.J. Davis for a 43 yard touch pass and Fitzgerald would be up by ten points entering the half 24-14.
With 4 minutes left in the game super sophomore defensive end Marquis George would recover a crucial fumble to give the Bobcats the ball with a chance to win. The Bobcats would drive the ball down to the 11 yard line with 2:14 left in the game, when middle linebacker Malcolm Lundy would read quarterback Perry’s eyes on the slant route and pick it off for the victory 27-24. With the time running out and the Bobcats left with no timeouts, the Purple
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| Early Co. Demetrius Cody 9 Tackles & Fitzgerald Malcolm Lundy 8 Tackles ,Int. |
Hurricanes would run out the clock and stormed the field. The Purple Hurricanes improve their record to 5-0 in the region and looks to face off against region leader Thomasville in next weeks game of the week. The Bobcats moves to 4-1 and takes on a Randolph-Clay Red Devils team to see if they can get back on track. The Purple Hurricanes takes the win two years in a row and cashed in on the four turnovers.
End of game report: All State Linebacker Malcolm Lundy would win the game on an interception and finish with 8 tackles. The leading rusher for the Purple Hurricanes would be Nick Williams with 94 yards on 9 attempts and Quarterback Brad Taylor passed for 58 yards.
Sophomore Kajuane Freeman would make a solo tackle on Pruitt for a 4 yard lost to change the momentum of the game. All State Linebacker Demetrius Cody led the team with 9 tackles and a pass deflection. All State Tackle Latavious Davis would lead the down linemen with 5 tackles. Michael Perry would lead the Bobcats in rushing (125 yards – 21 attempts) and passing (3 TD’s, 206 yards). Dion’is Bryant led all wide receivers with 8 catches for 86 yards.
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