Brookwood vs. Walton

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Football - 2008
Brookwood vs. Walton
By Larry "L.A." Williams
Aug 23, 2008, 04:30 EST

Corky Kell Classic

The Georgia Dome - Atlanta, GA

Brookwood “Broncos” vs. Walton “Raiders”

Walton holds off Brookwood 14-9

Raiders quickness nullifies Broncos bulk

Walton QB-Ray Rayburn was focused in, just look at his eyes.

Atlanta – The first half between Brookwood and Walton was pretty much played to a stalemate as both team’s defenses dominated play. Walton’s team as a whole is much smaller than Brookwood physically but what they lacked in size they made up in speed and quickness as their defense continually shot the gaps and stopped the Broncos running backs from turning up field.

The Brookwood defense forced the first turnover of the game when S-Wade Brogdon, who is the Broncos “All-Everything” performer picked off Walton QB-Ray Rayburn on their first offensive series of the game and returned the pick 33-yards to the Walton 35-yard line.

The Walton defense which was anchored by LB-Brandon Burrows, LB-Scott Willoch and DE-David Paulsen closed the corral on the Broncos, forcing them into a long field goal attempt that was no good.

The stalemate ended late in the second-quarter when the Raiders behind the running of tailback Michael Boydston drove the ball down to the Broncos 29-yard line. A pass from Rayburn to FB-Dylan Tante picked up 13-yards to the seventeen. RB-Andre Walkine came in to spell Boydston and ripped off a tough 12-yard run to the five. A couple of plays later Boydston walked 5-yards untouched into the endzone for the touchdown. Kicker Brady Biggers booted the PAT to give the Raiders a 7-0 lead that they took into the half.

Brookwood SS-Wade Brogdon went high to snag this interception.

Brookwood came out in the third-quarter and mounted a little drive that was spearhead by a 13-yard run by TB-Marvis Lane; but once again the Walton defense stiffened and forced another Broncos punt.

The Brookwood defense, which was led by LB-Chris Martin, LB-Alan King, LB-David Cooper, DL-Kellen Williams and Brogdon manned up and forced a Walton punt.

A 55-yard run by Lane put Brookwood in great field position at the Walton 22-yard line with 5:32 left in the third-quarter; the drive was thwarted when Walton WR/DB-Price Garrett made a tough stop on Lane on third-down. Wade Brogdon came in and kicked a 33-yard field goal to put Brookwood on the board as they cut the lead to 7-3.

Walton RB-Michael Boydston stepped right around Brookwood DB-Martrez Ogletree for the touchdown.

Rayburn is a cool operator at quarterback for Walton, his pass to WR-Patrick Cosgrove picked up 30-yards to the Brookwood 27-yard line as the third-quarter came to a close. As play got underway in the forth-quarter Boydston busted loose for 19-yards to the Broncos 7-yard line. A wide receiver screen to WR-Price Garrett covered 14-yards and a Raiders touchdown. The PAT by Biggers made the score 14-3 with 10:36 left to play.

Needing to make something happen Brookwood got an exciting 24-yard run by WB-LaSalle Ledlum that moved the ball out near midfield with 8:35 left on the clock. Facing a forth-down and two the Broncos tried to roll-out QB-Ben McLane but the Walton defense forced a fumble that was recovered by DE-Chris Mooney on the Brookwood 40-yard line.

With just over 4:00 minutes left to play Brookwood mounted a drive, moving the ball to the Walton 21-yard line. Facing a third and twelve McLane scrambled for 8 yardsand came up short of the first-down. Forced to go for it on forth-down Brookwood’s Head Coach Mark Crews insert QB-Kent Rollins, who made a gutsy run on a quarterback keeper, breaking several tackles on his way to a 12-yard touchdown run. A two-point conversion was stopped leaving the score at 14-9 with 2:57 left to play.

Brookwood's mammoth OL- Kellon Williams lead blocks for RB-Marvis Lane.

Walton recovered an on-side kick on the pursuing kickoff on their 48-yard line. A penalty against Brookwood on third-down and short gave Walton a big first-down. With no more time outs remaining Brookwood was forced to watch as Walton ran out the clock for a hard fought 14-9 win.