Bob Jones High School Football Booster Website: Bob Jones High School: 23 - Sparkman High School: 0
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Game Played 10/23/2009 7:00PM |
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Patriots blank Senators
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The first day on his new job, Bob Jones High football coach Kevin Rose had a delivery. It was a thick packet of information from a fan "on the history of the Bob Jones-Sparkman rivalry," Rose said. "This is Alabama-Auburn here," Rose said. "Their kids certainly played that way and I'm proud of the way our kids played." Bob Jones has taken the momentum in the rivalry, winning for the third consecutive time over Sparkman with a 23-0 decision Friday night. The 10th-ranked Patriots improved to 8-1 overall while Sparkman fell to 2-7. Bob Jones is undefeated in Class 6A, Region 8 play and has already assured itself of hosting a playoff game. "Sitting here undefeated in region play is a special accomplishment for our players and coaches," Rose said. Trai Ragland ran for a touchdown and Zach Freeman connected with Xavier Gaddy and Collins Moore on touchdown passes. Gaddy rushed 20 times for 145 yards, Ragland 17 times for 67. The Patriots added a fourth-quarter safety when Evan Richtmyer trapped Sparkman quarterback Terrance Pride in the end zone. That was typical of the suffocating defense applied by Bob Jones, which has now held opponents scoreless for 12 consecutive quarters. "They've got a really good defensive line and that gave us a lot of problems," Sparkman coach Roger Haynes said. The Patriots' D-line - Richtmyer, Patrick Alford, Seth Thomas, Jeremy Brackett - kept pressure on Pride, allowing only five completions in 13 attempts. One of those was a 38-yarder that put the Senators on the Bob Jones 2 in the final minute of the first half. But on the last play of the half, as Pride began to fake a pass, the ball slipped from his grasp and was recovered by the Patriots' Branden O'Hara. It was a momentum killer. Sparkman wasn't able to muster a first down on an offensive play until the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter. Bob Jones had taken a 7-0 lead on Gaddy's 10-yard reception from Freeman, ending a 12-play, 66-yard, 4:10 drive to open the game. After the Senators went three-and-out on the first possession of the third period, Bob Jones marched 77 yards in 14 plays, the last a leaping TD by Ragland over the middle of the line. Moore's touchdown came late in the third period, levitating seemingly forever while outleaping two Sparkman defenders for the 25-yard score. "Their kids made plays when they had opportunities and we didn't," Haynes said. "That was the difference in the ball game." Saturday, October 24, 2009 - By Mark McCarter, Times Sports Staff mark.mccarter@htimes.com