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Game Played 10/8/2009 7:00PM
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Patriots Leap within one win of Region Title!
PATRIOTS PUSH CLOSER TO TITLE
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Reggie Ragland breaks away for touchdown!
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Jake Larsen had one thought - and one wish - as Will Nunn faded back to pass near the Huntsville High goal line in the third quarter Thursday night. "Don't throw it," the Bob Jones linebacker said. Nunn didn't, because Larsen got to him first. The senior delivered a big hit, separating the Panthers quarterback from the ball in the process. The Patriots' Shanard Tibbs scooped up the ball in the end zone, which helped create even more separation between the two Class 6A, Region 8 rivals. The play was one of three Bob Jones touchdowns in the final 3:32 of the second quarter, giving it all the cushion it needed in a 31-0 victory at Milton Frank Stadium. "It was a very solid win - exactly what we needed after last week," Patriots coach Kevin Rose said. Bob Jones (6-1, 6-0) dropped a 37-35 decision to Homewood last Friday, losing on the final play of the game. It didn't need that kind of drama against Huntsville (2-5, 2-5). "We would have to be on all cylinders against them, and tonight we weren't," Panthers coach Kevin Wieseman said. "We just didn't execute well at all." The two teams bobbed and weaved through the first 17 minutes or so, with the Patriots taking a 3-0 lead on a 34-yard Braden Hager field goal early in the second quarter. But then Rose inserted usual starting quarterback Zach Freeman, who'd missed most of this week with the flu, and the senior led them on a nine-play, 54-yard drive that culminated in a 13-yard TD pass to Collins Moore. "We were sputtering a little bit and he just got things settled for us," Rose said of Freeman, who finished 6-of-7 for 128 yards and two TDs in about 11/2 quarters of work. He also rushed for a score. The knockout blow, though, occurred just two plays after the Moore score. Larsen, blitzing from left end, had a clear shot at Nunn and didn't leave anything to chance. And, considering the number of points Bob Jones gave up last week, it made a statement of sorts, too. The Patriots gave up just 194 yards in the game. "I thought it was important for us to have a good night defensively," Larsen said. "It shows something that we came back from that loss the way we did. This is a different Bob Jones team." It's still one that relies on the big play, though. Reggie Ragland took a short pass and ran 55 yards through the Panthers defense on the lone play of the Patriots' final possession of the first half, which gave them a 24-0 lead. "We talk all the time about three successive big plays to give us the kind of separation we want from the team we are playing," Rose said. "We got close to that tonight. We didn't want to be in the same kind of situation we were in last week." Friday, October 09, 2009 by Bill Bryant
Times Sports Staff bill.bryant@htimes.com
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Trai leaps and keeps on running!
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