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Game Played 10/16/2009 7:00PM
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Senior Jake Larsen with Interception and runback!
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Bob Jones captures region title
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DECATUR - Bob Jones High needed just one more win in Class 6A, Region 8 to clinch a regional championship for the first time in school history. After a couple early missed scoring opportunities, the Patriots finished strong Friday night to defeat Austin 28-0. "We've won some area championships in the '80s, but never a region championship in the nine-team format," Bob Jones coach Kevin Rose said. "When you win in a nine-team format, you've had a good football season." Bob Jones (7-1, 7-0) marched to the Black Bears' 3-yard line on each of its first two possessions in the first quarter but couldn't score. The Patriots' Collins Moore had a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown run negated by a penalty on Bob Jones' third possession. But on the ensuing play, quarterback Zachary Freeman found Moore in the end zone on a 23-yard touchdown pass to end the first quarter. With 5:30 left in the second quarter, Xavier Gaddy scored the first of his two touchdowns on a 3-yard run for a 14-0 lead that stood at halftime. Bob Jones didn't let up to open the second half as Gaddy scored on another 3-yard run and Trai Ragland finished his 118-yard rushing night with the Patriots' final touchdown with 3:41 remaining in the third. "This (win) is something we've been working towards a long time," Rose said. "The thing that's special, more than anything is it puts us in a good position where we host a playoff game. Obviously, we'd like to advance in the playoffs." Ragland followed up Gaddy's two-touchdown performance with 118 yards rushing on 18 carries. Saturday, October 17, 2009 By Carlton Rice, For the Times
