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Buckeyes rough up Panthers, 55-7
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Gilmer Downs Spring Hill
From The Gilmer Mirror:
By JOE DODD
The Gilmer Buckeyes took advantage of four Spring Hill turnovers to overcome a mistake-filled effort for a 55-7 victory over the Panthers Friday night at Buckeye Stadium. The win extended Gilmer's district winning streak to 37 games and their home winning streak to 29 games.
“We did what we had to do; we kind of just got through it,” lamented Buckeyes' head coach Jeff Traylor, who saw his Buckeyes flagged for a season-high 11 penalties. “So many of the things were before the ball was even snapped; that's what is so frustrating.”
Spring Hill head coach Robert Bero was even more frustrated as his Panthers racked up nine penalties of their own and added four turnovers. “Turnovers were bad for us and they took advantage of it,” said Bero. “They're a good football team.”
Gilmer's Black Flag Defense set the tone on Spring Hill's first possession when the Panthers took the opening kickoff and promptly went three and out, giving the Buckeyes the football at their own 38-yard line following Jake Fudge's 39-yard punt.
Gilmer's offense responded with a 6-play drive that consumed 3:47 off the clock and was punctuated by Stump Godfrey's screen pass to Gus Osborne, who followed a line of blockers untouched 24 yards to the end zone. Adan Olivares' first of seven successful extra point kicks gave the Buckeyes a 7-0 lead with 6:54 to play in the first quarter.
Spring Hill's second possession ended the same as the first with another three-and-out punt by Fudge, who got off a 45-yard punt that rolled to the Gilmer 24-yard line.
Seven plays later, Osborne picked up his second straight touchdown when he took a hand off up the middle, broke two tackles and sprinted into the end zone for a 42-yard touchdown with 3:41 remaining in the opening quarter.
Osborne finished with 82 total yards and two touchdowns on only five touches, living up to his nickname of “Gus the Mini-bus” as the sophomore now wears Justin Johnson's number 22 jersey. “It's a pretty good name,” admitted Osborne, who added five tackles, two quarterback pressures and a sack on defense.
Spring Hill's Tyler Zapata sparked the Panthers with a 30-yard kickoff return, giving Spring Hill great field position at the Buckeyes' 45-yard line. A 5-yard offside penalty against the Gilmer defense on fourth down kept the drive alive, and the Panthers took advantage of it on the next play when Dylan Brown found Scott Carter in the end zone for a 16-yard touch down. Cody Walker's extra point kick was good, cutting the Buckeyes lead to 14-7 with only 1:02 left in the first quarter.
Gilmer's offense opened the door for the Panthers when the Buckeyes' drive stalled at the 50-yard line just five plays later, forcing Luke Turner's first punt of the game. Turner's 41-yard punt pinned the Panthers back at their own 9-yard line.
Spring Hill managed to move the ball to their own 23-yard line before a Brown pass was intercepted by the Buckeyes' J.T. Beecham at the Panthers' 30-yard line and returned to the 3-yard line of Spring Hill.
Gilmer's Marlon Granville got the touchdown on the next play, giving Gilmer a 21-7 lead with 8:56 remaining in the first half.
“Two weeks in a row we've won the turnover battle,” Traylor said. “Our defense, even though they were not sharp; they put us in a position to score a lot of points. That was the difference in the ball game.”
The Panthers kept the football for the next four minutes, as 20 yards in penalties against the Buckeyes' defense helped Spring Hill move the football to the Gilmer 41-yard line before the Buckeyes' Tristan Holt picked off another Brown pass at the Gilmer 15-yard line.
The Buckeyes' offense stalled again, punting the ball back to the Panthers only five plays later, giving the ball to Spring Hill at their own 39-yard line.
An attempted trick play by the Panthers back-fired on the next play, when Fudge took a hand-off from Brown and attempted to toss the ball back to the quarterback, but fumbled when he was hit at the same time. Gilmer's Joseph Crocker recovered the football at the Panthers' 39-yard line.
Five plays later Godfrey scored on a 7-yard run, but a holding penalty against the Buckeyes wiped the score off the board. On the next play, Godfrey completed a screen pass to Osborne, who sprinted 17-yards into the end zone for the touchdown. Once again the apparent score was negated by an offensive penalty, and pushed the ball back to the Gilmer 22-yard line.
Two plays later Godfrey threw a pass to Prentiss Bell, who made a nice catch over two defenders for a 22-yard touchdown, increasing the Buckeyes' lead to 28-7 at the half.
Despite the comfortable lead, Traylor was not happy. “That was as disappointed as I've been in my team all year at halftime,” stated Traylor. “For some reasons we just weren't mentally into the game. We didn't play very well. We didn't execute very well. They probably didn't even need me to tell them, but I told them.”
“We came out a little slow, but the defense got us going, and once we got it going they couldn't stop us,” admitted Godfrey, who finished with 256 yards and four touchdowns passing, moving him into second place in career passing yardage.
“He's growing each week,” said Traylor about his junior quarterback. “He takes a lot of pride in his work. He wants to be great.”
Godfrey was quick to deflect all of the praise. “It's only with the help of my team,” Godfrey said. “The linemen from last year and this year, the receivers from last year and this year, and the running backs. If it wasn't for them, my name wouldn't be mentioned in the records.”
Godfrey helped put any hopes of a Panthers' comeback to rest five plays after the Buckeyes received the second half kickoff, when he dumped a short pass in the flats to Granville who broke a tackle at the 30-yard line and raced into the end zone for a 46-yard touchdown with 10:31 to play in the third quarter, giving Gilmer a 35-7 lead.
The Panthers responded by keeping the football for almost five minutes, but eventually had to punt to the Buckeyes, giving Gilmer the football at their own 24-yard line.
Five plays later, Godfrey found a streaking Daniel McLaren for a 57-yard touchdown strike and a 42-7 lead with 4:07 remaining in the third quarter.
Spring Hill's Ryan Lacy returned the ensuing kickoff to the Buckeyes 46-yard line, but Gilmer's Holt intercepted another Brown pass on the Panthers' first play, and returned it 69-yards for a touchdown, just 23 seconds after the Buckeyes' last score.
“I turned to run with him and I looked back and the ball was there, so I just scooped it up and went,” explained Holt about his second interception of the game. “I had about four lead blockers forming a wall.”
Gilmer's defense kept the Panthers in check on their final three drives, holding Spring Hill to only 221 total yards on the night, while the Buckeyes' offense wrapped up the scoring with freshman Luke Turner's first touchdown pass. Turner hit Josh Thompson from 15-yards out with 1:48 to play in the game, but missed his only extra point attempt of the game for the final 55-7 margin.
“We played a real good second half. We were terrible the first half. Second half we were pretty crisp; we played well,” said Traylor, when asked about his teams response to his halftime instructions. “They responded. That gives you great hope.”
Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby
GILMER’S MARLON GRANVILLE bursts into the end zone from three yards out right after J.T. Beecham had intercepted a Spring Hill pass and returned it 27 yards to within point-blank range. The Buckeyes defeated the Panthers here, 55-7.
Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby
SPRING HILL’S Jake Fudge (6) takes a tumble in the backfield as Gilmer’s Gus Osborne (22) and a teammate bring down the Panther. Other Buckeyes pictured are Mikey Wilson (34) and Braylon Webb (6). The Buckeyes beat the Panthers here last Friday night, 55-7, and take on Gladewater here on Friday night as they continue their march toward an eighth consecutive undefeated district title.
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Buckeyes rough up Panthers, 55-7
From the Tyler Morning Telegraph:
Gilmer Downs Spring Hill
From The Gilmer Mirror:
Buckeyes keep winning streaks alive with win over Spring Hill
By JOE DODD
The Gilmer Buckeyes took advantage of four Spring Hill turnovers to overcome a mistake-filled effort for a 55-7 victory over the Panthers Friday night at Buckeye Stadium. The win extended Gilmer's district winning streak to 37 games and their home winning streak to 29 games.
“We did what we had to do; we kind of just got through it,” lamented Buckeyes' head coach Jeff Traylor, who saw his Buckeyes flagged for a season-high 11 penalties. “So many of the things were before the ball was even snapped; that's what is so frustrating.”
Spring Hill head coach Robert Bero was even more frustrated as his Panthers racked up nine penalties of their own and added four turnovers. “Turnovers were bad for us and they took advantage of it,” said Bero. “They're a good football team.”
Gilmer's Black Flag Defense set the tone on Spring Hill's first possession when the Panthers took the opening kickoff and promptly went three and out, giving the Buckeyes the football at their own 38-yard line following Jake Fudge's 39-yard punt.
Gilmer's offense responded with a 6-play drive that consumed 3:47 off the clock and was punctuated by Stump Godfrey's screen pass to Gus Osborne, who followed a line of blockers untouched 24 yards to the end zone. Adan Olivares' first of seven successful extra point kicks gave the Buckeyes a 7-0 lead with 6:54 to play in the first quarter.
Spring Hill's second possession ended the same as the first with another three-and-out punt by Fudge, who got off a 45-yard punt that rolled to the Gilmer 24-yard line.
Seven plays later, Osborne picked up his second straight touchdown when he took a hand off up the middle, broke two tackles and sprinted into the end zone for a 42-yard touchdown with 3:41 remaining in the opening quarter.
Osborne finished with 82 total yards and two touchdowns on only five touches, living up to his nickname of “Gus the Mini-bus” as the sophomore now wears Justin Johnson's number 22 jersey. “It's a pretty good name,” admitted Osborne, who added five tackles, two quarterback pressures and a sack on defense.
Spring Hill's Tyler Zapata sparked the Panthers with a 30-yard kickoff return, giving Spring Hill great field position at the Buckeyes' 45-yard line. A 5-yard offside penalty against the Gilmer defense on fourth down kept the drive alive, and the Panthers took advantage of it on the next play when Dylan Brown found Scott Carter in the end zone for a 16-yard touch down. Cody Walker's extra point kick was good, cutting the Buckeyes lead to 14-7 with only 1:02 left in the first quarter.
Gilmer's offense opened the door for the Panthers when the Buckeyes' drive stalled at the 50-yard line just five plays later, forcing Luke Turner's first punt of the game. Turner's 41-yard punt pinned the Panthers back at their own 9-yard line.
Spring Hill managed to move the ball to their own 23-yard line before a Brown pass was intercepted by the Buckeyes' J.T. Beecham at the Panthers' 30-yard line and returned to the 3-yard line of Spring Hill.
Gilmer's Marlon Granville got the touchdown on the next play, giving Gilmer a 21-7 lead with 8:56 remaining in the first half.
“Two weeks in a row we've won the turnover battle,” Traylor said. “Our defense, even though they were not sharp; they put us in a position to score a lot of points. That was the difference in the ball game.”
The Panthers kept the football for the next four minutes, as 20 yards in penalties against the Buckeyes' defense helped Spring Hill move the football to the Gilmer 41-yard line before the Buckeyes' Tristan Holt picked off another Brown pass at the Gilmer 15-yard line.
The Buckeyes' offense stalled again, punting the ball back to the Panthers only five plays later, giving the ball to Spring Hill at their own 39-yard line.
An attempted trick play by the Panthers back-fired on the next play, when Fudge took a hand-off from Brown and attempted to toss the ball back to the quarterback, but fumbled when he was hit at the same time. Gilmer's Joseph Crocker recovered the football at the Panthers' 39-yard line.
Five plays later Godfrey scored on a 7-yard run, but a holding penalty against the Buckeyes wiped the score off the board. On the next play, Godfrey completed a screen pass to Osborne, who sprinted 17-yards into the end zone for the touchdown. Once again the apparent score was negated by an offensive penalty, and pushed the ball back to the Gilmer 22-yard line.
Two plays later Godfrey threw a pass to Prentiss Bell, who made a nice catch over two defenders for a 22-yard touchdown, increasing the Buckeyes' lead to 28-7 at the half.
Despite the comfortable lead, Traylor was not happy. “That was as disappointed as I've been in my team all year at halftime,” stated Traylor. “For some reasons we just weren't mentally into the game. We didn't play very well. We didn't execute very well. They probably didn't even need me to tell them, but I told them.”
“We came out a little slow, but the defense got us going, and once we got it going they couldn't stop us,” admitted Godfrey, who finished with 256 yards and four touchdowns passing, moving him into second place in career passing yardage.
“He's growing each week,” said Traylor about his junior quarterback. “He takes a lot of pride in his work. He wants to be great.”
Godfrey was quick to deflect all of the praise. “It's only with the help of my team,” Godfrey said. “The linemen from last year and this year, the receivers from last year and this year, and the running backs. If it wasn't for them, my name wouldn't be mentioned in the records.”
Godfrey helped put any hopes of a Panthers' comeback to rest five plays after the Buckeyes received the second half kickoff, when he dumped a short pass in the flats to Granville who broke a tackle at the 30-yard line and raced into the end zone for a 46-yard touchdown with 10:31 to play in the third quarter, giving Gilmer a 35-7 lead.
The Panthers responded by keeping the football for almost five minutes, but eventually had to punt to the Buckeyes, giving Gilmer the football at their own 24-yard line.
Five plays later, Godfrey found a streaking Daniel McLaren for a 57-yard touchdown strike and a 42-7 lead with 4:07 remaining in the third quarter.
Spring Hill's Ryan Lacy returned the ensuing kickoff to the Buckeyes 46-yard line, but Gilmer's Holt intercepted another Brown pass on the Panthers' first play, and returned it 69-yards for a touchdown, just 23 seconds after the Buckeyes' last score.
“I turned to run with him and I looked back and the ball was there, so I just scooped it up and went,” explained Holt about his second interception of the game. “I had about four lead blockers forming a wall.”
Gilmer's defense kept the Panthers in check on their final three drives, holding Spring Hill to only 221 total yards on the night, while the Buckeyes' offense wrapped up the scoring with freshman Luke Turner's first touchdown pass. Turner hit Josh Thompson from 15-yards out with 1:48 to play in the game, but missed his only extra point attempt of the game for the final 55-7 margin.
“We played a real good second half. We were terrible the first half. Second half we were pretty crisp; we played well,” said Traylor, when asked about his teams response to his halftime instructions. “They responded. That gives you great hope.”
Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby
GILMER’S MARLON GRANVILLE bursts into the end zone from three yards out right after J.T. Beecham had intercepted a Spring Hill pass and returned it 27 yards to within point-blank range. The Buckeyes defeated the Panthers here, 55-7.
Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby
SPRING HILL’S Jake Fudge (6) takes a tumble in the backfield as Gilmer’s Gus Osborne (22) and a teammate bring down the Panther. Other Buckeyes pictured are Mikey Wilson (34) and Braylon Webb (6). The Buckeyes beat the Panthers here last Friday night, 55-7, and take on Gladewater here on Friday night as they continue their march toward an eighth consecutive undefeated district title.
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