GAME STORY

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WK 7 (at FLO) L 7-53  
Falcons run past Senators 53-7
Home sweet homecoming for Falcons

By Jeff McIntyre
Assistant Sports Editor

FLORENCE – The first play of the game was a sign of things to come as Sparkman fumbled the opening kickoff and Jamarcus Jackson recovered for the Falcons at the Senators' 18. On a fourth-and-9 play, Willis found Jake Hall over the middle for a 17-yard touchdown pass to put the Falcons up 7-0 and things began to snowball from there .Florence's offense continued to put up unbelievable numbers Friday night as the Falcons pummeled Sparkman 53-7 at Braly Stadium. The Falcons scored 61 points in last week's victory over Hazel Green, took control early, and scored at will against the Senators, giving the homecoming crowd something to smile about. Florence finished with 707 yards of total offense, including 557 yards rushing. Junior tailback Shawn Southward led the way with 182 yards rushing on 16 carries. Southward's replacement, Jarrel Hollingsworth, rushed for 155 yards on just seven carries, all in the third quarter.
"We had a statement to make tonight and we made it," Southward said. "Our offense is very balanced and we made a lot of big plays. We wanted to put a lot of points on the board and we did.” The win kept Florence (6-1, 5-0 region) tied for first place in the Class 6A, Region 8 standings. The Falcons, who have clinched a playoff berth, are tied with Huntsville for first place in the region.” Our guys set their goal this year to win our region and prove that they can play with anybody in the region," Florence coach Alvin Briggs said. "We've got some big games coming up, but winning the region is still our goal.” Florence also got three touchdown passes from Chad Willis, who left the game in the third quarter with an injury to his left hand. A 48-yard run by Southward, and a 55-yard scoring pass from Willis to Drake Roy, extended Florence's lead to 20-0 with 6:38 remaining in the first quarter.Willis later made a late pitch to Chris Simpson to complete a 53-yard touchdown play. Southward added a 24-yard reception from Willis to put the Falcons up 34-0 at halftime.Willis had a 38-yard option run for a score in the third quarter.Hollingsworth then added touchdown runs of 27 and 66 yards in the third quarter.

SCORING SUMMARY

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Final
Sparkman 0 0 7 0 0 7
Florence 20 14 19 0 0 53

 

Team Plays Yards Scoring Play
Florence 6 60 at 10:00 1st Q, H, 4th D & 9, #9 passes to #33 for 17, TD
Florence     1st Q, H, #1 makes extra point (FLO 7-0)
Florence 1 48 at 8:12 1st Q, H, 1st D & 10, #27 rushes for 48 for a TD
Florence     1st Q, H, Florence PAT rush attempt no good (FLO 13-0)
Florence 2 72 at 6:30 1st Q, H, 1st D & 10, #9 passes to #82 for 55, TD
Florence     1st Q, H, #1 makes extra point (FLO 20-0)
Florence 1 53 at 10:00 2nd Q, H, 1st D & 10, #11 rushes for 53 for a TD
Florence     2nd Q, H, Florence PAT rush attempt good (FLO 28-0)
Florence 5 62 at 7:01 2nd Q, H, 3rd D & 7, #9 passes to #27 for 24, TD
Florence     2nd Q, H, #1 extra point is short (FLO 34-0)
Florence 4 74 at 10:46 3rd Q, H, 1st D & 10, #9 rushes for 38 for a TD
Florence     3rd Q, H, Florence PAT rush attempt no good (FLO 40-0)
Sparkman 1 95 at 6:28 3rd Q, H, 2nd D & 3, fumbles, recovered by Jonathan Richardson returned 95 yards for a TD
Sparkman     3rd Q, V, Michael Kitchens makes extra point (FLO 40-7)
Florence 7 80 at 3:17 3rd Q, H, 1st D & 10, #17 rushes for 27 for a TD
Florence     3rd Q, H, #1 makes extra point (FLO 47-7)
Florence 1 66 at 0:47 3rd Q, H, 1st D & 10, #17 rushes for 66 for a TD
Florence     3rd Q, H, #1 extra point is wide left (FLO 53-7)

TEAM STATS

Sparkman VS Florence at BRALY STADIUM on 10/12/2007
Team  Sparkman  Florence 
Points Scored 7 53
First Downs 6 24
By Rush/Pass/Penalty 2/4/0 17/5/2
3rd Downs Made/Att/Eff 1/12/8 4/11/36
4th Downs Made/Att/Eff 0/2/0 2/4/50
Total Yards/Avg Per Play 216/4.8 709/9.6
Total Yards Rushing 74 559
Rushing Att/Avg 25/3.0 46/11.7
Total Yards Passing 142 150
Pass Att/Comp/Int 20/8/2 16/9/0
Average Yards Per Pass 7.1 9.4
Punts/Avg 7/37.4 3/35.7
Punt Returns/Yds/Avg 1/0/0 3/11/4
Punts Blocked 0 0
Kickoff Returns/Yds/Avg 8/170/21 1/17/17
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
Total Turnovers 3 1
Penalties/Yards 3/44 5/33
Touchdowns 1 8
TDs Rush/Pass 0/0 5/3
Field Goal Att/Made 1/0 0/0
Time Of Possession 20:22 27:38

 

INDIVIDUAL STATS

 Statistics for Sparkman vs Florence played 10/12/2007 at BRALY STADIUM 
 Score (L) : 7 to 53

 

Passer
No Name Atts Comp Comp % Int Yards Long Pass TDs Avg
12 Rob Weaver 16 6 37.50 1 123 54 0 20.50
18 Matt Bradford 4 2 50.00 1 19 17 0 9.50
- Team Total 20.00 8.00 40.00 2.00 142.00 54.00 0.00 17.75
Rusher
No Name Atts Yds Lost Net Longest TDs Avg
36 Bryant Williams 14 47 2 45.00 20 0 3.21
12 Rob Weaver 7 31 5 26.00 20 0 3.71
18 Matt Bradford 2 8 0 8.00 6 0 4.00
26 Patrick Lymon 1 0 2 -2.00 0 0 -2.00
25 Rayne Wiggins 1 0 3 -3.00 0 0 -3.00
- Team Total 25.00 86.00 12.00 74.00 20.00 0.00 2.96
Receiver
No Name Recepts Yds Longest TDs Avg
7 TJ Johnson 3 112 54 0 37.33
89 Keegan Merrigan 1 17 17 0 17.00
18 Matt Bradford 2 14 16 0 7.00
34 Jared Ricks 1 2 2 0 2.00
36 Bryant Williams 1 2 2 0 2.00
37 Jonathan Richardson 1 0 0 0 0.00
- Team Total 9.00 147.00 54.00 0.00 16.33
Punter
No Name Punts Yds Longest Avg TBs Inside 20 Blocked
57 Zack Hinson 7 262 49 37.43 1 1 0
- Team Total 7.00 262.00 49.00 37.43 1.00 1.00 0.00
Field Goal
No Name FG Atts FG Good Long FG Blck FG FG % EP Atts EP Good Blck EP EP %
45 Michael Kitchens 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 100.00
- Team Total 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 100.00
Returns
No Name Punt Returns(PR) PR Yds Long PR Avg PR PR for TD Kickoff Rets(KOR) KOR Yds Long KOR Avg KORKOR for TD
26 Patrick Lymon 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 17 17 17.000
3 Antonio Bostic 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 15 15 15.000
9 Jeremy Matthews 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 108 40 27.000
36 Bryant Williams 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 30 21 15.000
- Team Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 170.00 40.00 21.250.00
Defender
No Name Tackles Tackles/Game Assists Sacks Sacks/Game Intercepts Intercept for TD Passes BA Fumble RecBlck PuntsBlck FGTackles for LossQB HurriesForced Fumbles
37 Jonathan Richardson 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 100000
9 Jeremy Matthews 7 (null) 5 0 (null) 0 0 1 0(null)(null)100
4 Marcus Dozier 5 (null) 4 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
24 Corey Lightford 5 (null) 3 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
46 Anthony Orr 5 (null) 3 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)100
27 Marvin Crutcher 4 (null) 3 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
31 Joe Ivey 4 (null) 2 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
1 Sam Whitt 3 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
19 Crayton Sterns 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 000000
3 Antonio Bostic 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 000000
48 Nolan Miller 3 (null) 2 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
96 Jeremy Mastin 2 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
43 Chris Henry 2 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
95 Marquette Campbell 1 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
42 Joe Grimes 1 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
2 Jordan Boyer 1 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
98 Kane Batt 1 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
58 Robert Bayardo 1 (null) 1 0 (null) 0 0 0 0(null)(null)000
- Team Total 64.00 0.00 41.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.000.000.002.000.000.00