‘Canes Drop to 0-6 After Loss
The Monticello Hurricane football team suffered its sixth straight loss of the season last Friday when they were defeated by Southwest Macon 16-0.
Head Football Coach Eddie Roberts said, “It was a defensive battle on both sides of the football, and the game basically came down to turnovers once again. We fumbled on their two yard line and on their 15 yard line, both key turnovers that hurt us. The one on the two yard line was picked up and run down to our 20, and that’s how they scored their first touchdown.”
The ‘Canes only had 133 yards rushing from three running backs. Coach Roberts said, “They are a strong football team on defense and haven’t given up much yardage to anyone. We just didn’t get it done as a coaching staff and as a team. We had a total of four turnovers, three fumbles and one interception.
“Our defense did play well, we stood up and held them inside our own territory three times.”
Traditional rival Putnam County, 5-2, is scheduled at home tomorrow night. They are tied at the top of the region with Lamar County at 4-1.
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Coach Roberts said, “They are a multiple I team and show a lot of multiple formations on offense. On defense they run a four, five or six man line, play a lot of man coverage and are very active. They only beat Southwest 7-6 earlier in the season, so we feel like we can compete with them, we just have to eliminate the mistakes.”
The coach also reported several nagging injuries, but most devastating, that both quarterbacks, Brady McMichael and Dee Chapman, were questionable for the game. As far as who would be playing the position he said, “We’ll find a new quarterback this week.”
Stats vs. Southwest Macon
OFFENSE
Passing—B. McMichael 2 for 7 for 57 yards and 1 int., D. Chapman 1 for 2 for 4 yards
Receiving—A. Campbell 1 catch for 11 yards, B. Edwards 1 catch for 46 yards, S. Rooks 1 catch for 4 yards,
Rushing—C. Thomas 7 carries for 45 yards and 2 fumbles, S. Rooks 12 carries for 33 yards, A.J. Thomas 13 carries for 55 yards
Monticello 184 total yards and 7 first downs
DEFENSE—B. Barger 5 tackles 2 for loss and 1 sack and 1 assists, A.J. Thomas 5 tackles and 2 assists, S. Blankenship 5 tackles 1 for loss and 1 sack and 4 assists, E. Ammons 5 tackles 3 for loss and 1 sack, D. Stone 5 tackles and 1 assits, B. Edwards 4 tackles and 1 assits, D. Norwood 3 tackles and 2 assits, T. Jackson and J. Bermudez each with 2 tackles
SPECIAL TEAMS—J. Van Horne 3 punts for 23 yard average, C. Thomas 1 punt return for 10 yards, S. Rooks 2 kick returns for 27 tota