Indians Sack the Warriors

The Chattooga Indians much anticipated region 7-A opener began fast with points on the first drive . Those points would be followed by many more in route to a 55-6 Win over the homestanding Gordon Central Warriors. The Indians would get scoring contributions from five different players including 4 rushing touchdowns, 2 receiving touchdowns,1 interception return for a touchdown.

First Quarter

The first drive of the game would take almost six minutes off the clock as #11 Quarry Gibson would scamper in from 10 yards out. After a good kickoff return by the Warriors the drive would go in reverse and would end in a quick punt. The Indians would take possession of the ball at their own 22 yard line. Just four plays later #11 Quarry Gibson would get into the end zone again this time from 59 yards out. That would push the score to Chattooga 14 Gordon Central 0. The Warriors next drive would end quickly as they would go three and out. The Indians would only take 2 plays to score on a 20 yard Touchdown pass from #11 Quarry Gibson to # 18 Matthew Bryant . That would end the 1st quarter with the score Chattooga 21 Gordon Central 0.

Second Quarter

The second quarter would be more of the same from both teams. The Warriors would fumble the ball recovered by Chattooga. It would only be a few plays later the Indians # 7 Zayden Cook would get in on the action with his first Touchdown of the evening.

After another Warrior punt the Indians would get into the endzone on a 27 yard Touchdown pass from #11 Quarry Gibson to #5 Chris Adams . Gordon Central would get some positive momentum and move the ball into field goal range. Although the Indians had other ideas. The 35 yard field goal attempt would be blocked by #50 Luke Reece and returned all the way back to the endzone by #7 Zayden Cook . That would end the scoring in the first half with the score Chattooga 42 Gordon Central 0.

Second Half

The Warriors would come out fired up and take the first possession of the second half right down the field. The drive would be capped off by a 28 yard touchdown pass from freshly entered Quarterback #16 Draden Manis to #1 Matt Hammock . However Chattooga would reassert their dominance in the game with a long touchdown scoring drive capped off by a run by # 7 Zayden Cook . The final score of the night would come on a 30 yard interception return for touchdown by Chattooga’s #2 Aiden Fletcher . That would seal the game and put the final score at Chattooga 55 Gordon Central 6.

Next Week

The Gordon Central Warriors 2-2(0-1) will host the Coosa Eagles 2-2(0-1) next week. The Chattooga Indians 4-0(1-0) will be back on the reservation in Summerville as they will host the Indians from Armuchee 3-1(0-1).