Indians Sack the Warriors
Sports, Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports September 16, 2024
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).
Indians Run Past the Warriors
Sports, Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports October 4, 2021
The Chattooga Indians traveled to Calhoun to face the Gordon Central Warriors in the first Region 7-AA road game for the Indians. The Indians returned home with a 47 to 21 Victory. The Indians dominate ground game was the deciding factor in the game. Chattooga as a team rushed the ball 40 times for 391 yards and 5 Touchdowns. That wasn’t the only impressive stat of the game. The Indians Defense was sharp as well only giving up 63 yards rushing on 39 Carries.
-Early in the game both teams struggled to get any traction as both teams were forced to punt. Gordon Central recovered a muffed punt near midfield but the Indians defense held and forced the third consecutive punt of the game. Chattooga forced one more punt near the end of the 1st quarter. The first quarter came to an end as the Drive reached the Warrior 44 yard line.
-The very first play of the 2nd Quarter yielded points for the Indians as Chattooga’s #12 Brody Mobbs hit #22 Rowan Burdick as he was streaking down the field for a 44 yard Touchdown Pass. The PAT was good by #89 Caroline Hodges. After a quick three and out for the Warriors the Indians got on the board again just a few plays later with an 18 yard run by #22 Rowan Burdick. Gordon Central mounted a nice drive aided by a couple long pass plays from #13 Peyton Wilson. The drive was finished off by #1 Sean Greys 6 yard Touchdown run to make the score 14-7 Chattooga with 3:37 left before halftime. Just over 90 seconds of game time later Chattooga’s #25 Lashaun Lester rumbled into the endzone from 43 yards away to make the score 21-7 Chattooga. The Indians Scored once more with 20 seconds left on the clock on a 47 yard run by # Nic Hester. That would send us to halftime with a score of Chattooga 27 Gordon Central 7.
– Gordon Central received the ball to start the second half. The Warriors went on a long drive that was aided by a fake punt and a few penalties on defense by the Indians. Gordon central scored from 1 yard out with a run by #13 Peyton Wilson. The long drive by the Warriors took 6 Minutes off the clock. The Warriors ended the next Indian drive with an Interception by #14 Blake Broome. With momentum firmly on the Warriors side they set off on another drive that entered Indian territory. The drive was ended by a 3rd Down tackle for loss by #34 Zander Cook. The 3rd quarter came to an end and the Indians only ran 4 plays on offense.
– Just a few plays into the 4th quarter #4 Nic Hester scored on the longest play of the night with a 92 jaunt to bring the score to 34-15. Gordon Central then mounted a drive just past midfield that ended on a incomplete pass on 4th down. The possession would then go back to Chattooga with 5:26 left in the game. The drive would end on a 6 yard touchdown run by #25 Lashaun Lester. Gordon Central would take to the air on the next drive with less than a minute left on the clock. Chattooga’s #4 Nic Hester made a leaping interception followed by a 62 yard return for a Touchdown to close out the scoring for the Indians. Gordon Central quickly drove down the field vs the Indian youngsters and scored with the horn sounding on a Touchdown pass from #13 Peyton Wilson to #7 Jayden Sibley. That would send our final score to Chattooga 47 Gordon Central 21.
-Chattooga moves to 3-2(2-0) and will be on the road to visit the Eagles of Coosa next week. While Gordon Central falls to 0-6(0-2) and will be on the Road in Lindale next week to face off against the Pepperell Dragons.
-Chattooga Senior Runningback #25 Lashaun Lester went over the 4,000 Yard mark in this game with his 20 Carries for 183 Yards. He currently stands at 4,072 yards rushing in high school.
