Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Vikings conquer ’Cats Lowndes relies on defense, big plays to claim Winnersville title By Christian MaloneFor the first time all season, Lowndes went to its Tebow formation, a variation of the single wing. Reid took the direct snap from the shotgun, found a hole and ran it down to the 1-foot line on second down. On the next play, from Lowndes’ standard goal line split-back formation, Gerald Demps dove across the goal line to give the Vikings a 14-7 lead.
Neither team knew it then, but that would be the final score of the game. Late in the half, Reid raced 40 yards, down to the Valdosta 11. On the play, Valdosta’s Johnathan Mitchell crashed into the wheel base on one of the Georgia Bridgemen’s props along the Lowndes sideline, and was injured. Mitchell was taken away to South Georgia Medical Center in an ambulance as a precaution. After Mitchell’s injury, Valdosta’s defense drove the Vikings back. On third down, Franklin was hit and fumbled. Lowndes recovered, but Willis missed a 39-yard field goal. “I thought we should have had some more points in the first half,” McPherson said. “But overall, my hats off to our players and coaches. They did a great job.” The second half was a defensive stalemate, with neither side getting inside the opposition’s 25. At the start of the fourth quarter, Valdosta staged a 15-play drive, moving the ball from their own 34 to the Lowndes 26. But on fourth-and-12 from the 28, Rowe’s fade pass fell incomplete with 4:34 left in the game. Valdosta got the ball back one last time with 3:02 remaining. But on fourth-and-11, Lowndes’ Henry Harden sacked Rowe, killing the Wildcats’ final chance. Lowndes ran out the clock from there, and walked away with its fifth consecutive Winnersville Classic victory. Lowndes now stands alone at the top of the Region 1-AAAAA standings at 4-0, after Coffee’s 17-14 loss to Northside. 
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