Mon, Nov 23 2009
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Lowndes claims state title, 34-6 Vikings win third championship in four years By Chris WalshOn the next play, Reid took the hand-off, started left, reversed field, found an opening, and raced 91 yards for the touchdown.
The Bulldogs got the first of their two extra-point blocks, but Lowndes led, 6-0. On the Vikings’ next drive, it would be Perry’s turn to score. Perry capped off a 7-play, 72-yard drive by bursting up the middle for a 3-yard touchdown. Reid ran in the two-point conversion, and Lowndes held a 14-0 lead with 6:07 left in the first. Lowndes’ third score of the night again came on the feet of Perry. This time, Perry capped off a 6-play, 80-yard drive with a 22-yard run for the score. Perry had 57 yards rushing on the drive, and with 3:44 left to play in the first half, the Vikings were running away with the game, 20-0. North Gwinnett struck back with their lone score of the night just one minute later. Quarterback Michael Tamburo took the snap and ran it in from 10 yards out for the touchdown. The play was set up by a 54-yard pass from Tamburo to Tyler Jarry. Reid blocked the extra point, and Lowndes headed into halftime leading 20-6. The Bulldogs had a chance earlier in the half, but missed a 25-yard field goal. Just two and a half minutes into the half, Reid would score his second touchdown of the night. Reid had ended the previous North Gwinnett drive with an interception on the Bulldogs’ 41-yard line. Five plays after his interception, he took the snap out of the Tebow formation, and burst up the middle for a 15-yard touchdown. His two-point run failed, but the Vikings were pulling away, 26-6. On the Bulldogs’ following drive, the Vikings added two points to their score. Sophomore defensive end Michael Copeland sacked Tamburo two times in a row on North’s following possession. Both sacks went for a loss of 11-yards, and the second one came in the North Gwinnett end zone, after a bad snap, for a safety. With 8:17 left in the third quarter, the Vikings were up, 28-6. The Vikings’ defense wasn’t done scoring, though. Two Bulldogs possessions following the safety, Williams intercepted a tipped pass, and ran 64 yards behind a crimson wall of blockers for the touchdown. “If it wasn’t for my teammates on that run, I wouldn’t have scored. They set up great blocks,” said Williams. The two-point try failed, but the game was still as good as over. The game ended with the Vikings on top, 34-6. 
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