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Eagles even up with Southside shutoutBy Barry Merrill 29 August 2007 — Even in a very lopsided shutout, first year Rosewood Head Coach Bobby Britt found growing reasons for optimism about his offense and defense last week. Even in a scoreless first quarter Friday night, he saw his team gaining confidence in his system and believed that what they were doing would pay off. By the final gun, his team had convinced Southside with a 32-0 win. The win evened Rosewood’s mark at 1-1 in the early season.
A failed fourth down conversion and a fumble frustrated the Sean Cornman quarterbacked offense that was able to move the ball in the first quarter Friday. Senior Holt Rains really put some life in the offense when he sacked the Southside quarterback, forced a fumble, and recovered the loose ball. That set up the Eagles deep in Hawk territory. Junior Eric Martel converted the turnover into the first Rosewood points of the year, scoring from nine yards out to put Rosewood up, 6-0. After the Eagle defense forced another Seahawk three-and-out, Cornman marched the Eagles down for another scoring drive, covering the last two of 34 yards on his own. Midway through the third quarter, Rosewood mounted another drive, but Cornman got loose on a run from 19 yards out to end it quickly to score on the long run. About a minute later, the Southside quarterback put up a mistake, and Cody Richards made the Seahawks pay, returning an interception for the fourth Rosewood touchdown from 25 yards out. Josh Holmes scored a fifth touchdown in the fourth quarter, a one yarder. Sunday Coach Britt praised his team’s hard work on the practice field after the loss, saying it paid off when they took the field Friday. On offense, Cornman was able to get out on the perimeter and make the reads he needed to make, either handing off or keeping the ball. He ended the night keeping the ball for 120 yards on 16 carries. Martel looked good, as the coach put it, when he got his numbers squared up. “He’s good going north and south, a good hard runner.” He had 60 yards in eight carries. The Eagles were back in the spread offense Friday, primarily running, but Cornman threw enough to keep the defense from loading up against the run. He completed six of ten attempts for 67 yards with no interceptions. One of the completions went for over 30 yards. Coach Britt was also praising his offensive line: left tackle Joseph Person, left guard Johnny Artis, center Steven Bostic, right guard Jordan Owens and right tackle Trevor Morris. Also seeing plenty of playing time were Steven Ash and Tyler Muntz. The defense limited Southside to just 62 yards of total offense on the night.
Sophomore Scott Pate had a lot to do with that, filling a lot of holes and making big tackles when he had the chance. Coach Britt cited a big 2nd and two play when he caught the running back behind the line. In addition to Rains’ big fumble recovery, Coach Britt said he did a great job jamming the tight end. Senior Robert Franks did a good job at linebacker reading keys and filling holes. The Eagles are on the road Friday, at Hobbton. The Wildcats are coming off a 46-7 thrashing of Spring Creek Friday night and are 2-0 on the season. Coach Britt says the Wildcat offense runs out of the Wing T, and they will shift some to the I formation. They are also predominantly a running team, but will run some play action off the run. On defense, the Wildcats run a 3-3 stack, putting three inside linebackers behind three down linemen. The Hobbton nose guard is the best defensive lineman his team has seen so far this year, and the coach says he can cause them trouble all night. “They are an athletic team and well-coached,” Coach Britt says of Hobbton.
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