Oct. 13, 2017 --- G.W. 45  Magna Vista 0


The defense is BACK!


The annual showdown for the Piedmont District Championship turned into a coming out party for the GW Eagles' defense.  After taking their lumps in the first few weeks, the Eagles got their defensive captain back from injury and played easily their best game of the year.  They absolutely throttled the Magna Vista Warriors, holding the defending district champs to a paltry 2 yards rushing and 65 yards overall, posting their first shutout of the year.  It was a no-doubter...a 45-0 thrashing!

As the Eagles defense was preventing Magna Vista from moving the ball, GW's offense took a little time to get untracked.  They used a familiar pitch-and-catch combo to open the scoring in the first quarter.

In the second, backup placekicker Weber Harris calmly came in and booted a short field goal to stretch the lead to 10-0.  Then, fittingly, the defense would put points on the board.  Kenarius Waller took a fumble into the end zone to give the Eagles a 17-0 halftime lead.

In the second half, the Eagle defense remained "offensive."  Exciting Sophomore Shawn Watlington picked off a pass and embarked on a miraculous 88-yard return to essentially ice the game.  The Eagles offense hit it's stride in the fourth quarter, scoring three straight touchdowns to round out a convincing win!

TEAM STATS

  G.W. OPP.
First Downs 8 11
Rushes-Yds 33-214 31-2
Pass YDs 129 63
C-A-I 7-12-1 9-19-2
Total Yards 343 65

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att. Yds. Avg. TDs.
Graves 20 141 7.1 2
Cs. Poole 9 45 5.0 0
Harris 4 28 7.0 1
PASSING ATT. Comp. Yds TDs. Int.
Cs. Poole 12 7 129 1 1
RECEIVING NO. YDS. Avg. TDs.
Watlington 3 103 34.3 1
Harris 3 22 7.3 0
Graves 1 4 4.0 0
KICKING XPM-XPA FGM-FGA Pts.
Harris 6-6 1-1 9
INT. No.   SACKS No.
Ephraim 1 Crl. Poole 1
Watlington 1 Williams 1
SCORING Rushing Receiving Return XP FG Sf. Points
Harris 1 0 0 6 1 0 15
Graves 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Watlington 0 1 0 1 0 0 12
K. Waller 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

First Quarter

GW — Watlington 52 pass from Cs. Poole (Harris kick) 6:21

Second Quarter

GW — Harris 23 FG 11:15

GW --- Waller 25 fumble return (Harris kick) 5:23

Third Quarter

GW — Watlington 88 interception return (Harris kick) 2:28

Fourth Quarter

GW — Graves 5 run (Harris kick) 10:58

GW --- Graves 23 run (Harris kick) 7:03

GW --- Harris 5 run (Harris kick) 0:31


Return to main page