Collinsville at Gaylesville

Collinsville 6-1

at

Gaylesville 3-4

Friday 7 pm

Series Record: 33-8

Last Season: Collinsville won 28-7

http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/opponents.asp?Opponent=Gaylesville &Team=Collinsville



Injuries: Michael Glenn (shoulder) out for the season, Cody Baine (ankle) day to day.



Notes: Due to the region redrawing, Collinsville will travel to Gaylesville for the second consecutive season...Collinsville has outscored opponents 237-142 and is averaging 33.8 points per game...Collinsville entered last week's game ranked 10th...Last week's performance put CJ over the 1,000 yard mark passing...Collinsville won last week's game with Daniel Bradford at half speed. Due to an ankle injury, Daniel didn't play defense and didn't finish the fourth quarter...Collinsville assistant Bobby Beckett was head coach at Gaylesville in 1992-1993. He led the Trojans to a 12-8 record. Head Coach Alan Beckett was head baseball coach at Gaylesville from 1994-1995. The team made two trips to the playoffs including a trip to the quarterfinals. The deepest Gaylesville has ever gone in the baseball playoffs...The football team, volleyball team and cheerleaders were honored at the Collinsville First Methodist Church over the weekend...Last weekends homecoming crowd was one of the largest in recent years for the Panthers. Both stands, fences and the hill were virtually full.





Quoting Coach Beckett:

On the Spring Garden game

"To me, that was one of the most exciting games since I have been Collinsville. The game featured lots of offense and lots of big plays."

On composure

"I was proud that our players stayed self-disciplined. There were times we could have panicked. There were times that the game got testy and we could have lost our head. We handled adversity well."

On the last drive

"It started with a good kickoff return to 40+ yardline. We thought they might back off. So the first play we hit them with a screen underneath and got a first down. The next play they showed full man and we were able to get behind them. Justin was wide open and CJ did a good job of laying it up to him. We had a penalty back us up to the six-yard-line. We sent Edgar in motion and he made a big catch."



On Gaylesville

"Coach Clowdis, Coach Garmen and Coach Glenn Honeycutt do a great job. Coach Honeycutt joined there staff this year after retiring in Georgia. He brings a lot to the table. He has head coached Pepperill to state championships, played on the Georgia 1980 National Championship and will be in the Georgia High School Hall of Fame."



"Quarterback Cole Murphy and tailback John David Jennings are really good. Just like Spring Garden, Gaylesville pulls no punches, they come right at you with the running game. So it will be a challenge for us to stop the run."