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Kajerrius Shamburger transformed a fourth-and-goal rating within the fourth quarter to offer Class 3A No. 10-ranked Thomasville a 12-7 win over Cottage Hill tonight at Charles V. Lang Stadium in Cellular.
Shambuger’s second landing of the season, a double-reverse TD run, gave the Tigers a 12-0 lead with 11:51 within the fourth quarter. “Quarterback Beau Bryant really stepped up on the outside giving me a block, securing the edge for the score,” Shamburger mentioned.
The landing was arrange by a blocked punt with 2:03 remaining within the third quarter, giving the Tigers offense first and aim on the 6-yard line.
Cottage Hill’s lone rating got here with two minutes remaining within the recreation, with Tenereo Rower finishing a 5-yard landing cross to Lecedric Craig to cap a 13-play, 85-yard drive. Thomasville (4-0, 3-0 Area 1) recovered the onside kick to safe the victory.
“Tonight, I felt like we showed a lot of heart. As a team we are undersized, but we have to find it within to be successful,” Tigers first-year coach Clint Anderson mentioned.
Thomasville ran for176 yards on the utilizing 9 ball carriers.
Offensively, the Cottage Hill (2-3, 1-2) struggled to maneuver the ball, solely totaling 9 yards within the first half, however producing massive performs on their fourth-quarter landing drive. “Our guys played hard tonight, and we had our opportunities, but we just didn’t capitalize,” Warriors coach Bobby Parrish mentioned.
Star of the sport: Thomasville’s Decorian Cowan ran for a team-high 63 yards on 17 carries. He scored on a 1-yard landing run on the Tigers’ opening possession of the sport.
Play of the sport: The onside restoration by defensive lineman Trevontae Dumas was scooped up after going by way of a number of Tiger gamers. Dumas rumbled 30 yards contained in the Warrior 20 to seal the victory.
Stat sheet: Thomasville’s Kameron Wright rushed for 31 yards. Justin Mccreary added 32 yards for the Tigers. Rowser handed for 84 yards. Lecedric Craig rushed for 51 yards for Cottage Hill.
By the numbers: 1 – This was the primary assembly between the 2 colleges, that are separated by 103 miles; 672 – All-time victories for Thomasville; 25 – factors allowed by way of for 4 video games by Thomasville.
Coachspeak: “It’s something we’ve had in the playbook, but tonight was the first time we ran it. Fortunately, it worked out well for us.” — Anderson describing the double-reverse landing.
They mentioned it … : “We are not the biggest team out there; we have to beat them with our physical play and speed, especially on defense. We definitely were looking for the shutout.” — Thomasville linebacker Justin Mccreary.
What’s subsequent? Thomasville will host rival Jackson in a non-region matchup subsequent Friday. Cottage Hill is off subsequent, then will play at W.S. Neal on Sept. 30.
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