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The South Reporter - Thursday, November 22, 2012 - Section 2 - Page 2Photo by Barry BurlesonThe Marshall Academy Patriots happily show off their North State championship trophy after a 23-21 win Friday night in Batesville.MAContinued from page 1for the home team, includinga 2-yard touchdown plungeearly in the second quarter.Dean’s kick made it 14-0.Later in the first half,Antonio Love’s sack of Pirtleleft North Delta with a thirdand 22 from its own 11. Pirtlelaunched a bomb for AustinHagstrom, who made thecatch and finished the 89-yardscoring play. Dean’s kick putthe home team up by 21.“Even at that point, I feltthat we were playing so muchmore physically than them,”Coach Jenkins said. “I wasstill very, very confident. Wewere extremely physical.”A never-say-die Marshallsquad answered with a longpass of its own. Dakota Daileyand Aaron McAlexander connectedfor a 65-yard touchdownat the 3:19 mark of thesecond quarter. The extrapointkick was no good.The 21-6 score held untilhalftime.“I knew if we could get itgoing on offense, we weregoing to take over, and we didthat in the second half,”Jenkins said.The big spark came with1:29 to go in the third. That’swhen Dailey threw toMcAlexander on a crossingpattern. The senior receiveravoided a would-be tacklerand dashed along the sidelinefor a 39-yard score. Daileycashed in the two-point conversion.MA trailed 21-14.To start the fourth quarter,North Delta went for a first onfourth and five from midfield.A pass was incomplete.The fired-up Pats struckone play later. DevinMcGreger found runningroom in the middle and thenoutraced some North Deltaplayers for a 50-yard touchdown.The extra-point kickwas no good. Marshall hadcut it to 21-20.The Green Waves got apair of first downs, then a costlyunsportsmanlike penalty,and faced a fourth and 10 atthe MA 34. They went for thefirst and again, a pass tryfailed.On first down, McGregerexploded for 16 yards to the50. Then on a third and 11,Dailey was almost sacked, butsomehow escaped and pickedup 22 yards to the NorthDelta 29. Zack Pritchettearned the next first, gainingnine yards to the 11.The Patriot running gamepushed it to the 7 but faced afourth and six with 18 secondsleft.That’s when Jenkins calledon Billions, who made thecoach’s dream come true.“I’m so proud to be aMarshall Patriot,” Jenkinsshouted to his team and MAfans after the game.The Marshall defenseturned in a stellar effort, corrallingNorth Delta’s Pirtlemost of the night and hittinghim for losses several times.Leading a tough defense wasVon Watson with 12 tackles.Matt Rappa had 10, Pritchettnine and Antonio Love eight.“When we get the tremendousproduction out of ourfront seven (on defense) likewe did tonight, we’re hard tobeat,” Jenkins said.Pats to face Cougars for titleMarshall Academyhopes the third time is acharm.The Patriots are going tothe state football championshipgame for just thethird time in school history,still seeking their first-everstate title in the sport.“Since we’re going, let’sgo ahead and win it,” coachBart Jenkins said as he concludedhis emotional postgametalk to his Patriotsafter last Friday’s win overNorth Delta.The Patriots, 11-2 andClass AA North State champions,will face BrookhavenAcademy, 10-4 and SouthState champs, this Friday at5:30 p.m. on the campus ofMillsaps College in Jackson.Offensively, McGreger ran17 times for 121 yards. Daileywas seven of 18 passing for144. McAlexander caught sixMA’s previous trips tothe title game came in 2007(a loss to Centreville) and in1988 (a loss to WilkinsonChristian).The Patriots have beatenCanton, Indianola andNorth Delta in the playoffs,while the Cougars havedowned Columbia, Lamarand Simpson.Brookhaven is led by thepassing and running of seniorquarterback GagePosey, who has plenty of talentsurrounding him,including receiver SethRushing.The Cougars will beseeking their second statecrown in four years. Theywon the Class AA championshipin 2009.Marshall’s Antonio Love (on ground) and Dakota Dailey tackleAustin Hagstrom (22) of North Delta for a loss.for 135.The Patriots improved to11-2. North Delta ended itsseason with a 10-3 mark.BYERSContinued from page 1early second and started totake better care of the ball.They were making moves toshorten the deficit but Byerspoured on another scoringspurt and left the floor 36-17at intermission. Martin andMadison McCreless put on aclinic of sorts in the secondhalf. McCreless was theclean-up girl around the offensivebasket. She was claimingrebounds and making stickbacks.Martin was still knockingthem in from long distanceand aiding in therebounding and fast breaks.The third ended with a scoreof 56-31.In the final frame, the LadyLions didn’t let up. The subskept up the scoring and fastpace. Martin hit 25 points forthe game. McCreless endedup with 20. Crutcher put in10.The final tally was 78-36.Alontra Tucker’s 11 ledAshland.Lions fall by oneIn the nightcap at Ashland,the Lions were 2-0 and theDevils were 1-1. The tip wentto Ashland and so did the firstdeuce, a short jumper byDarius Tipler. It was prettymuch a tradeoff on pointsuntil Byers got three ballsfrom Chris Echols and A.J.Mabon. The Devils went on ascoring binge to run out thequarter, leading by six at onepoint and ending at 19-14.They stretched that lead to10 in the first minutes of thesecond frame (24-14),through hustle and accurateshooting. Both squads wereputting on an athletic display.They were taking it to thehoops in turn. Byers was winningthe long-ball war. TheLions had all but erased thedeficit at the half, 36-35.They tied it and then tooka one-point lead at the charitystripe in the first two minutesof the third. But the Devils’forks were still hot and theymoved to another six-pointlead 52-46. The Lions cut intothe difference again just secondsbefore the third expired,52-50.The fourth was a virtualslugfest. The war waged backand forth throughout thefourth with neither team gaininga decisive advantage. Thetwo-point margin separatedthe teams the entire period.There were 12.9 secondsremaining and the Devilsleading by two. The Lions hadtwo players foul out but theyhad a trio of opportunities atthe free-throw line. Theymade one of six. The Devilsescaped with the 67-66 victory.Mabon led the Lions with22, followed by Echols with18.Garius Scruggs led theDevils and the floor with 24,followed by Damion Williamswith 13 and Lorenzo Evanswith 10.Byers’ next foe was HollySprings Friday night.Byhalia High School2012-13 Basketball ScheduleNov. 20 Potts Camp Away 5:00Nov. 23-24 Thanksgiving Tour. Home 4:00Nov. 30 H.W. Byers Away 6:00Dec. 4 Independence Away 5:00Dec. 7 Olive Branch Home 5:00Dec. 11 H.W. Byers Home 6:00Dec. 14 North Panola Home 6:00Dec. 18 Potts Camp Home 5:00Dec. 27-28 O-Town Showdown (B)Away TBAJan. 4 Hernando Away 5:00Jan. 8 Charleston Away 6:00Jan. 11 Independence Home 5:00Jan. 15 M.S. 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