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9-29-10 — The Wayne County Middle School Cardinals traveled to Big South Fork
conference for Southern, last Thursday night for 7th and 8th grade
games. The Cards 8th grade unit was looking for a win to force a 3-
way tie for the top spot in the conference, while the 7th grade
needed to win to claim a spot in the title game with Pulaski Northern.
Southern dominated both sides of the ball and cruised to a 30-0
shutout win, in the 7th grade match up. "Southern has a tremendous
7th grade team, but we didn't play like a team that wanted to advance
to the championship playoff. We just didn't run, block or tackle very
well," said Wayne Middle coach Shannon Huthinson.
The 8th grade was also a lopsided contest, as the hosts built a 35-6
halftime advantage, en route to a 50-12 win. Southern, 11-1 on the
season, scored all seven times they had the ball and locked-up the
number one seed in playoffs.
Quarterback Logan Gardner scored both touchdowns for the Cards on
runs of 85 and 22 yards, while finishing with 145 yards on 11
attempts. Wayne County was plagued by a season high 3 turnovers and
finished with just 165 yards of offense.
Linebacker Calvin Godsey totaled 4 tackles, as the defense struggled
throughout the night.
Wayne County, now 5-4 on the season, travels to Pulaski Northern on
Tuesday night in an opening round match up in the Big South Fork
Conference.
"We just have to go back to work on the fundamentals. We'll work on
blocking and tackling and get back after it," said Hutchinson.