Ok, I am behind on last weekend's post and I promise I will get pictures out maybe tomorrow from our trip to Auburn, but for now, I have to write about our Grayson Rams. These guys got it done last night with a 31-7 victory over Collins Hill. It was a nasty night with a heavy fog and misty, but we played the game with all we had. We will be hosting East Paulding next weekend at home with the hopes of another win to go another round closer to our goal! As Coach Conn puts it, we are in our 4th quarter of the season and we have 1 game down. We are hoping for 4 more weeks of football in Grayson! Way to go RAMS! We love you guys!
Here is the post from the Gwinnett Post and I was completely shocked that we did not have the crowd last night, but then forgot it was on cable (CSS) which caused some people to stay home out of the weather. Hopefully next week we can bring the crowd! Come support our RAMS next week at home!
Grayson 31, Collins Hill 7By David FriedlanderStaff WriterLOGANVILLE -
Sometimes football is not a very complicated game. The team that blocks, tackles and generally executes more positive plays than its opponents wins.Friday night's first-round Class AAAAA state playoff game against Collins Hill was just that simple for Grayson.The No. 5 state-ranked Rams did the fundamental things better - especially in a second half in which they outgained the visiting Eagles 224-78 en route to a 31-7 victory at a foggy Britt-Moody Field.Ean Pemberton ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, part of a dominating Grayson (11-0) ground game that rolled up 331 of the team's 395 total yards as the Rams advanced to play host to East Paulding in the second round next week.
Equally as dominating was Grayson's defense, which knocked out Collins Hill (8-3) starting quarterback Michael Box and stiffened against the Eagles offense when it had to, completing a team effort that pleased coach Mickey Conn."Good teams make good plays," Conn said of his Rams. "We played a very physical football game, and a good football team. ... But we got momentum and ran with it."A key change in momentum came just after halftime with Grayson only leading 14-7.With Box on the bench dealing with concussion-like symptoms after facing a furious pass rush in the first half, reserve Taylor Heinicke hooked up with Gary Tiller on a 40-yard pass, which - with 15 yards tacked on following a penalty - moved Collins Hill to the Rams' 25-yard line.But Grayson's defense forced four straight incomplete passes by putting more pressure on Heinicke, and the Rams took over on downs with their lead intact."Our main focus was to put pressure on the quarterback," Grayson linebacker Jonathan Langston said. "We went into halftime and our coaches put an emphasis on putting pressure on the quarterback. And we got it done."Grayson's offense then got it done, driving as deep as the Collins Hill 8 before a holding penalty forced the Rams to settle for a 28-yard field goal from Austin Clark, pushing their lead to 17-7 with 4:51 left in the third quarter.The Grayson running game then helped put the game away as the Rams ran for 214 yards after halftime, including touchdown runs by Pemberton and Stewart Shaw in the fourth quarter to help put the game away.As opportunistic as Grayson was, Collins Hill let a few chances slip away, especially late in the first half after the Eagles countered Tyler Horne's 50-yard touchdown pass to Nick Benzor with Destry Berry's diving 27-yard catch off a tipped ball in the end zone, which pulled the Eagles even at 7-7 with 3:44 left in the first half.It took just 1:33 for Grayson to answer after a 37-yard kickoff return by Kori Gaines set the Rams up at the Collins Hill 43.Five plays later, Pemberton was in the end zone with a 7-yard scoring run with 2:11 left in the half, allowing Grayson to take a 14-7 lead into intermission."That kickoff return was a big play," Collins Hill coach Billy Wells said. "We had a couple of opportunities late in the first half and early in the second half (that) we didn't jump on. And (Grayson) made the most of their opportunities."
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