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Game 3 Recap
Albany Indians at Kendrick Cherokees
The Indians rallied from a 15 point deficit to defeat the Cherokees 28-23. This win marked the 1st victory for new Albany High coach Reginald Mitchell. The win also snapped a 22 game losing streak. The Indians fell behind early after a pair of touchdowns by the cherokees on a dive option play. However, right before halftime the Indians received a boost with a 64 yard touchdown pass by quarterback Barry Diamond to Jarvis Hicks. The halftime score was 15-7. In the second half, the Cherokees would score one more time as the Indians defense stiffened up when they needed to. Also, the Indians offense was sparked by quarterback, Barry Diamond scoring on a 1 yard quarterback sneak, A touchdown pass to Kenny Jordan, and a 84 yard touchdown run by Dontavious Brown to seal the win for the Indians. The Indians will be open this week, but will travel to Cook County the following week for their first region contest.
Game 2 Recap
(Albany Indians vs. Southwest Macon Patriots)
The final score does not indicate how the game was played. The game was an all out war until late in the 4th quarter. Late in the 4th quarter, the Indians simply made too many mistakes to keep the ball game close. The Patriots scored first on a 15 yard lead play in the 1st quarter and scored a second touchdown right before half. With the score being 14-0 at half, the Indians came out fired up in the 3rd quarter and scored on their 1st offensive series making the score 14-7. However, on the ensuing kickoff, the Patriots return man ran the ball all the way down to the Indians 20 yard line. The Indians would drive the ball in the 3rd quarter but failed short of the end zone, and the Patriots would increase their league to a final score of 42-7. The last two touchdowns were scored by the JV patriots.
Game 1 Recap (Albany vs. Miller Co.)
A much improved Indians football team lost a close game to a very talented Miller Co. football team. The Pirates are picked to go deep in the playoffs, if not win a state championship this year. The game was 7-0 at the half with the Pirates scoring a touchdown pass on a blown coverage by the Indians. However, the Indians defense played stiff all night stopping the Pirates 5 times in the read zone and twice on the 1 yard line. The Pirates other score came late in the 3rd quarter on a 20 yard toss play, but the Indians shut out the Pirates in the 4th quarter. The Indians offense showed glimpses of promise throughout the game, but they couldn't put a scoring drive together to make into the end zone. Some of the key players for the Indians in game 1 were: Jerome Carter, Kenny Jordan, Rashard Hunt, Lorenzo Hampton, and Kmt Terry.
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