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 It's time for the 93.9 The Score High School Coach's Breakfast. The Coach's Breakfast on 93.9 The Score is brought to you by Lost Pizza, John C. Saylor Attorney at Law, The Courier Journal, Miller's Place, North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, Southern Pride Pest Control and Bank Independent. Now live from the North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, here's your host, Kevin Johnson.

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 Welcome to October. Glad that you're here with us this morning on this rainy, maybe misty, I should say, Saturday morning in the Shulls area. Be careful traveling around. There's a lot of things going on, that's for sure, if you're in North Alabama, but hope you're with us today as you get your day off to a good start and a great tradition.

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 And it is the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score from the beautiful North Alabama Bone and Joint Clinic, and we appreciate them being our host each and every Saturday morning. Glad that you're with us as well. It is going to be a car wash edition.

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 That means we're going to run their coaches through and get them in and get them out because Alabama football is around the corner. The Crimson Tide and Mississippi State kickoff at 11 and we'll send you to the pregame around 9 a.m. this morning.

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 So we'll get these coaches in and out as soon as we can. So it'll be a fast edition. Hurry up offense, as we say in high school football. We're looking forward to that.

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 But first, let's talk about what KJ saw last night and Thursday night in high school football and just give you a rundown as I think about some things I saw from high school football. First of all, Appalachians High School.

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 Montana, Alabama, small school. The Eagles. They have a young man by the name of Sam Stidham, a junior, who put his name in the record books in the state of Alabama.

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 He had not one, not two, but three pick sixes. That's right. Three interceptions for touchdowns.

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 And it was in the 37-14 win over Galesville. His three interceptions were the key. So congratulations to Sam Stidham.

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 A literally record-setting night with three pick sixes. How about locally? You got to give him a lot of credit.

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 Taurus Davis of Russellville. Five touchdowns. 259 yards in Russellville's 43-35 win over Muscle Shoals and a powerhouse that's going at it Thursday night.

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 Taurus Davis drew the eyes of a lot of college coaches, I guarantee you, after that one.

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 He was outstanding the other night. Has been all season, but especially against one of the best defenses in North Alabama.

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 So congratulations to him. He was spectacular in the fourth quarter, especially.

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 Madison Academy, Thursday night, beat Randolph. Randolph actually kicked a field goal to tie it to go in overtime.

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 Madison Academy scored, kicked the extra point. Randolph then scored and went for two.

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 And Madison Academy knocked the pass down in the back of the end zone, right in front of the goal post.

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 And that's how that worked for them to win that game of the night.

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 Friday night's games, there were a lot of close games.

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 A great comeback by Carver County over Lexington late. That was huge.

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 Red Bay and Hackleburg had an amazing game, and Hackleburg got the win last night.

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 Just some tremendous high school games throughout North Alabama, Friday night as well.

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 And some amazing things would come out from high school football of happenings from north to south.

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 I guarantee you that. But I think it was a little bit of separation weekend.

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 I think you saw that in the region play.

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 Some games were played, and you start to see a little more separation between the top and the bottom.

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 And we're starting to see who's jockeying for those four positions in each region to get into playoff football.

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 And it's right around the corner.

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 So great night of high school football, but you can tell the big boys are jockeying to see who can get their name into the playoff books.

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 That is for sure.

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 And it's going to be fun going down the stretch here.

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 Let's look at some scores from games played this weekend.

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 And the game heard right here on 93-9.

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 The score, Florence knocked off Athens at Brawley Stadium last night, 40-21.

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 Amazing game, four touchdowns from DeCarson Johnson.

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 The Falcons go to 6-0.

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 And next week we'll host East Limestone on Thursday night at Brawley Stadium.

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 A game you'll hear right here on 93-9.

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 The score, Decatur Heritage beat Shoals Christian 28-7.

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 Jasper over Coleman 31-6.

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 As I said, Madison Academy beat Randolph 31-30.

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 Other scores of interest from around our area.

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 West Point follows the Rooks 47-21.

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 Russellville, as I said, knocked off Muscle Shoals 43-35.

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 Addison shuts out Belgrin 59-0.

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 Lawrence County in a back-and-forth game with Ardmore wins it 32-26.

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 Boaz big over Columbia 61-27.

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 Cherokee big win over Phillips 62-15.

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 Central goes on the road and gets the victory.

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 Over Clements 49-15.

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 Carbett County and Lexington had a Downeybrook last night.

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 But Carbett County comes away with a win 32-29 with a late score there.

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 Wilson over Carbett Heights 62-12.

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 Had a great season out at Wilson.

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 Hartzell shuts out Decatur 38-0.

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 Hatton over East Lawrence by a score of 20-14.

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 Lauderdale County shuts out Elkmont 56-0.

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 Other scores, Hatton Falls to Fayette County 40-0.

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 It was Gadsden City over Grissom 44-21.

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 Hackleberg in that big game in Red Bay, they played a great one last night.

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 Great crowd there, too.

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 And Hackleberg wins it 31-22.

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 Huntsville gets by the Hazel Green 56-28.

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 Buckhorn falls to James Clemens 38-28.

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 Douglas all over Lee of Huntsville 52-24.

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 Westbrook Christian shuts out Lindsey Lane 55-0.

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 Madison County over DAR 21-0.

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 It was May Jemison knocking off Alperville last night 21-9.

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 Other scores, Marcelle in overtime takes down Whitesburg Christian in a great game 21-14.

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 Waterloo falls to Meek 46-0.

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 Hamilton all over Priceville last night by a score of 45-7.

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 And just check to see a few more.

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 Sheffield falls to Tanner 31-13.

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 Spartan get the big win over Bob Jones 35-17 last night.

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 Rodgers slips by West Limestone 20-17.

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 Deschler went over to West Morgan and they rocked the South winning it 35-21.

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 Winfield over Danville 48-6.

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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast, 93-9 the score.

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 Get that cup of coffee going.

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 Get that breakfast going.

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 Get ready for Alabama football in about three hours against Mississippi State.

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 That one's going to be interesting.

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 I do believe Alabama wins it, but that will be a fun game to watch

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 and should be a great one to get the day started in college football.

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 Joined now by assistant coach of the Dashler Tigers,

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 Coach Corey Flanagan, whose team last night goes on the road to West Morgan,

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 a place that is as difficult to win.

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 Matter of fact, West Morgan had the longest region streak of any team in the state of Alabama,

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 but not anymore.

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 The Dashler Tigers knocked them off last night, 35-21.

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 Coach, congratulations on a huge win.

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 Appreciate it.

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 Really, really excited for our players.

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 Our fans were unbelievable.

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 Our band, cheerleaders, you look up there, the student sections, four rows deep.

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 It was an unbelievable environment for Dashler.

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 You know, I was going to ask, was it louder there or just about a mile away at Rock the South?

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 Could you hear each other maybe?

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 You know, we had no problems getting in there.

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 Okay, we were worried about that, yeah.

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 No traffic.

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 Everything was smooth.

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 We certainly couldn't hear it.

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 I mean, it was loud.

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 It felt like a home game with our fans.

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 Well, they were loud.

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 The Tigers go to 5-1 on the season, 4-0 in region play, and you used a big second quarter there.

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 You took control of it with a 14-point squirt there, and you just got things going, and that was big.

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 Talk about that second quarter and what really happened.

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 You know, it was our defense played so well all night.

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 You know, West Morgan came into the game averaging over 300 on the ground.

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 I think we held them to less than 200, but that swing in the second quarter, we got things going offensively

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 and really felt like our guys were locked in, and any time you can swing it in a big game like that.

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 We had a pick six also by Tristan Welch.

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 Unbelievable play that swung things as well.

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 Okay, so Tristan Welch had the pick six last night, so it might have been misreported by some news media there,

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 but Tristan Welch, so I'm glad we got that for him.

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 It makes such a difference, doesn't it?

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 Unbelievable.

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 Unbelievable, and it, you know, feeds into offense, feeds into everybody.

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 It swings things.

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 Now, what do you coach?

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 Coach Flanagan, Corey Flanagan, the assistant coach at Deshler High School.

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 What is your position to coach?

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 I coach wide receivers.

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 Wide receivers.

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 Any touchdown passes from your wide receivers last night?

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 You know, last night was we went out in pregame.

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 First group goes out at 550.

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 We thought the rain was going to hold off, and it poured for about 15, 20 minutes.

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 So it was one of those games where, you know, we ran the ball a lot,

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 and we want to do whatever it takes to win.

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 You know, our guys, we've got a bunch of unselfish guys, so we did a great job.

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 We're mostly running the ball, but, again, it doesn't matter how we do it.

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 You know, we want to do whatever we can to be successful.

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 What do you think the key was last night for your team going into the game?

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 I think it's always about us.

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 You know, the standard that's been set at Deshler.

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 It's a proud program, a proud place.

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 You know, you look back, coaches like Coach Gerald's, Coach Mothershed,

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 and I know Coach Malone talks about that with our guys all the time and does a great job.

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 I think it's just the expectation, the expectation to win, and that's what Deshler's about.

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 Deshler wins it over West Morgan by two touchdowns last night.

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 I'm sure your players, you didn't have to tell them how big this game was.

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 They knew it's a region game, and it's one that West Morgan has had a few successful nights

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 I'm sure it was one of those things that you didn't have to really psych your team up last night, did you?

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 They've had a number the last few years, but, you know, hopefully we're on the right side of things.

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 And, you know, we had a bye week last week, so we're able to get healed up and be ready to go.

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 Our guys are ready to go.

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 A sedestral wins it, 35-21 at West Morgan last night.

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 You talked about your defense, but offensively you had to have some big plays.

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 Was it the running game you said?

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 Maybe where was that running, maybe scoring some touchdowns?

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 Armani Jones, C.J. Grant, our quarterback, Bryson Williams, was big on the ground,

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 made some big plays on third down when we needed to ice the game.

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 They don't get a lot of praise for it.

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 They don't, I know.

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 And then we've got, you know, two guys, our tight end and our wing back that, you know,

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 those are guys that we can put them out in space if needed, but they just do a great job.

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 They're really, really solid at their job.

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 That's Jay Marner and Karsten Lyles.

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 One of the TV stations said that one of the guys that scored a touchdown run the ball

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 I don't know if he really is or not.

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 That's actually our goal line, heavy package, so that's George Youngblood.

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 George Youngblood got a touchdown.

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 He's a safety for us.

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 Great kid, incredibly hard worker, and so, yes, sir, he got in one.

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 Well, congratulations to him, and I will say that he had the best celebration dance in the end zone.

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 It was not orchestrated.

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 It was just sort of, I mean, he was really excited to get in the end zone.

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 I was so excited by saying.

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 Yeah, he got in there, and he said, I made it.

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 So, you know, sometimes you don't touch that ball, and you get in the end zone.

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 It's pretty special.

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 That's right, that's right.

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 Destry goes to 5-1 on the season, 4-0, more importantly, in region play,

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 and so it puts you in a position where you don't have to scoreboard watch.

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 All you have to watch is your scoreboard now.

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 That's a big thing, isn't it?

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 That's right.

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 The challenge for us is, you know, after a huge emotional win, a huge region win,

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 you know, we've got to finish this thing the right way.

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 And, you know, we already talked about that last night as a coaching staff,

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 getting these guys back locked in.

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 There's still work to be done, and we've got, you know, some challenges down the road.

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 So, we've still got three region games, need to take care of business next week.

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 Go to Ardmore.

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 So, that's a long trip.

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 It's a long trip, yeah.

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 Yes, sir.

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 Make sure you stay on the right side of the state line on that.

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 That's right.

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 Yes, sir.

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 It's pretty close.

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 I think sometimes we used to kid, we said, hey, they put the visitors over in Tennessee

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 and the homes on the Alabama side.

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 It's pretty close to it.

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 As we speak with Corey Flanagan, Deschler High School.

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 His team wins at 35-21 over West Morgan.

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 Goes to Ardmore next week.

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 Coach, where I'll let you go.

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 How long have you been at Deschler coaching there?

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 So, I actually started at Deschler in 2013.

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 Yeah.

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 I was there for a stint.

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 And so, I've been back.

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 This is my third year back at Deschler High School.

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 Yep.

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 Coach football and baseball and teach U.S. history.

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 That's pretty.

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 Hey, I love that about the teaching part.

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 That's the most important thing.

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 Yes, sir.

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 Absolutely.

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 That's very good.

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 So, we appreciate you as a teacher, coach.

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 We forget that sometimes, and we do appreciate it.

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 Congratulations on the big win.

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 And best of luck next week, okay?

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 I appreciate it.

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 Appreciate what y'all do.

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 Corey Flanagan to the Deschler High School.

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 The Tigers are on a roll in a big 4-0 start in region play.

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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here this morning.

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 Kevin Johnson with you on this quick,

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 hurry-up offense edition with Alabama football looming in the wings.

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 We're going to do it from 8 to 9 this morning,

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 get all the coaches we can in,

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 and find out about their games on Friday nights,

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 and less of me and more of them.

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 That's what we want to do today.

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 Let them be heard and talked to and find out what's going on.

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 Last night, the Central Wildcats went on the road,

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 put on the white jerseys, didn't bother them none.

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 They go to Clements and win 49-15 over Clements last night,

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 and the Wildcats go to 5-1 on the season in 3-8 Region 7,

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 and more importantly, 4-0 in the region.

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 And we're joined by Head Coach Heathwood.

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 And Coach, 5-1, 4-0, victory.

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 You've got to be pretty happy this morning.

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 Yeah, definitely.

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 Another big region win for us last night.

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 You know, at the end of the day,

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 that's what it's about is trying to win these region games

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 and doing what we want to do to try to be where we want to be

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 at the end of the season.

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 I know it was hit and miss weather last night.

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 Did y'all have some rain in the game last night?

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 No, rain was on the way up there,

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 but once we got going, it never did anything.

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 Do you adjust going to games where it might be rain?

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 Do you carry extra things just because it might be a rainy night?

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 Oh, yeah.

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 I carry my rain suit, number one.

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 And then we make sure we bring plenty of tiles and garbage bags

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 and different things like that.

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 You know, we've got a lot of guys that help out,

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 keep those balls dry and stuff like that.

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 So, Coach Loveless, he does a good job handling that.

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 I've got to tell a quick story.

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 Forgive me.

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 I'm going to take a minute of your time.

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 But Bill Hyde, the great defensive coordinator at UNA for years,

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 coached at Florence for a couple of years.

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 There was about two clouds up in the sky about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

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 He said, you know what, I'm going to go get my rain jacket.

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 And we laughed at him for that.

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 We thought, you don't know what's going on.

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 In the second quarter, the heavens opened up, it poured,

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 and he was the only one who had a rain jacket.

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 So, Coach, you were well, Heath Wood,

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 to know to take the rain jacket with you and be ready for that.

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 Let's talk about your game.

330
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 How did it start out?

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 Did you get off to a good start?

332
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 Yeah, yeah.

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 I thought our players did a good job with the game plan last week

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 and going into the game.

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 Did a really good job of doing what we needed them to do.

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 When you face a team, and Clements, you know,

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 they give everything they've got, but they've had a tough season.

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 When you have your team going one way and they're going the other way,

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 is it tough to motivate your team to say, hey,

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 we're playing to a different standard?

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 We're not just playing them.

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 We're playing to who we are.

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 You know, we always try to focus on ourselves every week.

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 You know, it's kind of more about us than it is the opponent.

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 Obviously, we've got a game plan for the opponent,

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 but, you know, my opinion, it's more about us trying to grow as a team

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 and get better at what we do.

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 Well, last night, Lucas Price had a big night, 105 yards,

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 a couple of touchdowns, and Jakari Brown added a three-yard touchdown,

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 and then you had the – and threw a pass to Logan Pettis.

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 You've got a lot of guys in the offense touching the ball,

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 and that's big for you because now you're spreading the ball out a little bit.

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 Yeah, Coach Dean's been doing a great job of running that offense for us this year,

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 and those players doing a good job of executing what we're trying to do.

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 Again, you know, still trying to grow as a team

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 and get better every week at what we do.

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 So, let's talk about that for a moment.

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 Self-evaluation as coaching staff.

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 I know you have to talk to your team, but when do you all get together

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 and reevaluate the film and talk about things?

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 Do you all have Sunday afternoon meetings or anything like that?

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 Yeah, you know, the coaches, we'll start looking at that stuff today,

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 but we'll bring the players in at two and kind of review the game from last week

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 and for an hour or so and get those – and work out and get those guys out there,

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 and then we'll start game planning for the next week.

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 But that's one thing we tell the players all the time.

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 You know, you've got to be real with yourself.

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 Even if we win or whatever's going on, you know, we still made mistakes

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 and we've got to fix that stuff.

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 I love that statement.

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 You've got to be real with yourself.

372
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 That's a great coaching statement there because sometimes it's about be the best

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 that you can be, and that's what's happening right now.

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 Your team is on a roll and doing a good job.

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 You talked about Sunday afternoons.

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 It's important for these kids to stretch and run a little bit on Sunday afternoon

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 because the soreness can get you if they don't work it out, right?

378
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 Yeah, yeah.

379
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 We're going – you know, we made it too and get our workout in for that.

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 You know, we try to do that three days a week during the season

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 and get that taken care of and we'll run a little bit.

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 And, again, watch that film, try to get them out of there as quick as we can.

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 Speaking with Heathwood, the head coach of the Central Wildcats,

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 whose team is 5-1, 4-0 in region play in Class 3A, Region 7.

385
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 Coach, who do you have next week and where?

386
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 We've got the colored hats over there.

387
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 So go on the road again, put the white uniforms on

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 in the battle of the Wildcats and a take on them.

389
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 You're starting to see your team rising to the top of the region there.

390
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 You've probably got the target on your back a little bit.

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 Do you talk to your team about, hey, you've got a chance right here

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 to do something special, but the target's on your back.

393
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 Yeah, it's about this week that's coming up.

394
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 You know, you've got to look too far out in front.

395
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 You know, you've got the goal for the season, right,

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 trying to get in the playoffs and that type of stuff.

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 But we really have to take it one week at a time

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 and not get too far out in front of ourselves.

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 We were talking the other day about head coaches.

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 Sometimes it's not just coaching.

401
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 Sometimes you have to be a psychologist.

402
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 Sometimes you have to be a counselor.

403
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 Well, I may need a psychologist and a counselor myself, you know,

404
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 so I don't know, you know.

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 But sometimes you have to wear a lot of hats

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 because you have to realize you've got to know the DNA of your team

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 and you've got to understand what your team is

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 and you've got to feel for this.

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 What do you like about your team right now?

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 Just the togetherness those guys play with

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 and the unselfishness that they play with.

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 They play for each other.

413
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 It's a really – it's a good – we've got a lot of young guys

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 and some older guys sprinkled in there, but it's a lot of fun.

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 And the team's a lot of fun to go practice with every day

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 and go play with for sure.

417
00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:15,020
 Really good last night.

418
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 Hey, you said you got to play some younger guys last night.

419
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 Yes.

420
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 Was that good to see that too?

421
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 Oh, yes.

422
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 I always like to see those younger guys get out there and play.

423
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 You know, we've got the B team schedule,

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 but that thing's kind of been off and on this year.

425
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 We haven't been able to play too many of those,

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 so those guys being able to get in that game

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 and get some experience is really big.

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 Next week on the road at Calvert Heights.

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 And, Coach, we wish you the best of luck

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 and congratulations on the great start so far.

431
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 This is a great start and right there at the top of the region

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 and a chance to really have a special season and continue on, okay?

433
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 Thank you again for having us on the cover of Central.

434
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 Very much.

435
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,360
 Central Wildcats are doing really good right now,

436
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 and Coach Heathwood has got them going the right direction.

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 Back from the coaches' breakfast here on 93-9 of the score.

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 You know, got to have a car wash edition.

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 Got to do it when you know you're going to have rain in the area.

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 So, a lot of rain coming.

467
00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,340
 So, run these coaches through, get them in quick,

468
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,300
 and make sure they get back to what they need to do on Saturday as well.

469
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,560
 We're getting ready for Alabama football just around the corner.

470
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,960
 You'll hear the pregame starting around 9 o'clock and kickoff around 11 here on 93-9.

471
00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:31,460
 The score.

472
00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:34,220
 Well, maybe the marquee game played in North Alabama,

473
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:38,860
 and maybe the state of Alabama was played on Thursday night in Russellville High School.

474
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,060
 That's Muscle Shoals and Russellville Tangled,

475
00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:45,540
 and, man, was it one of the best high school games I've seen in a long time.

476
00:22:45,660 --> 00:22:47,960
 Back and forth, two heavyweights, a slugfest,

477
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,160
 and the Russellville Golden Tigers win it 43-35 over the Trojans.

478
00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:54,940
 And Coach Daryl Higgins of the Russellville Golden Tigers with us.

479
00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:57,480
 And, Coach, I'm glad you played that game on Thursday night.

480
00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,840
 One, I got to watch it personally, for me, selfishly.

481
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,300
 Number two, I think it's going to take you about 24 extra hours to get over that one.

482
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,120
 That was a pretty good game.

483
00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:05,260
 That was a great game.

484
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,840
 I didn't sleep all night when I got home.

485
00:23:07,980 --> 00:23:10,500
 I had so much adrenaline going, so I was up all night.

486
00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:11,920
 I could understand.

487
00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:16,640
 I mean, as a fan of high school football, two teams just going at it.

488
00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:20,380
 But you got to start with your young man, Taurus Davis, that running back.

489
00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:24,160
 259 yards rushing, five touchdowns, had a career night.

490
00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:25,140
 Unbelievable.

491
00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:27,080
 He scored four touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

492
00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:29,180
 He just kept getting stronger and better.

493
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,040
 He's so well-conditioned.

494
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,080
 He's physical.

495
00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:34,780
 He's got vision, speed.

496
00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:37,420
 He's one of the best running backs in the state of Alabama.

497
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,940
 You were down with this, and he is, by the way.

498
00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:41,980
 I agree with everything you said as we speak with Daryl Higgins.

499
00:23:41,980 --> 00:23:45,820
 You were down early, 14-3 in the first half.

500
00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:47,860
 Muscle Shoals was driving to score.

501
00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:51,460
 You pick off a pass in the end zone with about a minute and a half, two minutes to go.

502
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:52,980
 Talk about that defensive play.

503
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,640
 Rich Stockton, our corner, he'd already gave up one early,

504
00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:58,320
 and they was trying to get back at him again.

505
00:23:58,820 --> 00:24:05,400
 Deion Blue, the cornerback coach, John Passerell, they were over there coaching him up from the sideline.

506
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:12,380
 And he went back and made the play that really kept us in the game because we were about to probably get ran out of the building.

507
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:13,580
 It was 14-3.

508
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,060
 The Trojans are knocking on the door.

509
00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:20,820
 You intercept a pass, but then I think, well, I know Coach Higgins, he's going to be conservative here.

510
00:24:21,140 --> 00:24:22,200
 He's going to run this thing.

511
00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:27,060
 And lo and behold, you wind up and throw a bomb, and it hits perfectly for 60 or 70 yards.

512
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,360
 Man, what a throw and what a play.

513
00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:30,660
 We needed that.

514
00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:32,080
 We'd had a tough first half.

515
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,580
 We'd turned the ball over three times.

516
00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:36,440
 We kind of just was shooting ourselves in the foot.

517
00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:38,800
 And Tripp Cleveland, he's just a winner.

518
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,100
 I mean, he's an unbelievable player, our quarterback.

519
00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:44,380
 And Darren Jones is one of the fastest guys in the state.

520
00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:49,500
 He's a 10, 800-meter guy and just threw it out there to him, let him run in for a big play.

521
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,200
 Gave us a lot of momentum going in the half.

522
00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:53,580
 I'm sorry, did you say 10, 8, 100-meter?

523
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,220
 10, 8, he can really fly.

524
00:24:56,060 --> 00:24:56,420
 Wow.

525
00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,460
 Folks, trust me, for high school, that is incredible.

526
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,440
 So, Coach Daryl Higgins and the Russell McGovern Tigers win it, 43-35.

527
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,460
 And, Coach, you finished with 477 yards of offense the other night.

528
00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:12,140
 If you would have told me, as a fan, said, hey, against the Muscle Shoes defense,

529
00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:14,380
 you could get 400 yards of offense, I wouldn't have believed it.

530
00:25:14,660 --> 00:25:16,040
 It was quite the night for your team.

531
00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:17,280
 It was unbelievable.

532
00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:20,840
 When we kicked the first field goal, I was so excited because I didn't know if we'd score on them

533
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,300
 because I'd been watching their defense, and I think they gave up 40 points all year.

534
00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:26,920
 They were very, very tough.

535
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:30,260
 It was just one of them nights where we got into a rhythm, got into a flow.

536
00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:33,740
 I think we scored in our last six touchdowns, our last six possessions.

537
00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:37,600
 Our offensive line was just tremendous coming off the ball.

538
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,680
 They got a great nose guard, and we were really able to get at his knees

539
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,380
 and keep him out of the way and give our guys a chance.

540
00:25:45,940 --> 00:25:47,580
 You took care of the fourth quarter.

541
00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:48,420
 It was back and forth.

542
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,540
 The Trojans didn't quit, but every time they came back, you answered.

543
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,500
 You held serve once you took the lead, and that was so important.

544
00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:58,120
 You feel like Thursday night was a confidence game for your team this year?

545
00:25:58,820 --> 00:25:59,180
 Absolutely.

546
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,740
 I said, we need this to see where we are.

547
00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:04,160
 When we played Florence, we hung in there a little bit,

548
00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:06,560
 but then when Florence made some big plays, we just couldn't answer.

549
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,460
 We had a chance to lay down a couple times and not fight against Muscle Shoals.

550
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,400
 Every time they would do something, we just kept playing ball.

551
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,900
 One of the things that got my attention as well of your game Thursday night

552
00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:20,340
 as we speak with Darrell Higgins is your crowd.

553
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,160
 Your crowd was – you could hear it through the broadcast.

554
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:24,100
 You could sense it.

555
00:26:24,380 --> 00:26:26,300
 The stadium was willing your team owned.

556
00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:27,600
 That's a big part of it as well.

557
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:29,220
 I've never seen anything like it.

558
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,120
 The crowd, the energy, the excitement.

559
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,580
 When we scored that last touchdown to seal it,

560
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,080
 it was just like an explosion went off,

561
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,080
 like being in some kind of big college atmosphere.

562
00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:40,940
 Darrell Higgins of the Russell Golden Tigers, again,

563
00:26:41,060 --> 00:26:44,080
 one of the biggest games of the year and wins it 43-35.

564
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,860
 Coach, you said you couldn't hardly sleep Thursday night.

565
00:26:49,260 --> 00:26:51,260
 Now you've got to bring your team down too a little bit

566
00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:52,020
 because you're getting ready.

567
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:53,120
 Who do you have this next week?

568
00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:55,420
 It never ends in this region.

569
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,260
 We've got Athens, Cody Gross, one of the legends of North Alabama.

570
00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:00,980
 He always does a great job.

571
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,040
 It's going to be rough.

572
00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:03,300
 Where do you all play that one at?

573
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:03,900
 At Athens.

574
00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:05,220
 On the road at Athens.

575
00:27:05,340 --> 00:27:07,720
 So the battle of the black and gold will happen at Athens.

576
00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,220
 They are an excellent team too.

577
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,640
 And so coming off a high like that,

578
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,160
 how do you coach this week maybe and prepare your team?

579
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,400
 Harder, tougher than we have,

580
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,160
 which I don't know how you do it any harder and tougher.

581
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,900
 But we turn it up even another notch and get our guys ready to go.

582
00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:27,400
 We need to win one more game to get into the playoffs.

583
00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:29,000
 And that's our first goal.

584
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:30,560
 We're right there at it.

585
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,160
 So we've got to turn it on, really play our best ball when we go over to Athens.

586
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,840
 Play the best ball when you go to Athens.

587
00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:38,260
 You talk about goals, by the way.

588
00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:40,160
 That's so important, I think, in high school football.

589
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,120
 I know it may be old school to some, but setting goals,

590
00:27:43,180 --> 00:27:45,160
 you still have that with your team and talk about that often.

591
00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,440
 Set goals, talk about them, look at them.

592
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:48,860
 This will be the first one to check out.

593
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,000
 We want to get into the playoffs.

594
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,620
 When you get into a region with Florence and Muscle Shoals and Harksell and Athens and Austin

595
00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:57,520
 and the Gator and all these people, you just want to get into the playoffs.

596
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,160
 And that's definitely our first goal.

597
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,800
 Your friend, Coach Kenny Morrison at Florence, calls it the SEC North.

598
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,120
 It's got to be one of the toughest regions from top to bottom.

599
00:28:06,340 --> 00:28:09,080
 I mean, it seems like every week you're seeing some really great players.

600
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:10,040
 Absolutely.

601
00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,720
 And there's one play I want to mention that happened in the game the other night

602
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:19,660
 because there were times where it was about to really be an uphill battle to get back in it.

603
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,500
 And Kiefer Hallmark, they went back to pass, and Kiefer Hallmark sacked the quarterback,

604
00:28:24,820 --> 00:28:25,540
 knocked the ball loose.

605
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:29,580
 Well, the ball was on the ground, and there was two Muscle Shoals players about to get the ball.

606
00:28:29,580 --> 00:28:34,000
 And our guy, Patrick Johnson, was way behind those guys, and he ran.

607
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,960
 I've never seen Patrick run like this, and dove out in front of him and got on that football,

608
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,460
 got us the ball back, created a lot of momentum.

609
00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:44,180
 And it's players making plays with a lot of want to.

610
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,940
 And it goes back to what we've done from the time we got there, how many up-downs we did,

611
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,260
 how many times we ran down the hills, what all we've done.

612
00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:54,480
 And it makes you, when you see things like that, it really makes it special.

613
00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:57,780
 That makes my heart for a head coach to say that.

614
00:28:57,780 --> 00:29:00,660
 That's one of those plays that maybe people have thought about that.

615
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,060
 They think about the touchdowns and this.

616
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,320
 But it's those type plays that change games right there and change seasons as well.

617
00:29:06,420 --> 00:29:09,740
 So congratulations to both those young men for making great plays there

618
00:29:09,740 --> 00:29:11,220
 and looking forward to that.

619
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,500
 Coach, we congratulate you on the great start and big win.

620
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,540
 And best of luck as you go face one of the best teams, too, in Athens in the region.

621
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:20,600
 It's going to be another matchup.

622
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,060
 It's going to be fun to watch next Friday night.

623
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:22,520
 Absolutely.

624
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:23,340
 Thank you so much.

625
00:29:23,340 --> 00:29:27,140
 Coach Darrell Higgins of the Russellville Golden Tigers, who are on a roll.

626
00:29:27,260 --> 00:29:29,520
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 Well, it's Souls Fest that's going on in the area this weekend.

644
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,940
 Pretty nice music to lead us into our next coach that comes in for the Coach's Breakfast

645
00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:47,160
 here on 93.9 The Score.

646
00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:50,240
 He's the head coach of the Lexington Golden Bears, my good friend Brett Mask.

647
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:53,660
 And his team went over to Carver County and played the Indians last night

648
00:30:53,660 --> 00:30:55,240
 in an absolutely thriller.

649
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:58,440
 But the Indians come away with a 32-29 game.

650
00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:01,160
 And, Coach, sometimes you've been in those games.

651
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,020
 It's an incredible game, but somebody's going to have to end up losing.

652
00:31:04,140 --> 00:31:05,700
 You just end up, you ran out of time a little bit.

653
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:06,320
 We did.

654
00:31:06,580 --> 00:31:08,760
 And, you know, I mean, it was a classic game.

655
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,340
 I mean, it was a, I say, big boy football game.

656
00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:14,020
 And, you know, proud of our kids.

657
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,740
 I mean, I thought we, you know, we fought our guts out, but just made too many mistakes.

658
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,800
 And in a big game like that, you just can't do that and win a game.

659
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,120
 Yeah, you know, and mistakes are a big part.

660
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,280
 Midway season, you start to see that.

661
00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:30,340
 Is that sometimes, I hate to say, fatigue, or it's just the length of the season,

662
00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:33,660
 or it's just part of football where you go through it that you start to have some of

663
00:31:33,660 --> 00:31:34,240
 these things happen?

664
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,760
 Well, you know, I think I told them at halftime, and, you know, I think we've probably made it

665
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:40,600
 bigger than it had to be.

666
00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:46,760
 In a big-time game, that's when you have to go back to what your coach to do, and little

667
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:47,480
 things matter.

668
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,780
 And, you know, that's, you've got to fall back on your, trust your training and fall back

669
00:31:53,780 --> 00:31:54,380
 on what you do.

670
00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:58,400
 And we just, like I said, did some uncharacteristic stuff last night, and you just can't do that

671
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,760
 against a good football team in that environment, on the road, and everybody knows, like, CT Manley's

672
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:04,520
 a hard place to win.

673
00:32:04,740 --> 00:32:07,800
 I mean, I've been on that side of it, you know, and pulled out some games that we probably

674
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,420
 shouldn't have won, but the mystique of that place is special.

675
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:18,080
 So, in those type of games, you just have to kind of play within yourself and do what your

676
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:18,600
 coach should do.

677
00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:20,860
 And like I said, at times, we did that.

678
00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:21,820
 At times, we didn't.

679
00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:23,200
 And hats off to them.

680
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:29,340
 I mean, that was a great football game, and just, you know, just came up short.

681
00:32:29,940 --> 00:32:32,060
 26-14, you're down.

682
00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:35,200
 You're trailing Carver County with 840 to go in the game.

683
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:39,380
 It looks like the Indians are about to walk away with it, but not so fast, my friend.

684
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:44,420
 Your team shows a lot of moxie, not coming back just once, but twice to score two touchdowns

685
00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:49,180
 and take the lead, 29-26, with just about, I don't know, a minute or so left, a minute

686
00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:50,620
 and a half left, something like that, a couple minutes.

687
00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:52,420
 A minute 18 or 20.

688
00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:53,220
 A minute 18, yeah, yeah.

689
00:32:53,420 --> 00:32:57,660
 So, you come back and take the lead, and it showed a lot about your team right there

690
00:32:57,660 --> 00:32:58,160
 to come back.

691
00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:58,860
 It did.

692
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,980
 You know, as bad as we played at times, you know, we stepped up and can't say enough

693
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:03,700
 about Zane Gilbert.

694
00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:07,060
 I mean, that guy, I mean, he wasn't intimidated.

695
00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:07,600
 He wasn't.

696
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,040
 I mean, he wanted the ball in his hands, and that's what you want.

697
00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:15,660
 You know, and we made some plays right there and got ourselves back in the game and had

698
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:20,020
 a chance to win the game and just, you know, and like I said, hats off to them.

699
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,960
 I mean, you know, we fought our guts out and just came up short, and that happens, you know,

700
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,040
 and the sun came up today.

701
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,660
 You know, and I told our team at the end of the day, I said, at the end of the day, we

702
00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:30,240
 lost the game.

703
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,780
 I said, I don't know a coach or a player in here that's gone undefeated in their life.

704
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:38,780
 And it's not about, I mean, you know, lost the game, but it's more important how we respond

705
00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:40,720
 to that and how we come back to that.

706
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,380
 And, you know, we challenged them after the game.

707
00:33:43,460 --> 00:33:44,420
 I didn't throw a fit.

708
00:33:44,580 --> 00:33:46,700
 I mean, there was no need to throw a fit.

709
00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:51,200
 It's just, hey, be the type of people we know you are, and let's let this define us.

710
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:55,940
 Sometimes games like that are maybe even good for your team going forward.

711
00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:59,940
 I'd hate to say a lot, but more just going through a game like that, you find out a lot

712
00:33:59,940 --> 00:34:00,740
 about yourself, do you?

713
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,940
 You do, and there's a lot of teachable moments in there.

714
00:34:03,940 --> 00:34:06,820
 And I think, you know, as coaches, at the end of the day, we're teachers, and everybody

715
00:34:06,820 --> 00:34:08,900
 thinks, well, you know, coaches don't teach.

716
00:34:09,020 --> 00:34:11,240
 I mean, if you're a good coach, you're a good teacher.

717
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:15,920
 And, you know, and I think there's a lot of teachable moments in there, and there's a

718
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,280
 lot of experience, and we were in there, I guess, the green room, whatever you want

719
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:21,220
 to call it, you know, talking.

720
00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:26,060
 I mean, a lot of 10th graders, we play a lot of 10th graders, you know, and that's their

721
00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:30,580
 first big-time experience in that type of environment, and, you know, some of them did,

722
00:34:30,580 --> 00:34:34,680
 some of them didn't, you know, and that's, you're not going to simulate that other than

723
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:35,140
 doing it.

724
00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:41,000
 So, you know, a lot to learn from here, a lot to be proud of, but, you know, it just came

725
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:41,440
 up short.

726
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:41,760
 Yeah.

727
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,000
 You know, talking about your quarterback, Kilburn, who's had an incredible season, teams

728
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,780
 obviously know that now, defenses know that, and they game plan for him as much as possible.

729
00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:54,740
 Does that mean, as offense for Lexington, that you have to adjust sometimes, too, and say,

730
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,100
 okay, if we see this, we do this, do you start to have to realize, you're saying, we're going

731
00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:01,540
 to be who we are, but we also have to be aware of these things?

732
00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,640
 Yeah, and they, I mean, they had a good game plan.

733
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,440
 I mean, they were going to rush five and get one-on-one matchups up front, and that's what

734
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,020
 people don't understand.

735
00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:11,320
 Man, when you rush five, that puts every lineman in a one-on-one situation every time,

736
00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:16,020
 and, you know, and played man behind it, and, you know, if you can play man and rush five,

737
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:20,880
 you know, all it takes is one guy to maybe, you know, mess up on one snap, and you got

738
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:21,220
 pressure.

739
00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:25,360
 So, you know, and we kind of knew they were going to do that, and at times we were able

740
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,320
 to pick it up and make plays, and at times we weren't.

741
00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:34,120
 So, it was kind of feast or famine there for a little bit, and, you know, like I said, hats

742
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:34,640
 off to them.

743
00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:36,480
 I mean, they played great.

744
00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:40,640
 I mean, played out of their minds, and we didn't play as great, and it just happens that

745
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:40,820
 way.

746
00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:46,760
 So, you know, all you can do is learn from it and watch the film and get ticked off.

747
00:35:46,940 --> 00:35:49,500
 You know, I mean, it makes you sick at times that, you know, the would have, should have,

748
00:35:49,540 --> 00:35:53,640
 could have, but big-time games comes down to about eight plays, and, you know, those

749
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,520
 eight plays, a couple of them went our way, a couple more went their way, and there you

750
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:57,720
 go.

751
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,800
 I mean, the old saying is, don't let one game beat you twice.

752
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,680
 Who do you have next week?

753
00:36:01,740 --> 00:36:03,320
 We got Winston County on the road on Thursday.

754
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,780
 Oh, short week, turning everything around, short week on the road, Winston County, not an

755
00:36:07,780 --> 00:36:08,700
 easy place to go.

756
00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:10,860
 First time going there in a while, is that right?

757
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:11,760
 Maybe you've been a few times?

758
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,160
 I think the year before I got there, I think is the last time we've been there.

759
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:18,540
 Yep, so going to a little unusual place, maybe to play for the first time in a region game

760
00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:21,140
 on a Thursday night, this is a big turnaround for you.

761
00:36:21,140 --> 00:36:22,220
 You need to come out ready for this.

762
00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:22,880
 This is a big game.

763
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:24,460
 Yeah, and I think our kids will respond.

764
00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:25,940
 I mean, that's what we kind of said.

765
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:27,420
 Be the type of people you were raised to be.

766
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:31,580
 Be the type of people we know you are, and, you know, let's don't let this define us,

767
00:36:31,660 --> 00:36:35,240
 and like I said, at the end of the day, we lost a game, you know, and let's don't

768
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:36,080
 make it any more than that.

769
00:36:36,140 --> 00:36:37,240
 Let's learn from it and move on.

770
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:41,520
 I mean, this is not the end-all, be-all, and we still have a chance to be region champs,

771
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:47,180
 and, you know, our goal is every week to go 1-0, and let's go win out and have a chance

772
00:36:47,180 --> 00:36:49,440
 to win a region championship, and everything's still in front of us.

773
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:53,720
 So, like I said, the sun came up today, and I'm still proud of our kids, still proud of

774
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:57,100
 our program, and how they followed, it just came up short.

775
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:02,320
 Coach Brett Mask of the Lexington Golden Bears, before I let you go, you make a great point,

776
00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,160
 coaches or teachers.

777
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,000
 What did all of you taught before, by the way?

778
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:10,800
 Ooh, I've taught history, 10th, 11th grade history, psychology, sociology, health, PE,

779
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:11,840
 a little bit of everything.

780
00:37:12,380 --> 00:37:15,520
 And, you know, that just shows how coaches are more than coaches.

781
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,500
 As a matter of fact, they're first teachers, and it goes to everything, so you're one of

782
00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:20,480
 the best in that area and on the coaching field as well.

783
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,540
 Next week, Lexington on the road at Winston County.

784
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,140
 And, Coach, best of luck, and we'll see the Golden Bears next week.

785
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:26,800
 Appreciate you.

786
00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:32,140
 Brett Mask, Golden Bears on a Thursday night, by the way, at Winston County next week.

787
00:37:32,140 --> 00:37:34,760
 More from the coaches' breakfast after this 60-second timeout.

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805
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:46,840
 Kevin Johnson with you as we go through the car wash edition, getting all these coaches in

806
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,240
 and out fast, and turning them loose, and letting them talk.

807
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:51,500
 And it's been good to have them on here.

808
00:38:51,660 --> 00:38:55,980
 And coming up next is the assistant coach of Carver County High School, Coach Lucas Craft,

809
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,440
 whose team last night in that game we just talked about with Lexington.

810
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,960
 They come out on the other side of it, winning it, 32-29.

811
00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,380
 Coach Craft, a big, big win for your program last night.

812
00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:08,980
 Yeah, it was a great win.

813
00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:14,120
 And it actually was win number 700 for Carver County all time.

814
00:39:14,340 --> 00:39:18,280
 So, I mean, that was just special to be a part of as well, you know, playing there and being

815
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,580
 grown up there my whole life.

816
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,120
 It was really special to be a part of that.

817
00:39:21,300 --> 00:39:24,440
 But, you know, hats off to Coach Mask over there at Lexington.

818
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,600
 Great team, great program, very physical game.

819
00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:30,920
 I mean, he does a great job over there with them.

820
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:36,200
 But, I mean, it was definitely a – it was one for the ages for sure.

821
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:37,380
 Just a great high school game last night.

822
00:39:37,380 --> 00:39:37,820
 It was.

823
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:38,780
 A great high school game.

824
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,380
 700 career win for Carver County High School.

825
00:39:41,460 --> 00:39:44,680
 I think I saw the first 350 along with your dad and your uncle.

826
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:49,360
 And maybe you've seen the last 350, but really big right there for that as well.

827
00:39:49,580 --> 00:39:51,100
 Let's talk about your team last night.

828
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,580
 You had a great job from your quarterback.

829
00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:53,740
 Talk about Mr. Blevins.

830
00:39:53,780 --> 00:39:54,560
 He did a good job.

831
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,760
 Yeah, Sean Blevins, I mean, that's definitely the best game he's played

832
00:39:58,760 --> 00:39:59,720
 since I've been there.

833
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,840
 He had – I think it was 215 yards through the air,

834
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,240
 and he added about another 90 on the ground.

835
00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:10,120
 He accounted for all five touchdowns we scored.

836
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,480
 He definitely played very well.

837
00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:18,860
 And me and him had a conversation last week during our bye week that, you know,

838
00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:22,180
 getting closer to the end of the season, getting into the playoffs,

839
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,760
 that a lot more was going to be on his plate.

840
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,320
 We were going to put a lot more on him.

841
00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:31,840
 And he told me on Monday of the bye week, he said, whatever we got to do, I'll do it.

842
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:32,780
 So –

843
00:40:32,780 --> 00:40:33,680
 Is he a senior, junior?

844
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:34,720
 He's a junior.

845
00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:35,840
 Just a junior, okay.

846
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,860
 So you get your quarterback and said, hey, we're about to put more on you.

847
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,400
 And he took it to the next level.

848
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:40,700
 He did.

849
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,540
 Is that something that you thought he could do?

850
00:40:42,580 --> 00:40:43,380
 Did you see that in him?

851
00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:45,700
 The ceiling was still higher and he reached a little bit more last night?

852
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,600
 Yeah, absolutely, especially as the season went on.

853
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:55,580
 You know, I thought early, me in particular, I tried to put a little too much on him

854
00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:57,260
 and then kind of backed it off.

855
00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:01,580
 And then as the season's been going on, just gradually adding more to his plate.

856
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:07,320
 And the bye week last week really helped us because we were able to get, you know,

857
00:41:07,620 --> 00:41:09,720
 two full weeks of game plan in.

858
00:41:09,940 --> 00:41:14,980
 And he was able to really just kind of perfect what we were trying to do all week.

859
00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:16,340
 That's really good.

860
00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:20,160
 That's great insight here from Lucas Craft, the quarterback coach at Carver County High School,

861
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:24,700
 whose team knocked off Lexington last night to go to 4-2 and 3-1 in region play.

862
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,260
 Lucas, I'll say this about it too.

863
00:41:27,260 --> 00:41:32,180
 When you think about this team, it came down to a last-minute drive.

864
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:37,340
 After Lexington battles back, take the lead 29-26, talk about that drive and how it played out.

865
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,860
 Yeah, so like I said earlier, you know, hats off to Lexington.

866
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:48,780
 We ended up, right before they go down to score, we had scored and made it 26-21.

867
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,200
 So we had all the momentum.

868
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:53,140
 You know, great job.

869
00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:56,220
 Like I've said a lot, Coach Mass does a great job.

870
00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:59,640
 Their offense coordinator, Drew Davis, he put together a really good drive.

871
00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:04,400
 They go down and score, and, you know, it seemed like they had all the momentum.

872
00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:07,380
 They scored with, I think, just over two minutes left.

873
00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:15,300
 We get it back, and, I mean, our kids, they knew exactly what we had to do.

874
00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:18,180
 We talked to them right before we went out on the field.

875
00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:19,820
 Did you have timeouts left or anything?

876
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,460
 We had one timeout.

877
00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:24,360
 All right, so basically, did you go hurry up offense then, two-minute offense?

878
00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:30,060
 Yeah, we went two-minute drill, and we told our receivers right before we went out there,

879
00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:33,380
 hey, you know, this game is going to depend on y'all.

880
00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:36,340
 Like, we got to be able to throw and catch and get down this field.

881
00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:38,640
 And, I mean, they took it as a challenge.

882
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:39,760
 They were like, Coach, we're ready.

883
00:42:40,260 --> 00:42:42,680
 So we went down the field and did it.

884
00:42:42,780 --> 00:42:43,860
 Talk about the winning touchdown.

885
00:42:44,060 --> 00:42:45,420
 What was the play, and how did it play out?

886
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:52,940
 Yeah, we just kind of ran a little trips, stick concept.

887
00:42:53,920 --> 00:43:02,040
 And the way that we did, our number two receiver, he ran a corner and held the defensive back for Lexington.

888
00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:06,100
 And he got our quarterback, Sean, he got some pressure up the middle,

889
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,420
 so he kind of turned into a little bit of a scramble drill,

890
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,320
 and he just ended up finding the open guy and put it on him.

891
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,540
 And the win is a win for Calvert County.

892
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,980
 A magical night once again at CT Manley Stadium.

893
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,880
 They win it 32-29.

894
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,900
 And, Coach Kraft, who do you have next week and where?

895
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,340
 We have J.B. Pennington next week at home.

896
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:30,620
 They're another tough team, wing T team, so it'll be another tough physical game.

897
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:36,300
 It is a tough region in 2A Region 7, but with that win last night, everything jumbles up.

898
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,640
 You got a lot of teams at the top, so you're really coming down the stretch

899
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,640
 and several teams battling for those top positions, and you're right in the mix.

900
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:43,560
 You got to feel good about that.

901
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:44,260
 Yeah, absolutely.

902
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,820
 Us winning definitely caused some chaos in the region.

903
00:43:49,060 --> 00:43:54,340
 It's now a three-way tie for first with us, Lexington, and Phil Campbell.

904
00:43:54,740 --> 00:43:57,900
 Should be a great, as they come down the back stretch, we'll see what happens

905
00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:01,200
 in Carver County at home next week against J.B. Pennington.

906
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:02,120
 That is Friday night, correct?

907
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:02,620
 Yes, sir.

908
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,200
 Friday night should be a great matchup.

909
00:44:04,260 --> 00:44:04,980
 Look forward to that one.

910
00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:08,320
 Coach Lucas Kraft, congratulations on the big win, and we'll see you next Friday.

911
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:08,760
 Yes, sir.

912
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:09,340
 Go Indians.

913
00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:11,880
 The Indians win it last night, and a big win.

914
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,540
 Get ready for J.B. Pennington this coming Friday night.

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00:44:14,620 --> 00:44:17,040
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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

931
00:45:28,260 --> 00:45:30,320
 Kevin Johnson with you on this Saturday.

932
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,520
 Be careful out there.

933
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:32,520
 A lot of things going on.

934
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:33,740
 A little rain, mist out there.

935
00:45:33,820 --> 00:45:34,700
 Some rain this weekend.

936
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:38,280
 But a lot of events going on, so just be heads up as you're traveling around, especially

937
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,180
 if you're going to ballgames in Starkville or in Knoxville or anywhere close by.

938
00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:45,920
 Just be careful out there this week because a lot of traffic is going to be out there.

939
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,000
 And just keep those headlights on, as we say.

940
00:45:49,420 --> 00:45:53,320
 Joined now by the head coach of the Rogers Pirates, Coach Daniel Garrett, whose team last

941
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,420
 night with a big 20-7 victory over West Limestone.

942
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,960
 And, Coach, a tough, hard-fought game.

943
00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:01,780
 And, boy, that's a great one for you to put in the win column.

944
00:46:02,380 --> 00:46:02,740
 Absolutely.

945
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:04,380
 You know, you've got to win the ugly ones.

946
00:46:04,780 --> 00:46:07,040
 And we were able to do that, thankfully.

947
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,840
 And, you know, kids kept battling the whole game.

948
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:15,720
 You know, sometimes we, you know, there's a lot of times to where, you know, things, you

949
00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:20,480
 know, either didn't go our way or we didn't do right or whatever else.

950
00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:25,540
 And, you know, any time you go to West Limestone, it's going to be a tough physical football game.

951
00:46:25,620 --> 00:46:27,040
 And that's exactly what it was.

952
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:32,460
 And, you know, we made one or two more plays in the end and came out with a win.

953
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:33,680
 Talk about it.

954
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:35,420
 You get the 2017 victory.

955
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:40,720
 And it's really impressive that you do it against a 3-3 Wildcats team.

956
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,840
 But they had back and forth with you a little bit of the lead.

957
00:46:43,940 --> 00:46:45,100
 You had to come back a little bit.

958
00:46:45,180 --> 00:46:46,940
 And it was back and forth there early on.

959
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,680
 How did it play out in the second half?

960
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:54,320
 Well, so, I mean, we struggled offensively.

961
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,980
 And it was good to, you know, we won the game on defense.

962
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:04,200
 You know, and he came out in the second half and just went three and out.

963
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,420
 You know, didn't do, you know, a great job there.

964
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,880
 And, you know, they took the lead 17-12.

965
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:15,660
 And, you know, we had a fourth and 10 on offense.

966
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:17,720
 Went for it about midfield.

967
00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:20,040
 And threw a touchdown pass.

968
00:47:20,460 --> 00:47:20,520
 Wow.

969
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,320
 And so it was a great throw, you know, by CJ to court crunk.

970
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:25,900
 And went for two, got it.

971
00:47:26,900 --> 00:47:31,640
 And then we had, you know, just a couple great, you know, possessions on, you know,

972
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:36,300
 possessional, you know, plays on defense to where Jordan Toms got an interception.

973
00:47:37,220 --> 00:47:42,080
 And then I can't remember who caused the last fumble when they had the ball at the end there

974
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:46,900
 to get it back and was able to run out the clock.

975
00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:49,780
 So I thought our defense came up really big.

976
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:54,780
 So the fourth and 10 play for the touchdown was probably late third quarter or early fourth quarter,

977
00:47:54,860 --> 00:47:55,340
 something like that?

978
00:47:55,420 --> 00:47:57,500
 Yes, it was early in the fourth quarter, I believe.

979
00:47:57,620 --> 00:48:00,160
 So big play there to go for it fourth and 10.

980
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:01,640
 And you said, hey, I feel like we're doing it.

981
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:02,700
 But what a momentum swing.

982
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:03,880
 And then you went for two.

983
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,180
 And sometimes people don't realize you get a two-point conversion.

984
00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:09,760
 That just is like candy on top of the cupcake there.

985
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,600
 It's really nice because it really even gets your team amped up more.

986
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:18,320
 Well, we'd missed a couple extra points, you know, and I just, you know, I felt like we needed to.

987
00:48:18,580 --> 00:48:22,080
 And, you know, we were up by one, I believe.

988
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:23,820
 So, you know, you'd like to get up by three.

989
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:32,460
 So, you know, a coach called a good play and kids executed it and we got it.

990
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,000
 You know, that's a big win for Coach Daniel Garrett and the Rogers Pirates.

991
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,860
 And Coach, as you said, an ugly win made before you as a head coach.

992
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:44,260
 But also, you learned a little bit about your team because when they had to turn it on and make the plays in the fourth quarter, they did.

993
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,520
 You got to feel good about what you saw of the character of your team.

994
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:52,000
 Yeah, and I felt like, you know, the message all week was, you know, if you know what you're worth, you know, you got to go get what you're worth.

995
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,080
 But you got to be willing to take the hits, you know, and keep moving forward.

996
00:48:55,820 --> 00:48:58,640
 And, you know, it's kind of old Rocky Balboa quotes.

997
00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:01,500
 It's not about how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

998
00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:04,600
 And we took all their shots and we kept moving forward.

999
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:09,980
 And, you know, I just, I think that shows the grit and the, you know, the character of our team.

1000
00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:13,280
 And hopefully we can build off this and just keep improving.

1001
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:17,640
 Class 3A, Region 7, you are 4-0 in the Region, 5-1 on the season.

1002
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:19,480
 Who do you have next week and where?

1003
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,180
 We have Lardot County at home.

1004
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,160
 Wow, region game, county game, physical game.

1005
00:49:25,420 --> 00:49:27,120
 Boy, did I nail all three of those?

1006
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:27,600
 Absolutely.

1007
00:49:27,940 --> 00:49:28,780
 That's what it's about.

1008
00:49:28,780 --> 00:49:34,860
 You know, just, you know, if you've been around here long enough, you know how that one, you know, how it's going to play out as far as, you know,

1009
00:49:34,860 --> 00:49:38,560
 what you just said, tough, physical, you know, big rivalry game.

1010
00:49:38,720 --> 00:49:41,740
 And, you know, it's easy to get, you know, pumped up for those type of games.

1011
00:49:41,980 --> 00:49:43,460
 You'll be at home next week for this game?

1012
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:44,300
 Be at home.

1013
00:49:44,420 --> 00:49:45,080
 Big game.

1014
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,400
 You're sitting at the top with your region and you're sitting up there and now the target's on you a little bit.

1015
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,880
 You talked to your team about that and said, hey, you got a chance to do something pretty special here.

1016
00:49:53,300 --> 00:49:55,580
 Well, you know, I think they know that.

1017
00:49:55,580 --> 00:50:00,400
 But, you know, we try not to talk a lot about, you know, the end of it.

1018
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,360
 We try to talk about the process of it.

1019
00:50:02,660 --> 00:50:11,200
 And, you know, because you can't, you know, win the, you know, go 10-0 or anything like that with one play, right?

1020
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:16,740
 But you've got to focus on that one play and then spot the ball and play the next play and so on and so forth.

1021
00:50:16,780 --> 00:50:18,660
 And that starts during the week in your preparation.

1022
00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:26,140
 And if you fall in love with that process and, you know, you learn how to do your job in the day-ins and day-outs,

1023
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:31,940
 then you'll be in those positions to have a success in a big magnitude at the end of the year.

1024
00:50:32,140 --> 00:50:36,960
 So we're just excited for where we're at and excited to, you know, keep getting better.

1025
00:50:37,340 --> 00:50:39,580
 The opportunities lay ahead of Rodgers.

1026
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:41,320
 They don't have to scoreboard watch.

1027
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:45,260
 All they've got to do is watch their own scoreboard right now, as I say, because they're 4-0 in region play.

1028
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,140
 They take on Lauderdale County Friday night game, is that correct?

1029
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:48,640
 Yes, sir.

1030
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:49,540
 Friday night game.

1031
00:50:49,740 --> 00:50:51,660
 I don't even have to tell you it's going to be packed out.

1032
00:50:51,740 --> 00:50:52,660
 What a gate that's going to be.

1033
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:53,820
 I know those two communities.

1034
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,420
 It will be packed on both sides and around the fence.

1035
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,060
 It's going to be an incredible atmosphere.

1036
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:02,900
 What a fun game, what an exciting game, and what a great opportunity for your team next week.

1037
00:51:03,020 --> 00:51:05,260
 Congratulations to the Rodgers Pirates, and best of luck, okay?

1038
00:51:05,340 --> 00:51:05,600
 Thank you.

1039
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:12,840
 Daniel Garrett of the Rodgers Pirates, whose team last night with a big win over West Limestone to go to 5-1 on the season,

1040
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:18,880
 come to 4-0 in region play as they get the 2017 victory, and now they'll turn around,

1041
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:23,280
 and they'll go next week getting ready to take our home against Lauderdale County.

1042
00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:27,020
 We're joined now by the assistant coach of the Morris Hill Panthers, Coach Stephen Cohen,

1043
00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:34,580
 whose team last night in overtime got a big win as they knock off a good, good Whitesburg team,

1044
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,940
 Christian team, in overtime, 21-14.

1045
00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:38,720
 Coach Cohen, what a big win for your team last night.

1046
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:39,440
 Wow, wow.

1047
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:43,440
 I mean, Coach Hill was just dancing on the 50-yard line last night after the game.

1048
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:44,140
 It was kind of crazy.

1049
00:51:44,140 --> 00:51:48,420
 Everything we went through and all the situations, you know how football is.

1050
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:54,280
 It's week seven, everything happened, and the game started out, they drove, they get there,

1051
00:51:54,460 --> 00:51:57,680
 let the ball, drive it down to the eight-yard line.

1052
00:51:58,340 --> 00:52:03,720
 Carter Ham gets a pick in the end zone, and we drive it back, and it's back and forth the whole game,

1053
00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:05,060
 and what an atmosphere.

1054
00:52:05,340 --> 00:52:08,940
 I mean, it's back and forth all night.

1055
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:09,960
 Two really good teams.

1056
00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:12,020
 Really evenly matched game last night, wasn't it?

1057
00:52:12,020 --> 00:52:12,260
 Oh, yes.

1058
00:52:12,260 --> 00:52:15,760
 Yes, I mean, they're throwing the ball there in that Mike Leach system.

1059
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:20,020
 They're throwing the ball everywhere, and they're just really just an incredible team,

1060
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:21,540
 and we just buckled down.

1061
00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:29,080
 We hit first, and it was like seven-three at halftime, and then it just keeps on going.

1062
00:52:29,340 --> 00:52:32,420
 It's like two halves, really, two games.

1063
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,680
 Well, you end up going to overtime.

1064
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:36,560
 Did either team have to tie it late?

1065
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:38,440
 They drive it down.

1066
00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,000
 They run in the clock.

1067
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:47,860
 They drive it all the way down, and it's under a minute left, and he just likes to kick the field goal,

1068
00:52:47,940 --> 00:52:48,960
 26-yard field goal.

1069
00:52:49,060 --> 00:52:49,740
 He hooks it right.

1070
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:50,360
 Wow.

1071
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,060
 So they had a chance to win and miss the field goal.

1072
00:52:52,140 --> 00:52:53,020
 Gave you a second chance.

1073
00:52:53,500 --> 00:52:56,220
 And in overtime, who got the ball first?

1074
00:52:56,440 --> 00:53:01,280
 Overtime, they win the toss, and they go on defense.

1075
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:02,760
 We go offensively first.

1076
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:03,020
 Okay.

1077
00:53:03,380 --> 00:53:10,580
 So, Titus Cosby runs quarterback power into the four-yard line, and Christian O'Rear runs the counter.

1078
00:53:11,580 --> 00:53:12,820
 Nick Christian O'Rear scores.

1079
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:19,760
 So, they get the ball back, and then they throw to Chase Absinthe, makes a great play.

1080
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:25,180
 And first play, Truett Thornton made a great strip.

1081
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:26,360
 We thought we had the ball.

1082
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:31,940
 He had a great snap, so they sent him back, Kevin, like 18-yard line.

1083
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:42,060
 So, then they would throw out and up or out to Chase Absinthe's side, and Chase kicks out and makes a great play on it.

1084
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:45,500
 And then they try the other side, and they try Bryce Graham.

1085
00:53:45,740 --> 00:53:46,880
 So, he brought another break up.

1086
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:54,160
 So, it was really three pass breakups in the final three plays.

1087
00:53:54,300 --> 00:53:57,140
 So, final three plays, your secondary comes up big, makes the plays.

1088
00:53:57,140 --> 00:54:02,140
 A very young secondary, which Coach Ryan Derrick's been preaching all year to get better.

1089
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:03,780
 And it's just been a – what a game.

1090
00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:05,020
 Who do you have next week and where?

1091
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,720
 We have Lindsey Lane at home, another region game.

1092
00:54:08,780 --> 00:54:10,480
 Another region game should be a good one.

1093
00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:12,420
 And, man, congratulations to the Panthers.

1094
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:13,580
 Big win last night.

1095
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,280
 They go to 5-2 in the year, 3-1 in region play.

1096
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,480
 Lindsey Lane next Friday night.

1097
00:54:18,580 --> 00:54:21,340
 More from the Coach's Breakfast after this 60-second timeout.

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 Welcome back to the Coach's Breakfast here on 93.9 The Score.

1118
00:55:34,900 --> 00:55:35,900
 Kevin Johnson with you.

1119
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,120
 It's been the Car Wash Edition.

1120
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:42,300
 We'll end it up with the head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Kenny Morrison, whose team last night at home.

1121
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,020
 A game you heard on 93.9 The Score.

1122
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:48,120
 From Brawley Stadium, knockoff Athens by a score of 40-21.

1123
00:55:48,340 --> 00:55:50,440
 And Coach, a huge win for your team last night.

1124
00:55:50,620 --> 00:55:51,120
 It was.

1125
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:51,560
 It was.

1126
00:55:51,660 --> 00:55:52,340
 Real good win.

1127
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:55,860
 We were worried about it for two weeks, not one, with our open week.

1128
00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:59,300
 And they were exactly what we thought.

1129
00:55:59,380 --> 00:56:01,380
 They were going to come in very well coached.

1130
00:56:01,580 --> 00:56:02,320
 Play hard.

1131
00:56:02,780 --> 00:56:06,180
 And it was very fortunate for us to come out on the good side.

1132
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:07,660
 You have an ace in the hole, though.

1133
00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:12,320
 There's a young man that wears number zero that has really stepped up.

1134
00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:15,100
 We talked about this Florence running game having a three-headed monster.

1135
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:19,300
 But a couple of injuries has forced number zero to Carson Johnson to step up.

1136
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,400
 And, boy, has he stepped up big.

1137
00:56:20,540 --> 00:56:21,040
 He has.

1138
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,100
 He's had a great night last night.

1139
00:56:23,220 --> 00:56:24,740
 And, boy, broke some big runs for us.

1140
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:25,940
 It was hard to bring down.

1141
00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:27,960
 A lot of yards after contact.

1142
00:56:28,180 --> 00:56:29,300
 We call them Yaks.

1143
00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:32,720
 And he was a really good force last night.

1144
00:56:32,860 --> 00:56:33,540
 Proud for him.

1145
00:56:33,740 --> 00:56:36,180
 He's worked extremely hard to be where he's at right now.

1146
00:56:36,180 --> 00:56:40,360
 And he's seeing the benefits of the weight room and all the work he's put in.

1147
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:45,700
 Coach, last night your team with the big wing was 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.

1148
00:56:45,780 --> 00:56:47,760
 You come out and put 20 up in the second quarter.

1149
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:49,640
 Your team really took control there.

1150
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:52,440
 And, you know, the defense had to do their part, too, and they did.

1151
00:56:52,780 --> 00:56:55,460
 Yeah, we played a really solid first half.

1152
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:58,380
 Really excited how our guys played.

1153
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:03,060
 We played a clean game in the first half and capitalized on some opportunities.

1154
00:57:03,060 --> 00:57:08,380
 And it was good to go in at halftime up that score.

1155
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,460
 But we tried to preach to him at halftime.

1156
00:57:11,540 --> 00:57:13,080
 Hey, it played like a 0-0.

1157
00:57:13,420 --> 00:57:16,120
 And we had to fight it a little bit in the second half.

1158
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:17,600
 Did have to fight it in the second half.

1159
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:18,660
 But you go to 27-0.

1160
00:57:18,740 --> 00:57:22,900
 And, by the way, you also get a pick six from your defense again last night.

1161
00:57:22,980 --> 00:57:23,660
 Des Brown.

1162
00:57:24,060 --> 00:57:26,320
 That young man has really stepped up and played hard.

1163
00:57:26,380 --> 00:57:27,420
 And that was a big play for him.

1164
00:57:27,860 --> 00:57:29,860
 Yeah, he had a really good night last night.

1165
00:57:30,100 --> 00:57:31,340
 And it's good he did.

1166
00:57:31,420 --> 00:57:34,820
 Had a college coach there just to see him play last night.

1167
00:57:34,980 --> 00:57:40,240
 And he showed out in front of the guy to give him an opportunity to play at the next level.

1168
00:57:40,380 --> 00:57:41,720
 We hope it's going to work out for him.

1169
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:49,200
 But, again, another young man that's worked extremely hard, has not missed anything.

1170
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,600
 Being in our program, worked extremely hard.

1171
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,220
 And we're tickled to death for him and what he's done.

1172
00:57:55,540 --> 00:57:57,580
 Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison and the Florence Falcons,

1173
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:01,220
 Coach, I broadcast all your games and been the voice of the Falcons for many years.

1174
00:58:01,340 --> 00:58:03,180
 I want to ask you a question, a trivia question.

1175
00:58:03,700 --> 00:58:05,040
 You've got three leading scorers.

1176
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:07,360
 Your number one leading scorer, Knight Hawking, Parker Greenhawk.

1177
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:09,900
 Leading scorer, DeCarson Johnson, and Kayon Williams.

1178
00:58:09,980 --> 00:58:11,780
 You know who your third leading scorer of touchdowns is?

1179
00:58:12,660 --> 00:58:13,340
 Jaden Irons.

1180
00:58:13,420 --> 00:58:14,180
 Jaden Irons.

1181
00:58:14,180 --> 00:58:14,720
 That's right.

1182
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,220
 Four touchdowns on the season.

1183
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:17,940
 And last night, a fake punt.

1184
00:58:17,980 --> 00:58:19,360
 Not bad for a linebacker there.

1185
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:23,480
 The fake punt last night, Athens brings pressure constantly.

1186
00:58:23,900 --> 00:58:25,620
 It was more about trying to get a first down.

1187
00:58:25,620 --> 00:58:28,600
 You didn't want to, I don't think, get a punt blocked.

1188
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:31,120
 You didn't want momentum swing, but it ended up being a touchdown run.

1189
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:32,720
 Yeah, it turned out well.

1190
00:58:32,860 --> 00:58:34,400
 We saw it in the first half.

1191
00:58:34,900 --> 00:58:38,200
 And Coach Denton makes all the calls on the punt team.

1192
00:58:38,260 --> 00:58:39,280
 And I stand beside him.

1193
00:58:39,500 --> 00:58:42,380
 And we kind of go through it and decide what we're going to call.

1194
00:58:42,460 --> 00:58:46,300
 And he had a call that he liked all week that we were going to run.

1195
00:58:46,340 --> 00:58:49,100
 And I said, I don't know about it.

1196
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:52,240
 And I said, I think we just block them down and kick one guy out.

1197
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:52,920
 We might score.

1198
00:58:53,980 --> 00:58:57,980
 So, the next time we punted, we checked it again and it was there.

1199
00:58:58,360 --> 00:58:59,540
 We knew we had it.

1200
00:58:59,740 --> 00:59:00,960
 We just had to execute it.

1201
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:03,480
 He said, I just don't know if we can block them all down in there.

1202
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:08,900
 Jaden made a great run out there and cut back inside for a touchdown.

1203
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:09,780
 It was a great run.

1204
00:59:09,900 --> 00:59:10,820
 Yeah, I don't think he was touched.

1205
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,200
 And that takes it to the house and really seals the win.

1206
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:14,460
 And Florence wins it last night.

1207
00:59:14,940 --> 00:59:18,000
 40-21 over a really good Athens team.

1208
00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:19,360
 And Coach, you're 6-0 in the season.

1209
00:59:19,500 --> 00:59:20,580
 4-0 region play.

1210
00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:26,560
 Next week, your Thursday night, short week, get East Limestone for the first time.

1211
00:59:26,900 --> 00:59:28,520
 Comes at a good time maybe too, though.

1212
00:59:28,540 --> 00:59:29,440
 It works out pretty good.

1213
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:32,300
 I know you want to get your team back in grooves and things.

1214
00:59:32,300 --> 00:59:33,820
 I know there's a lot of things you want to work on.

1215
00:59:34,260 --> 00:59:37,860
 Yeah, last night we gained a lot of teachable moments.

1216
00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:41,820
 We've got a lot on film to clean up.

1217
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:44,620
 I'm real disappointed in our penalty situation.

1218
00:59:45,580 --> 00:59:46,780
 We've got to learn to win.

1219
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:52,180
 And we didn't handle last night very well the success we had.

1220
00:59:53,420 --> 01:00:00,160
 So we've got some things to fix, some things to address sideline-wise

1221
01:00:00,160 --> 01:00:01,780
 and during the course of the game.

1222
01:00:02,020 --> 01:00:03,620
 And I don't mind saying it on the radio.

1223
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:08,920
 And I want the community to know that these are some things that I don't put up with.

1224
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:12,840
 And we had a couple of unsportsmanlike penalties last night that were, you know,

1225
01:00:12,860 --> 01:00:16,120
 not major ones, but just you can't do in the game.

1226
01:00:16,700 --> 01:00:19,320
 And we hadn't had one in two and a half years.

1227
01:00:19,740 --> 01:00:23,580
 And last night was real disappointing that we had two in one game

1228
01:00:23,580 --> 01:00:25,140
 and another personal foul.

1229
01:00:25,220 --> 01:00:28,320
 So we've got some growing up to do.

1230
01:00:28,860 --> 01:00:32,140
 We've got to learn how to be 6-0 and how to be a championship football team.

1231
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:33,620
 Love that comment.

1232
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:35,220
 Love the comment from Coach Kenny Morrison.

1233
01:00:35,580 --> 01:00:38,040
 Got to learn how to win and learn how to be a championship football team.

1234
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:39,560
 But they're on the right road, 6-0.

1235
01:00:39,900 --> 01:00:40,980
 But still a lot to work on.

1236
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:43,280
 Thursday night, you'll hear that game here on 93.9 The Score.

1237
01:00:43,420 --> 01:00:45,140
 Coach, congratulations on the big win, though.

1238
01:00:45,220 --> 01:00:45,620
 Thank you.

1239
01:00:45,780 --> 01:00:46,140
 Appreciate it.

1240
01:00:46,140 --> 01:00:48,860
 The head coach of the Florence Falcons, one of the great guys in coaching,

1241
01:00:49,220 --> 01:00:49,940
 Coach Kenny Morrison.

1242
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,940
 That's going to do it for the Coach's Breakfast today.

1243
01:00:52,340 --> 01:00:54,380
 For Greg Thornton, our station manager, Blair Krieger,

1244
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:58,160
 and the 93.9 The Score studios, I'm Kevin Johnson saying have a great day.

1245
01:00:58,220 --> 01:00:59,300
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1246
01:00:59,380 --> 01:01:04,080
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1247
01:01:04,500 --> 01:01:06,140
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1248
01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:11,500
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1249
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