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Captains - Sr's. (l to r) Todd Madison, Dustin Brasher,
Brad Pace, & Taylor Brashear
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Questionable
calls and a good Bolton team lead to a heartbreaking loss
for the Dragons in the first round of the state playoffs.
Collierville
jumped out to an early lead on their first possession
when Jr. QB Brian
Hall raced around the right side 65 yards
for a touchdown. The extra point attempt failed, but the
Dragons had a 6-0 lead. After stopping Bolton on their
first possession, Hall connected with Sr. WR Jon Scruggs
for a 68 yard touchdown, giving the Dragons an early 12-0
lead. The 2 point conversion failed, leaving the Dragons
up by 12. Bolton would answer on their next possession
on a 3 yard touchdown run. The extra point left the Dragons
clinging to a 12-7 lead with 3:52 left in the first quarter.
The Bolton defense would shut down the Dragon offense
in the second quarter and take a 14-12 lead on a 17yard
pass play. The Dragons and Bolton would trade possessions
the rest of the second quarter and go into halftime with
the score 14-12.
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| Sr.
WR Jon Scruggs prepares to receive this 68 yd. TD
strike from Brian Hall |
The
third quarter saw Bolton extend their lead to 21-12 on
a 1 yard rushing touchdown with 6:23 remaining. The Dragons
would mount a rally on the next possession with Hall connecting
with Sr. RB Brian
Nevill on a 27yard touchdown pass. The 2
point conversion
failed again leaving Bolton with a 21-18 lead.
Offensively,
the Dragons were led by Hall’s 186 yards rushing
followed by Sr. Taylor Brashear with 26 yards and Sr.
Brian Nevill’s 13 yards. Hall connected on 4 pass
attempts with completions to Sr. WR Jon Scruggs, Sr. TE
Todd Madison,
Nevill, and Sr. J.R. Moorehead. Defensively, the Dragons
were lead by Sr. LB Dustin
Brasher’s 18 tackles, followed by Sr.
DE Clarence Featherstone's 7 and Jr. Scott
Eller with 6. The Dragon defense also came
up big with 5 sacks, 1 each from Eller, Madison, Brasher
and 2 from Featherstone.
The
Dragons fought all the way back in the fourth quarter
to take the lead with 5:13 left in the game on Hall’s
44 yard touchdown run. The extra point made the score
25-21. The Dragons held Bolton on their next possession
and were driving for the score that would put the game
out of reach when they were faced with, what turned out
to be, a critical 4th down. The Dragons were on the Bolton
25 yard line and needed a long yard for the first down.
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| Todd
Madison stretches for the xtra yard after hauling
in a Brian Hall pass |
The
Dragons decided against the field goal try and with the
Bolton defense having all 11 men on the line of scrimmage,
Hall’s run was stopped short of the first down.
Bolton
would take possession and escape on a fourth and 12 play
by a highly questionable pass interference call which
gave them new life. With a mere 4.6 seconds remaining
in the game, the Bolton quarterback would find his favorite
wide receiver on the left side for the 40 yard game winning
touchdown.
The
Dragon’s ended the 2003 season with a 7-4 record.
The Dragon’s seniors showed exceptional heart all
season. From this reporters’ (and parents’)
point of view, the following group of seniors displayed
an unselfish, total team focused, leadership and attitude
all year and we congratulate them on their success:
Captains:
Taylor Brashear, Dustin Brasher, Todd Madison, Brad
Pace
Jon
Scruggs, J.R. Moorehead, Brian Nevill, Derek Riley, Mike
Hammond,
Clarence Featerstone, Jake Hill, Stanley Wilson, Michael
Cifaldi, Josh Parden, David Adams, Chris Chambers
