The Dragons
traveled to middle Tennessee to open the 2003 season
at powerful Gallatin High School. After traveling
four hours from Collierville, the game was delayed
more than 2 hours due to severe thunderstorms in
the Gallatin area. The faithful Collierville fans
were out in force and not too out-numbered by the
home team as the night went on. The Dragons won
the toss and took the opening kick-off at 9:30 PM
Friday night.
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Madison
scored the 4th qtr. go-ahead TD on a 17 yd.
pass from QB Brian Hall
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The Dragon
offense began dominating on the opening drive, marching
down the field before stalling inside the 30 yard line.
The Dragons took a 3-0 lead on Jr. Brett Caldwell's 37
yd field goal with 5:41 left in the first quarter. The
Dragon defense played spectacular all night and stopped
the ensuing Gallatin drive forcing them to punt. The first
quarter ended with the Dragons holding a 3-0 lead.
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Dragons |
Green
Wave |
| 1st
Downs |
14 |
7 |
| Rushing
Yds |
300 |
229 |
| Passing
Yds |
54 |
0 |
| Total
Offense |
354 |
229 |
| Fumbles
Lost |
1 |
1 |
| Pen.
Yds Lost |
30 |
45 |
The
offensive line of Sr. TE Todd
Madison, Jr. Tackle Scott
Eller, Sr Guard Stanley Wilson, Sr. Center Brad
Pace, Jr. Guard Andrew White and Sr. Tackle
David
Adams, controlled the line of scrimmage all
night. Jr. QB Brian
Hall led all rushers with 160 yards on 19
carries, with Sr. FB Taylor
Brashear 83 yards on 15 carries, Sr. RB Brian
Nevill 35 yards on 10 carries and Sr. RB Clarence
Featherstone 18 yards on 3 carries. Early in the 2nd quarter,
the Dragons had the ball at their own 30 yd. line. Hall
called his own number and behind great blocks by Madison
and Wilson, sped 70 yards for the touchdown. Caldwell's
XP made the score 10-0 with 7:13 left in the half. With
time running out in the half, the Dragons were poised
to score again with the ball inside Gallatin's 15 yard
line when the Green Wave defense forced a fumble and returned
it 88 yards for a TD with less than 25 seconds remaining
in the half. The score at halftime was Collierville 10
Gallatin 7.
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#51
Dustin Brasher makes the stop at the line
of scrimmage. Brasher lead the team with 13
tackles
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The Green Wave
received the second half kick-off but, due to a personal
foul penalty, opened their drive on their own 10 yard
line. On the first play Gallatin's talented senior QB
Jamison Link, broke through the Dragons defense and sprinted
90 yards for the touchdown giving the Green Wave the lead
14-10. The rest of the third quarter saw outstanding defense
by the Dragons led by Sr LB Dustin
Brasher with 13 tackles followed by Sr. Derek
Riley, Jr. Cody McMeans, Sr. David Adams, and Sr. Clarence
Featherstone all with 5 tackles each. Featherstone also
recovered a fumble stopping a Gallatin threat to extend
their lead.
Midway through
the fourth quarter, the Dragons were faced with a 4th
and 9 at the Gallatin 17 yard line. Hall dropped back
and found a wide open Madison for the scoring strike that
put the Dragons on top for good. The Dragons ended the
night with 354 yards of total offense while limiting the
powerful Gallatin Green Wave to 229 yards.
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Jr.
QB Brian Hall lead the team in rushing with
160 yds. Hall ran for 1 TD and threw for another
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Despite the
hostile weather, the Dragons started the 2003 season with
dominating performances on both sides of the ball. The
Dragons return to the friendly confines of Herman Osteen
Field this Friday when they host Central.
