Spalding Shines on the Road!

The Jaguars went on the road last Friday night and brought a victory home after three heart-breaking losses. Not only did the defense shine, but so did the offense. These guys played just like I new they were capable of playing.

The Golden Eagles of Eagles Landing won the toss and elected to receive. This would turn out to be their first mistake of the night. After two Jarvous Johnson rushes, a face mask penalty on the Eagles and two passes by Casey Moody, one incomplete and one complete to Derrius Tyler for 12 yards. Casey Moody handed off to Jarvous Johnson who rambled for 26 yards to the Eagles Landing twenty-five yard line for what appeared to be a first down, but was wiped out by an illegal block, which brought the ball back to the Spalding 46. This was when the Jaguars came alive. On the very next play QB Casey Moody rolled left looking to pass and finding no one open and no defenders raced 54 yards to pay dirt and Spalding's first touchdown of the night. The Will Jeffcoat extra point was good and Spalding lead 7-0.

Will Jeffcoat and his tremendous leg put every kickoff on the night into the end zone for a touch back except one making any sort of a return an impossibility. The Jaguar defense only allowed the Eagles 11 plays for 21 yards. At the end of the first quarter the score remained 7-0 Spalding.

With the beginning of the second quarter the Jaguars the Jaguars continued their drive and ended with a 36 yard field goal by Will Jeffcoat with 11:52 remaining in the quarter. Jaguars 10-0.

On the kickoff Jeffcoat's kick traveled to the three yard line where it was returned 12 yards by Wiley Patrick to the Eagles 15 yard line. A face mask by the Jaguars moved the ball to the twenty yard line. The very next play the problems that had jumped on Spalding last week jumped on the Eagles back and the Jaguars Demarcus Allen recovered the ball for the Jags at the Eagles twenty. Three plays later and 10:43 left on the clock the Jags led 17-0.

The Will Jeffcoat kick off sailed into the end zone yet again and after the Eagles ran three plays Tyler Teknipp rolled right and threw a perfect pass to the waiting arms of the Jaguars Trent Martin who returned it to the the Eagles 27. The first play from scrimmage was stopped and Spalding was given five yards, because Eagles Landing had twelve men on the field. The next play Jarvous Johnson carried the ball 6 yards for a Jag first down. Casey Moody connected with Derrius Tyler to the Eagles two yard line, but a holding penalty brought it back to the Eagles 31. After an incomplete pass by Moody and a completion to Derrius Tyler for 13 yards and then to Zae Fuller for 18 and yet another Jaguar touchdown. The Will Jeffcoat kick was good and the Jaguar's were in control 24-0.

The ensuing kick off by Will Jeffcoat sailed into the end zone for yet another touch back. The Eagles drive started at the twenty and after three plays that resulted in -15 yards the Jaguars Chris Mays (6-6, 292 lbs) blocked another punt and Jeremy Ponder for the Jaguars fell on the ball for another score and after the you know who extra point (Will Jeffcoat). The score was 31-0 Jaguars. This score would take us to half time and as for me and the Jaguars things could not have been better.

At the start of the third quarter the Jaguars Will Jeffcoat sent the ball high and deep into the Eagles end zone for the touch back. The Eagles keep the ball only three plays and were forced to punt from their twenty five yard line the punt was downed on the Spalding 43. This series of downs started with a Zay Sharp's 1 yard run, a Casey Moody pass to Deondre Sims for 12 yards and two big runs by Zay Sharp, for 17 and 26 yards, took the ball down to the Eagles one yard line. Casey took the ball and drove into the end zone behind his big offensive line for the score. The extra point attempt by Sheriden Ashmore was no good and the Jaguars now had a 37-0 lead.

The kickoff by Jeffcoat went into the end zone and it was Eagles ball first and ten at the twenty yard line, but not for long for once again the Jaguar defense rose to the occasion and after a loss of six yards and five yards the Eagles attempted a pass that fell incomplete because of the defensive pressure and the flag was thrown for intentional grounding. So now with fourth and forever the Eagles had to punt, but yet another mistake as the ball sailed over the punters head and out of the end zone for two more Spalding points and a 39-0 score.

Shaq Lawrence kicked off from the twenty and the ball was taken by Deondre Sims at the Spalding thirty, he returned the ball forty-seven yards to the Golden Eagle twenty three yard line. Two rushes and a seventeen yard pass to Zae Fuller and the extra point by Will Jeffcoat the score stood at 46-0 Jaguars. This would be how the third quarter would end.

After the last score in the third the younger Jaguars took to the field and played really well. They allowed one score by the Eagles first string offense, but that was all and they got six of those points back when Chris Dickson went 39 yards around the right side for the score. The extra point by Kacy Stuart as no good and the Jaguars were up 52-7.

That is how the game would end as the clock ran the entire fourth quarter. The Jaguars take their first win of the season. With this week off and a chance for wounds to heal the Jaguars will take on Woodward Academy a week from this Friday (October 2, 2009) at Memorial Stadium in Griffin at 7:30 PM.
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