SUMMERVILLE — The Sonoraville Phoenix, fresh off their first win ever last week against LaFayette, didn’t make it two in a row Friday night.
In the regular season finale, the visiting Chattooga Indians tuned up for the Class AA state playoffs by hading the Phoenix a 43-8 defeat.
But Sonoraville coach Chuck King is still optimistically looking ahead to the 2008 season.
“We’re playing with some younger guys; next year they’ll be another year older, a lot more practice under our belt,” King said.
“I think we’ll be better, next year no question about it,” King said. “The guys hung in there and fought well, just another growing year.
“I said last year we’re two or three years away; now we’re one or two years away from being where we want to be. I don’t think we’re anywhere close to arrived.”
Chattooga built up a 21-0 lead after one quarter, then coasted to a 29-8 halftime advantage.
The Phoenix took advantage of an unusual decision by the Indians to score their touchdown.
Chattooga elected to go for the first down on a fourth and four from its own 15 but Sonoraville stopped them and shortly afterwards quarterback Y.J. Glover sneaked it from the one to make it a 21-8 game with 6:48 left in the second quarter after Glover and Taylor Sims connected for the two-point conversion.
The Indians took the opening kickoff and marched down the field, with quarterback Jack McCutchins running 20 yards for the TD with 10:17 left in the first quarter. The kick was blocked, leaving Chattooga ahead 6-0.
The Indians made it 14-0 with 5:46 left in the first quarter when David Covington ran four yards into the endzone. That time, Chattooga elected to go for it on fourth and 10 from the Sonoraville 18 and made the first down on a 14-yard pass from McCutchins to Blake Johnson, setting up Covington’s run on the next play.
Cody Boyd’s 43-yard run accounted for the third TD of the first quarter, and McCutchins completed an 18-yard pass to Rashad Ramsey for the fourth TD with 1:40 left in the first half.
“It really worried me coming into this game that Sonoraville was coming off its first win,” Chattooga coach John Starr said.
“However, we were able to play solid ball and not have any turnovers. Turnovers have been a problem for us all season.
“It was hard to keep the kids focused on this game,” he said, “knowing the state playoffs were just around the corner.”
But in practice we stressed the importance of not overlooking Sonoraville and kept the kids busy.”
The Indians will play at Macon County, the top seed from Region 5-AA, next Friday night.
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