Dragons Fall In The 1st Round Of The State Playoffs To Cartersville

This past Friday, on a cool, brisk evening, the PHS varsity football team travled down to Cartersville to take on the top seed from region 5, the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes in the first round of the GHSA 4-A State football playoffs. This would be the 21st meeting all time between the two schools.

 

Pickens, won the toss and elected to receive to start the ball game. After several first downs on a good opening drive, the Dragons were forced to punt. The Canes got on the board first at the 6:45 mark after a 17-yd TD pass making it 7-0 Cartersville in the opening quarter. Cartersville added to the lead at the 3:23 mark of the 1st quarter with a 41-yd TD pass making it 14-0. The Canes would score just before the end of the 1st quarter with a 4-yd TD pass giving us a score of 21-0 Cartersville after one.

 

In the 2nd quarter, Cartersville would again add to their lead after a 1-yd TD run to make it 28-o with 9:16 left in the first half. Pickens nearly snagged a fumble in the end zone after a long completion from the Canes, but were unable to secure it as Cartersville was able to fall on it and make it 35-0 at the 4:43 mark of the 2nd quarter. The Canes would score again just prior to halftime with a 51-yd TD pass to give us a score of 42-o.

 

In the 2nd half, things started picking up for the Dragons. After a high snap, the Dragons pounced on the loose ball, then a fumble occured, then a quick thinking Hunter Hermann scooped up that fumble, and took it into the end zone for the score to make it 42-7 Canes with 10:18 left in the 3rd. Cartersville scored on a 19-yd TD pass to make it 48-7 Canes as we headed to the 4th.

 

In the 4th, Pickens would find the end zone twice. This time, with the offense. The first score in the 4th came from Robert Davis. Davis was able to sneak through the left side of the defense for a 6-yd TD run at the 8:21 mark to make it 48-14. The 2nd score, was set up by a beautiful punt return that Davis nearly took all the way. Jacob Brumby finished it off with a 3-yd TD run to make the score 48-21. Your final in this one, 48-21 Cartersville.

 

Final Season Stats:

215 first downs, 49/116 on 3rd down, 15/32 on 4th down, 5,193 total yards (school record), 429 total points (school record), 2,675 rushing yards, 2,518 passing yards, 26 total takeaways, 17 fumble recoveries, 9 INT’s

Passing:

Jacob Brumby: 172-290, 59.3%, 2,457 yards, 22 TD’s, 8 INT

Rushing:

Robert Davis: 123 rushes, 1,148 yards, 9.3 ypc, 14 TD, long of 80

C.J. Streicher: 72 rushes, 523 yards, 7.3 ypc, 7 TD, long of 45

Jacob Brumby: 110 rushes, 417 yards, 3.8 ypc, 4 TD, long of 25

Trevon Hawkins: 40 rushes, 296 yards, 7.4 ypc, 5 TD, long of 82

Brady Moore: 13 rushes, 116 yards, 8.9 ypc, 2 TD, long of 52

Receiving:

Zach Goss Jr: 45 catches, 856 yards (single season record), 19.0 ypc, 15 TD’s (single season record), long of 56

Josh Cain: 34 catches, 421 yards, 12.4 ypc, 2 TD, long of 28

Robert Davis: 33 catches, 403 yards, 12.2 ypc, 1 TD, long of 60

Alex Snelgrove: 25 catches, 322 yards, 12.9 ypc, 2 TD, long of 36

Trevon Hawkins: 12 catches, 201 yards, 16.8 ypc, long of 51

Defense:

Hunter Hermann: 121 total tackles, 73 solo, 48 assists, 9 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD

Trevon Hawkins: 78 total tackles, 53 solo, 25 assists, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD

Jay Jones: 78 total tackles, 35 solo, 43 assists, 2 TFL, 2 INT, 3 fumble recoveries, 3 pass break ups

Boz Gayden: 69 total tackles, 37 solo, 32 assists, 1 TFL, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass break up

Kaleb Ray: 48 total tackles, 35 solo, 13 assists, 4 INT, 2 forced fumbles, 8 pass break ups, 1 block

Special Teams:

Michael Burrell: 33 punts, 1,142 yards, 34.6 yd average, long of 53, 5 inside the 20, 52-58 on PAT

Punt Return:

Trevon Hawkins: 8 returns, 111 yards, 13.9 average, long of 28

Robert Davis: 6 returns, 77 yards, 12.8 average, long of 43

C.J. Streicher: 3 returns, 68 yards, 22.7 average, long of 47, 1 TD

Kick Return:

Robert Davis: 19 returns, 460 yards, 24.2 average, long of 94, 1 TD

Trevon Hawkins: 9 returns, 249 yards, 27.7 average, long of 74, 1 TD

Season Records:

Jacob Brumby: total offense (2,874), passing yds (2,457), completions (172), passing TD’s (22)

Zach Goss: yards receiving (856), receiving TD’s (15), 2nd in receptions with 45

Robert Davis: kick return yards (460)

Michael Burrell: 52 makes on PAT puts him 2nd for a season

Career Records:

Jacob Brumby: all time leader in passing yards (4,432), completions (318), passing TD’s (33)

Zach Goss: all time leader in receiving yards (1,318) just a Junior