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Page 2, The Journal, Buena Vista, GA, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Marion County falls to Dooly in a rainy defensive struggle By Richard Harris Photos by Malinda Bair • For more: tjournal.smugmug.com The young Marion County High School var- sity football team lost a hard-fought defensive bat- tle to Dooly County, 13-0, in the 2021 season-opener at Eagle Stadium on Fri- day, August 20. The Eagles trailed 10-0 at halftime and heavy rain made their comeback at- Photos by Malinda Bair • For more: tjournal.smugmug.com tempt more diffi cult. “The rain in the second half made it tough,” said Jalewis Solomon heads down the fi eld as Kendall Sims takes care of a defender. Head Coach Billy Law. “We fumbled a couple of times and had a couple in Schley County dominates interceptions. We’ve got a bunch of freshmen playing skill positions on offense and we only have one Deerfi eld-Windsor, 35-0 starting offensive lineman back from last year, so it Freshman Kelby Tymes looks for running room. By Richard Harris on offense, running for 174 may take us a while to get The Schley County High var- yards on 12 carries (14.5 it all together on offense.” in Hardison, Jalen Miller, sity football team kicked off the yards per carry, including The bright spot is that the Kyshaun Blackshear, and 2021 season by dominating vis- a 98-yard TD scamper) and team’s defense may be able to Will Penoncello also had a iting Deerfi eld-Windsor, 35-0, scoring 2 touchdowns.
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