Plant (Tampa, Fla.) at Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.)
Chris Williams and Sandy Creek will look to take advantage of a rare opportunity to beat a nationally known program.
Photo by Dennis Carter
Plant – which won 102 games and four state titles the previous 10 seasons – could be in for a very long night on Thursday if its game against Sandy Creek begins in similar fashion to its 35-16 preseason loss last week to defending Florida 5A champion Godby (Tallahassee). A stunned Raymond James Stadium crowd watched the Panthers fall behind 35-0 in the third quarter. Senior quarterback
Colby Brown connected with
Cameron Winter on a pair of scoring strikes in the fourth quarter to prevent an even more lopsided margin of defeat.
Visit the brand-new MaxPreps Greater Atlanta siteTo keep a tight grasp on its lofty national ranking in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25, No. 5 Sandy Creek needs to not only win but probably win big against Plant. As a 4A team in a state with six classes, Plant represents one of the few opponents on the Patriots' schedule with much national name recognition. Sandy Creek returns seven offensive starters from a state-championship team including the pass-catch combination of senior quarterback
Cole Garvin (a Marshall recruit) and senior receiver
Demarre Kitt (Clemson). On defense, there are six starters back including University of Mississippi-bound tackle
Chris Williams (6-0, 288) and senior defensive back
Khari Lain (Arkansas State).
Mitch Stephens: Sandy Creek 35, Plant 21
Kevin Askeland: Sandy Creek 42, Plant 14
Jamie DeMoney: Sandy Creek 35, Plant 14
Stephen Spiewak: Sandy Creek 35, Plant 24
Leland Gordon: Sandy Creek 42, Plant 28
Colin Ward-Henninger: Sandy Creek 45, Plant 14
