By David Mundee
After a Effexor coupon struggling defensive Metoclopramide 10 mg performance in Yagara 60 pills a jamboree Buy Plendil Online two weeks ago, Abbeville Christian head coach Eric Jones knew he had to make some changes.
Those changes proved fruitful for the Generals in the season-opener Thursday night.
Behind an overpowering defense, Abbeville Christian claimed a 14-6 win over Ashford Academy at James W. Rane Field in the season and AISA Class A, Region 1 opener for both teams.
The game also marked the debuts of Jones and Ashford Academy’s Robbie Brown as new head coaches at the schools.
Jones can thank the Generals defense mainly for giving him his first win.
ACA held Ashford Academy to just four first downs, 45 rushing yards and 79 total yards, while forcing three turnovers. But the defense was even more dominating than those stats indicate.
Of the Falcons 39 rushing plays, the Generals stuffed 22 for negative yards. Four others gained no yards.
Only a 44-yard touchdown run and a late 53-yard scamper kept the Falcons in positive yardage for the night.
“They were wonderful,” Jones of his team’s defense. “They played excellent. They gave up two big plays and that was all they gave up all night. I am so proud of all my guys. The defense really stepped up.
“After our jamboree against Randolph Southern, we played so bad with the 40 (defense) and we made a lot of adjustments in the two weeks. The boys worked really hard. We changed out to a 5-3 as we figured we could pursue better with that.”
Led by nose guard Jameson Brown, linebackers Corey Owens and Justin Walker along with linemen Tyler Giles and Josh Fleming and defensive back Dillon Barren, the Generals constantly lived in the Falcon backfield.
They also refused to let Falcon runners go northward. Almost every play was turned outside to east-west, allowing pursuit to help out.
The General offense, though, had a hard time cashing in on field position, earning just seven first downs and 187 total yards in the game.
ACA also hurt itself with four turnovers, three on offense and one on special teams.
However, the offense did enough with two possessions to build a 14-0 halftime lead.
Late in the first quarter, Owens timed an inside blitz perfect on the count and got to Ashford Academy’s quarterback, causing a fumble. Brown recovered at the Falcon 18.
Four plays later, Sterling Armstrong scored off the right side on a 4-yard run. Owens converted the point after to make it 7-0 with 2:23 to go in the quarter.
Abbeville Christian struck big in the half’s final seconds for its other score.
Facing third-and-7 at its own 45 and the clock under 20 seconds, sophomore quarterback Travis Johnson rolled to his right and heaved a pass toward Walker at the Falcon 30-yard line.
Two Falcon defenders were there, one in front and one in back. The one in front tipped the pass as he fell down, while the back one overran the play. Walker, meanwhile, caught the deflection, turned around to his left and had nothing but green grass to the end zone.
Owens converted the PAT again, making 14-0 with just 11.5 seconds left in the half.
The Falcon offense finally broke through late in the third quarter. With good field position after ACA penalties and a punt, Ashford Academy took over at the ACA 44.
On the first play, Kyle Singletary took a wingback reverse to the right, found a hole at the end, then bounced off a tackler five yards down before racing to the outside for a 44-yard touchdown run.
The try for two failed, leaving it 14-6.
The Falcons made things testy for ACA in the fourth quarter when quarterback Trey Johnston found real estate on a 53-yard roll-out run to the right before pursuit caught him at the ACA 34 with just under five minutes left.
However, the General defense stiffened, forcing three negative plays in the next four, the last coming when Fleming and Justin Watford brought down Johnston for a 6-yard loss after the defense forced him to scramble around.
ACA then burned out the clock to finish the game.
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