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Abbeville players and coaches didn’t just think they could defeat Eufaula. They expected to.

Their great expectations came to fruition Friday as the Class 3A Yellow Jackets stunned the Class 5A Tigers 28-15 in Eufaula.

Eufaula led 15-7 early in the third quarter, but Abbeville rallied to tie and take the lead and then iced the game with an 11 minute, 86-yard drive in the fourth quarter. The drive ended with a 2-yard touchdown run bysenior quarterback Corey Gochett.

“We claimed it in July. The hard work in the summer paid off,” Abbeville coach Al Shipman said. “This is the hardest working team I’ve ever had … We just shocked a lot of people.”

Abbeville senior tailback Andre Kinsey had his way with the Eufaula defense for much of the evening. He rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown.

“I can’t express to you enough the character he has,” Shipman said. “When he plays, he plays all out. He leads this team.”

EHS coach Dan Klages acknowledged the magnitude of Abbeville’s win.

“(Their players and coaches) may have been the only people who thought they could beat us,” he said. “You have to give them credit.”

Both teams scored once in the first half. Eufaula took the opening kickoff and marched 79 yards for an easy score. Ramon Lewis scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, while Ben Thomas converted the two-point conversion pass to Jamal Walton. Eufaula led 8-0 with 6:53 remaining in the first quarter.

Abbeville scored on the second play of the second quarter when Kinsey went in from 15 yards out. The Yellow Jackets kicked the extra point, and Eufaula’s 8-7 lead would carry into halftime.

The Tigers took advantage of an Abbeville turnover early in the third quarter and scored their second touchdown when Demonte Jett connected with Arenza Johnson on an 18-yard touchdown pass. Jim Johnsonbooted the extra point kick, and Eufaula led 15-7.

Shipman credited his team for not panicking after Eufaula’s second touchdown.

“Our confidence was fine … We never stopped believing,” he said.

Abbeville tied the game with 7:32 remaining in the third quarter after Gochett connected with Dez Brown for a 33-yard touchdown pass. Quin Sampson added the two-point conversion.

What would be the winning points came in bizarre fashion. Eufaula was driving late in the third quarter and had first down near the Abbeville 25. But Alex Grimsley recovered a Eufaula fumble and returned it past his team’s 40-yard line before fumbling it.

Fortunately for Abbeville, Jerrel Nelson picked up the loose ball and ran the remaining 50-plus yards for the touchdown. Several Eufaula players thought the play was dead near the original line of scrimmage.

“Whenever a break occurred, they took advantage of it,” Klages said of Abbeville.

Abbeville will host Luverne next Friday while Eufaula will host Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee next Friday.

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The Abbeville Pee Wee Assaciation hosted the Pee Wee League Jamboree at the old high school football field on Saturday August 28, 2010 in Abbeville Alabama.

Over 1200 dedicated Parents, Fans, and Supporters packed the stadium.

Players from Columbia, Headland, and Abbeville packed the field for great day of football.

Great Job to all the Cheerleaders, Football Players, and Coaches.

The Pee Wee League is a great event for our small children to be able to play the game of Football.

The Abbeville Pee Wee Association is in need of your support by donation of funds to help purchase Pee Wee Football/CheerLeaders Uniforms.

Due to budget shortfalls the association is having a difficult time in purchasing uniforms for all players and cheerleaders.

Please help this great orginization by your donation.

Contact Catrina Billins or Melvi Harris at (334) 441-7372 or (334) 618-5289

The Abbeville Pee Wee Association is hosting the Pee Wee Football Jamboree on the old high school football field.

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After a struggling defensive performance in a jamboree 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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