FOR THE SECOND SEASON IN A ROW THE ELIZABETHTON CYCLONES AND GREENEVILLE GREENE DEVILS MET IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH A CHANCE TO KEEP THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES ALIVE.... THE DEFENDING CLASS 4-A STATE CHAMPION CYCLONES ALSO CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH A 27 GAME WIN STREAK, 3 OF THOSE CAME AGAINST THE GREENE DEVILS.... THE GREENE DEVILS COMING INTO THIS GAME LOOKING TO SNAP A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK TO THE CYCLONES... AND IT WAS BETSY WHO STRIKED FIRST...MR. FOOTBALL FINALIST BRYSON ROLLINS ONCE AGAIN CARRIED HIS TEAM TONIGHT, SCORING FROM FIVE YARDS OUT, PUTTING HIS SQUAD UP 7-0... THE GREENE DEVILS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RUN GAME THEMSELVES, LED BY MASON GUDGER...THE JUNIOR DIGS GREENEVILLE OUT OF HORRIBLE FIELD POSITION, MAKING THE REST OF THE FIELD LOOK LIKE THEY'RE MOVING IN SLOW MOTION...EVEN THE REF WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP, RUNNING INTO THE CAMERA MAN...BUT NUMBER TWO KNOTS THIS GAME UP IN THE SECOND...CYCLONES LED 10-7 AT THE BREAK... THEN THE GREENE COUNTY SQUAD ATTACKS THE CYCLONES THROUGH THE AIR AS BRADY QUILLEN FINDS JADEN STEVENSON BEHIND THE SECONDARY...THE P-A-T WAS NO GOOD...DEVILS LEAD 13-7 IN THE THIRD... BUT THE CYCLONES ANSWER WITH THE GROUND GAME ONCE AGAIN....CADE RUSSELL TRUDGES HIS WAY IN FROM A COUPLE YARDS OUT, GIVING ELIZABETHTON THE LEAD... THE GREENE DEVILS SNATCH IT RIGHT BACK...GUDGER BREAKS IT TO THE OUTSIDE, FOLLOWING HIS BLOCKERS, WHILE MAKING A COUPLE OF DEFENDERS MISS...THEN SWITCHES TO A WHOLE OTHER GEAR...ONCE AGAIN...THE GREENEVILLE BACK SHOWING THAT HE'S ONE OF THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN THIS AREA...GREENEVILLE LED 20-17 AFTER THREE... ROLLINS HAS BEEN CLUTCH FOR THIS SQUAD ALL SEASON LONG AND ONCE AGAIN HE PROVED WHY HE'S A MR.FOOTBALL FINALIST...THE JUNIOR FIGHTS THROUGH CONTRACT TO REACH THE ENDZONE, GIVING THE CYCLONES THE GO-AHEAD SCORE... SHAWN WITTEN AND THE BOYS BUCKLED DOWN ON DEFENSE AND THEY'RE HEADING TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS WITH A 24-20 VICTORY AND OUR VERY OWN JESSE KRULL WAS THERE AND HAS MORE FROM THIS GAME... PREP FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS ============================= GREENEVILLE 20 ELIZABETHTON 24 NOLENSVILLE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A SPOT IN THE CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. CLASS 6-A DOBYNS-BENNETT FACING PERENNIAL POWER MARYVILLE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT ====== 7-0 REBELS IN THE 1ST TYLER TEASNER FROM 1 YARD OUT TO TIE IT UP AT 7 ====== 2ND QUARTER MARYVILLE STRIKES BACK CARSON JONES HITS NOAH VAUGHN IN THE FLATS AND HE WILL DO THE REST BY MAKING A FEW MISS AND DIVING FOR THE PYLON AND IN TO THE ENDZONE TO MAKE IT 14-7 REBELS INDIANS ANSWER ZANE WHITSON THROWS TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE AND FINDS BRADEN MARSHALL FOR THE SCORE WHAT A CATCH TO TIE IT AT 14 ======== 2ND HALF INDIANS TRAIL 28-14.....3RD DOWN AND 25 WHITSON CONNECTS WITH HAYDEN SHERER ON THE BIG GAIN TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE..... WHAT A BIG PLAY TO KEEP THE INDIANS IN THE GAME ======= A FEW PLAYS LATER PHILLIP ARMITAGE TAKES IT IN FROM 1 YARD OUT TO CUT IT TO 28-21 ======= 35-21 NOW AND THE INDIANS TEASNER SCORE FROM A YARD OUT TO CUT IT TO 7 ======= THE ENSUING ONSIDE KICK GOES THROUGH THE HANDS OF THE INDIANS PLAYER THAT'S THE BALL GAME REBELS ADVANCE 35-28 IN A HARD FOUGHT CONTEST "LISTEN OUR KIDS FOUGHT THEIR TAILS OFF THEY DID SUCH A GOOD JOB THEY DID WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO I TOLD THEM YESTERDAY WE WERE NOT GOING TO ASK ANYTHING OUT THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ALL THEY HAD TO DO IS GO OUT AND DO IT AND I THOUGHT AS A WHOLE THEY DID THAT YOU KNOW." THE SIGN SOUTH GREENE RAN THROUGH TO START THE GAME? HEY MEIGS WE'RE BACK BETTER THAN THE REBELS FEEL THIS IS THE YEAR TO TAKE DOWN THE TIGERS... BUT JUST LIKE THEY HAVE A MR. FOOTBALL FINALIST, SO DO THE TIGERS... WILL MEADOWS IS AN ELECTRIC RUNNING BACK FOR MEIGS COUNTY AND HE GETS THE SCORING STARTED WITH AN ATHLETIC STRETCH TO HIT THE PYLON.. IT WAS 14-NOTHING MEIGS WHEN THE REBELS FINALLY GOT SOME 1ST DOWNS TOGETHER, BUT ON 4TH DOWN THE SNAP IS FUMBLED, A REDZONE OPPORTUNITY SQUANDERED... CAN'T DO THAT IN BIG PLAYOFF GAMES. THE TIGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE WITH WHO ELSE BUT MEADOWS... HE HAD 6 TOUCHDOWNS TONIGHT, GIVE THIS MAN THE MR FOOTBALL AWARD ALREADY!!... 29 NOTHING MEIGS AT THE BREAK... IT'S 35-NOTHING IN THE 3RD WHEN THE REBELS FINALLY GET GOING... LUKE MYERS SHOWING WHY HE'S A FINALIST, HEAVES IT TO CHANDLER FILLERS WHO RISES UP TO SNAG THIS BALL... PHENOMENAL CATCH... SOUTH GREENE KEEPS IT GOING, MYERS ROLLS OUT AND FINDS HIS MAN PRESTON BAILEY WHO HAULS IT IN AND THE REBELS ARE ON THE BOARD, BUT MEADOWS QUICKLY GETS ANOTHER TD TO MAKE IT 42-7... REBELS OFFENSE STILL POUNDING, MYERS SCRAMBLES, FINDS CALEB ROBINSON WIDE OPEN FOR THE SCORE... BUT THAT WAS IT... MEIGS COUNTY PREVENTED MYERS FROM MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE GROUND, AND THEY END SOUTH GREENE'S SEASON FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW, 42-14 THE FINAL TONIGHT... NEWS CHANNEL 11 SPORTS MICHAEL EPPS IS THERE WITH THE REACTION.