I. SECTION B Crossword ........7B Classifieds... 9-12B Comics ..........7B Fishing ............4B TV Grids .........6B Inside Bulldogs golf team tops Chipley -2B A MEDIA GENERAL NEWSPAPER SPORTS Hornets smack Macla- BY DUSTIN KENT FLORIDAN SPORTS EDITOR COTTONDALE - The Cottondale Hornets made it two in a row Friday night with a 36-18 victo- ry over the Maclay Marauders. The Hornets racked up 337 rush- ing yards, including 132 and two touchdowns from senior Dominique Webb, to move to 2-1 on the season. Cottondale will next play host to the FAMU Baby Rattlers on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the district opener for both teams. In the last -warm-up for league play, the Hornets again were a bit sluggish in the early going, but they finished strong as they've done in each of the previous two games. The Hornets lost fumbles on each of their first two possessions. The second time, Maclay made them pay. Quarterback Taylor Scott scored on a 12-yard touchdown run to put the Marauders up 6-0 with 7:21 on the first quarter clock. The Cottondale offense got it going on its third possession, marching 64 yards on six plays, with a 15-yard run by Sheldon Vann setting up Webb's 4-yard scoring run to tie the game with 4:50 on the clock. An interception by Sheldon Vann got the ball back for the Hornets at their own 34-yard line. Cottondale scored eight plays later on a 4-yard Cottondale's Cody Saye, left, and Evan Davis, right, combine to hit Maclay's Harrison Miller during a game Friday night i run by Evan Davis to make it 12-6 Cottondale. The Hornets won the aame 36-18 to make it two in a row and improve to 2-1 on the season. The Hornets next play ho: n st to the FAMU Baby Rattlers on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the district-opener for both teams. - Mark Skinner/Floridan .Bultdogs lose big to Bay 45-13 BY DUSTIN KENT FLORIDAN SPORTs EDITOR The Bay High Tornadoes delivered the Marianna Bulldogs a second straight loss 6n Thursday night at Tommy Oliver Stadium in Panama City. The Bulldogs scored on the.opening possession of the game oni a 13-yard touchdown run by Chris Bowers to put Marianna up 7-0. But it was all Bay from that point forward. The Tornadoes scored on .their next three pos- sessions to take a 19-7 lead into halftime, then -pushed the lead to 39-7 in the third quarter to pull away. -Bay High finished with 478 yards of total offense for the game, and never punted. For the Bulldogs, Bowers led the way with 140 yards on 20 carries, with Michael Mader connect- ing with Clayte Rooks for a 30-yard TD pass in the fourth for the only other Marianna score. Bulldogs coach Steve DeWitt said he was very impressed with what he saw from the Tornadoes (2-1). "Bay's-a pretty good team, no doubt about it," the coach said.*"They have lots of athletes, and most of them are seniors this year. They played pretty well." Marianna was coming, off of an ipset loss to Graceville at home the previous week. The Bulldogs have been plagued by penalties, turnovers, and poor pass defense early in the sea- son. The pass defense was still a struggle, with Bay's Kevin Husum throwing for 183 yards and a touch- down, but the Bulldogs only had one turnover, which didn't result in points for Bay. "I thought it was an improvement from last week," DeWitt said of his team's performance Thursday night. "If we can lose and have Marianna quarterback Hakeem Holmes runs for yardage during a game earlier this season. The Bulldogs fell to 1-2 on the season with a 45- 13 loss to Bay High on Thursday night in Panama City. - Floridan File Photo improvement, then we did. We cut down on mis- takes, cut down on penalties and fumbles, and we were able to move the ball. "The main thing that I'm most proud of is we played hard the whole game. It didn't matter what See BULLDOGS, Page 31 I Pirates fall to 0-3 with loss Sneads', Xavier Eutsay, left, intercepts a pass during a game against Blountstown earlier this season. - Floridan File Photo BY DUSTIN KENT FLORIDAN- SPORTS EbiTO The Sneads Pirates fel] overall and 0-2 in distri Friday night with a 49-26 the Holmes County Blue in Bonifay. The Blue Devils, who to 2-0 on' the season and trict, wasted little time control of the game, jump to a 42-7 halftime lead. Holmes County used a of big plays, including thr touchdown passes and return for a score to race the big lead. )R Xavier Eutsay returned the . opening kickoff of the second Sto 0-3 half for a 65 yards to set up .a .ct play score for the Pirates. loss to But Holmes County answered Devils by coming right back down the field to add another touchdown moved and push the lead to 49-14. in dis- Sneads got a pair of touchdowns seizing from Trent McDaniel on runs of 5 ping out and 18 yards, as well as a 15-yard TD run by Delonfre Keys in the in array second half. Blade Osborne pro- *ee long vided the Pirates' first-half TD on a umnt a 1-yard sneak. out to See PIRATES, Page 2B 1> Hot start lifts Blountstown to 35-14 junior varsity victory over Sneads Sneads running back Taylor Woods (with the ball) gets tackled by a pair of Blountstown Tigers players during a junior varsity game Thursday night in Blountstown. - Mark Skinner/Floridan BY DUSTIN KENT FLORIDAN SPORTS EDITOR The Sneads Pirates junior varsity suffered its first loss of the season Thursday night in Blountstown, falling to the Tigers 35-14. A pair of Hunter Jordan touchdown runs put the Tigers up 16-0 at halftime, and Blountstown added another score in the third period to take a 24-0 lead into the fourth. Sneads got its two scores in the fourth quarter on a 60-yard TD pass from Josh Taylor to Dontarious Williams, and a 30-yard TD pass from Taylor to Darius Williams. Wayne Driggers converted the 2-point play for the Pirates on the first score. Taylor finished 4-of-7 for 105 yards and two TDs, while Taylor Woods led the Pirates with 50 rushing yards. Pirates coach Shawn Graham said it was a struggle for his team much of the night, but he was proud of the effort he saw from his players. "Their defense kind of shut us down on the outside, so we tried to get more people the ball. Everything we tried kind of failed," the coach said. "But we didn't give up. We came back and "Our guys showed a lot of heart and kept fighting until the end. As a coach, that's always good to work with." -Shawn Graham, Sneads coach went down fighting." Graham said Blountstown was very formida- ble, particularly its young quarterback, Jordan, who starred on the Tigers middle school team the past two years. "Their quarterback was very impressive," the coach said. "Hats off to them, they've got a great future ahead of them. But I'm excited "about our future at the same time. Our guys showed a lot of heart and kept fighting until the end. Even with five seconds on the clock, you couldn't convince these kids they were going to lose. As a coach, that's always good to work with." The Pirates will be back at home on Thursday against the Marianna Bulldogs at 6 p.m. - ]Check out Bob Kornegay's latest column on page 4ID ~TAV~ONICOUNTY.'S: JOHN BRYAN JOHN A.LLEN CRAIG BARD SALES TEAM SALEs TEAM SALES TEAMj r I? See HORNETS, Page 3B'> m f