umwannuerr emorrat Section B Coach's corner Wednesday, September 1, 2010 SEvery Saturday morning 10-11 a.m. Live from "JAVA JAX" on WQHL, "The Big 98" Who let the ' Do gs out Suwannee goeson a 38-0 A " tear in Kickoff Classic By Corey Davis . V corey.davis@gaflnews.com ' LIVE OAK-The Willie Spears era got off to a bang with a 38-0 win Friday over visiting Chiefland in the Kickoff Classic. With a handful of starters out due to injuries, Suwan- nee had to look to other players for help. Among the missing was starting quarterback Jimmie Taylor, who was nursing a pulled groin. Taking his place was senior Jackson Brown. o , I Two plays is all it took for Suwannee to grab the lead. -- .. and the only points the Bulldogs would need. Senior tailback Greg Swinson (119 yards on 11 car- ries) took a handoff from Brown and raced 80 yards un- touched keyed by a Brown block to give the 'Dogs an , ' early 7-0 lead on the second play from scrimmage. Suwannee held Chiefland to a three and out on its first possession and took advantage of a 6-yard punt from Ja- mantye Thompson, converting a 30-yard field goal to lead 10-0 with 5:06 left in the first quarter. On its third possession, Suwannee drove 67 yards in 18 plays getting inside the 5-yard line before Swinson was hit at the line of scrimmage on fourth down. ran three yards before being stripped of the ball, which was recovered by Derek Smith at the Chiefland 9 yard line. Jackson appeared to hit Andre Zanders two plays later for an apparent score but Suwannee wasI lI.la.cd for holding. Brown hit Marcus Lane for a 12-yard gain on a screen pass and Brown followed with a 6-yard touch- - down run increasing the lead to 17-0 with 5:48 left till half. Lane picked off a well overthrown Deric Allen pass to set up another Bulldog score before the half. Brown connected with Lane for 10 yards and Zanders (6 catch- es for 101 yards) for 13 yards to bring the ball to mid- field. Back-to-back passes to Lane (4 catches for 59 yards) for a combined 37 yards brought the Bulldogs inside the 10 yard line. Brown kept it on a option keeper scoring from 10 yards out as the 'Dogs led 24-0 with 1:19 left ' till half. Chiefland ran out the clock to head into the locker room down 24-0. SEE WHO, PAGE 5B RIGHT: Suwannee tailback Greg Swinson looks down field for room against Chiefland. Swinson ran for 119 yards on 11 carries and went over 100 yards early in the second quarter. - Photo: Paul Buchanan (SuwanneeSports.com) ACD withdraws from FHSAA - _ 1/ L K . . . . . . . . . . . .. Melody Christian's run towards a playoff appearance got a little easier with ACD dropping out of the district. ACD was the district runner-up in baseball last season, while Melody was the fourth seed. By Corey Davis (ACD) in Jacksonville dropped a bomb to win state championships. ketball coach Rex Morgan told the corey.davis@gaflnews.com on everyone by withdrawing from the ACD competes in district play with Florida Times Union, "We have offi- Florida High School Athletic Associa- Lafayette in football and Melody cially withdrawn from the FHSAA ef- JACKSONVILLE-A day before the tion. Christian in basketball, softball and fective immediately. We enjoyed our high school football season was to be- By dropping out, the none of the baseball. gin, Arlington Country Day School school's sanctioned sports are eligible ACD athletic director and boys bas- SEE ACD, PAGE 2B