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Pillow Academy center Wade Smith will play a key role in his team’s offensive success Friday night in the playoffs against top-ranked and undefeated Heritage Academy.

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PA gets rematch with undefeated Patriots in Columbus Friday
By BILL BURRUS - Sports Editor

Wed,11/13/19-7:39PM , 175 Reads
This is the second chance Tripp McCarty hoped for when his team was walking off the field in Columbus in late Septemberer with its first loss of the 2019 season.

The Mustangs lost 26-13 in a game where Heritage quarterback Carter Putt had his most productive outing of the season in terms of yards passing.
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Greenwood High School quarterback DeAndre Smith has thrown for more than 2,000 yards this season and has 23 touchdown tosses.

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Dogs out to protect house
By BILL BURRUS - Sports Editor

Wed,11/13/19-1:42PM , 253 Reads
Bulldog Stadium has been a tough place on visiting playoff teams in Clinton Gatewood’s tenure at Greenwood High School.

GHS takes pride in defending its home turf and will get a second straight postseason game at home this week. The undefeated Bulldogs look to keep things rolling in the North 4A quarterfinals Friday night at 7.
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Senior Jack Reichle will likely need a big game for Pillow Academy as it begins its quest for a state championship Friday night at home against Hartfield Academy.

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After bye, PA set for home playoff game
By BILL BURRUS - Sports Editor
Wed,11/06/19-7:40PM , 183 Reads
The memory of last year’s painful postseason exit still haunts Pillow Academy.

The Mustangs lost in heartbreaking fashion, coming up one defensive stop short of the state championship game. Lamar School went deep into its playbook for a trick play that handed it a 41-36 win in the state semifinals.
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Davin Anderson is a big-time playmaker for the Greenwood High School defense and is already drawing recruiting interest as a sophomore.

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Position switch helping soph. OLB, Greenwood defense
By BILL BURRUS - Sports Editor

Wed,11/06/19-7:38PM , 259 Reads
High-flying, free-wheeling spread offenses are all the rage in football these days and take up a lot of the headlines, but this is the time of year when defense dictates ultimate success.
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