Tailgate News NOVEMBER 21, 2014.qxd

Go-Devils smack Carlisle, ready for playoff round two, McCrory!
By JOHN NELSON
Tailgate News Editor
The Gurdon Go-Devils took the
field and the game on Friday, Nov.
14 when they racked up a 40-0 halftime lead over the Carlisle Bison in
the first round of the 7-2A football
playoffs.
Gurdon Head Coach Kyle
Jackson said the mercy rule was in
effect and so he played a ninth and
10th grade crew during the second
half.
The final score was 40-24,
leaving Gurdon 1-0 in the playoffs,
9-2 overall and claiming the conference championship with a 7-0 conference record.
This week’s action, weather
permitting, as a cold rain was coming down earlier this afternoon as
this piece was being written, the
Go-Devils will once again be home
playing the McCrory Jaguars in
playoff round two. Coach Jackson
said McCrory is 8-3 overall and they
play in the 6-2A conference.
“They finished third in their
conference, but they are a solid
team,” Coach Jackson said. “In
2010, McCory beat Gurdon at
McCory in the first round of the
playoffs.”
With a vengeance factor in the
mix, and Gurdon playing at home,
Coach Jackson said those things
may help the team keep a winning
attitude “but we will still have to take
care of business to beat them.”
Jackson said Kagon Rogo,
who usually wears #4 for McCrory,
is the team’s star running back.
Rogo has more than 1,500 yards
for the year and must be stopped
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Defensively, Jackson said
McCrory “does a little bit of everything.”
“They will be bigger than we
are, but we are used to that. Our
team is healthy and we should have
a depth of 40 players, counting our
younger stars from the junior high
school squad,” he added.
Coach Jackson said Go-Devil
Quarterback Parker Whitson “is getting better every game and has
been having about 5 TD passes a
contest.”
“Parker has already topped
Austin Kirkpatrick’s record for passing yards in a season.”
It was 18-0 Gurdon after quarter one against Carlisle with the first
TD coming when Whitson through a
35-yard pass to #4 Dewayne
Marlow.
The second TD was after a
pass from Whitson to #2 David
Sims. The third TD was a 15-yard
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GO-DEVIL HARVELL RESTS AFTER LONG RUN - Gurdon GoDevil #3 Jackie Harvell rests near the goal line in the Carlisle game
Nov. 14 as a Carlisle player retrieves the ball. Harvell is known for his
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