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Silverdale rusher has stellar opener
Player of the Week honor roll
(Coaches are invited to make nominations. Send an e-mail to Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com by 4 p.m. each Sunday.)
Boyd-Buchanan: Trey McCalla blocked a punt but it was his second-quarter, 30-yard interception return that proved the difference in the Buccaneers’ 21-14 win over Christian Academy of Knoxville.
Central: Robert Vipond scored seven points including a pair of field goals in the final two minutes to left the Purple Pounders to a 13-10 win over stubborn Notre Dame at Finley Stadium. Vipond also averaged 41.6 yards on three punts.
David Brainerd: Veteran receiver Will Keebler caught two passes for 88 yards including a 45-yard pass from Brooks Thedford, and recovered a fumble in the end zone for a second TD in the Wildcats’ 26-12 win over Sunbright. Keebler went over 1,000 yards for his career and Thedford has now passed the 3,000-passing yard plateau.
East Ridge: C.J. Jones got just six touches but scored on two of them including a 95-yard run after a key defensive stand as the Pioneers bested Lookout Valley 31-0.
Grace Academy: Quarterback Josh Blake scored three TDs on runs of 8 and 90 yards and a 54-yard interception return. Blake finished with 149 yards on 16 carries in the Golden Eagles’ 29-26 loss to Franklin Road Academy.
Lookout Valley: Tay Vaughn Wynn completed five of nine passes including four in a row although he sat out most of the second half after a slight injury to his left (non-throwing) shoulder.
McCallie: Jay Fullam scored a pair of touchdowns in the Blue Tornado’s 35-13 victory over Providence Day (N.C.), but fellow running back Joey Skogen was the workhorse, picking up 110 yards on 17 carries.
McMinn Central: Five players scored TDs in the Chargers’ 34-13 win over Loudon, the big tally coming on a flat pass to Jarrel Harrison, who went 70 yards just before halftime.
Notre Dame: Conner Chote, who had 80 yards on seven carries, got Notre Dame’s lone TD but Jeremey Deocampo had 110 yards on 10 carries as the Irish fell to Central 13-10.
Ooltewah: Tailback Matthew Polk scored the Owls’ first three TDs, finishing with 134 yards on 19 carries as the Owls’ shut out Whites Creek 38-0. He also had one reception for 13 yards.
Polk County: James Bussey scored on a 23-yard pass from Jared Allen and returned a fumble 38 yards for another score in the Wildcats’ 43-8 win at Bledsoe County.
Silverdale Baptist: Edgar Montgomery accumulated 303 yards of offense in the Seahawks’ 40-21 win at Oliver Springs. Montgomery, who had 105 rushing yards and 198 receiving yards, scored four TDs including a run of 61 yards and a pass reception that covered 82 yards. Each of his TD catches covered more than 50 yards.
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee: Emmanuel Gabaud pulled in a 52-yard scoring pass from Jamie Reese and Bukai Massaqui scored a TD and a two-point conversion in SAS’ 14-12 win at Franklin Classical.
Tyner: Versatile Michael Poarch, a part-time quarterback last year, rushed for 77 yards and a TD and added a 34-yard scoring reception from Brandon Scott in the Rams’ 56-0 shutout of Faith Covenant Academy (Ala.).
Whitwell: Travis Goforth averaged 21 yards on six carries, picking up 127 yards and scoring 3 TDs in the Tigers’ 50-6 win over Scottsboro, Christian.
There is no more anonymity for Silverdale Baptist’s Edgar Montgomery, who opened the high school football season in spectacular fashion on Friday.
The Seahawks senior amassed 303 yards of total offense and scored four touchdowns. For leading Silverdale past Oliver Springs 40-21, Montgomery has been selected as the Times Free Press player of the week.
“We tried to get the ball in the hands of our best athlete,” Silverdale coach John Allen said.
They succeeded. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound Montgomery rushed for 105 yards on six carries and caught three passes for 198 yards. Operating with an offensive line that returned intact, his TDs came on a run of 61 yards and passes of 82, 60 and 56 yards from Scott Paone, a first-year starter at quarterback. Montgomery also had an interception.
“Edgar came to us from Baylor and had to sit out as a sophomore, but he started for us last year,” Allen said. “Still, he was a relative unknown although he probably rushed for 700 yards and had another 300 in receiving. I don’t think a whole lot of people noticed.”
A team captain this year, Montgomery played on the periphery of the limelight last year, overshadowed by Philip Walliser, a thousand-yard rusher, and Brett Lowery, a thousand-yard passer.
Although Walliser and Lowery have graduated, the Seahawks returned their entire offensive line, which most always makes a major difference, especially for Class A teams.
“He’s a good student, and he is a quiet kid. Nobody will notice a change in him because he is a very humble kid,” said Allen, who compared Montgomery to Reggie Hubbard, one of his former players at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe who is playing at Carson-Newman and has been named a preseason all-American.
“They’re similar types in their build and their abilities although Edgar actually outran Reggie earlier this summer,” Allen said.
Silverdale is using Montgomery as a wingback but also will move him to the slot when Allen chooses to go to more pass-oriented slots.
“We have to get him the ball more,” Allen said.
His efforts against Oliver Springs took the pressure off of Paone, who was replacing a veteran starter.
“I knew Scott was going to be good, but I didn’t think he would do so well in his first game. The first four completions of his career went for touchdowns and he managed the game well, and we have another back in Tyler Barnett, who will help keep the pressure off Edgar,” Allen said.
Still, it helps to have Montgomery, who was on the receiving end of most of Paone’s completions.
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