Winston vs. Canton

Winston looks to continue its winning ways as it travels to Canton, Mississippi tonight to take on Canton Academy. The Patriots who are led by juniors Tyler Dalton and Austin Harrison and seniors Carlos Black and Kyle Harriman, are now 7-2 on the season with a 2-2 conference record coming into tonight. With a win tonight they will definitly have a playoff spot waiting on them although it already appears they should have one anyway. Winston last week knocked off the Tri-County Rebels to get their 7th win of the season. The Patriots lone loses came to the top two teams in the district, Leake and Manchester. Gametime for tonight's affair is set for 7 o'clock.

Patriots overcome homecoming, Rebles, win 27-12

Winston scored on a two play drive to open their offense on their first possession of the game and didn't look back as they went on to win it. T.D. threw for three touchdowns and ran for another while surpassing the 200 yd. barrier on the game. Also Austin Harrison picked off two more passes which gives him 6 in the last three weeks. He also hauled in the first touchdown of the game on a pass from Dalton from 25 plus yds. out. Tri-County never got started offensively although they did score one touchdown on a run. The Patriot defense worked hard in the trenches all night and never allowed any big plays to happen and they also caused four Rebel turnovers with 3 of those being interceptions. Paul David Hatcher lead the defense with 13 tackles and was awarded the temptco steel player of the game. Winston improved to 7-2 and 2-2 in conference play. It is their best start since the 1999 season and they hope to make it an even more magical season as they progress towards the playoffs with only two regular season games remaining. Calling the play-by-play tonight on tv was myself while mr. Dan Sullivan helped me as the color man. Next week, Winston stays in district play as they go on the road to take on their final district opponent, Canton Academy. Canton stands last in the conference standings with Tri-County. The Patriots with a win will secure a definite playoff appearence although the win Friday night gives them a very good chance already.

Homecoming underway in Louisville

Made an appearence today at the homecoming play with half of my senior class showing up (which is saying alot since we had the largest class in WA history). Enjoyed it as usual and hope everyone else there did as well. My dad will be away from the camera tonight so that leaves me to do the play-by-play along with dan sullivan as my color man. Game time is set for 7 once again with the parade of cars starting around 6:30 i would think. And of course halftime festivities involve the 07 homecoming court. All in all should be a great night.
P.S.- d.j.ing the dance afterwards if anyone would like to keep me company..

WA improves to 6-2 with win over Heritage

The Patriots and the Patriots squared off on the field last friday night in Louisville and the WA Patriots controlled the game from the get go as they one big 20-0. It started with a fumble recovery on the first drive by Kyle Harriman for a TD after a hit from Carlos Black. Winston scored 2 more offensive touchdowns with Caleb Kelly pulling in one of those for his first career touchdown. Austin Harrison pulled in 2 more interceptions and now is leading the conference defensively. The game was paced, as it has been all year, by the defense and Brandon Garner was named the Temptco Steel player of the game for his efforts in the secondary after having 5 pass defelections and 4 of them on 3rd or 4th down. The star athlete for Heritage as expected was Mississippi State signee punter Baker Sweedenburg. And perform was what he did. He was on the field for what seemed like the whole game booting the ball to Austin Harrison.
Winston now gets prepared for the homecoming game against district foe Tri-County who is last in the district. A win would keep the quest for a playoff spot going with just one more district game left after it against Canton.
One important note after the Heritage game: Winston's defense has not surrendered a touchdown to a non district opponent yet, nor have they surrendered a loss to a non district opponent (4-0). Also the patriot team has not given up a point in 10 quarters giving them one of the best defenses in the entire state.

Patriots back on track after 42-0 victory

The Patriots took the field last Friday night with little doubt in their mind that they would be losing to 1A Macon Central. And with 5 minutes remaining in the first, the Patriots solidified that fact. This was because of the 35-0 lead they had built in a somewhat junior high effort they were against. Austin Harrison settled into a groove after taking a punt back and twop interceptions for touchdowns and that was enough. Coupled with that was two scores by the Winston offense in the only two drives they had. The first score was on the first play of their first drive with Kyle Harriman taking it left tackle all the way to the house.
After the first quarter, the Patriots had only one other touchdown and it was from the legs of Stephen "wee man" Arnett from a 25 plus yard distance. The second teamers got plenty of playing time as Coach Sims let everyone get into the game off the bench that would be eligible. Most importantly, Channing Sanders got three quarters of playing time at qb that he desperately needed. And Channing performed well and did as he was instructed. Didn't get to see much of his throwing ability that we've seen already on the baseball diamond, but the 10th grader should produce nicely with some more work.
With the win Winston moves to 5-2 on the season and they are 1-2 in conference play. If the Patriots are to win the last two district games against both Canton and Tri-county, they will more than likely become eligible for the playoffs via wildcard.
The Patriots return to action fiday night back at the field of champions for the first time in three weeks as they take on those other Patriots from Columbus the Heritage Patriots. Heritage has just one win on the season coming last week against Oak Hill a team the WA Pats have already defeated in the first game of the season. Game time at Patriot field is set for 7:00 p.m.

Patriots fall 7-0

The Patriots traveled to Yazoo County with a playoff spot already on the line and unfortunately for them were unable to pull one out. Manchester (6-0; 3-0) was outplayed by the Patriots both offensively and defensively the entire game but the Patriots' 4 trips inside the Maverick red zone could not issue a score. The first three offensive possessions were 3 and outs for the Mavericks. Then came the turning point. Mid way through the 2nd quarter on 4th and goal from the 5, Coach Sims brought the kicking team out only to see the kick go to a fake. Dillion Morgan took the toss around the right side but was taken off his feet at the two and the ball was turned over on downs. Shortly after, the Public Address man announced that the head coach from Manchester had drawn ill and was taken via ambulance to the hospital. After a moment of silence we were ready to play again. Manchester took the ball to their own 22 when on the 1st down they drove the ball 78 yards down the grass for the touchdown. Fast forward to the fourth quarter. With a little over 5 minutes remaining, the Patriots began to drive the ball down field with Tyler Dalton connecting on various passes to Kyle Harriman and Austin Harrison. The biggest of them was a 3rd down pass from the Patriot's own 14 that got the ball into Manchester territory and a penalty flag gave the patriots 15 more yards and had them in business at the Manchester 14. Two plays later on a hand off to Harrison, the Patriots fumbled and the game seemed to be over. Not so fast. The Patriots stopped the Mavericks on 5 plays and got the football back with a min. 30 left. They took the ball at the Mav 45 and it became a moment of truth for T.D. and this offense. The Patriots ran into a buzz saw on their first 3 plays and it was 4th and 7. Tyler Dalton dropped back to pass and bulleted one across the middle. The ball tipped off the hands of a Manchester defender and into the hands of gracious Kyle Harriman. With a little under a minute left the patriots got on the ball and spiked it to stop the clock. From there the Pats were once again faced with a decision and on third down Kyle Harriman pulled in yet another big pass play this time just shy of the goal line at the 1. Patriots once again spiked it and with 11 seconds to go, had time to run one last play. Harrison got the call on the handoff and was stopped literally inches from the goal line. From there the game ended and the Patriots fell to 4-2 and 1-2 in district play. Manchester improved to 6-0 and are now shoe ins for a playoff spot that the Patriots thought would be all but theirs. Kyle Harriman garnered his second player of the game honors of the season in his valiant efforts in the tough loss.

Winston Travels to Yazoo to take on the Mavs

Last year on a cold novemeber night, the Mavericks of Manchester Academy came into Patriot Field to try to knock off the team searching for their first district championship since 2001. Not only were they trying to do that, but they were also attempting to knock off a team playing their final regular season home game with the incredible group of seniors that had been destructive on that field since Pee Wee Football. This could not be accomplished by this Mav team and the Patriots sent them off the field hurting. This year revenge is in the minds of some of the same football team that was there on that cold fall night. This is a different Patriot team though, atleast offensively, and they know how to take care of buisness. The Patriots are off to a 4-1 start and if my history lessons of my past in Winston Academy serves me right, I believe 1999 was the last time we started that well. (3rd of 4 straight State championships by the way that year) It is indeed the best start that Coach Brian Sims has endured in his 5 years as a coach. The Mavericks on the other hand have started off a bit more impressively by making a 5-0 run to start the season. Although 2 of these were against 1A foes, they have beaten two division teams in Tri-County and Canton which are known as bottom feeders of the conference compared to the Leakes, Kirks, Winstons, and now I guess we can say the Manchesters. This should be an interesting matchup and I hope to see a great crowd in contention. Now regarding last weeks game. I did not make it so I have no information on the game other than that we won 21-0. The Patriot defense has now allowed only three touchdowns through 5 games and all of them against the Rebels of Leake, who at this moment is the best team in the state. Stay tuned for more Winston Academy sports.

Leake Academy dispurses of the Patriots

Leake Academy walked onto the field of champions for the kickoff at exactly 7:03, and by the end of the night they had a 28-0 win on that same field. The Pats failed to score a single touchdown and for that matter a single point for the first time this season. Yes, Leake is the same team that beat the Patriots 43-7 last year and yes they are number 1 in the state now. But the effort the Patriots showed, or lack there of, was not exceptable from their fearless leader and head coach Brian Sims. The patriots hope to get another shot at those Webels on down the road though. This week the win for Leake both propelled them to the top spot in the state and knocked the Pats out of the top 5 completely for the first time this season. Allen Johnson and Austin Byrd tore through the Patriot defense but really scored legitamatly once on a long run. The rest of the game was dominated by the mistakes of the Patriot offense. T.D. had little or no time in the pocket. When he did he made good plays that couldn't be turned into points after it. Kyle Harriman was this weeks temcto steel player of the week. This week the Patriots travel to a place that they haven't been to in awhile at Wayne Academy. The jaguars and the patriots had some great battles in the seasons of state championship glory and this should be another good one though I believe the Patriots will respond to the loss and fire back hard at the Jaguars. Stay tuned late friday night for the story.

Week 3 Rankings

The Patriots were hoping that their win over the Radiers would give them a boost in this week's Clarion Ledger rankings.... Well... Not quite. The Patriots remain number 4 in the state in AA a position that they've held since the pre season and a hot 3-0 start hasn't changed the opinions of the ledger. Ahead of the Patriots in the rankings at number 1 is 3-0 Oak Forest a team from LA. Marshall Academy's 3-0 start have propelled them into the top 5 and at number 2 this week and 2-1 Leake is ahead the Pats at number 3. That makes this week's game all the more important number 3 Leake vs. number 4 Winston. Last year a 45-7 win from the Rebels solidified the fact that they were the top team in State as Winston was then ranked as well. Can the Patriots seek revenge and take out these mighty Rebels from Leake and earn the trust and respect of the Media and coaches around the State? We'll find out Friday night at 7:00.

Patriots dump the Raiders 21-6

The fans, players, and coaches for the Patriots were skeptical of what to expect before the game tonight. The team that came to Patriot Field last year with the North Half State championship and a trip to Clinton on the line abslutely controlled the game from start to finish and won handly on their way to a second place finish 1 win away from being state champs. In the regular season though it played out differently with the Patriots coming out on top in Grenada as they went undefeated in conference play. Kirk wanted to set that tone this year knocking off the Patriots on their home field once againi but Coach Sims and the Patriot defense had other plans.
For yet another game the defense gave up no touchdowns and they have yet to this season. The game started with two failed offensive drives by the Patriots and two field goals by Kirk capitalizing off of those failed drives. After that the Patiot offense kicked in both on the ground and through the air. Tyler Dalton came up with another big game going for over 100 yards passing again even with having a backfield full of kirk players. Forced to scramble all night, T.D. made due of what he had and became a real quarterback against his first real test. Kyle Harriman had another good night as well and ran the ball very well. Defensively Caleb Kelley led us with 7 tackles as the defense was spreading the tackles around and forcing fumbles left and right. The Patriot defense's efforts earned them the Players of the game. Coming into the game we knew it was going to be a defensive battle which was clarified early and often. Now the Patriots real test begins and it will be the biggest of the year. This game alone will tell everyone how the season will go. Next week at Patriot field, the Winston Patriots will be taking on the mighty Leake Academy Rebels. The Rebles had an undefeated regular season last year although they lost to Kirk in the playoffs. Leake has come back with just as high of expectations and are 3-1 with their lone loss coming to the hands of the defending State Champs Copiah Lincoln. Everyone in the state public or private will have their eyes on this game next week and I trust that all you readers will have your eyes on it as well in person. We will need all the help we can get against the highly touted offense. I will be back later this week with rankings for the week and a preview of the mighty Leake Rebles. Until then good night to all and be safe. GO PATS!!!!

WA-34 SBA-7

The Patriots played the game on a slightly dry field for the first time and came away with an easy victory against the Sylva Bay Saints. Tyler Dalton got his arm in action for his second start and put up an impressive 8-15 night through the air with 150 yards. He also rushed 15 times for 90 yards and 2 touchdowns. His action tonight gave me enough reason to give him this week's Temcto Steel player of the game. Tyler was not alone in his efforts though as Austin Harrison was doing alot of the catching pulling in 4 grabs for 80 plus yards. Tyler Moffit got things going as well pulling in a catch but also racing 60 yards on a running play that set up the Pats first touchdown of the night. Defense for the Second week in a row was stellar with the additions of Caleb and Nathan Kelly proving to be big. They both played well all night. Stephen Arnett, the smallest player on the field most of the time, played quality defensive min. and forced a fumble and also recovered one. Not only this, he ran in a late touchdown for the Patriots as the running back. Kyle Harriman was on top of his game once again defensively and offensively as he played outstanding.
Coach Brian Sims beat Sylva Bay for the third time in as many tries against them and continues his success as head coach at Winston as he has compiled a 17-10 record over three years. He looks to improve on that record as he has two tough home games a head against defending State runner ups Kirk academy and the mighty Leake Rebels who lost only one game last season. Both games are also district. I look foward to seeing everyone the next two weeks as the Pats look to go 4-0 on the campaign after the current home stand.

Patriots and Saints Tangle

Tonight is game two for Head Coach Brian Sims and the Winston Academy Patriots. Fresh off what some people thought as an upset of the 3A Oak Hill Raiders, the Patriots come home for their first home slate of the season to take on 1A foe, Sylva Bay Academy Saints. The Patriots have traditionally beaten the Saints the past few years and Coach Sims is 2-0 against them since coming to Winston. Sylva Bay knocked University Christian School rather handly last week and look to continue this week against the defending runner-ups for the North State title in 2A. Tonight the Pats look to go to their passing game more after the rain slowed them down last week. If you can't make it to the game, be sure to check back on here afterwards for the final story. Also I encourage everyone to check Channel 5 on cable for the broadcast of the game sometime after it. It also is played throughout the week at 7 at night. Thanks for your support of Winston Academy and I hope to see everyone tonight..

WA 6 -OHA 3

A barn burner in West Point ladies and gentlemen. If you weren't there or listening to it then you missed a good one. It was a great opener for the Patriots because we knocked off Oak Hill who is a 3A powerhouse. The game got off to a very sloppy start with a 90 min. rain delay sending all fans and players indoors for the time being taking away precious time from the night. Tyler Dalton had a tough time adjusting to the inclimate weather but adjusted well later. A pass from Dalton to new transfer Dillion Morgan proved to be the turning point of the ballgame. The Patriots were backed deep in their own territory on second down early in the fourth quarter. Dalton dropped back and the defense was coming after him and he managed to dump the short pass off to Morgan and Morgan in turn took the ball 65 yards down the sideline turning the game around for the Pats. 3 plays later the patriots had a score after a fumble was recovered in the endzone by one of our players. Calling the game for the first time with my dad was a big deal and getting the win made it even better. Tonight I chose as the Temptco Steele player of the game; Carlos Black. Carlos was chosen by me because of his leadership on the field both defensively and offensively and he was actively always in the backfield on defense that's why I chose the senior linebacker/fullback as the player of the game. Next week the patriots take on 1A team Sylva Bay who shouldn't be even close of a competitor on the same page as Oak Hill. Next week should also be better for the passing offense. Keep the patriot nation strong and share this blog. Thanks fans

Football Has Arrived

According to my clock it's exactly 4 :25 as I am typing this. Approximatly 3 hours and 5 min. from kick off at Raider Field in West Point. I don't know about you but I'm pretty excited. Haven't really talked to any of the players or anything but I think that they are all fired up and ready for the game. Hopefully we start and finsh strong tonight. I will be back on after the game with the full report. Stay tuned.

The bypass

It was Patriot night at The Bypass resturant in Louisville, and I being the good Patriot that I am, made a trip from Starkville after my first day of classes and supported the team with my buisness. (Bypass makes a good club sandwich so the trip wasn't a bad one) The "Patriot Nation" was out supporting the team and full force and I was very suprised. Thanks for all the support from the fans.

Jamboree

Good news from last night at Tri-County. Many of you may already know but the Patriots had an extremly good two games up there. They played two three power houses in MRA and Jackson Prep. They lost to MRA 14-7 which in itself is a great showing of how tough they are but two costly fumbles seemed to close the door for us in that game. In game two they played another highly touted 3A squad, Jackson Prep and the underdogs knocked off the Prepsters 14-0. A very promising start to a very promising season. Only one week from today we will be in West Point taking on the Raiders of Oak Hill. Can Coach Sims and his young squad knock off yet another 3A team. Only one way to find out. BE THERE!!!!!

Hello again

I've made it back in town for the night and I'm heading out tommorow morning to a trip to the metropolis of Decatur to help my friends move in to EC. I've posted a link at the top of the page to the winston academy official website. See ya'll down the road

Football Schedule

Here is this year's football schedule figured some of you had yet to see it.

Date: Location: Opponent:
Aug. 16 TBA Jamboree
Aug. 24 Away Oak Hill
Aug. 31 Home Sylva-Bay
Sept. 7 Home Kirk
Sept. 14 Home Leake
Sept. 21 Away Wayne
Sept. 28 Away Manchester
Oct. 5 Away Central
Oct. 12 Home Heritage
Oct. 19 Home (HC) Tri-County
Oct. 26 Away Canton
Nov. 2 Away Starkville
Nov. 9 1st Rd. Playoff
Nov. 16 2nd Rd. Playoff
Nov. 23 North AA Champ.
Nov. 30 State AA Champ. Miss. College


There it is let me know what you expect this year. Predictions. How far we will go. The works

Back to school

Hello Patriot fans. Tommorrow begins a new school year and I'm sure that all you high schoolers are just so excited to go back to school! NOT!!! I know exactly how you feel but I am glad that I will be sleeping while all you are scampering around the office seeing who can get the best locker. Good luck to T.D. and Austin as they plan to camp out for a locker (By the way did I mention that you are both retarded). But I look foward to hearing about how the first week goes and remember only 2 weeks till kick off against 3A power house Oak Hill in West Point. I hope to see everybody there. Comment on here I want feedback!

HOTTTT!!!!!!

The title says it all.. While sitting in the shade the whole practice I said to myself, "Self, I'm sure their really hot in pads". Then I thanked the good lord that I myself was not out there. So anyways practice went as well as could be expected this early in the football new year. Spoke with some of the guys and everyone seems to be very optimistic. Tyler Dalton is coming along real well at QB and Kyle "The Hitman" Harriman is looking solid running the ball from the slot position. Passing is key for this season to try to make up for the lost of Chaney Paschal and Michal Hindman two 1,000 yard rushers last season. Austin Harrison, Tyler Moffit, Harriman, and Jermey Hill look to be our receivers with Carlos Black by T.D in the backfield. I didn't get a chance to check out first team defense but we should be all right there. New transfer kicker Dillon Morgan looks to be pretty tough bootin the ball. So special teams should have an increase from last year's inconsistency. I hope to go back before week's end and check out the team again. Looking good Patriot fans. Looking real GOOD.....

Two-a-days here I come!

Well all three of you looking at this story (if its that much) I'm heading over to the school here in about 15 min. I'm going to try to catch up with coach before practice starts because I'm working on a story for the journal that should be released in next weeks interest. Let you know how practice goes...

Change of plans

After talking to Coach Sims earlier, I decided to wait till tommorow to check out practice. He told me that they are doning only shorts and shoulder pads. Tommorow is the first day of full pads and I personally am ready. Due to the fact that I sucked at football I can't say from experience what two-a-days is like but I'm going to find out. Stay tuned

Two-a-days

Yes it's that time of year again. The time where football players across the nation pad up twice a day and knock the crap out of the person in front of them in hopes of getting fully prepared for the season ahead. There's nothing like it in football although it's not a fun thing to be doing in the middle of the hottest part of the day and in the hottest part of the year. I am hopefully heading back to Louisville today to check out the second session of two a days and to check out the football team for this year. I will be back on with the report from camp.

Welcome

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