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.