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