North Georgia Falcons

North Georgia Falcons

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For the first time in our history, we finished our football season with a disappointing record. After back to back championship season in 2010 and 2009, we were expecting to once again contend for a championship. However, it did not turn out that way as we had several games in which we dominated the other team statistically, but came up short on the scoreboard at the end of the game. Three games ended with our offense inside the 30 yard line and if we had managed to score a touchdown in any or all of those games we would have won them. In another loss, we were ahead by 4 points with 29 seconds to go in the game and the other team somehow scored on a “Hail Mary” pass to win the game. Winning those games would have changed the season.

Despite the record we had a great season of football and with only 5 seniors on the team we can look forward to getting back on track in 2012. There are great lessons to be learned in adversity and I believe the players and coaches are all a lot wiser now.

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The 2011 North Georgia Falcons will be looking to 3-Peat as the GFC Champions having won the Championship in 2009 & 2010. We lost 17 players from our 2010 team so this year will be a challenge to continue our reign over the GFC.

Caleb Russell is off on a big run as teammates #10 Zach Waddell and #37 Zach Dirksen look on

East Atlanta 22 North Georgia 10

In a see-saw battle, the Mustangs were able to hang on for the win. East Atlanta scored first after Ken Wimberly intercepted a pass on the 3rd play of the game. It took East Atlanta 4 plays to score as Pat Smith scored on a 14 yard run. The extra point kick was good to make the score 7-0 at the 8:13 mark of the 1st qtr. North Georgia took the kickoff and scored on its 5th play when Zane McDaniel scored on a 1 yard run. The big play was a pass from Zane to Matt Howard that got the ball down to the 1 yard line. The kick was good by Zach Dirksen to make it 7-7. In the 2nd quarter, Falcon’s Caleb Russell intercepted a pass and scored from 45 yards to make it 13-7 as the extra point kick was no good. This was the score at halftime.

East Atlanta took the second half kickoff and on the 3rd play FB Dakota Allgood rambled 40 yards for a touchdown. The extra point kick was good and with 10:38 left in the 3rd qtr, the Mustangs led 14-13. With 6:57 left in the 4th qtr., Caleb Russell again put the Falcons up when he ran 19 yards for a touchdown. The 2-pt attempt was no good and the Falcons led 19-14. The Mustangs took the kickoff and in 7 plays marched down the field to score on a 35 yard touchdown run by Justin Glover. Orande Barrow added a 2-pt conversion on a run to make the score 22-19 East Atlanta with 4:13 left in the game. North Georgia took the kickoff and drove down to the 26 yard line, but failed to score after 3 pass plays were incomplete. On 4th down, the Mustangs intercepted the pass near the goal line and ran out the clock.

The Falcons were intercepted 3 times and lost a fumble. The Falcons had a number of opportunities to score including a missed field goal early in the game.

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Holy Spirit 39 North Georgia 0

The precise execution on offense by Holy Spirit Cougars led to a complete blowout of the Falcons. The Cougars, led by QB George Maranville, scored on every possession that they had the ball. FB Andy Moots, RB Todd Jones, RB Luke Voss, RB Ryan Casey and Maranville each had a touchdown run while backup QB Robby Moots connected with Wide Receiver Jonah Raus on a 21 yard touchdown pass to complete the scoring. Raus also kicks extra points and was good on 1 of 4 attempts. Maranville was successful on a two-point conversion.

The Falcons couldn’t get anything going on offense as 4 of their starting lineman were injured and without many replacement players, they were unable to stop the Cougars. One bright spot, early in the game, for the Falcons was a touchdown pass that went for 55 yards, but was called back by the officials when a Cougar player “flopped” to the ground making it look like someone had pushed him down. Needless to say this momentum was short lived.

The Falcons defense, known for its ability to tackle, seems to have forgotten how in this game. Hopefully, this game will provide the “wake up” call needed to get the Falcons going.

North Georgia Falcons 14 Anderson Cavaliers 12 (3 OT)

The Falcons opened the season playing in Anderson, South Carolina at the football field of Radio (person and football movie by that name). The Falcons are reloading this year after losing 17 players from last year’s team and it showed in the first game of the season. In a wild 3 overtime game, the Falcons prevailed by stopping the Cavaliers QB on the 2 point conversion. During the game, the Falcons had several scoring opportunities, but could only score with 5:48 left in the game when Zane McDaniel scored from the 1 yard line. Caleb Russell had a long punt return called back and the Falcons had a first down on the 2 yard line, but couldn’t score. The Cavaliers scored late in the 3rd quarter when defensive end, Jamond Thomason, picked up a fumble and took it to the house. The Falcons were able to move the ball up and down the field, however, each drive stalled as a result of a bad snap, penalty or fumble. Drew Lee led the Falcons in rushing with 81 yards, while Zane McDaniel, Zach Dirksend and Caleb Russell each had some nice plays while running the ball. Zach Dirksen scored on a 1 yard run in the third overtime and Zane McDaniel added the 2-point conversion that gave the Falcons the lead. The Falcon’s big play in the drive was a 24 yard pass from McDaniel to Matt Howard.

Zach Dirksen led the defense with 14 tackles while Caleb Russell had 11, Josh Pack and Luke Jarrett had 7 each. Gordon Thigpen had an interceptions and Luke Jarrett recovered a fumble. Overall the Falcons limited the Cavaliers to 90 yards of total offense (25 on one play). The defense will need to continue their strong play for the Falcons while the offense gets untrack in order to achieve their goal of another GFC Championship.

2011 North Georgia Falcons High School

2011 High School Game Schedule

Friday, Aug 19th: North Georgia 14 Anderson Cavaliers 12 3 OT (1-0)
Friday, Aug 26th:
Friday, Sept 2nd: Holy Spirit Prep 39 North Georgia 0 (1-1)
Friday, Sept 9th: East Atlanta 22 North Georgia 19 (1-2)
Friday, Sept 16th: Skipstone Academy 18 North Georgia 13 (1-3)
Friday, Sept 23th: HSD Panthers 14 North Georgia 10 (1-4)
Friday, Sept 30th: North Georgia 20 Freedom Academy 6 (2-4)
Friday, Oct 7th: Georgia Force 17 North Georgia 0 (2-5)
Sat, Oct 15th: North Georgia 28 Horizon Christian 21 (3-5)
Friday, Oct 21nd: Christian Heritage 37 North Georgia 14 (3-6)
Sat, Oct 29th: GFC Playoffs: Georgia Force 20 North Georgia 14 (3-7)
NHFA Tournament: HSAA Blue Angels 52 North Georgia 22
NHFA Tournament: Lighthouse Christian 26 North Georgia 6

High School Falcons
# Player Name
1 Nonte Pruitt
6 Mike Randle
10 Zach Waddell
17 Caleb Russell
20 Jack Edman
23 Zane McDaniel
37 Zach Dirksen
38 Matt Howard
40 Zach Hurst
44 Drew Lee
60 Josh Pack
62 Hunter Brumfield
63 Austin Allen
65 Noah Keeling
67 Chris West
75 Tad Dillard
77 Gibson Gunter
78 Kyle Tatum
80 Gordon Thigpen
85 Luke Jarrett

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2011 GFC Middle School Champions

2011 Falcon Middle School Team
Middle School Game Schedule

North Georgia Falcons MS

Fri, Aug 19th: Anderson Cavaliers MS 28 North Georgia MS 8 (0-1)
Thur, Sept 1st: North Georgia MS 14 Towns County MS 8 (1-1)
Sat, Sept 10th: North Georgia MS 20 Sandy Springs MS 12 (2-1)
Thur, Sept 15th: Union County MS 39 North Georgia 22 (2-2)
Sat, Oct 1st North Georgia MS 16 Sandy Springs MS 6 (3-2)
Fri, Oct 7th North Georgia 27 Ga Force MS 14 (4-2)

North Georgia JV games

Sat, Sept 24 Unity Christian 34 North Georgia 21 (0-1)
Fri, Oct 28th: JV game at home against North Atlanta Saints JV

Middle School Falcons
2 Knox Kiernan
11 Ethan Rivers
12 Jacob Howard
14 Noah Bieber
16 Cody Ricketts
24 Mason Bumgarner
29 Sean Sanford
32 Zach Leist
50 Bailey Hanner
51 Jacob Caldwell
52 John McCullough
55 Ethan Evans Shores
63 Ethan Logan
64 Josh Warren
70 Grant Gay
72 Malachi Stewart
88 Bayle Kirk
Ben Jefferson