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In theory, the Winder-Barrow High School football team didn’t have much to play for last Friday night other than pride.

The Bulldoggs are out of the playoff picture and were preparing for a team which will be in the state playoffs this fall. Yes, in theory, the team didn’t have much to play for.

However, someone forgot to tell this group of players who fought the entire game and had a legitimate chance to defeat the visiting Clarke Central High School Gladiators. It was a gutsy effort and one that had to impress anyone who was in attendance.

The fact that the WBHS team is continuing to battle at this juncture in the season is a positive sign for both the players and the coaching staff. Clearly, no one has given up. The towel has not been tossed in from the WBHS corner.

Games of this nature — where one team has already made the playoffs and where one is playing out the remainder of the schedule — have a tendency to be 40-0 or worse.
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The Winder-Barrow High School football team will seek its first region win this week, but as has been the case all season, the opponent will not make it an easy undertaking.

The Bulldoggs, who fell on the road to Cedar Shoals last week 27-6, will host Clarke Central Friday in the home finale for 2013. The Gladiators are already one of the four teams from 8-AAAAA which will move on to state, but Clarke Central is hoping to continue to shore up its footing in the region standings.

Cedar Shoals, who has now won two games in a row, took a 13-0 first quarter lead against the Bulldoggs last week and outscored WBHS 14-6 in the first half. Joey Junius finished with 65 yards Friday and the team’s lone touchdown on only five rushes. [Full Story »] 

The Winder-Barrow High School football team will travel to Cedar Shoals this Friday and it didn’t take Bulldogg coach David Wagner long to see how strong his team’s opponent will be.

“They are big, fast and strong,” Wagner said. “In the games they have lost, they made some mistakes and shot themselves in the foot. One of their top players had been hurt. Watching them on film, it does seem hard to believe they were winless until last week. However, mistakes can really hurt your chances, especially in this region.”

The Jaguars will likely enter the game with a boost of confidence after defeating Apalachee 35-6 last week in a game where they controlled the momentum from the start.

For WBHS, the Bulldoggs are coming off an 18-0 region loss to Loganville. [Full Story »] 

The Winder-Barrow High School football team will seek its first region win of 2013 this week when the Bulldoggs host Loganville High School.

The Red Devils are coming off a dramatic comeback win against Apalachee (see related story in today’s edition) and are trying to remain in contention for the final playoff spot from 8-AAAAA.

WBHS fell to Flowery Branch, one of three teams with a perfect region record, 44-7 last week at W. Clair Harris Stadium.
In the game with the Falcons, the Bulldoggs were hurt by Flowery Branch quarterback Jackson McDonald, who passed for 170 yards and three scores. McDonald also rushed for touchdowns of 4 and 36 yards as the Falcons raced out to a 44-0 lead. [Full Story »] 

The Winder-Barrow High School football team has had a week to heal up and try to recover from a disappointing loss to Salem.
The Bulldoggs are back in action this week as they travel to Heritage High School in Conyers to continue the Region 8-AAAAA schedule.

“We had a good week during the bye,” WBHS coach David Wagner said. “We gave the players a couple of days off for academics and to get healthy. We had three good days of practice. I was happy with what we were able to do. We’ve approached the bye week a little different each year depending on certain situations.”

The Patriots, led by former Jackson High School coach Mike Parris, have moved from the Wing-T to the spread look.
“It’s similar to what a lot of people have gone to,” Wagner said. “They run the zone and zone reads. They look to throw it after they have loosened you up.” [Full Story »] 

Winder-Barrow High School’s football team is now in its bye week and will look to continue to improve in all phases of the game in preparation for the Oct. 4 game at Heritage.

The Bulldoggs (1-3, 0-2) are coming off an unusual game last week against Salem. WBHS led by 10 point at halftime but saw turnovers prove costly as the visiting Seminoles rallied for a 60-37 victory.

“It was a tough, tough loss when you essentially give them 35 points off turnovers,” Bulldogg coach David Wagner said. “I don’t know the words to sum it up. We had some things happen, especially in the second half, that is really impossible to prepare for. You don’t see something happen often to that magnitude.” [Full Story »] 

The Winder-Barrow High School football team will look to rebound this Friday after a one-sided defeat on the road to Gainesville last week.

The Bulldoggs (1-2 overall, 0-1 in Region 8-AAAAA) were overwhelmed by the Red Elephants 68-0 in a game where Gainesville standout quarterback Deshaun Watson put up more big numbers. Watson passed more than 300 yards and four touchdowns in a little more than a half of football. He has now passed for 10,000 career yards and did so on his 18th birthday.

WBHS was held to less than 100 yards of offense as the Bulldoggs struggling in all areas against the defending state champions. [Full Story »]