GAME 7 PREVIEW > Pope Greyhounds

10/14/2012, 12:15am EDT

By SprayberryFootball.com

'East Cobb Clash' with Pope next SubRegion scuffle for Sprayberry

The Yellow Jackets (2-4 overall), working on a short week,
return to Cobb County play after defeating SubRegion rival Riverwood, 24-21.

The Greyhounds (4-2 overall) are coming off of a bye week
after defeating SubRegion and Cobb County rival Osborne, 21-0.

East Cobb Foes All Square in SubRegion

Crunch time for East Cobb rivals Sprayberry and Pope. Read more at MDJOnline.com.

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2012 Region 7-AAAAA Stat Leaders

Pope Greyhounds Website

2012 Team Stat Comparisons

Stats are estimated from available sources.

SPRAYBERRY YELLOW JACKETS		POPE GREYHOUNDS
#50	GHSA Class 5A Rank (of 75 teams as of October 14, 2012)	#37
1-0	SubRegion W-L	1-0
1-1	CrossOver W-L	2-0
2-1	vs. Class 5A teams	3-0
0-3	vs. Class 6A teams	1-2
0-3	vs. Cobb County teams	1-2
2-4	All W-L	4-2
19.7	Schedule Strength	18.9
21.7	Points Scored/game	23.5
29.5	Points Allowed/game	18.5
265.0	Total Offense yards/game	250.0
175.0	Rushing Offense yards/game	165.0
1.5	Rushing TDs/game	2.0
90.0	Passing Offense yards/game	85.0
1.0	Passing TDs/game	0.8
38.0	Punting Average	22.0
15/16	PAT Made/Attempts	16/16
3/7 (46 yards, in-range LOS 30-yd line)	FG Made/Attempts (long)	1/1? (na?, in-range LOS 15-yd line?)
#8-QB-Sh.Young, 6'1" 175 (529 yd, 6:3, QBR 84)	. . . . . PASSERS . . . . .	#15-QB-S.Skruck, 6'2" 190 (396 yd, 2:1, QBR 66)
		#12-QB-S.Yarborough (134 yd, 2:2, QBR 65)
#6-QB-To.Richardson, 6'0" 195 (375 yd, 6 TD)	. . . . . RUNNERS . . . . .	#3-RB-R.Woods (498 yd, 6 TD)
#8-QB-Sh.Young, 6'1" 175 (301 yd, 3 TD)		#24-RB-I.Mason (326 yd, 4+ TD)
#10-RB-R.Myricks, 5'10" 165 (206 yd, 0 TD)		#4-RB-B.Climmons, 5'9" 170 (149 yd, 0 TD)
#42-RB-C.Cooper, 5'2" 160 (156 yd, 0 TD)
#3-WR-M.Wallace, 5'7" 145 (355 yd, 4 TD)	. . . . . RECEIVERS . . . . .	#29-WR-L.Carr, 5'10" 150 (214 yd, 1 TD)
#24-WR-J.Williams, 6'0" 160 (65 yd, 1 TD)		#2-WR-C.Day (100 yd, 1 TD)
#2-WR-W.Dorcin, 5'9" 140 (40 yd, 0 TD)		#81-WR-B.Doran (70 yd, 1 TD)
#13-WR-H.Harris (38 yd, 0 TD)		#7-WR-B.Lyle, 6'3" 180 (39 yd, 2 TD)
#42-RB-C.Cooper (4 yd, 1 TD)
#22-LB-D.Johnson, 5'9" 180 (2.5 sacks)	. . . . . DEFENDERS . . . . .	#18-DB-M.Davis (INT)
#23-DB-S.Page, 5'9" 155 (fumble return TD)
#9-LB-T.Moore, 5'9" 165 (fumble return TD)
#28-PK-R.Blankenship, 6'0" 175 (15/16 PAT, 3/7 FG, 46 long)	. . . . . KICKERS . . . . .	#83-PK-M.Hansen, 6'1" 160 (16/16 PAT, 1/1 FG?)
#28-P-R.Blankenship, 6'0" 175 (37.6 avg, 61 long)		#15-P-S.Skruck, 6'2" 190 (22.0 avg, 47 long)

Coach Comments

Sophomore QB Shane Young, Sixth-year Head Coach Billy Shackelford of Sprayberry (photo by Marietta Daily Journal, 2012)

“Mistakes are magnified against good teams...
[You can't] miss...
coverages, blocks, reads and tackles."

“Every game is important,
but the [Sub]Region games trump them all...
We’ll keep plugging away.”

- Sprayberry Head Coach Billy Shackelford

2012 Game Summaries

Sprayberry

Yellow Jackets

Game 6 > Riverwood @ Sprayberry

October 12, 2012
AAAAA - Riverwood (5-2)
PF=234, PA=120

FINAL: Sprayberry 24, Riverwood 21

Pope

Greyhounds

Game 6 > Pope @ Osborne

October 5, 2012
AAAAA - Osborne (1-5)
PF=47, PA=156

FINAL: Pope 21, Osborne 0

Game 5 > Sequoyah @ Sprayberry

September 28, 2012
AAAAA - Sequoyah (3-3)
PF=180, PA=135

FINAL: Sequoyah 41, Sprayberry 34

Game 5 > Cambridge @ Pope

September 28, 2012
AAAAA - Cambridge (0-6)
PF=64, PA=266

FINAL: Pope 49, Cambridge 7

Game 4 > Srprayberry @ Forsyth Ctrl

September 21, 2012
AAAAA - Forsyth Central (2-4)
PF=160, PA=149

FINAL: Sprayberry 31, Forsyth Central 28

Game 4 > Pope @ Northview

September 21, 2012
AAAAA - Northview (1-5)
PF=197, PA=287

FINAL: Pope 42, Northview 27

Read more:
The Marietta Daily Journal
Pope runs away from Northview

Game 3 > Lassiter @ Sprayberry

September 7, 2012
AAAAAA #9 - Lassiter (6-0)
PF=220, PA=74

FINAL: Lassiter 42, Sprayberry 10

Game 3 > Etowah @ Pope

September 14, 2012
AAAAAA - Etowah (3-3)
PF=142, PA=134

FINAL: Pope 20, Etowah 17 [OT]

Read more:
The Marietta Daily Journal
Pope gets by Etowah in OT

Game 2 > Sprayberry @ Kennesaw Mtn

August 31, 2012
AAAAAA - Kennesaw Mtn (1-5)
PF=103, PA=216

FINAL: Kennesaw Mtn 28, Sprayberry 24

Game 2 > Pope @ Wheeler

September 7, 2012
AAAAAA - Wheeler (4-2)
PF=117, PA=98

FINAL: Wheeler 33, Pope 0

Game 1 > Sprayberry @ Wheeler

August 24, 2012
AAAAAA - Wheeler (4-2)
PF=117, PA=98

FINAL: Wheeler 10, Sprayberry 7

Game 1 > Marietta @ Pope

August 31, 2012
AAAAAA - Marietta (4-2)
PF=205, PA=122

FINAL: Marietta 27, Pope 7

Pre-Season > Campbell @ Sprayberry

August 17, 2012
AAAAAA - Campbell (3-4)
PF=149, PA=175

FINAL: Sprayberry 15, Campbell 14

Pre-Season > South Paulding @ Pope

August 17, 2012
AAAAA - South Paulding (3-3)
PF=119, PA=120

FINAL: Pope 20, South Paulding 14

Series History

The two schools are 3.5 miles apart in East Cobb County and are long-standing rivals. Both teams are currently in GHSA Region 7-AAAAA, SouthWest (B) SubRegion.

Sprayberry and Pope first played in 1988 (Sprayberry won 24-21) and have played 16 games. Pope holds an 11-5-0 advantage. Their last meeting (also on a Thursday at Pope) was a 27-21 last-minute Greyhound comeback win in 2011.

Playing in Region 5-AAAA in 2011, Sprayberry finished with an overall record of 5-6 and a playoff appearance. Pope finished 2011 with an overall record of 10-2, the Region 5-AAAA Title, and a playoff appearance.

The Yellow Jackets were ranked #26 (of 75) in Class 5A during pre-season 2012, whereas the Greyhounds were ranked #19. The Yellow Jackets are currently ranked #50 among all Class 5A teams with an overall record of 2-4, while the Greyhounds are currently ranked #37 with an overall record of 4-2.