Sweetwater @ Alcoa

[LADYCATKEEPER#2]

Good luck #5! Let's go sweet h20!

Edited November 14, 2003 by LADYCATKEEPER#2

[swildcatfan]

Sweetwater by 9.

 

Kickoff at Goddard Field is 7 p.m.

 

``We know where Sweetwater's been,'' Tornado coach John Reid said. ``They've been up against some tough teams.''

 

The Wildcats (6-5) shocked the Class 2A playoff brackets with an opening-round 27-23 win at Gatlinburg-Pittman last week. It's a shock to some Sweetwater stopped the heavily-favored Highlanders. Not Reid.

 

``It's not too surprising,'' he said. ``I thought that could be a good game. They (the Wildcats) can cause you some problems with the athletes they have.''

 

Wildcat stars Dustin Latham, Jam Ferguson and Jeffrey Moore combined to throw more speed at G-P than the Highlanders were prepared to handle.

 

Latham's 36-yard burst with four minutes remaining, his second score of the night, put the Wildcats ahead to stay. Moore's 41-yard kickoff return set up another score.

 

Ferguson further added to the Highlanders' troubles with a scoring run from 30 yards.

 

``Latham's powerful and he's got some good moves,'' Reid said. ``Ferguson's got the speed, and he's strong. They're as good a backfield as you'll see at the 2A level.''

 

Sweetwater will also come to Alcoa with an ax to grind.

 

The Tornadoes jumped ahead early and held on to subdue the Wildcats, 21-14, in a Week 5 clash in Sweetwater. Alcoa, finding its legs, hasn't lost since.

 

``That's so long ago, both teams have changed drastically since then,'' Reid said. ``We're both better teams.''

 

The Tornadoes entered postseason one of the state's hottest teams last week.

 

Sophomore Dustin Lindsey has run away and hid with the county rushing title, carrying 175 times on the season for 1,186 yards and 14 touchdowns.

 

Fellow sophomore Brandon Warren has gone ballistic over the last seven games as well. The tight end/wideout is closing on 30 catches for the year, totaling 555 yards and seven scores.

 

Quarterback Joei Fiegler, yet another of Alcoa's talented sophomores beginning to feel a sense of belonging, has riddled defenses for 1,545 yards and 14 scores.

 

``I think they're getting a feel for playoff football,'' Reid said. ``They're doing a good job executing the offense. Last week we threw to six different players.''

 

Receivers Ben Fuller, Brad Coulter and Warren and backs Gary Hill, Logan Love and Lindsey each ran under at least one Fiegler pass last week. Fiegler rifled Cumberland Gap for 242 yards and three scores in a 55-22 Tornado rout.

 

Following the Week 5 game, Reid said he knew Alcoa probably hadn't seen the last of the Wildcats.

 

``We talked about that in the end zone,'' he said, ``and we said, `That's a good team. We'll probably see them again.'''

 

 

From the daily times

[BCsportsfan]

---------Final score----------

 

 

Alcoa 41 Sweetwater 13

[goob5804]

sweetwater was determined to make fiegler beat them by shutting down dustin and blitzing on every play. Well, fiegler threw for 274 and a few touchdowns. That is exactly what we were saying all week if you stop the running game we can pass and if you stop the pass we can run.