SADD ARC did not win this game. When the QB threw that intersection that ARC player was out of bounds.... Glenn Hills played and won this game. SHAME ARC can't say the same. They were handed the game. GOOD LUCK Richmond your gonna need it.
Drek Reid plucked the ball out of the air, and where others saw a sliver of space up the left sideline, he saw wide open space.
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Somehow the Richmond Academy junior's 170-pound body squirted down the sideline for an 80-yard interception return. That touchdown on the final play from scrimmage in the first half turned out to be the difference in Richmond Academy's 15-12 win over Glenn Hills on Friday night.
Richmond Academy (5-2, 5-1 3-AAAA), which avenged a 20-point loss from a year ago, can clinch a playoff berth next week with a win over 2-5 Cross Creek.
Glenn Hills outgained the Musketeers 344-141 and allowed just one second-half first down. The Spartans ran 47 plays to Richmond Academy's 15 in the final 28 minutes.
So how did the Musketeers win?
"I have no idea," Richmond Academy coach Chris Hughes said. "(Reid's) interception flipped momentum around. ... We made plays when we had to; it was one of those bend-but-don't-break efforts."
Glenn Hills drove to Richmond Academy's 25 in the final minute, but quarterback Kendrick Armstrong slipped trying to pick up a yard on a fourth-down quarterback sneak. The Spartans' plan was to pick up the first down, spike the ball, then run two plays they had already called.
Glenn Hills (2-4, 2-5) drove into Richmond Academy territory on all but two of its eight possessions, but managed only two TDs. Short of the Region 3-AAAA standings imploding over the next three weeks, the Spartans will not make a return trip to the playoffs.
"We just can't get a break, and it's been like that for the last several ball games that we've lost," Glenn Hills coach Ernest Tolbert said. "The last play we blew them off the line; his knee just slipped."
Reid, Mark Cummings and Chris Gothie picked off passes for the Musketeers. A 3-yard Jerrel Anderson scoring run on the first play of the second quarter accounted for their only offensive points other than David Cordaro's 27-yard field goal on the game's opening drive. Richmond Academy gained 141 yards.
"They out-physicaled us," Hughes said. "(Glenn Hills linebacker Terrell) Fitts and those guys started popping us in the mouth. ... They were blitzing everybody, and we had trouble picking it up."
Reid said only one Glenn Hills player touched him on the interception, which put the Musketeers ahead 15-6 at halftime.
"One block, and I just went to the house," Reid said.
Reach Matt Middleton at (706) 823-3425 or matt.middleton@augustachronicle.com.
RICHMOND ACADEMY 15, GLENN HILLS 12
PLAY OF THE GAME: Drek Reid picked off a Glenn Hills pass and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown with 1 second remaining in the first half. It gave the Musketeers a two-score halftime lead.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Reid's interception was the difference in a game in which the Musketeers gained only 141 yards.
WHY RICHMOND ACADEMY WON: Its defense allowed just two touchdowns even though it surrendered 344 yards.
WHY GLENN HILLS LOST: It moved the ball well but couldn't overcome three interceptions and two costly bad snaps.
NEXT: Richmond Academy is at Cross Creek and Glenn Hills plays host to Josey, both Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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SADD ARC did not win this game. When the QB threw that intersection that ARC player was out of bounds.... Glenn Hills played and won this game. SHAME ARC can't say the same. They were handed the game. GOOD LUCK Richmond your gonna need it.
lol a win is a win,so what about the other 2 picks? what do you have to say about that?
not only was he out of bounds , arc player was holding a spartan from getting to him as he ran down the sideline and a referee was standing right there and would not call a holding. yes the ref's may all calls for arc that night. but they want make it pass 1st rounds
are you joking?? He wasnt out of bounds, wasnt close, Just took it to the house. Stop whining! You got beat and now you are crying about it. What about the 2 penalties for GH having 12 men on field. Guess the refs were cheating then also.. And yes, ARC will probably lose first round, BUT they will be there AGAIN. Heph and ARC will be the only Rich Co teams in playoffs while GH will be home turning in the pads. Good luck ARC in making the playoffs AGAIN!! GH good luck in playoffs,, sorry, i mean good luck next year
Stating facts. Not whinning. Everyone that can see that tape knows the truth. The Spartans were cheated and guess what my kid goes to ARC and I was sitting on ARC side. That's how I state facts. Fair is fair. I don't choose sides. I like it when a straight up game is called and played. Now dont get it twisted I will cheer for all Richmond County schools just don't want no kids cheated. And my kid was on the sideline and witness so please be careful. ARC really didnt win THAT game. Yes they won the trip to the playoff but They cheated some kids out of game. Its all good in life and SPORTS this happens. Glad to know my kid can own up to that. You guys have a great day and I wish all the kids that work hard much success.
what a joke.. sure your kid was on sideline for ARC. dont try to make yourself feel better by lying like that/ Yeah you are right. The refs just loved ARC so they cheated so they can win.. Thats why ARC is the second most penalized team in area behind Jeff Co. I was at the game, and the refs were on the sideline and it wasnt close. In fact, ARC got a sideline warning on that play for having too many players too close to sideline. Guess the refs were trying to cheat against ARC when they threw that flag on the same play. You are whining and GH still lost!!! What about the other 2 INT's they threw? guess that was cheating too. Did Heph, Evans, Lakeside, and Baldwin cheat when they beat you too??
Hey! This is one of those times I'll take the victory however it comes. Way to go, Drek! The Musketeers have talent, but maybe they're not hungry.
good teams find ways to win. and about the bogus pass interference they called on arc's pick on the last drive of the game that would of sealed the game up? and also on that interception b4 halftime there was huge holding call they missed on GH when the qb scrambled out..... there are bad calls in every game (arc would know with all the flags they get). POINT, BLANK, PERIOD..... GOOD TEAMS FIND A WAY TO WIN.
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