TSSAA State Playoffs - Second Round
Class 1A(6) Moore County 21
at (1) South Pittsburg 40
final
South pitt 21 penalties for 205 yds. Needless to say the railbirds are All over the refs lol #PrepBlitz
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
19 total penalties so far, 14 on south pitt. This game is takin forever #PrepBlitz
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
Jajuan Lankford has 129 yards and 3 TDs on 12 1st-half carries. South Pitt leads Moore Co. 33-14 at the half despite 10 penalties for 97 yds
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
Lankford adds his second TD, 21-0 south pitt with 11:50 left in second qtr #PrepBlitz
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
Jajuan Lankford 49 yd TD run, south pitt up 14-0 early first qtr. Took 3 plays this time. #PrepBlitz
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
4 plays to score for south pitt. Kahlil mitchell 15 yd run, 7-0 #PrepBlitz
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) November 16, 2013
(6) Fayetteville 41
at (2) Monterey 22
final
Class 2A
(3) Marion County 28
at (2) Boyd-Buchanan 7
final
(4) Goodpasture 19
at (1) Trousdale County 31
final
(3) Silverdale Academy 28
at (2) Hampton 21
final
(4) Oneida 27
at (1) Knoxville Grace Christian 47
final
Class 3A
(3) Notre Dame 24
at (2) Polk County 14
final
Final score: Notre Dame 24, Polk County 14. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Alex Darras makes a 27-yard FG with 2:39 to play. Given Polk's passing deficiencies, looks bad for the Wildcats. ND 24-14. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Polk's Corey Swallows goes 63 with a pick-6 but not off Darras. Notre Dame comes back with a TD drive. End of third, ND 21-14. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Auston Banks' 48-yard run sets up a short TD run after Polk County's third turnover of the night. Notre Dame up 14-7 early third. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Reportedly ND AD Howie Sompayrac and his lovely wife dined at the Wildcat Cafe (Polk concession stand). Must be their anniversary.#prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Polk County gift wraps a Notre Dame score 33 ticks before the half. Fumbled inside the 10. First play TD pass. Halftime, 7-7. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
First quarter ends, Polk County 7, Notre Dame 0. #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
Polk County drives 83 yards with opening possession. Leads Notre Dame 7-0. Here's a shocker: No passes! #jk #prepblitz
— Kelley Smiddie (@KelleySmiddie) November 16, 2013
(5) Tyner 49
at (1) Upperman 70
final
Class 4A
(4) Knoxville Catholic 38
at (1) Signal Mountain 37
final
Knox catholic rallies, bests signal 38-37 in two OTs. #PrepBlitz
— Ward Gossett (@WardGossett) November 16, 2013
Knox catholic passing Signal silly; up 21-1 at the half. #PrepBlitz
— Ward Gossett (@WardGossett) November 16, 2013
Mcclelan 9-yard run. Signal up 10-7 early in second. #PrepBlitz
— Ward Gossett (@WardGossett) November 16, 2013
Catholic goes 80 yards, most in air to take 7-3 lead. #PrepBlitz
— Ward Gossett (@WardGossett) November 16, 2013
(3) Sequoyah 12
at (2) Hixson 15
final
Hixson wins! First trip to state qtr in school history. Will host Knox catholic next week. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
Hixson gutsy drive puts Wildcats on top of Sequoyah with 2.18 left. Hixson 15-12. Great game. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
Sequoyah uses short field to take 12-7 lead as we head to fourth quarter. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
Halftime stats show how close game is: Sequoyah leads in yards (142-104) but both defenses tighten after 2 early scores. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
It's halftime at Hixson and Wildcats take 7-6 lead to dressing room over Sequoyah. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
Quick first qrt. Hixson lead Sequoyah 7-6. Teams very similar in philosophy Run. Run, run. #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 16, 2013
40 mins till kick between hix and Sequoyah and 4 people in stands. Guessing everyone went to Oolt v EH game. be here all night #prepblitz
— James Beach (@beachnut1134) November 15, 2013
Class 5A
(5) Cleveland 31
at (1) Rhea County 7
final
Cleveland wins 31-7 to advance to Class 5A 3rd round. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
After personal-foul pushes them back to 28, Herink to Tyler Davis for 28-yd TD. XP good…Cleveland 31, Rhea 7. 7:10 to go. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Dotson intercepted by T.J. Parker. Cleveland ball at the Rhea 13. 8:29 left. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Herink to Jones for a 5-yd TD. XP good…Cleveland 24, Rhea 7. 8:47 left in gm. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Bunion now has 109 yards rushing after 3 q. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland 17, Rhea 7 at the end of the 3rd q. CHS at Rhea 39 when quarter begins. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Dotson to Dimitrius Patterson for a 10-yd TD. XP good…Cleveland 17, Rhea 7. 1:04 left in 3rd. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland's Herink is intercepted in end zone by Bryce Keylon. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Passing: Dotson 3-7-1, 23. Receiving: N. Patterson 2-25, Berry 1-(-2). #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Rhea HT stats: York 2-23, D. Patterson 4-15, Berry 1-(-3), Bice 1-(3), N. Patterson 1-(-3). #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Receiving: Bunion 2-20, McIntyre 1-16, Williams 1-6, Jones 1-(-2). #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland HT stats: Rushing: Parker 14-101, Bunion 8-57, Herink 6-18, Jones 1-15. Passing: Herink 5-8-0, 40. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Parker has 101 yards on 14 carries in the game. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Parker breaks a few tackles in backfield and scores from 8 yds out. XP good…Cleveland 17, Rhea 0. 1:08 left in half. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland recovers a fumble at their own 36-yd line. Up 10-0, 5:13 left in half. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland's Oscar Galvan hits 27-yd field goal. Cleveland 10, Rhea 0. 7:00 left in half. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland is having a lot of success running on early downs. Not having to throw the ball. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland had 78 yards on 14 carries in 1st q. Rhea has 4 yards on 4 carries. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Cleveland's Raekwon Bunion had 49 yards on 7 carries in 1st q. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
End of 1st quarter: Cleveland 7, Rhea 0. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Austin Dotson's first pass in intercepted by D.J. Jones. Cleveland ball at their own 23 less than a minute in. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Rhea wins the toss and elects to receive. We're about to kick off. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 16, 2013
Finally settled in here at Rhea. About 10 minutes away from the start of Rhea/Cleveland. #prepblitz
— Gene Henley (@genehenleytfp) November 15, 2013
(3) East Hamilton 26
at (2) Ooltewah 19
final
Hurricanes score on a 53 yard TD pass with 16.4 left. Lead Ooltewah 26-19. Verne would say "Oh. My. Goodness." #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
East Hamilton FG makes it 19-19 with 7:28 left. Go time. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Ooltewah takes advantage of a turnover and scores its second TD in 27 seconds. Owls lead 19-16. Game really on. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Owls take to the air -- and get their first first down since the first quarter -- and close the score to 16-13. Game on. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Ooltewah has had one snap in EHamilton territory -- the 21-yard TD pass. If this was Stratego, we'd be in mercy rule territory. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Crazy stat of the night -- the final 46 plays of the first half were snapped in Ooltewah territory. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
EHamilton benefits from a false start to make a FG on the final play of the half. Canes lead Owls 16-6. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Another Ooltewah special teams miscue -- a muffed punt inside its 10 -- leads to a Canes FG. 13-6 East Hamilton. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Moore to Tony Francois for a TD on 4th and 23. Giddy-up. East Hamilton up 10-6 with 8:19 before half. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Owls D stands again. East Hamilton turns it over on downs at the Owls 6. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
End of the first and Owls lead 6-3 but the Hurricanes are deep in Ooltewah territory. Like Steve Ray deep in Ooltewah. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Owls answer back in four plays with a Binder TD pass. Owls 6-3. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Tre Herndon blocks an Ooltewah punt but the Owls D stands. Short FG gives East Hamilton a 3-0 lead. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Owls to receive the opening kick going right to left on your Twitter feed.#PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 16, 2013
Spirits running hot at Ooltewah. Parents and administrators haggling over flags. No shortage of emotion here. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 15, 2013
We're 20 minutes before kickoff here at Monroe Stadium and the stands are almost full for East Hamilton-Ooltewah. #PrepBlitz
— jay greeson (@jgreesontfp) November 15, 2013
Division II-AA
(4E/M) Baylor 10
at (2E/M) MBA 31
final
(6E/M) McCallie 10
at (1W) MUS 23
final
GHSA State Playoffs - First Round
(All games start at 7:30pm local time)
Class AAAA
(4) Alexander 13
at (1) Dalton 10
final
Dalton and Alexander tied at 7 at the half. Also, Calhoun is tied with Manchester at the half, 3-3. #PrepBlitz
— Jim Tanner (@JFTanner) November 16, 2013
(3) Lanier 26
at (2) Carver (Atlanta) 7
final
(3) Northwest Whitfield 10
at (2) Carrollton 52
final
(4) Banneker 39
at (1) Monroe Area 68
final
(3) Troup 22
at (2) Gilmer 26
final
U.N. issues conflicting reports on typhoon toll
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has issued conflicting reports on the death toll from the typhoon in the Philippines.In a briefing Thursday, U.N. Associate Spokesman Farhan Haq said the latest count was 4,460 people killed, and that the figure came from officials in the Philippines.Not long afterward, he said the number referred to evacuation centers.He then reversed himself again and said his original statement was correct.Given the confusion, the AP is seeking to confirm the toll directly with Philippine officials.
TACLOBAN, Philippines - The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool.
Scores of unidentified bodies were interred together Thursday in a hillside cemetery without any ritual - the first mass burial in this city shattered by last week's Typhoon Haiyan.
Six days after the disaster, some progress was being made in providing food, water and medical aid to the half-million people displaced in the Philippines. Massive bottlenecks blocking the distribution of international assistance have begun to clear.
Soldiers on trucks gave out rice and water, and chainsaw-wielding teams cut debris from blocked roads to clear the way for relief trucks in Tacloban, the capital of the hardest-hit Leyte province.
Thousands of people continued to swarm Tacloban's damaged airport, desperate to leave or to get treatment at a makeshift medical center.
"We know the gravity of our countrymen's suffering, and we know that, now more than ever, all of us are called on to do whatever we can to help alleviate our countrymen's suffering," President Benigno S. Aquino III said in a statement.
Authorities say 2,357 people have been confirmed dead, a figure that is expected to rise, perhaps significantly, when information is collected from other areas of the disaster zone.
With sweat rolling down their faces, John Cajipe, 31, and three teenage boys who work at the Tacloban cemetery placed the first body in the grave's right-hand corner.
The second body followed two minutes later, carefully placed alongside the first. And so on, until scores of coffins filled the 6-foot (2-meter) deep grave. A ritual to sprinkle holy water on the site is expected to be held Friday, one week after the typhoon struck.
A portion of the femur was removed from each corpse by the National Bureau of Investigation. Technicians will extract DNA from each bit of bone to try to identify the dead, said Joseph David, crime photographer for the bureau.
"I hope this is the last time I see something like this," said Mayor Alfred Romualdez. "When I look at this, it just reminds me of what has happened from the day the storm hit until today."
The massive flow of international aid was bolstered by Thursday's arrival of the USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea near the Gulf of Leyte. The aircraft carrier will set up a position off the coast of Samar Island to assess the damage and provide medical and water supplies, the 7th Fleet said in a statement.
The carrier and its strike group together bring 21 helicopters to the area, which can help reach the most inaccessible parts of the disaster zone.
The United Kingdom also is sending an aircraft carrier, the HMS Illustrious, with seven helicopters and facilities to produce fresh water, Britain's Ministry of Defense said. It said the ship is expected to reach the area around Nov. 25.
The U.S. already has a half-dozen other ships - including a destroyer and two huge supply vessels - in the area, along with two P-3 aircraft that are being used to survey the damage so that planners can assess where aid is most needed, the 7th Fleet said.
"We are operating 24-7," said Capt. Cassandra Gesecki, a spokeswoman for the Marines, who have set up an operations hub near Manila's international airport. "We are inundated with flights."
Valerie Amos, the U.N. humanitarian chief who toured Tacloban on Wednesday, said about 11.5 million people have been affected by the typhoon, which includes those who lost loved ones, were injured, or suffered damage to their homes or livelihoods.
"The situation is dismal. ... Tens of thousands of people are living in the open ... exposed to rain and wind," she told reporters in Manila.
She said the immediate priority for humanitarian agencies in the next few days is to transport and distribute high-energy biscuits and other food, tarpaulins, tents, drinking water and basic sanitation services.
"I think we are all extremely distressed that this is Day 6 and we have not managed to reach everyone," she said.
Amos said because of a lack of fuel in Tacloban, trucks are unable to move the aid material from the airport to the city. The weather also remains a challenge, with frequent downpours. The good news is that the road to the airport has been cleared of debris, she said.
On Wednesday, the U.N.'s World Food Program distributed rice and other items to nearly 50,000 people in the Tacloban area. Nearly 10 tons of high-energy biscuits were also delivered to the city on Wednesday, with another 25 tons on the way.
But for thousands of people who have squatted in Tacloban's sports arena, known as the Astrodome, no aid has arrived since the typhoon struck. A volunteer from the village council handed out only stamps for food that is yet to be seen.
The first nighttime flights - of C-130 transport planes - finally landed since the typhoon struck, suggesting air control systems are now in place for an around-the-clock operation, a prerequisite for the massive relief operation needed.
Tacloban city administrator Tecson Lim said 70 percent of the city's 220,000 people are in need of emergency assistance, and that only 70 of the city's 2,700 employees have been showing up for work.
He also stuck to an earlier estimate that 10,000 people had died in Tacloban even though Aquino has said the final death toll would top 2,500.
Philippine Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said it may take six weeks before the first typhoon-hit towns get their electricity back. In Tacloban, order needed to be restored "because if there's no peace and order, it's hard to reinstall the power posts," he said.