CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. – It was reported that Drew Cobb wanted to have a special senior football season. If Thursday night’s opening game is any indication, the Gordon Lee High School running back is headed for an off-the-charts campaign.
Cobb ran for 271 yards on just 13 carries, five of them ending in the end zone as the Trojans topped Dade County, 42-28, at Billy Neil Ellis Stadium. The speedster had scoring runs of 64, 2, 62, 39 and 51 yards, the final one on the first play of the second half as Gordon Lee built a comfortable 35-14 lead.
“He’s got the speed, the moves and the power,” Gordon Lee coach Greg Ellis said of his star, who also added an interception, sack and two tackles for loss.
“With our other running back, Jarvis, we’ve got a nice one-two tandem. We don’t even need to throw the ball and those guys just need a little crease and they’re gone.”
The teams combined for four early turnovers and the Wolverines matched the Trojans early. After Cobb’s second score, set up by a 50-yard kickoff return by Kannen Derryberry, put Gordon Lee ahead 14-7, Dade used a turnover and a brief 22-yard drive to tie the game on freshman Malachi Webb’s 5-yard run two plays into the second quarter.