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Stephens County 42, Elbert County 0: Poole leads rout in regular-season finale
Next for Stephens County (10-0, 6-0 in Region 8-AAA)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at home vs. Cedartown (5-5) in the first round of the Georgia Class AAA playoffs. Cedartown fell 41-7 Friday to Sandy Creek (6-4).
Score by quarters
Stephens County 21 14 0 7 — 42
Elbert County 0 0 0 0 — 0
Scoring summary
S — Tauren Poole 21 run (James Seib kick)
S — Poole 20 run (Seib kick)
S — Poole 5 run (Seib kick)
S — Cody Martin 10 pass from Ethan Martin (Seib kick)
S — Mark Palmer 17 run (Seib kick)
S — Deion Oglesby 9 run (Josh Gailer kick)
Team statistics
S.C. E.C.
First downs 13 11
Rushes-yards 34-247 23-47
Passing yards 94 126
Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 13-24-3
Punts-Avg 1-26 5-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-yards 6-63 4-22
Individual leaders
RUSHING — Stephens County: Poole 14-140; Ethan Martin 5-35; Palmer 3-28. Elbert County: Dale Maxwell 5-20; Austin Jones 3-12.
PASSING — Stephens County: Ethan Martin 6-10-0, 79 yards. Elbert County: Maxwell 13-24-3, 126 yards.
RECEIVING — Stephens County: Quan Trammell 3-57; Kadaryl Burtch 2-12. Elbert County: Rod Langston 6-82; Jones 2-19; Larry Ashmore 1-18.
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ELBERTON, GA. — The undefeated Stephens County Indians, ranked No. 2 in Georgia AAA, rolled into Elberton on Friday night and took care of business early.
Star senior running back Tauren Poole weaved and darted for three first-quarter scores and the Indians never looked back, defeating the Elbert County Blue Devils 42-0.
The Indians’ opening possession set the tone as they marched 58 yards in 13 plays, capped by Poole’s first score from 21 yards out. Poole, who has committed orally to the University of Tennessee, then broke the game open with two more touchdowns, the last coming with 13 seconds left in the first making it 21-0.
The highly-touted running back played sparingly in the second quarter and not at all in the second half as Stephens County (10-0, 6-0) rode his 14-carry, 140-yard performance into the playoffs.
Poole now has run for 1,707 yards and has scored 26 touchdowns in 10 games this season.
It was more of the same in the second quarter as Stephens County drove 81 yards in nine plays, after an Elbert County punt, highlighted by an electrifying rush by Poole for 34 yards to the Blue Devil 10. Senior quarterback Ethan Martin passed to his brother, junior tight end Cody Martin, for a touchdown on the next play to give Stephens a 28-0 advantage.
While Poole continued to do what he does on the field week in and week out, the defense made it pretty easy on the offense. Stephens County forced Elbert County quarterback Dale Maxwell into three interceptions, only allowing 126 yards on 13-of-24 passing. The Indians’ run-stopping was even more impressive, as they allowed 47 yards on 23 carries, an average of only 2 yards per run.
Elbert County, which was trying to avenge a 59-3 loss to Stephens County last year, was forced to punt five times.
Stephens County pretty much ran at will on Elbert, going for 247 yards on 34 carries. Most of the starters sat out the second half.
Rod Langston caught six passes for 82 yards in his final game as an Elbert County Blue Devil.
Stephens County will now take its perfect record to the playoffs. Its opponent has not been determined. Elbert County’s season ends with a 1-9 record for the second consecutive year, going 0-6 in Region 8-AAA.
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