Gainesville Daily Register
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CALLISBURG — The Callisburg Wildcats defense shut down the Whitewright Tigers in the first half and the Cat offense had 373 yards of total offense in a 47-12 win Friday in Callisburg.

Callisburg’s defense only gave up three yards of total offense in the first half and didn’t allow Whitewright to get a first down until midway through the third quarter. The front seven dominated, led by Chase McCage, Chris Apala, Seth Wolfe, Langston Jones, Charles Smith, Aaron Beard and Brandon LaRue.

The Wildcats (3-0 overall) didn’t have any trouble scoring. In the first quarter, quarterback Bobby Dorman scored on a fourth-down run of 28 yards to make it 7-0 after his PAT kick.

In the second quarter, the Cats had an 11-play drive that ended with a Cory Harmon 3-yard TD run to make it 14-0. Five minutes later, Dorman scored on a 37-yard run that pushed the lead to 20-0. Late in the first half, Whitewright muffed a punt and Callisburg’s Wolfe recovered at the Tiger 14-yard line. Apala scored on a 2-yard plunge to make it 27-0 at halftime.

The Wildcats pushed their lead to 34-0 in the third period on a 2-yard run by Dorman. The drive featured a 23-yard run by Langston Jones and a 17-yard run by freshman Clay McKenzie.

Whitewright finally got on the scoreboard with 5:42 remaining in the third on an 11-yard pass from Steve Spann to Chris Bearden. That drive featured the initial first down of the night for the Tigers on a 60-yard keeper by Spann.

Callisburg answered two minutes later on a 13-yard TD pass from Dorman to Alan Eugster. That drive included a 17-yard reception by Kevin Bartley and a 34-yard run by Jones.

The Cats made it 47-6 in the fourth quarter as Harmon scored his second touchdown of the night. Sophomore quarterback Cole Wescoat saw his first action of the season under center and led a four-play scoring drive.

Whitewright got their final points with just 11 seconds remaining on a 14-yard pass from Spann to Bearden.

Callisburg 47, Whitewright 12

Callisburg 7 20 14 6 - 47
Whitewright 0 0 6 6 - 12

FIRST QUARTER
C - Bobby Dorman 28 run (Dorman kick), 8:59

SECOND QUARTER
C - Cory Harmon 3 run (Dorman kick), 11:57
C - Dorman 37 run (run failed), 7:23
C - Chris Apala 2 run (Dorman kick), 1:15

THIRD QUARTER
C - Dorman 2 run (Dorman kick), 8:07
W - Chris Bearden 11 pass from Steve Spann (kick blocked), 5:42
C - Alan Eugster 13 pass from Dorman (Dorman kick), 3:41

FOURTH QUARTER
C - Harmon 5 run (kick failed), 2:46
W - Bearden 14 pass from Spann (pass failed), 0:11

Stats Callisburg Whitewright

First downs 14 7
Rushes-yards 38-279 32-111
Passing yards 91 81
C-A-I 8-13-0 7-13-1
Punts-average 2-31.5 4-31.3
Fumbles-lost 5-1 2-2
Penalties-yards 1-5 3-13

Individual statistics

Rushing - Callisburg: Langston Jones 13-120, Bobby Dorman 11-118, Cory Harmon 6-46, Clay McKenzie 1-17, Chris Apala 1-2, Seth Wolfe 1-0, Cole Wescoat 1-0, Kevin Bartley 2-(-10), TEAM 2-(-14)  Whitewright: Steve Spann 3-92, Hamilton Looper 24-32, Stephen Crump 2-(-1), Troy Worthy 2-(-3), TEAM 1-(-9)

Passing - Callisburg: Bobby Dorman 8-12-0 91, Cole Wescoat 0-1-0 0  Whitewright: Steve Spann 6-11-0 81, Hamilton Looper 1-2-1 8

Receiving - Callisburg: Alan Eugster 2-26, Clay McKenzie 1-21, Kevin Bartley 1-17, Cole Wescoat 1-10, Dusty Hammond 1-9, Jorden Weaver 1-6, Langston Jones 1-2  Whitewright: Chris Bearden 6-73, Kelby Dodson 1-8