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Whippet defenders Kendrick Pittman, center, and Darrius Morgan, far right, aid another fast dog defender in bringing down a Ridgeland running back. The Whippet defense stiffened in the second half, giving up only seven points to the 5A Ridgeland Titans. Stan Beall/The Star Herald

September 12, 2012

KHS falls to Titans

By Stan Beall The Star Herald The Star Herald Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:57 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO —

The Whippets were looking to bounce back from two tough losses to Philadelphia and Grenada when they hosted Ridgeland last Friday night.

Unfortunately the Titans had other ideas and defeated the fast dogs 31-13.

Ridgeland took a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter on a Tre Taliaferro 36-yard field goal and scored once again in the fourth quarter on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Titan quarterback Parker Lohman to Derrian Harrington.

The Titans led the Whippets 10-0 after the completion of the first quarter.

Ridgeland started the second quarter strong when Lohman found Xavier Marion on a 53-yard strike to push the Titan lead to 17-0.

Later in the second quarter Ridgeland running back Gary Adams found the end zone on a 1-yard run to help his Titans take a 24-0 lead into the half.

The third quarter did not start out well for the Whippets when Titan quarterback Lohman raced 72 yards for a touchdown to increase their lead to 31-0 over the Whippets.

Not yet willing to relinquish victory, the Whippets defense stood strong for the rest of the game by not allowing the Titans to score again.

Jamari Roby found the end zone on a 10-yard run, PAT failed, and in the fourth quarter the Whippets defense put points on the board when Wilson Teague picked up a Titan fumble and ran it in for a score from 83 yards out to cut the gap somewhat and push the score to 31-13 in favor of the Titans.

“Early on, I didn’t feel like we fought as much and came out with a little bit of a blank look on our faces instead of a competitive drive,” said Whippet head coach Tyler Peterson. “We’ve got to make good decisions and when you’re running the option you’ve got to take what the defense gives you, and throws are the same way. We have to get everybody clicking on all cylinders because it takes all 11 doing their job every time. We’re still fighting that nine or 10 doing it while one or two are not--we’ve been really close on a lot of plays.”

Offensively the Whippets were led by Jabri Selmon who had 50 yards on 11 carries, Jamari Roby had 23 yards on three carries with a touchdown, Deavalon Edwards had 22 yards on four carries and Kendric Riley had eight yards on one attempt.

Quarterback Tim Wade was 2-6 passing for five yards and carried the football eight times for 15 yards.

Defensively the Whippets were led by Orlando Hill with 10 tackles, Kendric Riley with nine tackles and Darrius Morgan with seven stops.

Brian Carter intercepted a pass and Wilson Teague picked up a Titan fumble and ran it in for a score from 83 yards out.

The Whippets start Region 4-4A Friday night when they travel to Camden to take on Velma Jackson for a 7:30 p.m. contest.

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