From the Beat: Well, That Was Fast.

 

I’ll admit after nearly 20 years of covering high school sports that I can usually see a blowout coming, and that it rarely takes much time to happen. Usually by the end of the first quarter, the scoreboard is already lopsided and the difference in talent, coaching and preparation are evident.

Saturday’s Eight-Man first round game was a little different. With just over a minute left until halftime, the Milledgeville Missiles led 8-3 over the visiting West Prairie Cyclones. Milledgeville had scored on their first drive, but since that point, struggled to move the ball. While West Prairie couldn’t get the ball moving on the ground, they had hit several big plays through the air. The game was shaping up to be a tightly contested affair.

Instead, Milledgeville scored two quick touchdowns in the last minute before half, and then scored two more touchdowns in the first minute-and-a-half in the third quarter. Suddenly, an 8-3 game was 40-3. It was 52-3 by the end.

I admit that I didn’t see that coming.

Here’s a link to the gamer: Milledgeville pulls away from West Prairie to win eight-man first-round playoff game – Shaw Local