Webbers Falls comes up short vs. Dewar; goes to Midway Thursday

Webbers Falls couldn‚t stop No. 1 Dewar at home, suffering a disappointing 52-6 loss in district play Friday.

Warriors head coach Trent Holt warned that the Dragons were “legit,” and he wasn‚t kidding, although Webbers Falls was able to stop Dewar the first couple of drives.

Warriors quarterback Maddux Shelby got hit hard in the first quarter and even left the game due to the injury, making Webbers Falls tap its backup, Blaize Harriman, for the rest of the game.

“Maddux has a sore leg. We think it‚s a bruise or a strain. He got banged up on the first drive, but he kept playing until the beginning of the second quarter,” Holt explained. “We put Blaize Harriman in, he‚s our backup, and we probably didn‚t practice him enough, so that‚s on us. He did what he was supposed to do. Things got real basic when he went in.

“We stopped them the first couple of drives. There were a few plays where if we blocked the way we were supposed to, we could‚ve done better, but we just blocked the wrong guy, which left our man open. We reverted to things we used to try to do, and the things we practiced didn‚t get done the way I wanted ’em done.”

Preparing for the Warriors‚ next game will be a challenge after the loss of their playmaker, Shelby, but Harriman is very capable and a great athlete, so he‚s more than capable of stepping up to take over QB duties while Shelby is on the mend.

Zane Nolan had 11 carries for 88 yards and a touchdown, Harriman had nine carries for 33 yards and Justin Cole recovered a fumble.

“Preparing for Midway is going to be a lot different than what we usually do. Maddux is day to day, and if he‚s OK, then he‚s going to play. If not, then we‚ll play Blaize and just continue to run what we run.

“Now their quarterback is a pretty good runner. He doesn‚t throw it really well, and they have a pretty decent running back. But if we play well, as good as we can play, and they play as good as they can play, I think we beat ’em.

“I think we have a better shot of beating Midway than we did beating Dewar.”

Webbers Falls travels to Council Hill to play Midway Thursday at 7 p.m. Midway‚s record is 3-3 overall and 0-1 in Class B District-5 play.