2009 GACA North/South Game

December 29, 2009

Site: Columbus Memorial Stadium

Score: South 27, North 20

Series Update: This was the 66th game in the GACA series that began in 1938. The South leads 34-28-4.

Personnel

Coaches

North: Jimmy Dorsey, McEachern

South: Carror Wright, SW Macon

North

• Hutson Mason (Lassiter, QB)
• Connor Shaaw (Flowery Branch, QB)
• Rajaan Bennett (McEachern, RB)
• Ean Pemberton (Grayson, RB)
• Charles Perkins (Collins Hill, RB)
• Cole Moon (St. Pius, FB, TE)
• Michael Bennett (Alpharetta, WR)
• Chris Boyd (Roswell, WR)
• Dylan Cook (Hiram, WR)
• Jake Skole (Blessed Trinity, WR)
• Evan Wilson (Woodstock, TE)
• Daniel Blitch (North Hall, C)
• Tim Wynn (Mays, C)
• Catlin Alford (Adairsville, OL)
• Morgan Bailey (Loganville, OL)
• Ricky Conners (Harrison, OL)
• Ryan Marks (North Forsyth, OL)
• Grant Ramsey (Pope, OL)
• Kyle Woestmann (Walton, OL)
• Quenton Brown (Tucker, DL)
• Lacy Coleman (Sandy Creek, DL)
• Ta'Vontae Drake (McEachern, DL)
• Matthew Hardiman (Avondale, DL)
• Christian Hoard (Apalachee, DL)
• Caleb Miles (Cedar Shoals, DT)
• Don Steib (Stone Mountain, DT)
• Victor Beasley (Adairsvile, LB)
• Lorenzo Bryson (Tucker, LB)
• Jessell Curry (Buford, LB)
• Jeremy Grable (Milton, LB)
• Thomas Sprague (Gainesville, LB)
• Terry Williams (Grayson, LB)
• Daunte Carr (Gainesville, DB)
• Sharrod Golihtley (SW DeKalb, DB)
• Dewaun Harrison (Ridgeland, DB)
• Isaiah Johnson (Sandy Creek, DB)
• Demarius Matthews (McEachern, DB)
• Jonathon Mincy (SW DeKalb, DB)
• Bradley Roby (Peachtree Ridge (DB)
• Richie Leone (Roswell, P)

South

• Terrell Brigham (Burke County, QB)
• Malcolm Eady (Swainsboro, QB)
• Michael Palmer (Northeast, QB, WR)
• Robert Brown (Westside, RB)
• Raymond Sanders (Stephenson, RB)
• Tray Willis (East Coweta, RB)
• Darqueze Dennard (Triggs County, WR)
• Donnie Outlaw (Wilcox County, WR)
• Shavarez Smith (Henry County, WR)
• Lamar Zanders (Peach County, WR)
• Larry Whitfield (Monroe, TE)
• Charles Emert (Statesboro, C)
• Ed Christian (Lowndes, OL)
• Jadarius Dean (Baldwin, OL)
• Robert Gabriel (Camden County, OL)
• Hunter Gay (Swainsboro, OL)
• Andrew Lauritsen (Warner Robins, OL)
• (Dylan Leonard Ola, OL)
• Lawrence Virgil (Brooks County, OL)
• Don Werden (NSWR, OL)
• Neiron Ball (Jackson, DL)
• J.C. Copeland (Troup, DL)
• Sherrod Loud (Worth County, DL)
• Brandon Smith (Carver, DL)
• Jeffrey Whitaker (Warner Robins, DL)
• Tevin Davis (Mary Persons, LB)
• Terell Fitts (Glenn Hills, LB)
• Clarence France (Carver, LB)
• Quayshon Simmons (Wilkinson County, LB)
• Telvin Smith (Lowndes, LB)
• Alec Ogletree (Newnan, DB)
• Corey Phillips (M.L. King, DB)
• Dontavis Sapp (Valdosta, DB)
• Markeist Warthen (Washington County, DB)
• Brison Williams (NSWR, DB)
• John Willis (Baldwin, DB)
• Joseph Mansour (LaGrange, K)
• Alan Sandiford (Fitzgerald, OL)

Game Summary

The South built a 24-0 lead late in the third and held on for the win. Michael Palmer was the South MVP. He threw a 55-yard touchdown pass and also caught a 70-yard TD pass. Joe Mansour had field goals of 46 and 27 yards for the South. The North scored on a 52-yard fumble return by North MVP Isaiah Johnson late in the third. Hutson Mason and Connor Shaw threw TD passes in the fourth to Michael Bennett and Jake Skole for the North.

Game statistics

Score by Quarters	1	2	3	4	Score
North	0	0	6	14	20
South	7	10	7	3	27

• First Quarter
  • S — Mike Palmer 64 pass from Malcolm Eady (Joe Mansour kick)
• Second Quarter
  • S — Mansour 46 field goal
  • S — Malcolm Strong fumble recovery in end zone (Mansour kick)
• Third Quarter
  • S — Darqueze Dennard 48 pass from Palmer (Mansour kick)
  • N — Isaiah Johnson 50 fumble return (run failed)
• Fourth Quarter
  • S — Mansour 27 field goal
  • N — Michael Bennett 28 pass from Hutson Mason (Richie Leone kick)
  • N — Jake Skole 11 pass from Connor Shaw (Leone kick)

	N	S
First downs	12	11
Rushes-yards	35-63	29-78
Passing yards	116	181
Comp-Att-Int	13-30-1	10-5-1
Fumbles-lost	4-2	2-1
Penalties-Yards	6-65	7-42

TOP INDIVIDUALS

RUSHING — North: Ean Pemberton (Grayson) 6-37, Rajaan Bennett (McEachern) 9-27, Cole Moon (St. Pius X) 4-30, John Lee (Apalachee) 3-9; South: Robert Brown (Westside) 11-24, Eady (Swainsboro) 10-31, Raymond Sanders (Stephenson) 7-8, Terrell Brigham (Burke County) 9-16.

PASSING — North: Mason (Lassiter) 10-20-1 84, Shaw (Flowery Branch) 3-10-0 32; South: Eady 7-10-0 120, Brigham 2-4-0 13, Palmer 1-1-0 48.

RECEIVING — North: Bennett (Alpharetta) 6-58, Skole (Blessed Trinity) 3-31, Dylan Cook (Hiram) 2-18, Chris Boyd (Roswell) 2-9; South: Palmer 2-91, Dennard 3-52, Lonnie Outlaw (Wilcox County) 1-20, Lamar Zanders (Peach County) 1-7, Shavarez Smith (Henry County) 1-4, Sanders 1-6, Brown 1-1.