By Dustin Dobbins
Sideline Guru Wk.10
Hello again Dekalb County Football Fans. We have 5 games this week . All Dekalb teams are playing against one another except Fort Payne this week. Fort Payne plays Anniston, Crossville plays Geraldine, Valley Head plays Collinsville, Ider plays Sylvania and the one everyone looks forward to all year- Plainview plays Fyffe. Our final week of regular season should be a good one. Let’s get to picking.
Fort Payne (7-2) at Anniston (4-4-1)
The Bulldogs season started off with 3 losses. Since then they have won 4 out of the next 5. Both sides of the ball have improved a lot. Bulldogs are scoring more and getting scored on less. The Wildcats won their region last week and Desmond Turner is having a dream season and breaking school records. I see the Wildcats winning the game and Turner having another good game.
Ider (4-5) at Sylvania (2-7)
The Hornets are on a 4 game losing streak after starting the season with 3 wins. The Hornets lost to Section last week. Injuries or something has happened to make them lose confidence. Higdon, McMahon, Dobbins and Palmer need to find their groove. The Rams got a huge region win over New Hope last week. Roebuck will have to run wild and Dicus has to have a turnover free game. Rams win with a stingy defensive efforts from Dover and Griffen.
Crossville (1-8) at Geraldine (5-4)
The Lions are going across the creek in what use to be a bitter rivalry game. The Lions are improving little by little, they have a good passing game with Pointer throwing to Jones and Dismuke but their running game needs to show up . If Simpson and Owens can’t run, it’s going to be a long night. The Bulldogs lost to Plainview last week. The hard nose rushing attack of the Bulldogs can wear on a defense. I see Hood, Willoughby and Jiminez wearing down the Lions defense. The one dimensional offense by the Lions gets suffocated by Bulldogs defense. Bulldogs win battle on the creek again.
Valley Head (3-5) at Collinsville (5-4)
The Tigers took a gut shot last week losing to Woodville for the first time EVER. Leps will have to play the game of his life on offense and Nixs will have to play a game like Leroy Jordan’s, 31 tackle type game. That is not going to happen. Jones should be back this week and maybe Reed will be also. Without them returning, Blakely and Nash will run enough. If Jones and Reed do comeback, it could get ugly. Panthers win.
Plainview (6-3) at Fyffe (8-1)
This will be our game of the week. The Bears are having a magnificent run with 6 wins in a row. Dukes has really shined at quarterback. Mueller is becoming a work horse at running back and Martin is a good change up style back. Hughes, Kirk and Willingham have become reliable receiver’s. Fyffe has 2 of the best players in the county, in Wooten and Farmer. Kirk patrols the pass really good. The Red Devils run the football at will on opponents and sprinkle in the pass very accurately to keep defenses honest. Kilpatrick is a beast at running back. Benefield does not pass much but when he does it’s accurate and deep. He runs the ball hard also. Ashley and Collins doesn’t drop too many passes and run speed plays pretty good also. Defensively the Red Devils are hard to run on and passing is not much easier, reference West End, they threw 5 interceptions. R .Martin and D. Martin play linebacker like it was meant to be played. E.Jones and R.Butts anchor the defensive line. While Collins , Ashley and Anderson patrol the backend. The keys to this game will be the Bears stopping Kilpatrick and the Red Devils not having the deep ball thrown on them. I see the Red Devils winning a blood,tears and sweat game. This could be the game of the year. See you at the game, save me one of those grilled Hamburgers.
Look for next weeks Playoff edition:
• Valley Head at Wadley
• Collinsville at Randolph County
• Geraldine at Winfield
• Plainview at Oakman
• Lafayette at Fyffe
• Briarwood Christian at Fort Payne
