Centerville Tigers maul Trinity Tigers 40-8

Tulas the Tigers (Candace Hardee and Cody Bonilla) cruise in style in a 1957 Chevy miniconvertible during the Homecoming Pep Rally. Sherry’s Shots The Centerville Tigers and their running attack was too much for the Trinity Tigers as they smothered Trinity 40-8 in Centerville on October 16th. This was homecoming for Centerville and the team played with added intensity. Clay Hardee opened the scoring for Centerville on a 1 yard plunge with 5:33 left in the opening quarter. Josh Wright added the extra point and Centerville had a 7-0 lead after one quarter. Less than one minute into the second quarter Seth Mahaffey bolted 47 yards for the second touchdown, but the two point conversion failed. Eight minutes later Jonathan Cloud added to the lead as he sprinted in from the 14-yard line. The extra point by Wright was good and Centerville had a 20-0 advantage as the first half ended. During the halftime ceremonies Raimey Griffin was crowned homecoming queen.

Michael Gwosdz (11) scoops up a low snap from center and gets the punt away. Sherry’s Shots In the early minutes of the third period quarterback Hardee tossed a 23-yard pass to Michael Gwosdz and Wright split the uprights on the extra point try to give Centerville a comman1ding 27-0 lead. Mahaffey scored in the fourth quarter on a 4 yard run and Cody Cameron ran in from the 17 yard line to close out the scoring for Centerville. Trinity scored with 1:14 left in the game to avoid being shut out leaving the final score 40-8 and ending a successful homecoming night for Centerville.

Centerville had 13 first downs and picked up 371 yards rushing on 52 attempts for a gaudy 7.1 yards per attempt. Cloud picked up 140 yards on 18 carries and Mahaffey added 78 yards on 6 attempts to pace Centerville.

The 7th graders won 22-0 but the 8th graders were defeated 32-0 in earlier action during the week.

Melissa Brantley shows that moms can have spirit too. (Christine must have taught her well!) Sherry’s Shot Centerville goes north to Buffalo to play the Bison on October 23rd for a key district match up. The Tigers are 1-1 in district and this will be a pivotal game as the Tigers attempt to reach the state play offs.
Members of the Tiger Football team light the annual bonfire on Wednesday night prior to Homecoming. Sherry’s Shots
Jonathan Cloud finds running room. Sherry’s Shots
Raimey Griffin receives her crown as Centerville High ‘s 2009 Homecoming Queen. Photo by Sarah Stone