Senior cheerleader Jordan Jones leads the Greenwave onto the field.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Sports Correspondent
Gordo fought through muddy field conditions Friday night to defeat Wicksburg in the first round of the AHSAA Class 3A playoffs. After a scoreless first half, the Greenwave were able to put three touchdowns on the board in the second half to win 21-0.
The game remained a scoreless, defensive slugfest throughout much of three quarters, but Gor- do was able to get on the board with 2:47 remaining in the first quarter when Troy Garner Jr. found daylight and ran for a 38-yard touchdown to put the Greenwave ahead 7-0.
Gordo finished the first half with negative yardage, but the Greenwave regrouped in the second half and finished with 193 total yards, behind the legs of Garner Jr. and the arm of Tanner Bailey. Garner Jr. has averaged 113 yards per game in the regular season and ran for 125 yards in the second half alone Friday night.
“He’s always going to show up when it counts,” Lolley said of his junior running back.
See complete story in the Pickens County Herald.
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