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The Palestine-Hutsonville Pioneer fifth and sixth graders shut out the East Central Panthers in a hard fought, evenly matched contest. The Pioneers executed several key plays better than the Panthers, allowing the Pioneers to win.

The home field advantage helped the seventh and eighth grade Panthers get a quick lead over the Pioneers. The Panthers shut down their oppenent's opening drive, then scored a quick touchdown. The Pioneers' quarterback Blake Newlin made good things happen on their next drive, but then the Panthers recovered a turnover. On the Panthers' ensuing drive, Newlin, also a starting linebacker, injured his knee close to his goal line, which took the wind out of the Pioneer's sails. The Panthers went on to a blowout victory.

These games were the result of a well coached Paris Tigers program going against the Tri-County Titans program, which did not field enough players this year to have an offensive squad distinct from the defensive squad. The fifth and sixth grade Titans field enough players for two separate squads, but only because it includes fourth graders. The Titan coaches choose to keep most of the fourth graders on the sideline until they believe the fourth graders are ready to compete safely at the fifth and sixth grade level. The Titan's seventh and eighth grade squad has only enough players for four or five on the sideline during play. This observer did not see the fifth and sixth graders, but the seventh and eighth grade Titans played very hard, were obviously well coached, and actually scored in this contest, but the Tigers also played well and hard, and were relatively rested with their large squad.

Due to the large amount of rain this past few days, our school district would not allow us to play our home game this week against Cumberland. The great people of Cumberland allowed us to play our game there today. We took care of the concessions and they covered the gates and chain gangs. We extend our sincere thanks to the Cumberland administration, staff, and JFL coaches in making this game possible. I can never say enough good things about my own coaches and board in helping us move concessions to Cumberland field. My appreciation and many thanks to Todd & Denise Whaley, Ervin & Diana Schultz & daughters, my wife Julie & sons John & Zack in getting everything moved and set-up. Of course thanks to all my parents for helping in concessions, and master chefs Stacey Williams, Eric Blankenship and Michelle Cohen for cooking out. Kudos to our new concessions coordinator, Nikii Stepina. Thank you everyone for all you do.

Both games were blowouts in Casey-Westfield's favor. The Casey-Westfield program has a tremendous tradition, and tends to put a lot of resources into coaching and the program. I believe these facts give the program an advantage in the early season. However, last year's Cumberland program was in the playoffs in both age groups, competing well against Casey-Westfield and the entire league. It is too soon to count the excelllent Cumberland program out of the running for the playoffs and championship.

I did not observe this game, but Martinsville is another of the programs in which the number of players does not allow distinct offensive and defensive teams. One can imagine the large numbers of Marshall players coming in and out of the game, always well rested, going against the Martinsville players, pretty much forced to play the entire game, both offense and defense. This results in a distinctly uneven contest.

GAME SCORES

FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE

Casey-Westfield 36 - Cumberland 6
Marshall 24 - Martinsville 0
Paris 16 - Tri-County 0
Palestine 6 - East Central 0

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE

Casey-Westfield 36 - Cumberland 0
Marshall 34 - Martinsville 0
East Central 50 - Palestine 6
Paris 38 - Tri-County 14

TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	TIES
Casey-Westfield	1	0	0
Marshall	1	0	0
Palestine-Hutsonville	1	0	0
Paris	1	0	0
Cumberland	0	1	0
East Central	0	1	0
Martinsville	0	1	0
Tri-County	0	1	0

TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	TIES
Casey-Westfield	1	0	0
East Central	1	0	0
Marshall	1	0	0
Paris	1	0	0
Cumberland	0	1	0
Martinsville	0	1	0
Palestine-Hutsonville	0	1	0
Tri-County	0	1	0

PRESIDENT Dan Truelove, Martinsville
VICE PRESIDENT Bob Dane, Casey
TREASURER Mike Rhoads, Marshall
SECRETARY Travis James, Cumberland
PLAYER REPS Chuck and Alice Walsh, Tri-County
PLAYER REP Dusty Elder, Palestine-Hutsonville
PLAYER REP Tom Tuttle, Paris
REFEREE Mike Means, East Central

Fifth and Sixth Grade at 1:00 PM (except when otherwise noted), Followed by Half Time Game (Fifth Grade, When Available), and then Seventh and Eighth Grade Games.

August 16	Jamboree	At	Paris
	Noon Weigh-In

August 23	Cumberland	At	Casey-Westfield
Casey Maps
Broadlands Maps	Palestine-Hutsonville	At	East Central Broadlands
Marshall Maps	Martinsville	At	Marshall
Oakland Maps	Paris	At	Tri-County

August 30	Martinsville	At	Cumberland
Broadlands Maps	Paris	At	East Central Broadlands
	Casey-Westfield	At	Palestine-Hutsonville
Oakland Maps	Marshall	At	Tri-County

September 5	6:30 PM Kickoff	For	Both Games
	Marshall	At	Casey-Westfield
	East Central	At	Cumberland

September 6	Paris	At	Martinsville
	Palestine-Hutsonville	At	Tri-County

September 12	East Central	At	Tri-County
	6:30 PM Kickoff

September 13	Marshall	At	Cumberland
	Martinsville	At	Palestine-Hutsonville
	Casey-Westfield	At	Paris

September 20	Tri-County	At	Cumberland
	Marshall	At	East Central Shiloh
	Casey-Westfield	At	Martinsville
	Palestine-Hutsonville	At	Paris

September 26	6:30 PM Kickoff	For	Both Games
	Paris	At	Marshall
	East Central	At	Martinsville

September 27	Tri-County	At	Casey-Westfield
	Cumberland	At	Palestine-Hutsonville

October 4	East Central	At	Casey-Westfield
	Palestine-Hutsonville	At	Marshall
	Tri-County	At	Martinsville
	Cumberland	At	Paris

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