|
2004 VARIOUS GAME DAY STILLS
( CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE )
From top left: Adam Taylor. Breaking out. Coach H and
Jimmy. Coach Harrison & Kim King. Coach Moore. Mr. Prance. Coach H
in the huddle. CHEERLEADERS. Ben Holcomb (Little Puddin'). Jimmy
Easley - Gray Holcomb - Daniel Dowdy. Trey Dunagan & Luke
Askew (Pearl), #21 Zeb Duvall (our slashing sophomore running back).
Needed rest for Jimmy Easley and Win Corry, Coach "H". NGA
Awaiting, Cheers 4 times. The hardest working guys on campus
gameday!. Pre-game wait. Ricky Easley. Mr. Taylor & Mr. Askew-expert
cooks for the homecoming dinner. Coach Harrison leading troops.
Homecoming under umbrellas. Homecoming Queen Jessie Marchman and
Jamie Rhodes. Chad (Coach H's son) with the headsets. One unhappy
camper. Our Great Girls!!!. Rest for hard work. Our Senior Leaders.
Mr. Prance sporting the "HELMET" from our victory over John Hancock
- "If the hat fits, wear it!". Our offense warming up. Our
great looking field brought to us by Ricky Easley and hard working
Parents. Coach Harrison praises team after big win over Westwood.
A gracious Charlie Greene and Westwood Coaching Staff. The
Harrison's representing. Kim King (Not to Worry). Good luck
from wife. Team on ready. Girls posing. Bad year to start this
ritual-pushups per points scored. Zeke Streaks. Trey's loose again.
Hank solo tackle. Swarming "D". Jimmy Easley Rolls. Stingy Defense.
|
Note to my
champion players:
It will be a while till the lessons we are to learn from
such a disappointing final game come clear but, it
will come clear one day. In a situation where hopes were
so high, a community so charged, a school with
such joyful expectation, you were so ready and confident
and prepared. The thought of actually having to deal
with a loss was just not in our minds at all. When
someone would mention that, “even if we lose,” You guys
would stop them and say “It ain’t gonna happen!”
You all played with the heart that you always played
with, and played every play like it was your last, and
you
just can’t be anything but disappointed when you do that
and still come up short. I can’t even say “lose”
because we whipped the britches off Toombs pretty much
all night with exception of a couple of plays, a missed
opportunity or two, and a couple of turnovers, which
usually does get you beat. We needed to be near perfect
that night and we weren’t.
We were new to this winning thing and you guys played so
huge all year that we won many games when
we weren’t perfect. I want to thank all of you players
for your dedication, the total effort, and the pride you
took
in all we were trying to do, while making a coach glow
with pride for being a part of you. In life, you are the
kind
of people I love to be around and no matter where you go
and what you end up doing, I will always be proud
to be a tiny part of your life and look forward to
seeing you when our paths meet. Good luck to all of our
seniors who displayed the kind of leadership and
character, that is very rare, and we will miss you
greatly.
I hope you keep coming around to watch later what you
got started here.
As for our returnees, I look forward to see what you
will do with what we’ve created, and look for the new
leaders to rise, for we have some great times to have
ahead, and some unfinished business to tend to.
Know what I mean? |
|
THE 2004 GAMES ARE HISTORY
!!!!
We are now
REGION CHAMPS & 2004 STATE RUNNER-UP
overall (11-2). This was a tremendous accomplishment by a group of young
men determined the change the course of their schools history. These
football players were focused on one thing and that was the state title
from the first day of practice. These unlikely individuals with slight
physical stature with very few football successes to build on, had
hearts so big that their small bodies could barely contain them. When
coaches across the country are talking about players with heart or
playing with heart, they need to visit the campus of Nathanael Greene
Academy in Siloam Georgia to meet the kids I coached this year. Though
we have the whole season on film, it could never capture the tremendous
character that this group had and the absolute David and Goliath size
differentials that they faced each and every week. The heart of these
players proved to be larger than is logically believable and I'm sure
other coaches are baffled in how this team did it. Well, I'm not telling
any of my secrets if there are any, but you would have to go inside the
heart and character of: Trey Dunagan, Luke Askew, Adam Taylor, Zeke
Robinson, Jamie Rhodes, Conrad Easley, Wayne Lindsey, Craig Stuart, Zeb
Duvall, Jimmy Easley, Gray Holcomb, Daniel Dowdy, Matthew Wheeler, Hank
Carlton, Win Corry, and Chris Eddy, to find out. For the seniors,
Nathanael Greene will miss you deeply and I will miss and remember you
forever, for you have left an example of great leadership and some
awfully big shoes to fill.
Please come
support the Home Team Friday and let this group of hard workers know
that you appreciate their commitment to being the best they can be!
My special thanks to Ricky
Easley "Esquire" for his extraordinary efforts in
helping me get all I need, to get everything going as efficiently as
possible and also to Jim Prance
for his strong support for the football program.
My thanks also to all football
parents and our board members for their consistent support and
willingness to do whatever it takes. I will need lots of your help
to keep the ball rolling in a winning way and with your help,
I hope to make this a great football experience for all, and a
season we can be proud of. Coach H
2004 *
We won our season opener over AA Piedmont. Nat Greene 32 Piedmont 0
* We won our second over AA
Monroe Academy. Nat Greene 32 Monroe 12
*
We won our third game over AA Curtis Baptist. Nat Greene 38
Curtis Baptist 0
*
oooops! Nat Greene 18
Toombs 26
*
We won our first
region game... Nat Greene 46 David Emanuel 0
*
We won over another "AA" team Nat-Greene 48 Gatewood
6
*
We won another region
game... Nat Greene 42 Westminster 6
*
We won a huge one...
Nat Greene 30 Thomas Jefferson 14
*
We won another region
game... Nat Greene 52 Holy Spirit 0
*
We won our final
region game... Nat Greene 52 John Hancock 13
*
We won our first
Playoff game... Nat Greene 66 Randolf Southern 6
*
We won our SEMI-FINAL
game... Nat Greene 42 Westwood 28
*
We lost the STATE
FINAL... Nat Greene 08 Toombs 16
UNDEFEATED REGION CHAMPIONS !!! 5-0
9-1 SEASON
2004 STATE RUNNER-UP (11-2)
CLICK HERE FOR GAME
SUMMARIES AND INFORMATION
Vocabulary
word: gription (grip-shun) I
have learned quite a bit about the country life while coaching here
at NGA, and one of the most colorful things I've noticed is the
solid hard working American people and some new language I had
not heard before. But I'm very willing to learn. The latest word I
had to learn was in a scrimmage game when Hank Carlton came off the
field and said, "COACH, I can't get any gription out there". After
picking myself up, after a hilarious romp, I had to insist that he
not do that to me in a tough football game. Gription: A word meaning
the contact of one surface to the other, such as shoes meeting the
ground. Traction or friction. Make a note for that is one for the
books. I know there is a lot to learn, and I'll be keeping my ears
open for more insight into the language I am supposed to know. LH
"This is now an excepted part of the language at NGA."
Our School features an unmistakable historic building that adds
traditional value to our campus. We also have a museum on campus
featuring thousands of artifacts, historic articles, and collections
from Greene County GA.
|
|