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Baker Tops Northview (With Photo Gallery)
October 28, 2017
The Northview Chiefs last beat Baker Gators in 2012 on their way to the schools first and only state championship.
The Gators came out on top Friday night, 42-25 in Bratt. It was the closest any team has come to beating the top-ranked Gators this year, except for Chipley.
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“I thought it was a good football game for four quarters; that’s a heck of a football times,” Northview head coach Derek Marshman said. “The played for a state championship last year and they returned everybody.”
“Our kids left everything on the field, there’s no doubt about that. We played for four quarters,” he said.
Baker took an early 7-0 lead over the Chiefs with 10:45 to go in the first quarter. The Chiefs answered with a Seth Killam field goal at 3:28 in the first quarter, before the Gators bit back with another first quarter touchdown seconds later.
The Chiefs opened the second quarter with a 30-yard touchdown run from Killam to make it a 13-10 ballgame. With 1:39 in the second, the Chiefs took a 17-13 lead after a turnover when Trent Peebles powered in from one yard out.
But the Gators scored two touchdowns in the final 95 seconds of the first half to give them a 28-17 lead heading to the lockers.
The Chiefs score on more touchdown on a long run Tim Bush in the second half as Baker went on for the win.
“I thought Seth Killam played a heck of a game at quarterback; he was real tough. Trent Peebles played good — the whole offensive line was good. Baker really prides themselves on being tougher up front, but we were tough up front tonight. I thought they had a little more skilled athletes than us. They made some plays when were not able to cover the passes well. Defensively, I thought Lance McLaughlin had a great game. Daniel Merit played good after a couple of mishaps. Our defensive front played great as well,” Marshman said.
With the loss, the Chiefs fell to 1-8 while Baker improved to 9-0. Next week, the Chiefs will wrap up their season as they host Snook Christian Academy (4-4) of Foley.
“We are going to keep working. We are going to keep trying to get better. Baker was probably the best team we’ve played, and we found we can rise up to the occasion. We are going to work to finish this season strong. We are going to focus everything on Snook Christian.”
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4 Responses to “Baker Tops Northview (With Photo Gallery)”
@in Disbelief. At least 400. I’ve coached so I know the importance of having good coaches. When the talent level is down you work harder on skills, knowledge of how the game is played. You chart the opposing teams tendencies, pass or run in each and every down and distance. down and distance. Runs Strong or weak in each and every down distance. Putting players egos aside and putting players in a position that gives them
A solid chance of succeeding. And on top of that you don’t ever convey it’s ok to lose because it’s not. They keep score so if it’s not then no one would keep score. I’ve played on a team as a sophomore that went 1-9. We were terribly coached. If coaching is not a factor then anyone could be a coach. Coaching peewee is nowhere near coaching at a high school.
Really? How many students does Northview have? You are not going to have the talent coming up each year like the big schools do. You had the Robinson brothers for a few years, they made the difference. It wasn’t the coaching, its the talent the coaches have to work with. If you think differently, then you have never had to deal with it yourself. Kids I helped coach up through 8th grade(not in Northview area) were successful every year, under different head coaches. When that group hit high school they had great Freshman/JV seasons. The coaches were working with the talent that they had. The group ahead of them, and the one behind them had terrible seasons until they hit varsity, same coaches, different talent. The varsity years saw our group’s record decline some as they used many seniors ahead of them their first year, but it just shows that even big schools have the problem of talent not being at the same level each year. Are your boys becoming better men because of the coaching and teaching they receive? A record doesn’t show how much they have grown and matured in the really important ways. Don’t expect Div I prospects coming out of Northview unless they were preparing for it from 5 yrs old. It’s BS to say a player is only as good as the coach he had for his last two years. If was a committed athlete, HE would have gotten into the shape that he needed to be in before he got to that level.
Terribly concerned. Nothing seems to have changed. Seems we hear the same things over and over. Yet not much really changes. Not sure what’s going to happen next year but we need something
1 and 8. I think it’s time for a change. Kids are only going to be as good as they are coached. Even the stands showed it last night. Baker had more fans there than Northview did and they had to travel an hour or so. Just overall school/fan spirit seems off this year.