Morgan Pee Wee team goes unbeaten for second year in a row
Published 7:23 pm Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The players on the Morgan Academy Pee Wee football team are (in numerical order): John Allen Ingram, Noah Smith, Cole Wilson, Teddy Henry, John Beekham Youngblood, Jack Whiddon, Wiley King, Walter Gilmore, Clay Beers, Allen Michael Creech, Milton Hand, Rhyne Williams, Casen Huff, Jackson Griffin, Sam Garner, Davis Fuller, Moss Jones, Thomas McHugh, Gage Strickland, Allen Lightfoot, Perrin Utsey and Jack Moore. –Submitted Photo
The Morgan Academy Pee Wee football team hasn’t lost in two years.
The Senators team, which consists of fifth and sixth graders, defeated Kingwood 34-0 in a postseason bowl games in late October and finished the season at 10-0. Last season, the team also went undefeated and didn’t allow a point the entire season.
This year the Senators only allowed 18 points all year and the most they allowed in any game was six. Morgan outscored its opponents 278-18 this season.
“They were a special group,” said coach Rick Williams. “They work hard and they really pulled together as a team at the beginning of the year.”
The Senators closest game of the season was a 16-6 victory over Edgewood Academy to begin the year.
Morgan won its next five games in shutouts before allowing Pike Liberal Arts and Fort Dale to score a touchdown.
In the Kingwood bowl games, Morgan defeated Hope Academy 44-0 and Kingwood 34-0 to close out a second consecutive perfect regular season.
The sixth graders on this year’s team did not lose a Pee Wee game in either of the last two seasons and only allowed 18 points over their last 17 games.
“I was really proud of how much better they got all year long,” Williams said.
