Friday, December 25, 2009

BC Teams of the Decade:

5. 2007 Golf
A number of team tournament victories, Region Champions, and 3rd place in the AAA State Tournament. An individual State Championship was captured as well.

4. 2007-08 Wrestling
The best year for probably the most successful program of the decade. Team finished 3rd in the state and had two wrestlers compete in the finals. Ryan Gregory won the state championship and Nick Wright and Shane Summerlin were in the finals. Wright won it all in '09.

3. 2005 Baseball
A 20-9 overall record and 11-1 in region play. A controversial call in Guyton gave South Effingham the # 1 seed in the playoffs. A lineup with 5 future college players advanced to the 2nd round of the AAA state playoffs. The Cadets defeated Worth Co. in the 1st round with a dramatic walk off win in Game 2 to complete the series sweep. BC was eliminated in the 2nd round by Columbus, the eventual state champions.

2. 2002-03 Basketball
The most successful team since the '96-'97 season. A senior laden team with heavy contributions from 2 juniors. Included was a 3rd place finish in the St. Pius Christmas Tournament. Beat every team in region 3-AAAAA other than Beach, including a win over Savannah High. A 3 seed in the region tournament was also the highest since '97.

1. 2000 Football
9-2 overall record and Region Champions. Led by Finnochario Award winner Lamar Owens, the biggest win of the season came over Camden in Kingsland on a last second FG by Mell. BC went undefeated in sub-region play highlighted by a huge 2nd half comeback over Glynn. BC had 10 players make the all-region team. 6 players went onto the next level.

BC Games of the Decade:

7. 2007 Baseball @ Calvary/ 2009 Baseball vs. SCPS
2 teams that BC dominated in the 00's, 7 wins to 2 losses. 2 of the wins came by way of stellar pitching performances. In '07 BC beat the eventual Class A champs 1-0 behind the complete game outing of Kyle Tootle. In '09 Wynn Moore led BC's effort over SCPS with the same result, 1-0.

6. 2003 Basketball @ Groves
A back and forth game saw BC come up with the best finish to a basketball game in recent memory. Down 1, Cannon took a pass from Murray and went almost the length of the court and saw a running floater hit the bottom of the net, at the buzzer, to cap off the regular season.

5. 2001 Football @ Wayne Co.
Voted by the SMN as the game of the year. BC won in Jesup in 2OT with the help of a fumbleruskie and despite Carlos Height rushing for over 200 yards. The BC coaching staff caught the referees cutting BC's play clock short on multiple occasions during the 1st half, yet BC overcame the Yellow Jackets and the Wayne County Officials Association to get the victory.

4. 2005 Football @ South Effingham
BC beat undefeated and ranked SE 7-0 in Guyton. Led by an all-time performance by LB Anthony Wallace and a D. Dotson to C. Pollard TD pass, BC came away with one of the biggest upsets of the decade and a win over its future coach.

3. 2003/04 Basketball vs./@ SHS
The two best wins of the decade in completely different fashion. 2003: The game was played In front of one of the largest crowds of the decade at BC's gym. A very good BC team, which had a lot of people expecting a win, outlasted the Jackets. It was Crawford's 24th game against BC..... 2004: Shocking the most faithful of BC fans, the Cadets upset SHS at the Ron Love Athletic Center behind seniors Bell, Frankie, and junior The Hinchey. Up to that point SHS's record had almost been perfect in that arena

2. 2000 Football vs. Glynn
BC overcame a 3 TD deficit in the 2nd half and won 36-29 in OT to all but clinch the sub-region championship. Future Navy kicker Joey Bullen missed a game winning FG for Glynn in the waining seconds to allow the game to go into OT. Dotson and O'Neal captured player of the week honors for their efforts and Ziegler was sensational on defense with 2 INT'S.

1. 2000 Football @ Camden
A very wet game that was a defensive struggle for most of the night. Trailing late, Owens found freshman Kenny O'Neal on a simple go route to pull BC to within 1 point. A celebration penalty was called on the play and the ensuing PAT, from 35 yards, sailed wide. With time running out BC forced the Camden QB to fumble and the rest is history. BC 9, Camden 7. Camden has not lost a region or home regular season game to a Georgia school since. They went on to win 3 state championships in the 00's.

8 comments:

Charlie Dodson said...

Great list, JJ. The Dotson/O'Neal is still my favorite, while the Camden game is the biggest BC win of all time.

Shane said...

Basketball @ Groves and Football against Glynn were the two best games of the decade. There were other more important wins--like Camden and SHS--thus making them lower on the list of 'BC Games of the Decade'.

Great List.

Denny said...

05 baseball team was awesome and a lot of fun....we should have won the region but no one was beating columbus that year

Denny said...

it actually K. Pollard

Charlie Dodson said...

I agree, Shane. Beating Camden in basketball the first game of that year was probably more important than any other win of that year.

sauers6 said...

BC v. Jenkins '02 76-6

Snuffy said...

How can teams that placed 3rd in the state, with individual state champions, not be teams 1 and 2 in your list? 2008 Cross Country also finished 3rd in the State and 2003 Soccer advanced to the State Quarterfinals. They should be included.

Barstool69 said...

2009 Team '04 has to be on there