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Former EPHS Player Named College Sporting News Player of Week
Also, cheer team places at state, track star signs, football results and more in Paulding County School District's "Athletic Adventures."
From PCSD’s “Athletic Adventures” newsletter
Current Jacksonville State, and former East Paulding Raider Folo Johnson was named the National Defensive Player of the Week by College Sporting News on Monday evening.
Johnson had a career-high 14 tackles, including 12 solo stops, to lead the third-ranked Gamecocks to their eighth-straight win of the season with a 20-6 road win at No. 15 Eastern Kentucky last Saturday.
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The Dallas, Ga., native helped a defensive unit limit Eastern Kentucky to just 100 rushing yards and hold the Colonels to 1-for-14 on 3rd down.
The JSU defense has now gone 13-straight quarters without allowing a touchdown and outscored its opponents 125-9 over its last three games.
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— Don Breedlove
The latest Athletic Adventures newsletter from the Paulding County School District has more sports news about local schools:
- North, South fall in football playoffs
- Hiram’s Briant Signs
- EPHS Raider Cheer Places at State
- NPHS Track & Field Star Signs
- SPHS 2nd Annual Youth Run
- Spartan Youth Run
- Weekly Scores, Preformers
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