Jags looking for history

September 26, 2007

By Andy Brown

“When’s the last time we were 2-2?”
That’s the question Barbour County head coach Juan Williams asked his team after the Jaguars scored a 28-14 win over Horseshoe Bend on Friday.
The answer to the second-year head coach’s question is way back in 2003 when the Jaguars opened the season with wins over Stewart-Quitman and Dadeville. The Jaguars were eventually forced to forfeit the wins due to the use of an ineligible player.
But that’s ancient history.
These days, the Jaguars have a different kind of history in mind – program history.
After a 24-20 win over Class 3A Abbeville in the season opener, and last week’s win over Horseshoe Bend, the Jaguars are on the prowl for win No. 3 – a win that would give the 2007 Jaguars the highest win total in program history, tying the 2002 squad’s total.
That win will be tough to come by this week as the Jaguars board the bus and head to Opelika to take on Class 4A Beauregard.
The Hornets are 3-1 on the season with their lone loss coming to region-rival Cleburne County – a team that also owns a 3-1 record.
The road doesn’t get much easier after that with games against traditional power Luverne and a one-loss Highland Home team.
That’s not to say the Jaguars couldn’t put all the pieces together and pull of an upset against one or both of these teams. Anything can happen on a Friday night.
I really believe the Jaguars are going to turn in one of - if not - their best season to date. I don’t have a crystal ball, so I don’t know when the win will come but I feel like Coach Williams and the Jaguars will get their third win of the season. Actually I believe the Jags could go 4-6 with wins over Reeltown (1-3) and Bullock County (0-3).
Here’s hoping they do.