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Central’s woes at historic level

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Little Rock Central had first down at its 40-yard line late in the first half of an Oct. 9 home game with Conway when junior quarterback Cole Westbrook dropped to pass.

Westbrook, almost instantly, was flushed from a nonexistent pocket and threw incomplete.

He tried to throw on second down, but again threw incomplete under heavy pressure.

Westbrook attempted to throw on third down. Again,he didn’t have time and scrambled back to the line of scrimmage.

Defenders were breaking through so fast that it appeared Central was attempting a screen play.

In reality, the Tigers were unable to execute an elementary pass play downfield.

At halftime of what would evolve into a 31-0 Conway victory, a former coach ...


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This article was published November 5, 2009 at 5:27 a.m.

Sports, Pages 17 on 11/05/2009

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xisbum_aol.com says...

Sad times for a once formidable program and a sad ending for one of the true innovators in Arkansas high school athletics. I covered high school sports during a short stay as a sports writer at the Arkansas Democrat (1976-78), and Bernie Cox was one of the rising stars in a sky full of excellent prep coaches - Parkview's Sam Goodwin, NLR Ole Main's Henry Hawks, Catholic's George Loss and the dean of Arkansas prep coaches at that time, Hall's C.W. Koepple.

I hope Bernie will find life full of first downs after leaving Central.

November 5, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

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