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Finding the positives in lopsided defeats

By Sheldon Shealer
ESPNRISE.com

Friday, September 18, 2009

A 39-point first quarter left no doubt about the outcome. For the second straight week, the Southside Academy (Baltimore, Md.) football team was simply outmanned, this time down 70 points to Calvert Hall (Towson, Md.) and facing the running clock late in the fourth quarter. Then, senior Andre Christian broke through the Calvert Hall defense on his way to a 22-yard rushing touchdown that prompted a celebration on the Southside bench and brought a smile to coach Adrian Mobley's face. At Southsi ...

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