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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Dolphins Run To Victories

LYNN HAVEN - The Mosley Dolphins are built for speed.  Why not? 

Runningback Enrique Davis verbally commited to play for Auburn University next season and runningback Tommie Rogers is talking with Valdosta State among other schools.

The team has two feature running backs that pound opposing teams’ defenses.

The players are opposite in size, but they have one important thing in common:  They can move the football.

Both ‘backs are approaching 1,000 yards rushing this season (Davis 800 yards, Rogers 600 yards).  Each doing so with a different style.

“Tommie can run full speed stop on dime and make a cut,” head coach Perry Brown said.  “Enrique is bigger and gets lots of yards inside the tackles.”

The big boy, Davis, already has an NFL frame, standing 6’1, 215 pounds.  So he’s not your average high school football player.

Davis is so big…

“...that he can carry two fat 500 pound guys on his back and run from endzone to endzone and not break a sweat,” wingback Darius Pirtle said.

“Enrique Davis is so big he looks like a cow running threw a field and no one can stop him,” defensive end Matt Cox said.

“Enrique Davis is so big that he can carry the stands of people on his back a still score a touchdown,” defensive tackle Stephan McCathern said.

“Enrique is so big its not as big as his coach,” Brown added.

On the other hand, Tommie Rogers.  Not so big.  Standing 5’8, weighing 155 pounds, what he lack in that department he makes up with speed.

Rogers is so fast…

“...he’s hard to catch, it’s like turning a rabbit lose out there,” Brown said.

“Tommie Rogers is so fast when you blink he’s already at the touchdown line,” Pirtle said.

“Tommie so small and fast he looks like a deer running through the woods,” Cox said.

Both runningbacks are on the field at the same time.  They split the carries down the middle, both averaging eight yards per run.  The tandem’s combined for 20 touchdowns and have become a defensive coordinator’s worst nightmare.

“I see a mean, powerful, strong, athletic player, he’s just powerful,” Rogers said of Davis.

“Schools key in on me,” Davis said.  “They all gang up on me, then Tommie’s gonna bust for a big gain, that’s what he does.  He’s a playmaker.”

The Mosley Dolphins have a week off before they take on Rutherford High School on Oct. 27 at Tommy Oliver Stadium.

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