![]() We've played each other since seventh grade. "We have to figure out what they're going to do different and how are we going to counter coming up with a Plan B. 13 behind a 395-yard effort, all rushing. "The hard part for us is the game plan from the first time worked," said White, whose Lions defeated the Gators 36-7 on Oct. Auburn won the first meeting against Georgia in Auburn, Ala., but Georgia won the rematch in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. White said Thursday that he's heard comparisons from his school's fans of Mount Ida's second matchup with Foreman to Auburn and Georgia, which met twice in the 2017 season. "If you want to beat the best, you have to beat the best." "You want to pattern yourself after them because they play physical, they're tough and they're old-school football. "They've been the ones we've set our eyes on," King said. But we don't throw it much."įoreman Coach Mark King respects the Lions for their success over the past decade. It can be all three and you can have a good passing game. "This group, you're starting to see what happens when they're doing it so long," White said. White credits Mount Ida's community for buying into the offense and said it's a scheme that not a lot of people see statewide. I know every play and I know what I'm doing. "This is my type of offense," said Lagrange, who is part of a junior class that has lost only twice in their football careers - last year to Dierks and to Danville in double overtime in ninth grade. ![]() Lagrange, who has played in the Split Back Veer since he was a third-grader in Mount Ida's pee-wee football program, enjoys playing in the scheme. "Lagrange and Helms are just bruiser backs. "Those guys are going to get their yards," White said. Of Mount Ida's 83 offensive touchdowns, 77 have come on the ground. Jackson, the team's quarterback, is second on the team with 17 rushing touchdowns and 986 rushing yards while Helms, a running back, has scored 14 touchdowns and rushed for 646 yards. Juniors Cade Jackson and Jonathan Lagrange and senior Cade Helms have allowed the Lions to be one of the top offenses in Class 2A.Ī running back, Lagrange leads the Lions with 26 rushing touchdowns and has 1,279 yards rushing. The Lions, who run the Split Back Veer offense, are averaging 358.1 rushing yards per game and 388.6 yards overall as they've won 21 consecutive games since a Week 8 loss at Dierks in October 2016. Mount Ida has been the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's top team in Class 2A the entire 2017 season. But it don't bother me when people say that. "My kids worked as hard or harder than anybody else," White, a 1993 Mount Ida graduate, said Thursday after his team's practice at War Memorial Stadium. Mount Ida Coach Michael White isn't apologizing for last year's championship victory. today at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. ![]() The Lions (14-0) will face their 7-2A Conference rival, the Foreman Gators (12-1), at 7 p.m. Mount Ida was able to control the clock in the second half, holding possession for 17:01 in the final two quarters, to earn its second state title.Ī year later, the Montgomery County school is returning to the Class 2A state championship game. Hampton, which led Mount Ida 20-7 at the end of the first quarter, had four touchdowns by quarterback Monta Thomas called back in last season's championship game. However, for the Mount Ida Lions, motivation for the offseason came from several people outside the program who doubted their 27-26 Class 2A state championship victory over the Hampton Bulldogs in 2016. A team can be motivated by losing a state championship game going into an offseason.
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