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Monday Sep 06th |
| Mitchell’s effort doesn’t go unnoticed in Mad Dawgs’ defeat |
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| Friday, 19 December 2008 | ||
“It’s just disappointing,” Mitchell said after the heart-wrenching finish at the 11 Area field. “We just made too many mistakes.” Afterward, MAG-39 head coach Gary Munford praised Mitchell’s effort. “I feel bad for a guy like that,” Munford said. “To have a game like that, and play as well as he did and not win, that’s tough.” Mitchell has played in the League for more than five seasons and this year marked his first All-Base Championship. Clearly, this meant something extra to Mitchell. “Not to take anything away from the other guys, but I would kill to have a team of Mitchells,” Munford said. “He’s just the epitome of a team player.” Another one of MAG-39’s standout wide receivers, Darnell Johnson, believes Mitchell was probably the team’s MVP this season. “Mitch just balled all season,” Johnson said. “You could see the fire in his eyes all season.” When Munford was unable to attend practices due to operational duties — like the week leading up to the Best of the West — Mitchell took on a leadership role, Munford said. “Mitch was the coach while I was gone,” Munford said. “He stepped up.” Wrong Name Those at Saturday’s game came to know Twentynine Palms’ quarterback by the name of Marchell Parker. That was the name announced over the loudspeaker from the pressbox. But the quarterback was actually Charles Jefferson wearing Parker’s jersey. The way his teammate Anthony Eldridge sees it, there’s really only one name for Jefferson: Leader. “That’s what he is — a leader,” Eldridge said of the quarterback who finished 9 of 18 for 218 yards, with two fourth quarter touchdown passes. “I’ve got so much trust and confidence in him,” Twentynine Palms coach Daymian Brown said. “... The Marines on this team just believe in him.” Martin Hanging ‘Em Up? Carnell Martin might have played his last game, and if it was, it was a good one. The former Player of the Year and two-time Camp Pendleton Athlete of the Year was named team MVP after the game by Munford. The 40-year-old master sergeant said he expected Saturday’s Best of the West to be his final game. “I don’t think I’ll be back,” Martin said. “I love the game. I love to teach the young guys the game and give them some of my knowledge. But I think this is it.” Nowhere to Run While MAG-39 had some success throwing the ball against Twentynine Palms, it could only muster 57 yards on the ground, averaging 2.3 yards on 26 carries. Twentynine Palms, on the other hand, had 120 yards rushing, including a 30-yard scoring burst by Jefferson. “They had a good run defense,” said Mad Dawgs starting running back Bruce Long, who had 29 yards on 12 carries. “We could pass, but the run wasn’t there. It’s not that they were hitting hard, the holes just weren’t there today.” |
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