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The GMC Prep Bulldogs got off to a rough start last Friday when the visiting Wheeler County Bulldogs won the season opener 41-7 at Davenport Field in Milledgeville.
It turned out to be a tough night on both sides of the ball for GMC and new head coach Bobby Rhoades. The Bulldogs are still transitioning to a new offensive scheme while finding their guy at quarterback. Logan McMillan made his first career regular-season start on Friday and completed 4 of 7 passes for 14 yards.
Rhoades said there isn’t really a competition at quarterback as much as there are just certain signal-callers he and his coaches like to have in the game for certain situations.
“There are certain things we like about both guys,” Rhoades said of McMillan and Johnathan Roach under center. “There are certain situations we like for one of the guys to be in the game and other situations for another guy.”
GMC was down 13-0 after a rushing and passing touchdown from Wheeler County, due to a missed extra point on its second scoring drive. After a short drive for GMC, the Bulldogs punted the ball back to Wheeler County, giving it the ball on GMC’s 45-yard line.
A long pass completion from Wheeler quarterback Rhett Rodgers to wide receiver Kenton Mincey then put the Bulldogs on GMC’s 10-yard line. They completed the drive with another score on the ground followed by a two-point conversion on a LaMarcus Woodward rush to make it a 21-0 game at halftime.
It didn’t get any better for the hometown Bulldogs. To start the second half, Wheeler County scored another rushing TD in the third quarter, then tacked on two more in the fourth.
Meanwhile, GMC eventually broke through with an 8-yard rushing touchdown by Roach in the final quarter to reach the 41-7 final.
Despite the loss, Rhoades insisted he still saw things he liked from his Bulldogs.
“I was proud of the way we finished with a scoring drive and how we had guys who got knocked down and kept getting back up,” Rhoades said. “But we’ve got to learn to be more physical up front and we’ve got a lot of work to do as a team. We’re a very young team and we’re going to have some tough nights but we’re going to get better. I don’t know exactly when that is, but we’ll get there.”