The ‘Cat Scan: Valdosta’s present, future rise up ahead of playoffs

Although they missed out on a second consecutive region championship, the Valdosta Wildcats head into the GHSA Class 7A state playoffs on a high note after rolling over Richmond Hill to close the regular season. The ‘Cats (9-1, 3-1 Region 1-7A) started sluggish – scoring just seven points in the first quarter, and playing uncharacteristic to their firepower – but found a spark from its stars of the future in the 49-12 win against Richmond Hill. “Coming out flat offensively, that’s not who we are,” head coach Shelton Felton said after Wednesday’s practice. “We’ve got to clean that up. When people try to take away our best players, we can’t panic. We’ve got other weapons, and that’s one of the biggest things that we talked about. And defensively, we’ve just continued to play and do our one-eleventh, and that’s what we did Friday. When we do that, we’re a pretty good defense. “Offensively, just getting better at the fundamentals – throwing and catching.

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