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Gaffney is Dorman’s most common opponent. The two schools have been playing since Dorman opened in 1964. The Cavaliers’ very first varsity football game was a 25-0 loss to the Indians in 1964. Overall, the two school have met 66 times, with the Indians leading the overall series 38-27-1. Gaffney owns an 8-3 edge in playoff games. So there is quite a bit of history there.
As for this game, I don’t think I dare make a prediction. Gaffney is at their historical best in the playoffs and they are coming into this one red hot. The Cavs are also coming off an emotional come from behind victory just as Gaffney is. Dorman’s defense has been great most of the season and it dominated in the schools’ regular season meeting, a 34-10 Dorman win. The Cavs are battle tested and are undeniably one of the state’s best. But this is a different Indian team than the one Dorman faced in October. The Indians are also one of the state’s beat now. What will happen Friday is anybody’s guess. It should be an excellent football game.
Ten years ago I was a Junior at Dorman High and I remember that year vividly as it was the year Dorman won the State Championship, but before they got there, they had to derail Gaffney! Now by this point we had already given Gaffney a nice fat loss at the beginning of that season by a score of 42-17, keep in mind it was the second game of the season for Dorman (as we played a week zero against our City Rivals Spartanburg) and the first of the season for Gaffney. This time around the morale was a little bit different as Deeward Burris and Joe Craig had given that Gaffney team a much needed facelift since their first game... Gaffney came into the game with a 10-3 record, ready to avenge their first loss of the season. That game was a close one, at the start of game both defenses shined bright as neither offense could get the upper hand! It was a pretty evenly matched first half and both teams went back into their respective locker rooms with the score of the game knotted up at 0. As the second half started Dorman came out firing on all cylinders as Johnny Foster and Charone Peake of the high powered Dorman offense came out firing on all Cylinders, driving down the field and killing the time of possession while at it! Even that couldn’t put the Gaffney defense away as Dorman had to resort to trickery to put the first set of points on the board, Casey Cohen running the Philly Special tossing a 10 yard touchdown pass to Johnny Foster for 6 (and of course the PAT was good). The score is 7-0 at this point, it’s the 4th Quarter. Dorman’s defense led by Kendrick Smith & Ryan Pruitt has to step up and make the biggest defensive plays of their career at this point. They did just that as Deedward Burris took off down the field on a quarterback keeper for 50 yards with 6 minutes to go! The ball is now on Dorman’s 20 and they have a fresh set of downs as Adam Humphries has made a touchdown saving tackle. Dorman’s defense did their job as John Parker made a stop. Dorman has gotten the ball back as it was a turnover on downs. To put the icing on the cake Dorman drives down the field and kicks a field goal to ice the game 10-0. Dorman wins and goes on to win the State Championship against Byrnes by the score of 28-17. Just thought I’d bring that up because we’re in the same situation 10 years later with both teams having similar win loss records.
NuclearCav90 wrote:Gaffney is Dorman’s most common opponent. The two schools have been playing since Dorman opened in 1964. The Cavaliers’ very first varsity football game was a 25-0 loss to the Indians in 1964. Overall, the two school have met 66 times, with the Indians leading the overall series 38-27-1. Gaffney owns an 8-3 edge in playoff games. So there is quite a bit of history there.
As for this game, I don’t think I dare make a prediction. Gaffney is at their historical best in the playoffs and they are coming into this one red hot. The Cavs are also coming off an emotional come from behind victory just as Gaffney is. Dorman’s defense has been great most of the season and it dominated in the schools’ regular season meeting, a 34-10 Dorman win. The Cavs are battle tested and are undeniably one of the state’s best. But this is a different Indian team than the one Dorman faced in October. The Indians are also one of the state’s beat now. What will happen Friday is anybody’s guess. It should be an excellent football game.
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
and CSB are Back In Black, White, and Red cap
...might as well start out as organized chaos...
