WOODLAWN - In the postgame huddle after the Bears' 6020 victory over Marvell last Friday night, Woodlawn Coach Doug Means wasted little time in pointing to this week's pivotal South Conference match-up with the Brinkley Tigers.A victory assures Woodlawn of an undefeated regular season and the undisputed South Conference championship. Since the Tigers are 3-1 in conference play, a victory by Brinkley will create a three-way tie for first between Woodlawn, Brinkley and Strong.The two teams will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Carl Jones Sports Complex on the Woodlawn campus.The Bears had perhaps their best overall game of the season last week against Marvell, and Means said he likes where they are right now heading into Friday's match-up and into the post season."I mean they're focused," he said. "They want to be undefeated conference champs. "I want them to be too. They're just ready to do that."They were told earlier in the the year that they weren't going to be very good by people not in our (camp), but other people were like, 'Y'all aren't going to be any good'," Means said. "I don't know why because all I've seen is great things out of these kids. But they've gotten better, gotten better, gotten better." Brinkley comes in with a 5-3 overall record. Its only conference loss came in its last game a couple of weeks ago, a 14-6 decision at home to defending state champion Strong. The Tigers' two non-conference losses were to Class 4A Cave City, 24-14, and Class 3A Marshall, 24-6.Like most of their South Conference opponents, Means said the Tigers have plenty of speed, and the key Friday night will be finding a way to stop it, especially out in space. "We're good at about everything (defensively) but open field tackling," he said."They're going to be tough," Means added.Offensively, Means said the Tigers run a lot of twins sets usually using a tight end. Most of their offense comes on the ground through their qua...
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