Bears Take Down Spring Hill, 34-14, for South’s 2-Seed

SPRING HILL - The week prior, Woodlawn Coach Zach Meyer walked away from his Bears’ 40-20 win at Marvell calling it one of their worst performances of the season. This past Friday, in a key South Conference battle at Spring Hill, he walked away calling it one of their best games of the year. Woodlawn used an explosive run game and a nasty, physical defensive effort to put away the Spring Hill Bears, 34-14, and claim the outright no. 2 seed from the South Conference. By virtue of finishing second in the conference, the Bears will have a home game for the first round of the playoffs, hosting the Brinkley Tigers at 7 p.m. Friday at the Carl Jones Sports Complex. The start time for last week’s game was moved up to 3:30 p.m. due to the threat of severe thunderstorms in the region. While a light rain fell briefly in the fourth quarter, there was no significant weather impact on the game other than a strong southerly wind that blew throughout the game. A Spring Hill victory last week would have created a three-way tie with Woodlawn and Strong for second place, and would have resulted in the tie-breaker determining the final seeding. Instead, Woodlawn took care of business, using two long touchdown runs by Caleb Martin and another from his twin brother, Jaxson Martin, to go up 22-0 by halftime. Spring Hill never got closer than two scores the rest of the way. “We thought we could be just as physical as them if not more physical, and I told you we wanted to be more physical than last week and I thought we did,” Meyer said about his Bears’ effort. “We had a more physical week of practice, and it showed tonight. I’m proud of them.” Caleb Martin was nearly unstoppable over the first two quarters, busting off a 30-yard run to give Woodlawn a 6-0 lead with 5:53 left in the first quarter, and then scorching Spring Hill for a 88-yard burst at the 11:37 mark of the second quarter. Caleb finished...