Comments (0) Bobby and Hal Lamb
Bobby and Hal Lamb were two of the finest football players to ever play for the Tigers.
Bobby was a captain on the 1980 and 1981 teams, and Hal was a captain for the Commerce football team in 1982.
Bobby played quarterback as a starter for three years leading the Tigers to a ….. continue reading
General Collins
For three years Michael Collins, a 6’5”, 200 pound wide out, was the principal starting wide receiver for the Commerce Tigers (1997-99). He holds almost every offensive pass receiving record at Commerce High School
He has the most receiving yards in a career with 2339. In 1999, he broke the Tiger record for receiving in a season with 946 yards. He is the only Commerce player to have over 200 yards receiving in a game when he posted a 262 yard effort versus Rabun County in 1999. This was also a game in which he had four TD pass receptions also a Tiger record.
He had 27 touchdown passes in his three seasons as a starting split end with 16 of these coming in 1999. The list of honors goes on and on for Michael Collins at Commerce.
However, it was his senior season in 2000 that a person found out about the real Michael Collins. When he was asked by Coach Steve Savage to move to quarterback, he did so with enthusiasm. Commerce needed a quarterback, and he was the best athlete available.
He had outstanding leadership qualities. Everybody in the huddle on offense and defense knew who was in charge of the 2000 Commerce football team that went on to post a record of (13-2-0) that year as well as became Class A State Football Champion. He captured each player’s attention when he spoke.
Additionally, Collins had 1060 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns in leading the run oriented Tiger option offense and was a captain on this 2000 team.
On any given Commerce football night in 2000, Michael Collins to Monte’ Williams on the option pitch as well as the rest of the company of the Commerce football team could put on some “whale of a football show” for Tiger football fans. They were indeed exciting to watch.
When you look up the words “leader” or “field general” in the dictionary, you might find Michael Collins picture there one day. You might just call him “General Collins” because of his ability to lead the troops.
Michael Collins was not only a super football player as well as a superb basketball player, but more importantly he was an outstanding student in the classroom. He was truly what many call a great example of a “student-athlete”.
Air Show
In 2002, Commerce traveled to beautiful Bill Corry Stadium in Madison, Ga. to play a very strong Morgan County Bulldog team.
Commerce won by a (10-3) score in a great defensive struggle. Commerce pulled out all the stops in its bag of tricks in an effort to move the ball against this tough Bulldog defense.
What was most unusual was that quarterback Josh Haynes and halfback Dennis Wilder were an amazing eleven for eleven in passing for 121 yards on the night. No quarterback or passing combination in Tiger history has ever been that ….. continue reading
Shutouts
The 1965 Tiger team holds the Commerce record for the most shutouts in a season with seven during a thirteen game season.
The awesome Commerce defense shutout the following teams: South Habersham and North Habersham by the midway point of the season. Then they blanked North Hall, Rabun County, White County and Franklin County consecutively for a total of six to end the regular season while adding a final shutout against Carrollton in the state playoffs for a total of seven.
The 1965 team is the only Commerce football team to shutout….. ….. continue reading
Tiger Helmets
Tiger helmets worn during the 1910’s and 1920’s were of the brown leather variety in the early history of Commerce football.
However, since football was rejuvenated in 1940, the Tiger helmet has changed on a few occasions.
From 1940-1951, the Commerce helmet was basically a black one with a few yellowish-brown sections in the late 1940’s.
From 1952-1959, Commerce wore a solid silver helmet. Beginning in 1960-1966, the Tiger helmet was solid black once more. However, in 1965 there was one white stripe down the center, and in 1966….. ….. continue reading
I’m going to try to post a single Tiger Tale (story) each week on the front page. These stories are grouped together under the main page menu under Tiger Tales. This week’s is one of my favorites. Dennis Wilder ran as hard as a back could be expected to for an entire game in which the defense knew who was getting the ball each play. DW went Legend that night.
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In 2003 versus #1 ranked Lincoln County, Commerce went down to defeat to the Red Devils by a (14-7) score. However, Dennis Wilder put on a performance that will not long be forgotten. It was one in which he had 37 rushing attempts which is the second most in school history.
In the game the previous week, Commerce was defeated by Morgan County and in the game quarterback Josh Haynes was injured and not likely to be available for play the following week against the Red Devils.
Coach Steve Savage then installed the Notre Dame Box single wing offense to utilize the running skills of tailback Dennis Wilder. Commerce had not run this ancient offense since ….. continue reading
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