Scout's Honor

Eight games into his final high school season, Plant quarterback Robert Marve still finds ways to amaze his coach, Bob Weiner.

Case in point: a recent practice in preparation for Friday night's superhyped showdown at sixth-ranked Jefferson. While running the fifth-ranked Panthers' offensive scout team (Hey, who better than Marve to simulate Dragons counterpart Stephen Garcia?), the Alabama-bound senior threw an interception on the day's final play to Patrick Carter, who had a clear path to the opposite end zone.

We'll let Weiner take it from there.

"(Marve) is trying to get over a sickness, it's the last play of our scrimmage, he's just the scout-team quarterback. He goes 80 yards full speed -- and makes the tackle. ... He's a competitor. He's not going to back down from anything, and that's what makes him great."

Kickoff for the Plant-Jefferson game is Friday at 7:30 p.m. A crowd of roughly 6,000 is expected.