AUSTELL - The rain stayed away as T.K. Dodd claimed his first win as Campbell's head coach in a 14-6 victory over South Cobb.

"I couldn't even begin to tell you how wonderful it is," Dodd said. "It is a fantastic feeling. It is all due to these young men and the coaching staff. They did a fantastic job."

Spartans' quarterback Tay Wright was 8-for-16 for 88 yards and two touchdowns, including a fingertip catch to Dorion McMickens for 29 yards. Wright also rushed for 43 yards on nine carries.

"We basically did the stuff we had been practicing," Dodd said. "We put the ball in (Wright's) hands. He makes pretty good decisions and we trust those kids very much, and they played their hearts out for us. He did a pretty good job of managing the game for us."

Trent Houston was Campbell's leading rusher with 47 yards on nine carries. South Cobb's leading rusher was Kenneth Willis with 58 yards on 10 carries. Demarcus Adkins gained 43 yards on eight carries, scoring the Eagles' lone touchdown from four yards out.

"I am proud of our kids," South Cobb coach Ed Koester said. "They fought hard, they played as a team and they played for each other. We can't have turnovers, that killed us."

Wright got things started early with a 50-yard return to the South Cobb 40 on the opening kickoff. He then went 4-for-4 for 24 yards, hitting Houston for a three-yard touchdown pass to go up 7-0.

South Cobb opened with a 10-play, 37-yard drive. Quarterback Donte Brown went 1-for-2 for 20 yards, combining with Adkins and Cordell Wilson for 16 yards on eight carries, but the drive stalled on a holding penalty and a 47-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.

South Cobb received a gift when Campbell fumbled an option pitch on the first play from scrimmage, setting the Eagles up at the Spartan eight, but the running game was stifled and a 23-yard kick also sailed wide left.

After a Campbell punt, the Eagles made good on a five-play 44-yard drive with Adkins scoring from three yards out. However, the extra point also went wide, leaving South Cobb with a 7-6 deficit.

Neither team could capitalize until late in the second, when Wright helmed a seven-play, 67-yard drive, finding McMickens in double coverage and hit him for a 29-yard touchdown catch with 21.1 seconds left in the half.

Turnovers plagued South Cobb in the second as the Eagles' opening drive reached the Campbell 34 before a fumble fell into the Spartans' hands. Another drive went 76 yards to the Campbell 12 before James Russell picked Brown.

Two possessions later, Campbell snapped up another fumble, killing a South Cobb drive to midfield and grinding out the clock.

"I don't mind if they bend as long as they don't break and it gets us the types of turnovers we got," Dodd said of his defense. "I was really proud of the way we ran to the ball. We are going to work a little bit on some tackling, but we were able to withstand them coming back time after time."