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October 28, 2005 · Greenbrier 20, White House 10 · a region championship and the end of 23 straight losses in the series.

2005 feature:Season HubStreak StoppersThree ZeroesThe TeamThe RematchScrapbookCoachT Era
20–10Final
23Straight losses ended
1981Previous GB win
6–0Region finish
3rdStraight region title

October 28, 2005 was Senior Night, the Region 4-3A title game and a regional cable broadcast. The newspaper preview said Greenbrier’s focus was the title, not the streak. By the end of the night, the Bobcats had both.

Before kickoff

Macon County coverage sets up the White House region title game
The setupThe Macon County win put the region championship directly into Week 10.
Title not streak White House preview
Title, not streakContemporary preview material documented the 23-game series streak and CSS broadcast.

The game

White House struck first with a field goal. Kyle Herndon answered on a bootleg. Ricky Ladd’s 73-yard touchdown restored the Blue Devil lead, but Greenbrier immediately flipped the field on the kickoff and Justin Pigg finished the answer for a 14–10 halftime lead.

Michael Seay’s interception helped preserve the advantage before halftime. Late, Pigg drove the ball to the 1 and Herndon’s sneak made it 20–10. Greenbrier recovered the ensuing kickoff fumble and finished the night as Region 4-3A champion.

Greenbrier 20 White House 10 sports front
20–10The sports-front treatment of the breakthrough.
Full White House game story
23 in a row — finishedThe full local game story makes the series context explicit.

Not just a scoreboard

Region title celebration photographs
CelebrationThe photo page preserves how the night looked in the stadium.
Priceless scrapbook page
Scrapbook cultureThe handmade “Priceless!” page is preserved as fan ephemera — not as a statistical source.

Full game history + two video sources →

The CoachT search result

No false precision: the current indexed CoachT search pass did not surface a verified 2005 White House game thread with a stable exact-comment link. Rather than attach a 2008 rivalry thread and imply it was contemporary, this feature leaves the slot open. The broader 2005 CoachT record is preserved in the era collection.

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SOURCE SHELF

Keep the paper trail attached

2005 feature sources are kept separate by role: newspaper/scrapbook scans for game reporting, preserved film for the game itself, and CoachT for contemporary community discussion or clearly labeled later memory.

2005 scrapbook · CoachT Era record · 2005 season hub

From the Boards · after the titleCoachT · Nov. 4, 2005
tiredsportsfan·Nov. 4, 2005·Contemporary

The corrected coaches’ All-Region post preserved Greenbrier at the top of the final Region 4-3A standings after the White House breakthrough.

Read the exact CoachT post →

The night kept going in print

The scrapbook did not treat Oct. 28 as a single clipping. These additional pages preserve the celebration, the playoff consequence and the way the win was framed across the following week.

Justin Pigg vs. White House
Justin Pigg vs. White HouseAction photograph from the 20–10 Senior Night win.
On to playoffs now
On to playoffs nowWeek 10 aftermath turns from the rivalry breakthrough to the postseason.
The wider region-title picture
The wider region-title picturePostgame column and county championship context preserved in the scrapbook.
Home for at least two rounds
Home for at least two roundsThe region championship translated directly into playoff home-field advantage.
Senior Night in photographs
Senior Night in photographsGame and celebration images from the night the streak ended.