Lack of players forces team to forfeit rest of season

DIXIE - After starting the season with just 11 healthy players, Westbrook School has been forced to cancel its four remaining games because of injuries. <br> <br> The private school in Dixie, about 10 miles from the Florida line between Quitman and Thomasville, finished with only eight defenders in its last game, a 48-0 loss to Westwood. <br> <br> The Cougars were 0-6, losing by a combined margin of 212-8. <br> <br> First-year head coach Mark Johnson said three players had knee injuries in recent weeks, including center C.W. Jones. He continued to play offense only, leaving Westbrook with just 10 on defense to play against Westbrook. <br> <br> Another player broke his collarbone in that game. <br> <br> ``By the third quarter, I realized `Man, this may be our last game,&#39;&#39;&#39; said Johnson, who broke the news about the season ending at a team meeting Monday. <br> <br> According to the GISA Web site, Westbrook has 90 students in grades K-12. The Cougars lost nine seniors off a 19-man roster that went 4-6 in 2001, snapping a four-year winless streak. <br> <br> Headmaster Donald Murphy said the school intends to field a team next fall. But he wants to increase efforts to find more players and prevent a repeat of this years premature demise. <br> <br> ``Football is supposed to be our main sport, but football is a physical sport, and you&#39;ve got to be in top condition,&#39;&#39; Murphy said. ``We&#39;ve got to get some boys out here.&#39;&#39;

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