1st Half - Franklin County
Jeremy
Porter (No. 3, center) caps off the opening drive...
...
falling into the endzone, for a 31-yard score.
The
PAT was missed.
6-0
PC, with 8:48 left in the half.
In
the Canadian Football League, punting can
sometimes
put points directly on the board!
Even
if John Hedge's awesome kicks don't technically score,
they
often set up short scoring drives,
after
a defensive 3-and-out.
The
ball bounces high inside the 5
(it
is in the air, seemingly hitting the crossbar, from this angle)...
The
Cougars almost had the Eagles pinned very deep, but
the
ball barely went into the endzone, before it could be saved.
Late
in the half, it was Derrick Burks, taking it in from 38.
13-0
Cougars!
2nd Half - Franklin County
'Air
Hicks!'
Greg
Sartin gets open deep, and Britt Shumate delivers.
Sartin
almost scored, but was stopped just short of the goalline.
Porter
practically walks in, sealing the 19-0 win.
1st Half - Graham
Graham's
Nathan Taylor (No. 7) gets some good yardage, on the opening drive.
QB
H. T. Matthews' pass for the open Rolan was off the mark,
and
the G-Men would end up settling for a field goal.
3-0
Graham, with 7:28 to go in the half.
Cougar
QB Britt Shumate (center) scrambles for 6 yards.
Britt
wore No. 10 against Graham and Varina, instead of his usual No. 8.
4th-and-11,
from the G-Men 31:
Shumate
lofts a pass for Brandon Anderson,
over
the outstretched hands of the defender.
Touchdown!
7-3 PC!
Anderson
(center) nearly picked this one off.
Matt
Tilley and Justin Lewis put a hurtin' on Taylor.
"You
know, I love cheerleading! But I sometimes wonder if
I
put just a little too much trust in people!!"
The
Cougars had another drive going, but the official's signal tells all:
Fumble.
The
half ended with PC up 7-3.
2nd Half - Graham
Porter
hits paydirt from 23 yards away.
Cougars
14, G-Men 3!
Graham
got the passing game going on the ensuing drive.
Matthews
finds the open Belcher, getting the ball inside the Cougar 20.
Two
plays later, Matthews passed to Dixon, who turned upfield...
...
and made it in. Graham had answered in less than 2 minutes.
Matthews
kept for the 2-point conversion.
14-11
Cougars, with 6:56 left in the game.
Less
than 90 seconds later, Porter (center) had an answer of his own!
1st-and-10
at the Graham 45 turns into...
Six
points!
John
Hedge's PAT made it 21-11,
with
5:30 to go.
The
scoring frenzy continued.
Matthews
found Taylor in the endzone, and hit him with a nice pass.
The
G-Men went for two to try to get within a field goal of winning,
but
the pass was incomplete.
The
Cougars ran out the final 3:37,
and
triumphed 21-17.
1st Half - Varina
A
few plays after a Varina fumble,
Porter
goes left, and takes it in from 5 yards out.
7-0
Cougars, with 3:01 left in the half.
BIG
play here:
The
Blue Devils drove all the way down to the 1, with 43.6 seconds on the clock.
On
3rd-and-goal, Varina fumbled, and as the PC coaching staff tells you,
the
Cougars recovered!
It
was still 7-0, as the teams switched ends.
2nd Half - Varina
Play
of the day:
Remember
when we ran the criss-cross on
ever
other play (or so it seemed)?
Those
days might be gone,
but
opponents still have to be ready for it!
Ernie
Hodge (center, barely visible) does the uniform number
(No.
20, worn for 4 years by all-time leading rusher Josh Calfee)
proud,
taking the play left, then cutting back right...
Touchdown,
from 46 yards out!!
14-6
Cougars!
The
Blue Devils had a 1st-and-10 on the PC 45
with
1:34 to go.
This
offensive pass interference set them back for a 1st-and-25.
A
4th-and-15 pass was unsuccessful, and
the
Cougars ran out the remaining time.
Cougars
14, Blue Devils 6!
Pulaski
County sweeps the TD Classic!
