Friday, October 17, 2008

It's the "Battle of Buffalo Creek" 2008

Rain, rain, rain ... it's going to end up pretty crowded in the press box before its over at Kings Mountain's John Gamble Stadium. The teams are on the field for pre-game drills. Opinion is divided as to which side benefits most from having wet turf tonight.

Kings Mountain takes the opening drive and rolls 73 yards in nine plays to go in front. On fourth and 15 at the Shelby 28, QB Mike Roberts avoids the rush and finds Devon Thompson open in the middle of the field at the 15. He turns and runs into the end zone. Edward Blackburn kicks the point after and with 8:32 left in the first quarter ... KM 7, Shelby 0

Shelby lines up with Larry Raper taking the snap two straight plays in shotgun formation but is unable to move it. Quinton Hopper is sacked on third down and Shelby has to punt it away

On the second play after the punt, KM's Roberts fires deep to Terrance Young for 35 yards to the Golden Lions' 18. On first down, Joe Chambers pops off the left side and goes 18 yards for the score. Blackburn's kick is good. With 5:02 left in the first quarter ... KM 14, Shelby 0.

After a KM onside kick attempt fails, Shelby fumbles the ball away on second down. Mountaineers start at the Shelby 46. On the first play, Roberts keeps and goes 21 yards to the Lions' 25. Two straight illegal blocks pushes KM back across midfield. KM has to punt it away with 1:22 left in the first quarter.
Shelby gets a first down on a run by Michael Copeland as first quarter ends ... KM 14-0.

Lions have to punt and mishandle the snap. KM's Tori Belcher throws Trent Vanderhoof for a loss back to the 24 yardline. It takes the Mountaineers six plays to score from there. Roberts keeps it up the middle for the final two yards with 9:16 left in the half. Blackburn's kick is good ... KM 21, Shelby 0

The teams exchange punts with Shelby taking over at the KM 48. Copeland runs for a first down for the Lions but a holding penalty pushes Shelby back. Lions cough up a fumble and KM's Anthony Dalton picks it up and runs it to the Shelby 46 with 3:54 left in the half.

KM forced to settle for a field goal try in the final 26 seconds but Blackburn's kick is low. Clock runs out. At the half ... KM 21, Shelby 0.
Observation: KM totally dominated the first half with a 12-2 edge in first downs and a 212-20 edge in yardage.
Other scores we've heard: R-S Central leading Burns, 14-0; Crest ahead of North Gaston 31-0; South Point ahead of Forestview 14-0; Chase in front of East Rutherford 13-0.

Second Half: Shelby goes 3-and-out on its first series. KM gets it and picks up two first downs before Quevalas Murray recovers a fumble to give the Lions the football at their own 46 with 8:07 left in the third quarter. Shelby can't move though and punts it away again with 6:56 left in the third period.
The teams exchanged punts over the next two series with KM taking over at its own 45 with 4:12 left in the quarter. Mountaineers have to kick it away.
On final play of third quarter, Shelby's R.J. Ussery carries for 17 yards out to the 37 to give the Lions their initial first down of the second half. after three quarters of play ... KM 21, Shelby 0.
The punting contest continues. Shelby takes over at its own 26 with 7:08 left.
Lions pick up consecutive first downs for the first time in the contest, then call a timeout at the KM 45 with 3:16 left in the game.
Shelby reaches the Mountaineer 26 but fumbles the ball away with 1:54 to play.
Mountaineers take a knee on three straight plays to end it.
Final score: KM 21, Shelby 0

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's what I'm talking about!

Thanks for the updates!