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Prep Football Takes Home the Win Against Atlantic Shores.
By Cadet Matt Perry
The Fork Union Prep Football team defeated Atlantic Shores last Saturday in an emotional game that ended with a FUMA victory of 41-21. The score leads one to conclude that the game was a blow-out, but in actuality it was really close....oh wait, no, no, it was a blow out.
FUMA received in the first half, and wasted no time getting their running game started. FUMA scored on their first drive as a result from a large run by Curtis Powell, and another run by Tyrone Wilson, who ran it easily into the endzone. The Atlantic Shores Seahawks would have their turn to show FUMA what they were made of. They pounded running play after running play into the FUMA Defense, and were in a position to score when their QB made a bad pitch that tipped off the hands of their running back, and onto the ground, where Curtis Powell dove on the ball, giving FUMA the ball back and the momentum of the game going into their next drive. It happened all to quickly. On the first play of FUMA's new drive, Tyrone Wilson ran it up the middle, and was gone. "No one can catch him," Devin "Goose" Roberts called out as he ran along the sidelines. The rest of the first quarter ended without further scoring.
The Seahawks would have the ball to start the second quarter, and on their first play they run it into the endzone. The score was now 14-7. After a nice return by #5, Jamal Schulters, Powell and Wilson get first down after first down, putting the Blue Devils in the Red Zone. On a quick pitch from QB, Richard Jenson, Tyrone Wilson stiff armed one man, who dropped like a rag doll, and added six more points to the growing FUMA lead. The Blue Devil D held the Seahawks' next offensive drive on their own forty yard line, and forced them to punt. The FUMA offense decides to break the no-passing trend late in the second quarter on a drive that incorporated all aspects of the FUMA offense, and eventually ended on a short run by Jamal Schulters. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called after the touchdown, which moved the extra-point attempt back a few yards. The kick was missed, but FUMA had amassed a massive lead by the end of the first half.
At the start of the second, Brandon Caleb intercepted the ball, giving FUMA possession, but on the next play, FUMA fumbled the snap and gave it right back to the Seahawks. On a terrible pass by the Seahawks QB, # 3, Steven Palmer, intercepted the ball and took it all the way to the house, only to be called back because of a clipping penalty. Tyrone Wilson struck again, running it into the endzone of FUMA's 5th posession, and FUMA's 5th touchdown. Atlantic Shores shot right back at the end of the 3rd. Their touchdown, however, could be chalked up to a ridiculous amount of weak penalties. The score going into the 4th was FUMA-34, Atlantic Shores-14.
Things started to happen in the 4th quarter. The Refs started throwing flag after flag against Fork Union. Then, Tyrone Wilson was grabbed by the face mask, and his head was snapped back. There was no call. Complaining of sharp pain in his neck, Tyron would sit for the rest of the game. FUMA was forced to Punt. The Seahawks would score again on a drive of short passes, but it was not without the help of numerous more flags that were thrown by the officials against the Blue Devils. Tension was building on the FUMA bench, and they weren't going to take it. A great pass from Jenson to Caleb dug FUMA out of a 3rd and long, and on the next play, another pass to Caleb was taken al lthe way into the endzone, which put another 6 on the board for Fork Union. By this time, the flags had slowed down, and The Seahawks were getting desperate, trying to score by any means necessary. Their effort led to some gains, but it was too little too late, and the FUMA defense was able to hold the Seahawks' last attempt at the goal. It seemed as though the Refs were trying to sway the momentum of the game late in the second half, but the Blue Devils would remain strong, and perservered through adversity to take home FUMA's 5th win on the season. Final score FUMA - 41, Atlantic Schores - 21.
Posted by , Wednesday, October 20, 2004 03:04 PM
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