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Buffalo Gap vs. Clintwood - VHSL Group A, Division 1 State Championship
Posted On:Dec 08, 2007
Twenty minutes til kickoff.
Clintwood won the toss and chose to receive.
Nice, overcast day. Field looks great. Packed house. Should be a good one.
First quarter
C- 3rd and 8 from their own 28-yard line.
Punt.
BG - 4th and 5 from Clintwood 9. Stopped. Bison turn the ball over on downs.
C - 1st and 10 from their own 22. 4:51 left in first quarter. Greenwave QB Heath Counts made a nice run on 3rd and 15 that helped Clintwood get away from its own endzone.
Counts intercepted.
0-0 after 1Q.
Bison at Greenwave 8, 1st and goal.
Second quarter
Bison 7-0. Buffalo Gap QB Travis Morris runs 3 yards into the left corner of the end zone, with 9:45 left in the period.
C- 1st and 10 from Bison 25.
7-7. Clintwood turns a 78-yard drive into points when Derek Robbins barrels 10 yards for a score.
6:53 left in 2Q.
13-7 Clintwood. Counts hit Nick Robinson wide-open in the middle of the field for a 28-yard TD.
14-13 Bison. Buffalo Gap moved the ball nearly 80 yards in under 1:30. Poor Greenwave defense. Bison QB Morris hit Josh Wenger for a 15-yard TD with 3 seconds left in the first half. Wenger was surrounded by three Clintwood defenders, but none of them made a move to try and deflect the pass.
FIRST HALF BOX
Clintwood X, Buffalo Gap X
Buffalo Gap 0 14 x x—x
Clintwood 0 13 x x—x
Scoring Summary
BG—Travis Morris 3 run (Ian Rosenfeld kick)
C—Derek Robbins 10 run (Devin Elswick kick)
C—Nick Robinson 28 pass from Heath Counts (kick failed)
BG—Josh Wenger 15 pass from Morris (Rosenfeld kick)
Individual Stats
Rushing – BG – Pickle Nuckols 9-75, Morris 6-20, Joe Workman 1-30, Michael Johnson 1-12; C – Chris Robinson 12-58, Counts 4-50, Derek Robbins 5-35, Devin Elswick 2-10.
Passing – BG – Morris 3-6-x-33; C – Counts 3-5-1-53.
Receiving – BG – Wenger 3-33; C – C. Robinson 1-3, Ryan Lyle 1-22, N. Robinson 1-28.
Third quarter
Buffalo Gap 21-13, 8:10 left in the period.
Clintwood’s defensive breakdowns late in the first half carried over to the third quarter.
Morris turned a simple misdirection keeper into a 69-yard touchdown on the Bison’s first play from scrimmage in the second half, as he ran through a huge hole in the left side of the Greenwave’s defense, cut upfield, and raced untouched down the left sideline to put Buffalo Gap up 20-13 with 11:35 left in the third period.
A Clintwood fumble at the Bison’s 38-yard line added to the Greenwave’s sudden struggles.
Clintwood freshman DB Troy Meade intercepts Miller in the Greenwave’s endzone.
Greenwave 3rd and 2 at Bison 5. 23 seconds left in third quarter.
Clintwood stopped cold on 4th-and-2 at Buffalo Gap 5. Over on downs.
Fourth quarter
Bison driving. 3-and-5 at Greenwave 45. 7:47 left in game.
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