
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 9, 1993                   TAG: 9310090206
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: MIKE ASHLEY SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD-NEWS
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Medium

34-POINT 2ND QUARTER BOOSTS PULASKI COUNTY 51-14

For a while Friday night at Kenneth J. Dobson Stadium it was hard to tell which team was the defending AAA Division VI champion and which team was riding the 22-game losing streak.

But in the end - second quarter, actually - the Pulaski County Cougars returned to their old form and rolled to a 51-14 Roanoke Valley District victory over Franklin County.

The visiting Eagles (0-5 overall, 0-1 in the district) came out like gangbusters, though, going 65 yards in six plays to score the first touchdown against the Cougars' starting defense. Stacey Helms carried three times for 26 yards and quarterback Scott Lynch connected twice with Steve McGhee for long gains - the last a 17-yard scoring strike.

And for the first time this season, the Cougars (5-0, 1-0) found themselves trailing.

"We felt offensively we could spread them out and move the ball," said Eagles coach Horace Green, who saw his team do just that on the first two possessions. "We just can't execute for 48 minutes like they can. We're not in their league, yet.

"We're still outside playing in the yard while they're already inside. Maybe we'll be knocking on the door later."

Pulaski County knocked the door down in the second quarter. The Cougars scored on six straight possessions in the first half and four of the touchdowns came on consecutive plays in a frenzy of turnovers and points in the second quarter.

Leading 21-7, the Cougars' Eric Webb blocked a punt and quarterback Andre Eaves found Tim Davis for a 28-yard touchdown with 5:02 left before the intermission. Defensive tackle Larry Newcomb recorded a big sack on Lynch on the next series, then blocked a punt to set up Eaves' 20-yard pass to Carl Lewis for a 34-7 lead at 2:25.

The Eagles got two procedure penalties on their next possession, and Lynch fumbled to set up another touchdown just 34 seconds later. Lewis carried 10 yards for the score and a 41-7 lead.

"The defense got us going tonight," Lewis said. "After they scored first, the defense really got going."

"We came out and were a little flat," Newcomb said. "We had to snap out of it. It was too quiet here tonight."

The Cougars got a wake-up call after Franklin County's first score. Pulaski County marched 85 yards in nine plays to tie the score, Eaves carrying the final 36 yards for the score at 4:10 of the first quarter. Timmy Kimbrough, who came off the Cougar bench to gain 74 yards on six carries, scored on an 21-yard run at 10:38 of the second period.

The Cougars made it 21-7 when Lewis carried 1 yard to end a 39-drive at 7:53. Pulaski County had 11 players rush for a total of 278 yards.

The most spectacular run occurred when Eaves was hemmed in and about to be tackled on a fourth-down play midway through the fourth quarter. The elusive Eaves pitched the ball between defenders as he was going down and Lewis cut back against the grain and scooted 32 yards to make the score 48-7.

The Cougars gave way to the second team at that point, and Franklin County would run only two plays in the third quarter, throwing an interception on one and fumbling on the other. \

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Keywords:
FOOTBALL

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