Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 16, 1993 TAG: 9310160292
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RAY COX STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG LENGTH: Medium
Brookville stifled the Minutemen at virtually every turn, then kept the football away from them in a dominating demonstration of second-half ball control in a 14-6 Seminole District victory Friday night at Stinger Stadium.
"Brookville outplayed us the whole game," Liberty coach Mike Scharnus said. "We were lucky to be in it as long as we were."
The Bees (5-1 overall, 5-1 in the district) smothered the Liberty ground attack, holding it to 6 yards. They also shut down the Liberty passing attack with two interceptions - both by linebacker Jwan Alexander - while holding quarterback Mike Padgett to six completions for 71 yards. Liberty (5-2, 5-2) had only 10 offensive plays in the second half.
"Defensively, we were a little more attack-oriented," said Mark Lineburg, the Bees' head coach. "We stunted a little more than usual. For the last two weeks we've been working on pursuit to the football."
Brookville got all the necessary points in the first half. Shawn Stinnett slashed 3 yards for the first touchdown with 1 minute, 9 seconds left in the first quarter, and Ashley Sharkey kicked his first of two extra points.
It had been a short drive of 14 yards set up by Alexander's first interception, a one-handed snag of a ball thrown behind him.
"I reached back to catch it and grabbed it right on the top with my fingers," he said.
Another interception by Alexander two possessions later set up another short drive, starting on the Liberty 17. Two plays later, quarterback Jeff Landrum fumbled the snap, picked it up and ran 10 yards for the touchdown.
Liberty then drove 92 yards for a touchdown. The drive was given renewed life when Brookville's Dewayne Rhodes fumbled a punt at the Liberty 43. Padgett then connected with Gregg Reynolds for 25 yards before a pass-interference call gave Liberty the ball at the Bees' 17.
Brookville finished with eight penalties for 90 yards.
"We made too many mistakes," Lineburg said.
On second down, Padgett connected with Reynolds, a sophomore wide receiver, for a 17-yard touchdown pass. The conversion kick was blocked.
From that point, the scoring ceased, but Brookville running back Timmy Clark was just getting started. Clark rushed for 115 of his 130 yards after halftime.
"The line was the difference," he said. "I told them at the half to come out and block their butts off and they did."
Brookville probably should have had some more points than it did. After vaporizing most of the third quarter driving to the Liberty 7, where it had first-and-goal, Brookville didn't score.
Two plays made the difference. The first was a 7-yard sack by Jody Mayhew.
"We should have just run it inside there," Lineburg said. "A naked pass in that situation wasn't very good coaching on my part."
Landrum made a marvelous play on third down, scrambling madly before he hit Rhodes for an apparent 14-yard touchdown pass. But a clipping penalty wiped out the play, and the Bees eventually had to punt from the 36.
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