Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 26, 1994 TAG: 9411280059
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DWIGHT FOXX STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DANVILLE LENGTH: Medium
George Washington-Danville took care of that by scoring 16 third-quarter points to break open a tight contest and blow away the Patriots 42-14 in the Northwest Region championship game at J.T. Christopher Stadium on Friday night.
GW-Danville (10-2) advances to play Eastern Region winner Indian River. Patrick Henry (8-4) saw its season come to an end.
The Eagles' win marked the second time this season they have defeated the Patriots. They won the the earlier contest, 34-30.
GW-Danville led 19-14 going into the second half, but Patrick Henry received the second-half kickoff with a chance to take its first lead.
But two illegal procedure penalties forced Patrick Henry into a 1st-and-20 situation from its own 22-yard line. It was held on downs and forced to punt.
Patrick Henry's defense didn't stop GW-Danville in the first half - three touchdowns and the end of the half prevented a fourth - and it didn't at the start of the second half, either.
Junior tailback Keith Terry scored the third of his four touchdowns on the Eagles' first drive of the second half from 23 yards to give his team a 25-14 lead. Quarterback Nathan Poole added a two-point conversion run to stretch the lead to 27-14.
GW-Danville all but ended the game when Clifton Johns recovered a fumble by PH's Jason Green on the ensuing kickoff at the Patriots' 43-yard line.
Four plays later, Terry scored his fourth touchdown of the game and 19th of the season when Poole fumbled the ball in the end zone and Terry outhustled some PH defenders for the ball and score.
Wideout Chanston Rodgers added the two-point conversion run on a reverse to give the Eagles a 35-14 lead with 5 minutes, 42 seconds left.
``The real important thing was that we stopped them on their first possession of the second half,'' Eagles coach Ed Martin said. ``They moved the ball on us in the first half.''
GW-Danville ripped big yardage on the Patriots' defense on counter plays and dives off the option. Poole was calling the plays from the line of scrimmage once he saw what type of defense PH was in, Martin said.
``We knew what was coming,'' PH coach Ed Scott said. ``We practiced all week on it; they hurt us on it the first time, too. We didn't play it [counters and dives] well at all."
GW scored its final touchdown with 25 seconds left on a 12-yard run by fullback Travis Brooks.
The Patrick Henry fullback trio of Kevin Washington, Dan Ankoma and Montrice Smith kept its team in the game in the first half with outstanding running on numerous dive plays. Trailing 13-0, the Patriots marched 60 yards on nine plays with Ankoma scoring from 4 yards to cut the deficit to 13-7 with 37 seconds left in the first period. Six times in the drive, one of the PH fullbacks carried the ball on the dive play.
GW-Danville went ahead 19-7 with 5:17 remaining when running back Keith Terry scored from 26 yards on a counter play. Poole started the play by faking a dive to Brooks and pitching left to Terry, who went in untouched for the touchdown. The Eagles had five first downs on the five-play, 74-yard possession.
Patrick Henry cut it to 19-14 just before halftime when Washington scored on a dive play from 4 yards. The GW-Danville defense helped on the 11-play, 80-yard drive by giving Patrick Henry 30 yards and two first downs on late hits.
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