THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, September 17, 1994 TAG: 9409170510
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY RICH RADFORD, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Medium: 59 lines
Green Run's big-play offense wasn't as big as usual. So the defense took the opportunity Friday night to play the role of Jolly Green Giant.
The Stallions, the area's second-ranked team, stopped visiting Bayside twice inside their 10-yard line in the first half to key a 20-13 victory over the No. 6 Marlins.
With Bayside faced with fourth-and-goal from the 6 with 2:44 remaining in the first half, Kenyan Mullen picked off Jeff Wallace's pass into the end zone.
Less than two minutes later, Bayside was threatening again. But Larry Jordan and Cedric Warren stopped Bayside's Jermerll Ford on fourth-and-goal from the 2.
``I think I did a sorry job of play-calling down in close,'' said Bayside coach Bill King. ``We didn't get the points when we needed to.''
With the defensive stops, Green Run maintained a 14-0 halftime lead built on two plays - a 77-yard run by Warren and a 53-yard touchdown pass from Glenwood Ferebee to Plaxico Burress.
Warren's run came on the first play of Green Run's second possession as he bounced off right tackle and beat the Marlins in a foot race.
Ferebee hooked up with Burress on the second play of the Stallions' third possession. Burress outjumped Bayside's LaShawn Jones on a sideline route, then cut between Jones and safety Vernon Dozier and rambled in.
It was the only ball the 6-foot-5 Burress would catch as the 6-4 Jones jammed him repeatedly on the line of scrimmage.
``There aren't too many guys who can bump Plaxico like that,'' Ferebee said. ``They made us look elsewhere tonight.''
The touchdown pass, Ferebee's first completion of the evening, gave him the Beach District passing record, surpassing First Colonial's Denny Hedspeth, who threw for 2,995 yards from 1988 to 1990.
Ferebee completed six of 15 attempts for 98 yards, giving him 3,088 yards for his career.
``That record's not really important,'' Ferebee said. ``All we want to do is win a Beach District title.''
More important on this night was the Stallions' defense limiting Bayside to 95 yards rushing a week after the Marlins ran for over 300 yards against First Colonial.
Bayside came back in the second half to score twice as Wallace connected on a 25-yard scoring toss to Lamont Miller in the third quarter and a 6-yard pass to Andrew Callow with 2:11 left in the fourth.
The Stallions appeared to have made yet another goal-line stand on Callow's touchdown reception as Burress and Warren deflected Wallace's pass at the goal line. But the ball floated into Callow's hands in the back of the end zone.
The Stallions split those scores, however, with their only sustained drive of the night - 12 plays, 75 yards - with Warren scoring on a 4-yard run.
``You don't like to let people inside the 20 that many times,'' said Stallions coach Cadillac Harris. ``But it was a test we passed tonight.'' by CNB