THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, November 25, 1995 TAG: 9511250360
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LEE TOLLIVER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
When the last two Eastern Region Division 6 football championships are looked back upon, it will be the efforts of James Boyd that stand out.
The Indian River quarterback-defensive back will likely be remembered as one of the best big-play guys to ever suit up for a South Hampton Roads high school football team - and that won't be a pleasant memory to Green Run fans.
In last year's 30-9 region semifinal win over Green Run, he almost singlehandedly provided the punch. Friday at Kellam, he did it again in a 14-7 victory over the Stallions.
With the score knotted at 7-7 and just under three minutes left in regulation, Boyd dazzled the fans and frazzled the opposition in an 80-yard victory drive through the Green Run defense.
First it was 35 yards on a bootleg to the right, taking it upfield with a cutback to the left. Then it was five yards here and another 12 there.
Then, with 13.1 seconds left, Boyd rolled right on a busted play and found Anthony Cason in the front right corner of the end zone.
``He always pulls it out some kind of way,'' Cason said. ``We all count on him when it gets to be clutch time.''
Cason wasn't the intended receiver on the winning play, but when he saw Boyd scrambling around, he broke from his pattern and dashed to the same side his quarterback was rolling to.
``We were just supposed to be running a quick 10-and-out play and it wasn't there,'' Boyd said. ``It was all a little messed up, but then I saw (Cason).
``It didn't have anything to do with me, it was all him. He made the move and caught the ball. All I did was throw it.''
On a dead run to the right, with time running out, the defense about to make the tackle and the game on the line.
``He made it all happen,'' Braves coach Bob Parker said. ``The play was busted at that point and he just improvised.
``Yes, he's probably the best big-play guy I've ever seen.'' by CNB