GAME STORY

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WK 6 (at BUC) L 14-21
Buckhorn holds on , beat Sparkman 21-14

NEW MARKET – Buckhorn coach Michael Jackson said the difference in Friday night’s battle with Sparkman came down to one thing.Perseverance. The Bucks blew a two-touchdown lead, regained the advantage midway of the third quarter, then put Sparkman away on a Jordan Tippit interception with two minutes remaining. Buckhorn claimed a 21-14 victory, its fifth straight win since an opening-game loss to North Jackson. The Bucks – along with Huntsville – are 4-0 in Class 6A, Region 8. Sparkman fell to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in the region. Meco Miller ran 23 times for 97 yards and scored once for Buckhorn. Quarterback Darian Sharp threw just seven times but hit on five of them, two for touchdowns.“We kept on fighting,” Miller said. “We’ve been working hard.” Quarterback Rob Weaver guided a Sparkman passing attack that gained 180 yards on 18-for-24 passing with one touchdown. However, he was intercepted twice. Weaver did not practiced all week because of an ankle injury Sparkman’s loss was compunded by the loss of several players. Ben Ryce tore his ACL and MCL and is out for the year, lineman Chris Gardner has a fibula injury and back Bryant Williams aggravated an ankle injury.To say the least, these are frustrating times for Sparkman coach Roger Haynes. “We’re not very good,” he said. “We don’t have depth.” Haynes added his team did not play with emotion on defense. “Our guys are in another world. We made multiple mental mistakes.”Buckhorn drove 60 yards in eight plays after the opening kickoff. Miller went in from the 1 but the extra point was blocked.The next possession for the Bucks began at the Sparkman 43 following a short punt. On second down, Sharp found Cameron Traylor open for a 35-yard score, and when Sharp connected with Deondray Baker on a two-pointer, it was 14-0.For a while after that, momentum began to swing toward Sparkman. After stopping Buckhorn on fourth-and-two at the Senators 32, Sparkman drove to a touchdown in 11 plays. Weaver scored from the 1 and Michael Kitchens kicked the extra point.Sparkman received the second-half kickoff, and on the fourth play Weaver scrambled and found Williams open on a scoring play that covered 60 yards. Lex Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 20 yards to the Sparkman 48. Seven plays later, Sharp found Sloan Finnerty open on a corner route for a 31-yard touchdown. Sparkman reached Buckhorn territory twice in the fourth quarter. Weaver was sacked for a 12-yard loss to slow the first drive, and after the Senators got to the 30 on their final possession, Tippit closed the door with his interception.

SCORING SUMMARY

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Final
Sparkman 0 7 7 0 0 14
Buckhorn 14 0 7 0 0 21

 

Team Plays Yards Description
Buckhorn 8 61 at 7:56 1st Q, H, 1st D & 1, #32 rushes for 1 for a TD
Buckhorn     1st Q, H, extra point is blocked (BUC 6-0)
Buckhorn 3 43 at 4:37 1st Q, H, 2nd D & 2, #6 passes to #14 for 35, TD
Buckhorn     1st Q, H, Buckhorn PAT pass attempt good (BUC 14-0)
Sparkman07 11 69 at 9:35 2nd Q, V, 2nd D & 1, Rob Weaver rushes for 1 for a TD
Sparkman07     2nd Q, V, Michael Kitchens makes extra point (BUC 14-7)
Sparkman07 4 77 at 10:13 3rd Q, V, 2nd D & 6, Rob Weaver passes to Bryant Williams for 60, TD
Sparkman07     3rd Q, V, Michael Kitchens makes extra point (Tie 14-14)
Buckhorn 7 47 at 6:46 3rd Q, H, 4th D & 4, #6 passes to #14 for 31, TD
Buckhorn     3rd Q, H, #9 makes extra point (BUC 21-14)

TEAM STATS

Sparkman VS Buckhorn at BUCK FIELD on 10/05/2007
Team  Sparkman   Buckhorn 
Points Scored 14 21
First Downs 15 14
By Rush/Pass/Penalty 6/7/2 9/4/1
3rd Downs Made/Att/Eff 4/9/44 4/10/40
4th Downs Made/Att/Eff 1/1/100 1/2/50
Total Yards/Avg Per Play 245/5.1 263/5.5
Total Yards Rushing 60 168
Rushing Att/Avg 24/2.5 41/4.1
Total Yards Passing 185 95
Pass Att/Comp/Int 24/18/2 7/5/0
Average Yards Per Pass 7.7 13.6
Punts/Avg 4/26.2 2/39.0
Punt Returns/Yds/Avg 1/2/2 2/13/6
Punts Blocked 0 0
Kickoff Returns/Yds/Avg 4/107/27 2/37/18
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
Total Turnovers 2 0
Penalties/Yards 4/56 7/61
Touchdowns 2 3
TDs Rush/Pass 1/1 1/2
Field Goal Att/Made 0/0 1/0
Time Of Possession 22:57 25:03

 

INDIVIDUAL STATS

 Statistics for VS_Buckhorn.FSB played 10/5/2007 at BUCK FIELD 
 Score (L) : 14 to 21
Passer
No Name Atts Comp Comp % Int Yards Long Pass TDs Avg
12 Rob Weaver 24 18 75.00 2 185 60 1 10.28
- Team Total 24.00 18.00 75.00 2.00 185.00 60.00 1.00 10.28
Rusher
No Name Atts Yds Lost Net Longest TDs Avg
36 Bryant Williams 12 44 0 44.00 6 0 3.67
12 Rob Weaver 9 21 6 15.00 7 1 1.67
37 Jonathan Richardson 2 13 0 13.00 8 0 6.50
- Team Total 23.00 78.00 6.00 72.00 8.00 1.00 3.13
Receiver
No Name Recepts Yds Longest TDs Avg
7 TJ Johnson 5 39 14 0 7.80
1 Sam Whitt 4 48 21 0 12.00
36 Bryant Williams 4 68 60 1 17.00
2 Jordan Boyer 3 15 6 0 5.00
26 Patrick Lymon 1 12 12 0 12.00
18 Matt Bradford 1 3 3 0 3.00
- Team Total 18.00 185.00 60.00 1.00 10.28
Punter
No Name Punts Yds Longest Avg TBs Inside 20 Blocked
57 Zack Hinson 4 105 34 26.25 0 2 0
- Team Total 4.00 105.00 34.00 26.25 0.00 2.00 0.00
Field Goal
No Name FG Atts FG Good Long FG Blck FG FG % EP Atts EP Good Blck EP EP %
45 Michael Kitchens 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 100.00
- Team Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 100.00
Returns
No Name Punt Returns(PR) PR Yds Long PR Avg PR PR for TD Kickoff Rets(KOR) KOR Yds Long KOR Avg KOR KOR for TD
37 Jonathan Richardson 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 34 34 34.00 0
21 Ben Ryce 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 28 28 28.00 0
3 Antonio Bostic 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 45 24 22.50 0
1 Sam Whitt 1 2 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
- Team Total 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 4.00 107.00 34.00 26.75 0.00
Defender
No Name Tackles Tackles/Game Assists Sacks Sacks/Game Intercepts Intercept for TD Passes BA Fumble Rec Blck Punts Blck FG Tackles for Loss QB Hurries Forced Fumbles
37 Jonathan Richardson 7.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
24 Corey Lightford 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 Creyton Sterns 4.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
13 Ryan Goode 4.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
21 Ben Ryce 3.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
4 Marcus Dozier 3.0 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 1 0 0
9 Jeremy Matthews 3.0 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
31 Joe Ivey 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
96 Jeremy Mastin 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
3 Antonio Bostic 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
28 Zach Humphrey 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
27 Marvin Crutcher 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
46 Anthony Orr 2.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 1 0 0
95 Marquette Campbell 2.0 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
61 Wes Goode 1.5 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
48 Nolan Miller 1.0 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
43 Chris Henry 1.0 (null) (null) 0 (null) 0 0 0 0 (null) (null) 0 0 0
- Team Total 52.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00