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The Guilfordian September 26,1997 Quakers hold on, win 34-20 ♦Dwayne Cherry interception late in 4th quarter seals victory over Washington & Lee for football team BY DAN GATTI Sports Editor With a minute and twenty seconds remaining, things were looking very familiar to the Guil ford Quaker football team. They had taken a quick 13- 0 lead in the 2nd quarter, led largely by the tremendous play of the pasing game. Senior quar terbacks Dan Strelkauskas and junior Jason Hoffman split duty and were both effective, and se nior receivers Junior Lord and Squirt Rochelle were once again outstanding, combining for al most 300 yards. Then, when Washington and Lee came back and went ahead oi : Guilford, 14-13 and later 20- 19, Guilford came back to take a 27-20 lead. That lead seemed impen etrable when, late in the 4th quarter, junior running back John Fearrington started running the ball very successfully. Fearrington ran for 25 yards and took up 3 minutes of the clock, until getting hit for a six-yard loss with 1:20 remaining, and fum bling the ball away. It seemed like that was all Washington and Lee would need. Their quarterback, senior Chris- Guilford offense "squirts" it's way to victory ♦Guilford kick returner/wide reciever Squirt Rochelle makes up for his small size with speed and agility BY KELLY A. WHITE Staff Writer "Physically he's short but he has a huge heart he's my dog," says Shawan Gabriel about his friend William "Squirt" Rochelle, wide receiver for Guilford's foot ball team. Rochelle is already hav ing a spectacular season with the Quakers and is one of the stron gest players on the team. "He's the single quickest per son I have ever tried to cover, " said Luke Martin, Quakers' defen sive back, "emphasis on 'tried!'" "When I'm out there I try to do what I can for the team, " says the modest Rochelle. "Whatever tian Bachellor, had been extremely effective all day, throwing for more then 300 yards. Bachellor made a huge 4th-down completion, and led Washington and Lee inside the 30 before the Guilford defense re ally stepped up. First, Batchellor was sacked for the fifth time that game, this sack by Guilford sophomore line man Scott Sinclair, setting up a 3rd-and long pass play. And then the clincher was when junior defensive back Dwa y n e Cherry picked off his next pass and ran it all the way back for the touchdown. Cherry's key inter ception was just one of several big defensive plays by the Guilford de fense. Guil- ... ■' *£&' -r-" V . , .~' . %?■#*■* . *;/ C. 'B-v. .* w'^Bf'.V" 8 ' *' JM| £ - - ~ .v */-* , ,sr ■",& ■*-•■ •'"■■.: ,- Vv ~ , ■~v.&*ntnuik, -w I V **•" „, ?*■£- :■•-„■>; W,'4 . ,±'4s.?. :: • r •" f Reciever/returner "Squirt" Rochelle grabbed 8 receptions for 189 yards at Washington and Lee. it takes to win." Rochelle says his favorite part of the game is run ning offensive plays because "The other team's defense doesn't know what's coming." While in high school, Rochelle tore his ACL and was unable to play for some time. Soon, how ever, he was back on the field play ing the game he learned almost as soon as he could walk. Rochelle has been playing or ganized football since he was five or six years old. Now in his senior year at Guilford, Rochelle under stands the importance of team work. "If you're not a team, you won't win," says the Greensboro native. Off the field, Rochelle does his Sports ford dominated the line game, collecting 5 sacks, including two by sophomore linebacker Idris Coleman, and a 23-yard sack by Jason Landers, who continued his outstanding play this season. Even more impor tantly, the secondary picked off three passes, including two goal-line interceptions by sophomore cornerback Jimmy best to structure his time and stay on top of his commitments. He spends a lot of his time in his apartment off the lobby of En glish where he is the hall direcror. "The guys over here are really great," says Refchelle who likes the low-key environ- The Guilfordian 5800 W. Friendly Ave. 17717 Founders Hall Greensboro, NC 27410 what looked like a hole in the Washington and Lee defensive coverage. Heggie drew up a play to exploit that hole, and both head coach Mike Ketchum and assistant coach Calvin Hunter agreed that it would work, and called the play. The result was a 30-yard completion from Jason Hofmann to Squirt Rochelle, putting the Quakers inside Washington and Lee territory. It is not yet known when the next time Heggie will be able to help the team on the field, how ever. He is questionable for this week's game against Hampden- Sydney. Lamour. The Qu a k e r running game contin ued to suffer due to the injury to run ning back David Heggie, however, rushing for only 88 yards. impact was felt though. From the sidelines, he saw Becca Lee ment in English. As for the future, this account ing major has no current plans to continue a career in football. In stead, Rochelle hopes to be work ing somewhere, perhaps in an ac counting firm, after graduation. The ticket Football Saturday, 1:30 Women's Soccer Saturday, 2:00 Men's Soccer Sunday, 3:00 By the numbers: Passing - Strelkaukas 8-23,164 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Hoffman 8-12,154 yards, 1 TD, 11NT. Rushing - Fearrington 21 for 59 yards Recievlng - Rochelle, 8 rec. for 189 yards, 1 TD. Lord 6 rec. for 103 yards, 1 TD. Non-profit organization US Postage PAID Permit No. 57 Greensboro, NC
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