September 28, 2007 | The Clarion
Sports
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Brevard runs past Chowan
Football pa^ogram earns first ever hone victooy
by Joseph Chilton
Staff Writer
The warm sun that beat down
on Brevard Memorial Stadium
apparently heated up the BC
offense Saturday afternoon, as
the Tornados racked up a
school scoring record in their
45-7 rout of Chowan.
Brevard used a balanced
offensive attack to cruise past
Chowan, treating the 2,950 fans
that showed up for the Family
Weekend game to the first win
of the season, and the first
home win in the two-year
history of the program.
Brevard got on the
scoreboard early as John Taylor
used a powerful stiff arm to turn
the comer around the left end
for a four yard touchdown run
with 8:49 to go in the first
quarter
BC did not let up after their
initial score, adding three more
touchdowns in the second
quarter to sprint out to a 28-0
halftime advantage.
Stanley Jones runs towards
the end zone after picking
off a Chowan pass.
Photo by J. Billingsley
The second touchdown of
the game came on a fullback
dive up the middle, with
sophomore running back Derek
Church extending his
outstretched arms above the
goal line pile to give the
Tornados the score. The
touchdown was set up by a 48
yard reception by sophomore
receiver Michael Turner, who
raced past his defender down
the left sideline and caught a
high arching pass from
quarterback Colby Collins.
The Tornados struck again
less than two minutes later,
when sophomore defensive
back Stanley Jones intercepted
a Chowan pass and returned it
32 yards into the end zone.
“The interception that Stanley
made was huge, it was probably
the turning point of the game,”
said BC head coach Paul
Hamilton in a post game press
conference after his first win on
the Brevard sidelines.
BC’s final score before the
intermission came with 5:40
remaining in the second
quarter when sophomore wide
out Jeffrey Adams caught a
slant across the middle on the
30 yard line and sprinted past
the Chowan secondary to
paydirt for a 47-yard
touchdown.
BC would score twice more in
the third quarter, extending
their lead to 38-0 and putting
the game out of reach heading
into the final quarter
Chowan would get their only
score of the game with 5:39
remaining on a 13-yard
touchdown reception that
slipped through the hands of a
BC defensive back before being
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BC football players
celebrate after a
second quarter
touchdown catch
by Jeff Adams
(il).
Photo by J. Billingsley
caught by Chowan’s Anthony
Hinton.
On the ensuing Brevard
possession. Tornado miming
back Tyrone Arrington added
an exclamation point to the win
when he saw daylight through
the Chowan defensive line and
dashed through it for a 44-yard
touchdown run with 57
seconds remaining on the clock.
The Tomados rotated backs
all aftemoon, racking up 257
yards on the ground.
Sophomore Tyrone Arrington
led BC with a career-high 117
yards and one touchdown on
12 carries, while junior John
Taylor provided 76 yards and
two touchdowns on 15 carries.
“John is a power guy, and TA
is a slasher Together they gave
us a good mix,” said Hamilton.
Freshman Trey Wilbom, who
entered the game as an option
quarterback in the second half,
also provided 53 yards of
rashing on 5 carries.
Sophomore quarterback
Colby McCoy seemed to get
his rhythm back in the pocket
against Chowan, as he
completed lO-of-17 passes for
152 yards and a touchdown.
The Chowan offensive attack
was spearheaded by scat back
Keimy Royster, who used his
blazing lateral quickness to ran
for 100 yards on 18 carries.
When Royster did not touch
the ball, the BC defense
smothered the Chowan backs,
allowing only 19 yards on 23
carries from the other five
Chowan ball carriers combined.
Freshman lineman Christian
Lumbu penetrated into the
Chowan backfield constantly,
recording 8 tackles on the
aftemoon including 4.5 tackles
for loss. Junior linebacker Elliot
Colhns was the second leading
tackier in the game, recording
7.5 tackles.
After the game, coach
Hamilton seemed pleased with
his team’s performance, while
also noting that they have a
tough schedule ahead of them.
“We are not going to accept
the fact that we are a young
team,” said Hamilton.
“We are going to work every
day to try to win.”
Brevard will return to the
gridiron next Saturday when
they visit South Atlantic
conference foe Lenoir-Rhyne.