NPuntaineers Nip Patriots 27-21
jgj Touchdown With 0:03 Left Sinks Madison
inc auuiMi nign ritnou
turned in their strongest per
formance of the season Friday
night before a large homecom
ing crowd at O.E. Roberts
Stadium. Unfortunately, their
beat fell Just short of beii^
good enough. The visiting
Mountaineers of Mitchell
County High returned home on
the winning end of a 17-11
score.
For much of the game, it ap
peared that the Patriots would
record their first home victory
of the season against the Little
Mac-leading Mountaineers.
Madison led throughout most
of the game until the final
minutes of the fourth quarter.
The conference rivals wag
ed a defensive battle in the
opening quarter, with neither
team being able to move the
ball. The Patriots defense shut
down the Mountaineers, forc
ing the visitors to punt three
times in the opening stanza.
Mark Plemmons picked off
? Mountaineer pass in the first
quarter to act up the Pats first
scoring opportunity of the
night, but Madison was unable
to capitalise on the chance.
The newest additions to the
Patriot lineup, Gary Webb and
Danny Gouge, combined for a
sack that halted Mitchell'*
first serious drive at the night.
The Patriots broke the
scoreless deadlock early in the
second quarter. With 10:41 left
in the half, Keith Kramer
opened the drive with a first
down pass to Mark Shook at
midfield. On the next play,
Kramer again took to the air,
hitting Fred Holtkamp for a
long gainer down to the Moun
taineer six-yard line. The
Mountaineer defense drove
Kramer back to the 11 on the
following play.
On third and goal, Jackie
Honeycutt put Madison in
front with a touchdown run
around right end. Mark Plem
mona added the first of his IS
points with the extra point at
tempt.
The Mountaineers wasted
no time in getting back into
the game. On their first play
from scrimmage, Mitchell
quarterback Mike Buchanan
hit Jim Phillips with a long TD
paas. Buchanan then put the
Mountaineers in front, S-7,
when he scored the two-point
conversion on a keeper.
The Patriots then saw a
golden opportunity wasted on
the Mountaineer kickoff.
Jackie Honeycutt took the
kickoff on the Madison 20.
After fumbling the ball,
Honeycutt gained control and
broke three tackles, running
80 yards for what appeared to
be the Patriots second TD of
the night.
The score was wiped out,
however, when officials called
a foul on Patriot Tim Plaut.
Instead of six points, Madison
received possession on the
Mitchell 46-yard line. Even
this field position was not to
last long. On the next play
from scrimmage, the Patriots
were aaaessed a 15-yard penal
ty and moved back into their
own territory.
The Patriots then turned the
ball over when Kramer was
intercepted on a pass instead
for Jackie Hooey cutt.
Madison got the ball back on
the next play when the Moun
taineers fumbled. Kramer
kept the ball on the ground
following the interception. He
handed off to tailback Ian
Fillis who carried for a first
down to the Mountaineer 42.
On the next play, with 2:90 re
maining in the half, Mark
Plemmons broke for a long
gainer down the sidelines, car
rying to the six before being
hauled down. Plemmons cap
ped the drive on the next play
with a run over tackle for a
touchdown, hla first of two on
the night.
Plemmons then added the
extra point to give Madison a
144 lead.
The Mountaineers threaten
ed again in the closing seconds
of the first half. A pair of
Mountaineer passes to Danny
Jarrett gave Mitchell good
field position with two minutes
remaining.
Danny Gouge halted the
Mountaineer threat with his
excellent defensive play. With
1:5* remaining, the newest
Patriot sacked QB Mike
Buchanan for a loss deep in
Patriot territory. On a fourth
town play, Mountaineer back
Danny Young gave the
visitors a first and goal oppor
:unity with a 20-yard run. A
Patriot penalty gave Mitchell
he ball on the 6. On third and
goal, Gouge came up with a
Mitchell fumble, stopping the
Mountaineer drive. The
Patriots then ran out the clock
o take a 14-8 lead at the inter
nission.
Friday night was the annual
lomecoming at Madison High .
rhe halftime activities ap
jroached a record for longevi
y held by the Academy
V wards. A dozen candidates
or homecoming queen and
heir dates were presented at
he halftime ceremony. When
t was finally over, Cheryl
lice was named the 1982
lomecoming queen. Miss Rice
vas escorted by Morris
Jsenbee.
When play resumed, Danny
Jouge picked up where he left
iff in the first half. On the
ipening kickoff, Gouge
nanaged to recover the ball
vhen the Mountaineer
eceiver failed to gain control,
rhe recovery gave Madison i
he ball on the Mitchell 18.
From there, Mark Plem- i
nons took control, carrying ,
our times for a first down and I
[oal on the Mitchell eight-yard
ine. On third down, Jackie i
ioneycutt carried to the Mit
:hell four before being halted,
Plemm?i? Mt up (or a
"yard attempt Before he
?wM P?t Ws foot into the
the Patriots were
???Ml ed a five-yard penalty
l<* being offside. When the
22, k- * ,econd tim?.
rhT k *?""? couWn't find
.handle on a snap from
J*** and Plemmons never
? chance for the three
P?tot pUy. The Mountaineers
t?* over on their own ?
H* Patriot defense shut
down the Mitchell attack and
ft|*i?ntothel?1eadMthe
fourth quarter opened.
K?Ihe?ifatri0t8 to
8*me on ice in the
final period. They opened the
Quarter with a 58-yard scoring
dnve Tailhack Ricky Ed
?arked toy* with
a first down run into Mitchell
territory. Kramer then hit
Honeycutt at the 30 with a
P*88 With 10:30 left, Edwards
earned down to the Moun
taineer 25 yard line for
another first down.
Kramer again hit Edwards
""th a pass under heavy
Pressure to move down to the
Mountaineer seven. Mark
Plemmons then capped the
dnve with a seven-yard TD
His extra point kick gave
Madison a 21-8 lead with just
6:32 remaining. At this point,
hofnecomiiig crowd sensed
- ?Ver 0,8 Terence
leading Mountaineers. The joy
was to turn to bitter disaij
pointment in the game s clo?
'ng minutes.
With just five minutes re
maining, the Patriot defense
again stopped the Moun
taineer attack. Danny Gouge
picked up another sack to
force Mitchell into a fourth
down punt.
The Mountaineers turned
' "? when
Jackie Honeycutt fumbled the
kick after signalling for a fair
^ gave Mit
2JU5. ?-"?>-<* o.
The Mountaineer's Greg
Cooke carried down to the
Patriot three before being
stopped by Jackie Hooeycutt.
Jim Phillips then capped the
drive with hit three-yard run
(of the score . Ricky
Robinson's extra point moved
the Mountaineers within six,
21-15, with 4:33 remaining.
Mitchell attempted a squib
kick on the ensuing kickoff.
The ball bounced through a
Patriot's legs before Jackie
Honeycutt fielded it and ran it
back to the Madison 18. The
Mountaineer defense halted
the Patriots, forcing a fourth
down punt.
Mitchell took over on their
own 45 with 3:33 left on the
clock. The Mountaineers
reached the Patriot 45 before
being halted.
The Patriot defense ap
peared to have the drive stop
ped. On third and eight, Moun
taineer passer Mike Buchanan
threw incomplete under heavy
pressure from the Patriot
front line. The Mountaineer
drive was kept alive when the
referee called Madison for
roughing the passer on the
play. The 15 yards gave Mit
chell a first down on the
Madison 25.
Buchanan called his own
number to reach the 10-yard
line. A Patriot offside penalty
moved the ball inside the Ave.
With 1:04 left, Buchanan tied
the score on a keeper.
Mitchell missed the chance
to go ahead when Robinson's
PAT try was wide of the
uprights.
The Patriots had a final at
tempt to pull out the victory
with less than a minute re
maining. Looking for long yar- 1
dage in the final seconds,
Keith Kramer again took to
the air. The Mountaineers i
sacked the Patriot QB on a i
third down attempt. On fourth 1
and long yardage, Kramer's
pass was intercepted on the
Mountaineer 40 by safety 1
David Young. The Mitchell :
senior ran for the far sidelines 1
before reversing direction and 1
crossing the field toward the
goal line. Ha alluded the
swarm of Patriot tacklers and
crossed into the end zone with
just three seconds iwnsWng
to give Mitchell the come he*
behind victory.
The loss dropped tha
Patriot's season totals to 1-*.
0-3 in conference play. The
Mountaineers' win gives them
a share of the cooftftocc
with North Buncombe.
Mark Plemmons led the
Patriot attack with his two
touchdowns. The Patriot
senior accounted for 15 point*
on the night, rushing for 83
yards in seven carries. Ian
Fillis ran for M yards in 14 at
tempts. Jackie Honeycutt
picked up 23 yards in four car
ries.
QB Keith Kramer passed for
82 yards on six completions in
14 attempts. Ricky Edwards
punted six times, averaging 35
yards on each.
A disappointed Woody Am
nions spoke with reporters
after the game, saying,
"We've got a better team than
they have. I'd sure like to play
those guys again with a dif
ferent referee. This was the
best game we've played all
season. Our kids played a
tremendous football game.
It's a shame to have to lose a
game like this. We scored 31
points, no matter how you look
at it. We had a touchdown and
a field goal called back on us.
One of these days we're going
to beat somebody. We're as
good as North Buncombe or
Mitchell. If we can play like
we did tonight next week,
Owen's in for a battle."
The Mountaineer head
coach, speaking with Am
nions, agreed with the coach's
assessment, saying, "You
guys beat us. Your boys
played a fantastic game. I
hate that there had to be a
loser in a game like this."
The Patriots try to get back
an the winning track Friday
night when they will boat
Owen High School in a 7:30
p m. kickoff. The War Horses
are coming off a 51-30 thump
ing suffered at the hands of
West Henderson Friday night.
Lady Lions Roll
11 Straight Wins; Record Now 21-4
The Mars Hill College Lady
Lion Volleyball team hosted
NAIA District 26 teams from
Guilford and Catawba Oct. 5
at Chambers Gym and sound
ly defeated both. The Lady
Lions were slow in starting
against Guilford, falling
behind 0-2 and 5-2 before a ral
ly of seven straight points
gave them a lead which they
retained to win, 15-8.
The second game was very
close with ties at 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, t
9-9, and 10-10 before Denise j
Groh sparked the team with ?
five straight service points to t
win the game 15-10 and the ?
twentieth match of the season, e
It marks the first time a Mars
Hill volleyball team has ever t
won 20 games. Freshman (
Lavonda Wagner had 17 kills r
in the Guilford match. /
In the first game agajost i
Catawba, the Mars HiU i
Women rallied from 0-2 on. 11 j
straight service points by f
senior Lisa Cavanagh. After i<
allowing Guilford three points,
all-state senior Susan Mann
responded with a service point
to make the score 12-5.
Guilford scored twice to make
the score 12-7 before a service
point by sophomore Shelia
Winter and two by senior Kim
Keeter won the game for Mars
Hill, 15-7.
In the second game, coach
Pat Sams inserted a number
>f different players, including
tophomore Kim Henson and
unior Susie Ma this. The final
[core of the game was 15-9 as
he Lady Lions won the match,
sxtending their winning
itreak to eleven.
The Lady Lions rallied in
he final two games against
Concord College to win a tour
nament at Concord Oct. 2.
liter losing the first game
5-fl, the team beat Concord
Ml and lfr-M for the first
dace finish. Wins to reach the
inals were over Salem Col
ege 13-13 and 15-7; Emory and
Henry 15-5 and 15-10; West
Liberty State 15-12, and 14-16,
and 15-7 ; and Coastal Carolina
15-4 and 15-3.
Prior to the Concord Tour
nament, the team beat Lees
McRae 15-3 and 15-5 and
Tusculum 15-6, 17-15, and 15-4
in matches on the home floors
of the opponents.
The most important win
during the past week came in
a tri-match at Lenoir-Rhyne
Sept. 29. The team went into
the match having previously
lost all eleven matches to
Lenoir-Rhyne. Hiey lost the
first game 16-14, then rebound
ed in the next two games 15-12
and 15-6 to win the match.
They also beat the University
of North Carolina at
Greensboro in the tri-match
14-16, 15-8 and 15-11.
The eleven straight wins
made their overall record 21*4.
The District 26 NAIA record is
now 6-1 with wins over
Catawba. Elon, Guilford,
Lenoir-Rhyne, and the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Wilmington.
After 25 matches and 67
games, seniors Lisa Cavanagh
and Geri Petersen have the
most successful serves with
261 and 228 respectively.
Seniors Susan Mann and Kim
Keeter are the leaders in suc
cessful serves at 90 percent.
Freshman Lavonda Wagner,
leads in kills with 324. In addi
tion, Wagner's percentage of
successful spikes is an
outstanding 59 percent.
The next home matches in
volve District 26 opponent
Lenoir-Rhyne and Lees
McRae at 6:00 p.m. Oct. 14 at
Chambers Gymnasium. - - -
Vote Republican
November 2, 1982
W.R. 'Bill' Lisenbee
Candidate for Madison County Sheriff
I am Bill Lisenbee, your Republican
candidate for Sheriff. To me, this is the
most important election for Madison
County I can remember.
We must decide which is more im
portant, an economical Sheriff's Depar
tment, or an effetive Sheriff's Depart
ment I think with taxes out of sight, we
the people of Madison County deserve
more for our money.
If elected I will do the very best Job
possible. Madison County needs a
Sheriff's office open 24 hours a day.
Dedrick Brown has indicated he will
serve as chief deputy. With the very
best men possible we can get the )ob
done.
Thank you very much,
WJ*. 'Bill' Lisenbee
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