WEST OFFENSE EXPIODES IN 37-20 WIN
Lance Leads Trojans Past Farmville In Playoff Opener
BY DOUG R UTTER
?\ldwm Lance rushed tor 107
y ards and scored three uhk hdowns
to lead West Brunswick to .1 *7-20
victory over Faimville CVnu.il in the
o|vning round i>l the stale 2-A high
school loothall playoffs la~>i Friday
"He's a super football player and
an even bctier youne man." said
Wevi Brunswick Coach Marshall
Scay, who Chinks 1 anee ?le serves to
pla\ in the Shi 1 ne Howl with the
state's other top hteh school loothall
players
I anee sii>le tlie show last Friday
at M H Rourk Stadium iti Shallotte.
as the I r 1 >iar - had their best ollen
si\e |vrformanco in three weeks and
unproved thou season record to It'
I.
1 told out team t hi ^ week that 1
to It hk.' we wete a team that was
.iN'.it jcjJv to e\pli\le on sonic
N\lv ' Seav >.ik! "We've been real
trijsuated "
Steve Holmes. Aaron Butler and
Jul 1 ni \ C Irissi-tt also scored lor the
Troiaiis. who l.Ke James Kenan in
second round playoll action Iriday
nicht in W irsaw
\e.imst Kirnwlle Central. West
Huiiisw.ck jumped out to a 2M)
hall tune lead bclund 1 l\ilaneed ot
tensive attack that gained yards
?>d .1 sunny delcnse that yielded oil
Is s . ards in ;he iirst half.
I he I anm ille C'enual Jaguars,
who finished second 111 the Eastern
Plains 2- \ ('01 lerenee. cut the lead
ti> 2S 1- 111 the third quarter. Hut the
rrnjaus added two fourth quarter
tiUK hdowris to seal :he \ u lory.
V. v] Brunswick which has aver
aged nearly ;0 points .1 game this
sea on. had 1 1> best offensive show -
ine since the 5 '-0 whipping ol
N- rth Brunswick on Nov 2?
Since that homecoming win over
North, the offense had sputtered.
West Brunswick scored only
points in a loss .it East Bladen and
(vsied 13 points m the regular vj
son finale against South Brunswick
Seay said a recent uatl ic accident
which killed a West Brunswick stu
dent and a teacher's spouse and the
death o; .1 1 mner assistant coach
J. I st-;,, lCcj ;|K
"This group oi youngsters has
been through .1 lot the last two
w. ks with the tata mes that we've
had and th 11 losing a coach." he
said
' ' h- ? " ' 've-, rl i\ m ? 1 l"tt ? Ku
?? -t: . . r 1 ni'.
tonight and played like the football
team w e .ill know they are."
l-armvillc Central, which started
the came at their own 1 5 -yard line
alter mishandling the opening kuk
Oll. moved into West Brunswick ler
ritoiv > >n their lirM |H?ssCssion
Hui the West Brunswick defense,
lead hy Adam Johnson and Holmes,
sacked quarterback Ressic fyson
three limes during the drive and
forced the Jaguars to punt.
\ttei moving the Ivill to niidfield.
Ho lines took .1 handofl from i|iiar
tcrKiek Hi;. m Aldcison and w caved
his w .in through the larniville
Cential defense ti?r the lirsi \\ e*-i
Hnm - a iek touchdown
The play covcicd ^4 y.uds. and
gave the I roians ,i <>-t > lead with
4:4" lelt in the first quarter
Aklerson s extra |\Miit attempt a .is
blocked
West Hiwiswick seored .igain on
its next |*ossc->moii i ullhtck Aaron
Butler capped the IP play. ~>y;ird
drive witha ; \ aid touchdown run
Hie seore cave West Brutisw ick a
12-C lead with l>:2 lelt in the hall
Mderson 'a.is sacked .is the Indians
tried tor a twivpomt conversion fol
low ing the toiu hdow n
I ollowing another I arnnille
Central punt, West Brunswick look
over at its e? n ;(' \ard line.
On third and- 12. Aldcrson hu re
ceiver Jimim Crisseti with a short
pass. Ciri-sett broke two tackles and
sprinted ~2 yards down the sideline
for the third I rojan Uuiehdown.
Alderson's extra point made it!"
0 with .s 4(> in the first half, but the
!eiM\ Pro urns still weren't finished.
Alter trading punts with the
Jaguars. West Bninswiek linebacker
Daniel Rtiss recovered i tumble at
the Faimville Central 24 yard line
w iih 1 remaining in tlie hall
On iourth-and-2. Lance ran 16
yards up the middle lor the lirst of
his three touchdowns in the game.
The score, which came with 1 ; sec
onds on the clack, gave West
Brunsw ek a 25-0 lead at halltime.
The Jaeuais came out of the lock
er room lor the second hall Aiih lire
in their eyes, and didn't waste any
time trying to turn things around in
their favor.
Fannville Central recovered an
on Mdes kick to open the third quar
ter, and drove to the West
Brunswick 1 1 yard line in si\ plays
But the tough Trojan defense rc
sponded as it has all season and
!> -rv ed .i turn' >ver Bull t Mm laeue.t
,-..A .'.on lenell to
kniK'k the hall loose. and Ronnie
Bradley recovered for West
TROJ.W RECEIVER JIMMY CiRISSETT (S.i) Have the Trojans
a I V-0 lead in the second quarter when he caught a short pass ,
broke two tackles and sprinted 72 yards for a touchdown. Also pic
tured is farm ville defender Marion I. of tin (5).
Byrd, Butler And Lance
Chosen Players Of Game
Ciooll Byrd. Aaron Butler and
Michael Lance were chosen Wesl
Brunswick High School football
players o! the game tor their perfor
mances last Iriday night in the
Trojans' 37-20 playoff win over
Farmvillc Central.
Byrd, a 5-foot- 10-inch, 190-pound
guard, rated out at X3 percent in last
week's game to earn offensive player
of the week honors, according to
Head Coach Marshall Seay.
"He's done a fine, consistent job
lor us this year and he's an extreme
ly good student," Seay said.
Byrd, a junior, is the son of for
mer Wesl Brunswick football coach
Jack Byrd, who now coaches at
North Myrtle Beach, S C.
Defensive honors went to Butler,
.1 |i?n i. >r linebacker who hail five so
!o tackles in the game and several
assists.
"He was our big play man on de
fense Friday night," Seay said, "lie
made several stops behind the line
of scrimmage and was the difference
between the dclcnse stopping them
for a loss and giving up a big play."
Seay said the 5-foot- 10-inch, Im
pounder. is a solid student athlete,
competing on both the football and
baseball teams.
Uince was named special teams
player of the week He made two
lirst hits on the kicking game and re
covered a luinble that helped turn
the game back in West Brunswick's
favor in the second hall.
Seay said the sophomore made
his lirst start last week at linebacker
arid did a fine job.
Brunsw ick. ?
larinville Central scored on its
next possession. alter taking over at
the West Brunswick 44-yard line.
Tyson ran it in from the I yard line
to culminate an X play drive.
The touchdown cut the West
Brunswick lead to 25-7 with 4:53 to
play in the third quarter.
Farmville Central got the ball
back just one play later as West
Brunswick mishandled the snap ami
the Jaguars recovered at their own
45- yard line.
lyson threw a 27-yard touchdown
pass to Shalt Parker five plays later
to trim the West Brunswick lead to
25-14 with 2:11 left in the ihird
quarter.
He said West Brunswick's de
fense didn't play the second hall
witli the same intensity it had in the
lirM half. "We go in up 25. it's the
classic letdown," Seay said.
Hie momentum was definitely in
favor ol Farmville Central as the
Jaguars forced West Brunswick to
punt on its next possession.
Alderson's kick sailed over the
head of Farmville kick returner
Seneca (tor ham. who got his hands
on the ball but couldn't catch it.
West Brunswick's Jerry Reeves
recovered the mishandled punt at the
Jaguar 8-yard line.
Lance ran it in on the next play
for his second touchdown of the
game to give the Trojans a 31-14
lead early in the fourth quarter and
turn the game back in West
Brunswick's favor.
"We work hard on our punting
game every day." Seay said. "That's
just an example of it paying off."
Follow ing a botched lake punt by
Farmville Central, West Brunswick
took over at the Jaguar 34-yard line.
The West Brunswick coaches
again called Lance's number, and
the senior tailback responded, run
ning around the left end and un
touched into the end /one lor Ins
third touchdown.
The score gave West Brunswick a
37-14 lead with 9:12 remaining, and
put the game out of Farmville
Central's reach.
The Trojans threatened to score
again on their next possession,
which was set up by an interception.
Reeves picked off a Tyson pass near
midficUl and returned it to the
Farmville Central 6-yard line.
However, a third-down pass by
Alderson was lipped at the line ol
scrimmage and intercepted hy
Farmvillc Central's Marion Loft in.
The Jaguars marched 73 yards in
3:14 lor their final score of the
game. Tyson threw a 37-yard pass to
Gorham to make the score 37-20.
I III. YARDSTICK
W. Brunswick Farmvillc Central
10 First Downs 15
32-257 Rushes-Yards 40-100
96 Passing Yardage 1 1 5
3-') Pass (Atl-Comp) X-15
I Interceptions 1
2-25 Punts (No-Avg) 4-32
1-1 Fumbles-Lost 3-2
7-51 Penalties- Yards 3-15
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 6 19 0 12 ? 37
Farmvillc Central 0 0 14 6 ? 20
Scoring Summary
(VVB) Holmes, 54-yard run (kick
blocked)
(WB) Butler, 3-yard run (two
point conversion failed)
(VVB) Grissctt, 72-yard pass from
Aldcrson (Alderson kick)
(WB) A. Lance, 16-yard run (kick
failed)
(FC) R. Tyson, 1-yard run
(Romas kick)
(FC) Parker, 27-yard pass from
Tyson (Romas kick)
(WB) A. Lance, 8-yard run (kick
failed)
(WB) A. Lance, 34-yard run (kick
failed)
(FC) (iorham, 37-yard pass from
Tyson (two- point conversion failed)
Individual Rushing
West Brunswick: A. Lance, 17
167; Holmes, 2-56; Butler, 10-34;
M. Lance, 1-3: Aldcrson, 2-minus 3.
Farmvillc Central: Terrell, 11-52;
K. Tyson, 9-minus 11; Gorham, 3
33; May. 5-minus 10; Willaby, X-37:
II. Tyson, 2-4; Tail. 1-2; Lang. 1 -mi
nus 7.
Individual Passing
West Brunswick: Aldcrson, 3-9
96 1 .
Farmvillc Central: R. Tyson. 5
11-92-2: Terrell 1-1-10: (iorham, I
2- 14: Willaby, 1-l-minus 1.
Individual Receiving
West Brunswick: Grissctt, 3-')6.
larinvillc Central: Parker, 2-41;
Lang. 2 2X; Gorham, 1-37; May 1
10; Willaby, 1-0; Terrell, 1 -minus 1.
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WEST BRUNSWICK'S A IJ)WIK IANCE (32) rushed for 167 yards and scored three touchdowns in
the Trojans' 37-20 win over Farmville Central. Also pictured are Jaguar defenders Seneca Gorham
((H) and Cory Jones (S9).
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WEST BRUNSWICK LINER ACKER Aaron Butler (35) forces Earmville Central's Brandon Terrell
(32) to fumble. Trojan Ronnie Bradley (background) recovered.
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