Trojans Pound Patriots
For Fourth Straiaht Win
BY DOUG Rl'TTER
Michael Lance scored two touch
downs and liric Johnson accounted
for two more as West Brunswick
cruised to a 42-7 win over visiting
Pender Friday in a Waccamaw
2A/3A Conference football game.
It was the fourth straight win for
the Trojans, who have scored 40
plus points per game during the
streak and will travel to Whiteville
this Friday for an important confer
ence game.
"Overall I was pleased tonight,"
West Brunswick Coach Jim Brett
said. "It makes next week a very im
portant football game."
West Brunswick rushed for 302
yards Friday despite a nine-man de
fensive front by the Patriots. The
formation opened up the passing
lanes, and West took advantage with
75 yards through the air.
"Pender was pretty determined to
try and stop our running game."
Brett said. "We wanted to work on
our running game against a nine
man front, because we will see more
of that."
Seven different running backs
helped carry the offensive load for
West Brunswick, which averaged
nearly 8 yards per carry despite the
absence of two starting offensive
linemen who did not play for disci
plinary reasons.
West also used a passing game
that has shown gradual improve
ment through the first six weeks of
the season.
"We've got a dimension with
(quarterback) Fric Johnson that's
good. He did a good job throwing
the football for us." Brett said.
West Brunswick improved to 2-0
in the conference and 4-2 overall.
Pender fell to 0-2 in the league and
1-5 overall and will host the South
Columbus Stallions this Friday.
West halfback Steve Holmes, held
under 1(H) yards rushing for the first
time in four weeks, helped set up the
first Trojan touchdown with a 28
vard punt return to the Pender 24
yard line.
Lance scored the first of his two
touchdowns two plays later on an 8
yard run up the middle. Sophomore
kicker Derek Frink, who was a per
fect 6-for-6 on extra points, gave
West a 7-0 lead with 6:19 left in the
first quarter.
On its next possession. West
Brunswick marched 52 yards in six
plays. Lance scored his second 'TO
of the night when he slipped through
the left side of the line and raced 35
yards to the end zone.
The Trojans bumped their lead to
21-0 with 1:43 remaining in the sec
ond quarter. Eric Johnson flipped a
6-yard touchdown pass to tight end
Heath Inman on fourth-and-goal to
give the Trojans a comfortable half
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WEST'S STEVE HOLMES struggles for yards against the Pender
defense. In on the tackle are James Lee (89) and Jamie Lane (12).
time lead.
West continued to dominate in the
second half, taking the opening
kickoff and driving 83 yards for a
touchdown.
Johnson sparked the drive with a
20-vard pass to Ty Brown and 30
yarder to Holmes. The junior quar
terback then rolled right and scam
pered 15 yards for his first rushing
'I'D of the season.
The Patriots responded with their
only scoring drive of the game,
which was aided by 42 penalty
yards against West Brunswick.
Quarterback Robert Strickland
threw X yards to Donald Barnes for
the score. Kevin White booted the
extra point with 2:51 left in the third
quarter, and Pender trailed 28-7.
West Brunswick crushed any
hopes of a Pender upset by scoring
on its next possession. Senior half
back William Stanley capped the
six-play, 51 -yard drive with a 1-yard
touchdown run.
Reserve halfback James Morgan,
who had 64 yards on five carries,
scored a fourth-quarter touchdown
on a 3-yard run.
West Brunswick's defense, which
has allowed just five touchdowns
during the four-game winning
streak, continued to show improve
ment against Pender. The Patriots
managed just 146 total yards.
"There's still a couple of things
we need to correct," Brett said of his
defense. "People are getting wide on
us too easy."
The referees were busy Friday,
throwing 22 yellow flags and penal
izing the teams for 229 yards. "It
was just an ugly game." Brett said.
THE YARDSTICK
West Bruns. Pender
19 First Downs 11
| 39-302 Rushing 36-102
4-9-75 Passing 5-12-44
1 2-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-1
1 0 Ints. Thrown 0
: 0-0 Punts(No-Avg) 5-26
9-92 Penalties- Yards 13-137
Score By Quarters
; West Brunswick 14 7 14 7 ? 42
Pender 0 0 7 0?7
Scoring Summary
(WB) Lance, 8-yard run (Frink
kick)
(WB) Lance, 35-yard run (Frink
kick)
WEST'S DEFENSE held Pender to 146 total yards Friday. Terrell Thomas (S3), Michael Johnson (11)
and Dexter Bass (21) make the tackle on Pender's lvey Batts.
PENDER'S DONALD BARNES scoops up a first-quarter fumble for the Patriots. Closing in are
West's James Morgan (46) and Wayne Branch (2).
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STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG RUTTER
TROJAN IIALFBA CK JAMES MORGAN ( with ball) gained 64 yards rushing Friday night in West 's 42-7 win over Pender. Closing in for
the tackle are Stanley Jacobs (54) and Hagan Blake (77).
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(WB) Inman. 6-yard pass from
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(WB) Johnson, 15-yard run (Frink
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(P) Barnes, 8-yard pass from
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Morgan, 5-64; Holmes, 9-49; Gause,
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Individual Receiving
West Brunswick: Brown, 2-39;
Holmes, 1-30; Inman, 1-6.
Pender: Barnes, 2-20; Rogers, 1
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