Page 6 The Perquimans Weekly
Sports
September 3, 1998
Lady Pirates open
season with win
Perquimans
takes Plymouth
with 3 straight
The Lady Pirates put
Plymouth away in the volley
ball season opener last
Tuesday, taking three
straight with scores of 15-7,
15-13,15-11.
“The girls started off well,
executed like they should,”
said Lady Pirates head coach
Carolyn Rogers.
The Lady Vikings, howev
er, had no intention of mak
ing the match easy for
Perquimans, battling hard
the last two games of the
match to force some tense
moments.
“Plymouth improved with
every game,” Rogers said.
“My girls had to fight to pull
off that second game. In the
third game, they kept their
composure to take the win.”
Kim Stallings was hot
behind the back line, serving
for 11 points. The senior also
tallied six blocks and two
kiUs.
Rogers said Stallings fell
during the match, injuring a
problem knee. The coach said
she told the All-Conference
player to take it easy on the
court to avoid further injury.
Stallings was better at prac
tice Monday, Rogers said.
Brooke Mickelson also had
a good service day, scoring
nine. Rogers said the senior
provided good sets for the
front line.
April Owens and Ashley
Copeland served for seven
each. Copeland also had
seven kills and four blocks.
Owens had two kills.
Mindy Roberson added
four points, six kills and six
blocks.
Natalie Layden scored
two.
Rogers said Ashley
Winslow also provided good
sets, although the sophomore
is nursing a sore wrist which
may keep her from behind
the service line on a regular
basis.
Overall, Rogers said she is
pleased with the way her
team plays and the way they
interact.
“This is one of the most
team-oriented groups I’ve
ever had,” Rogers said.
“They get along, they help
each other out.”
Another plus for the Lady
Pirates is that the roster
includes several players able
to play a variety of positions,
according to the coach.
The younger players are
learning the system Rogers
uses well, she said, and her
reserves are very capable.
“They’re doing great,”
Rogers said of the overall
performance of the team. “I
think it’s going to be a good
year for them.”
Now, the problem is actu
ally getting in some games.
Last Thursday’s contest
against Manteo was can
celled by Hurricane Bonnie,
and Columbia experienced a
power outage that cancelled
Monday’s scheduled game.
Rogers hopes that this week’s
matches will get the schedule
back on track. The Lady
Pirates were set to go to
Currituck Tuesday, and will
host Columbia on Thursday.
Next week, Perquimans will
host Edenton on Tuesday and
Northside on Thursday.
Perquimans falls to Camden
Senior running back Aaron
Burke posted the Pirates’
points, in the third quarter on
a seven-yard run, then kicked
the PAT in a 20-7 loss to
Camden in Hertford Saturday
night.
Camden got jump-started
early, hitting paydirt less than
2 minutes into the game. The
Bruins added a second touch
down in the second period to
take a 14-0 lead at the half.
Perquimans came out look
ing stronger in the third stan
za, setting up a drive that led
to Bimke’s scoring run.
It was the Perquimans pass
ing game that opened up the
way for Burke’s TD run.
Quarterback Eric Byrum hit
Clifton Jenkins with a couple
of short passes over the middle
to spread the Bruin defense.
In the fourth quarter, a
short punt gave Camden good
field position, and the Bruins
took advantage of the opportu
nity to score a third touch
down. The Pirates were able to
hold off the points-after
attempt.
Seemingly back on track,
the Pirates were impressive,
marching downfield for what
looked like a second score. But
a Camden interception in the
endzone put an end to the
Pirates’ come-back hopes.
Perquimans managed to
tally most of its offense in the
air, with Byrum passing for 75
yards on a 9-for-12 night.
Jenkins gained 47 and Derrick
Leary, 21.
Burke was the lead man on
the ground, gaining 43 yards.
Burke also had three kick-off
returns for 61 yards. Fullback
James White added 13 up the
middle.
Defensively, Jerriel Perry,
Lamonte Pettaway, Andrew
Harris and Ryan Woodell led
the team in tackles.
“We came out kind of dead
and they executed very weU in
the first half,” first-year' head
coach Jim Stewart told The
Daily Advance Saturday night.
“We couldn’t really get our
ground game going. Our
ground game got stymied.
They were really keying on
that.”
Indeed, the Pirates had trou
ble moving the ball, gaining
only 38 yards rushing on the
night. Camden’s swarming
defense allowed Perquimans
only 18 yards total offense in
the first half.
The post-hurricane heat
also caused its share of prob
lems, with players from both
teams taking regular breaks,
and each team losing a player
before the game was over to
the blanketing humidity.
Perquimans hosts Edenton
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the
team’s third pre-conference
contest.
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