8 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,2016
Sports/Schools
Pirates recover for 24-14 victory over Manteo
BY OWEN HASSELL
The Daily Advance
A homecoming pep rally
perhaps turned into an in-
game hangover for much of
Friday night.
Perquimans went into
halftime with less than 10
yards of total offense and a 7-
0 deficit against Manteo, and
it was hard to pinpoint any
other reason for the sluggish
start.
“I think everyone got too
hype in the pep rally and
didn’t have any energy left,”
Elijah Lane said. “That’s the
way it felt.”
By the final ticks of the
clock, however, Lane and the
Pirates brought excitement
back to pep rally status in a
24-14 victory.
It took an 18-point fourth
quarter to make the come-
back complete and to put
Perquimans at 2-0 in the
Coastal 10 Conference (3-2
overall).
“We had to change our atti
tudes,” Pirates interim coach
Aaron Burke said. “Guys
were frustrated with each
other, but I told them
we’ve been down be
fore, and it’s 7-0. We
had to fix things of
fensively and defen
sively we were play
ing pretty good.”
Lane put the ex-,
clamation point on
the win by picking
off a Manteo pass on the
game’s final pay and running
60 yards to paydirt.
That wiped away much
of the tension caused by the
Redskins (1-4,0-1 Coastal 10)
when they went ahead 14-6
and were content to
take plenty of time
to do so, talcing close
to six minutes on
what became their
final scoring drive in
the third quarter.
Short punts -
- even an odd one
booted by the quar
terback while escaping tack
lers in the end zone on third
down - also attributed to
Perquimans’ low offensive
numbers.
Neither team finished
above 190 total yards.
With 3:43 left and down
14-12, the Pirates marched
76 yards before Dallas Hall’s
second 1-yard touchdown
plunge of the night for the
go-ahead score. Two Man
teo penalties also aided the
drive, which was completed
with 41.5 seconds to go.
Manteo’s option attack had
to revert to the pass, which
led to Lane stepping into a
passing lane and taking one
in for six.
He admitted the team was
not in the right mindset at the
start.
“We came out underes
timating them, and after
Creswell (a 54-0 rout) we
thought we were better than
we were, so we came out not
prepared to play,” Lane said.
A non-conference test
hosting Virginia’s Nanse-
mond Suffolk is next and
then a vital league showdown
at Gates.
“We came out light and
thought someone was just
going to lay down, and Man
teo came and did a good job
in making us work,” Burke
said.
Hunters risk a fall from a tree
Back To School Help
W ith archery season in full
swing and rifle season
about a month away,
let’s talk trees and safety. It had
nothing to do with a tree stands
but I tried falling from a tree one
time and I don’t recommend it.
Before tree stands became so
popular the most common bow
hunter accident was getting cut
by your own broadheads. Now it
is falling from tree stands. Most
people would, say getting shot
would be the most likely way to
die while hunting. But the real
Do It Outdoors
Wade Betts
answer is, you guessed it, a tree stand fall. mind.
the hunter slides the prussic up
so that it is above his or her head
when seated.
All commercially made deer
stands come with a harness,
tree strap and tether. It is very
important to practice with your
FAS before the hunt. The full
body harnesses that come with
stands can be difficult to put on
and if you can’t get it on correct
ly in the full fight of your living
room there is no need to try it in
the dark, in the woods with the
excitement of the hunt on your
Whether you hunt from a ladder stand
like me or a climber, lock-on or tripod,
when your feet leave the ground you are
in danger of becoming a statistic. A full
body harness and some type of lifeline is
the best way to protect yourself. Together
with tree straps, lineman style climbing
belts and tethers, the harness and lifeline
make up what is called a fall arrest system
(FAS). Although, hunters do fall asleep
and then fall from the stand and it’s also
possible to lean out too far trying to make
a shot and slip, climbing in and out of the
stand is when most accidents occur. That’s
The system I use is made by Hunter
Safety Systems. The harness is a vest type
harness if you can put on a vest and buckle
a seat belt you can use this system. Just
place your arms through the arm holes,
buckle the two buckles in the front and
then buckle the two seatbelt style buckles
around your legs. Easy peasy.
For those wondering how you get the
lifeline attached to the tree above the stand
in the first place, that’s a good question.
Depending on the style of stand you can
use a lineman’s belt that connects to your
harness or a tree strap and tether when the
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Hertford branch of State Employees Credit Union hosted a school supply drive
for the students of Perquimans County Schools. Pictured are Matthew Simons,
Casaundra Walker, Cam Foreman and Brittany Taylor.
why it is recommended that hunters be at
tached from the time their feet leave the
ground until they are back safely on the
ground.
The easiest way to do this is with a life-
line. A lifeline attaches to the tree above
the stand and ties to the stand at the base.
tree is climbed for the first time. Hunter
Safety Systems’ lifeline comes with a cara
bineer that can be hooked to ladder stand
rungs as you climb. A helper is required
to hold the stand in place while climbing
until the lifeline is securely attached above
the stand and the tether connected. No
Sheriff’s Report
A prussic knot will slide along the larger
rope as you climb and will automatically
lock and prevent a fall. Once in the stand
matter what kind of stand one chooses to
use, once the lifeline is in place it’s easy to
hunt safely.
Perquimans Sheriff
■ 9/10 Karen Harrell,
Chinquapin Road, Timer,
harassing phone call, writ
ten promise to appear.
■ 9/12 Hattie Sharpe,
Ocean Highway South,
misdemeanor worthless
check.
■ 9/12 Francine Taylor,
Two Mile Desert Road,
assault and battery, com
municating threats, $1,100
unsecured bond.
■ 9/12 Joyce Howell,
Woodville Road, misde
meanor worthless check.
■ 9/14 Donald Bunch,
Oliver Street, communicat
ing threats, no bond.
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