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The Mountaineers abandoned
their traditional I-offense for a
wishbone in the second half, and
the improved running game
sparked by sophomore C.C. Smith
almost resulted in a big comeback
victory. Smith and Kasey Holland
scored on runs of three and one
yards, respectively, in the third pe-
riod to cut the margin to 13-12. A
65-yard punt return by Smith to the
Wildcats' one-foot line set up
Holland's score.
Two crucial extra point misses
would come back to haunt the
Mountaineers, though. LeFevers'
kick following Smith's TD was
blocked, and following Holland's
score the Mountaineers faked a
kick and tried a two-point conver-
sion pass but it was off the mark al-
SO.
With nine minutes remaining in
the contest - and still trailing 13-12
- the Mountaineers faked a punt on
their own 27 yard line, but tailback
Marcus Bell juggled the snap from
center and it resulted in a seven-
yard loss. The Wildcats took pos-
session on the KM 20 and Fulcher
scored on a one-yard plunge for a
20-12 Wildcat lead.
The Mountaineers drove the en-
suing kickoff 80 yards for a touch-
down, with Smith, Bell, back-up
fullback Shane Logan and
Littlejohn "all making impressive
runs out of the wishbone attack.
Logan scored from three yards out
with 55 seconds left, but Bell was
knocked out of bounds just short of
EAST
From Page 1-B
Hicks said the Mountaineers will
stick with their new wishbone of-
fense, hoping it will allow them. to
control the ball and take a lot of
time off the clock.
"One of .the teams that had the
most success on East Rutherford
this year was North Gaston, and it
was because of their power running:
game going straight at them," he
said. "They were able to use the
clock and keep the ball out of East
Rutherford's hands. That's the best
thing you can do against them, and
that's pretty much our game plan.
We're going to stick with the wish-
bone. It's a very simple offense but
it requires a lot of work on every-
body's part. We hope our kids re-
spond well to it. If they don't, East
can shut us down.
"We need to control the ball with
15 and 16-play drives," Hicks
added. "And when we get in posi-
tion to score we need to get some
points. If we can do that and keep
the ball out of their hands we have
a good chance to win the game."
Despite the disappointing 3-6
season, Hicks said he hopes the
Mountaineers’ fans don't abandon
them.
"This is our last game, and for
the goal line on a two-point con-
version run around right end. An
onsides kick attempt failed and the
Wildcats were able to run the clock
out.
"I guess that game pretty much
exemplifies our season," said a dis-
appointed KM Coach Denny Hicks
afterward. "It seems like we do
some things very well, but when it
comes down to the final analysis
we just leave too many things un-
done to create a winning situation
for us.
"Most people do not give North
Gaston enough credit for being as
good as they are this year," he con-
tinued. "They have the best team
I've seen over there since I've been
here."
Hicks said he was pleased with
the way his players responded to
the new offense, as well as a new
5-3 defense installed during last
week's practice to try to slow North
Gaston's high-powered running
game. The Mountaineers did ac-
complish some good in that area,
as the Wildcats had only 181 yards
rushing as a team and Brandon was
held below his 150-yards per game
average.
"We had been unable to put the
ball in the end zone, but the kids
responded well to the wishbone,"
Hicks said. "We probably should
have gone to it earlier in the game
but we had moved the ball pretty
well in the first half. We moved the
length of the field and had a good
opportunity to score but didn't get
any points, and that turned out to
be very crucial.
"In the second half, we had sev-
eral good drives and our offensive
the coaches, players and fans, we
need a win," he said. "It always
helps to carry over into your off-
season program. It leaves you with
a positive attitude and a good taste
in your mouth.
"Our kids have worked hard and
have tried to do what we've asked
them to do," he said. "Sometimes
things just don't fall together for
you. We hope our fans will stand
behind the kids and give them the
positive support they need. When
you're getting beat and you feel
like everybody's against you it
makes it even harder to win.
"We felt all along there was a lot
of potential for this team if every-
thing fell into place," he added.
"That's one of the things that has
made this a disappointing season.
“But I've been in coaching long
enough to know that a lot of things
have to click, and they just didn't
click this year. :
"You need strong leadership
from your players - something that
‘holds 38 young men together and
gets everybody headed in the right
direction. And it just didn't happen
for us this year. But these kids are
capable of playing some real excit-
ing football, and we're hopeful this
Friday night they can put some
things together and show what
they're really capable of doing."
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line came off the ball as well as
they have all year. Our three se-
niors inside - Travis Smith, Jody
Putnam and Cedric Moore - did an
excellent job. In the last two or
three weeks Norris McCleary has
played as good as any offensive
tackle we've had in a while.
"We got good movement up
front, and we were pleasantly sur-
prised with C.C. Smith's running in
the second half. We gave him the
ball in a very crucial fourth and six
play and he converted it and we
kept the ball and went on down and
scored.
"Defensively, we changed our
‘defense for the first time in 23
years. We haven't been able to hold
people down, so we went to a 5-3
because of North Gaston's full-
house backfield and strong running
game. To have only worked on it
for a week, our guys did pretty
good with it."
Hicks said the key factors in
KM's loss were not getting any
points out of their first drive, and
the missed fake punt and extra
points.
"Both the fake punt and fake ex-
tra points are part of our offensive
scheme," he said. "We work on
them two or'three days a week, just
like we do with every play we've
got. We were real disappointed that
at least one of them didn't come
through for us. If we had executed
either one of those successfully the
game would have been different."
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THE YARDSTICK
NG KM
Ist downs 14 13
Yds. rushing 181 193
Passes 1-1-0 1-4-0
Yds. passing 12 11
Punts 3-38 2-41
Fumbles lost 0 1
Yds. penalized 45 55
Score by quarters: T
NGF 06.00.73 20
KM: 0 40: 12:6. 18
NG - Stuart Fulcher 12 pass from
Freddie Kromis (Lance Martin
kick)
NG - Marion Brandon 1 run (kick
failed)
KM - C.C. Smith 3
failed)
KM - Kasey Holland 1 run (pass
failed)
NG - Fulcher 1 run (Martin kick)
KM - Shane Logan 3 run (run
failed).
run (kick
RUSHING
NG - Brandon 27-119, Fulcher
15-50, William Bel 4-19, Ricky
Williams 3-1, Kromis 4-(-8). KM -
Marcus Bell 13-49, Lamont
Littlejohn 6-45, Smith 9-43,
Holland 9-40, Rodney Brown 2-13,
Shane Logan 3-3.
PASSING
NG - Kromis 1-1-0-12.
Littlejohn 1-4-0-11.
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