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and Burns rushed for 117 yards and
hit 2 of 8 passes for 26.
The big and strong Bulldogs
went primarily with an up the mid-
dle game with Quincy Shade lead-
ing all rushers with 101 yards in 19
carries. The Burns defense did an
> excelient job on KM fullback
Beshane Logan, holding him to a sea-
son's low 58 yards in 15 carries,
“Put the Mountaineers were able to
hit on some big plays to win the
game.
Burns drew first blood, driving
40 yards following a short KM
punt for a 6-0 lead on a three-yard
quarterback sneak by Wesley
Greene. But the Bulldogs missed
their extra point - as they did again
following their second TD in the
second half - and that proved to be
costly.
Kings Mountain's offense, which
had the ball for only one play (a
pass interception) in the first quar-
: ter, struck quickly to take a 7-6
. halftime lead. After Burns kicked
off following its score, the
: Mountaineers sent Logan into the
line for five yards, and Marcus
© Smith for three more, and then
= broke slotback Corey Jones for a
¢ 57-yard touchdown run. Chris
. Wallace's point-after split the up-
= rights with 4:49 showing on the
# second period clock and KM held
= onto the 7-6 lead at intermission.
"I thought our defense did a
* tremendous job in the first half,
« considering they were on the field
so much," Coach Massey said. "To
‘go into halftime leading 7-6 was a
- big accomplishment."
The Mountaineers came out
© strong in the second half, moving
© from their own 20 to the Burns 12
© before having to settle for a 30-
¢ yard Wallace field goal to take a
5 10-6 lead. Just like they did a week
t earlier in a game-winning drive at
“South Point, the Mountaineers con-
verted some key third down plays
to keep the drive alive. Marcus
‘Smith caught a 16-yard pass for a
first down, and R.J. Barnes caught
a. 10-yard pass and quarterback
Lance McClain's sneak provided
the needed one yard on a fourth
i=and one at the Burns 31.
== One of the game's big plays oc-
‘curred when Smith fumbled on a
Hirst down play at the Burns 30, but
fdckle Joey Patrick picked the ball
Hascemed, toqbe:
After a holding penalty and incom-
plete pass, Logan reeled off a 14-
yard gain to bring up fourth and
seven at the Burns 12, from which
point Wallace kicked his field goal.
Burns took advantage of a tipped
interception and run back to the
KM six to score the go-ahead
touchdown with 47 seconds left in
the third quarter. Again, Greene
scored on a sneak, this time from
the one. The Mountaineer defense
made what turned out to be a
game-saving stop of a two-point
conversion attempt to leave the
score at 12-10.
"Stopping them on the two-point
conversion was a very big play,"
Massey said, "because that gave us
the ability to be able to kick the
field goal at the end."
Kings Mountain started its
game-winning drive with 7:07 re-
maining, and once again the
Mountaineers converted the key
plays. Smith caught a 13-yard pass
from McClain for a first down at
the 46, and two plays later
McClain called an option play that
Burns had been successful in
stringing out, but this time
McClain kept the ball, cut up field
and ran 45 yards to the Burns
eight. Logan carried inside the one
yard line on second down, but after
being pushed back on a penalty the
Mountaineers called on Wallace for
the field goal, and his low kick
cleared the crossbar with 3:20 re-
maining for the winning points.
Massey said the big plays, and
converting the third and fourth
downs, were the keys to KM's vic-
tory.
"We're never sure how people
are going to line up against us be-
cause our offense is different than
what most people do," Massey
said. "After the first half we made
some adjustments. We wanted to
go back and establish Shane with
our wedge play. We pounded it in
there four or five times and we
thought they were really worried
about him so we came back and
ran the option and Lance did a
great job. Marcus Smith and R.J.
Barnes had some big catches and
Lance made some good throws to
get us first downs on some third
down situations."
Although the Mountaineers lost
just one fumble, they lost the han-
dle on the ball four times and also
had 56 yards in penalties which
were costly. Massey said the
weather probably affected the
; Mountaineers more than it did, the
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"We rely a lot on perimeter
plays,” he said. "Our offense isn't
designed for a mud game. We're
not as much straight ahead as they
are. If affected us but they're a
tremendous football team defen-
sively and offensively.
"This victory puts us in a situa-
tion now that we feel like we're
down to a three-game schedule and
we have to win two of them to get
into the playoffs. I feel like we're
going to concentrate on trying to
get that done. I'm real happy for
the kids and for Kings Mountain.
This was a big football game to
win at home. Even though the
crowd wasn't as large as we would
have liked it to be, the people that
were here did a tremendous job."
THE YARDSTICK
B KM
First downs 7 7
Yds. rushing 117 187
Passes 2-8-0 4-10-2
Yds. passing 26 60
Fumbles lost 1 1
Punts 3-29 3-33
Penalties 4-38 6-56
Score by quarters: T
Burns 0: 6.6 0 --12
KM 0. 7.3: 3-13
'B - Wesley Greene 3 run (kick
tailed):
KM - Corey Jones 57 run (Chris
Wallace kick)
KM - Wallace 30 FG
B - Greene 1 run (run failed)
KM = Wallace 19 FG.
RUSHING
Burns - Quincy Shade 19-101,
Gerald Haynes 5-14, Sam Walker
2-8, Tim Ruff 5-3, Wesley Greene
8-(-9):
KM = Shane Logan 15-58, Corey
Jones 4-51, Lance McClain 4-51,
Marcus'Smith 6-21, Joey Patrick 1-
3 . PASSING
Burns - Greene 2-8-0-28. KM -
McClain; 4-10-2-60.
RECEIVING
Burns - Tim Ruff 1-13, Derrick
Chambers 1-13. KM - R.J. Barnes
2-31, Marcus Smith 2-29.
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