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| Junior Dawgs control second half in downing Greenfield |
By: Sara Reid — Special to the Weakley County Pres
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Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:01 pm
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Road block — A pair of Gleason defenders, including Chase Ezell (left), stop Junior Yellowjacket Austin Pence during the Junior Bulldogs' 48-22 win over Greenfield last Thursday.
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GLEASON, Tenn. – After a dead-even first half, the Gleason Junior High Bulldogs poured on the yards and the points in the second half and took a 48-22 win over the Greenfield Junior High Yellowjackets this past Thursday night in Gleason.
The first half saw both teams not only put up the same number of points, 16, but also the same number of total yards, 181. Gleason put the momentum solidly in its favor in the second half, though, by out-scoring the visitors 32-6 and out-gaining them in yardage — 228-33.
The scoring started early as Jacket quarterback Austin Pence took the opening kickoff 85 yards back for the touchdown. Pence found Jeremy Lannom for the conversion and the visitors led 8-0 with 7:44 left in the first quarter.
Starting on their own 40, the Bulldogs picked up three yards on a handoff to Chase Ezell and Ian Legens swept around the left side for 57 yards and the TD. Will Clark ran in the conversion and the score was tied, 8-8, with 7:18 left in the opening quarter.
The Yellowjackets took possession at their own 36 and gained two yards on the ground from Tanner Smithson. On a second carry, Smithson picked up nine and a first down, but fumbled the ball for no gain on his next run. Pence was stopped by Legens for no gain, but ran for 12 yards and a first down on third-and-long.
Jeffery Johnson gained nine up the middle and another nine plus a first down at the Gleason 17. Pence lost a yard on a keeper and Johnson was stifled for no gain by Will Clark and Archie Rich, but Pence pushed his way down to the 1-yard line and punched in the touchdown. He connected with Xzavier Alley for the conversion and Greenfield took a 16-8 lead at the end of one stanza.
Gleason started the second quarter from its own 43. Tanner Trevathan gained two yards and Clark turned in a four-yard carry. Legens was pulled down in the backfield for a loss of three by Joshua Lasater, but picked up 14 on his next carry.
To cap the drive, Trevathan aired it out to Reese Montgomery for a 39-yard touchdown. Chris Copeland ran in the conversion and the score was tied again, 16-16, and it remained even through the rest of the first half of play.
To start the third, Gleason was flagged with a penalty to start on its own 20. Legens ran for 20 yards on two carries, Ezell swept around for 15, Clark gained five yards and Legens ran for 12 and a first down.
Ezell followed with a 12-yard run and Clark picked up three up the middle putting the Dawgs on the Greenfield 18 and setting up an 18-yard touchdown run from Ezell. Legens was stopped on the conversion attempt, but Gleason took a 22-16 lead with 4:28 left in the third.
Greenfield came roaring back. Starting on the Gleason 46, Pence gained two on a keeper, but Smithson fumbled and recovered for a four-yard loss. Pence found big yardage on the ground and aided by a personal foul penalty, put the visitors at the 15.
Johnson gained seven on a carry and Pence carried for six down to the 2. Johnson ran in the touchdown, but on the conversion attempt, Pence’s run was stopped and the score was tied yet again, 22-22, with 1:08 left in the third.
On the kickoff, Ezell returned the ball 57 yards to the Jacket 13. Copeland needed just one play — a 13-yard carry — to put the Bulldogs back in the end zone. The conversion failed, but Gleason took a 28-22 lead and never relinquished it.
The home team didn’t slow down in the final quarter as it put 20 more points on the board in the form of a two-yard run from Clark, a 44-yard run from Copeland with a conversion pass from Trevathan to Montgomery and a 70-yard interception return by Legens with time expiring.
When the smoke cleared, Gleason was on top, 48-22.
Legens had 113 rushing yards and a touchdown and a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown. Copeland had 128 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Clark had 24 yards and a touchdown. Ezell had 61 yards and a touchdown and Trevathan went 4 for 4 with 74 yards passing and a touchdown.
Acting in a versatile role for the Dawgs, Montgomery had three catches for 54 yards and a TD and recorded three tackles, two of which were for losses.
For Greenfield, Pence had 63 rushing yards and a touchdown and an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Johnson had 45 rushing yards and a touchdown.
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