1991 Covington 7 Narrows 6 Region C Playoffs

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11/15/1991 • Covington nips Narrows • in the other Division 2, Region C game. Covington slipped past Narrows 7-6 in the Division 1, Region C semifinals. Covington drove 74 yards in 18 plays in a march that ended with Larry Helton leaping in from the 1. Neal Dressier kicked the extra point. • By CHRIS BACHELDER • Friday Night against Covington, the Narrows football team learned first-hand that you can't keep a good back down. After being stuffed by the Green Wave defense in the first half, Cougars tailback James Johnson supplied enough second half power to push Covington past Narrows 7-6 in Region C playoff action at Casey Field. • narrows (8-3) had a two hour drive to face the Cougars, but it was Covington's lengthy drive that made the difference. • play, Woodzell said. Narrows is an ex- second-quarter run. SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES amp; WORLD-NEWS cellent football team. They pursue so well Perdue i is the toughest 135-pounder on were just hoping to in the state, Lowe said. You can't defense. • We COVINGTON night five or six yards a play, and it turned out give well. We made some blocking adjust- me another one any tougher. He gives you halftime and it in every last thing he's got, and he runs like a the second half. 200-pounder. keep the Green In the first half, Covington fumbled After Covington's touchdown with Wave defense in the first half, Cougars twice, punted and turned over the ball on 8:58 remaining, Perdue returned the kickAfter being stuffed by tailback James Johnson supplied enough downs, but the Green Wave could not off 90 yards untouched for an apparent second-half power to push Covington past capitalize. touchdown, but a holding penalty nulli I don't think our defense could have fied the score. • Casey Field. done anything more, said Narrows coach The Green Wave drove to the CovNarrows (8-3) had a two-hour drive Don Lowe, whose Green Wave lost for the ington 28 with less than four minutes to to play the Cougars, but it was Coving- first time since he took over at mid-sea- play, but Kelly Lowe's fourth-down pass ton's lengthy drive that made the differ- son. Johnson end the was intercepted by to ence. We didn't give up the big play. We threat. • Trailing 6-0 in the second half, the made them drive it down our throats, and the ball 74 yards in 18 you have to give them credit for doing The Cougars (10-1), Pioneer District Cougars powered plays - consuming more than eight min- that. Our offense has got to help our de- runners-up, next will play the winner of utes - for the winning touchdown and fense, and it just didn't tonight, Lowe today's Parry McCluer-Castlewood game. extra point. said. Narrows 6 0-6 Fullback Larry Helton leaped in from Playing its own brand of power foot- Covington 1- the 1-yard line for the Cougars' touch- ball, Narrows took a 6-0 lead in the second N - Perdue 15 run (kick failed) C - Helton 1 run (Dressier kick) down, but it was Johnson who carried quarter. • Nar Cov most of the load on the drive. Rodney Perdue, the Green Wave's First downs 10 11 Yards rushing 162 148 Johnson - a 1,200-yard rusher this fearless 135-pound tailback, carried nine Passes C-A-1 4-9-1 3-5-0 season rushed 11 times for 48 yards on times on a 13-play, 60-yard scoring drive. Penalties-yards 2-20 5-50 - Yards passing 36 42 the drive. His longest run of the drive, and Perdue capped the drive with a 15- Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-2 Punts-average 2-32 3-29.3 of the game, was 7 yards. touchdown on fourth-and-two INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS yard run a Johnson is a pretty tough back, play, but the extra-point attempt by Brian RUSHING - Narrows, Fleeman 11-91, Perdue 21-64, Buracker 3-24, Mosely 1-0, Lowe 2-minus 17. • Covington, Johnson 25-98, Helton 13-57, Covington coach John Woodzell said. Evans was blocked. Dressler 1-minus 7. Johnson finished with 98 hard- For the game, Perdue pounded out 64 PASSING - Narrows, Lowe 4-9-1, 36 yards. Covington, Dressier 3-5-0, 42. • earned yards on 25 carries. yards on 21 carries. Green Wave fullback RECEIVING - Narrows, Buracker 2-25, Solder 1-10, Fleeman 1-1. We knew we wouldn't get the big Chad Fleeman gained 91 yards, 56 on one Covington, Perkins 1-18, Jordan 1-15, Carper 1-9..

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