Lambuth earns first win in rout of Pikeville KY
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Just to be clear, the first 31 minutes of Saturday’s Mid-South Conference football game between Lambuth and Pikeville was completely the property of the guests.
Lambuth needed 20 seconds of the second half to push its lead to 35-0 en route to a 49-27 win over the Bears on a day the temperature on the turf at the W.C. Hambley Athletics Complex reached 107 first-half degrees.
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In that time, two different Eagle quarterbacks had thrown a pair of touchdowns and one had run for another. It wasn’t until the fourth period that the Bears showed some life in falling to 0-2 on the season.
Lambuth (1-2) needed less than 3 ½ minutes to score its first touchdown, ending a nine-play, 75-yard drive with a seven-yard pass from Josh Garza to Landon Talley. The PAT boot Ryan Nanny made it 7-0.
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By the quarter’s end, Garza had dove across for a one-yard score and backup Adam Wiese had gone to Edward Robinson for a 14-yard score to make it 21-0. Wiese found Marquis Williams late in the first half from 15 yards out to send the teams to the break at 28-0, and Garza struck again 20 seconds into the second half to make it 35-0.
The Bears got on the scoreboard on their next drive when Dan Wideman hit De’Rail Sims from 16 yards out to make it 35-7, but Brian Keaton scored on runs of six and 11 yards, the latter coming with 12:42 left in the game, to make it 49-7.
A change of quarterbacks brought about a slight change of luck for the Bears, who scored three times in three minutes down the stretch thanks to a turnover and a pair of sustained drives. Junior Chris Walker came in and hit Montrel Jones from 10 yards out with 3:39 left. Nine seconds later, freshman Sebastien Cajuste picked up a fumble and went 17 yards for the score. The final touchdown was again from Walker to Jones, this time from seven yards out with 40 seconds left.
The touchdown drives for the Bears both lasted eight plays, the first going 46 yards and the last 58.
Garza and Wiese combined to go 23-of-34 for 334 with four scores and a pick. Talley hauled in six passes for 101 and two touchdowns on a day that 11 different Eagles caught the ball. Ten Lambuth players ran the ball for a total of 209 yards and an average of 5.4 yards per carry. Williams led the troops with 73 yards while Keaton, who had the two scores, finished with 70.
For Pikeville (0-2), Wideman was 20-of-37 for 207 yards and a score but was intercepted three times. The three picks marks the fourth time a Bear has been intercepted that many times in a game; the record is four. Walker was 7-of-11 for 57 yards with the two scores.
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Jones hauled in eight balls for 46 yards to lead the way, while senior Justin Lamb led the way with 63 yards on four catches. On the ground, the Bears finished with 95 yards on 27 tries, with Sims leading the way with 41.
Lambuth got five tackles each from Ladarruis Madden and Jason Ware, with Ware having three for a loss of yards. Travis Norris led the Bears with seven solo tackles and a forced fumble. The sophomore now has five forced fumbles in his 13-game career; the school record stands at six.
Article courtesy Pikeville College Bears Kentucky Sports Information
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Charlie Pinson is out working on his Kentucky insurance business today. We thank Pikeville College Bears Sports Information Director, Rick Bentley for the article.
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