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Indians MakeBy KYl.E MOOTYTimes Sports WriterWhat once was Ramay’s only means of travel can now be used sparingly as a luxery ride Indian quarterback Ron Gray passed two beautiful touchdownDses after he and his teammatesestablished the running game. The result — a 27 7 victory over Bentonville's Sam Walton Junior High at Harmon Field Thursdaynight.The talented Ciray was near perfect for the night, accounting for three Indian touchdowns.He can throw the ball,’ said Kamay head coach Bay Tucker “He knows where to throw it. You know, the last two years all we’ve been able to do is pass and now we can run it, too That makes the passinggame go ”The Indians led 27-0 and Ben-tonville’s only score came late in theKne against Ramay s second unitenseRamay was also aided by three first-half Bentonville fumbles, all ofwhich were recovered by DavidJones. “He’s a player,’ stated Tucker “He's the strongest man onthe team.’’Jones must also have the bestsense for sniffing out the pigskin.The Indians got started quickly when Jones fell on a fumble on the second play of the game. Ten plays later Robbie Foster was in the end *one for Ramay, scoring from six yards out. Foster booted the extra point and Ramay led 7-0 with 3:08left in the first ouarter.Bentonville rumbled on its very next play with Jones falling on it once again Two plays later Gray scored on a 21-yard keeper around right end, out-sprinting the defensive backs. Foster was wide on the PAT and Ramay held on to a 13-0 leadwith 1:53 left in the opening periodToby Ballard got Ramay the ball from bentonville tor the fourth time in the first half on an interception but Ramay ran out of timeouts and eventually time on the two yard line, still leading 13-0.Gray |)assed 24 yards to David Watkins to cap a 4:14 long drive to open the thira quarter and Fosterbooted the PAT for a 20-0 lead Watkins then intercepted another Bentonville pass and returned it 22 yards to the Raiders' 26 yard line, where, four plays later. Gray found Trent Mills standing wide open in the end zone. Foster’s PAT made it 27-0 with : 45 left in the third quarter.Bentonville broke ice with 1:03 remaining in the game when Brian Rutherford scored from six yards out. The extra point was good and the scoring was done for the night.Ramay nosts Mountain Home next Thursday at Harmon Field. Moun tain Home defeated Woodland 20-12 in their season opener. “They say they ve got the best team they've had in years, said Tucker “We re onna nave to play better than we id tonight. If we can improve our blocking just a little bit more we might have a chance against them. Bentonville made the mistakes in the first half that we made last week They’re gonna have a good team. I don't want to play ’em again.” Bentonville won the eighth grade game over Ramay 8-6.SAM WALTON..................... « « • 1— 1RAMAY............................................J 0 M 0-27RAMAY— Fosier6run (Foster k.ck)RAMAY— Gray 2) run (Kick tail)RAMAY - Watkms 24 pass from Gray (Foster kick)RAMAY — Mills 16 p«ss from Gray (Foster kick) SAM WALTON Rutherford a run (Smith Kick)SAM WALTON RAMAYFirst Downs•11Rushes Yards15 1 i236 144Passing Yards)•54Total Yards130191PassesMM4 6 0Punts1 26 01 14 0Fumbles wOS*3 320Penalties Yards6 474 43Time of Possession11 4920 11INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — SAM WALTON Cooper 5 45, Rutherford 4 40, Mandeiia 4 20. Slider I 10, Cottelt 1 ( 3). RAMAY Foster 13 Sa, Ballard 9 50, Gray $ 26 Nesmith S 5, Chambers 1 4, Jones 1 J. Frajier 1 1, Watkins! 0, Mali 1 ( 1)PASSING — SAM WALTON: Cofteit 2 )0 2)8 Kinsey 0 10 0 RAMAY Gray 4 6 0 54 HfCEIVINO — SAM WALTON Graham ) 11, Cooper ) 7 RAMAY Watkins 2 36, Mills 1 16, Shull 1 2.Woodland 20, Elmwood 14ROGERS — The Elmwood Raiders proved to be a very kind host to Woodland Thursday night and thervi1 wlt;Cowboys gratefully accepted Five fumbles by the Raiders eventually led to a 20-14 Woodland victory.That’s the best team they’ve (Raiders) had in several years,’ said Woodland head coach Dick Harris. “They iust gave us a lot of turnovers ana we finally took advantage of them We finally got things started on offense.The Cowboys, 1-1 for the year, had fallen behind 14 6 at the half on two long touchdown runs, but gave up only four yards rushing and one first down in the second half.Elmwood led 7-0 after Rick Bassett scooted in from 45 yards out with 4:08 left in the first quarter, capping a 71-yard drive in only four plays Scott Slone kicked the FAT.Teriy Turpin pulled Woodland within 7-6 when he scored on a three-yard run on the first play of theStraigh tsecond quarter The run for two was stoppedWoodland recovered one of Elmwood's fumbles on the next Raider Dossession and got all theway to tlie one yard line hut after aand a fumble, ball on the 24 yardholding penaltyElmwood nad the line.On the first play, Elmwood’s Paul Mote cut loose and raced all 76 yards to the end zone. Stone booted the PAT and with 4:44 left in the half Elmwood led 14-6,The Raiders had lost tour fumbles in the first 16 minutes Woodland opened the third quarter by driving 60 yards in six plays, capped by Chris Miller's 35 yard run to paydirt. The pass for two failed anu the Cowboys still trailed 14-12 with 5:59 left in the third period.After recovering their fifth fumble, the Cowboys went 42 yards in eight plays and took the lead on Miller’s three yard run with 1:51 left in the third quarter Miller also ran in the two pointer for the final margin.Miller led Woodland rushers with 101 yards on the night on 13 carries. Brian Green adden 69 yards on 11 carries.Elmwood had 161 yards rushing in the game and 121 of that came on tni two touchdown runs ‘ Our defense well except lorsaid Harris.Woodland plays its third straight ame on the road next week in pringdale, taking on Northwest Arkansas Conference favorite Southwest Junior High The following week, the Cowboys host always-tough Springdale Central.“We've got a tough stretch ahead, added Harris.played extremely those two plays, ’WOODLAND..........................0 t 14ELMWOOD 7 7 0ELMWOOD Bassett 46 run (Stone Kick) WOODLAND Turp,n3run (runfa l) ELMWOOD- Mote 76 run (Stone kick) WOOOLAND Miller 35 run (pass tail) WOODLAND- M.ller 3 run i filler run)0-20 0— 14First Downs Rushes Yards Passing Y jras Total Yard* Passes PuntsFumbles LostPenjlties vardsWOODLAND ELM.8 320535 11240 U22 12 1 2 3 11 45 0 3 32 05 5 113 25 15Farmington 22, Prairie Grove OPRAIRIE CROVE — Jim Daven port scored two touchdowns and a pair of two point conversions to leac the Farmington Junior high Cardi nals to a 22-0 shutout over Prairit Grove Thursday nightFarmington, 2-0 for the year, got on the scoreboard with :34 left in tne opening quarter on a four-yard run by Davenport, who also ran the two-point conversion for an 8-0 leadDavenport scored again with 2:17 remaining in the third quarter on a 37-yard punt return Once again. Davenport ran in the two-pointer and Farmington led 16-0.The final score of the night came on Dell Fraley’s 52 yard jaunt with 2 43 left in the game.Halfback Henry Moore led all rushers for the Junior Cardinals with 72 yards on 12 carries. Davenport followed with 66 on 14 totes and fullback Fraley added 59 on three carriesFarmington head coach Allen Holland credited Fraley (six tackles) and Matt Alaniz (five tackiest as the big stoppers on defense.Farmington hosts Elkins nextThursday.
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Fri, Sep 07, 1984
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