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Courier News Thunder, Blytheville, (Ark.)—Sunday, September 15,1991—Page 5Pirates drop game to Trumann/j^v x £Getting helpBowenGosnell’s Jeff Ellis gets attention from Pirates’ head coach Max Briley (left) and Mike Kelley, whose son is on the team. Ellis was injured late inthe fourth quarter and may miss part of the season depending on how serious the injury is.fall toContinued from Page 4from Mike Gentry, who replaced Ellis, near the goal line and ran back to the Pirates’ 31 yard line.Theragood led all rushers with 61 yards on 17 carries. He rushed for 66 yards in the first half on 14 carries and only carried three times in the second half for a minus five yards after injuring a toe on the fake punt play.Smith rushed for 23 yards on five carries. Ellis rushed six times for 17 yards. Wiggin rushed for 15 yards on four carries. Kendell Lanier ran one time for fouryards. And Gentry ran once for* *one yard.Ryan Boyd led rushers for Trumann with 48 yards on 11 carries. Haynes ran for 28 yards on three carries. Bryan Mooney ham rushed for 28 yards on five carries Dwight Hammons ran five timestor 23 vards. Derrick Holt ran for •»10 yards on three carries. Jerome Watson ran five times for 10 yards. Chad O’Brien ran twice for four yards.Hodges led the Pirates’ defense with six tackles and two assists. Lanier and Mike Pferffor had three tackles and three assists each. Jason Hughes had two tackles and three assists. Jarroel Kelly had four tackles. Gentry had two tackles, two assists and one fumble recovery. Janz Jernigan had two tackles and one assist. Eric Young had one interception and one fumble recovery.Gosnell head coach Max Briley said he was only pleased with one aspect of the game.“I was real pleased with our pass defense,” said Briley. “Weon yearworked hard on it all week, and they didn’t hurt us on the pass. They just dominated the line of scrimmage both ways. When they were on offense they dominated it. When they were on defense they dominated it. But I was pleased with our pass defense. We did well there, but we didn’t do well anywhere else.”When it seemed that Theragood wasn’t going to have a good running night, Briley said there was only one way to compensate.“The only way we can compensate for that is try to throw the ball some and open up their defense.’ he said. “We had to open their defense up before we could got some running room. They just dominated the line of scrimmage* We just couldn't be them tonight. They dominated us all over tne field.”Although Gosnell has never-beaten Trumann is 23 years, Briley said this was just another ball game.“We go out every week, trying to win 10 ball games,” he said. “We don’t try to look ahead to one over others We’d like to have won tonight because we’ve never beat them. Next year I’ll be trying to do the same thing. That’s just the way it goes.’’The coach added he didn’t know the extent of Ellis’ and Theragood’s injuries. Ellis was to be x-rayed after the game. Theragood was to be x-rayed Saturday morning. Briley said it is possible that they might miss some games depending on the extent of the injuries.
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Sun, Sep 15, 1991
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