LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL

SPORTS & RECREATION

Turnovers scalp Indians

BY NEAL FISHER
Sports WRITER

It is no secret that while a
team can amass large amounts
of yardage, if they fail to
hold onto the ball victory is
unlikely and Chiefland’s
25-14 loss last Friday to
Hamilton County was
proof positive of it.

“We played well and
really did all the things
a team needs to do, but
we just had too many
turnovers and gave up too
many plays to win,” Head
Coach Bobby Rast said. -

“We had a 31-16
minute advantage on time
of possession, earned 19
first downs to their 9 and
they were only 4-12 on
third down conversions,
but we loss two fumbles,
put it on the ground four
times and gave up a two big
plays when the score was 6-
6 and 12-6. That was pretty
much the difference and why
they won.”

Two big plays turned the
tide of the game and put
Hamilton in a commanding
position heading into the
fourth quarter. A 63-yard
run with just less than four
minutes left by Hamilton
gave them a first and goal
at the Indians two-yard line.
Mitchell punched the. ball
over the goal line on the next
play.
A 61. yard strike from

Battles to Sowell with 11:41
left in the third quarter made

the score 19-6 in favor of
Hamilton County. The
visitors took over possession
of the ball when they
recovered a Chiefland fumble
on the opening drive of the

 

second half. The score came

on the very next play after the
fumble recovery.

With the Indians’ inability
to hold onto the ball and
avoid giving up the big
play to Hamilton, the teams
exchanged possession of the
ball until the fourth quarter.
Hamilton struck again in the
fourth quarter to make the
lead a three-touchdown bulge
with only 6:12 remaining in
the game. Morris got loose
for a 26-yard jaunt into the
touchdown. It capped off
another lightning like drive.
This one was a 3 play drive
that covered 73 yards and
made’ the score 25-6.

The Indians scores came in
the first and fourth quarters.

They tied the score with
one minute left in the first
quarter on Isaac Hardee’s
3-yard run. His run ended
an impressive 8-play, 75-
yard drive and answered
Hamilton’s touchdown
after they took a 6-0 lead.
Chiefland also scored
the final touchdown to
make the final deficit 11
points. Hardee ran the
~ ball in from the two-yard
line and the two-point
conversion was good. .
““We are better than we

our first game, but we
are not where we need to
be,” Rast said. “It’s not
a lack of effort. They
guys are playing hard
and we are compiling
some good stats. We only

had to punt twice, so we were |

able to move the ball.

“We have a_ lack of
concentration and need to start
focusing more on avoiding

‘those plays that. kill teams.

We gave up two fumbles
and two interceptions. It is
really hard to overcome four

fumbles and we wasted two '

other plays when we had to
recover our own fumbles.
Those type of plays negate
our big plays.”

Hardee rushed for 90 yards
and scored two touchdowns.
Hamilton County’s Michael
Durr ran for 106 yards.
Chiefland opens district play

against Union County next .

week on the road.

 

Football Results

Williston Red Devils (2-1)

Miami Hurricanes
Sept. 4 Florida St

L 13-10 |

Aug. 25 PK.Young W 38-0 Stra ace Net
Sept. 1 Chiefland W 42-7 cat NO. ascents
Sept.8 Ocala Trinity —L 10-28 Pr
ves eee Oct. 7 N Carolina .. feie4 ite
Sept te Oe. Oct. 14 Florida Intl) (o> genre 0s
Sept. 22. @ Dixie County” vere mea Se See ule ian ee amTMNRRTFo
Oct. 21 @ Duke
Sept.29 -@ Walton
Oct. .2 @ Ga Tech
Oct. 13  @ Santa Fe :
Nov. 4 Va Tech
Oct.20 @ West Port | od 44 es Manicnd
Oct. 27 North Marion Nov. 11 -@ Malyle
Nov. 3 Newberry Nov. 18 @ Virginia
Nov. 23 Boston College

"Bronson Eagles (0-3) —

Aug. 25 Liberty County L 12- 33

Sept.1 The Villages
Sept.8 FAMU
Sept. 15 Branford
Sept. 22 St. John
Sept. 29 @ Hilliard
Oct.6 -@ Jefferson County
Oct. 13. Lafayette

Oct. 20 @ Trenton

Oct. 27 Hawthorne

Chiefland indians (0-3)

L. 6-26 \
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Jacksonville Jaguars

Sep 10 Dallas W 24-17

Sep 18 Pittsburgh

Sep 24 @Indianapolis

~ Oct 1 @Washington

Oct 8 N.Y. Jets

Oct 22 @Houston

Oct 29 @Philadelphia
Nov 5 Tennessee s

Nov 12 Houston

Aug. 25 Dixie County —-L._:« 6-35 i. Nov 20.N.Y. Giants
Sept. 1. Williston L 7-42 Nov.26 @Buffalo
Sept.8 Hamilton County L 14-25 Dec 3 @Miami

Sept. 15 @ Union County
Sept. 29 Trinity Catholic _
Oct. 6 Crescent City
Oct. 13 @P.K. Yonge
Oct. 20 Newberry

Oct. 27 @ Yulee

Nov. 3 Trenton

NCAA

FSU Seminoles (2-0)
Sept.4 Miami W 13-10
Sept. 11 Troy W 24-17
Sept. 16 Clemson
Sept. 23 Rice
Oct. 5@N.C. State -
Oct. 14 @ Duke
Oct. 21 Boston College é
Oct. 28 @ Maryland
Nov. 4 Virginia
Nov. 11 Wake Forest
Nov. 18 W Michigan
Nov. 25 Florida

Florida Gators (2-0)

Sept. 2 So Miss W 34-7
Sept. 9C Florida. W 42-0
Sept. 16 @ Tennessee
Sept. 23 Kentucky
Sept. 30 Alabama

Oct. 7 LSU
Oct. 14 @ Auburn
Oct. 28 Georgia

Nov. 4 @ Vanderbilt
Nov. 11 S Carolina
Nov. 18 W Carolina
Nov. 25 @ Florida St

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Dec 10 Indianapolis
Dec 17 @Tennessee

- Dec 24 New England
Dec 31 @Kansas City

Miami Dolphins
Sep 7 @Pittsburgh L 17-28
Sep 17 Buffalo °
Sep 24 Tennessee
- Oct 1 @Houston
Oct 8 @New England

_ Oct.15 @N.Y. Jets
Oct 22 Green Bay
Nov 5 @Chicago

Nov 12 Kansas City
Nov 19 Minnesota |
Nov 23. @Detroit

Dec 3 Jacksonville
Dec 10 New England
Dec 17 @Buffalo

Dec 25 N.Y. Jets

Dec 31 @Indianapolis

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sep 10 Baltimore L 0-27
Sep 17 @Atlanta
Sep 24 Carolina
Oct 8 @New Orleans
Oct 15 Cincinnati
Oct 22 Philadelphia
Oct 29 @N.Y. Giants
Nov 5 New Orleans
Nov 13 @Carolina
Nov 19 Washington

, Nov 23 @Dallas
Dec 3 @Pittsburgh
Dec 10 Atlanta
Dec 17 @Chicago
Dec 24 @Cleveland
Dec 31 Seattle

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were when we played

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

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WEEK 1SCORES WEEK 2 GAMES
Pittsburgh 28, Miami 17 Buffalo at Miami
Atlanta 20, Carolina 6 Carolina at Minnesota
Baltimore 27, Tampa Bay 0 Cleveland at Cincinnati
New England 19, Buffalo 17 Detroit at Chigago .
Cincinnati 23, Kansas City 10 Houston at Indianapolis
“St. Louis 18; Denver 10 - New Orleans: at Green Bay
New Orleans 19, Cleveland 14 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
N.Y. Jets 23; Tennessee 16 Oakland at Baltimore
Philadelphia 24, Houston 10 Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Seattle 9, Detroit 6 Arizona at Seattle
Chicago 26, Green Bay 0 St. Louis at San Francisco
Jacksonville.24, Dallas 17 Kansas City at Denver
Arizona 34, San Francisco 27. _—- New England at N.Y. Jets
Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants Tennessee at San Diego
Minnesota at Washington Washington at Dallas
San Diego at Oakland Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

 

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