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Tates Creek at Paul Laurence Dunbar

Class 4A Playoffs

Lexington Kentucky
November 17, 2000

©2000 by Ron Harrison

Tates Creek (8-4) vs. Paul Laurence Dunbar (9-3) November 17, 2000

Dunbar defeated Tates Creek 40-9 earlier this year and Dunbar quarterback Chip Franklin riddled the Commodore defense by completing 21 of 29 passes for 417 yards and three scoring strikes.  Tates Creek has been on a roll since that game winning six in a row.  Coach Mark Willoughby now has a healthy team who has come together both offensively and defensively.  Greg Baltimore has rushed for 1340 yards and FB Devin Neal has added 550 yards.  QB David Hamilton passed for 975 yards this season to add balance to the Commodore attack. 

Chip Franklin has led the Dunbar offense with  2619 yards and 27 TDs through the air.  Corey Dunn has added 1000 rushing yards and is a capable receiver coming out of the backfield.  Derek Talbert has led the receiving corps with 46 receptions for 805 yards and nine TDs.  LB Jacob Koch has led the Dunbar defense another stellar campaign.

The evening had a bizarre beginning as the officiating crew apparently didn’t get their assignments for the game and a substitute crew had to be found.  Therefore, on a very cold night the 7:30 start was moved back to 8:50 pm. Tates Creek defeated Paul Dunbar 17-14 to run their streak to three years eliminating the Bulldogs in the playoffs.  Tates Creek utilized a strong defense and their traditional crushing running attack to win the game.

Tates Creek was clinging to a 10-7 lead late in the fourth quarter and was facing a fourth down play when David Hamilton hit Joe Dicks with a 26 yard TD pass with 1:41 remaining on the clock.  Dunbar fought back with Chip Franklin passing 25 yards to Corey Dunn for a TD with 37 seconds remaining to pull the Bulldogs within 3, 17-14.  Dunbar’s onside kick attempt failed and Tates Creek advances to the state 4A semi-finals.

Greg Baltimore led the Tates Creek ground attack with 195 yards on 28 carries. Devin Neal and John Clay combined for an additional 102 rushing yards.  Corey Dunn led the Dunbar ground  game with 119 yards on 19 carries.  Chip Franklin was 12 for 32 for 133 yards and one TD pass.  This had to be a frustrating evening for Dunbar coach Mike Meighan as his receivers had a lot of dropped passes.

 

 Scoring Summary

Tates Creek   17         Paul Dunbar    14
 

School 

 Q1 

 Q2 

 Q3 

 Q4 

  Final 

Tates Creek

7

3

0

7

17

Paul Dunbar 

7

0

0

7

14


TC       John Clay 16 yard run (Joe Ales kick)
PD       Mark Wethington recovers fumble in end zone (Mike Gavenonis kick)
TC       Joe Ales 32 yard field goal
TC       David Hamilton 26 yard pass to Joe Dicks (Joe Ales kick)
MC     Chip Franklin 25 yard pass to Corey Dunn (Mike Gavenonis kick)
 

Selected Statistics   (unofficial)
 

Tates Creek

 

Paul Dunbar

Rushing

No.

Yds

Avg

Long

 

Rushing

No.

Yds

Avg

Long

Greg Baltimore

28

195

6.9

41

 

Corey Dunn

19

119

6.3

18

Devin Neal

10

56

5.6

19

 

Aaron Mason

1

1

1.0

1

John Clay

7

56

8.0

18

 

Chip Franklin 

5

-10

-2.0

2

David Hamilton

5

-13

-2.6

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds

TD

Long

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds

TD

Long

David Hamilton

7-3-0

56

1

26

 

Chip Franklin

32-12-1

135

1

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds

TD

Long

 

Receiving

No.

Yds

TD

Long

Joe Dicks

1

26

1

26

 

Derek Talbert

8

67

0

15

Patrick Gray

1

15

0

15

 

Tim Jenks

2

32

0

22

Alan Livingston

1

15

0

15

 

Corey Dunn

1

25

1

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan Jones

1

11

0

11

   

Other Area Games of Interest   (Playoffs)

(4A)     Trinity                           45                    Henry Clay                   10
Vince Phillips, a 208 pound fullback, ran for 133 yards and a TD to lead the Shamrocks to victory.

(2A)     Boyle County               18                    Lexington Catholic        16
Boyle County ran their record to 13-0 with another classic victory over the Knights.

Class 4A

 

 

 

 

Male

27

St. Xavier

10

 

Trinity

45

Henry Clay

10

 

Tates Creek

17

Paul Dunbar

14

 

Hopkinsville

22

Madisonville

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 3A

 

 

 

 

Owensboro

28

Bowling Green

0

 

Waggener

21

Breckinridge County

20

 

Highlands

45

Harrison County

7

 

Rockcastle County

7

Sheldon Clark

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 2A

 

 

 

 

Corbin

48

Green County

19

 

Boyle County

18

Lexington Catholic

16

 

Prestonsburg

22

Breckenridge County

6

 

Glasgow

43

Reidland

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

 

 

Mayfield

19

Murray

0

 

Danville

33

Bardstown

29

 

Newport Catholic

38

Bellevue

20

 

Pikeville

22

Paintsville

0