Lafayette (5-1) vs. Tates Creek (2-3) October 4, 2002

*This game was supposed to be played in Tates Creek's new stadium but due to construction delays the game was moved to Dunbar.  While Dave Cantrall's rating has Tates Creek favored, it appears Lafayette may prevail this year.  Coach Mike Harmon has Lafayette heading in the right direction and with a victory tonight could ensure Lafayette's first winning season since 1986.  This has to be an emotional game for Coach Harmon as he played at Tates Creek, served as an assistant coach at the "Creek", and will have several friends on the other side of the field tonight.  Lafayette has been led this season by 5-9 223 pound RB Elrazor Sharp who has rushed for 908 yards this season. 

Coach Mark Willoughby's Tates Creek Commodores come in with an uncharacteristic, by their standards, 2-3 record.  Coach Willoughby was encouraged by the improved play of his offensive line last week and will need a similar effort tonight to defeat the Generals.  RB Tray Hughes has been a bright spot for Tates Creek this season, rushing for 846 yards on and eight touchdowns in five games. 

Lafayette defeated Tates Creek 14-0 tonight to assure the Generals of their first winning season since 1986.  Lafayette's depended on their trademark rushing attack and five Tates Creek turnovers to defeat Tates Creek for the first time in seven years.  A jarring hit by Spencer Fain and fumble recovery by Bilal El-Amin gave Lafayette the ball on the Tates Creek 34 at the 5:30 mark in the first quarter.  Brian Dinger later scored on a one yard run to give Lafayette 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.  Tates Creek mounted a threat late in the half but time expired with Tates Creek on the seven yard line of Lafayette.  The Generals scored an insurance TD in the third quarter on a 42 yard TD run by Elrazor Sharp. 

Lafayette was led tonight on offense by Elrazor Sharp who rushed for 119 yards and a TD on 20 carries.  Lafayette held a slim 188-170 yard edge on total offense.  Lafayette's swarming defense was led by linebackers Kevin White, Michael Murray, Mike George, and DL Brian Crutchfield.  Tates Creek was led by RB Tray Hughes with 90 yards on 24 rushing attempts.  The Tates Creek defense was led by LB Ross Taylor with seven solo and three assisted tackles. 

Scoring Summary

Lafayette

14

Tates Creek

0

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lafayette	7	0	7	0	14
Tates Creek	0	0	0	0	0

L	- Brian Dinger 1 yard run (Kevin Minke kick)
L	- Elrazor Sharp 42 yard run (Minke kick)

 

Selected Statistics
 

Lafayette						Tates Creek
Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Elrazor Sharp	20	119	5.9	42		Tray Hughes	24	90	3.8	19
Michael Murray	11	37	3.4	23		Quincy Taylor	6	19	3.2	10
Cecil Jones	8	21	2.6	9		Jamon Hess	8	12	1.5	3
Brian Dinger	4	8	2.0	3		DaJon Chenault	5	0	0.0	0
Justin Albrecht	2	2	1.0	1		Ryan Stocks	2	-11	-5.5	0
Myron Russell	2	1	0.5	1
Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long
Brian Dinger	2-0-0	0	0	0		Ryan Stocks	12-4-0	53	0	20
Michael Murray	1-0-0	0	0	0		DaJon Chenault	3-1-1	5	0	5
Justin Albrecht	1-0-0	0	0	0
Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long
						Quincy Taylor	3	31	0	20
						Cody Jones	2	27	0	18

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to the WL Stats crew for providing the statistics for tonight's game.

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Breathitt County

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Leslie County

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Raceland	31	Paris	0
Garrard County	37	Henry County	0
Ballard	21	Shelby County	13
Cumberland	14	Harlan	13
Harrison County	48	Western Hills	7
Henderson County	17	Bowling Green	0
Marion County	51	Lincoln County	32
Rockcastle County	71	Knott County Central	0
Scott	54	Grant County	6
Simon Kenton	26	Campbell County	22
Warren Central	42	Warren East	12
Southwestern	57	North Laurel	9
Ashland Blazer	60	Magoffin County	0
Dixie Heights	24	Conner	6
Eastern	6	Oldham County	3	(2 OT)
Fern Creek	28	Jeffersontown	12
Lloyd Memorial	37	Newport	7
Mayfield	56	Fulton County	7
Montgomery County	26	Franklin County	0
Newport Central Catholic	48	Ludlow	0
St. Xavier	20	Seneca	6
North Hardin	20	Louisville Butler	17
Louisville Trinity	45	South Oldham	0
Male	48	Southern	8