Mason County (3-0) vs. Lafayette (3-0) September 13, 2002

Mason County, under the leadership of Coach David Buchanan, has developed into a Class 2A contender.  The Royals have plenty of offensive weapons with QB Dustin Grutza, RB Nathan Myrick, and WR Chris Lofton.  Grutza has completed 34 of 51 passes for 632 yards and Nathan Myrick has scored nine TDs already this season.  Mason County has averaged 40.7 ppg in theri three wins. 

Lafayette, under second year coach Mike Harmon, is off to a fast start this year.  They have been led by RB Elrazor Sharp, who has rushed for 485 yards and five touchdowns this season.  They have also had good defensive performances from DB DePaul Peyton, defensive linemen John Tudor and Bilal El-Amin, and linebackers Kevin White and Mike Murray. 

Mason County utilized a balanced offense, rushing for 244 yards and passing for another 196 yards on their way to a 35-28 victory over Lafayette.  Mason County held a 35-14 lead in the fourth quarter before Lafayette got two late TDs by Elrazor Sharp of 67 and one yard runs to pull the Generals back in the game.  Mason County enjoyed a 440-289 advantage in total offense yards.  Lafayette held a 289-244 advantage on the ground but Mason County had a 196-0 advantage through the air as Lafayette only attempted four passes.  Mason County raced out to a 21-0 lead as QB Dustin Grutza had scoring strikes of 51, 8, and 20 yards to Chris Lofton, Jared Litzinger, and Lofton respectively. 

Mason County was led tonight by Dustin Grutza, who completed 12 of 19 passes for 196 yards and three touchdowns.  Chris Lofton caught four passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns.  Nathan Myrick carried the ball 21 times for 155 yards and reached the end zone twice.  He also caught four passes for 61 yards.  Brent Slater and Jordan Murray led the defensive effort.  Slater had nine solo tackles and one assisted tackle while Murray had five solo and eight assisted tackles. 

Elrazor Sharp had a monster game for Lafayette as he rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries.  Mike George led the Lafayette defense with seven solo tackles and four assisted tackles.  Bilal El-Amin recorded seven solo and two assisted tackles.  He was credited with four tackles for losses of 23 yards.  He recorded three sacks for the evening. 

Scoring Summary

Mason County

35

Lafayette

28

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mason County	14	7	0	14	35
Lafayette	0	7	7	14	28

MC	- Chris Lofton 51 yard pass from Dustin Grutza (John Rice kick)
MC	- Jared Litzinger 8 yard pass from Grutza (Rice kick)
MC	- Chris Lofton 20 yard pass from Grutza (Rice kick)
L	- Michael Murray 15 yard run (Kevin Minke kick)
L	- Elrazor Sharp 51 yard run (Minke kick)
MC	- Nathan Myrick 6 yard run (Rice kick)
MC	- Myrick 3 yard run (Rice kick)
L	- Sharp 67 yard run (Minke kick)
L	- Sharp 1 yard run (Minke kick)

 

Selected Statistics
 

Mason County						Lafayette
Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Nathan Myrick	21	155	7.4	53		Elrazor Sharp	26	242	9.3	67
Jordan Murray	8	52	6.5	15		Michael Murray	13	43	3.3	15
Dustin Grutza	10	30	3.0	28		Cecil Jones	3	18	6.0	14
John Rice	2	7	3.5	5		Brian Dinger	2	-2	-1.0	4
						Spencer Fain	1	-3	-3.0	0
						Justin Albrecht	2	-9	-4.5	0
Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long
Dustin Grutza	19-12-0	196	3	51		Brian Dinger	2-0-0	0	0	0
						Justin Albrecht	2-0-0	0	0	0
Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long
Chris Lofton	4	97	2	51
Nathan Myrick	4	61	0	27
Jared Litzinger	3	29	1	14
Mic. Fletcher	1	9	0	9

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to WL Stats for providing the comprehensive stats for tonight's game. 

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Lexington Catholic

21

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Bryan Station

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Louisville Christian Academy

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Paul Dunbar

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Whitley County

14

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Scott County

62

Franklin County

0

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Woodford County

28

West Jessamine

26

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Henry Clay	47	South Laurel	0
Frankfort	50	Powell County	0
Harrodsburg	26	Western Hills	3
Cumberland	54	Lexington Christian Academy	16
Bourbon County	32	Paris	6
Clark County	37	Montgomery County	12
Danville	51	Green County	14
Ashland Blazer	28	Lawrence County	16
Beechwood	21	Holmes	8
Breathitt County	35	Harrison County	21
Garrard County	41	Grant County	0
Highlands	24	Boone County	21
Rockcastle County	42	Lincoln County	0
Seneca	42	Fern Creek	6
Pleasure Ridge Park	21	Ryle	6
Shelby County	37	Anderson County	10
Southwestern	30	Somerset	0
St. Xavier	16	Central	12
Warren Central	34	Bowling Green	6