KM VS SP
- Thread starter Tommy wilson
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SP at their own 31 for the last possession of the game. KM offsides makes it 1st and 5 from the SP 36. SP 2nd and 3, then 3rd and 3 at the SP 37. T/O SP with 9 seconds left. in half. Etherton run for the 1st down but half ends.
SP....14
KM ....7 HALF
SP....14
KM ....7 HALF
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2nd half ready to kick off - SP to receive
Raiders have ball at their own 41. First play yielded a couple yards, but Etherton rushed to the SP 49 to bring up 3rd and 1. King on a QB keeper broke a tackle to get to the KM 21. Leeper got a big gain of 9 to the KM 12 - 2nd and 1. Etherton pushed through for the 1st and goal at the KM 10. King kept ball to the KM 6 - 2nd and goal. Etherton to the KM 3 - 3rd and goal. Etherton in for the TD - 3 yd run. XP missed.
SP...20
KM.....7
8:01 left in 3Q
Raiders have ball at their own 41. First play yielded a couple yards, but Etherton rushed to the SP 49 to bring up 3rd and 1. King on a QB keeper broke a tackle to get to the KM 21. Leeper got a big gain of 9 to the KM 12 - 2nd and 1. Etherton pushed through for the 1st and goal at the KM 10. King kept ball to the KM 6 - 2nd and goal. Etherton to the KM 3 - 3rd and goal. Etherton in for the TD - 3 yd run. XP missed.
SP...20
KM.....7
8:01 left in 3Q
KM first possession the 2nd half - starting from their own 26. However, Mountaineers lost yardage on 1st play - 2nd and 14 at the KM 22. Incomplete pass - 3rd and 14. KM called for intentional grounding on oob pass - loss of down - 4th and long. KM to punt.
SP's Mead returns ball to the KM 36. Great possession for the Raiders. Small loss brings up 2nd and 11. Incomplete pass - 3rd and 11. King connects with Wilson on a pass to the KM 23 for the 1st down. No gain for Raiders - 2nd and 10. Pitch out by King- flag on play - offsetting facemask penalties on both team - replay 2nd down. Etherton ground out 4-5 yds to the KM 19. King to the KM 13 for the 1st down. Etherton 2 more yards - 2nd and 8. King keeps the ball to the KM 9 - 3rd and 6. Pitch out to Leeper - no gain - 4th down. Lempereur for the FG, but false start by SP backs the ball up. Lempereur makes the FG.
SP....23
KM......7
1:13 left in 3Q
SP....23
KM......7
1:13 left in 3Q
KM at KM 29 - pass complete but for a 3 yd loss - 2nd and 13 at the KM 26. Next play Raiders called for roughing the pass - KM 1st down at the KM 49. Mountaineers get one play off before end of quarter - 2nd and 12 at KM 47 when play resumes.
SP....23
KM......7
end of 3Q
SP....23
KM......7
end of 3Q
Final quarter of game. KM QB Burns throws up ball, incomplete - 3rd and 12. Another incomplete pass for 4th and 12. KM to punt. KM downs ball at the SP 12. SP goes 3 and out, forced to punt. KM gets ball back at their own 40 with 9 minutes left in game. Mountaineers airing it out. Pass for 4 yds, then enough for the 1st down. Then another 5 yds to get across midfield to bring up 2nd and 5 at the SP 44. Next pass incomplete - 3rd and 5. Pass incomplete, almost picked of,f to bring up 4th and 5. KM goes for it but doesn't get the completion. SP takes over on downs at the SP 44.
KM manages on 3rd and 1 to get the 1st down at the KM 45. KM QB goes long but pass incomplete - 2nd and 10. Pass almost intercepted by JT Starr - 3rd and 10. Next pass picked off by JT Starr - his 3rd INT in 2 weeks. SP - 1st and 10 from SP 27. KM forces another 3 and out. Just over 3 minutes left in game. KM has the ball at the KM 33
Looks like Rocky Mount, leading 35-14 over Eastern Alamance in the 4th. Your opponent is still TBD.
Raiders played their best overall defensive game of the year. KM had virtually no rushing yardage and very little passing yardage. KM's defense was as advertised, but SP found just enough room to keep the ball moving. SP pass defense has grown tremendously over the year and this is the best pass defense that I have seen out of a SP team in its history. The KM receivers were as good as any that I have seen this year. Kids caught it if they got their hands on it. However, they were never able to get open deep. Great year for KM. They played tough and clean.
I am very happy for my Red Raiders and for my fellow fans, but I can't help feel for the Mountaineers and my friend KM2ASU. Even if they lose by a couple of TDs, they give us everything they have. It's a shame there has to be a winner or a loser when our teams meet. Best of luck to the Mountaineers next season.
Congrats to South Point, but also to the Mountaineers for a great season. Red Raiders bring back the 3a to Gaston Co. and we will try to do the same.
Sasha, I agree with you. The KM kids played their butts off and watching them go through the handshake and gathering afterwards, you could see the same disappointment that I have seen many times when the Raiders season had come to an end. Nothing for those kids to hang their heads about. They played some great ball and lost to 3 teams who will play for State Championships. That rarely happens.
KM had a couple of early gifts but couldn't do anything. Never could establish a consistent run game and couldn't quite get the passing game going. SP defense played very well. And I'm pretty sure the offense completed a pass for a big first down. Did that really happen?
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The KM defense was very good but not as great as hyped. They were getting gassed by the second quarter. The KM offense was average at best. They seemed slow and not really capable of big plays, especially on the SP pass defense the way it has improved. SP played a solid game tonight but I don't think KM was anywhere near the level as WR last week. Once SP got out front, you never had the feeling that KM could come back. Had it not been for one trick play by KM and a SP fumble at the 2, the score would have been 35 or 36 - 0. Congratulations to KM for a good game and a great season. For SP, it is on to Chapel Hill where everyone in Cleveland County is already picking us to get stomped just like every week. I like SP chances, bring the giants on. Red midgets rule!
Just saw the trick play on tv and it was just as I thought when I saw it live. The KM player was on his knee when he pitched it back. He should have been down right there. I now declare SP actually had a 29-0 shutout of the Mounties.
Thought that SP had a block in the back on the fake punt, but saw Ch. 3's highlights and it looks as if it wasn't. I think that's what got Lloyd hot when he came onto the field.
South Point Red Raiders are one tough team. Belmont boys lay the wood again. Congratulations on a tremendous game and season. Title time.
Way to go Y'all. A big Congrats to Sasha, Seadog, RedRaiderHood, and the rest of the SP nation. The big Red has never lost a state title game, keep it going.
KM receiver never had possession according to referee so couldn't be ruled down before the pitch on hook and ladder.
How can you catch a pass while falling down, turn around and pitch it backwards without having posession? That would make the ref even more stupid than missing a knee. These refs have been purely awful this year. None of them even know how to correctly spot the football.
Heck of an effort by the receiver to tip the ball and from the view shown on WBTV it appeared to be a good "no call" as to the receiver was down by contact. An unusual way to complete the "HOOK AND LATERAL", not hook and ladder.
Excuse me. I wrongly assumed everyone knew enough about football to recognize non-technical terminology. Hook and lateral (aka hook and ladder to those that know football). On another technical note, down by contact is not a rule in high school football. Unless of course you mean down by contact WITH THE GROUND. Thanks cheerduck for the football lesson.