Fleming Co. 29, Lawrence County 22
Flemingsburg, Ky. — In a game that came down to the wire it was Fleming Co. ( 8-3 ) that made the play when it counted in a 29-22 victory over a valiant Lawrence Co. ( 4-7 ) team that gave the Panthers all they wanted and then some in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs on Friday night. This was the first opening round loss for the Dawgs since 2008.
The Dawgs got rushing touchdowns and conversion runs from Trevor Young and Noah West to build a 16-7 lead before Fleming Co. came storming back to take 21-16 advantage going into halftime.
The Dawgs defense stopped the Panthers late in the fourth quarter inside the five yard line and drove the ball to midfield when Jordan Johnson raced in from 50 yards out to give the Bulldogs the 22-21 lead with 2:46 to go in the ball game.
All the Dawg defense needed was one stop and they would live to play another day.
On the ensuing kickoff Fleming Co. took the ball downfield and moved it inside the 10 yard line with 14.3 seconds left when FC Quarterback Josh Crump found Zac Alexander for the game winning touchdown pass and stunned the Bulldog faithful that made the trek to Flemingsburg.
The Panthers tacked on the two point conversion to make it 29-22 before a last ditch effort from LC was intercepted to end the ballgame and the Bulldogs season.
Caleb Fletcher came up huge on defense for the Dawgs with an interception and blocked extra point.
The LC offense fumbled three times in the red zone to kill scoring chances.
The Bulldogs will miss the seven seniors on this team but return a ton of players that gained valuable experience this season.
Fleming Co. will travel to Pond Creek next Friday night to take on Belfry ( 10-1 ) who were 50-0 winners over Bath Co. last night.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Alan Short
COACH’S COMMENT
“… It was a hard loss and will be tough to say goodbye to those seniors, but I feel that we have nothing to hang our heads about.” I felt the kids battled all night and gave themselves a chance to win at the end.”
” Very excited about the future. I feel like we learned how to compete this year. Now we have to learn how to finish and win.”
GAME STATS
By James Ellis
Lawrence County vs. Fleming County
11/4/16, 7:30 PM
Playoffs
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
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Lawrence County |
8 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
22 |
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Fleming County |
7 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
29 |
SCORING SUMMARY:
1st Quarter
LC: Trevor Young 93 yd Rush (TD) 6-0
LC: Trevor Young 3 yd Rush (CNV) 8-0
TM: Josh Crump 1 yd Rush (TD) 8-6
TM: Fleming County 82 (PAT) 8-7
2nd Quarter
LC: Noah West 1 yd Rush (TD) 14-7
LC: Noah West 3 yd Rush (CNV) 16-7
TM: Fleming County 30 2 yd Rush (TD) 16-13
TM: Josh Crump 64 yd Rush (TD) 16-19
TM: Fleming County 41 3 yd Pass from Josh Crump (CNV) 16-21
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
LC: Jordan Johnson 58 yd Rush (TD) 22-21
TM: Zach Alexander 9 yd Pass from Josh Crump (CNV) 22-27
TM: Zach Alexander 3 yd Pass from Josh Crump (CNV) 22-29
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Game Summary |
Lawrence County |
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Fleming County |
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First Downs |
17 |
20 |
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Rushes-Yards |
59 |
329 |
33 |
295 |
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Recep-Yards |
2 |
35 |
10 |
103 |
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Passing Yards |
35 |
103 |
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Comp-Attempts |
2 |
7 |
10 |
24 |
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TD-INT |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Fumbles-Lost |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Penalties-Yards |
2 |
13 |
4 |
20 |
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3rd Down Conv |
6 |
17 |
3 |
10 |
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4th Down Conv |
5 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
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FG Made-Att |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tackles |
0 |
0 |
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Sacks-Yards |
0 |
0 |
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Time of Possession |
45:37 |
44:49 |
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RUSHING LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Rushes |
Yards |
TDs |
Fumbles |
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No. |
Player |
Rushes |
Yards |
TDs |
Fumbles |
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42 |
Trevor Young |
17 |
135 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Josh Crump |
14 |
141 |
2 |
0 |
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5 |
Noah West |
31 |
102 |
1 |
2 |
30 |
Fleming County 30 |
7 |
78 |
1 |
0 |
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10 |
Jordan Johnson |
3 |
69 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
Travis Humphrey |
6 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
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15 |
Jacob Wellman |
6 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Fleming County 15 |
5 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
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43 |
Dalton Ferguson |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
Fleming County 19 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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30 |
Ashton Blankenship |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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PASSING LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Comp |
Att |
Yards |
TD |
INT |
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No. |
Player |
Comp |
Att |
Yards |
TD |
INT |
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5 |
Noah West |
1 |
5 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
Josh Crump |
10 |
24 |
103 |
1 |
2 |
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10 |
Jordan Johnson |
1 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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RECEIVING LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Rec |
Yards |
TDs |
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No. |
Player |
Rec |
Yards |
TDs |
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10 |
Jordan Johnson |
1 |
21 |
0 |
42 |
Zach Alexander |
7 |
51 |
1 |
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5 |
Noah West |
1 |
14 |
0 |
15 |
Fleming County 15 |
2 |
32 |
0 |
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3 |
Fleming County 3 |
1 |
20 |
0 |
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FIELD GOAL LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Made |
Att |
Avg |
Long |
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No. |
Player |
Made |
Att |
Avg |
Long |
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PUNTING LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Punts |
Avg |
Long |
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No. |
Player |
Punts |
Avg |
Long |
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10 |
Jordan Johnson |
1 |
28.0 |
28 |
41 |
Fleming County 41 |
3 |
43.3 |
71 |
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KICKOFF RETURN LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Ret |
Yards |
TDs |
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No. |
Player |
Ret |
Yards |
TDs |
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14 |
Trey Dotson |
2 |
71 |
0 |
41 |
Fleming County 41 |
2 |
32 |
0 |
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10 |
Jordan Johnson |
1 |
18 |
0 |
15 |
Fleming County 15 |
1 |
32 |
0 |
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3 |
Peyton Arrington |
1 |
13 |
0 |
30 |
Fleming County 30 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
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7 |
Brandon Fitch |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Fleming County 11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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PUNT RETURN LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Ret |
Yards |
TDs |
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No. |
Player |
Ret |
Yards |
TDs |
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7 |
Brandon Fitch |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Fleming County 11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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DEFENSIVE LEADERS: |
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No. |
Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Yards |
INT |
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No. |
Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Yards |
INT |
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6 |
Caleb Fletcher |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Fleming County 3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
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24 |
Jerad Mills |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
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