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LMS WOLVES FOOTBALL
Cowboys cash in Loranger mistakes to corral
Wolves 22-0.
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Loranger chews up time of possession but mistakes prove costly. Denver Populis rushes for 43 yards and Cody James runs for 41 and catches a pass for 24 yards. Jeremy Ross recovers a fumble.
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Gary Lee, Loranger Sports
LORANGER—The Loranger Middle School Wolves rolled up the yardage on offense, but turnovers and penalties
proved costly as the Sumner Cowboys took advantage and corralled the Wolves 22-0 in Loranger’s
home opener
LOOKING FOR MORE—Loranger’s Cody James looks for more yardage after getting loose around
the left side. |
Tuesday night. The Wolves collected 224 yards in total offense, but turned the
ball over twice inside the red zone and stalled another pair of drives with penalties.
The Wolves took the opening kickoff and marched 44 yards into Cowboy territory
chewing up all but two and a half minutes of the first quarter, but the drive stalled and Loranger turned
the ball over on downs. Sumner wasted no time on their first opportunity as Joseph Dickerson raced 64 yards
for a touchdown on the Cowboys’ first offensive play. Dion Hart added the two-point conversion with a
three-yard jaunt and Sumner took an 8-0 lead.
Loranger again put together another solid drive on their next possession marching into
the red zone, but a fumble recovered by Sumner’s Mark Gill ended the Wolves scoring opportunity.
The Wolves’ defense forced a third and long on Sumner’s ensuing possession and a surprise Cowboy attempt on
fourth down failed giving the ball to Loranger on the Sumner 19. However, three plays later the Wolves
coughed it up again just three yards from pay dirt.
The Cowboys took advantage using the big play again as Dion Hart ran 87 yards on
third and long for a second Sumner score. Timmy Brumfield hit Percy Briggs with a pass for the
two-point conversion and the Cowboys held a commanding 16-0 margin with 1:34 left in the half.
The Wolves appeared poised for a comeback in the second half as Jeremy Ross
recovered a Sumner fumble on the Cowboy’s second play from scrimmage. However, the Cowboy defense
held and then needed only three plays to add third touchdown to their night’s tally. Hart did
the honors with a 13-yard run. The try for two failed, but Sumner led 22-0 with 3:30 showing in the third.
Loranger put together another nice drive on their next possession starting at
their own 48 and marching into Sumner territory on the running of Denver Populis and Michael Bonds, but
fumble on a pitch that was recovered by the Wolves stalled the drive as Loranger lost 15 yards on the miscue.
The Cowboys threatened again on their final offensive possession reaching the nine
yardline of the Wolves, but chose to run out the clock to secure the win.
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