Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Lions’ defense stuffs Emporia Brawner, Cowper provide key plays in Southern win With three minutes left, on fourth-and-1 from the 36, the Hornets attempted a quick snap and quarterback sneak. While there was movement on both lines before the ball was hiked, no flag was thrown, and Rampy was stopped short.
Then in the last minute, the Hornets’ last play ended with a quarterback sack by Alex Ouji and Nick Teer. Hunt, after gaining 55 yards in the first half, netted 52 in the third quarter to spark the Lions on their two scoring drives. The Lions finished with 153 rushing yards and 86 passing yards. “We had the great offensive line,” Hunt said. “I call them brawlers because they go out there, and they fight. They opened up a lot of big holes. We just blocked to the whistle, and the running game worked out.” Considering the Lions ran 13 fewer plays and gained 105 fewer yards, they were fortunate to trail just 15-7 at halftime. “We had our opportunities to put this football game away the first half, and we didn’t do it,” Hornets head coach Garin Higgins said. “I felt we left two touchdowns out there. We turned the football over twice, one inside the 30, and the big turnover that gave them one of their touchdowns. We put ourselves in this situation. “I told the kids there would be five or six plays over the course of this game that would decide it. We had to make sure we were on the positive side of most of them, and today we weren’t.” 
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