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Curley Wolves Place Six On All District Team; AAA Honors 20

It was a very good year for the Prescott Curley Wolf football team.

Not only did the Wolves capture the 7AAA conference crown, but they made it to the semifinals of the state playoffs, losing to the eventual state champs.

Because of the efforts the team put forth, a total of 20 players were recognized by the Arkansas Activities Association.

Six members of the squad were named to the first team All District crew, with six more making the second team. Eight earned honorable mention.

Those making the first team were Calvin Flemons, Terry Woodley, Andrew Fellows, Fred Hopson, Brian Woodley and Gabe Morman.

The second teamers were Brad Harris, Josh Bullock, Edward Glenn, Rafeal Marlow, Chris Gulley and Mark Jones.

Those named honorable mention were Sid Giles, Anton Purifoy, Ronnie Nolen, Bryan Joseph, Joey Wyman, Matt Yates, Kendall Todd and Keon Sockwell.

Overall, this speaks well of the 1999 Wolves, but these aren't the only honors bestowed.

David Bennett was tabbed as the Coach of the Year in the AAA, while two of the players were named All State.

Those two were Andrew Fellows and Fred Hopson. Terry Woodley earned honorable mention in the All State division.

Hopson and Fellows will definitely be invited to participate in the All Star game next summer.

There's no denying the Wolves had a superior season and the final statistics bear this out.

The Wolves averaged 27.3 points per game, while allowing 14.9. Overall, Prescott scored 382 points, and gave up 209.

The team had a total of 139 first downs offensively, wile the opposition had 148. This breaks down to 9.9 per game for Prescott and 10.6 for the other teams.

Prescott had 493 rushing attempts for 2,509 yards, a 5.1 yard per carry effort. The Wolf foes ran the ball 570 times for 1,991 yards, or a 3.5 ypc average.

The Wolves weren't afraid to go to the air either. In fact, Prescott passed 172 times, completing 67 for a 39 percent average. The Wolves suffered 17 interceptions.

On the other side, the opponents threw the ball 190 times, completing 56, as the Wolf defense allowed only a 29.5 percent completion rate and picked off 19 passes.

Of the 67 passes completed, Prescott gained 1,152 yards, averaging 17.2 yards a catch, scoring 13 times through the air.

The other teams gained 712 yards with their aerial attack for a 12.7 yard per catch net. The Wolves gave up six touchdowns via the pass.

The total package for Prescott showed a 3,661 yard season, or 179.2 yards per game on the ground and 82.3 yards through the air.

Defensively, the opposition gained 2,703 yards, averaging 142.2 on the ground and 50.9 with the pass.

Prescott fumbled the ball 37 times during the season, losing 20. Wolf opponents fumbled 38 times, giving it up 25 times.

One state Coach Bennett would gladly trade in is penalties and yards lost accordingly. Prescott saw flags fall 114 times on the year for 954 yards.

The opponents were flagged 72 times for 543 yards.

Individually Woodley ran the ball 183 times, gaining 1,138 yards for a 6.2 yard average, to lead the team.

The next leading rusher was Calvin Flemons with 82 carries for 464 yards, averaging 5.7 yards per run.

Then came Hopson who ran the ball 61 times for 391 yards. This comes to 6.4 yards per rush.

Flemons was also the team's leading scorer with a dozen touchdowns. He finished the season with 74 points overall.

Next was Woodley, with 58 total points from nine TDs and a pair of two-point conversions.

Fellows and Hopson scored eight times each, with both finishing with 52 points. Fellows had a pair of conversions while Hopson had one conversion and a safety.

Bullock and Marlow each scored six times. Marlow had 38 points a he added a two-point conversion, while Bullock ended with 36 points.

Andrew Fellows led the team in receiving with 26 catches for 485 yards and seven touchdowns. He averaged 18.5 yards a catch.

Next on the list was Marlow with 14 catches for 147 yards and two scores. He netted 10.5 yards a grab.

Defensively Mark Jones was a terror to opposing quarterbacks as he picked off four passes. Marlow was hot on his heels with three, while Woodley, Giles, Hopson and Glenn all had two picks each.

The Wolves were a slow starting team for scoring, but once they got going, it was pretty much over for the other crew.

Prescott scored 72 points in the first quarter, giving up 41; 106 in the second, allowing 46; 92 in the third, while the other team did better with 97; and 112 in the fourth, and shutting down opponents with only 25.

Brad Harris did the majority of the punting for the Wolves, booting the ball 52 times for 1,475 yards. He averaged 28.4 yards a punt.

Casey Ward punted once for 41 yards.

Harris was the primary punt returner as well, fielding 18 and returning them for 176 yards. This works out to 9.8 yards a return.

In the area of kickoff returns, Harris again led the team with nine returns for 129 yards, or a 14.3 yard average.

Hopson, though, had the best average overall, with three returns for 127 yards and one touchdown. His net was 42.3 yards per return.

Woodley, Glenn and Calvin Flemons all had four returns each.

Glenn netted 100 yards on his for a 25 yard average; Flemons had 69 yards for a 17.3 yard average; while Woodley had 69 return yards for a 16.8 average.