Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Wolves put up good fight part 3

Norwood took the kick at the 30, returning it to the 42 with time running down.

Martin went to the air, but was picked off by Charles Green, who took it in for a touchdown at the buzzer.

The PAT was wide, but Nashville led 49-16 at the half, which lasted 95 minutes.

Prescott came out fired up to start the second half, with Vanhook taking the kick at the 13, returning it to the 27.

Craven gained two on first down, but scored on second and eight with 11:05 left in the third to make it 49-22.

Prescott attempted a two-point conversion, but Martin was unable to connect with Toby Bullock.

Bernard Jones took the kick at the Scrapper 25, fumbled it, only to recover it and scramble to the 36.

Three plays later Nashville punted to Vanhook at the Prescott 32. He bobbled the ball, but recovered it at the 35.

Prescott's offense was unable to get anything going and punted to Soils at the Prescott 48, where Nashville was again flagged for clipping. This put the ball at the Scrapper 43.

It took 10 plays for Nashville to cover the 57 yards and score, with Hopson going in from the one with 4:46 showing. The PAT made it 56-22.

Vanhook took the kick at the two, returning it to the 16 for Prescott.

Craven carried twice, moving the ball to the 34. Teague was stopped for no gain on the third play, with Craven gaining two on second down.

Vanhook found a seam on third down and broke loose for Prescott's last score of the night, a 64-yard run.

Martin hit Martel Woodley for two to make it 56-30 with 1:59 left in the third.

Scoring ended in the game on the ensuing kickoff.

Hopson took his eyes off the ball at the 15 and fumbled. However, Prescott's coverage slacked off, giving Hopson time to pick the ball up, find a gap and sprint 85-yards for the score.

The point after was blocked, but Nashville led 62-30 with 1:44 remaining.

The Wolves ran three plays and lined up to punt as time expired in the third quarter, which ended at 9:57.

The final 12 minutes took 25 minutes of real time to conclude.

Nashville Coach Billy Laird left his first string in for the first series of downs in the quarter, before substituting heavily for the rest of the game.

Prescott compounded its problems by fumbling twice in the period, losing the ball once, but killing potential scoring drives each time.

Unofficial statistics show Prescott six of 10 in passing for 61 yards, but with two interceptions.

Nashville was four of 22 for 83 yards and had one picked off.

Prescott punted three times for 107 yards, while Nashville punted twice for 71 yards.

Each team was flagged eight times, Prescott for 60 yards, and Nashville for 73.

Both teams had their quarterbacks sacked once.

Fumbles, though, killed Prescott, as the Wolves put the ball on the ground eight times, losing three. Nashville fumbled twice, but didn't turn the ball over.

The Scrappers posted 26 first downs to 10 for Prescott.

The Wolves ran a total of 43 offensive plays, 10 passing and 33 rushing. Nashville had 71 offensive plays, 49 runs and 22 passes.

Prescott gained 282 yards on the ground, but gave up 341 rushing yards.

Overall, Prescott tallied 343 offensive yards, while Nashville had 424.

Craven was the leading ground gainer for Prescott, carrying 15 times for 149 yards.

Vanhook ran the ball nine times for 122 yards.

Teague had five carries for 11 yards, while Martin ran three times for no gain.

It's road trip time for the Wolves this week, as Prescott hits the tarmac heading to De Queen to take on the Leopards.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.