Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Curley Wolves Still Looking For First Win (cont)

as good, making the score 28-14 in favor of Hope.

Once more the Prescott defense got tough, with Bret Wicker recoving a quarterback fumble for the Wolves. And, once more, with the ball on the Hope 38, the Prescott offense moved the ball for a touchdown.

Twice Johnston's passes were uncatchable. On the third try he hit Ben Jones at the Hope 27 for a first down.

Trying for Morrow in the end zone the pass went out of bounds, then on second down he was hit just as the ball was released and the pass fell only a few yards away. A short screen pass over the middle to Morrow gained 10 yards and another first down for the Wolves.

Another pass was attempted over the middle that fell incomplete. A penalty against Prescott moved the ball back to the 12. Johnston then went back to pass again, but rolled out and ran, gaining six yards. On third and six, he rolled to his right and passed back to the left to Van Hook for the TD. The PAT by Fountain was good and Prescott was only one touchdown behind with 9:03 left in the game.

After a penalty on the kick-off the Bobcats began a drive from their eight-yard line. Prescott's defense tightened up after allowing three first downs and Hope had to punt on fourth and eight with Prescott taking over on their 22.

Yates moved the ball to the 30 with an eight-yard run, then Johnston attempted a pass that was intercepted by Jacob Jones, who managed to get into the end zone for Hope's fifth TD of the night. The PAT was good with Hope winning 35-21.

Presoctt's rushing game was held to only 15 net yards against Hope. The Bobcats rushed for 197 yards with Edwards coming up with 138 of them.

In the passing game, Johnston completed 15 of 33 passes for 179 yards, givng the Wolves a total of 194 offensive yards. Johnston had 13 incomplete passes. Hope's quarterback passed 12 times, completing seven for 68 yards. This gave Hope a total of 265 offensive yards.

The Bobcats were penalized 13 times for 132 yards. Prescott was penalized seven times for 70 yards.

Besides the five interceptions, Prescott lost one fumble to the Bobcats. Hope fumbled the ball three times to the Wolves.

The Curley Wolves finished the game with 11 first downs while Hope finished with 13.

Kick-off time this Friday night in Gurdon is at 7:30. All fans need to be present to encourage the Wolves in this important rivalry.