G-Men make senior night special
Graham (31) vs. Bland County (0)
Written: Oct 22, 2011
On senior night for the Graham G-Men, the little G-men youth team formed a convoy for the home team. The Bears are excited for their first ever game with Graham.
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Kick-off at Mitchell Stadium with Graham receiving the ball.
The G-Men begin with the ball and eight plays later scores a 1-yard touchdown. This was an eight play 64 yard drive for the G-Men. Graham leads 7-0.
Bland turns over the play after one play, Cody Hatfield comes up huge for the G-Men with the recovery. Ball on the Bland 49-yard line.
Lamont Edwards breaks out of tackles and then is horse collared by a Bland player. They receive an automatic half the distance to the goal penalty.
Edwards on the next play takes the ball to the one yard line. Spencer Sheets throws a pass on the one yard line, as Bland intercepts the ball.
Bland takes the ball to the 41-yard line after the interception. Graham QB Spencer Sheets makes the tackle. Bland has to punt the ball.
Graham commits the second turnover in a row. The ball is on Grahams 33-yard line. Bland fumbles the ball and recovers it.
With 2:15 left in the first quarter Bland County has fumbled 4 times and Graham has turned the ball over two times. Graham still leads 7-0.
End of the first quarter brings the score: Bland 0 Graham 7.
Graham is facing 4th down and 23 to begin the second quarter.
Bland fumbles the ball again during the second quarter. Bland had an eight-yard loss on the play.
Bland and Graham has an exchange of punts to begin the second half.
G-Men get it cranked up with Spencer Sheets' 22-yard run and Aderrius Jackson's 19-yard dash. Samuel Stowers hits a 32 yard field goal. G-Men lead 10-0 over the Bears.
With 24 seconds left in the half, Gabe Hurt runs 31 yards to the 3-yard line. Cory Coppola scores a touchdown from the 2-yard line. Graham leads 17-0 over Bland.
Halftime reigns at Mitchell Stadium.
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In the first half, Graham rushed for 237 yards and the Bears had 33 yards rushing and zero yards passing.
Bland will receive the ball from Graham at the beginning of the second half.
To begin the second half Bland county drives down field but the possession stalls at the 25. Graham then goes 75 yards in 10 plays Lamont Edwards takes the ball for the final 16 yards for a touchdown. Graham leads 24-0 against Bland with 3:24 left in the third quarter.
Bland gets the ball back with Jakob Haun leading the charge.
End of the third quarter, Graham leads 24-0 over the Bland County Bears.
Fourth quarter action set to get underway.
Bland County lost a fumble (the sixth of the night), Graham capitalized on the next play. Gabe Hurt ran 63 yards on a highlight reel touchdown. Graham leads 31-0 with 9:39 left in the fourth.
The fourth quarter winds down with 0:43 seconds left in the game. Bland will take over at first and ten with a Cory Copola fumble.
Bland will get one last play in the game.
Graham earns its first ever Mountain Empire District football victory. Graham wins 31-0 over the Bland County Bears.
Graham will face Fort Chiswell in Wytheville next Friday.Bland will host Galax next Friday.
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