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Through the 1990's the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes dominated the series with Trimble. Many of those years, the Buckeye victory came in blow-out fashion against an over-matched Tomcat team. The 1998 game stands out as two very good teams that came together for a classic match-up. Trimble entered the game undefeated, and Nelsonville-York had a lone five point loss to Logan as the blemish on their record. After a punt on Trimble's first possession, Eric Glass sprinted 32 yards for the first score of the game on the Buckeye's first offensive play. Trimble's Brady Trace immediately answered with a 74-yard run that tied the score at seven. Glass then scored on a four yard run to end the scoring for the first quarter. Brady Trace scored his second touchdown of the game in the second quarter to raise the score to 14-13. As the half was ending, Tomcat running back Rob Cooper scored from two yards out to give the Tomcats a 19-14 half time lead. Both teams were scoreless in the third quarter. Buckeye Flint Smathers reclaimed the lead for Nelsonville-York on a 14-yard pass from Ben Robey, who then added the two-point conversion to make the score 22-13. The next possession, Buckeye Trey Wilson picked off a pass and returned it to the Tomcats six. The Bucks then seemed to pull out to an insurmountable lead when Matt McKinney scored from two-yards away for a 29-13 lead. Trimble went to their five-wide hurry up offense, and Trace found Cody McCoy for a four yard touchdown pass with 2:46 to go. After the next kickoff, the Buckeyes seemed to only need a first down to run the clock out. They accomplish the goal of the first down, but with 15 seconds left in the game a fumbled quarterback/center exchange gave Trimble one last hope. Two desperation pass ensued, and when the second one fell incomplete, Nelsonville-York claimed their 9th consecutive victory over the Tomcats.
Team Stats:
First Downs: NY 15 T 17
Scrimmage Plays: NY 66 T 65
Rushing/Yards: NY 53-245 T 27-135
Passing Yards: NY 67 T 240
Total Yards: NY 312 T 375
Passes A/C/Int: NY 3-11-1 T 17-29-2
Fumbles/Lost: NY 2-2 T 2-1
Penalties/Yards: NY 7-69 T 13-83
Punts/Average: NY 2-34 T 3-31
Individual Stats:
Rushing: Nelsonville-York: Eric Glass 35-205, Ben Robey 14-34; Trimble: Brady Trace 8-84
Passing: Nelsonville-York: Ben Robey 3-11-1-67; Trimble: Brady Trace 16-28-2-196, Cody McCoy 1-1-44
Receiving: Nelsonville-York: Flynt Smathers 2-57; Trimble: Rob Cooper 5-105, Cody McCoy 8-51 |
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