Devils hold on; Wolverines rally past Mitchell
Published: Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 12:29 a.m.
From staff reports
SYLVA — The Brevard Blue Devils left Sylva with a welcome victory on Friday night, holding off the Mustangs 41-31 in the Western Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Brevard’s A.J. Zandecki started out strong with a 37-yard field goal. The Mustangs responded with a field goal of their own, a 24-yarder from Matt Dougherty.
Walk Clark hit his targets and added two more touchdowns to Brevard’s score (a 19-yard pass to Julian Erwin and a 17 pass to Zandecki)
While Smoky Mountain trailed most of the game, Logan Buchanan wasn’t going to lose without a fight. He managed three touchdowns — a 16-yard run, a 12-yard run and a 4-yard run.
Zandecki finished with four catches for 81 yards and one touchdown. J.T. Thompson had two touchdowns and had 11 carries for 139 rushing and three catches for 72 receiving.
Next week Brevard hosts West Henderson and Smoky Mountain will travel to East Henderson.
Brevard Smoky Mt.
First downs 24 25
Rushes-yards 20-156 66-276
Passing 14-22-0 6-12-1
Passing yards 315 91
Punts 2-52 2-71
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 5-45 3-25
Brevard: 10 10 7 14 — 41
Smoky Mountain: 3 7 14 7 — 31
BREVARD — Zandecki 37 field goal
SMOKY— Dougherty 24 field goal
BREVARD — Erwin 19 pass from Clark, Zandecki kick
BREVARD — Zandecki 20 field goal
SMOKY MOUNTAIN - Buchanan 16 run, Dougherty kick
BREVARD — Zandecki 17 pass from Clark, Zandecki kick
SMOKY MOUNTAIN - Buchanan 12 run, Dougherty kick
BREVARD — Thompson 79 run, Zandecki kick
SMOKY MOUNTAIN - Buchanan 4 run, Dougherty kick
BREVARD — Thompson 10 run, Zandecki kick
SMOKY MOUNTAIN - Hunt 12 run, Dougherty kick
BREVARD — Clark 1 run, Zandecki kick
Polk 26, Mitchell 20
BAKERSVILLE — It came down to the wire between the Polk County Wolverines and the Mitchell Mountaineers. Polk began its assault with a 47-yard pass to Andre Overholt.
Jordan Ollis followed up with a 1-yard sneak into the end zone. Mitchell remained scoreless in the first quarter but Logan Jensen got the Mountaineers on the board in the second with a 2-yard run.
Near the end of the fourth, Mitchell had rebounded and was leading 20-18. With one minute left on the clock, Ollis powered in to seal the win for the Wolverines. Ollis lead in rushing with 19-75 and Overholt dominated the receiving category with 6 catches for 121 yards.
Next week Polk will host Avery County while Mitchell will travel to Hendersonville.
Polk County Mitchell
First downs 14 15
Rushes-yards 27-76 42-198
Passing 15-29-1 7-14-1
Passing yards 120 141
Punts 2-33 2-28
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-yards 11-95 5-45
Polk County: 12 6 0 8 — 26
Mitchell: 0 6 0 14 — 20
POLK — Overholt 47 pass from Ollis, kick failed
POLK — Ollis 1 run, kick failed
MITCHELL — Jensen 2 run, kick failed
POLK — Kerr 18 from Ollis, kick failed
MITCHELL — Jarrett 2 run, PAT
MITCHELL — No. 10 20 pass from Jensen, PAT
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