Week Ten's Most Sizzling Performances...
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- Morgantown
Derek Long, Morgantown
We’ve all heard the adage that “big players make big plays in big games.” With potential home field advantage and playoff implications running rampant last Friday night in the 2006 edition of the MoHawk Bowl, Morgantown wingback Derek Long proved the old gridiron proverb to be true. Long scored a pair of touchdowns in the first half at a rainy and cold Mountaineer Field to help the Mohigans build a convincing 30-0 lead at the intermission that resulted in a 40-14 MHS victory over the University Hawks. The Morgantown standout finished the contest with a game-high 131 yards on the ground on 18 carries, bringing his season rushing total to nearly 1,000 yards and 18 total touchdowns rushing and receiving.
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- Fairmont Senior
Kyle Allard, Fairmont Senior
Against the No. 3 ranked team in class AAA, Allard led the Polar Bears to one of their biggest wins in years. In the 28-14 rain-soaked victory over Bridgeport, the West side senior signal caller amassed 158 yards of total offense and accounted for a pair of key touchdowns while connecting on 77% of his throws on the night. The numbers that the athletic Allard have compiled in nine games have been staggering. In guiding Fairmont Senior to a 7-2 start heading into the most-anticipated East-West game in three decades, Allard has thrown for more than 1,800 yards and 21 TDs while adding another 551 yards on the ground. Here’s one more number to add to his already impressive resume: 5. That’s the number of times Allard has found himself in TGB.N’s “Hot Corner” this season, and each time we see more and more of those well-earned bear paw award stickers festooning his helmet.
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- Robert C. Byrd
Matt Britton, Robert C. Byrd
Friday night in Shinnston, it almost seemed as if RCB fullback Matt Britton was born to play in the muck and mire that slowed many of the sleeker models who were fighting for footing in the Flying Eagles 28-0 win over Lincoln. While some players are jetsetters, others are simply “mudders.” Against the Cougars, Britton demonstrated he is exactly that. For four full quarters Byrd’s “Raging Bull” maintained a true north heading…There was no shake. There was no bake. There were no crafty moves of deception. There was simply old fashioned, hard nosed running that resulted in 105 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns for the RCB senior.
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- Fairmont Senior
Ben Kettering, Fairmont Senior
In the Polar Bears biggest game to date, senior wide receiver Ben Kettering stepped forward with one of his most impressive performances to date. Playing standout football both offensively and defensively all night in Fairmont Senior’s resounding win over Bridgeport, Kettering not only brought home the bacon for West side but also fried it up in the pan. At no point was the Polar Bear senior’s double-threat ability more apparent than just before the end of the first half. With the game tied at 7, Kettering jumped in front of a Bridgeport pass and returned it to the 26-yard line, setting up his own scoring reception only seconds later to put FSHS up 14-7 at the break. In the third period with the game still hanging in the balance, Kettering emerged with the play of the game when he pulled down a 43-yard reception to set up a short TD that put the game out of reach at 21-7.
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- Grafton
Jarod Shaw, Grafton
Less than a month ago Grafton dropped to 4-3 on the season, prompting a litany of question marks. Many pundits suggested the worst for GHS. The rivers would no doubt run dry, the sky would soon fall and the Bearcats season would unravel. How did Grafton respond? First by pulling off one of the school’s biggest wins in years with an upset of the No. 3 ranked team in Class AAA (Bridgeport), followed by a dominant 23-0 victory over the Liberty Mountaineers last week – the No. 9 team in Class AA. In sloppy conditions at Hite Field in Clarksburg, the Bearcats pulled off the win over the Mountaineers without the benefit of a single pass completion. How? By grinding out more than 250 yards rushing, paced by an old school effort from senior Jarod Shaw who not only racked up 128 yards on 21 carries but also delivered a series of key blocks to spring running mates Corey Westerman and Damon Waters for GHS TDs.
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