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Source: The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.self storageC.Oct. 19--In an effort to utilize its speed, Southwest has been more of a spread and shotgun team these days, but the Stallions showed Friday night that they can still pound the football.DaMonta Winbush's 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter capped a 10-play, 69-yard drive in 4:28, and the Stallions pulled away for a 23-6 victory over East Duplin in an East Central 2-A Conference game."I never thought that we would do that against them because they are so big up front, but it was good to get," Southwest coach Phil Padgett said. "We were able to mix it up and get outside some, and that's what it came down to."Southwest led just 8-6 when it got the ball at its own 31-yard line with 9:58 left following a punt. Aurellio Ottey set the tone for the drive on the first play with a 16-yard run to the 47.One play later -- and after a 5-yard penalty on East Duplin -- sophomore quarterback Jonathan Williams ran for 12 yards to the Panthers' 33 before a late hit penalty gave the Stallions the ball at the 18.Moments later, the Stallions faced fourth-and-7 from the 15 when Williams ran 13 yards to the 2 for a first down. Two plays later, Winbush scored to give Southwest a 14-6 lead with 5:30 left."We were just watching the clock and making sure we were holding onto the ball," said Winbush, a senior who finished with 37 yards on nine carries. "If we won 8-6 (that was fine). We just had to make sure we had the ball and kept running time off."Williams credited the offensive line for the long drive."It came from our blocking," he said. "I feel Ray (Hettinger) and Brad (Cannon) did good tonight."Williams ran for the ensuing two-point conversion to make it 16-6 after Southwest was called for two 5-yard penalties before the attempt. After dropping back, Williams raced down the right sideline, went around a defender and into the end zone."Our scheme on defense was good, we had people in spots to make tackles, but we didn't," East Duplin coach Battle Holley said. "I thought our guys played good, we just missed some tackles."Southwest then put the game away when Jay Pouncey returned an interception 40 yards with 4:37 left to give the Stallions a 23-6 lead.Just like that, Southwest was in control."We had to do some stuff out of our norm, and we throw an interception for a touchdown," Holley said. "We drive the football all night and have some penalties that hurt us, but that's part of it. I felt like we stopped ourselves on offense."With the win, Southwest (6-2, 2-0) earned its second ECC victory in as many outings entering next week's game at Northside (5-3, 2-0).This was the first East Duplin-Southwest meeting since the Stallions defeated the Panthers 16-0 in 2008. After this loss, the Panthers (迷利倉-5) dropped to 0-2 in the ECC entering next week's home game with Croatan.Trailing 6-0 at halftime, the Stallions' offense came alive after Williams recovered a fumble at the Panthers 49 with 7:22 left in the third quarter. Southwest then marched 51 yards on seven plays in 2:57, capping the drive on a 2-yard touchdown run by Winbush.Senior Isaiah Corbins then ran in the two-point conversion to give Southwest an 8-6 lead."We went into the locker room and we didn't let it (deficit) get in our heads," Williams said. "We came out and knew we had to get on it. We gave (Winbush) the ball more, but nothing else really changed."The Panthers took a 6-0 lead just 2:15 into the game when junior Dauviea Anderson scored on a 28-yard touchdown run that capped a 5-play, 78-yard drive on the game's first possession.East Duplin controlled most of the first half, out-gaining Southwest 166 to 65 on the ground before halftime. The Panthers also ran 29 plays in the first half, compared to 18 for the Stallions.It was a first half that the Panthers wanted."That's what we got to do. We have to control the football," Holley said. "We drove it, but this is two weeks in a row that we couldn't finish."East Duplin mustered just 65 yards on offense in the second half."We knew we didn't match up well with them and so I was real concerned," Padgett said. "They did exactly what I figured they would try to do with us. But our defense played outstanding, especially in the second half. They made the plays when they had to."That buck sweep by East Duplin really hurt us, but our ends just played so tough."Now the Stallions can direct their focus on Northside, which beat Dixon 40-13 on Friday. The Southwest-Northside game features the only two teams 2-0 in the ECC.The Stallions are excited about that one."Of course," Winbush said. "Tonight gave us a look at what we are going to see next week."East Duplin 6 0 0 0 -- 6Southwest 0 0 8 15 -- 23First QuarterE -- Anderson 28 run (run failed) 9:45Third QuarterS -- Winbush 2 run (Corbins run) 4:25Fourth QuarterS -- Winbush 2 run (Williams run) 5:30S -- Pouncey 40 interception return (Hartley kick) 4:37E SFirst downs 14 9Rushes-yards 56-238 25-158Passing 2 37Comp-Att-Int 1-6-1 3-6-1Punts-Avg. 2-27.5 3-31Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-1Penalties-Yards 9-75 10-90INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING--E: Arrington 16-55, Murphy 3-43, Anderson 20-82, Baker 14-59, Scarborough 2-(-5), Albertson 1-4. S: Williams 16-58, Winbush 9-37, Johnson 5-0, Corbins 3-47, Ottey 1-16.PASSING--E: Scarborough 1-6-1-2. S: Williams 3-6-1-37.RECEIVING--E: Albertson 1-2. S: Corbins 2-19, Winbush 1-18.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) Visit The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) at .jdnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉
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