Football - 2006
St. Pius ends Tucker jinx!
“Golden Lions” ground out victory
St. Pius Stadium - Atlanta, GA
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| St. Pius QB-Dylan Knight did a nice job of running the veer. Here he hands off to FB-Tyler Fisher. |
The “Golden Lions” from St. Pius entered the game against Tucker having loss the last 4 times they have met, being outscored 116 - 41. So they knew going in that trying to out score the “Tigers” was not a good formula for victory. So the game plan, control the ball and the clock with QB-Dylan Knight, FB-Tyler Fisher, WB-Jonathan Tinsley and WB-Will Asip which they did and broke the “Tigers” the 4 game winning streak.
Right from the start you knew St. Pius was looking to keep Tucker’s high powered offense on the sidelines by controlling the ball and the clock with a solid ground attack. With FB-Tyler Fisher and WB-Jonathan Tinsley picking up some tough yards the “Golden Lions” steadily moved down the field eating up yards and the clock.
An 11-yard run by Tinsley gave St. Pius a first-down on the Tucker 37-yard line. The “Golden Lions” would move the ball to the 25-yard line before the “Tigers” defense led by DE-Marcus Clark, LB-Raymond Ellis, DL-Corey Billings and DB-Jamoris Slaughter stiffened forcing St. Pius to go for a 39-yard field that just missed to the right. St. Pius ate up over 7:00 minutes on the drive.
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| Tucker DB-Neiko Lipscomb makes a picture perfect interception in front of WR-Evan Ferrell. |
When Tucker got the ball you saw why St. Pius wanted to eat up as much time as possible because the “Tigers” went into their bag of tricks as QB-Chris Simpson hit WR-Derrick Harris with a swing pass and Harris in turn went deep to WR-Neiko Lipscomb, who had gotten behind the defense for 80-yards and a touchdown. The PAT by K-Ricky Peacock made the score 7-0.
With time running down in the quarter St. Pius was marching again but Fisher fumbled and Slaughter recovered it for Tucker on the St. Pius 32-yard line. The “Tigers” converted a forth down when Simpson hit Lipscomb at the 20-yard line.
Just when it looked like Tucker was going to put more points on the board they turned the ball over on a bad pitch that was recovered by St. Pius DB-Joey Flint as the quarter came to a close.
With 1:18 left in the half St. Pius was on the move again but then Lipscomb made a text-book interception of a Knight pass at their 9-yard line.
With a slight chance of getting the ball back if they kept the “Tigers” pinned up the “Golden Lions” defense led by DL-Javod Sewell, WB/LB-Jonathan Tinsley, DL-Shawn O’Toole and LB-Peter Schiller did just that forcing Tucker to punt with less than :10 seconds on the clock.
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| St. Pius WB-Jonathan Tinsley tries to split Tucker defenders Derrick Harris (5) and Tristan Carter (45). |
On the punt St. Pius called for a fair-catch at the Tucker 27-yard line. Because they called for the fair-catch they had the option of a free kick and opted for a 43-yard field goal attempt by K-Chris Philpot, who without any pass rush to deal with drilled it; cutting the Tucker lead to 7-3 as the half came to a close.
The 2nd half was all defense, that is until St. Pius got a big 27-yard touchdown run from Fisher which would prove to be the margin of victory as the “Golden Lions” ended a four game loosing streak to Tucker. The win keeps St. Pius perfect on the season at 4-0 while Tucker falls to 4-1.
The Final Score: St. Pius 10 - Tucker 7
Game Day Players
St. Pius: QB-Dylan Knight (GDP), FB-Tyler Fisher (GDP), WB/LB-Jonathan Tinsley (GDP), DL-Javod Sewell, DL-Shawn O’Toole
Tucker: WR/DB-Neiko Lipscomb (GDP), DE-Marcus Clark (GDP), LB-Raymond Ellis, DB-Jamoris Slaughter
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