photograph by: Photograph by Invoice Ferguson
Cameron's Mason Scott (1) goes as much as intercept a go supposed for Doddridge's Aidan James (1) final Friday in a W.Va. Class A quarterfinal playoff recreation. The Dragons gained, 28-13, and can journey to Williamson to play Tug Valley on Friday.
CAMERON – There isn't a participant on the Cameron soccer staff who can keep in mind the final time the Dragons reached the W.Va. state semifinals. Class A in 2000.
It doesn't matter, although, as a result of they're excited to proceed the custom on the rural Marshall County faculty.
“Individuals are excited. The youthful technology wasn't round again then, however the previous guard that was round for the 1990s and 2000s can be excited,” Cameron head coach Tim Brown mentioned. “I received loads of help. We had eating places desirous to feed the youngsters. I’ve heard from many individuals who make the lengthy journey south.”
The No. Four-ranked Dragons (11-1) will make the almost four-and-a-half-hour journey to Williamson to fulfill top-ranked Tug Valley (12-Zero) on Friday at 7 p.m.
Cameron had the selection of enjoying Friday evening or Saturday afternoon at both 1:30 or Four. Brown mentioned he selected Friday for 2 causes.
“To start with, our children are used to enjoying at 7 o'clock on a Friday evening,” he defined. “Secondly, for those who take a look at the climate forecast, the excessive on Friday must be 33, whereas the low is anticipated to drop to round 20. I perceive their discipline is a muddy mess, so I’d I'd moderately play with it frozen than let it. the solar hits it and thaws the highest inch and makes it slippery.”
Regardless of the situations, the Dragons know they’ve their arms full with the undefeated Panthers.
“They're No. 1 for a motive. They’ve good expertise and an enormous offensive line permits the quarterback to throw for all these yards and the working again to run for these yards,” Brown mentioned. “I feel they're just like Doddridge County. We’ve got to cowl the go and cease the run.”
The Dragons did that towards the Bulldogs, holding them to underneath 200 yards (186) in whole offense.
“I ended the run with approach. We ended up decrease than them,” Brown remarked. “We additionally discovered that our go protection has improved over time.”
Whereas the offense scored 4 touchdowns, the protection compelled 4 turnovers – three interceptions and one fumble restoration. Mason Scott, Slaton Pettit and Carter Paczewski had steals by way of the air, whereas Wes Starcher pounced on a fumble when Griffen Miller hit the Doddridge County quarterback and compelled a fumble.
“I believed we performed rather well on protection,” Brown added. “The children actually adopted them.”
Tug Valley depends on sophomore quarterback Preston Might. The 5-9, 155-pounder is 174-285 for two,817 yards, 37 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Within the Panthers' 49-20 quarterfinal win over No. eight Petersburg, Might threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-20 taking pictures.
He additionally rushed for 387 yards and two TDs on 60 carries. He’s 19-Zero as a starter.
His main goal is 6-Zero, 160-pound sophomore Cameron Slone, who has 70 receptions for 1,304 yards and 14 six scores. Senior Ashton Davis checks in with 26 catches for 407 yards and 6 touchdowns. Junior Bryson Elia is the main rusher with 1,442 yards and 20 touchdowns on 191 carries. He additionally caught 31 passes for 382 yards and a half-dozen touchdowns. Elia carried 29 instances for 247 yards and 4 TDs towards Petersburg.
Cameron's Kason Angel handed for 1,194 yards and 20 touchdowns on 58-of-97 passing. He was 5-for-10 for 60 yards and two touchdowns final week. He threw only one choose and likewise scored 4 speeding TDs.
Tailback Klypsan Wallace is the workhorse, carrying the ball 187 instances for 1,594 yards and 23 touchdowns. He piled up 93 yards and scored on an 18-yard run to start out the scoring final week. He additionally had a two-point run. Pettit is the Swiss military knife of dragons. He ran for 823 yards and 11 touchdowns; caught 16 passes for simply over 400 yards and reached the top zone seven instances. Scott leads the staff with 21 receptions for 416 yards and 10 TDs.
Freshman Talen Brown is the staff's main tackler with almost 100 stops, together with 16 for misplaced yardage. He additionally has three fumble recoveries.
The opposite semifinal pits No. three Wahama (12-Zero) at No. 2 Tucker County (12-Zero) Saturday at Four p.m. The state championship recreation is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 13 at midday at UC's Laidley Subject in Charleston.