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Stunned again
Published October 17, 2009
On a misty, muddy night, two teams steeped in tradition played the game of football like its supposed to be played.
In its second year in Class 4A, the Plainview Bears upset North Jackson 14-7 Friday in Rainsville in arguably their biggest win in 10 years.
A week after falling to Fairview, the Bears used a strong defense to pull out the victory, holding the Chiefs to only one first down in the second half and forcing five turnovers.
"Our defense won the game," said Plainview coach Dale Pruitt. "Last week [against Fairview] our defense couldn't get off the field. This week they played their hearts out. I'm just tickled to death."
For the Chiefs (5-3, 4-2 in region), it was their second consecutive region loss, marking the first time since region play began North Jackson has lost more than one region game in a season.
North Jackson fell to Guntersville last week 30-23.
The Chiefs had won 33 straight region games, dating back to 2004.
"I'm heartbroken for my kids," said North Jackson coach Shawn Peek. "They have nothing to be ashamed of. We just didn't make enough plays."
Plainview struck first when freshman quarterback Cole Porter connected to with Trey Haymon for a 73-yard touchdown. A missed PAT left the Bears ahead 6-0 with 10:18 left in the first quarter.
The Chiefs appeared to answer quickly as well. Quarterback Will Richard hit a short pass to Kahne Cooper, who raced over 60 yards. However, Plainview's Colby Williams stripped Cooper of the ball, and Phillip Brown recovered in the endzone.
North Jackson came back on its next possession, marching 71 yards in nine plays behind the throwing of Richard and catching of Jovani Taylor. The duo capped the drive with a 10-yard touchdown. Alex Blume kicked the PAT to give the Chiefs a 7-6 lead with 1:49 left in the first half.
From then on, both defenses took over. In the third quarter, Zac Barnard and Cooper both had interceptions, while freshman Austin Blevins had a huge fourth down tackle.
However, Plainview's defense owned the fourth quarter, forcing three turnovers.
After recovering a fumble, the Bears moved 41 yards to take the lead. Will Ingle capped the drive with a 30-yard touchdown run. Porter's two-point run was stopped short, but Plainview led 12-7 with 7:47 left in the game.
The Bears looked to the put the game away as Bryar Buchanan and Ingle both had interceptions on North Jackson's next two possessions.
In both situations, the North Jackson defense held, including a goal line stand late in the game.
"We're going through a lot of adversity, but if our kids didn't have character, we wouldn't have made that stop on the goal line," said Peek.
Taking over at its own three-yard line with under a minute to play, the Chiefs were called for a holding penalty resulting in a Plainview safety making the score 14-7.
The Bears recovered an onside kick to end the game.
The Chiefs were held to only 43 yards rushing on the night.
Richard finished 16-of-30 passing for 233 yards and a touchdown. He threw three interceptions.
Taylor caught seven passes for 126 yards and a touchdown, while Cooper had 79 yards on four catches. Montel Hale gained 54 yards rushing on 13 carries.
For Plainview (5-3, 4-2 in region), Ingle led with 69 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Porter gained 45 yards rushing and completed two passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Jordan Fee, Plainview's standout running back, gained 27 yards on eight carries before leaving the game with an injury in the second quarter.
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