The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • 9

I I Baseball B4 Auto racing B5 NL B8 SPORTS THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1 199G Vffense Vaught's views BY LARRY JMOX VAUGHT yust plain offensive LEXINGTON offense proved it could score points But not for the Wild Louisville turned two blocked punts a fumble recov ery and an interception into 24 points in a 17 minute span and beat Kentucky 38 14 here Saturday night The game was billed as Third and Tough What it was for both teams was Third andTough To Move The ootball as the Cats had just 185 total yards and Louisville had 260 or UK fans it was simply Third and Tough To Watch because the Wildcats madethe same mistakes that kept them from winning more than five games combined the last two years Even highly touted fresh man quarterback Tim Couch save the Wildcats He was supposed to be sav 'ior and he did throw a touch down pass while playing the second half However (Continued on Page B6) TT all '''a ja i Jfl WBtBlKv ja fc Jwt toJIbhri tf 4bf zW7 fcJsMP JV Ki laBB MW I WWW sw Mpaw NK J5 CSISJI Im? bSSSI BauS1 ALERT Cardinals expose weakness in 38 14 victory i By Mike Embry AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON (APj Louis defense made a state ment against Kentucky came out ready to play because we want the game to be Louisville tackle Leland Taylor said after the Cardinals dominated their intrastate rival 38 14 Saturday night knew were going to win and the scoreboard tells the story Il a close defense was the difference before a record 59384 fans in Commonwealth Stadium after Kentucky took a quick 7 0 lead in the third annual game Kentucky's Raymond McLaurin (21) rolls past Louisville defend er Terry Rice Lockett and into the end zone for a second quar ter touchdown AP Photo Kentucky gained 185 yards including 39 on the ground and had only 11 first downs defense also regis tered six sacks in its unrelent ing attack i had three goals coming into this said Louisville coach Ron Cooper wanted to stop the run and we did that We want to give up many big plays and we didn't And we wanted to make sure we tack Kentucky freshman quarter back Tim Couch last national high school player(of the year entered the game in the third quarter and tossed a 20 yard touchdown pass to Isaac Curtis III He was 8 of 20 for 101 yards going to be real good some Taylor said of Couch look a lot smoother with him in Couch promised to improve I (Continued on Page B6) Couch impressive in debut By Larry Vaught Sports Editor LEXINGTON Louisville players wait to talk to Tim Couch a As soon as the University of Kentucky fresh 5 man quarterback stepped on the field for the first time in the second half Louisville defend ers started talking to him think I can repeat what they said Couch say they were glad to see After the 38 14 win though the same defenders wanted to tell Couch how well he had played in his collegiate debut Couch the 1995 national high school player of the year completed eight of 20 passes for 101 yards and one touchdown after entering the game early in the third quarter His first com pletion was a short screen pass to sophomore Craig Yeast of Harrodsburg on his third throw (Continued on Page B6) EB Grading the passers I jbySTfDK jETI Cmp Att Yds TD Int KS Billy 5 12 45 0 1 Tim Couch 8 20 101 1 0 I Couch Haskins lags Lincoln By Josh Cook Staff Writer 1 i 1 i SOMERSET riday night began on a bad omen for the Lincoln County football team Before they could snap the ball on their first possession at Pulaski Southwestern the Pa triots were whistled for a pe nalty It was a trend that caught on quicker than the Macarena as the Patriots were whistled for nine mistakes for 79 yards and both teams were penalized 16 times for 135 yards The massive penalties and a superb performance by South Mike Brumm led the Warriors to a 21 12 victory over the Patriots killed Lincoln coach Marty Jaggers said fol lowing his first season opening loss since 1991 re member having that many As penalties flags flow like mosquitoes on a humid sum mer night the Pats were whis tled for miscues on their first plays in the first third and fourth quarters The biggest of those hit the Pats at the start of the third quarter when two penalties gave Lincoln a first and 24 from its own 4 yard line Two plays later Brad Helm who led the Pats with 91 yards rush ing had the ball stripped as he was tackled near his own 15 yard line Shannon Vaught recovered for the Warriors and 53 seconds later Brumm scored to give Southwestern a 14 6 lead it would never relinquish was definitely a key play that was a turnaround play for Southwestern (Continued on Page B3) Start Photo by Larry Vaught Boyle County sophomore quarterback Bart Johnson (7) uses a block from George Patton to get off a pass Johnson threw for 96 yards and Patton ran for 206 yards in the 35 0 win over Taylor County Patton leads Boyle over Taylor By Larry Vaught Sports Editor Last year George Patton sure he belonged in the Boyle County backfield Now sure and it shows Patton rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns to lead Boyle to a season open ing 35 0 win over visiting Taylor County on riday night The sophomore scored on a 1 yard run in the first quarter and a 64 yard sprint early in the third quarter just tried to run hard and hold on to the said Patton knew if 1 came out and ran hard we would do Boyle certainly did with its dominating defense but Patton also gave the offense a I knew if I came out and ran hard we would do well Boyle George Patton needed lift with last leading rusher David Moore out with an injury has worked hard since last Boyle coach Chuck Smith said lifted weights picked up 10 pounds and ran track bigger stronger faster thicker and more confident He has a lot more confidence too and looks like he belongs on the But he was not only offensive star as the Rebels amassed 407 total yards Versatile Neal Brown scored on a 13 yard run caught two passes for 33 yards kicked three extra points and played solid defense in the secondary Sophomore quarterback Bart Johnson was 8 for 20 for 96 yards and completed passes to five different receivers in his first start did a good Smith said threw the ball well and did a good job keep ing his composure (Continued on Page B3) Upset airdale stuns Harrodsburg 6 0 in opener By Mike Marsee Staff Writer HARRODSBURG Out side the Harrodsburg two busloads of air dale players rolled by hooting and hollering and taunting anyone who would listen Inside the silence spoke vol umes Thirteen men filled coach Alvis office and they were totally silent for several seemingly endless moments as they replayed 6 0 loss to airdale on riday in their own minds When the coaches and oth ers in the room finally started talking about what they saw they agreed on one thing: No matter what they might have thought earlier in the evening the Pioneers were not ready for the start of the season was the worst pre pared football team ever put on the Johnson said Pool execution and a pletho ra of penalties kept Harrods burg off the scoreboard for the second straight game The Pioneers lost 21 0 to Mayfield in their final playoff game last season killed drives all night with penalties and we protect our Johnson said or airdale it was an important road victory were fortunate to come out with a airdale coach Mark Catlett said know got to get or Harrodsburg it was an unmitigated disaster was the third game played (including two scrimmages) and we (Continued on Page B3) 'A.