Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 27

ir 1 ml UK bench helps Gats defeat Miami 60-57 C4 IQaiEol December 2 2001 it 7 College basketball CM I II College football CS-it I Golf CU II f) Morse racing Cll KiJ NBA a NFL Cll Online: wwwJfientuckyjcom Editor Gene Abell Score: To report a sports score call 231-3225 or toll-free at (888) 222-7026 after 5 pjn Fumble ends WKlTs season C9 Lexington Herald-Leader Myles key in win C5 Wildcats regress versus rivals 26-15 i know exactly what happened We didn't play with the fire that we had (against Tennessee) We're not good enough to just show up and be flat" Qey Monks UK coach By Chip Cosby HERALDLEMKR STMT WRITER BLOOMINGTON Ind The Kentucky football team left its game against Tennessee two weeks ago feeling pretty good Apparently die Wildcats forgot there was still one game to go The Cats looked like a program ready to turn the corner when they took the fourth-ranked Volunteers to the wire before foiling 3835 But that team was nowhere to be found yesterday as a flat and uninspired group of Wildcats arrived in Bloomington and lost to archrival Indiana 26-15 UK fell into a 19-7 first-half hole and never recovered The loss snapped six-game winning streak in the series Quarterback Jared Lorenzen and the UK offense had been on a roll for much of die latter half of die season producing nearly 471 yards a game over die past five contests Thanks to relentless pressure by the Hoosiers Lorenzen and Co came back down to earth yesterday only touchdown through the first three quarters came on a Derek Abney fumble recovery in the end zone The loss wrapped up second consecutive 2-9 season kept us outofthythm A lot of teams have been siting back on us but (krfana) decided to bitz me a lot and they lit me a tot" See UK FOOTBALL CIO CNMUS SSSnUMSTVF Jared Lorenoan was sacked and nearly stripped of the ball in the second half yesterday The Indiana defense sacked lorenzen live times UK quarterback SEC FOOTBALL last lands with a thud uvmmED ROCKY TOPPED Tennessee led by Travis Stephens stuns Florida 34-32 at Hie Swamp to farther muddle the Rose Bowl picture Rohan Davey and LSU once out of the bowl picture beat Auburn to clinch a spot in the title game Quy Morris watched his team end another 2-9 season with a half-hearted loss didn't play with any fire or intensify at the coach said fttiVIIH BnmUMSTMF hue is blue lost The head coach lost With his status still stamped uncertain Guy first edition went out not with a bang but a whimper Bleepwalking through a 26-15 humbling by the host Hooskre The quarterback lost After a month of positive momentum Jared Lorenzen slipped into reverse The final performance of his come-back-withine-season was reminiscent of his first (That would be See CLAY CIO HERMMEAKR SPORTS COUJMNST BLOOMINGTON Ind The smart shop-pers took advantage of the post-Sept 11 cancellation policy returned their tickets for UK-Indiana makeup date and pocketed a full refund They were the winners Those who and whose SEC CIAMPIORSIIP WhK TemwMM LOU Bias: Satarday 8 pBL (CBS-17) Whan: Georgia Doiae is Atlanta STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FINALS NAIA Finals Ky vs feat Dec 15 i (13-3) vs Skux FaHs (12-1) i i I bj ivmv nsiBB HBMLMEWER SWf WRITER Wow If you thought Boyle County looked impressive in winning 44 consecutive games including a pair of Ores 2A championships you should have seen the Rebels pulverize Rockcastle County in die 3A tide game yes- i 1 temay Blasting a defense that allowed only 57 points in its first 14 games Boyle County rolled to a 4 20 hattime lead on its way to a 49-14 rout in front of a record 3A crowd of 9140 at Fairgrounds Stadium Tm sixprised by the score but our kids just took die attack to Chuck Smith send after bf Carroll was Stopped by Georgetown's Mike Mulhall left and Shan Housekeeper semifinal Mulhall was the game's defensive star HERAUMEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST Country boys can thrive just ask Boyle LOUISVILLE If always been a city thing In Kentucky you've always had to go to town to see the best of high school football The great dynasties have oon from the Cincinnati suburbs (Fort Thomas Highlands and Beechwood) from the Louisville panxfiial schools (Trinity and St Xavier) even from small cities (DtorviOe and Mayfield) have always been outside die penthouse looking in No more Not after yesterday Not after Boyle County Yesterday Coach Chuck Rebels blitzed previously unbeaten Rockcastle County 49-14 to claim die Qass 3A state ehampinnAip doing so the Rebels won their third See STORY C7 No stopping Georgetown CQSMSUSOnSTAffF Boyle Co Coach Chuck Smith celebrated with quarterback Jeff Duggins as the clock wound down on the Rebels' 49-14 win Tigers control Boyle County joined Trinity as the only adnol to post three in-defeated championship seasons DEIOVi Trinity did it in 1968 89 and 90 on its way to a state-record SOgame winning streak Boyle County has won 45 straight but Smith said die Rebels pay attention to those numbers "We never talked about die streak this year and we talk about it next year not a priority The priority is this Smith said clutching die big caught 10 passes for 58 yards and was named Offensive Player of die Game after 31-22 victory over Carroll Mont in die NAIA semifinals yesterday The Tigers will defend their national tide against Sioux Falls SJX on Dec 15 in Savannah Term Skmx Falls defeated Benedictine Kao 4ft6 in the other semifinal Georgetown will be making its See QEORtflETOWN C9 By Mck BaNey HERMMEWERSTMV WRITER GEORGETOWN Ryan Payne got his orders from several Georgetown teammates: Be die Offensive Player of the Game or else "They said get die ball a lot better have 200 yards or well go after Payne said Payne get 200 yards and his teammates went after him to offer congratulations Payne ran for 97'yards and I Ksmsniesrr ri outset of 31-22 semifinal victory JR I See CIAffti3Aj C7.