Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 27

1 SvDHDTC JL Vz JL JL TWITTER 1JS BHCSports I ACEBOOK pe SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 2016 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER HeraldCouriercom DI Vols survive Ohio upset bid BY MIKE STRANGE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL Ohio fell short of its first upset of a ranked team in its 122 year football history Tennessee fell short of making a convincing statement heading into SEC play But the No 15 Vols succeeded in one area Saturday where the Bobcats lagged They made it to the checker boards Tennessee (3 0) scored touch downs on all four trips to the red zone Ohio (1 2) managed only one and settled for four field goals Touchdowns vs field goals That was the difference in the Vols surviv ing penalties and injuries for a 28 19 victory before an announced crowd of 101362 at Neyland Stadium "Red zone efficiency is what won us the football game" said coach Butch Jones zone efficiency onboth sides of the Joshua Dobbs threw a pair of 20 yard TD passes to Josh Malone and ran one in himself from 13 yards Running back Jalen 1 yard leap over a pile staked the Vols to a 14 6 edge' early in the second quar ter However a series of setbacks most of them self inflicted pre vented Tennessee from ever gaining a firm grip ''This game could have been dic tated really early but some of those penalties kept in the said UT safety Rashaan Gauldcn Not just penalties There were inju ries and fumbles too By halftime two key defensive starters linebacker Jalen Reeves Maybin and cornerback Cameron Sutton had been helped off the field So had defensive tackle Dan ny O'Brien and reserve linebacker Only returned Jones said Sutton is an ex tended period of time" with what appeared to be an ankle or lower leg injury Jones said Reeves May bin injured his shoulder but added anticipate having him back this for annual nemesis lorida next Saturday at Neyland Stadium One defensive back Malik ore man served a one game suspension and another Justin Martin sat out due to a sprained ankle See VOLS Page D5 SilwfwW wif 'w HH (SVIh ar JSJ 'r THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) runs for the end zone Saturday as hit by Ohio's Mayne Williams (2) and Kylan Nelson (23) ANDREIEAGUE BRISTOL HERALD COURIt ETSU Drake Powell is tackled by Western Carolina's Shane Samuels just short of the end zone Saturday afternoon BUCS BASH AT BBS TZrxiTs T7i wY Lx JmK "SHWfeSJXiX 1 4' icr IteL ETSU scores upset at the speedway in its return to the SoCon BY TIM HAYES BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL Tenn East Tennessee State University's football team received both a trophy and a racing tire after winning on Saturday Perhaps more impressive than those me mentos was the fact the Buccaneers made some more believers out of the doubters a job done in a said Western Carolina coach Mark Speir did what they had to do today to Sophomore quarterback Austin 1 lerink threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns as ETSU rallied for a 34 31 triumph over Western Carolina at Bristol Motor Speed way The contest dubbed as the "Bucs at drew a crowd of 13863 and was significant for a variety of reasons ETSU won the first Southern Conference game in 13 years and overcame a 21 3 second quarter deficit to do so It put the Buccaneers at 2 0 and followed a double overtime victory over Kennesaw State on Sept 3 ETSU expected to win either game Yet perhaps the most remarkable part of all is the fact ETSU equaled last year's win total You probably remember last season when the Buccaneers went just 2 9 after the program was reinstated following a dozen years in mothballs Two losses to NCAA Division III programs were included in an underwhelming reboot Shocking turnaround indeed Well shocking to some See BUCS Page D5 ANURt ItAGULI BWISIOl Hl RAI 0 tUURllR ETSU coach Carl Torbush and Vincent Lowe celebrate fci' SSr' aft SWiPWz Historic win for ETSU Alien Gregory Commentary BRISTOL Tenn Tlor the second straight week a rlennessee bascd college football team celebrated a landmark win on the AstroTYirf at Bristol Motor Speedway And in this Bucs at Bristol matchup the East Tennessee State University Bucs finally grabbed the spotlight away from their famous orange clad neighbors in Knoxville The 34 31 upset victory over the Western Carolina Catamounts repre sented the definition of a signature win for tire reborn ETSU program It was the first Southern Confer encewin in 13 years for the Bucs and it came in front of a school record crowd of 13863 impressive when you consid er the University of Tennessee Volun teers were hosting Ohio at the same time just 111 miles up the interstate Meanwhile thousands of folks from around the country wore also See GREGORY Page D5 Va Tech defense stops BC BY ANDY BITTER THE ROANOKE TIMES BLACKSBURG The pitched a shutout and tire quarterback chucked it all over the field Saturday when the Hokies hired Justin uente this is ex actly how they envisioned it playing out Bud defense al lowed next to nothing and quarterback Jerod Evans matched a single game Virginia Tech record with five touchdown passes as the Hokies cruised past Boston College 49 0 at Lane Stadium for uente's first career ACC win think a glimpse of what we can do if we keep this up" Evans said The old defense new offense look was a win ning combination as Vir ginia Tech (2 1 1 0 ACC) notched its first shutout since a 37 0 win against Bowling Green in 2012 and its first in league play since a 38 0 blanking of Virginia in 2011 Evans meanwhile be came only the second player in school history to throw for five touchdowns in a game and the first to do it in regulation actu ally three quarters since the lopsided score meant he play in the fourth Bryan Randall first accom plished the feat in a 50 42 double overtime loss to Syracuse in 2002 "Every week he seems to approach the game with a great uente said of Evans who has an ACC best 10 touchdown passes through three weeks "He is a great listener and he tries See HOKIES Page D5 THtAbSOClAID PRESS 111 'wiii iS i I 4 4 Virginia Tech quarterback Je rod Evans (4) pumps 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