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BRISTOL HERALD COURIER HeraldCouriercom SPOUTS SUNDAY SEPTEBMER 182016 D5 wL 'r 3 a uTaL' i i Lt XLf2 rsTLrZ 04 As jj 15 1 i 4 i XJfljjp I i i SssV 11 JMXtst 3 PKL11rTV' 'Jfll ft JJS3 mr I uaiamaaEMiiaiiMMi Bucs rom Page DI not surprised no We put in a lot of Herink said you had told us coming out 2 0 be really happy with that and we are We put in so much work what you have to do and good things hap pen come a long way and uomg this thing the right way Herink had his ups and downs last year as signal caller but has looked sharp thus far in 2016 Saturday was his best performance at the collegiate level as he complet ed passes to 10 different receivers and finished 24 of 37 through the air rushed for 30 yards was sacked just three times and showed a poise that comes with that experience a good player no question" Speir said a secret com ing into the bailgame He can throw the ball We get a lot of pres sure on him and the couple of times we aid we seemed to get a penalty He did a nice The unique setting and large crowd didn't intimidate Herink place is Herink said "This is a thingyou growup and dream about as a kid When 1 walked in here I was like this feels like in the NL or ETSU wide receiver Vincent Lowe said that Herink kept morale up on the sidelines when the Buccaneers fell behind 21 3 in the second quar ter 2 yard touchdown pass to Lowe with four seconds remaining in tne nrst nail got the Buccaneers back in the game asked them much intes tinal fortitude do you said ETSU coach Carl Torbush of them had never heard that word and I told them the next thing that means is heart guts and want to To make that little drive before halftime really helped us and gave us a lot of momentum that we took to the sec ond Herink really worked his magic over the final 30 minutes In the third quarter alone he engi neered a 10 play 75 yard drive and a 16 play 76 yard drive and capped oom witn touchdown passes to put the Bucs ahead to stay Then in the fourth quarter when the game was still in doubt Herink hooked up with Drake Powell for a 23 yard gain on a 3rd and 4 play That set the stage for Jajuan 1 yard touchdown run with 1:19 re maining made a heck of a Herink said a big time receiv er and a play he makes everv dav He ran a good route and we got good The Bucs survived a late Western Carolina TD and an onside kick at tempt to clinch the victory A victory that been hard to fathom 365 days ago year we took our Herink said just more mature and a year older We say that a lot but you can really tell Last year we were basically a freshman team and this year grown up It shows in us closing out these close Western Carolina (1 2 0 1) re ceived three touchdowns from De trez Newsome but the Catamounts were penalized 12 times for 116 yards had way too many penalties killed Speir said got outcoached today no question because East Tennessee State had a much more disciplined football team than we did" An appointment with Wofford (2 1) awaits ETSU next week "This shows headed in the right direction but we all have to remember this was just our second Herink said still have nine more left got a long way to go and have to get better every Lowe was asked at the postgame press conference what message ET victory might have sent to the rest of the Southern Conference "Were he said before drop ping the microphone thayesbristolnewscom 8HC Sports (276) 645 2570 Missed field goal dooms Cavaliers The Associated Press EAST HARTORD Conn UConn kicker Bobby Puyol sought out Virginia kicker Alex urbank after the Huskies 13 10 win over the Cavaliers on Saturday Puyol had hit the game winner from 43 yards out with 1:33 left then watched from the sideline as ur bank a walk on playing in his first football game al any level missed a 20 yard field goal attempt for Vir ginia as time expired "I just told him going to do a good job going to get plenty more Puyol said Sometimes you make them sometimes you It was the second game winner this season for Puyol who had three extra points blocked a year ago His 37 yard field goal with 11 seconds left beat Maine in the season opener just knew" Puyol said said it down in field goal range ready to go and make it" UConn Quarterback Bryant Shirreffs completed 13 of 24 passes for 154 yards He also ran for 33 yards and a touchdown as the Huskies (2 1) overcame an early 10 0 deficit with two fourth quarter scores A 20 yard run by Shirreffs and a 23 yard screen play to Noel Thomas set up game winner Hokies rom Page DI to do what we tell him" The win was a dramatic turnaround from a three touchdown loss to Ten nessee at the Battle at Bristol although the com petition was a step down Boston College (1 2 0 2 ACC) lost its 10th straight conference game But the Hokies got up early and never let up The 49 point margin equaled the largest mar gin of victory the Hokies have had in an ACC game matching 55 6 win against Maryland in 2004 when an emotional rank Beamer coached the day his mother died are still figuring things uente said because we won this football game does not mean we can rest on our meanwhile rolled doing so against a Boston Col lege defense that ranked No 1 nationally last year and entered the game No 3 in the country allowing only 180 yards a game Tech gained 476 yards and let up Evans who finished 1 6 for 23 for 253 yards had three first half touchdown passes the first to Travon McMil lian in the flat and two to receiver Isaiah ord who went up over a pair of BC defenders to haul in a 30 yarder to give the Hokies a 21 0 lead heading into halftime ord finished with four catches for 91 yards Virginia Tech poured it on from there Evans threw touchdowns No 4 and 5 in the third quarter the first rolling right to tight end Chris Cunning ham and the second a 4 yarder to running back Sam Rogers to make it 35 0 Dominate is a more aptword for what went down Saturday defense stymied former Hokies offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler in his first year with the Eagles Boston Col lege managed only 124 yards and six first downs The Eagles ran for just 44 yards It was 27th shutout since becoming the sole defense coordinator in 1996 Only four of those have come since 2007 "1 like the donuts" os ter said are hard to come something we strive for every week week in and week out is get that goose cor nerback Brandon acy son said were talking about it got to get this They But when the backups went I in they did a fantastic job I of keeping that thy way I and they made a lot of plays on the ball" I The offense McMillian tacked on a 7 yard touchdown run late in tire third quarter and backup quarterback Brenden Motley scored on a 26 yard run to make it 49 0 in the fourth Tech finished with 223 rushing yards and aver aged 45 yards per carry led by sophomore Mar shawm Williams who got his first game action since tearing his ACL in Novem ber of 2014 team back from a 21 3 deficit in the second quarter think this win sent out a good message to the Southern Confer ence" said Weigel who led the Bucs with 7 12 tackles been un derdogs the past two games and to come out and get the wins shows how much improved from last year I think teams take us lightly anymore Were much im proved" Sophomore running back Jajuan Stinson remembers the weekly struggles of last season The ETSU coaches kept pointing to the big pic ture but Stinson admitted that the sightlines became a little blurry at times was pretty hard especially af ter we lost to a couple of Division III said Stinson referring to Emory Henry and Maryville was hard to really look forward to playing When you win only two games sometime you just want to give up but we really battled this off season and turned it around" lashing a quick first step and vi sion the 5 9 Stinson accounted for 91 yards rushing and the decisive I touchdown with 1:19 left in the final quarter that we have this win I feel good about the season going for ward and I feel that we can compete The only actual turnover came when Ohio intercepted Dobbs in the interminable first quarter after Preston Williams bobbled a catchable pass 'Die Bobcats took over at the UT 12 but got no farther Louie Zervos kicked the second of his four field goals "We had a lot of momentum kill Jones said "The penalties arc inexcusable The balls on the ground arc inexcusable we go into conference play we do that or we have a chance" i The Vols go into conference play with a nine game win Streak third Gregory rom Page DI in the city for the annual Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion Oh yeah it was also 90 degrees in those aluminum bleachers at BMS Thanks to the dominant play of 6 foot 3 sophomore quarterback Aus tin Herink and 220 pound sopho more linebacker Dylan Weigel ETSU commanded the attention of a foot ball starved region Earlier this week ETSU head coach Carl Torbush pleaded with residents from Northeast Tennessee South west Virginia and western North Carolina to show their support for the Bucs Many of fans includ ing a rowdy group who stuck around to salute the ETSU players after the win might be joining the bandwag on soon While WCU short circuited with 12 penalties ETSU looked nothing like tlie young squad that stumbled to a 2 9 record last season One of the big drawbacks for the Bucs in 2015 was a lack of depth Consider that the ETSU running game was split among seven ballcar riers Saturday Herink was simply masterful car rying out his play fakes with preci sion and distributing 24 completions among 10 receivers while leading his in the Southern Conference: Stin son said We got picked to finish ninth in the pre season but I think this win showed that we can finish wherever we Stinson said the winning mindset for ETSU began to spread among the players during the pre game Buc Walk We saw how many people showed up for that and I just got in my head that we had to win this Stin son said were all very hyped" Stinson said that several ETSU players attended last Battle at Bristol showdown between UT and Virginia Tech at BMS while others watched it on television "I watched it on TV and I was amazed at how the big the track Stinson said came here two years ago for my recruiting visit and then I realized just how big it is dur ing our practice here Thursday was a once in a lifctime oppor tunity to play in a speedway litis big I will definitely remember this Hardcore ETSU supporters and casual fans will also store the Bucs at Bristol drama in their memory banks "This was an historic day for ETSU football" Torbush said agregorybristolnewscom Twitter: GregBHqSports (276) 645 2544 eye physicians of Southwest Virginia PC I ADULT PEDIATRIC EYE EXAMS 1GLASSES ANDCORRECTI VELENSESf rS rwsai 1 rwi At least a sleepwalking start wasn't die issue this time It took a mere 38 seconds before Malone snagged a 20 yard pass from Dobbs for a 7 0 lead The early fireworks were gold however touchdown run in the third quarter made it 21 12 But momen tum was elusive A pass interference flag on Em manuel Moseley gave Ohio first and goal at the 5 Wo plays later Greg Windham hit wide open Jordan Reid for a 4 yard touchdown Thus Tennessee took a 21 19 lead into die fourth quarter but finally dominated Over the final 15 min utes die Vols rolled up 162 of their 404 total yards rrm riniiTinni Vols rom Page DI Then there were the nine penalties for 94 yards And die five fumbles all of which Tennessee was able to recover "We saw last week what five fum bles can do to a team especially when you lose all of said quar terback Joshua Dobbs "Luckily we were able to recover all of The reference was io Virginia Tech which lost five fumbles (and the game) to the Vols last week in die Battle at Bristol gotten one or two of those who knows how that would have longest in the nation played said Ohio coach rank The goal was to be 3 0 and Tenues Solich see made it rarely been pretty GUN SHOW SEPT 24 25 SAT 9 5 SUN 9 4 Appalachian airgrounds 100 Lakeview St Gray TN BUY SELL TRADE INO: (563) 927 3176 CONTACT LENSES i CATARACT SURGERY 1 DIABETIC EYE 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