Bryan Station at Paul Laurence Dunbar
Lexington Kentucky
August 25, 2000
©2000 by Ron Harrison
Bryan Station (0-0) vs. Paul Laurence Dunbar (0-0) August 25, 2000
Last year Bryan Station defeated Dunbar by a score of 74-46 but neither coach is predicting a repeat of last year's offensive fireworks. Dunbar returns QB Chip Franklin who passed for 3174 yards and 39 touchdowns, but Coach Mike Meighan says they have placed special emphasis on defense during practice. Bryan Station Coach John Nochta is very excited about his returning defense. Bryan Station's offense will be led by super running back Eric Shelton who ran for 2500 yards last year. However they will have to replace their trigger man QB J.T. Haskins who flawlessly directed their high octane offense last year.
What a difference a year makes. Dunbar defeated Bryan Station by a score of 34-22 before a large crowd and a television audience. Dunbar utilized the arm of Chip Franklin, the legs of Corey Dunn, and an opportunistic defense led by Jacob Koch that forced five turnovers, to ring up the upset.
Dunbar took the lead on a 40 yard pass from Franklin to Dunn, but Bryan Station re-captured the lead seconds later on a blazing 80 yard kickoff return by Robert Haskins. Bryan Station held a 22-20 lead at halftime but were shut down in the second half as Dunbar scored twice on Corey Dunn's TD runs of 2 and 5 yards. Bryan Station could never get their offense on track as a result of a swarming Dunbar defense and the injury of two of their quarterbacks.
Dunbar was led tonight by Chip Franklin who passed for 203 yards and three touchdowns on 16 of 30 passes completed. Corey Dunn rushed for 98 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns. He also grabbed four passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.
The only offense Bryan Station could mount tonight was by the "E-train"
Eric Shelton who tallied 201 yards and one score on 22 carries.
Scoring Summary
Paul Dunbar 34
Bryan Station 22
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Bryan Station | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
PD Chip Franklin 40 yard pass to Corey Dunn (bad snap)
BS Robert Haskins 80 yard kickoff return (James Clayborne run)
PD Franklin 2 yard pass to Nathan Jones (run fails)
BS Bruce Kostelnik 16 yard pass to Clayborne (Ryan Pearl kick)
BS Eric Shelton 4 yard run (Pearl kick)
PD Franklin 5 yard pass to Jones (Franklin pass to David Burdette)
PD Dunn 2 yard run (Franklin pass to Derek Talbert)
PD Dunn 5 yard run (run fails)
Selected Statistics (unofficial)
| Bryan Station | Paul Dunbar | |||||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | |
| Eric Shelton | 22 | 201 | 9.1 | 31 | Corey Dunn | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 16 | |
| Greg Shiddell | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | Chip Franklin | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 15 | |
| Bruce Kostelnik | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | - | Aaron Mason | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | |
| G. Combs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | Nathan Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |
| Corey Doane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Long | Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Long | |
| Bruce Kostelnik | 5-2-1 | 23 | 1 | 16 | Chip Franklin | 30-16-0 | 203 | 3 | 40 | |
| Chris Yankey | 4-1-0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | |
| Robert Haskins | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | Corey Dunn | 4 | 80 | 1 | 40 | |
| James Clayborne | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | Derek Talbert | 6 | 88 | 0 | 33 | |
| Nathan Jones | 4 | 24 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Tim Jenks | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| David Burdette | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Jon Ford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Other Area Games of Interest
| Bourbon County | 36 | Lafayette | 31 |
| Anderson County | 15 | West Jessamine | 13 |
| Tates Creek | 34 | Withrow (Ohio) | 6 |
| Male | 40 | Nelson County | 0 |
| Boyle County | 44 | Southwestern | 14 |
| Franklin County | 37 | Ft. Knox | 0 |
| Harrison County | 35 | Clark County | 6 |
| Danville | 28 | Breathitt County | 0 |
