Woodford County (3-0) vs. West Jessamine (3-0) September 7, 2001

Coach Dan Cassity's Woodford County Yellowjacket squad finished 2-8 last year but the 40 freshmen and sophomores who played varsity football gained valuable experience.  RB Damarr Clark has led Woodford County to a 3-0 start this year.  Coach Wes Johnson's West Jessamine Colts also come into tonight's contest with a 3-0 record.  The balanced West Jessamine offense has been led by QB Nate Johnson through the air and the ground game of FB Wes Coker and HB Montez Graves. 

West Jessamine used a balanced offense and tightened their defense in the second half to defeat Woodford County by a score of 33-21.  The score was tied 21-21 at the half-- a half that was highlighted by plenty of offense.  Woodford County was led in the first half by speedy RB Damarr Clark who had two long distance TD runs of 71 and 65 yards.  West Jessamine countered through the air with QB Nate Johnson throwing two scoring strikes to SE Ben Spann.

West Jessamine tightened up their defense in the second half and Nate Johnson hooked up with Ben Spann for a 33 yard TD to give the Johnson-Spann combination three TDs for the night.  The Colts also got excellent ground support from Wes Coker and Montez Graves.  Nate Johnson completed 15 of 20 passes for 192 yards and three TD passes.  Ben Spann had nine receptions for 116 yards and three TD receptions.  FB Wes Coker carried the ball 18 times for 170 yards and HB Montez Graves carried 13 times for 92 yards and two touchdowns.  Woodford County was led by Damarr Clark who rushed for 240 yards on 18 carries. 

Scoring Summary

  West Jessamine  33         Woodford County  21

WC Damarr Clark 71 yard run (James Lodmell kick)
WJ Nate Johnson 33 yard lateral play to Montez Graves (Johnson advanced the ball 13 yards then lateralled the ball to Graves who ran for 20 yards for the score.) (Andy Placido kick)
WC Brandon White 1 yard run (Lodmell kick)
WJ Nate Johnson 12 yard pass to Ben Spann (Placido kick)
WC Clark 65 yard run (Lodmell kick)
WJ Johnson 20 yard pass to Spann (Placido kick)
WJ Johnson 33 yard pass to Spann (kick fails)
WJ Graves 15 yard run (pass fails)
 

Selected Statistics (unofficial)
 

Woodford County						West Jessamine
Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Damarr Clark	18	240	13.3	71		Wes Coker	18	170	9.4	41
Eric Sobolewski	11	-8	-0.7	15		Montez Graves	13	92	7.1	20
Justin Barrier	00	00	0.0	--		Nate Johnson	10	16	1.6	13
Antoine Wilson	01	16	16.0	16
Brandon White	03	08	2.7	4
Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long
Eric Sobolewski	17-4-2	64	0	36		Nate Johnson	20-15-1	192	3	33
Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long
Ryan Brown	1	36	0	36		Ben Spann	9	116	3	33
Justin Barrier	2	23	0	15		Jon Smith	4	59	0	22
Damarr Clark	1	5	0	5		Marcus Bullock	1	10	0	10
						Montez Graves	1	7	0	7

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