Scott County (7-2) vs. Lafayette (6-3) October 29, 2004

Scott County is a perfect 5-0 in district play and would complete a sweep of the Lexington public schools with a win tonight.  The Cardinals have a balanced offense led on the ground by 5-10 185 pound Sr. halfback Ted Sberna and 5-10 235 pound Sr. fullback Percy Hargrove.  6-1 206 pound So. QB Cody Andrews favorite taeget this season has been 6-4 215 pound Sr. William Lewis.  The Scott County defense has been impressive and the team appears to be peaking in time for the playoffs.

Lafayette has a strong gound attack led by 5-9 185 pound Sr. Tony Rawlings and 5-10 216 pound Jr. DeMario Richardson.  The Generals passing attack has been hampered since QB Jered Patrick went down with a knee injury.  Lafayette needs to rebound tonight as they open the playoffs next week with a tough opening round game at Madison Central. 

Scott County dominated play tonight as they defeated Lafayette 28-0.  The Cardinals set the tone for the game early as they took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards for a score in a time consuming (seven minute) 14-play drive.  The Cardinals led 8-0 after the first quarter and held Lafayette to a minus two yards of total offense.  Scott County held a 278-143 yard edge in total offense and the opportunistic defense intercepted three passes and recovered a fumble.  They held Lafayette to a net 24 yards on the ground in 26 carries. 

Scott County was led on the ground tonight by Ted Sberna, who carried the ball 15 times for 75 yards.  Percy Hargrove carried the ball 19 times for 63 yards and scored on runs of 5, 9, and 1 yards.  Cody Andrews completed four of seven passes for 62 yards.  William Lewis caught all four of the passes.  Jason Wright and Jake Mullins each recorded four solo and one assisted tackle.  Wright's tackles included 2.5 for losses of 10 yards.  Cody Courtney had two interceptions for the evening.

Lafayette's Chris Tune completed 11 of 20 passes for 113 yards with one interception.  Enrique Shaw caught six passes for 57 yards.  Josh Hamperian led the defense with 10 solo tackles including one for a loss of 10 yards. 

Scoring Summary

Scott County

28

Lafayette

0

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Scott County	8	7	7	6	28
Lafayette	0	0	0	0	0

SC	- Percy Hargrove 5 yard run (Ted Sberna pass from Cody Andrews)
SC	- Hargrove 9 yard run (Jesse Hawkins kick)
SC	- Hargrove 1 yard run (Hawkins kick)
SC	- Lewis Hill 7 yard run (kick fails)

 

Selected Statistics
 

Scott County						Lafayette
Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Ted Sberna	15	75	5.0	15		William Lee	2	25	12.5	16
Percy Hargrove	19	63	3.3	11		Chris Tune	6	24	4.0	27
Jimmie Warren	6	41	6.8	20		Tony Rawlings	12	17	1.4	8
Cody Courtney	1	28	28.0	28		DeMario Richardson	3	8	2.7	6
Lewis Hill	1	7	7.0	7		Trey Stilz	1	-7	-7.0	0
Mike Sberna	1	6	6.0	6		Team	2	-43	-21.5	0
Cody Andrews	3	-4	-1.3	3
Team	1	0	0.0	0
Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long
Cody Andrews	7-4-0	62	0	46		Chris Tune	20-11-1	113	0	29
						DeMario Richardson	3-0-2	0	0	0
						Trey Stilz	2-1-0	6	0	6
Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long
William Lewis	4	62	0	46		Enrique Shaw	6	57	0	24
						DeMario Richardson	1	29	0	29
						Keith Johnson	1	12	0	12
						Eric Heathman	1	8	0	8
						Tony Rawlings	1	5	0	5
						Trey Shaftner	1	5	0	5
						William Lee	1	3	0	3

Acknowledgements
A special thanks to WL Stats for the comprehensive statistics provided for tonight's game.

Other Games of Interest
Please refer to Week Eleven in Review. 

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