BETWEEN THE GOALPOSTS

Publication: CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL
Published: 10/11/1997
Page: P3B
Headline: BETWEEN THE GOALPOSTS

Nitro 34,

Roane County 7

(Nitro 5-1, Roane 3-4)

J.R. House threw for 345 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another
score as the Wildcats erased an early Roane lead.

Zack Collins rushed for 132 yards and caught 11 passes for 62 yards as
Nitro, ranked eight in the Daily Mail Poll, won in the Raiders' annual
Black Walnut Bowl. Chris Martin caught eight passes for 189 yards.

Lloyd Russell scored the game's first touchdown for Roane on a 9-yard
reception from Josh Craddock. But House scored on a 9-yard run and
threw a 36-yard pass to Martin for a 14-7 halftime lead.

Nitro outgained Roane 484-281, and the Wildcat defense limited
Craddock to 7-of-18 passing, with three interceptions.

Nitro 0 14 13 7 -34

Roane County 0 7 0 0 - 7

R - Lloyd Russell 9 pass from Josh Craddock (Josh Zdanek kick)

N - J.R. House 9 run (Barry Dickerson kick)

N - Chris Martin 36 pass from House (Dickerson kick)

N - Isaac Eastwood 45 pass from House (Dickerson kick)

N - Martin 39 pass from House (Dickerson kick)

N - Zack Collins 9 pass from House (Dickerson kick)

Nitro Roane

First downs 18 15

Rushes-yards 22-139 45-203

Passing yards 345 78

Total yards 484 281

Comp-att. 24-41 7-19

Had intercepted 2 4

Fumbles-lost 4-3 2-2

Penalties-yards 10-125 9-86

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

Nitro: Zack Collins 19-132, J.R. House 2-9, Jason Ward 1-(-2).

Roane County: Paul Burdette 13-88, Josh Craddock 14-59, Bo Burgess
12-30, John Pena 3-17, Lloyd Russell 1-5, Scottie Collins 1-4, Steve
Smith 1-0.

PASSING

Nitro: J.R. House 24-41-2, 345.

Roane County: Josh Craddock 7-17-3, 78; Paul Burdette 0-2-1, 0.

RECEIVING

Nitro: Chris Martin 8-189, Zack Collins 11-62; Isaac Eastwood 1-45,
Jeff Clark 2-26, David Kessler 2-23.

Roane County: Lloyd Russell 4-38, Paul Burdette 1-21, Bo Burgess 1-20,
Wade Swiger 1-(-1).