Charleston Daily Mail

Nitro routs No. 8 Hurricane

Derek Taylor, Daily Mail Sportswriter



Friday October 19, 2007

Nitro quarterback Michael Scott completed 15-of-26 passes for 289 yards and five touchdowns on Friday night to lead the No. 16 Wildcats (5-3) to a 48-13 victory over host Hurricane (6-2). Scott has a state-leading 33 TD passes this season.

The Wildcats led 27-0 at halftime while losing in time of possession 15:25-8:35.

Nitro's big-play capability was evident, but so was its defense. The first-team Wildcat defense didn't give up a touchdown.

"We played a lot better defense than we did last week against Cabell Midland," said Nitro Coach Scott Tinsley, referring to the Wildcats' 56-48 loss to the Knights last week. "This was a lot like we played against St. Albans (a 58-14 victory). We're going to have to play defense like this the rest of the year."

The Wildcats host Huntington next week before a regular season-ending visit to Princeton on Nov. 2.

The Redskins, who finally scored on a Terrell Martin 86-yard kickoff return, close the regular season with two road games -- at Spring Valley next Friday night and at Brooke on Nov. 2.