Vinton County pulls away from Coal Grove

Published 12:00 am Monday, September 15, 2003

COAL GROVE - In a battle of ground games, the Vinton County Vikings managed to emerge as the better realtors.

Vinton County was able to outrush the Coal Grove Hornets and thus come away with a 26-6 win Friday night.

West Harkins ran 12 times for 147 yards as Vinton County had 273 rushing yards and 295 total yards. Coal Grove ran for 206 yards as a team led by Bryan Massie with 98 yards on 10 carries and Justin Hyland with 78 yards on 19 attempts.

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The Vikings (3-1) scored first on a 2-yard run by Michael Barney and Greg Powell's conversion kick made it 7-0 with 5:04 left in the first quarter.

Coal Grove (1-3) answered with a scoring drive capped by Tyler Sexton's 28-yard run. The conversion failed and it was 7-6.

The score remained the same until 1:02 was left in the half when Harkins broke loose on a 60-yard touchdown jaunt. The conversion failed and it was 13-6 at the half.

Quarterback Chris Bethel kept on a 1-yard touchdown run with 8:07 left in the third quarter as Vinton County extended its lead to 20-6.

The Vikings put an insurance touchdown on the board with 10:47 to play as Curt Moore went 4 yards to cap a scoring drive.

Coal Grove hosts McDermott Northwest Friday. Vinton County concludes its run against Ohio Valley Conference teams with a trip to Chesapeake. The Vikings

are 3-0 against the OVC this season including wins over Rock Hill and South Point.

Vinton Co.7676-26

Coal Grove6000-6

First Quarter

VC - Michael Barney 2 run

(Greg Powell kick) 5:04

CG - Tyler Sexton 28 run (kick failed)

3:11

Second Quarter

VC - Wes Harkins 60 run (kick failed) 1:02

Third Quarter

VC - Chris Bethel 1 run (Greg Powell kick)

8:07

Fourth Quarter

VC - Curt Moore 4 run (kick failed)

10:47

First downs:VC17, CG13

Rushes-yards:VC48-273, CG44-206

Passing yards:VC22, CG40

Total yards:VC295, CG246

Cmp-Att-Int:VC2-7-1, CG2-8-0

Fumbles-lost:VC2-0, CG1-1

Penalties-yards:VC5-56, CG7-54

Punts-ave.:VC2-40.5, CG1-31.0

Individual Leaders

RUSHING - Vinton: Wes Harkins 12-147, Michael Barney 13-41, Curt Moore 7-37; Coal Grove: Bryan Massie 10-98, Justin Hyland 19-78, Tyler Sexton 5-32.

PASSING - Vinton: Chris Bethel 2-7-1

22; Coal Grove: Ryan Turvey 2-8-0

40.

RECEIVING - Vinton: Greg Powell 2-22; Coal Grove: Patrick Roush 1-31, Tyler Sexton 1-9.