Dragons hold off Pointers for second straight victory
Published 2:13 am Monday, October 10, 2016
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
PROCTORVILLE — The South Point Pointers ran and ran until they ran out of time.
The Fairland Dragons were running in all directions.
Fairland used a running game, a punt return and a touchdown pass to hold off the Pointers 26-20 on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.
Fairland (2-5, 2-2) ran for 239 yards with Keedrick Cuningham carrying 16 times for 127 yards. He also returned a punt for a touchdown.
The Dragons to a short touchdown run from Chase Fisher who also had a catch-and-run touchdown pass from Joel Lambiotte.
South Point (0-7, 0-4) racked up 328 yards — all on the ground — led by Owen Chafin with 140 yards on 22 carries and Drew Adams with 113 yards on 17 attempts and two touchdowns.
Fairland took a 6-0 lead with 2:12 left in the first quarter on a 6-yard run by Cunningham.
South Point grabbed a 7-6 lead with 9:58 left in the half on a 21-yard run by Chafin and Jared Whitt’s conversion kick.
But the Dragons regained the led when Cunningham returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown with just 1:41 left in the half. Fisher ran for the conversion and a 14-7 lead.
Fairland extended the lead to 20-7 on a 1-yard run by Fisher at the 7:29 mark of the third quarter, but South Point didn’t quit.
Adams had a 20-yard scoring run less than two minutes later and Whitt’s kick cut the deficit to 20-14.
The Pointers then tied the game on a 9-yard scoring by Adams with 8:34 to play.
Fairland got the winning score when Lambiotte hit Fisher on short pass and he raced 44 yards with 4:38 to go.
With time running out, the Pointers drove to the Fairland 10-yard line with a second and 5 but failed to connect on three straight passes and turned the ball over on downs with 19.3 seconds to play.
Next Friday South Point hosts Fairland and Fairland visits South Point in OVC games.
South Point 0 7 7 6 = 20
Fairland 6 8 6 6 = 26
First Quarter
Fa — Keedrick Cunningham 6 run (pass failed) 2:12
Second Quarter
SP — Owen Chafin 21 run (Jared Whitt kick) 9:58
Fa — Keedrick Cunningham 89 punt return (Chase Fisher run) 1:41
Third Quarter
Fa — Chase Fisher 1 run (kick failed) 7:29
SP — Drew Adams 20 run (Jared Whitt kick) 5:36
Fourth Quarter
SP — Drew Adams 9 run (kick failed) 8:34
Fa — Chase Fisher 44 pass from Joel Lambiotte (kick failed) 4:38
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SP Fa
First downs 22 14
Rushes-yards 55-328 36-239
Passing yards 0 53
Total yards 328 292
Cmp-Att-Int 0-5-0 2-5-1
Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 6-55 10-80
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Individual Leaders
RUSHING—South Point: Drew Adams 17-113 2-TDs, Owen Chafin 22-140, Brandin Jackson 5-13, Jared Whitt 10-69, John Kuhn 1-minus 7; Fairland: Chase Fisher 10-57, Joel Lambiotte 3-15, Seth Clay 7-40, Keedrick Cunningham 16-127.
PASSING—South Point: Brandin Jackson 0-5-0; Fairland: Joel Lambiotte 2-5-1 53 TD.
RECEIVING—South Point: None; Fairland: Chase Fisher 1-44 TD, Keedrick Cunningham 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS—SP: Derek McCarty.