Lebo’s Smith rushes for 3 TDs as Wolves defeat Burlingame, 52-22
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Lebo Wolves got their season kick-started Friday night with a 52-22 victory over Burlingame.
Cameron Smith was the workhorse for the Wolves, rushing for 119 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries to lead a dominating ground attack that produced 276 of Lebo’s 298 total yards.
“We got him (Smith) going,” Lebo coach Butch Jones said. “He’s getting a lot better at getting his pad level down and hitting the hole faster — getting into the defense sooner — than he was last year.”
Burlingame (0-1) took an 8-6 lead going into the second quarter thanks to a 39-yard Danny Harris run and a successful two-point covnersion. But Smith began to shine in the second quarter, scoring TDs on runs of eight yards and one yard to put Lebo (1-0) back on top, 22-8, heading into halftime.
Lebo continued to pour it on after the half, scoring four straight touchdowns — including a 48-yard burst by Smith — to blow the game open. Burlingame added two late scores, but it would not be nearly enough.
One concern for Jones was his team’s passing game. Despite the return of quarterback Blake Jones and some considerable talent at the skill positions, Lebo only managed to gain 21 yards through the air.
Jones credited Burlingame’s athletes as well as his own team’s struggles for his squad’s suspect passing performance.
“First of all, Burlingame has a lot of nice looking kids. They have some nice-looking athletes,” Jones said. “We struggled at times. We didn’t run our routes really sharp. I expected our pass game to be a little bit more effective. We’ll get that cleaned up.”
Lebo 52, Burlingame 22
Friday at Lebo
Lebo 6 16 12 16 — 52
Burlingame 8 0 0 14 — 22
First quarter
Lebo — Blake Jones 4 run (failed)
Bur — Danny Harris 39 run (Chris Patterson run)
Second quarter
Lebo — Cameron Smith 8 run (Jones run)
Lebo — Smith 1 run (Adam Laflin run)
Third quarter
Lebo — Brandon Speer 39 run (failed)
Lebo — Laflin 15 pass from Jones (failed)
Fourth quarter
Lebo — Smith 48 run (Gage Milota pass from Jones)
Lebo — Laflin 13 run (Laflin pass from Jones)
Bur — Chris Markley 50 run (Danny Harris run)
Bur — Ty Lang 3 run (no attempt)
Game Statistics
Lebo Burlingame
First downs 9 9
Rush-yards 39-276 54-240
Comp-att-int 3-10-2 0-2-1
Passing yards 21 42
Total yards 298 282
Fumbles-lost 0-0 6-3
Penalties-yards 8-40 8-45
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Lebo: Cameron Smith 14-119, Brandon Speer 9-84, Blake Jones 8-41, Adam Laflin 5-25, Calvin Perry 1-7, Cole Brocklman 1-2, Devin Johnston 1-(-2); Burlingame: Harris 23-140.
Passing — Jones 3-9-1 21, Johnston 0-1-1 0.
Receiving — Lebo: Gage Milota 1-3, Laflin 2-18.
Lyndon survives
in overtime, 20-14
The Lyndon Tigers survived a scare from West Franklin Friday night, escaping with a 20-14 victory in overtime.
Lyndon quarterback Shea Kirsop scored the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard run in the first overtime to push the Tigers (1-0) past West Franklin. Kirsop ended the night with 26 yards rushing on 15 carries. He completed just 1 of 5 passes, but that one completion was a 44-yard touchdown to Kade Nielson in the first quarter.
A 3-yard TD run by Nielson in the third quarter put the Tigers ahead 14-0 after the kick by Alex Walsh, but West Franklin came back with a pair of touchdown runs by Matt Chanay. West Franklin tied the score with a successful two-point conversion on Chanay’s second run of the night, as West Franklin had missed the extra point after his first TD rush.
But the Lyndon defense and Kirsop came through for the Tigers in overtime, as Kirsop scored the game-winner after the Tigers’ D held West Franklin scoreless in the extra period.
Nielson ended the night with 92 yards on 23 carries to lead Lyndon.