WCMS falls, ends 9-game win streak
The Warren County Middle School football team’s nine-game winning streak came to an end last Thursday with a 18-8 road loss at Ezzell-Harding.
With the setback, the Pioneers fell to 3-1 on the season heading into last night’s home contest against White County.
Four turnovers proved costly for WCMS, as quarterback Levi Bain threw a pair of interceptions and the Pioneers fumbled the ball to the Eagles five times, losing two to the Eagles.
Ezzell-Harding had five fumbles, as well, losing one. The Eagles finished with 93 yards rushing on 30 attempts, and completed 9-of-15 passes for 109 yards in the win.
The Eagles’ first touchdown came after taking over on downs, when the Pioneers failed to convert a fourth-and-1 from the Eagle 35. EHMS scored again on a fourth-and-13 play from the Pioneer 16-yard line, on a pass that was tipped by a WCMS defender but fell into the Eagle receiver’s arms.
With two minutes tolay in the first half, the Pioneers fumbled the ball on an option run, and Ezell-Harding took it all the way back for a TD.
Bain scored the Pioneers’ only touchdown, going 12 yards to the end zone on an option play, then adding the 2-pointconversion on a bootleg. Bain finished with 28 yards on eight carries, leading the team in rushing yards as the Eagle defense — and WCMS’s own miscues — kept the team’s rushing numbers well below the norm.
Justin Bouldin had 13 yards on eight carries, while Dexter Hillis carried the ball six times for 16 yards. Tucker Chastain had three carries, finishing with 21 yards.
The Pioneers found some success through the air, however, as Bain finised with 136 yards on a 3-of-7 passing night. Ethan Womack had a 15-yard grab, Kyle Mullican had one catch for 34 yards, and Saul Simpson hauled in a pass for an 87-yard gain.
As a team, the Pioneers amassed 214 total yards of offense.
After facing White County Tuesday, the Pioneers are scheduled to be off next week, and take on J.D. Jackson on the road Oct. 8.