Friday night football: Mountaineers out of running for state in Region 5-3A

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 47, North Murray 35

Score by Quarters

LFO 20 6 0 21 — 47
North Murray 7 13 0 15 — 35

How They Scored
First Quarter
LFO — Trey Silmon 18 run (Kyle Trego kick), 10:48
NM — Hinton McConkey 31 pass from Brady Swilling (Aaron Mendez kick), 7:53
LFO — Daniel Parrish 4 pass from Silmon (Trego kick), 2:52
LFO — Silmon 4 run (kick failed), :23.8
Second Quarter
LFO — Jacob Gilbert 55 fumble return (kick failed), 9:55
NM — Christian Bukle 42 run (Mendez kick), 7:30
NM — Jacob Mays 18 pass from Swilling (pass failed), 1:16
Fourth Quarter
LFO — Pooh Harden 47 run (Trego kick), 11:50
NM — Bukle 2 run (snap bobbled), 9:45
LFO — Jackson Wallin 59 pass from Silmon (Trego kick), 7:45
NM — Mays 85 kickoff return (Mendez kick), 7:28
LFO — Wallin 41 pass from Silma (Trego kick), 3:44
NM — Safety, :22

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October 27, 2012

Friday night football: Mountaineers out of running for state in Region 5-3A

By Doug Hawley sports@daltoncitizen.com The Dalton Daily Citizen Sat Oct 27, 2012, 06:47 AM EDT

CHATSWORTH — As king of North Murray’s homecoming festivities Friday night, it would have been fitting if celebrated Mountaineers quarterback Brady Swilling had led his team to a victory against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe.

Unfortunately for North Murray, that did not happen — but it was not for lack of trying by Swilling and his teammates who fell 47-35 to the Warriors in a Region 5-3A shootout that took three hours to decide.

“I was flattered to be the king,” Swilling, a senior said of his brief activity at halftime as he helped crown queen Leeann Callihan. “Homecoming is great, but it was about me playing football. We did play them closer than recent years. That certainly shows improvement for us.”

Any hope that the Mountaineers had of gaining a state playoff spot (4-4, 1-4 Region 5-3A) ended with the loss. The Warriors (6-2, 3-2) are vividly in the picture.

North Murray fell behind 26-7 in the second quarter and spent the night playing catch-up. After that, it twice pulled within six points but no closer.

“We just got off to such a bad start,” Mountaineers coach David Gann said. “However, our guys battled. They just made several more big plays than we did. Our defense could not stop them, but our offense also helped them by turning the ball over.”

After LFO led following its initial drive, 7-0 on quarterback Trey Silmon’s 18-yard scamper, North Murray knotted the count, 7-7 on Swilling’s 31-yard pass to Hinton McConkey. Aaron Mendez kicked the extra point.

After falling behind by 19 points, the Mountaineers closed to 26-20 at halftime. Christian Bukle raced 42 yards on a run up the middle, and Swilling teamed with Jacob Mays on an 18-yard scoring toss to tighten the gap.

North Murray’s scoring in the second half came from Buckle on a 2-yard run, Mays on an 85-yard kickoff return and a safety relinquished purposely by the LFO offense.

The Warriors’ Silmon also accounted for a 4-yard scoring run and a 4-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Parrish in the first half. Jacob Gilbert returned a North Murray fumble 55 yards for a touchdown.

During a fourth quarter scoreathon Silmon connected twice with Jackson Wallin on scores of 54 and 41 yards, with both plays starting in the flats. Pooh Harden scored on a 47-yard run.

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