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Published November 07, 2009 11:07 am - A fake punt seemed like the best thing to do, Glasgow head football coach Rick Wood said. The reason was obvious. ‘We came here to win’ Scotties come up short at Danville By JAMES BROWN Glasgow Daily Times DANVILLE — A fake punt seemed like the best thing to do, Glasgow head football coach Rick Wood said. The reason was obvious.
“It’s hard to punt to somebody you haven’t stopped all night,” the first-year Scotties coach said after the game. He wasn’t second-guessing the decision. “We were one guy from breaking it. We didn’t come here to play them close. We came here to win.” “Here” was Danville and “they” were the host Admirals in a Kentucky High School Athletics Association Class 2A first round playoff football game. Wood and the Glasgow Scotties unfolded every corner of their playbook in trying to upset Danville, but they fell short by two touchdowns and their season ended with a 49-35 loss. Glasgow attempted the fake punt on the first play of the fourth quarter while facing fourth and three at their own 37-yard line. The ball was snapped directly to upback Michael Bradley, who handed it to Tavion Parrish sweeping from right to left. Parrish, though, couldn’t avoid being tackled by Danville’s Devin Lynn for a three-yard loss. The Scotties also lost possession of the football. The Admirals responded by scoring a touchdown on the ensuing drive, which would prove to be the decisive score of the game, but it wasn’t the failure of the fake punt that proved costly. It was the lack of tackling on a third and 10 run by Danville quarterback Devonta Alcorn on that scoring drive that summed up the night for the Scotties. Alcorn broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and another about five yards further down field. He was eventually brought down at the nine-yard line, but not before gaining a first down to keep the scoring drive alive. Three plays later, Will Dunn finished it with a two-yard scoring run. Wood said Danville’s players were simply stronger Friday night. “You saw us in position (to make plays) and they just ran through tackles,” the coach said. “We’re really a patched up defense right now.” He explained the patchwork was the product of injuries to regular defensive starters Jalen Sublett and Hunter Bowles. So while the Scotties’ offense was tearing up and down the field most of the night, the defense was having a rough time slowing the Admirals’ offense. Danville posted 560 yards of offense, with 533 coming on the ground. Patrick Brand was a terror, amassing 307 yards on 25 carries, while Dunn gained 161 on 20 runs. Each scored three touchdowns. Parrish wasn’t a slouch himself, gaining 167 yards on the ground with 19 runs. Glasgow quarterback Parker Cash ran 15 times for 83 yards. Throughout the first half, it appeared the team that had the ball last would be the winner. Each team scored four times before intermission and Glasgow led 28-27 by virtue of Dustin Thomerson hitting on all four of his point after attempts. The Admirals scored first in the game on a 48-yard run by Brand with 8:23 left in the quarter. The PAT attempt failed. The Scotties answered with a 10-yard touchdown run by Cash with 4:19 left and Thomerson added the kick to give his team a 7-6 edge. 
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