By By KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Washington is hoping to gain some momentum over the final three weeks of the regular season.
Coming off a 7-3 win over White Oak, which squared the Pam Pack’s overall (4-4) and conference (2-2) marks, Washington will look to stay near the top of the Coastal Conference standings.
The Pack, currently tied with two other teams for third in the conference, plays its final away game of the regular season at D.H. Conley (0-8, 0-4) tonight. Washington will then close out the season with home games against South Central (5-3, 2-2) and West Carteret (5-3, 1-3).
“We’re hoping to get on a roll,” Washington coach Sport Sawyer said. “Defensively, we’ve been pretty strong all year and they’re getting better each week.
“Offensively, I’ve coached teams where we’ve peaked in the middle of the season. We are far from peaking now. We can’t do anything but get better. Hopefully, we can start putting some points on the board.”
The Vikings may be just what the sputtering Pam Pack offense needs. Washington is averaging just 14.6 points per game this season, scoring 56 points (7, 10, 12, 13 and 14 points) over the last five games.
The D.H. Conley defense is surrendering 40.4 points per game.
“I know they are hungry to get a win,” Sawyer said of the Vikings. “I think it will be game.”
Sophomore quarterback Trey Harris has clicked on 24 of 58 passes (41.4 percent) for 371 yards, tossing four touchdown passes and five interceptions.
His favorite target has been senior Tony Turnage, who has 11 receptions for 198 yards and three scores.
Washington’s defense (the team allows 14.4 points a game) has been instrumental in the team’s success this year. Tonight it faces a Conley team that is averaging just 8 points a game.
Ronnie Woolard has been the leader of the Pam Pack defense. The senior linebacker leads the team in tackles (80) and fumble recoveries (5), and is second with four sacks.
Cole Hartley has 60 tackles, Marquin Hill 59 and Amiar Johnson 49. Johnson leads the team with five sacks, while Turnage’s four interceptions lead the team.
Washington holds a 13-9-1 lead over Conley in the series, which includes last year’s 42-6 victory.
A win will give Sawyer his 37th coaching win at Washington, which would tie Dick Cherry for third on the all-time victory list (behind J.G. “Choppy” Wagner’s 154 wins and Brian Paschal’s 40 wins).
The game kicks off at 7 p.m.
Seahawks take on Redskins on homecoming
Tigers look for fourth straight win
By KEVIN TRAVIS
Sports Editor
The Southside Seahawks are looking to get back on track. One week after a humbling 49-16 loss at Perquimans, Southside is back home for tonight’s homecoming game against the Roanoke Redskins.
Southside (4-4, 2-2), led by David Hines, is currently tied for fourth place in the Four Rivers Conference with Plymouth.
Coach Brian Paschal’s Redskins (1-7, 1-3) notched their first win of the season last week with a 38-33 nod over Camden.
Sophomore quarterback Terrill Moore continues to put up some big numbers for Southside. He is 53 of 149 (35.6 percent) through the air, throwing for 910 yards to go with eight touchdowns and five picks. Moore has run for 532 yards and nine touchdowns.
Lonnie Williams has run for 352 yards and five touchdowns. Willie Ruffin leads the receivers with 26 catches for 427 yards and five scores.
Johnnie Pender leads the Seahawks with 69 tackles.
Southside travels to Williamston next Friday night, then ends the regular season Nov. 6 by hosting the annual Anchor Bowl against Northside.
Roanoke pays a visit to Northside next week, before ending the season at home against Williamston.
NORTHSIDE AT WILLIAMSTON
The Williamston Tigers (6-2, 3-1) are one of the hottest teams in the area. Coach Asim McGill’s team, which beat Plymouth last week for the first time in six years, looks for its fourth straight win at home against Northside.
The Keith Boyd-led Panthers (2-6, 0-4), who hung tough with conference-leading Manteo a week ago, will be looking to stop their four-game skid.
Williamston plays host to Southside next week, then wraps up regular season play at Roanoke.
Northside is home against Roanoke next Friday night, before venturing to Southside in the final week of the regular season.
PLYMOUTH AT CAMDEN
Plymouth (5-3, 2-2) is looking to snap a two-game skid as it travels to Camden (1-7, 1-3) tonight. The Vikings hadn’t lost two in a two since the 2005 season.
The Vikings, led by coach Robert Cody, visits Manteo next week and then closes the regular season at home against Perquimans.
MATTAMUSKEET AT JAMESVILLE
The Jamesville Bullets are looking to bounce back from Monday night’s 6-0 loss to Columbia. Meanwhile, Mattamuskeet is also coming off a loss after falling to Cape Hatteras a week ago.
The Richie Ange-directed Bullets (3-3, 3-2) play host to the Lakers (1-4, 1-4) this evening.
Jamesville cruised to a 34-6 win over Mattamuskeet in the first meeting.
Jamesville plays at Creswell next week, before ending the regular season at home against Cape Hatteras.
Mattamuskeet caps the regular season next Friday night at home against Columbia.
CRESWELL AT CAPE HATTERAS
The Creswell Tigers, led by Wayne Rodgers, can wrap up the Tideland Conference championship with a win at Cape Hatteras tonight. The Tigers (6-0, 4-0) have rolled over the competition of late, and tonight shouldn’t be any different against the Hurricanes (1-6, 1-5).
Creswell took a 53-0 win over Cape Hatteras in the first meeting.
The Tigers play host to Jamesville next week and end the regular season at Columbia (4-3, 4-2), who is off tonight.