Box Score ATHENS,
W.Va. – It was a record setting day at Callaghan Stadium home of the Concord Mountain Lions (7-2, 6-1 MEC). A bright spot in what was a disappointing game for the Cavaliers (1-8, 1-6 MEC) is the fact that senior wide receiver
James Long broke the all-time single season reception yardage record with nine catches and 76 yards in the 44-6 loss. For the season Long now has 1,119 receiving yards. On the other sideline kicker Andy Ellington tied his own career long field goal record by kicking 48-yarder with 1:34 left in the third quarter.
After a back and forth special team battle that saw two punts from each team and a blocked field goal by Concord, the Mountain Lions ended the scoreless first quarter with a 21-yard field goal to go up 3-0 with 2:52 to play.
Concord would then go up 10-0 on a three-yard touchdown run by tailback Calvinaugh Jones. Ellington's PAT would cap a six-play, 72-yard drive for the Mountain Lions. One minute and 38 seconds later Concord would put three more on the board with a 46-yard field goal from Ellington making the score 13-0 in Concord's favor.
The Mountain Lions would then take eight plays and travel 60 yards on a drive that finished on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Brian Novack to Darrick Williams. The PAT by Ellington would extend the lead to 20-0.
The Cavaliers would then go three and out leading to another Jones score from one yard out making it 27-0.
Concord would add 17 more points to go up 44-0 effectively putting the game out of reach.
It would be until the middle of the fourth quarter until the Cavaliers would put points on the board on a 11 yard pass from
Cullen LaVoi to Terrance Younger. A botched PAT would leave the Cavaliers with only six points in the game.
On defense,
Marcus Jones and
Timmy Meador both led the Cavs with 9 tackles apiece. The defense could not hold Jones as he scorched them for 115 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns.
The Cavaliers will return to action next Saturday Nov. 9
th at 1:00pm against West Liberty at home. You can listen to the game on 93.5 WAXM or watch it live online at
www.uvawisecavs.com/showcase.