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   The parking lot was packed and so were both sides of the stands Friday night over at Hardy M. Graham stadium in Martin, as longtime inter-county rivals Westview High School and Union City High School faced off once again as they have in past years.
     Earning four touchdowns in what became a loss for the Golden Tornadoes, Charger Eric West led his team offensively point-wise and yard-wise in Westview's second game of the season, helping to secure what has now become a 2-0 record thus far.
     Despite the point difference by the end of the game, the first quarter started out fairly evenly. The Golden Tornadoes led 3-0 at the end of the period after a 31-yard field goal from Will Arnold at about 6:32.
     Following this change in the scoreboard, Westview took up ball control at its own 20-yard line after Union City's kick went into the end zone. From there, West brought the ball down the field several times, including a 29-yard rush straight through the middle on Westview's first down and, a couple plays later, a 19-yard run deeper into Union City's side of the field.
     Despite making it to the Union City 21-yard line, Westview got pushed back a bit and was forced to turn over the ball after a fourth down attempt was stopped by a Union City defense that allowed the Chargers no further than their 18-yard line.
     With the Union City crowd rallied at this stand, the Chargers turned on their defense as well, with a quarterback keeper stopped by Travis Edwards after only three yards on the first down, an incomplete pass, a stop by Matthew Tucker that pushed UCHS four yards
away from the two yards they were only lacking for a first down.
     Forced to punt, the ball went back to Westview as the first quarter winded down, leaving the Chargers to wait to score the second play into the second stanza at 11:18 when West pushed through a final six yards for the touchdown. With the kick no good, WHS was now on top, 6-3.

(Read the rest of this story in the August 30th edition of the Dresden Enterprise!)

    Hold on to the ball. That surely is one line that members of the Dresden Lions football team have heard repeatedly from the Dresden coaching staff this week following their 21-14 loss to the Obion County Central Rebels last Friday night.

     If there was any key to the Dresden loss, it was turnovers as the Lions had six fumbles during the game to give up possession on five of the miscues. Two of those turnovers came at the Rebel 15-yard line and third at the 23 to bring to an end what appeared to be offensive drives headed for the end zone and points on the scoreboard in each case. The Lions had another fumble at their own 20 which set up a TD march for the Rebels.

     If the fumbles weren’t bad enough, Dresden had a 37-yard touchdown jaunt called back on their first offensive series of the game when the Lions were flagged for holding well away from the ball carrier. Two plays later, Dresden turned the ball over on a fumble to end the drive.

     Obion Central did not play a flawless game by any means as they had five fumbles to give up possession three times and one pass interception. However, the Rebel miscues did not have as severe of consequences in the final scheme of the game as did those by Dresden. Central likewise was penalized only one time during the game to give up ten yards while the Lions were flagged six times to give up 45 yards.

(Read the rest of this story in the August 30th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

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