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08-25-2012, 10:44 AM
Arien Beasley put his personal stamp on a big county rivalry with two late interceptions to help North Oldham beat Oldham County 16-10 Friday night.
“This is big for me because as a sophomore it’s my first time playing in this game,” Beasley said. “But it’s even bigger for our team. We didn’t play well in the first half, but we all kind of looked at each other and knew we could do better.”
Beasley’s two interceptions keyed an opportunistic defense that gave up 311 rushing yards to the Colonels but was able to take advantage of several Oldham mistakes and come up with big plays at the right time.
“Arien came up with a big play for a sophomore, and a lot of people try to pick on him because he’s a sophomore, but he makes plays,” North Oldham coach Billy Martin said. “They ran 32 plays to our 16 in the first half and that’s not us. We got into them pretty good at halftime and they responded in the second half.”
Led by Jacob Taylor’s 112 yards on nine carries, Oldham was able to hold a 10-9 lead heading into the half. North Oldham responded on defense in the second half, holding Taylor to 21 yards on seven carries.
“We bent, we bent a lot in the game, but we were much more physical in the second half and that was the difference for us,” Martin said.
Both teams opened the game strong offensively, scoring on their first possessions.
North’s Josh Smith got the Mustangs started with a 61-yard run on the first play from scrimmage. Five plays later, Jake Evans went around left end for an 8-yard scoring run to give North a 7-0 lead.
Oldham answered immediately. Taylor started the Colonels with two runs for 29 yards and added a 34-yard gain two plays later, starting to his right and cutting back to the middle.
On the next play, Chris Caudill broke off left tackle from the 5-yard line and fumbled the ball forward into the end zone, with offensive lineman Luke Collins falling on the ball to tie the score.
The Mustangs took advantage of an Oldham error to go up 9-7 on the Colonels’ next possession, scoring a safety when a botched snap sailed over punter Sean Nuernberger’s head, forcing him to kneel in the end zone.
The Colonels lost a score on their next possession when a 4-yard touchdown run by Taylor was nullified by a holding penalty. On three of the next four plays Oldham was penalized a total of 35 yards to take it out of scoring position.
“We’re just not ready for a game like this yet,” Oldham coach Matt Brown said. “Too many mistakes, too many injuries and us just not taking care of business.”
North’s winning score came on the first play of the fourth quarter, a 22-yard burst off left tackle from Evans.
From there the North defense took over. Beasley’s first interception on a fourth-and-four play killed an Oldham scoring drive at the Mustangs’ 10-yard line. After the Mustangs were forced to punt, Beasley picked off Oldham quarterback Brett Strnad at the Mustangs’ 46 in the final minute.
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“This is big for me because as a sophomore it’s my first time playing in this game,” Beasley said. “But it’s even bigger for our team. We didn’t play well in the first half, but we all kind of looked at each other and knew we could do better.”
Beasley’s two interceptions keyed an opportunistic defense that gave up 311 rushing yards to the Colonels but was able to take advantage of several Oldham mistakes and come up with big plays at the right time.
“Arien came up with a big play for a sophomore, and a lot of people try to pick on him because he’s a sophomore, but he makes plays,” North Oldham coach Billy Martin said. “They ran 32 plays to our 16 in the first half and that’s not us. We got into them pretty good at halftime and they responded in the second half.”
Led by Jacob Taylor’s 112 yards on nine carries, Oldham was able to hold a 10-9 lead heading into the half. North Oldham responded on defense in the second half, holding Taylor to 21 yards on seven carries.
“We bent, we bent a lot in the game, but we were much more physical in the second half and that was the difference for us,” Martin said.
Both teams opened the game strong offensively, scoring on their first possessions.
North’s Josh Smith got the Mustangs started with a 61-yard run on the first play from scrimmage. Five plays later, Jake Evans went around left end for an 8-yard scoring run to give North a 7-0 lead.
Oldham answered immediately. Taylor started the Colonels with two runs for 29 yards and added a 34-yard gain two plays later, starting to his right and cutting back to the middle.
On the next play, Chris Caudill broke off left tackle from the 5-yard line and fumbled the ball forward into the end zone, with offensive lineman Luke Collins falling on the ball to tie the score.
The Mustangs took advantage of an Oldham error to go up 9-7 on the Colonels’ next possession, scoring a safety when a botched snap sailed over punter Sean Nuernberger’s head, forcing him to kneel in the end zone.
The Colonels lost a score on their next possession when a 4-yard touchdown run by Taylor was nullified by a holding penalty. On three of the next four plays Oldham was penalized a total of 35 yards to take it out of scoring position.
“We’re just not ready for a game like this yet,” Oldham coach Matt Brown said. “Too many mistakes, too many injuries and us just not taking care of business.”
North’s winning score came on the first play of the fourth quarter, a 22-yard burst off left tackle from Evans.
From there the North defense took over. Beasley’s first interception on a fourth-and-four play killed an Oldham scoring drive at the Mustangs’ 10-yard line. After the Mustangs were forced to punt, Beasley picked off Oldham quarterback Brett Strnad at the Mustangs’ 46 in the final minute.
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