[gapman]

that game was closer than the score showed it was close the whole game intill about 8 minutes in the 4th. Rowan fumble the ball on the 3 yard line on kickoff return.

At the half Ashland had a 14 to 3 lead and had a 143 to 30 yd advantage over Rowan on Offense. For the game Ashland had 300 rushing yds to Rowan's 83, passing- Ashland 159 to Rowan's 42. Rowan's 1000 yd rusher was held to only 16 yds. On the defensive side of the ball according to the paper 25% of all Rowan's plays wound up as lost yardage.

Adam Wing played with poise the whole game and made a lot of plays when he called his own number including the TD in the 3rd. Of the 429 to 125 yard difference Wing rushed for 51 and passed for 40 accounnting for 91. Ashland's D was the difference in this one. Everyone was saying it would come down to who could defend the other, right?