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11-21-2011, 10:25 AM
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The Independent The Daily Independent Mon Nov 21, 2011, 01:12 AM EST
ASHLAND â Ty Lowe could have cracked, just as the bones in his foot had weeks before.
Fairviewâs senior quarterback coolly trotted onto a frigid field on a chilly night in Westwood.
The Eagles, while in the comfort of their own home, faced uncharted territory.
It was visitors 20, Eagles 18, and the scoreboard was not malfunctioning.
Pikeville had capped off a remarkable comeback with 20 consecutive points after trailing 18-0, and in doing so, the Panthers handed the Eagles their first deficit of the season â the streak of 614 straight minutes without trailing was over.
Now, it was Fairviewâs turn to fight back.
Lowe was set to guide the Eagles to their first state semifinal appearance in school history.
With pain tossed aside like a piece of bad fruit, Lowe gutted it out.
He hit Chris Littlejohn, also playing injured, for a first down. He tagged Mikey Felty for a first. Heck, he even dashed for a first himself, despite a broken foot suffered on Oct. 14 at Raceland. In total, he was 5 of 8 passing and achieved four first downs on the final possession.
The visible breath puffing out of Loweâs facemask remained rhythmic.
Lowe was composed, and so his team followed suit.
The clocked turned from minutes to mere seconds as Fairview methodically approached the Pikeville 21-yard line.
Maybe Lowe would mimick a game-winning drive seen in the NFL earlier in the week, led by Tim Tebow, to whom Pikeville QB Randy Maynard is ironically compared.
Tebowâs Broncos defeated the Jets in the final minute, so why couldnât Loweâs Eagles nip the Panthers?
Lowe took a snap and eyed Littlejohn, who stood near the goal line.
The ball simply slipped out of his hand too early, off his fingertips and into the still air, hanging for a Pikeville defender. The Panthers picked the pass with 16 seconds to go.
âI thought we stayed pretty composed as we drove it down there,â said Fairview coach Nate McPeek, who is 39-11 in four seasons. âI thought we needed one more play to kick a field goal and it just didnât happen.â
But Lowe should hold his head up proudly.
âHis mental and physical toughness exemplifies what you want in a football player,â McPeek said.
Most would have cracked on an earlier 4th-and-11 situation, which was converted with a throw to his favorite target, Felty.
Actually, most would have cracked when their foot did.
Clipped wings
While Lowe played through the same injury for the fifth consecutive week, Littlejohn and Tanner Rymer suffered new injuries on Friday.
Rymer took a blow to the head while defending a punt return. The starting cornerback sat out the rest of the game with a concussion.
Littlejohn, a versatile player who brings as much emotion as he does talent, returned after going down with a high ankle sprain. The senior showed toughness, but his inability to plant and cut affected the Eagles.
It took away one of their much-needed weapons, allowing Pikeville to key in on Fairviewâs offense more effectively.
Eagles proclaim 1,000
The Eagles still have nothing on The Proclaimers, but having four players gain 1,000 yards in a season is a rare feat, to say the least.
Devon Turner, Chris Brewer, Littlejohn and Lowe make an exclusive quartet, which covered 4,885 yards, equivalent to almost three miles.
Thatâs still 497 miles shy of The Proclaimers, a 1980s Scottish two-man band, who proclaimed they would âwalk 500 miles.â
And, if you include the second line â âI would walk 500 moreâ â the Eagles are 997 miles short.
The Independent The Daily Independent Mon Nov 21, 2011, 01:12 AM EST
ASHLAND â Ty Lowe could have cracked, just as the bones in his foot had weeks before.
Fairviewâs senior quarterback coolly trotted onto a frigid field on a chilly night in Westwood.
The Eagles, while in the comfort of their own home, faced uncharted territory.
It was visitors 20, Eagles 18, and the scoreboard was not malfunctioning.
Pikeville had capped off a remarkable comeback with 20 consecutive points after trailing 18-0, and in doing so, the Panthers handed the Eagles their first deficit of the season â the streak of 614 straight minutes without trailing was over.
Now, it was Fairviewâs turn to fight back.
Lowe was set to guide the Eagles to their first state semifinal appearance in school history.
With pain tossed aside like a piece of bad fruit, Lowe gutted it out.
He hit Chris Littlejohn, also playing injured, for a first down. He tagged Mikey Felty for a first. Heck, he even dashed for a first himself, despite a broken foot suffered on Oct. 14 at Raceland. In total, he was 5 of 8 passing and achieved four first downs on the final possession.
The visible breath puffing out of Loweâs facemask remained rhythmic.
Lowe was composed, and so his team followed suit.
The clocked turned from minutes to mere seconds as Fairview methodically approached the Pikeville 21-yard line.
Maybe Lowe would mimick a game-winning drive seen in the NFL earlier in the week, led by Tim Tebow, to whom Pikeville QB Randy Maynard is ironically compared.
Tebowâs Broncos defeated the Jets in the final minute, so why couldnât Loweâs Eagles nip the Panthers?
Lowe took a snap and eyed Littlejohn, who stood near the goal line.
The ball simply slipped out of his hand too early, off his fingertips and into the still air, hanging for a Pikeville defender. The Panthers picked the pass with 16 seconds to go.
âI thought we stayed pretty composed as we drove it down there,â said Fairview coach Nate McPeek, who is 39-11 in four seasons. âI thought we needed one more play to kick a field goal and it just didnât happen.â
But Lowe should hold his head up proudly.
âHis mental and physical toughness exemplifies what you want in a football player,â McPeek said.
Most would have cracked on an earlier 4th-and-11 situation, which was converted with a throw to his favorite target, Felty.
Actually, most would have cracked when their foot did.
Clipped wings
While Lowe played through the same injury for the fifth consecutive week, Littlejohn and Tanner Rymer suffered new injuries on Friday.
Rymer took a blow to the head while defending a punt return. The starting cornerback sat out the rest of the game with a concussion.
Littlejohn, a versatile player who brings as much emotion as he does talent, returned after going down with a high ankle sprain. The senior showed toughness, but his inability to plant and cut affected the Eagles.
It took away one of their much-needed weapons, allowing Pikeville to key in on Fairviewâs offense more effectively.
Eagles proclaim 1,000
The Eagles still have nothing on The Proclaimers, but having four players gain 1,000 yards in a season is a rare feat, to say the least.
Devon Turner, Chris Brewer, Littlejohn and Lowe make an exclusive quartet, which covered 4,885 yards, equivalent to almost three miles.
Thatâs still 497 miles shy of The Proclaimers, a 1980s Scottish two-man band, who proclaimed they would âwalk 500 miles.â
And, if you include the second line â âI would walk 500 moreâ â the Eagles are 997 miles short.
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11-21-2011, 02:29 PM
Good writeup on a tough kid. Only thing I have to say is there is a little artistic license being employed here, making it sound like Littlejohn stood all alone at the goal line. Looking at the video, at least 3 Pikeville defenders were within 5 yards of him (one right beside of him). Kid would have to be Manning to have gotten a pass in that tight of a window. That's NOT to take away from this kids' great performance. Tough, tough team that had a great season.
11-21-2011, 04:06 PM
Visions of Hazard in 2006 rolled through my head on that last drive. But instead of the dropped pick that Houston McAnallen had that night to allow the Hazard game-winning FG as time expired, Miller sealed the deal with the pick and did not allow Fairview to even attempt. Great last 4 minute drive however with multiple 4th down conversions.
11-21-2011, 08:40 PM
RAMBAIT Wrote:Tough kid. He should've been a Ram.
Or a Panther.lol
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