Slack Calmly Boots U-Hi

FROM SPORTS REPLAY (Tuesday, September 30, 1997): Replay Chris McCullough of Mead rushed for 143 yards in the Panthers’ 47-42 high school football win over Davis in Yakima Friday night. The credit was given to a teammate.

John Slack had plenty of time to get nervous, but it never showed.

The Ferris senior weathered three agonizing time-to-think time outs and then calmly blasted a 41-yard field goal well through the uprights with 22 seconds left to give Ferris a thrilling 24-22 Greater Spokane League football win over University Friday night at Albi Stadium.

“Definitely, I was nervous, but I was confident I could make it,” Slack said. “The key was concentrating a lot, focusing, not letting anything get to me … and follow through.”

Earlier in the game, Slack’s holder, Jonathon Parker, became the all-time receiver for yardage in league history, passing the 1,352 by Jamie Buenzli of Ferris in 1984-85.

“Ever since I was a sophomore, I’ve been aiming for that record,” said Parker, who is 11 yards past Buenzli.

In the first game of the doubleheader, which drew 3,340 fans, Lewis and Clark used a big first half to defeat North Central 40-20.

Mead beat Davis 47-42 in a non-league game in Yakima.

LC 40, NC 20

As impressive as the first half was for the Tigers (2-1, 2-1), the Indians (0-2, 0-3) made just as good of an impression in the second half.

LC piled up 220 yards of offense and allowed 47 in rolling to a 27-0 lead at the half. The Indians lost three of five fumbles.

“We didn’t turn the ball over, I think that was a big key, and we had a lot of different guys contribute,” LC coach John Hook said.

Darryl Lockridge threw two scoring passes, 19 yards to Adam Love to start the scoring and a back-breaking 26-yarder to Colin Shields 2 seconds before the half.

Sophomore Erik Coleman provided a key play late in the half. Taking the ball on third-and-2 from the LC 23, he swept right, was pinned on the sideline, but busted out for 51 yards. Shields scored on the next play.

“I think we can sit there and dog fight with anyone, but right now it’s a mental thing,” NC coach Wes Hobbs said.

The second half was a different story as NC put together two long drives to pull within 27-14 seconds into the fourth quarter.

However, the Tigers responded with a TD drive and then Derek Johnson ran 27 yards with a fumble to seal the decision. The Indians helped again as the Tigers lined up for a punt at midfield but a lineman jumped before the snap and the 5-yard penalty gave LC a first down to keep the drive going.

Still, NC marched down for another touchdown with 1 minute to play.

Brian Mack scored all three touchdowns for NC on short runs and finished with 107 yards on 29 carries after being held to 24 yards in the first half.

Lewis and Clark 6 21 0 13 - 40

North Central 0 0 7 13 - 20

L-Love 19 pass from LockRidge (kick failed)

L-Coleman 13 run (Dahlstrom kick)

L-Flatt 31 run (Dahlstrom kick)

L-Shields 26 pass from Lockridge (Dahlstrom kick)

N-Mack 1 run (Geurts kick)

N-Mack 2 run (Geurts kick)

L-Lockridge 1 run (kick failed)

L-Johnson 27 return of fumble (Dahlstrom kick)

N-Mack 2 run (pass failed)

L N

First downs 16 14

Rushes-yards 40-242 45-149

Passing yards 47 72

Return yards 0 6

Passes 9-3-0 14-10-0

Punts-avg. 4-36.8 4-20.5

Fumbles-lost 2-0 7-4

Penalties-yards 5-41 7-30.5

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Lewis and Clark: Flatt 11-88, Coleman 5-76, Spurgetis 15-50, Bowser 7-31, Hook 5-18, Ross 2-6, Etter 1-3, Lockridge 1-1, North Central: B.Mack 29-107, Froscheiser 6-6, S. Mack 1-5, Pearson 2-0,

Passing - Lewis and Clark: Lockridge 9-47-3, North Central: Froscheiser 14-72-10,

Receiving - Lewis and Clark: Shields 1-26, Love 1-19, Flatt 1-2, North Central: Dacy 3-28, Clark 4-26, Bowser 2-10, Pearson 1-8.

Ferris 24, University 22

The Saxons (1-2, 1-2) scored on their first two possessions and led 15-2 at halftime before the Titans (1-2, 1-2) came back behind quarterback Chris Short.

Short was particularly impressive when the Saxons fumbled the ball on the U-Hi 3 with 9:02 remaining and a 21-16 lead. Short capped the long drive with a 1-yard plunge with 3:02 left.

During the drive, the Titans overcame a holding penalty, but the Saxons were twice called for pass interference and once for unsportsmanlike conduct on a coach after an apparent trap was ruled a catch. The 45 penalty yards helped, but so did four clutch passes, including a 12-yarder to Jake Roberts at the 1 on fourth-and-4.

Ferris 13 2 6 3 - 24

University 0 2 14 6 - 22

F-Dillon 29 run (Slack kick)

F-Servine 25 pass from Atkins (kick failed)

F- Safety, Mattioda tackled in end zone

U-Safety, Metcalf blocked punt through end zone

U-Roberts 22 pass from Short (Mace kick)

F-Bozo 2 run (run failed)

U-Mattioda 4 run (Mace kick)

U-Short 1 run (pass failed)

F-Slack 41 field goal

F U

First downs 19 14

Rushes-yards 53-240 32-83

Passing yards 132 179

Return yards 19 0

Passes 18-11-1 20-13-0

Punts-avg. 1-31 5-35.2

Fumbles-lost 4-3 2-0

Penalties-yards 10-105 2-15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Ferris: Bozo 37-190, Dillon 8-50, Visvydas 1-3, Atkins 6-20, Team 1-(-23). U-Hi, Mattioda 24-84, Short 7-0, Valkenaar 2-(-1).

Passing - Atkins, Ferris, 18-132. Short, U-Hi, 20-179.

Receiving Ferris: - Servine 4-65, Parker 3-42, Visvydas 1-5, Mayes 3-20. U-Hi: Long 2-42, Roberts 7-101, Valkenaar 1-6, Ellersick 2-19, Binkoski 1-10.

Mead 47, Davis 42

At Yakima, Joe Zelinski recovered a fumble forced by Zack Cassel at the Mead 25 in the final minute as the visiting Panthers (3-0) held off the Pirates (1-2).

Keith Stamps and Kris Griffins combined for 288 yards on 42 carries to lead Mead toward 389 rushing yards.

Mead 14 21 6 6 - 47

Davis 7 14 7 14 - 42

M-Stamps 9 run (Stamps kick)

D-Gratton 42 pass from Phillips (Stubblefield kick)

M-Griffins 6 run (Stamps kick)

D-Radford 48 run (Stubblefield kick)

M-McCullough 10 run (Stamps kick)

D-Cunningham 35 run (Stubblefield kick)

M-Stamps 41 run (Stamps kick)

M-Griffins 16 pass from Muzatko (Stamps kick)

M-Griffins 2 run (kick failed)

D-Gratton 7 pass from Phillips (Stubblefield kick)

M-Stamps 4 run (run failed)

D-Gratton 75 pass from Phillips (Stubblefield kick)

D-Stubblefield 39 pass from Phillips (Stubblefield kick)

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