<span style='font-family: Arial Black'><span style='font-size: 11pt'>Week's big games in Wise County</span></span>

Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 11:38 PM


BY Tim Hayes
Sports Reporter
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Looking for the area's marquee football games this weekend? Head to Wise County.

Southwest Virginia's biggest high school game (J.I. Burton at Powell Valley) and the biggest college matchup (Georgetown, Ky. College vs. the University of Virginia's College at Wise) are both on tap this weekend in the county of Wise.

Tonight at Bullitt Park in Big Stone Gap, Burton (3-0) and Powell Valley (2-1) will meet in a matchup of two teams expected to go far in the Virginia High School League playoffs.

Meanwhile on Saturday at Carl Smith Stadium in Wise, UVa.-Wise meets Georgetown in a crucial Mid-South Conference clash.

Now for a look at this week in high school football history:

September 16, 1949 "? J.T. Caruso's second-quarter touchdown propelled Norton past St. Paul, 6-0 ... Saltville earned a 13-7 win over Richlands ... Phil Honeycutt's 70-yard kickoff return highlighted Appalachia's 46-0 beatdown of Pound.

September 18, 1959 "? Ray Odum scored two touchdowns in leading Marion to a 32-6 victory over Chilhowie ... Lebanon and St. Paul played to a 7-7 tie with J.D. Cassell scoring St. Paul's TD and Lebanon's touchdown coming on a Doug Snead pass to Jack Linkous ... Ron Hughes plunged in from the 1-yard line with five seconds left, giving Clintwood a 6-0 win over Norton ... Behind two touchdowns from Bill Pullen, Tennessee High notched a 33-0 victory over Church Hill.

September 17, 1965 "? Ron Phillips and Danny Church led Grundy's rushing attack and the Golden Wave overcame a 20-6 deficit to post a 39-26 win over Virginia High ... Tennessee High suffered a 10-7 loss to Baylor of Chattanooga thanks to a fourth quarter field goal. Butch Beverly scored Tennessee High' s lone TD, hauling in a 13-yard scoring strike from Larry Rose ... Lewis Moody and Charles Bolling accounted for touchdowns in Sullivan Central's 14-0 shutout of Lynn View ... Abingdon's Charlie Gregory, Buddy Mitchell, Leon Prater and Jimmy Clark scored touchdowns in a 27-0 blanking of Holston.

September 20, 1974 "? Carlos Lee rushed for 132 yards on 19 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Virginia High past Patrick Henry 42-24. Russell Ervin led the way for PH, finishing the night with 133 rushing yards, 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns ... Dicky Bunn (11 carries, 197 yards, two touchdowns) led Sullivan Central to a 21-6 win over Sullivan ... David Lamie ran for a score and also threw a touchdown pass as Tennessee High outlasted John Battle 47-27. Gilmer Meade reached the end zone three times for Battle ... Eddie Robbins and Mark Sturgill had Wise's touchdowns in a 15-8 victory over Castlewood. Claude Turner had Castlewood's touchdown and also ran for the 2-point conversion ... Chilhowie's offense shined in a 44-20 triumph over Rich Valley. Charlie Halsey had three touchdown runs in the win, Robbie Fenner caught two TD passes and Ed Hayden piled up 116 rushing yards for the Warriors.

September 16, 1988 "? Brad Dunn's 70-yard kickoff return for a touchdown highlighted Tennessee High's 17-6 win over Volunteer ... Lebanon's Eric Buchanan finished with 193 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 14-12 victory over Abingdon ... Scott Cox had a huge night ? 16 carries, 142 yards, four touchdowns ? for Honaker in a 27-8 win over St. Paul.