Upset of the Year...Almost - Haysi 15, Rye Cove 14

[gobigred]

down on the goal line when the tiges didn't punch it in the couples times they were down there is where ryan jones was truly missed last night...also although they only scored 8 points ryan jones is the backbone of the D along with josh yates possibly the best overall dlineman in the region

[OLINE77]

Josh Yates is the best overall lineman in the region

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 17, 2005 11:57 AM: Message edited by: OLINE77 ]</font>

[davidjr]

Anybody who had followed things up to this point would have figured Rye Cove was a lame duck heading for a beating at the hands of Haysi. After all, losing 50-16 to Appy didn't seem promising prior to playing Haysi, 20-0 winners over Clintwood (a team Appy only beat 20-12).

I think somebody forgot to tell Rye Cove they were suppose to get blown out...and apparently Haysi didn't remember it either.

Fumbles and a goal line stand had Rye Cove tied 0-0 with Haysi at halftime. Haysi, clearly the more dominant team, had a pass dropped inside the five that would have been a definite touchdown, not to mention a costly fumble early.

Haysi again fumbled to start the 3rd Q, and the Cove took advantage with a 35 yard drive capped by a QB sneak to go up 8-0 (the QB took it in for the 2 pt as well).

Haysi was reeling as they were dominating both sides of the ball, but losing on the board. They were driving good, and fumbled again with three RC defenders around the ball. However, they tried to pick it up and run with it, bobbled the ball, and somehow, Haysi recovered and went on to tie the game at 8.

Haysi had two drives in the last 2:41 of the game where they aired it out, but were intercepted once and had a loss of downs to send things into OT.

Haysi scored in one play, a sweep to Elijah Owens. They opted to kick the XP, a very smart coaching move in the end, to go up by 7.

The Cove struggled, but punched the ball into the end zone on there 4th down. They went for 2 and the victory, but a Haysi player dragged the Cove RB down in the backfield to secure they Tiger victory.

Haysi's defense is as advertised. Very quick to the ball, strong DLine, LBs move well, very stingy. There pass defense looks a little shaky, but Rye Cove didn't have the ability to threaten them at all (they may have called 4 passes all game, two of which were INT'd off of bad throws).

It'll be interesting next week @ Sandlick when Honaker comes to visit.

[Air-Ran]

Ryan Jones didnt suit up or paly for that matter which is a big loss for the tigers.

[HonakerTigers]

Also I head that Haysi had a lot of dropped passes, never the less, my wish has been granted we get to hand them their first loss.

[biggamesjames]

The receivers couldn't catch a cold last night...I counted 3 dropped TD passes and all were easy catches with the defensive back several yards away...thats inexcusable even at the H.S. level.

[OLINE77]

do you all think haysi might have been overlooking rye cove and thinking about the game against honaker and didn't have their heads in the game and made mental mistakes. just wondering sounds like that might have been a problem. even without jones they are still are 3 tds better than rye cove

[LPDfanincarolina]

I honestly believe that if Haysi wasn't playing Honaker this coming friday that the score of the Haysi and Rye Cove game would have been much different. Rye Cove seems to be the type of school that is easily overlooked.
Last year it was Powell Valley that overlooked the Eagles and had to pull out thier game in the fourth quarter for a region D playoff win. The Vikings had just beaten Appalachia and was looking forward to possibly playing Gate City again for the region D championship.

[biggamesjames]

I would tend to say both of u are on the money with those assessments.

[davidjr]

IMO, it would have been a crime punishable by 20 years in prison had Rye Cove won that game. I hate to say it but the RC QB could not throw the ball 20 yards. Even his short passes looked like something out of a Pee Wee game.

With all the fumbles and dropped passes, Haysi was very fortunate to win this game. Against any team that could remotely threaten to pass and/or has some speed (Rye Cove had ZERO speed), Haysi loses this game by 20.

Oddly enough, it seems Haysi is very intent on passing the ball (much more than they did the last two years) when they ought to put the ball in the hands of their speedy backfield just a little more.