Hurley-St.Paul

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By The Continuous News Desk

Published: September 4, 2009
BY ANTHONY STEVENS
Sports Correspondent
ST. PAUL, Va. ? The Hurley Rebels overcame six turnovers to remain undefeated on the young football season. In a rare Thursday night game, Hurley outlasted St. Paul 28-26 in Division 1 play at Bowman Field.
Hurley (2-0) had to fight back the entire night. But it had just enough to get by St. Paul. The Rebels? senior running back Gary Blankenship finished with 173 yards rushing on 28 carries and two touchdowns.
Blankenship has suffered through a lot of adversity. His father died recently. Blankenship hurt an ankle in a scrimmage and saw limited action last week against Ervinton.
?Blankenship has been a little antsy, losing his Dad at the start of summer camp,? Hurley coach Greg Tester said. ?I?m happy for him ? this is what he needs. Blankenship had a good game, and he was relentless. He only weighs 130 pounds, but he runs like he is 200 pounds.?
St. Paul capitalized on five turnovers ? two interceptions and three lost fumbles ? in the first half by Hurley.
David Kiser recovered a Rebel fumble and raced 41 yards for a score. Freshman safety Reid Edmonds who had an outstanding game picked off an Austin Cooper pass and returned it 23 yards for a TD.
After a two-point conversion by Addison Rasnick, the Deacons led 14-0.
Hurley answered with a 6-play, 60-yard drive. Cooper hit Dustin Waynick with a 16-yard scoring pass for the first score.
St. Paul then had its first offensive TD. It was set up when quarterback Trevor Hileman lateraled to Denver Fritz who passed top Bryce Lawson for a 47-yard gain. Hileman then tossed a two-yard TD pass to Lawson for a 20-6 lead at the half.
After all the turnovers, Hurley simplified its offense in the second half. Most of the time, that meant handoffs to Blankenship.
?We just went I-formation and went straight at them,? Tester said. ?With our miss direction in the first half, we had some fumbled snaps and that hurt us a lot. We decided to come out and use our strength: our offensive line.?
The first series of the second half, the Rebels turned the ball over on downs. The next three possessions resulted in touchdowns. The Rebels caught a break after Todd Hurley recovered a St. Paul fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.
Blankenship then scored on an 11-yard rush to tie the game 20-20. St. Paul fought back when Lawson tossed a 74-yard TD pass to Edmonds to go back up by six 26-20 after the conversion failed.
That left the door open for Hurley. The Rebels saved their best drive of the game for the fourth quarter: 13 plays that covered 91 yards and took more than seven minutes off the clock, with Blankenship
scoring on a five-yard run. After a penalty on Hurley, Blankenship still put the winning points on the board with a 6-yard run for the two-point conversion.
St. Paul (0-2) played without starting quarterback Tyler Phillips who has been out with a medical problem. Hileman, who replaced him, was injured late in the first half and didn?t return. The Deacons used four different quarterbacks in the game.
?It was a tough, tough loss,? St. Paul coach Mark Palmer said. ?A lot of our kids got banged up. But my kids played their hearts out. They played so hard and tried to pull this one out.?

How in the hell can u turn the ball over 5 times in the first half and still win? St paul must be horrible

Had SP had Tyler Phillips in this game,they would have won it. That tells me that all the hype from Hurley is unwarranted,and they are overrated.

It is called a whole lot of luck. They were down 14-0 then 20-6 and fought back. Hurley has a really decent defense, they get after you. I think they knocked 2 out of the game by half and sent 2 more to the hospital at the end of game. St. Paul couldn't run the ball and take any time off and kept letting them come back. St. Paul and Hurley are not to bad but we will see in the weeks to come.

Hurley played there hearts out.....nuff said.

Wow...now there's a power house..

I read the Bluefield paper this morning and had Hurley holding St. Paul to -34 yards rushing and 156 passing. I think most of the passing yards came on 2 plays, a 30-35 yard play before half and a 74 yard TD pass in second half. I knew there was a lot penalties but this game was crazy 13 for Hurley and 9 for St. Paul.

I was wondering last night how a team could have -16 yards rushing at the half and be ahead by 14. That's small-school football for ya.

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LMAO-post of the year right there. You are right about my Indians not being in the same class as Hurley or St. Paul. The TRIBE would beat either one of them by 4-5 TDs. LPD>BDD/CD. And to top it off,you go whining and ragging on SWVA football board because I said the Rebs were overrated. That's priceless right there.

You'll be ok. As for saying what you said on the LPD board about SP or Hurley kicking the Tribe's arse? That one was a riot. LPD teams fare very well vs BDD and CD squads. My point will be proven when a Thomas Waker squad that JJK held to 9 yds in total offense last week (a 42-0 drubbing on the TW home field no less) starts beating CD teams. For what it's worth though,I hope Hurley has a great season and wins the BDD. God knows we're tired of seeing Haysi and Honaker kill you all and the other BDD squads every year. I'd love to see someone else win the BDD for a change. Greg Tester is a good guy (worked with him at the prison for a bit before he left). Best of luck to the Rebels this season.

If you're getting your ass beat by SP and pull out a win in a nail biter, I wouldn't brag too much afterwords...matter of fact I'd go ahead and mark it down as a L anyway and it sure is a moral loss. SP is awful and if they didn't have Phillips, they're 10 times worse than that. The worse LPD team would still mop of the floor with either team, that's the most insane comment I've really seen on here.

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Originally Posted by gridironguru

why be a hater.....Hurley busted heads all night what the hell didnt you see?Your Indians aint in the same class as ST.Paul or Hurley theyd both kick your ass so lay down hater.

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There's a difference between being a hater and being realistic.

As long as you're happy with barely nudging past a crippled St. Paul team, that's all fine and dandy.

Sp and Hurley are both small schools and they could not win in the LPD although Pound would be winnable and they could compete with appy. Not to take anything away from either of those LPD schools. But let me ask a question How would PV, Kelly, or clintwood fare if they were in the CMD The would be playing GC, LEbanon, Va high or if we wanted to compare say Hurley with an enrollment of 230 or so to Kelly enrollment of 500 that would have Kelly playing a school with 1000 students and how would Kelly fare then, they can't even win a plyoff game in Region D. My only point is size of the school matters and for the size of the schools Hurley and Sp are good little teams.

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Originally Posted by heartbreak kid

But let me ask a question How would PV, Kelly, or clintwood fare if they were in the CMD The would be playing GC, LEbanon, Va high

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Probably about as good as they have in the last few years since Clintwood had played GC for about the last 10 years, Lebanon the last couple and this year. PV has played GC forever, played Lebanon tonight. When JJK used to go 1-9 every year, that 1 win was always over VA High.

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Originally Posted by heartbreak kid

Sp and Hurley are both small schools and they could not win in the LPD although Pound would be winnable and they could compete with appy. Not to take anything away from either of those LPD schools. But let me ask a question How would PV, Kelly, or clintwood fare if they were in the CMD The would be playing GC, LEbanon, Va high or if we wanted to compare say Hurley with an enrollment of 230 or so to Kelly enrollment of 500 that would have Kelly playing a school with 1000 students and how would Kelly fare then, they can't even win a plyoff game in Region D. My only point is size of the school matters and for the size of the schools Hurley and Sp are good little teams.

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What? How about a game with Hurley (201) against Burton (252). Not much difference. How good a team is Hurley now?:D

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and you can be mature and clean the language up. So I said something about your team? Grow up man. This is a free country and I'll say what I want when I want. Prove me wrong Rebels and win state-wear it out. No need to get all hissy and ****y.

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Originally Posted by gridironguru

No I ragged you because you punked a school for no reason a small school that played there heart out and didnt quit and pulled one out...Im over it...but you can still kiss my ass..

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I just don't understand how he's punking a school when he's making a legitimate statement: Without Phillips, St. Paul is in the ground and very limited as to what they can accomplish. And even in that case, Hurley, who should be way ahead of St. Paul given their hype (even if they had Phillips) came out ahead by barely an inch. Are we not supposed to voice our opinions now? Should we just suck up to teams because we feel sorry for them because they're small and didn't perform up to their hyped expectations?

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Originally Posted by Ironlung

Probably about as good as they have in the last few years since Clintwood had played GC for about the last 10 years, Lebanon the last couple and this year. PV has played GC forever, played Lebanon tonight. When JJK used to go 1-9 every year, that 1 win was always over VA High.

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True that about Virginia High (God the Steve Bates and Bobby Short years were awful-folks clapping because we got beat 30-0 instead of 50-0). Put JJK in the CMD and they'd fare AT VERY LEAST as they are in the LPD. JJK has went toe to toe with the CMD favorite Lebanon,and the TRIBE can well compete with VHS (winnable IMO). We have had success with Lee High,and John Battle would be a Homecoming opponent for us.

Kelly is one of the better squads anywhere in swva this year but Coach Salyers, who in my mind is one of the area's best, is only like 11-29 so no Kelly wouldn't have been competive with the cmd and their current schedule is filled with John Battle types, Goingg back further Saunders was only alittle over .5oo% and before him 4-36 so not a lot of wins for the tribe over the last 15 years or so

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I didnt know Hurley had fans

look, if you cant take a lil critizism, you need to just leave

they struggled to beat a weak St. Paul team, thats just the facts, its true.
I am not trying to 'down young kids who played their hearts out' I am being honest, like he was. You are actin like a little girl.
St. Paul is a terrible football team, and if your team struggles to beat them, then taht probably means your football team just isnt very good.

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Originally Posted by Biggin

I didnt know Hurley had fans

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hell i didnt know hurley had internet service

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Originally Posted by burton2019

hell i didnt know hurley had internet service

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Sure does,running water ,electricity the works! lol
Guy's let's end this good luck to all your teams I just got ticked because I havent heard nor read any where that HHS was HYPED UP or supposed to be a world beater.. A lot of crap get's throwed on them every time something goes there way it seems they cant catch a break. Unchained just touched a nerve with me I guess .. Sorry I offended any of you....enjoy your holiday weekend...

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Originally Posted by Biggin

I didnt know Hurley had fans

look, if you cant take a lil critizism, you need to just leave

they struggled to beat a weak St. Paul team, thats just the facts, its true.
I am not trying to 'down young kids who played their hearts out' I am being honest, like he was. You are actin like a little girl.
St. Paul is a terrible football team, and if your team struggles to beat them, then taht probably means your football team just isnt very good.

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Exactly!


As for the hype?
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No big deal though-just a little thicker skin required

True,I am thin skinned about them kids. I see all the hard work they put in like all the kids at all the schools do just seem's like some people like to throw a lot a stones unnecessary at them.. As the hype you refferd to that was a Haysi coach making that statement not a Hurley guy and as the source which is a Bristol paper,thay havent deliverd a Bristol paper into Buchanan County in around 2 yrs ..So,if there gonna do a story on them I think they should have talked to them dont ya think? I know Greg well too and he aint blowing no smoke just want's his kids to do the best they can,play to there potential..I havent seen no hype chain,just 2 coaches working there players hard and taking one game at a time...