Valley vs. Van – Live 1st Half Game Blog

A muggy night awaited these two combatants at WVU-Tech’s Martin Field as the Van Bulldogs traveled out of Boone County to face off against the Valley Greyhounds.

Valley wins the coin flip and defers to the second half. Van will get the ball first. An excited crowd showed up for this Class A match-up.

Van moves the ball well on the opening drive with consecutive first downs, down to the Valley 40. Van goes for a 4th and 2 and makes it. First down on Valley 28. Sack by #72 Travis Taylor, 3rd down and back to the Valley 33. Van goes for its 2nd 4th down attempt of the drive…INCOMPLETE PASS! Valley ball after the turnover on downs.

The Greyhounds start from their 29. First play a 13 yard run to the 42! Jack Simms #10 on a big gainer to the left. First down on the Van 33. A few running plays and penalties later and #4 Laronday Wilson goes 12 yards to cap off a 71 yard drive. 2 point conversion is good and Valley takes an 8-0 lead with 1:28 to go 1st quarter!

Van moved the ball to Valley territory and INTERCEPTION Greyhounds? #1 pick of the Bulldog pass on the 20 and the Hounds take over. Fumble! Bulldogs take back over the very next play at the Valley 22. End of Quarter 8-0 Valley!

Van start the 2nd quarter on the Greyhound 16 and a few plays later Bulldog RB #1 dives in from the 2 yard line, TOUCHDOWN! After the failed 2 point try Valley leads 8-6 with 10:12 left in the half.

The Hounds put together a few nice plays then with 9:17 left, FUMBLE! Recovered at the 36 by Van! First and 10, Bulldogs. First play the go for it all with a nice pass broken up on the 2 yard line. With 7:53 to go Van fumbles it back to Valley at the 23!

After a string of successful running plays the Greyhounds face a 4th and 2 at the Van 30. Run off the right tackle, FIRST DOWN! Valley has the ball on the Bulldog 20 with 2:30 to play. First and goal from the 8 a 2 yard plunge. Timeout Hounds with 1:39 on the clock………Wilson again with the 13 yard run to the left…TOUCHDOWN Valley!!!!!! 2 point try good, Valley leads 16-6.

Van takes the kick and moves the ball down the field to the Valley 17…..Holding on the run backing the Bulldogs up to the 27 with :51 left. Van’s QB is scrambling all over the place….TIMEOUT Van with :41 to play. Halfback pass to the end zone…INCOMPLETE!  3rd and 13 from the 20…..Run stopped at the 20….4th down reverse play down to the 2.  TOUCHDOWN Bulldogs on the QB keeper up the middle with :00 on the play clock. 2 point attempt fails…

Halftime Score…….Valley 16……Van 12