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JV football team racks up 357 yards to beat Stevenson

by RICK DESOT ELL Observ er Sports Writer Still perfect! The Romeo High junior v arsity football team kept its record unblemished at 5-0 with a hard-fought, 22-1 4, MAC-crossov er win against Sterling Heights Stev enson last Thursday at Romeo. And, they earned it. The Bulldogs racked up 357 total y ards against the bigger Titans; 27 5 of it on the ground. Running back Brent Newsome (1 26 y ards on 1 5 carries and 3TD's) opened the scoring early in the first quarter with a 51 -y ard touchdown run to make it 6-0 Romeo. Quarterback Ty ler Armstrong (6-of-9 for 82 y ards) connected with Blake Cushingberry for the two points to make it 8-0. Midway through the second quarter a Romeo fumble led to a short field and touchdown pass for Stev enson to cut the lead to 8-6. The two-point ex tra point try was no good, howev er, leav ing the score right where it was. Newsome would score again later in the second on a 1 -y ard run that was set up by a 34-y ard reception by Joe Wilson. Newsome added the two points to make it 1 6-6 Romeo. Wilson helped the Bulldogs keep their lead at the half when he made a brilliant interception that halted the Titans' last driv e of the second quarter. "We did a lot of nice things in the first half offensiv ely , but the defense really sav ed our butts,'' said Romeo coach Tim Bussineau. "We turned the ball ov er a couple of times and the defense came up with some big stops.'' Newsome gav e Romeo a 22-6 lead with a 1 6-y ard TD run with 4:00 left in the third, but the ex tra point attempt was no good leav ing the door open for the Titans who were more than happy to step through. Stev enson scored late in the third on a 1 9-y ard touchdown pass to cut the lead to eight points, 22-1 4, after the two-pointer

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was good. "We really would hav e liked to hav e scored on our two-point Friday , 2 pm attempt because that would hav e meant that they would hav e Inserts needed three scores to take the lead. But, the offense did the job when they had to and put together a big driv e when we needed it Friday , Noon at the end of the game," said Bussineau. Retail Display With 8:28 remaining in the game, Romeo took ov er at its own Editorial 1 -y ard line and proceeded to eat up almost sev en minutes with an 89-y ard driv e that finally stalled at the Stev enson 1 0-y ard Monday , Noon line. Classified Display Running back Andre Fullwood (1 9 carries for 1 23 y ards), did Serv ice Directory Display most of the work on the Bulldogs' final driv e. Stev enson had a little ov er a minute left to mount a driv e, but Monday , 2 pm the distance was too much to ov ercome giv ing the Bulldogs the Serv ice Directory Liners v ictory . Monday , 3 pm "Any time y ou beat Stev enson at football it's a good win no Classified Liners matter what the lev el of play ,'' said Bussineau. "They are one of the leading programs in the county and beating them on the www.romeoobserver.com/Story.asp?page=community&storyid=5430

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the leading programs in the county and beating them on the ground to win a game is nev er easy .''

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