WCCA Rams surprise Huntington

Published 12:00 am Saturday, September 30, 2000

WOODVILLE – Stevens McVea and Shannon Day combined for more than 360 yards rushing and six touchdowns as Wilkinson County Christian Academy upset Huntington 62-32 Friday night in Woodville.

McVea ran for 260 yards on 27 carries and had four touchdowns, and Day ran for 106 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns.

Although the Rams won by a lopsided margin, the Hounds could have done the same thing.

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Huntington (4-3) jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by Kenneth Clayton and a 21-yard run by Luke Davis.

Both two-point conversions were good.

However, the Rams got their offense going late in the first quarter and scored on a 22-yard run by McVea, who then ran in for two.

The Rams then scored 16 points in the second quarter, 16 in the third quarter and 22 in the fourth quarter.

WCCA’s defense also shut down Huntington’s offense as the Hounds were held to 154 total yards – 149 on the ground.

Brandon Farrar led the Rams defensively with 14 tackles.

Two of McVea’s other touchdowns came on runs of 36 and 13 yards.

Day scored on runs of 7 and 24 yards.

WCCA (2-5) also got a 73-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Jensen to Harry Ford and a 5-yard run by Adam Ryan.

Jensen completed two of four passes for 83 yards, with both completions going to Ford.

Huntington’s other two touchdowns came on touchdown runs of 1 and 2 yards by Barrett Arthur.