By Joe Crowe, for The Tribune
PINSON — The Pinson Valley Indians took the Shades Valley Mounties to the woodshed with a 49-0 win in Willie Adams Stadium .
Korbyn Williams hustles down the field during Pinson Valley’s 49-0 pounding of Shades Valley. (Photo by Ron Burkett)
The Indians started off with a touchdown at 9:01 in the first quarter, and never looked back. The night’s highlight happened in the third quarter with a 97-yard interception that led to a touchdown.
The Pinson Valley Indians took the Shades Valley Mounties to the woodshed with a 49-0 win in Willie Adams Stadium.
The Indians started off with a touchdown at 9:01 in the first quarter, and never looked back. The night’s highlight happened in the third quarter with an interception and a 97-yard touchdown run by Mike Sharpe II.
Sharpe saw the goal line long before that third-quarter play, however– with 2:02 left in the first, Sharpe earned a 1-yard rushing touchdown, then a field goal increased the Indians’ lead to 14-0.
With 6:41 left in the first half, Shades Valley got the ball at their 20 after the Indians missed out on a 42-yard field goal attempt. Moments later, Pinson’s No. 4, T.J. Metcalf, intercepted at the Shades Valley 25. At 5:36 left in the half, Sharpe drove for 25 yards to bring the score to 20-0.
With 45 seconds remaining in the half, QB Zach Pyron (no. 11) completed a 33-yard pass to wide receiver Korbyn Williams (no 6), turned a 33-yard pass in for a touchdown. Another field goal success pushed the score to 28-0. No. 23 Rod Ivy turned a pick-six into a 40-yard return — with yet another extra point, Pinson Valley led 35-0.
The Indians refused to take their foot off the accelerator in the third quarter, as a touchdown pass to No. 13 Amare Thomas and the extra point set the score at 42-0.
Mike Sharpe II’s iron-man moment arrived at 5:57 in the third quarter, as the running back turned an interception into an astonishing 97-yard touchdown run. One more touchdown — a 23-yarder by no. 16 Jaylen Taylor– set the score at 55, but a technical call took the TD away from the Indians, setting the score back at 49-0.
At that point, the end was all but inevitable for the Mounties. As time ran out, Shades Valley lost out on another field goal attempt.
“We played the way we wanted to play,” said Coach Sam Shade after the win.
With 2:02 left in the first, Pinson Valley increased the score to 14-0.
With 6:41 left in the first half, Shades Valley got the ball at their 20 after the Indians missed out on a 42-yard field goal attempt. Moments later, Pinson intercepted at the Shades Valley 25. At 5:36 left in the half, Pinson drove for 25 yards to bring the score to 21-0.
With 45 seconds remaining in the half, the Indians turned a 37-yard pass in for a touchdown — then intercepted again, and ran it back for another TD, bringing the score to 35-0 at the half.
The Indians refused to take their foot off the accelerator in the third quarter, with a 19-yard run and a 1-yard pass for a touchdown with 9:24 left in the third, setting the score at 42-0.
At 5:57 in the third quarter, running back Mike Sharpe turned an interception into an astonishing 97-yard touchdown run, making the victory an ironclad 49-0.
A field goal attempt by the Mounties proved in vain with 1:26 left in the third. The Indians lost the ball on downs with 4:30 left in the game, and the Mounties lost out on another field goal attempt as time ran out.
“We played the way we wanted to play,” said Coach Sam Shade after the win.
