Alcoa Tornadoes dominate Tyner in first round, 44-7
By Justin Millersports@thedailytimes.com
Originally published: November 07. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: November 07. 2009 12:57AM
Alcoa rolled to its 24th consecutive victory Friday night, defeating the Tyner Academy Rams, 44-7, in round one of the Class 3A playoffs.
The five-time defending state champions looked dominant as usual.
"We played well in every aspect of the game tonight," said head coach Gary Rankin. "Just a lot of great effort out of all of our kids."
On the first play of the game, Alcoa's Daniel Rockymore took a reverse handoff from Jaron Toney 65-yards to paydirt.
"Coach Rankin told me in practice we were going to run the reverse on the first play of the game," said Rockymore. "He said if you run it right, it will be open, they lined up in man-coverage and we were able to catch them off guard."
On Tyner's ensuing drive Rockymore came up big again, making a touchdown-saving tackle to stop a 62-yard quarterback keeper at the Alcoa 7-yard line, a drive that ended in a turnover on downs. Rockymore also scored on a 55-yard pass from Austin Tallant in the second quarter to put the Tornadoes (11-0) up 16-0.
Defensive coordinator Brian Nix awarded Rockymore a sledgehammer after the game for his efforts.
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