Miners trample Harmony Grove
Bauxite off ense gets in high gear for tough 8AAA Conference schedule
Martin Couch Sports editor

DEFENSE BOB MCADORY PHOTO The Bauxite Miners defensive unit stands ready to go up against the Camden Harmony Grove Hornets in an 8AAA Conference game in Camden.

The Bauxite Miners are preparing for their final three toughest games of the 8AAA Conference.

This Friday, the Miners host the fast Lake Village Beavers.

"I think we're already into our toughest games of the conference," said Bauxite head coach Jon Watson. "They get progressively harder and if we don't continue to get better it could be tough for us. Right now we're playing six or seven sophomores as starters and I'm proud to see them improving each week. That's all you can ask for is that they keep improving."

Bauxite received the opening Harmony Grove kickoff and scored in five plays. A 43-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Mathis to Peter Whitfield made it a 6-0 game with 10:17 to play in the first quarter.

The Miners dominance contiuned defensively when Ryan Dunlap picked off a Harmony Grove pass and on the next play ran for an 81-yard touchdown. Whitfield added the extra point for a 13-0 lead with 6:43 left in the first period.

BOB MCADORY PHOTO DIRECTING Bauxite's Peter Whitfield directs his teammates to block on a punt return.

The running of Tommy Wimberly got the Miners back in scoring position in the second quarter and set up a Dunlap 2-yard run. Whitfield's kick made it 20-0 with 8:50 to go before halftime.

Harmony Grove put together an sustained drive to march the field and score on a 1-yard run with 4:07 left.

Bauxite retaliated with Wimberly coming up with an 18-yard run to set the tone for another Miners' score. Mathis hit Whitfield for a 35-yard touchdown and Whitfield added the PAT for a 27-7 lead.

In the third period, the Bauxite defense forced a Harmony Grove punt. Runs from Dunlap and Wimberly led to a 34-yard touchdown pass from Mathis to Austin Hicks. Whitfield put up the extra point for a 34-7 lead.

The Miners final score came with 11:50 to go in the game when Wimberly carried in for a 1-yard touchdown and added the 2-point conversion for a 42-7 lead.

"Our young kids are still making mistakes," Watson said. "They aren't necessarily not hustling, there not dis- ciplined in some areas like not reacting to reads, but we're improving and getting to the point when we get all 11 of them reacting to the right keys. We're going to get a lot better, right now we have got eight of them doing it. Our offensive linemen, who should be our strength, are making too many blocking mistakes. If not in their effort, it's in their thought process. They did a better job last year than they are doing right now."

A-STATE MAN BOB MCADORY PHOTO Former Bauxite Miner Neely Sullivent watches the Arkansas State Indians defeat the Louisiana-Lafayette Cajuns 52-21 on Saturday night in Jonesboro. Sullivent is a red-shirt quarterback for ASU.

Hicks led the Miners with 13 tackles and six assists.

Score by quarters
Miners -	13	14	7	8	- 42
Hornets -	0	7	0	0	-	7

TOUCHDOWN BOB MCADORY PHOTO Bauxite's Austin Hicks breaks away from a Hornet defender to score.

Scoring summary 1st 10:17 Bauxite - Mathis 43-yard pass to Whitfield (kick failed) 1st 6:43 Bauxite - Dunlap 81-yard run (Whitfield kick) 2nd 8:50 Bauxite - Dunlap 2-yard run (Whitifield kick) 2nd 4:07 CHG - Brown 1-yard run (Poindexter kick) 2nd 2:14 Bauxite - Mathis 35-yard pass to Whitfield (Whitfield kick) 3rd 8:00 Bauxite - Mathis 34-yard pass to Hicks (Whitfield kick) 4th 11:50 Bauxite - Wimberly 1-yard run (Wimberly run)