Greene Central and Bunn

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on November 11, 2007 11:28 AM

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SNOW HILL -- This loss could sting for a while.

Greene Central watched a 10-0 halftime lead evaporate into a 21-10 loss to Bunn in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 2-A (small school) playoffs on Friday night.

The Wildcats torched the Rams defense for 312 yards rushing on 63 carries, tallying more yards on the ground than Greene Central had as an offense.

Bunn opened the second half with 14 third-quarter points, taking a lead it never relinquished. The Wildcats added a touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

Aaron Harper's one-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter gave the Rams (8-4) an early lead. Abel Real tacked on a 24-yard field goal before halftime.

Tyrell Lane led Greene Central's rushing attack with 86 yards on eight carries. Brown finished 6-for-25 passing for 100 yards and also threw an interception.

Danny Moye led the Rams defense with 13 tackles, two sacks and a tackle for a loss. Reggie Sanders made 10 stops, and Jesse Creech had eight tackles.

Bunn 0 0 14 7 -- 21

Greene Central 7 3 0 0 -- 10

First quarter

GC -- Harper 1 run (Real kick)

Second quarter

GC -- Real 24 FG

B GC

First Downs 25 15

Rushes-yds 63-312 33-174

Passing-yds 6 104

Total yds 318 278

C-A-I 1-2-0 7-26-1

Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0

Penalties-Yds 2-10 7-46

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Greene Central -- Tyrell Lane 8-86; William Brown 15-49; Aaron Harper 10-39, 1 TD.

PASSING -- Greene Central -- William Brown 6-25-1 100; Ben Parrish 1-1-0 4.

RECEIVING -- Greene Central -- Curtis Braswell 4-56; 3-48.