Bulldogs get first win of the season; defeat Tigers, 15-14

By Steve Diffey
Director of Sports Information
Holmes Community College

GOODMAN — A Nolan Genovese to Jamel Johnson 42-yard touchdown pass and later two-point conversion pass to Ledrick Patterson with seven seconds to go gave the Holmes Community College Bulldogs the 15-14 win over the Coahoma Community College Tigers here Thursday night.

With the win, the Bulldogs improved to 1-2 on the season and 1-0 in the North Division and will play Northeast on the road next Thursday night in Booneville. Gametime is 7 p.m. and can be heard on 101.1 FM, 100.1 FM, 103.9 FM, breezynews.com, wyab.com and watched live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bulldogs-football-2011.

The Bulldogs got on the score first in the game when Ladarius Redditt scored from two yards out. Huff's extra point made the score 7-0 with 2:20 left in the first quarter.

The Tigers tied the game at seven in the second quarter when Jaszy Paker found a wide open Fred Plummer on a 26-yard touchdown pass. Trent Williams extra point was good. The Tigers then took a 14-7 lead with 12:30 left in the third quarter when Paker found Bondevia Cosby on a nine-yard touchdown pass. Williams' kick was good.

The Bulldogs took the ball back in the game and drove all the way down to the 42 before Genovese found Johnson who beat his defender and outraced the others for the touchdown. The Bulldogs called timeout and discussed their options before coming out and scoring on the two-point conversion to take the lead.  The ensuing kickoff ran the remaining time off the clock ending the Tigers' chance to score.

Genovese, who replaced an injured Matt Hamner at quarterback, finished the game 16-of-21 for 194 yards and one touchdown.