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Eddie Eviston connected with John
Cooper just over the goal line. Eviston
finished 22 of 36 throwing two interceptions
for 285 yards. Suiting up for his
first start with the Fire, quarterback
Danny Southwick quickly responded
finding a wide open Tymere Zimmerman
for the first Louisville score of
the evening. Southwick ended the contest
13 of 21 for 151 yards.
A missed kick by Kight left the Fire
trailing 6-7 with 4:03 remaining in
the first quarter. On third and eight,
Keller Speaks and Bernard Jackson
grabbed Eviston for the sack and an
incomplete pass on the fourth down
gave the ball back over to Louisville.
With less than a minute remaining
in the first quarter Southwick completed
a 22-yard pass to Ricardo Lenhart
marking the score at 13-7.
Leading off the second quarter with
a score Eviston completed a 10-yard
pass to Chad Spencer, putting the
Horsemen up 14-13. After a hard hit,
Southwick bounced back to put a 29-yard
pass in Lonnell Dewalt's hands giving
the Fire a 20-14 advantage midway
through the quarter. Lexington went
for it on fourth down and came up
with six points as Eviston completed
a second touchdown pass to Spencer.
The Horsemen lead by one with 4:00
minutes remaining in the first half.
With two seconds left in the half,
Defensive player of the game Matt
Forbes returned a missed field goal
attempt 53 yards for a touchdown,
allowing the Fire to lead the Horsemen
26-21 at halftime.
Rookie Dominic Ross gave Louisville
an opportunity to advance their lead
with an interception early in the
third quarter, as Matt Bassuener turned
it into a touchdown connecting with
Dewalt for his second touchdown pass
of the game. However, another missed
kick by Kight marked the score at
32-21. Eviston and Spencer teamed
up for a score and successful two
point conversion, cutting the lead
down to three points. Taking the lead
with 2:12 remaining in the third quarter
Eviston completed his fourth touchdown
pass of the contest to Cooper, allowing
the Horsemen to take a four point
lead.
The Horsemen extended their lead
to 43-32 following a completed pass
to Ryan Mitch. Bassuener rushed in
for a score and two point conversion,
bringing to Fire within three points.
With 2:47 remaining in the game, the
Horsemen found their way into the
end zone setting the score at 50-40.
Bassuener put up a 18-yard pass to
Dewalt for his third score of the
game, once again bringing Louisville
within three points. A last minute
fumble recovered by Jerome Jones gave
the Fire a chance to take the lead.
With 16 seconds remaining in the contest
Bassuener connected with PNC MVP of
the game Tymere Zimmerman for the
score, putting the fire up by four.
Matt Forbes ended Lexington's last
chance for a touchdown with an interception
at the front of the end zone. Bassuener
finished the game with 9 of 12 with
four scores for 116 yards.
With no time to rest the Fire head
to Youngstown, Ohio to face the Mahoning
Valley Thunder on Friday, June 27
at 7pm. Louisville defeated the Thunder
53-22 during their first meeting of
the 2008 season. Louisville returns
home on Saturday, July 12 to play
the Albany Conquest at 7:00 P.M.
| Score by Quarter |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Lexington Horsemen |
7-5 |
7 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
50 |
| Louisville Fire |
7-5 |
13 |
13 |
6 |
22 |
54 |
Attendance: 5,456
RUSHING
EVISTON, Eddie 4-25 (LEX)
FORNEY, Demetrius 6-11 (LOU)
PASSING
EVISTON, Eddie 22-36-2-285 (LEX)
SOUTHWICK, Danny 13-21-0-151 (LOU)
RECEIVING
SPENCER, Chad 10-132 (LEX)
ZIMMERMAN, Tymere 10-81(LOU)
PNC Bank Fire MVP-Tymere
Zimmerman, LOU
Schutt Offensive Player-Eddie Eviston,
LEX
ADT Defensive Player-Matt Forbes,
LOU
JLS Ironman-John Cooper, LEX
Cutter Catch-Ricardo Lenhart, LEX
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