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| DALLAS - The fact Longview stopped Dallas Carter's celebrated tailback Darren Lewis Friday night wasn't even a factor here at Sprague Stadium. Instead, Longview stopped itself on several occasions on dropped passes, fumbles, interceptions and penalties.
And when the Lobos handcuffed themselves they are forced to pay the price - as in Cornelius Price. Price, Carter's 185-pound senior wingback, caught five passes for 136 yards and scored the winning touchdown to lead the fourth-ranked Cowboys past No. 10 Longview, 19-0. Price was the main target for Cowboy quarterback Cedric Smith, who completed 8 of 11 for 193 of Carter's 215 passing yards. The Cowboys' passion game set up all three of their touchdowns. Carter improves to 3-0, while Longview drops to 2-1. Carter hasn't been scored on in three games, but Longview had its chances. Chances the Lobos were not able to convert. Longview's offense was awesome at times and awful at others, particularly in the first half when three drives ended in Carter's end of the field, but with no points. A dropped sure touchdown pass, three fumbles and 57 yards in penalties were widely responsible for keeping the Lobos off the scoreboard in the first half. "We had two or three chances to score (in the first half) and we didn't get it done," lamented Lobo coach Doug Cox. "They were trying but they just didn't get it done. I thought maybe if we took the ball in the second half we could win. I thought if we played as well in the second half as we did in the first half we could win. But we needed to run better and block better and we didn't." The running and blocking wasn't as bad as Thomas Snoddy rushed for 140 yards on 21 carries, running mainly behind John Simons and Tyrone McEntire. But as was the case all night, when Longview got close to scoring, it self destructed. Carer scored the first half's only touchdown on a strange play late in the opening quarter and Price was the culprit. On the strength of Price's 30-yard reception, Carter moved to the Longview 25. Then on first-and-10, Smith threw for milton Watkins at the five. The ball deflected off Watkins, over David Henderson's head and into Price's arms in the end zone, culminating a six-play, 72-yard drive. Carter missed the PAT for a 6-0 lead with just 58 seconds left in the period. Carter had another scoring opportunity late in the half. Price ran for 11 yards and caught passes for 39 and 24 yards, the latter putting Carter at the Longview five-yard line with three seconds remaining. However, the Cowboys had used all their timeouts and time expired before another play could be run. With the exception of Price's heroics, Longview's defense was phenomenal. The Lobos limited Lewis to a microscopic 11 yards on nine yards in the firs half and slammed the door on the bluechip running back in an impressive goal-line stand early in the second quarter. Carter's Jessie Armstead recovered a questionable Eric Faggett fumble at the Longview 19 on the final play of the first quarter. The Cowboys got as close as the four-yard line, but Lewis was drilled on second down and forced to leave. On third down, Price followed 320-pound John "Dump Truck" Rennels, who lined up in the backfield off right tackle, but Warren Smith stacked up the play for a yard loss. After a timeout, Lewis re-entered the contest and took a pitch left on fourth down, where he was swarmed by the Lobo defense and fumble dafter a loss of nine. Lonzell Williams claimed the turnover. |