KFDM COOP Posted November 9, 2007 Report Posted November 9, 2007 www.panews.comNEDERLAND AT LUMBERTON KICKOFF BOXThe Port Arthur News • When: Friday, 7 p.m. • Where: Raider Stadium, Lumberton• Records: Nederland 7-2, 4-2; Lumberton 8-1, 5-1 • Series: Nederland leads 8-1• Last year: Nederland, 51-25 • Radio: KLVI-AM (560)• Internet: www.klvi.com • Bulldogs capsule: A string of 11consecutive playoff berths is on the line for Larry Neumann’s ‘Dogs . . . A Nederland win and a Dayton victory over PN-G keeps the string alive. If PN-G wins, Nederland must defeat Raiders by at least 10 points to claim the No. 3 playoff spot in 22-4A . . . The loss of leading tackler and defensive leader Chris Gutierrez to a broken foot really compounded the pain of losing 63-0 last week to Dayton.... 22-4A passing leader Kirby Bellow has thrown for 1,585 yards and 19 touchdowns but Dayton's blitzes and closing speed has been hard for offenses to solve. Bellow was limited to his season-low start of 42 passing yards. NHS is fourth in total offense among 22-4A teams with a 284.9-yard average a game. The Dogs defense is fifth, allowing 278.4 yards....• Raiders capsule: 22-4A total offense leader Lumberton (334.3) seeks its first-ever playoff appearance in 41 UIL seasons tonight as a class of 30 seniors probably makes its final gridiron bows on its Raider Stadium homeland . . . Second-year head coach Alvin Credeur has 22-4A's only 1,000-yard rusher so far this season in senior TB Cody Hussey who has jabbed away for 1,098 yards on 159 carries and 14 TDs. Hussey also enters the final regular-season night with the 22-4A individual scoring lead at 78 points . . . Raiders' have the league's second-rated total defense (219.7 yards).... LHS easily tops all 22-4A rushing offenses with 2,023 yards....• Neumann says: "Lumberton would have our full attention regardless because of the capability and the experience which they have. We know we're playing a very capable team and these seniors (Lumberton's) have won every year coming up. So we know we have to be at our very best.... Dayton played extremely well last week and they deserved to win. Their quarterback had an outstanding game against us. When your team loses the way we did against Dayton, you're always tuned into the psychological effect of your players. I've been happy with the kids' attitudes since Monday. We've been preparing this week as I would like to prepare."• Credeur says: "Nederland brings a lot of tradition and they always believe they're going to win. They have had a lot of success throwing the ball and we're going to have to try to contain their throwing game as best as we can.... Our two leading tacklers have been our linebacker Anthony Beard and our safety Jeremy Carter and I think our defense will rise to the occasion... I feel like our offensive line is getting better every week and our team has played well in the last couple of games since the PN-G game. That was a great ballgame with PN-G. Both of us played really well. There were very few turnovers and the outcome could have gone either way."NEDERLAND OFFENSEWR -- Ryan Brady (7)IR -- Adam Broussard (9)WT -- Michael Benefield (50)
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