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Tory
Harrison celebrates after a touchdown during the Omaha Beef's win over
Wyoming. Harrison ran for 84 yards and scored two touchdowns.
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By Tim Perera
WORLD-HERALD CORRESPONDENT
Omaha erupted for 23 points in the second quarter and 21 in the
fourth. The Beef ended up needing every one of them as Omaha outlasted
winless Wyoming 54-52 in IFL action Saturday at the Civic Auditorium.
The
teams traded blows all night in a game featuring five lead changes,
plenty of offense and the defensive lapses that helped create that
offense.
Beef defensive back Cortney Grixby left the game in the second quarter with an undetermined injury and didn't return.
Omaha coach Bruce Cowdrey said his young corps of defensive backs was not up to task of filling Grixby's shoes.
“When
we lost Grixby in the secondary, we lost our veteran leadership out
there,” Cowdrey said. “That was one of the worst defensive games we've
ever played. The rookies didn't play well, and they've got to do that.”
Omaha's James McNear completed 23 of 28 passes for 253 yards and five touchdowns.
Omaha
trailed 6-3 after the first quarter until a big play by Grixby, who
returned a missed field goal 54 yards to give Omaha its first lead at
10-6.
Kwaheem Smith, who had three interceptions in the first half
of Omaha's season opener two weeks ago, added another as he picked off
former Chadron State player Matt Strand on the next play from scrimmage
to set up the Beef at the Cavalry 11.
McNear struck quickly for
Omaha, hooking up with Tory Harrison on the next play for an 11-yard
score to give the Beef a 16-6 lead.
Wyoming drew within a point,
26-25, on its opening possession of the third quarter when Strand
tallied his third touchdown pass of the game, 13 yards to Jasonus
Tillery.
Holding a 40-38 lead, McNear drove Omaha 45 yards in
three plays, hitting Alan Burrell with an 18-yard touchdown pass to give
the Beef a 47-38 lead with 1:56 left.
A 33-yard touchdown run by
Harrison made it 54-45 Omaha with 50 seconds remaining, but left enough
time for Strand to complete an 11-yard TD pass to LaVaughn Macon to draw
back to 54-52.
“What do you do? Tell a kid not to score? I mean (Harrison's) going to score. He ran hard all night,” Cowdrey said
Omaha (2-1) takes on the Green Bay Blizzard next Saturday, followed by a second meeting with the Wichita Wild on April 6.
Wyoming (0-3) 6121420—52
At Omaha (2-1) 323721—54
W: Dante Dudley 2 pass from Matt Strand (kick failed)
O: Paul Stoltz 16 FG
O: Cortney Grixby 54 kick return (Stoltz kick)
O: Tory Harrison 11 pass from James McNear (kick failed)
W: Scott Thomsen 29 FG
O: Stoltz 11 FG
W: Keithen Valentine 4 pass from Strand (kick failed)
O: Duval Kamara 10 pass from McNear (Stoltz)
W: Thomsen 28 FG
W: Jasonus Tillery 13 pass from Strand (Thomsen kick)
W: Valentine 45 run (Thomsen kick)
O: Korey Williams 23 pass from McNear (Stoltz kick)
W: Thomsen 20 FG
O: Alan Burrell 7 pass from McNear (Stoltz kick)
W: Thomsen 20 FG
O: Burrell 18 pass from McNear (Stoltz kick)
O: Harrison 33 run (Stoltz kick)
W: Macon 11 pass from Thomsen (Stoltz kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING:
W, Clayton Schleusner 6-14, LaVaughn Macon 1-3, Keithen Valentine 4-55,
Andre Moyd 1-1. O, Tory Harrison 12-84, James McNear .6-21, Marcus
Barnett 1-6.
PASSING: W, Matt Strand 21-35-1 196. O, McNear 23-28-0 258.
RECEIVING:
W, Dante Dudley 8-65, Valentine 4-28, Macon .7-50, Jasonus Tillery
2-53. O, Harrison 8-79, Barnett 6-87, Allen Burrell 4-40, Kamara Duval
3-15.
A: 2,600 (estimated)
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Former Leesburg High School Tory Harrison (University of Southern
Mississippi, and Hartford Colonels UFL, Omaha Beef IFL) standout makes
his first appearance on the Lake County Sports Show April 21, 2012.
Tory Harrison, Leesburg High School
senior linebacker Jordan Tucker, Florida State University and NFL player
Greg Johnson (Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts, Tampa Bay
Buccaneers), and, Wayne Hamilton (former Leesburg High School,
University of Alabama, San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Football Standout) will be the featured guests along with the show host
Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets), Sonny Bronson
(Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Allison Crawford (Belton Bail
Bonds Scoreboard Show Co-host) and Gerald Lacey (Carver Heights
Quarterback Club Staff Writer).
Here is a short list of some of Harrison's accomplishments:
-2012 Omaha Beef (Indoor Football League)
-2007 University of Southern Mississippi Signee
-Varsity Basketball Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
-Varsity Football Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
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| Gerald Lacey (Carver Heights Quarterback Club Staff Writer), Allison Crawford (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Co-host), Sonny Bronson (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Lake County Sports Show Host Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets). |
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Tory Harrison On The Lake County Sports Show
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| Former Leesburg High School Standout #11 Tory Harrison at the University of Southern Mississippi. |
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WORLD-HERALD CORRESPONDENT
Omaha World-Herald
March 23, 2012
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