FORNEY – Stanley Morrison had 191 yards and four touchdowns on 26 carries as the Denison defeated Forney 35-17, at City Bank Stadium Friday night.
Morrison, who also had 121 yards passing, had two scoring runs apiece in each half as Denison increased a 21-17 halftime lead.
Thomas Moreland started the scoring for Forney (0-3) with a 39-yard field goal but Morrison scored twice to put Denison (2-1) ahead to stay.
Mekelle Webb had two rushing scores for Forney and Bryan Baldwin had a fumble recovery for a touchdown for Denison, which held Forney to three yards on four possessions in the second half.
Denison
21
0
7
7
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35
Forney
10
7
0
0
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17
FOR - Thomas Moreland 39 FG
DEN - Stanley Morrison 55 run (Kevin Holzbog kick)
DEN - Morrison 24 run (Holzbog kick)
FOR - Mekelle Webb 17 run (Moreland kick)
DEN - Brian Baldwin 4 fumble recovery (Holzbog kick)
FOR - Webb 2 run (Moreland kick)
DEN - Morrison 24 run (Holzbog kick)
DEN - Morrison 1 run (Holzbog kick)
Statistic
DENI
FOR
First downs
17
9
Rushing yards
42-256
29-39
Passing yards
121
162
Comp-att-int
9-16-0
8-12-0
Punts-avg
4-41.5
6-30.7
Penalties-yards
8-55
6-30
Fumbles-lost
4-1
3-2
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – DENI: Stanley Morrison 26-191, Joe Haley 15-79, Calvin Dotson 1-(-14). FOR: Mekelle Webb 17-35, Tyler Monroe 1-13, Matt Smith 2-5, Deondre Smtih 3-2, Ted Spillman 1-(-1), Landon Hartwick 5-(-15).
Passing – DENI: Stanley Morrison 9-16-0-121. FOR: Landon Hartwick 7-10-0-108, Tony Trotter 1-1-0-54, Chris Atterberry 0-1-0-0.
Receiving – DENI: Joe Haley 3-60, Josh Patterson 2-41, Kevin Holzbog 3-16, Joseph Sommers-Morales 1-4. FOR: Bobby Lind 4-122, Tony Trotter 4-40.
Late in the 4th quarter seeing Micah Roberts laying on the ground near mid field was a scary sight. After several minutes Micah was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Good News! Michael was released from the hospital with a sore neck and shoulder.
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