HAMPTON RUNNING BACK ADAM TOWNSEND IS USUALLY THE SMALLEST PLAYER ON THE FIELD.
"IT'S NOT THE DOG IN THE FIGHT BUT THE FIGHT IN THE DOG." SAYS TOWNSEND.
BUT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST RIVAL HAPPY VALLEY HE GAME UP WITH THE BIGGEST PLAYS OF THE GAME. "MADE ME REAL HAPPY THAT EVERYBODY PLAYED LIKE THEY DID." TOWNSEND ADDS "THE LINE HAS NEVER BLOCKED SO GOOD." TEAMMATE MICHAEL LUNSFORD SAYS HIS STAR RUNNING BACK MAKES EVERYONE'S JOB ON THE OFFENSE EASIER. " WHEN HE RUNS LIKE HE DID AGAINST HAPPY VALLEY, AND BREAKS THOSE LONG RUNS, IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO DRIVE."
TOWNSEND RUSHED FOR 267 YARDS ON 28 CARRIES. AND ADDED 3 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE BULLDOGS 28-21 WIN OVER THE WARRIORS. "IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A KID THAT SIZE AND THAT STRONG HAS THE QUICKNESS AND THE VISION TO DO THE THINGS THAT HE DOES." SAYS LEGENDARY COACH J.C. CAMPBELL.
TOWNSEND SAYS HIS SMALL STATURE ACTUALLY GIVES HIM AN ADVANTAGE. "OUR LINE IS SO BIG I CAN HIND BEHIND THEM." NOT SURPRISINGLY TOWNSEND EMULATES SOME OF THE GREATEST NFL BACKS OF ALL TIME. " I LIKE BARRY SANDERS AND EMMITT SMITH, I REALLY LIKE TO WATCH BARRY RUN."
TOWNSEND'S BARRY SANDERS MOMENT CAME LATE IN THE GAME ON FRIDAY, A SLASHING AND DASHING, DUCKING AND DARTING 47 YARDS TOUCHDOWN RUN THAT PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH. "HE'S JUST AMAZING." SAYS COACH CAMPBELL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HAMPTON RUNNING BACK ADAMS TOWNSEND. THIS WEEKS WATAUGA ORTHOPAEDICS PLAYER OF THE WEEK.