SPORTS WEEKEND REVIEW ( 6th Edition )

PANTHERS RALLY FOR WIN!

The Carolina Panthers got the monkey off of their backs with a come from behind victory over the Washington Redskins. Trailing 17 to 2 late in the 3rd quarter, Jake Delhomme threw a 17 yard TD pass to Jeff King to get the rally started. Early in the 4th quarter John Kasey kicked a 43 yard field goal to make the score 17 to 12. The Redskins muffed a punt to give the Panthers great field position, and two plays later Jonathon Stewart scored from 8 yards out to give Carolina the lead for the first time in the game. The Panthers got a two point conversion to make the score 20 to 17. The Panther's defense forced a Washington punt and was able to run out the clock. A key play for the Panthers was a 3rd and 8 bootleg run by Delhomme to get a first down, so all Carolina had to do was kneel down a couple of times to clinch their first win of the season.

DID YOU KNOW? The Carolina Panthers are in their 15th NFL season, and they have never had two winning seasons in a row.

THE HIGH SCHOOL GAME OF THE WEEK had the Dorman Cavaliers giving Head Coach Dave Gutshall his 300th career win in a hard fought defensive battle against the Mauldin Mavericks 14 to 12. Mauldin had a 6 to 0 lead until Dorman grabbed their first lead of the game at the 8:16 mark of the 3rd quarter. The Cavaliers increased their lead to 14 to 6 in the 4th quarter with a 42 yard TD run by QB Johnny Foster. Mauldin scored to make the score 14 to 12, but missed the two point conversion that would have tied the game. The Cavaliers then held on for a hard fought victory over the surprising Mauldin Mavericks. Dorman goes home to play unbeaten Boiling Springs this coming Friday night.

THE COLLEGE GAME OF THE WEEK had the Florida Gators winning a defensive battle against LSU 13 to 3. Tim Tebow started the game and was 11 of 16 passing for 134 yards and 1 TD pass and 1 interception. Tebow also ran the ball 17 times for 38 yards. This was far from Tebow's best game, but it was enough because of the Gators dominating defensive performance. The LSU offense only gained 162 yards for the game. The Florida Gators will host the Arkansas Razorbacks this coming Saturday.

DID YOU KNOW? The 93,129 fans in attendance for Saturdays game against Florida, was the most in the history of Tiger Stadium.

THE NFL GAME OF THE WEEK had the surprising Denver Broncos defeating the New England Patriots 20 to 17 in overtime. Denver QB Kyle Orton passed for 330 yards and two TD's and he drove the Broncos offense 98 yards to tie the game and send it to overtime. Matt Prater then kicked a 41 yard field goal to win the game in overtime to give Broncos rookie Head Coach Josh McDaniels a win over his old boss Bill Bellichick

THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS had the LA Dodgers sweeping the Cardinals to reach the NLCS. The Philadelphia Phillies have a 2 to 1 lead in their series with the Colorado Rockies. In the American League, the ALCS is set with the NY Yankees and LA Angels both sweeping their series.

THE NASCAR RACE FOR THE CUP had Jimmie Johnson winning the Pepsi 500 and jumping over Mark Martin for the points lead. Johnson has a 12 point lead in the Chase.

Until Wednesday.