By: XAVIER COLE Staff Writer

The West Tennessee War Eagles opened the season with “guns blaz-ing” as they are off to a 3-0 start. The War Eagles have outscored oppo-nents 106-8, and the defense has yet to allow a score.

June 12 the War Eagles held their home-opener at Lambuth University’s L.L. Fonville Field host-ing the Memphis Blast. The game opened with a Justin Mood kickoff return of 75 yards for a touchdown. The scoring continued in the second quarter with two Sean Fraser field goals; a 33-yard field goal pre-ceded the 55-yard field goal with 1:13 remain-ing in the half, which surpassed his previ-ous record of 52 yards. The War Eagle defense, under the direction of Jim Hartiagree and Dennis Roberts, set up three more touchdowns and a safety. Terry Franklin blocked a punt attempt resulting in a safety, giv-ing West Tennessee a 15-0 lead over the Blast. The defense continued with big plays such as a Jermaine Harris sack and Gary Reeves fum-ble recovery. These two defensive plays led to an 18-yard touchdown pass from Dexter Anoka to Josh Person, putting the Eagles up 27-0. A Robert Treadway fumble recov-ery set up yet another touchdown for the War Eagles giving them a 35-0 lead going into the fourth. The 22-point third quarter was topped off with the 1-yard touch-down run by quarter-back Dexter Anoka, who had been with the team only nine days. Steven Turner sacked the Blast quarterback setting up the Greg Luster safety making the score 37-0. Memphis coach Charles

Thompson stated post-game, “They brought the game to us, and we didn’t have anything to coun-ter. They were doing a great job offensively and defensively. Their special teams were out of sight with a kick-off returned for a touchdown and 55-yard field goal, you couldn’t ask for a bet-ter outing. It was a good day for the War Eagles and a bad day for the Blast.” With momentum on their side, the War Eagles took back to the road as they traveled to face the Hurricanes.

This Saturday in Huntsville, the War Eagles did not disap-point by continuing their successful ways. West Tennessee wasted no time, starting with a Denair Woodard fumble recovery less than a min-ute into the game which set up a 7-yard touch-down pass from Anoka to Ryan Scott, Anoka’s first of four touchdown passes on the day. Less than two minutes later, Kenyon Ingram returned a punt 48 yards for a touchdown. The War Eagles are up 14-0 not four minutes into the game. A 65 yard run by Anoka set his second touchdown pass, this time a 15 yard once again to Ryan Scott. As time expired in the first quar-ter, Anoka connected with Justin Mood on a 9-yard touchdown pass. The successful two-point conversion pass to Josh Person made the score 28-0 after one quarter. More of the same came in the second quarter; Keith Wardlow intercepted a pass returning it 38 yard to the 17 yard line, where Anoka connected with Mood yet again for anoth-er War Eagle touchdown. The West Tenn. Defense held firm throughout the period highlighted by: a forced fumble and recov-ery by Zarrius Morgan,

and Kenny Coleman interception, along with another forced and recovered fumble this time by Anthony Echols. Fraser nailed a 27-yard field goal in the final minute of the half, mak-ing the score 38-8. The War Eagles put 10 more points on the board in the third via a 35-yard Fraser field goal and 17-yard interception returned for

a touchdown by Robert Treadway. The fourth period was defense dom-inated with neither team scoring. Fourth quar-ter highlights included a forced and recovered fumble by Rodreguz Cockrell and a Cockrell

fumble recovery on the 8 yard line preventing a Hurricane score.

The final score was 48-8. The War Eagles return to Jackson for a three game home-stand. Saturday they host the Arkansas Pirates at Lambuth, kick-off 4 PM

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Coming through Photo By: Xavier Cole Former Haywood stand-out Jocoby Bond takes the Anoka hand-off and barrels downfi eld for a gain of eight yards.

War Eagles starting strong

Load the cannon Photo By: Xavier Cole War Eagle quarterback Dexter Anoka shows some of his “gun-slinging” ability against the Huntsville Hurricanes. Although only being with the team about a month, Anoka his settled into the system and has receiver timing down-packed.

Put your leg into it Photo By: Xavier Cole War Eagle kicker Sean Fraser (31) from Durham, England, set a new personal record by nailing a 55-yard fi eld goal during the game June 12 hosting the Memphis Blast.

Take it to the house Photo By: Xavier Cole Kenyon Ingram is pictured taking the ball back 48 yardson a punt return to give the War Eagles a 14 point lead early in the fi rst quarter.

Turn up the heat Photo By: Xavier Cole Tray Vardiman puts pressure on the scrambling Hurricane quarterback leading to Saturday’s 48-8 victory in Huntsville.

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Two hunts (w/ any legal weapon) will be offered on the Refuge in 2010. The first hunt will be October 23 – 24, 2010 and the second hunt will be November 13 – 14, 2010. Limit will be two deer of either sex, one buck per day, and har-vested deer will be con-sidered “Bonus Deer.” Harvested deer will be reported to the Refuge’s “Check Station” on Highway 76 and replace-ment tags will be issued.

To apply, please send a U.S Post Office Pre-Stamped Post Card w/ primary applicants name on the front of the card

in the return address slot. Post cards should be sent to 6772 Highway 76 South, Stanton, TN 38069 or may be hand delivered to the Refuge Headquarters. Up to two additional hunters may be added to the back of the post card, with full name and address of each applicant and choice of hunt (i.e. Oct. first; Nov. second, visa versa, or Oct. only, Nov. only, etc.). Incomplete, duplicate, or other post card types will be disqualified.

For more information, please call the Refuge Headquarters at (731) 772 – 0501.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agen-cy responsible for con-serving, protecting, and enhancing fish and wild-

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