By EDWARD FRICK
Staff Writer
MORRISVILLE - Senior quarterback Matt Cookson picked up right where he left off last weekend, but his night did not end the way he expected it.
Throwing for a 65-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage to senior wide receiver Julian Walker, Cookson paced his Morrisville Bulldogs to a 29-12 victory over Emily Fisher Charter Academy, but left the game early in the third quarter with an apparent AC joint separation.
Reports after the game indicated that he could be out for the season.
Walker had a huge day receiving and sophomore Jimmie Miller turned in a nice night running the ball for the Bulldogs.
Cookson opened up the passing game early and often which set up the running game for MIller, who plunged in from 10 yards out to give the Bulldogs a 13-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Cookson scampered for a 3-yard touchdown in the middle of the second quarter to give Morrisville a 19-0 lead.
Fisher Charter's lone bright spot, quarterback Quaron Brittingham gave his team a slight glimmer of hope when he broke loose near the end of the first half for a 65-yard touchdown run to cut the Bulldog's lead to 19-6, but the Bulldog's defense was too much.
Morrisville's smothering attack confused Fisher Charter in the second half, and they never got there offense rolling. The Bulldogs sealed the game when senior linebacker Austin Crist recorded one of his two sacks on the evening for a safety, bringing the lead to 21-6.
"I just contained the outside, and tried to get to the quarterback as much as possible," Crist said.
This was also Crist's first safety of his career.
"It was crazy, my first safety ever," he said.
The defense got to Fisher Academy for another safety late in the game, bringing the score to 23-6. Morrisville and Fisher Academy swapped touchdowns in the final minutes for a final score of 29-12.
After the game, Bulldogs head coach Jim Gober commented on the Cookson situation, saying that even if he is out for an extended period of time, they are not going to stray from their gameplan.
"We don't officially know how long he is gonna be out," he said. "We're a spread team, and we are going to capitalize on what [junior] Eric Wilcox can do for us."
