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Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Eagles blasted by Mountaineers

BOONE, N.C. — Armanti Edwards threw three touchdowns and Devon Moore rushed for three to lead Appalachian State in a 52-16 rout of Georgia Southern on Saturday.

Edwards was 26-for-34 with 320 yards and rushed for 39 yards for the Mountaineers (5-2, 4-0 Southern Conference). Travaris Cadet rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

“We didn’t play aggressively on either side of the ball at the start of the game. Appalachian is the same as they’ve always been. Nothing’s changed and I’ve said that all year that this is a great football team,” Georgia Southern head coach Chris Hatcher said. “They came out fired up and took it to us early on and never looked back. We came up here planning to win this game but we couldn’t run the ball, and when you can’t do that it makes everything else much more difficult. When you play a team like Appalachian if you’re not hitting on all phases of the game you get exposed pretty quickly.”

The score was tied at 7 midway through the opening quarter, but Appalachian State outscored the Eagles (4-4, 3-2) 35-3 until early in the third, capping the spree on Moore’s 10-yard scamper for a 42-10 lead.

Georgia Southern defensive back Hudson Presume was taken to Watauga Medical Center in Boone after injuring his neck during the second quarter. He was later released to travel home with the team after regaining full movement and his tests came back negative.

The sophomore was tackled awkwardly during a scramble for the ball after he forced a Mountaineers fumble. He was immobilized and carted off the field on a stretcher.