Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Community Sports: Defense steps up for junior Vikes (09/05/08)

Eighth grader Jose Villanueva scored on a pair of two-point conversions to help Community defeat visiting Middle Tennessee Christian.
(T-G Photo by Jimmy Jones)

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Quinn Frost and C.J. Dowdy rushed for a touchdown each and the Community Junior High defense held Middle Tennessee Christian Middle to just one first down in a 16-0 home win Thursday night.

Jose Villanueva tacked on two conversion runs from his fullback spot.

The Purple and Gold defense held the Cougars to fewer than 100 yards total offense and did not allow them to cross midfield in the contest in a dominating performance led by Villanueva, Frost, Dowdy and Eric Haman.

It was the second week in a row that the defense overpowered their opponent. This time around, Community's special teams pitched in a big play with a blocked punt in the third quarter.

It was an area that coach Aaron Reid promised after the game last week would show some improvement after allowing a couple of big plays that allowed their opponent to hang around longer than the Vikes would have liked.

Community (3-1) welcomes Westwood on Thursday at 6:30.