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Huntington falls in opener

By JASON McCLURE
The Herald-Dispatch

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HUNTINGTON -- Huntington High's football team gave every ounce of effort it had to hold on down the stretch and limit Marquel Ali and Woodrow Wilson's high powered offense, but in the end, the Flying Eagles would escape with a hard-earned 29-22 victory at Bob Sang Stadium.

In Zach Wilson's head coaching debut, the Highlanders had several bright moments, but a few costly errors and the Ali factor eventually doomed the home team.

"Our defense saved us in the first half, but our offense came out very sloppy from the start," Wilson said. "We have a lot of potential, but Beckley's defense was able to shut down our game plan."

Ali would prove to be the game's X-factor. He torched the Highlanders for 165 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries. He also had significant help as Woodrow Wilson rang up 328 yards rushing on 50 carries. The Flying Eagles outgained the Highlanders 435 to 242 for the game.

Defenses dictated the start of the game with both team's punting twice. But on Woodrow Wilson's third possession, the team would make a costly mistake. Huntington forced the Flying Eagles to commit five turnovers overall, which allowed them to stay right in the thick of things.

Flying Eagles quarterback Ryan Safford fired into a crowd where the ball would be tipped and intercepted by Chase Woodson. After a brilliant display of running, Woodson coasted into the end zone for a 53-yard touchdown with 3:50 left in the first quarter. After a botched snap, Huntington some how scrambled for a two-point conversion and a 8-0 lead.

But the Flying Eagles were no where close to giving up. A stable of running backs engineered a convincing drive. Josh Pryor would score on a 10-yard run to make the score 8-7. Pryor tallied 93 yards on 13 carries for the game.

The Highlanders then responded with their biggest play of the game when quarterback C.J. Crawford fired a 54-yard touchdown pass to Dustin Young with 1:20 remaining in the second period. Huntington would take a 15-7 lead into halftime.

Huntington did a solid job containing Ali in the first half, but in the second half, the cookie began to crumble. Ali erupted for several big gains and back-to-back third-quarter touchdowns to help the Flying Eagles take a 21-15 lead.

But Huntington refused to go away, as Crawford fired a 16-yard touchdown to enable the Highlanders to go back on top 22-21 with 1:08 left in the third quarter.

Crawford finished 13-of-21 for 204 yards, with two touchdowns and one pick. His primary targets were Dustin Young and Lindsay Johnson. Young hauled in five receptions for 83 yards, while Johnson had five grabs for 76 yards.

With around seven minutes left in the game, Woodrow Wilson was driving for the go ahead scored. But Huntington's Michael Morton snagged an interception to shift the momentum.

With 6:06 left in the game, the Highlanders appeared to be control and driving. But Crawford lost handle of the ball and Woodrow Wilson recovered the fumble.

With a steady dose of running, the Flying Eagles inched closer and closer to the goal line. Then Ali put exclamation mark on his stellar performance by sprinting into the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown. This gave Woodrow Wilson a 29-22 lead with the successful two-point conversion.

Huntington established a last ditch effort drive that would stall at Woodrow Wilson's 35-yard line. The Highlanders would come out on the short end of an all out thriller between two explosive offenses.

Woodrow Wilson 0 7 14 8 -- 29
Huntington 8 7 7 0 -- 22
scoring
H- Chase Wodson 53 yard interception return (Dustin Young pass from Burns)
W- Josh Pryor 10 run (Adam Cook kick)
H- Dustin Young 53 pass from C.J. Crawford (Aaron Burns kick)
W- Marquel Ali 13 run (Kevin Starkey run)
W- Ali 5 run (kick failed)
H- Dustin Young 16 pass from Crawford (Burns kick)
W- Ali 16 run (Starkey pass to Bower)


W H
Total Net Yards 435 242
Rushes-yards 50-328 12-38
Passing yards 107 204
Comp-Att-Int 7-18-2 13-21-1
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Woodrow Wilson: Marquel Ali 19-165, 3 TD; Josh Pryor 13-93- Blaine Mayo 13-93; Kevin Starkey 5 (-12); Josh Williams 5-32; Tim Johnson 2-13; Ryan Stafford 4-24. Huntington: Daniel Fuller 1-3,Willis Johnson 3-5; C.J. Crawford 5-7, Matequs Martin 1 (-2), Chase woodson 1-25
PASSING -- Woodrow Wilson: Ryan Safford 7-14-2, 107 yards; Kevin Starkey 0-4 0 yards. Huntington: C.J. Crawford 13-21-1, 204 yards.
RECEIVING -- Woodrow Wilson: Tyler Bowyer 1-(-1), Marquel Ali 4-81. Huntington: Dustin Young 5-83; Lindsay Johnson 5-77; Chase Woodson 2-34; Joey Christian 2-11.


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Wayne begins defense of title

By RYAN EPLING
For The Herald-Dispatch


WAYNE -- The names have changed, but for at least one night, the results didn't.

Reigning Class AA champion Wayne started off 2007 with a bang, scoring its first touchdown just two minutes into the game and never looked back, beating Mount View, 40-6, at steamy Pioneer Field.

Jason Thompson had a career-high 117 yards rushing, 113 of which came before halftime, and a pair of touchdowns as Wayne sprinted to a 26-0 lead at the break and cruised in the second half. In all, the Pioneers had over 200 yards rushing in the first half alone.

But perhaps even more impressive was the defense, which held the Golden Knights to only two first downs in the first half, and to only 149 yards for the game, much of which came against the Wayne reserves.

"We knew that they had some kids that I thought you had to keep in front of you. That's a hard thing to do," Wayne coach Tom Harmon said of a speedy Mount View squad.

"I was very pleased with the way our defense played tonight."

The Pioneers went without Rodney Endicott, who was injured last week in a scrimmage against Graham, VA, but did not miss a beat in churning out 311 yards on the ground.

The Wayne offense was sharp from the outset, scoring on three of its first four possessions. Thompson capped the opening drive with a 1-yard plunge one play after a 36-yard burst up the middle.

Thompson added his second touchdown of the night seven minutes later with a short 3-yard burst to give Wayne a quick 14-0 lead.

But the Pioneers perhaps best demonstrated their offensive depth by passing to five different receivers and using 10 different ballcarriers against a Mount View team that has made the playoffs six of the past nine seasons.

"Their big play ability is very high, but I thought we did a good job keeping them bottled up," Harmon said. "If you can do that in combination with your playmakers making plays offensively, you've had a good night."

Cordero High rushed for 102 yards on 15 carries to pace Mount View, but his best run of the night didn't show up on the stat sheet. Late in the first half, High, who doubles as the Golden Knight punter, rolled to his right and took off on a fake punt, hurdling a Pioneer and continuing for a first down. Unfortunately for the Knights, the play was called back because of a hold, a microcosm of the penalties that plagued Mount View. The Knights were flagged for nine infractions on the night.

Junior quarterback Joey Ferguson finished 7-of-12 passing for 117 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 1-yard pass to Josh Meddings just before halftime. Ferguson added a touchdown pass to a diving Brandon Fletcher in the third quarter.

"When you're trying to play that many people in that many different positions, generally you might have a glaring missed assignment," Harmon said. "Not to say it won't happen next week, but a lot of people played their assignments tonight."

It was the eighth straight year Wayne has opened the season with a win, its last loss on opening day coming back in 1999.

Cedric Thomas broke Wayne's shutout bid with a 19-yard run with under four minutes to play.

The Pioneers hit the road next week to do battle with Chesapeake.

MOUNT VIEW 0 0 0 6 -- 6

WAYNE 14 12 8 6 -- 40

W-Thompson 1 run (Gilkerson run)
W-Thompson 3 run (pass failed)
W-J. Gilkerson 15 run (kick failed)
W-Meddings 1 pass from Ferguson (pass failed)
W-Fletcher 12 pass from Ferguson (Shreve pass from Ferguson)
W-Damron 3 run (run failed)
MV-Thomas 19 run (run failed)

MV W
First Downs 7 18
Rushes-yards 30-138 51-311
Passes 1-10-2 7-12-2
Passing Yards 11 117
Total Yards 149 428
Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-0
Penalties 9-66 3-25

RUSHING -- Mount View: High 15-102, Porterfield 1-3, Cunningham 3-7, Thomas 8-27, Parker 2-(-4), Harrison 1-3. Wayne: Thompson 13-117, J. Gilkerson 16-83, Meddings 2-(-1), Ferguson 4-18, Shreve 2-5, Damron 7-33, C. Gilkerson 2-29, Ferrell 3-21, Mills 1-7, Adkins 1-(-1).

PASSING -- Mount View: Thomas 1-8-2, 11 yards; Parker 0-2-0. Wayne: Ferguson 7-12-2, 117 yards.

RECEIVING -- Mount View: Spriggs 1-11. Wayne: Fletcher 2-36, Fry 2-26, Maynard 1-41, J. Gilkerson 1-13, Meddings 1-1.

Special teams key Rock Hill past Tolsia

By SHAWN ROSS
For The Herald-Dispatch


GLENHAYES, W.Va. -- The most overlooked aspect of football aided Rock Hill in a 29-21 season-opening win at Tolsia Friday night, as the Redmen produced two huge special teams plays at key moments in the game.

The most important of which came with the game tied at 21 with a little less than eight minutes to play. After a Tolsia three-and-out, David Ellis lined up to punt at the Rebel 31-yard line. At the snap, Josh Christian broke through the line and blocked Ellis' punt. Adam Fredd pounced on the loose ball to set the Redmen (1-0) up in Tolsia territory at the 26. Four plays later, Wes Pierson plunged in from two yards out to give Rock Hill the lead.

On the ensuing possession, Tolsia (0-1) drove to midfield, but was turned away when Derrick Robertson was sacked on fourth-and-ten from the Rebel 45. Rock Hill milked the clock down to just 23 seconds before relinquishing possession, but Robertson tripped over center Jeremy Chapman's foot. Robertson spiked the ball with just one tick remaining, but Seth Keuhne knocked down Robertson's last-ditch Hail Mary.

For a while it appeared as though the Rebels might cruise, as Tolsia posted an early 13-0 lead. The first score was a two-yard jaunt by Jimbo Smith that was the result of an errant long snap on Rock Hill's opening possession. The snap sailed over punter Brandon Guy's head, and Tolsia assumed possession at the Redmen 11-yard line.

Perhaps the most exciting scoring exchange took place early in the second quarter. On the opening play of the quarter, Tolsia quarterback Derrick Robertson found Darin Parsley on a wheel route down the left sideline. Pierson went for the interception on the deep ball, but the ball grazed off his fingertips and hit Parsley in stride. Parsley covered the final 54 yards to extend the Rebel lead to 13-0. On the ensuing kickoff, Mitchell Davenport followed a huge hole in the Rebel kick coverage and raced 92 yards to slice the lead in half. The lead would stand until the waning moments of the first half, as the Redmen pulled ahead on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Drew Kuehne to Seth Kuehne. Operating from the shotgun, Drew Kuehne took the snap and rolled the pocket to the right. Tolsia opted to play zone coverage, and many Rebel defenders broke toward Kuehne as he rolled out, leaving a hole in the zone coverage. Kuehne exploited this mistake and found Seth Kuehne, who tippy-toed down the right sideline to give the Redmen the lead at the half.

"Mitch really gave us a boost," Rock Hill Coach Todd Knipp said. "We kind of pride ourselves on making plays on special teams, and that was just a great job for a kid who's playing his first year of high school football."

The Rebels regained the lead in the third quarter on a Derrick Robertson one-yard sneak, but a pair of Pierson runs assured a Rock Hill victory. Pierson finished with a game-high 119 yards on 21 carries. Travis Stamper finished as Tolsia's leading rusher with 87 yards on 15 carries.

"We had them on the ropes right there," Tolsia coach Drew Waller said. "We had a chance to go up 14 and made some mistakes to let them right back into the ball game. We're.young and we made a lot of stupid mistakes that we need to correct."

Midland rallies but falls short on the road

By Grant Traylor
The Herald-Dispatch


PARKERSBURG -- For anyone who thought the Cabell Midland-Parkersburg football series was a grind-it-out war, Friday night's game was more than just a season opener.

It was an eye opener.

Cabell Midland scored 29 unanswered points in the second half to overcome a 19-point deficit, but it was not enough as Matt Lindamood scored his fifth touchdown with 1:35 to play and Parkersburg came back for a wild 47-41 victory.

Lindamood finished with 287 yards on 28 carries to ruin a brilliant debut by Cabell Midland quarterback Tyler Bartley, who finished 18-of-26 for 306 yards and three rushing touchdowns in the loss.

While big plays took precedence in the game,it was the ability of Parkersburg to methodically drive down the field behind Lindamood that proved to be the difference in the end.

Trailing 41-38 with 5:40 remaining, the Big Reds rode Lindamood down the field, knocking four minutes off the clock before the Kennedy Award candidate scored his fifth touchdown of the game to give Parkersburg the lead for good. Bartley was sacked in the end zone a minute later to set the final score.

Heading into the fourth, Cabell Midland was the team that appeared in control after scoring 22 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 34-31 lead into the final quarter. Bartley led the surge, accounting for 167 yards in the quarter on 4-of-4 passing and six rushes.

The Knights' scoring streak reached 29 points on Bartley's third rushing score of the game, a 1-yard plunge that stretched the lead to 41-31 with 11:11 remaining before Lindamood took over.

It was Lindamood who started the scoring barrage on the first play of the second half with a 61-yard touchdown run.

While defense certainly did not dominate this game, the Big Reds shut down Cabell Midland's Jordan Marcum in the second half. Marcum had 12 first half catches for 182 yards, but had just one catch for four yards in the second half.

The shootout got off to a fast start, especially for Cabell Midland, who got on the board 11 seconds into the game when Anthony Lovejoy took the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown.

Lindamood answered just three plays later on a 63-yard run and Parkersburg took advantage of Cabell Midland miscues to take a 24-6 lead at the end of one quarter. Lindamood finished the stanza with 108 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

While Cabell Midland was able to move the ball to the tune of 400 yards on a defense that gave up just 6.4 points a game last season, the Knights fell victim to three turnovers and a safety that led to 16 points.

The Knights, who also got a pair of touchdown runs from Zach Steele, will look to rebound from the tough loss next week when they take on Capital in the home opener.

Parkersburg looks to extend its winning streak to 16 games against Woodrow Wilson.

CABELL MIDLAND 6 6 22 7 - 41
PARKERSBURG 24 0 7 16 - 47
CM - Lovejoy 95 kickoff return (run failed)
P - Lindamood 63 run (Warner kick)
P - Warner 30 FG
P - Lindamood 14 run (Warner kick)
P - Shafer 50 INT return (Warner kick)
CM - Steele 3 run (Warner kick)
P - Lindamood 61 run (Warner kick)
CM - Bartley 1 run (Stapleton kick)
CM - Steele 3 run (Stapleton kick)
CM - Bartley 10 run (Stapleton pass to Steele)
CM - Bartley 1 run (Stapleton kick)
P - Lindamood 28 run (Warner kick)
P - Lindamood 1 run (Warner kick)
P - Bartley sacked for safety

CM P
First downs 15 13
Total net yards 400 326
Rushes-yards 26-82 36-290
Passing yards 318 36
Comp-Att-Int 19-28-2 5-6-0
Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 7-50 5-42

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Cabell Midland: Bartley 13-36, 3 TDs; Steele 9-23, 2 TDs; Dilcher 2-14; Paul 1-9. Parkersburg: Lindamood 28-287, 5 TDs; Thomas 7-5; Humphrey 1-(-2).

PASSING -- Cabell Midland: Tyler Bartley 18-26-1, 306 yards, Dakota Nelson 1-2-1, 12 yards. Parkersburg: Andy Nelson 5-6-0, 36 yards.

RECEIVING -- Cabell Midland: Marcum 13-186; Fetty 2-78; Stapleton 2-48. Steele 2-6. Parkersburg: Roush 5-36.

In Oak Hill it’s the ‘Lawson’

By Dave Morrison
Sports Editor

OAK HILL — When push came to shove, Oak Hill’s Chris Lawson had the right answer.

Lawson scored three touchdowns and, with the contest in the balance, came up with the game-saving interception as the Red Devils held off Fayette County rival Fayetteville 28-21 Friday night at John P. Duda Stadium.

Fayetteville had the ball and the momentum, driving into the red zone with under a minute left.

On third-and-10 from the 12, Lawson outmaneuvered a Fayetteville receiver and picked off quarterback Stephen Fruit’s pass with 49 seconds left to effectively end the game.

“I got a little confused,” Lawson, the Red Devils’ safety, said of the play. “I saw a back coming out of the backfield and I went with him. Then I saw a guy flash out of the corner of my eye and I went back that way and I was able to (make the interception). I had to do it. That’s my job.”

“A big play,” Oak Hill coach Toby Harris said. “If they score a touchdown there, we’re going to overtime.”

Lawson finished with 94 tough yards on 19 carries and scored on runs of 33, 3 and 25 yards.

It was his score on the first series of the second half that gave Oak Hill the lead for good. Quarterback B.J. Wallace found Phillip Cox on the two-point conversion pass to make it 21-14.

“That was huge,” Lawson said of the Red Devils’ first drive of the second half.

“We were all a little down at the half. I had fumbled in the second quarter to hurt the team and I wanted to do something to make up for that.”

Marcus McFarland made a fine diving catch of a Wallace pass for 17 yards to take the ball to the three, ahead of Lawson’s score.

“Little McFarland, our 130-pounder,” Harris said. “He’s got the best hands on the team.”

After a Fayetteville three-and-out, Oak Hill mounted another drive, highlighted by a 37-yard pitch and catch from Wallace to Rmykal McDowell.

Lawson would score from 25 yards out — his third TD of the night — to give the Red Devils a 28-14 lead.

The Pirates were hurt when Drew Weis, who finished with 104 yards on the ground, missed the third quarter and part of the fourth with an undisclosed injury.

He did return on the Pirates’ last drive.

“He’s a good player for us, and maybe it does disrupt the timing a little bit, but I thought (Brian) Trofy did a good job in his place (three carries, 16 yards),” Fayetteville coach Dave Moneypenny said.

The Pirates started their way back when Fruit hooked up with Vernon Farrell on a pass-and-catch covering 41 yards. Farrell fumbled the ball but was able to retrieve the it in a scrum with two Oak Hill players.

After a key roughing the passer call on Oak Hill, making what would have been a fourth-and-10 and first down, Jordan Roark scored on a four-yard run to cut it to seven.

Fayetteville’s Trey Hopkins then recovered an onside kick, setting up the last sequence of events.

Both Lawson and Phillip Cox, a Woodrow Wilson transfer by way of Georgia (where he moved after football season last fall), scored on their first carries of the season.

Cox scored on an 80-yard run on Oak Hill’s first play from scrimmage.

On the next series, it was Lawson who scampered in from 33 yards out to give Oak Hill a 13-0 lead.

Lawson’s score was set up by an Alex Ashley fumble recovery.

Fayetteville scored the last two TDs of the half, one the Lawson fumble that was snatched up by Weis, who went 76 yards the other way for the Pirates’ first score.

The Pirates got another break when Cox, in punt formation, mishandled the snap and came up four yards short of the 16 necessary to keep possession.

Weis scored with 3:24 left in the half to make it 14-13 Fayetteville at the break.

“I’m not disappointed with the way our kids played,” said Moneypenny, who said the Oak Hill game would be Fayetteville’s toughest of the season. “If we play our next nine games the way we played tonight, we’ll be OK. I’m proud of the way we fought.”

Cox, on the strength of his 80-yard run, finished with 112 yards to lead all rushers.

“He had some conditioning issues,” Harris said. “But when he was in there, he was a presence for us.”

Quarterback B.J. Wallace completed 4-of-6 for Oak Hill for 102 yards.

Fruit, on the other side, completed 7-of-16 for 105 yards.

Fayetteville is at Midland Trail next week while Oak Hill visits Mount Hope.

— E-mail: demorrison@

register-herald.com



Oak Hill 28, Fayetteville 21

F (0-1) 0 14 0 7 — 21

OH (1-0) 13 0 15 0 — 28

First Quarter

OH — Phillip Cox 80 run (Chris Lawson kick), 5:48

OH — Lawson 33 run (kick failed), 3:53

Second Quarter

F — Drew Weis 76 fumble recovery (Michael Hernandez kick)

F — Weis 5 run (Hernandez kick)

Third Quarter

OH — Lawson 3 run (Cox pass from B.J. Wallace), 7:25

OH — Lawson 25 run (Lawson kick), 0:52

Fourth Quarter

F — Jordan Roark 5 run (Hernandez kick), 3:33

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — F: Weis 16-104-1, Trey Hopkins 3-4, Roark 5-20-1, Brian Trofy 3-16, Stephen Fruit 5(-16). OH: Lawson 19-94, Wallace 4-41, Josh Murray 6-28, Phillip Cox 6-112, Dwayne Hopkins 2-8, Marrcellus McFarland 2(-22).

PASSING — F: Fruit 7-16-1-105-0. OH: Wallace 4-6-0-102-0.

RECEIVING — F: Vernon Farrell 3-60, K.C. Dempsey 1-29, Roark 2-2, Hopkins 1-14 . OH: Marcus McFarland 2-46, Rmykal McDowell 1-37, Lawson 1-19.

TURNOVERS — F: Weis (FR), Hopkins (OKR). OH: Alex Ashley (FR), Lawson (INT).

Cavaliers answer bell, beat Shady 12-7

By Gary Fauber
Assistant Sports Editor

Shady Spring was oh so close to getting started on the positive note coach Vince Culicerto wanted to see.

Unfortunately, Greenbrier West had one last gasp.

Quarterback David Thomas’ 1-yard touchdown sneak helped give the Class A No. 3 Cavaliers a 12-7 victory over the host Tigers Friday night in both teams’ season opener at H.B. Thomas Field.

The Tigers trailed most of the night, until Eric Lucas’ 5-yard touchdown put Shady ahead 7-6 with 6:12 left. But West, behind workhorse tailback Brian Gray, went methodical to the tune of an 11-play drive. The key came on third-and-five at the Shady 19, when Gray broke loose for an 18-yard gain to set up Thomas’ eventual game-winner with 1:10 to go.

“Our kids just sucked it up on that last drive,” Cavaliers coach Lewis McClung said. “They took us on their shoulders and were not going to let us lose.”

Shady (0-1) took a shot at a final comeback and made things interesting.

Senior quarterback Josh Collins, who had a nightmarish first half, directed the Tigers well on their final drive. He threw completions of 15 yards to Lucas and 13 yards to Matt Brooks on the series, the latter giving Shady first-and-10 at West’s 20-yard line.

But with nine seconds left on the clock, the Cavaliers had Collins’ options covered. He tucked the ball and ran for a seven-yard gain, but was stopped well short of the sideline. The final second ticked off the clock before the Tigers were able to call a timeout.

“I was wanting him to throw it into the corner, but they had Brooks covered,” Culicerto said. “(Collins) did a good job moving us down the field. He should have known to tuck it and go or toss it up for the jump ball. When there’s no time on the clock, you’ve got to do it.”

West’s long drive on the previous possession also played a part in the final play. With his team unable to stop the Cavaliers’ running attack, Culicerto called a timeout — Shady’s second of the half — to give the defense a break.

In hindsight, he wonders if he should have held off.

“At one point in time I second-guessed myself ... I could have had two left,” Culicerto said. “It might have made a difference, but I thought we were so tired that I tried to give them a little extra breather.”

Shady killed itself with four turnovers in the first half — including Cavalier linebacker Jarrod King’s fumble recovery at the Tiger 35 on the first offensive play of the night. West turned the mistake into six points, a 1-yard sneak by Thomas with 6:56 left in the first quarter.

Collins threw three interceptions in the first half. Two of them were by Andrew Camp and the other by Thomas. The Cavs failed to turn any of them into points, but they took the ball out of the Tigers’ hands.

Gray finished with 130 yards on 34 carries for West (1-0), which outgained Shady 228-147. The Cavs moved the ball most of the night, but had trouble finishing drives. Between their touchdowns, the Cavs punted seven times, had a turnover on downs and had their final drive of the first half stall inside the Shady 10.

“I thought our defense played exceptionally well,” McClung said. “And I thought our offense did what they needed to do to win. I wouldn’t say we played great offensively, but we did what we needed to do, when we needed to do it.”

Greenbrier West travels to Richwood next Friday.

Collins completed 7 of 17 passes for 114 yards for the Tigers, who host Class AA No. 3 James Monroe next Friday.

“We can’t shake this monkey off our backs,” Culicerto said. “I think once we do we’ll take off. We just can’t get it done.”

— E-mail:

gfauber@register-herald.com



Greenbrier West 12, Shady Spring 7

GW (1-0) 6 0 0 6 — 12

SS (0-1) 0 0 0 7 — 7

First Quarter

GW: David Thomas 1 run (kick failed), 6:56.

Fourth Quarter

SS: Eric Lucas 5 run (Walter Patton kick), 6:12.

GW: Thomas 1 run (kick failed), 1:10.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — GW: Brian Gray 34-130, Kenneth Holland 8-42, Thomas 11-22, Jordan Dameron 2-1, Randy Ferrill 1-0, Andrew Camp 1-0. SS: Dustin Syvertson 11-17, Lucas 4-18, Travis Mullins 2-10, Patton 2-3, Josh Collins 7-(-12).

PASSING — GW: Thomas 2-7-0-33. SS: Collins 7-17-3-114.

RECEIVING — GW: Adam Griffith 1-23, Nate Breckenridge 1-10. SS: Matt Brooks 3-69, Lucas 2-24, Mullins 2-21.

TURNOVERS — GW: Jarrod King (FR), Camp (2 INT), Thomas (INT). SS: none.

Marion leads Mustangs past Bobcats 26-21

By Randall Jett
Register-Herald Sports Writer

MOUNT HOPE — In his first start at tailback, Mount Hope’s Davon Marion put on a show. The junior runner pounded through the Summers County defense for 229 yards and two scores and returned a kickoff 90 yards to lead the Mustangs to a 26-21 victory Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

“We moved the football, but we couldn’t tackle 21,” Bobcats coach Stan Duncan said. “That’s all you have to put in there — we could not tackle 21.”

That “No. 21” was Marion, who shredded through the Bobcats’ defense for scoring runs of 42 and 39 yards.

“They didn’t have but 11 bodies to play and they only had one football player,” Duncan said. “But he’s a helluva football player.

“I scouted him last week and I said, ‘He will be the best football player on the field every time he steps on the field this year,’ and he will. I know who they play. I told our team, ‘We don’t kick to him and we key on him because he is the only guy they’ve got who can beat you.’ We hit him in the backfield with two and three people and he breaks the daggone tackle and squirts out. He’s big and strong and I knew that was going to be the test — if we could tackle him or not. We couldn’t tackle him.”

Most of Marion’s yardage was racked up after first contact with the defense.

“His YAC (yards after contact) tonight was great,” Mustangs coach Eddie Souk said. “He did a good job gaining yards after contact. He did a tremendous job for us. We knew he was going to step up and be a man tonight and he did that. Our other kids stepped up and played big too on the defensive side at the end of the ball game.”

The Mustangs took the opening kickoff and marched down the field. Marion shouldered most of the load, carrying the ball on six of the seven plays in the 77-yard drive. Marion would sweep around right end and race to the end zone for a 6-0 advantage.

Summers County answered with a nine-play, 71 yard scoring drive. Quarterback Timmy Wynes punched the ball in from the one-yard line to tie the contest 6-6.

Marion then put the first nail in Summers County’s coffin, returning the ensuing kick 90 yards.

Mount Hope would engineer one last scoring drive before the half to go up 20-6. Quarterback Kyle James would finish the drive with an 8-yard TD plunge off a roll-out to the right corner.

The heat and humidity began to affect both squads early in the second half.

“It was tough on both sides,” Souk said. “They were a little bit deeper than we were. They were able to take it to us a little bit in the second half and our kids just stepped up and refused to lose there at the end of it.”

Summers County got back into the contest with 37-yard TD run by Zeb Mills at the 4:55 mark of the third quarter. Mills would finish with 117 yards on 18 carries.

Marion would answer with his second touchdown run at the 4:52 mark of the fourth to seemingly put the game away, but the Bobcats still had some fight in them.

Mark Stiltner would snake his way across the width of the field from the right sideline to the left after catching a 5-yard dump pass from Wynes and go 63 yards for the score.

“We had a lot of kids play hard, but yeah, (Stiltner) made two big plays,” Duncan said. “He made a heck of a play on that little out pass. He caught it, reversed field and made a heck of a run. I guess I should have found some way to get the ball to him more.”

Mount Hope appeared to have the game in hand, but a James fumble would give Summers County one last shot at the win.

The Mustangs’ first-team all state defensive lineman, Joe Thornquest, put an end to the Bobcats’ hopes, though, with a sack of Wynes to close the game.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Summers County, but we’re so daggone green,” Souk said. “We made so many mistakes. We had so many penalties of delay of game because of personnel changes and this and that. A win is a win. As young as these kids are, it’s a great win.”

— E-mail:

rjett@register-herald.com



Mount Hope 26, Summers County 21

SC (0-1) 6 0 8 8 — 21

MH (1-0) 12 8 0 6 — 26

First Quarter

MH — Davon Marion 42 run (pass failed) 8:12

SC — Timmy Wynes 1 run (kick blocked) 4:33

MH — Marion 90 kick return (run fail) 4:18

Second Quarter

MH — Kyle James 8 run (Marion run) 0:08

Third Quarter

SC — Zeb Mills 37 run (Wynes run) 4:55

Fourth Quarter

MH — Marion 39 run (pass fail) 4:52

SC — Mark Stiltner 63 pass from Wynes (Wynes kick) 4:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — SC: Mills 18-117-1, Wynes 13-13-1, Stiltner 1-2, Jimmy Adkins 1-27. MH: Marion 32-229-2, Ryan Lester 8-30, Josh Criss 3-14, Joe Thornquest 2-9, James 3-4-1.

PASSING — SC: Wynes 4-15-0-121-1. MH: James 1-3-0-3-0.

RECEIVING — SC: Stiltner 1-63-1, Brandon Plumley 2-28, Adkins 1-30. MH: Thornquest 1-3.

TURNOVERS — SC: Stiltner (fr). MH: Kris Holley (fr).

Iaeger 28, Pocahontas, Va., 0

POCAHONTAS, Va. — Iaeger shut out Pocahontas, Va. as Dustin Bishop rushed for 77 yards and scored three touchdowns.

Bishop scored on runs of 25, 15 and 5 yards for the Cubs. Bradley Kelly added a 32-yard TD run and Jared Roberts kicked 3 PATs.

Marion leads Mustangs past Bobcats 26-21

By Randall Jett
Register-Herald Sports Writer

MOUNT HOPE — In his first start at tailback, Mount Hope’s Davon Marion put on a show. The junior runner pounded through the Summers County defense for 229 yards and two scores and returned a kickoff 90 yards to lead the Mustangs to a 26-21 victory Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

“We moved the football, but we couldn’t tackle 21,” Bobcats coach Stan Duncan said. “That’s all you have to put in there — we could not tackle 21.”

That “No. 21” was Marion, who shredded through the Bobcats’ defense for scoring runs of 42 and 39 yards.

“They didn’t have but 11 bodies to play and they only had one football player,” Duncan said. “But he’s a helluva football player.

“I scouted him last week and I said, ‘He will be the best football player on the field every time he steps on the field this year,’ and he will. I know who they play. I told our team, ‘We don’t kick to him and we key on him because he is the only guy they’ve got who can beat you.’ We hit him in the backfield with two and three people and he breaks the daggone tackle and squirts out. He’s big and strong and I knew that was going to be the test — if we could tackle him or not. We couldn’t tackle him.”

Most of Marion’s yardage was racked up after first contact with the defense.

“His YAC (yards after contact) tonight was great,” Mustangs coach Eddie Souk said. “He did a good job gaining yards after contact. He did a tremendous job for us. We knew he was going to step up and be a man tonight and he did that. Our other kids stepped up and played big too on the defensive side at the end of the ball game.”

The Mustangs took the opening kickoff and marched down the field. Marion shouldered most of the load, carrying the ball on six of the seven plays in the 77-yard drive. Marion would sweep around right end and race to the end zone for a 6-0 advantage.

Summers County answered with a nine-play, 71 yard scoring drive. Quarterback Timmy Wynes punched the ball in from the one-yard line to tie the contest 6-6.

Marion then put the first nail in Summers County’s coffin, returning the ensuing kick 90 yards.

Mount Hope would engineer one last scoring drive before the half to go up 20-6. Quarterback Kyle James would finish the drive with an 8-yard TD plunge off a roll-out to the right corner.

The heat and humidity began to affect both squads early in the second half.

“It was tough on both sides,” Souk said. “They were a little bit deeper than we were. They were able to take it to us a little bit in the second half and our kids just stepped up and refused to lose there at the end of it.”

Summers County got back into the contest with 37-yard TD run by Zeb Mills at the 4:55 mark of the third quarter. Mills would finish with 117 yards on 18 carries.

Marion would answer with his second touchdown run at the 4:52 mark of the fourth to seemingly put the game away, but the Bobcats still had some fight in them.

Mark Stiltner would snake his way across the width of the field from the right sideline to the left after catching a 5-yard dump pass from Wynes and go 63 yards for the score.

“We had a lot of kids play hard, but yeah, (Stiltner) made two big plays,” Duncan said. “He made a heck of a play on that little out pass. He caught it, reversed field and made a heck of a run. I guess I should have found some way to get the ball to him more.”

Mount Hope appeared to have the game in hand, but a James fumble would give Summers County one last shot at the win.

The Mustangs’ first-team all state defensive lineman, Joe Thornquest, put an end to the Bobcats’ hopes, though, with a sack of Wynes to close the game.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Summers County, but we’re so daggone green,” Souk said. “We made so many mistakes. We had so many penalties of delay of game because of personnel changes and this and that. A win is a win. As young as these kids are, it’s a great win.”

— E-mail:

rjett@register-herald.com



Mount Hope 26, Summers County 21

SC (0-1) 6 0 8 8 — 21

MH (1-0) 12 8 0 6 — 26

First Quarter

MH — Davon Marion 42 run (pass failed) 8:12

SC — Timmy Wynes 1 run (kick blocked) 4:33

MH — Marion 90 kick return (run fail) 4:18

Second Quarter

MH — Kyle James 8 run (Marion run) 0:08

Third Quarter

SC — Zeb Mills 37 run (Wynes run) 4:55

Fourth Quarter

MH — Marion 39 run (pass fail) 4:52

SC — Mark Stiltner 63 pass from Wynes (Wynes kick) 4:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — SC: Mills 18-117-1, Wynes 13-13-1, Stiltner 1-2, Jimmy Adkins 1-27. MH: Marion 32-229-2, Ryan Lester 8-30, Josh Criss 3-14, Joe Thornquest 2-9, James 3-4-1.

PASSING — SC: Wynes 4-15-0-121-1. MH: James 1-3-0-3-0.

RECEIVING — SC: Stiltner 1-63-1, Brandon Plumley 2-28, Adkins 1-30. MH: Thornquest 1-3.

TURNOVERS — SC: Stiltner (fr). MH: Kris Holley (fr).

Trail wilts in waning minutes

By Steve Keenan
For The Register-Herald

HICO — When Scotty Cuthbert and his coaching staff need to resort to the motivational playbook in the future, Friday night’s thrilling 28-27 win over Midland Trail will no doubt be Exhibit A.

And it will greatly reinforce something coaches always tell their players: Go until the final whistle.

Trailing 27-6 and its chances looking about as good as Marge Simpson’s hair surviving Friday’s stifling heat and humidity, Cuthbert’s Independence Patriots roared from behind with three touchdowns in the final two minutes, 17 seconds to register the one-point triumph.

The decisive score occurred after Independence’s Corey Cheek recovered an onside kick at the Trail 40 with 40 seconds left. Four plays later, reserve quarterback Richard Hampton lofted a 10-yard scoring toss to Jonathan Hunt, who shed two Midland defenders in the left corner of the end zone to pull the Raleigh County Patriots to within 27-26.

With nine ticks left, Cuthbert opted to go for the win and reverse a two-game losing streak to Midland Trail, and running back Adam Whitt took a handoff out of kicking formation and darted across the goal line for the go-ahead tally.

“I really don’t know what to say,” a stunned Cuthbert said after the contest. “All of a sudden I look up and we’re in the ball game.

“It was just a crazy finish.”

Trail had one final shot at redemption, but it wasn’t to be. On the final play, Dustin Nickell rumbled for about 30 yards before having the ball stripped, and Independence’s John Lawson fell on the loose pigskin to preserve the victory.

With both Cuthbert and Midland coach Joe Dean putting in reserves in the closing minutes so they could get some playing time, Independence got back in the game by scoring on a Cheek 2-yard dash following Chris May’s recovery of a Nickell fumble deep in Independence territory, then tacking on a brother-to-brother 37-yard scoring hookup from Ricky Cadle to Ben Cadle with 49 seconds left.

“We had the game,” a subdued Dean said. “On the onside kick, we knocked it away from each other a couple of times, but that happens.

“The fumble started it all, then (on the late scoring pass), we had some guys that didn’t get on the field, and we didn’t notice it and get them in the game. We made mistakes; that’s the coaches’ fault.

“And Independence didn’t quit. They deserved to win.”

After Indy’s Kyle Belcher reached paydirt on a 6-yard run to cap an 11-play, 78-yard drive on his team’s first possession, Midland Trail settled down and began to dominate. On the night, Trail’s Anthony Grimmett rambled for 142 yards on 15 carries, scoring three TDs. His final six-pointer, a 27-yard burst, came on the first play of a drive following a partially blocked punt with 11:50 left in the fourth. That gave the hosts a seemingly insurmountable 27-6 lead.

“We have a very young football team,” Cuthbert said. “The game turned into a jayvee game, then back into a varsity game.

“We executed when we had to. Jonathan Hunt made some nice catches, Hampton moved in (behind center) and did a solid job. We executed the onside kick. All the kids and coaching staff did a great job. It’s all new for us; maybe this will get ’em excited.”

Jeff Clifton led the Independence ground game with 52 yards on 10 carries, while Hampton was 6-of-8 for 99 yards and a score through the air.

Independence takes its 1-0 record into a matchup against Sherman at home next Friday.

The same night, Midland Trail entertains Fayette County rival Fayetteville.

— E-mail:

skeenan@register-herald.com



Independence 28, Midland Trail 27

I (1-0) 6 0 0 22 — 28

MTl (0-1) 0 14 7 6 — 27

First Quarter

I: Kyle Belcher 6 run (pass fail), 5:17

Second Quarter

MT: Anthony Grimmett 10 run (Will Deskins kick), 9:49

MT: Nathan Syner 4 run (Deskins kick), 5:55

Third Quarter

MT: Grimmett 2 run (Deskins kick), 5:55

Fourth Quarter

MT: Grimmett 27 run (kick fail), 11:50

I: Corey Cheek 2 run (Jonathan Hunt from Richard Hampton), 2:17

I: Ben Cadle 37 pass from Ricky Cadle (pass fail), 0:49

I: Hunt 10 pass from Hampton (Adam Whitt run), 0:09

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — I: Kyle Belcher 9-4-1, Jeff Clifton 10-52, Justin Chandler 4-11, Whitt 7-13, Cheek 2-4-1. MT: Grimmett 15-142-3, Dustin Nickell 13-103, Jake Crist 5-51, Syner 4-6-1.

PASSING — I: John Bennett 2-5-2-16-0, Hampton 6-8-0-99-1, R. Cadle 1-1-0-37-1. MT: Syner 1-6-0-39-0 .

RECEIVING — I: Hampton 1-15, Belcher 3-29, Hunt 4-71-1, B. Cadle 1-37-1. MT: Easton McGuire 1-39.

TURNOVERS — I: Chris May (fr), R. Cadle (fr), Cheek (fr), John Lawson (fr). MT: Coty Pierson (int), Nickell (int).

Warriors mix it up in win over Tide

By Dan Stillwell
Register-Herald Sports Writer

NEW RICHMOND — Kevin Grogg wants Wyoming East’s attack to be 50 percent running, 50 percent passing.

The Warriors were successful at both Friday night, opening their season with a 29-18 win over Sherman at the War Zone.

“We did it both ways and that’s what we wanted to do,” Grogg said after his team passed for 161 yards and ran for another 172. “I’m pretty pleased.”

Sophomore quarterback Thad Grogg, the coach’s nephew, completed 5 of 16 passes, including three for touchdowns.

He hit end Blake Cook with a 61-yard aerial to put Wyoming East on the scoreboard at the 7:24 mark of the opening quarter.

He found Cook again early in the second period, this time for 17 yards, and hit J.R. Bishop with a 21-yard scoring strike in the third stanza.

The younger Grogg made one mistake, throwing an interception deep in Warriors’ territory to set up the first of two Sherman touchdowns in the first period.

Grogg fired into the flat, but found the Tide’s Tyler Boulet instead of an East running back.

“That was our fault — it was our call on the sidelines,” Kevin Grogg said. “Thad knew better, but we didn’t. He did what we told him to do and it was stupid of us.

“I’ve been telling people all along that last year was a growing year for Thad as a freshman. He’s a lot better this year and he did a good job for us tonight.”

But while most of the Warrior touchdowns came through the air, tailback Cory Willard made his mark as well.

The senior ran for 139 yards on 17 carries, keyed by an 89-yard breakaway run in the second quarter.

Taking a handoff at the Warrior 11, Willard went to the right sideline, then cut back to the left and outrun the Tide defense.

Grogg thought Willard ran well to not be in top-notch shape.

“Cory had an arthroscopic knee operation the first week of practice,” he said. “It was hot and muggy tonight and he’s not in real good shape yet.”

Willard also successfully kicked four of five extra points for the Warriors.

Sherman scored on a 5-yard pass from quarterback Colby Treadway to end Johnathan Bowman and on a 44-yard run by tailback Derek Browning, both following East turnovers in the first quarter.

Lineman-fullback Drake Vanoy scored from one yard out with 7:29 left in the game.

— E-mail:

dstillwell@register-herald.com



Wyoming East 28, Sherman 18

S (0-1) 12 0 0 6 — 18

WE (1-0) 7 13 9 0 — 29

First Quarter

WE Blake Cook 61 pass from Thad Grogg (Cory Willard kick), 7:24

S: Johnathan Bowman 5 pass from Colby Treadway (Kick failed), 1:55

S: Derek Browning 44 run (Pass failed), 10.8

Second Quarter

WE: Cook 17 pass from Grogg (Willard kick), 9:31

WE: Willard 89 run (Kick failed), 2:45

Third Quarter

WE: Safety, Treadway tackled by Brandon Belcher in end zone, 6:04

WE: J.R. Bishop 21 pass from Grogg (Willard kick), 5:04

Fourth Quarter

S: Drake Vanoy 1 run (Rush failed), 7:29

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — S: Treadway 5-3, Shane Keeney 11-9, Browning 10-75, Jacob Rollo 1-0, Jeff Eliam 1-1. WE: Grogg 6-3, Willard 17-139-1, Rob Harley 10-23, Mike Smith 4-7.

PASSING — S: Treadway 10-21-0, 89. WE: Grogg 5-16-1, 161-3.

RECEIVING — S: Bowman 4-50, Rollo 3-23, Tyler Boulet 2-14, Keeney 1-2. WE: Cook 3-88, ChadFox 1-52, Bishop 1-21-1.

TURNOVERS — S: Boulet (int), Ryan Buzzard (fum).

Big plays lead Mavericks in opening win

By Bill Archer
For The Register-Herald

NARROWS, Va. — It took about a quarter for James Monroe to get untracked on an emotional Friday night in Narrows, but once they did, the Mavericks proved equal to their high ranking in West Virginia Class AA, and defeated a gutsy Narrows High School Green Wave team 47-19 in intrastate play.

JMHS used its single-wing power running and effective counter plays to pound away at the Narrows defense and wait for big-play openings to develop. “We were a little flat when we came out and that turnover in our first possession hurt us, but we got ourselves together in the second quarter,”James Monroe coach David Witt said.

Witt was pleased with the Mavericks’ offensive line play and with the team’s conditioning, playing on a hot, humid summer night.

“We have worked hard on our conditioning,”Witt said. “I think that helped us.”

The Mavs were driving on their first possession until Josh Hollie, a defensive back for the Green Wave, pounced on a fumble. Corey Lowe directed a 13-play drive that included a combination of key runs by Chad McCrowskey and Lowe, as well as a pair of Lowe areials to Brett Buracker and Aaron Blankenship that set the stage for a 1-yard Lowe quarterback sneak with 3:19 left in the first quarter. Derrick Reeds kick was blocked.

James Monroe pounded away at the Green Wave with power runs by Ernie Tincher, Kisiel and Taylor Robertson setting up the inside blocking to open up the counter play featuring Tincher to set up Kisiels first score.

JMHS’ second score came off a one-play drive following a long Josh Hollie punt that put the Mavericks back at their own 10-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Tincher took the ball off right tackle, busted into the secondary and galloped 90 yards for a score with 7:40 left in the half. Ray’s kick sailed wide right.

Three minutes later, Kiesel found a big hole on the left of the Narrows defense and ran 61 yards for a score with 4:30 left in the half. Ray’s kick went wide left on this try, but the Mavs were back in business again following a fumble on the first play from scrimmage after the ensuing kickoff put the visitors on the Green Wave 14. Robertson’s 3-yard dive with 2:18 left in the half moved the margin to 26-6 when Ray’s kick cleared the uprights.

But the Mavs weren’t done. Narrows mishandled the ball and JMHS recovered on the Wave’s 23-yard line. Four plays later, Robertson followed his blockers for a 24-yard scoring run. Ray’s point after was good with 30 seconds left in the half.

The Mavericks struck early in the second half when Kisiel ran 60 yards for a score with 10:02 left in the third quarter. Braxton Thompson closed out the scoring for the Mavericks with 11:48 remaining.

Westside 14, Liberty 6

CLEAR FORK — Jared Cook and Nick Lambert scored first-half touchdowns to lift the Renegades.

Cook scored on a 20-yard pass from quarterback Eric Bailey in the opening period. Nick Lambert ran eight yards for a touchdown and Bailey found Cook for the conversion.

Quarterback Austin Wright scored in the fourth quarter for Liberty (0-1).

Westside (1-0) is at Gilbert Friday. Liberty is at Summers County.



Westside 14, Liberty 6

L (0-1) 0 0 0 6 — 6

W (1-0) 6 8 0 0 — 14

First Quarter

W: Jared Cook 20 pass from Eric Bailey (Pass failed)

Second Quarter

W: Nick Lambert 8 run (Cook pass from Bailey)

Fourth Quarter

L: Austin Wright 1 run (Pass failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — L: . W: Eric Bailey 12-41, Nick Lambert 9-41, Matt Lambert 9-59, Travis Whitten 11-55, Tim Tate 3-9.

PASSING — L: . W: Eric Bailey 4-8-0, 45-1.

RECEIVING — L: . W: Cook 2-40-1, Lambert 1-5.

Turnovers: W Travis Whitten (fum)



Nicholas County 27, Clay County 14

CLAY — Gary Roach ran for 171 yards and a touchdown to lift the Grizzlies.

Pat O’Dell added 77 yards and had TD runs of 7 and 36 yards. O’Dell also passed for 76 yards, including a 21-yard TD aerial to Jordan Hogan.

Rex Hamrick and Jared Kleman scored touchdowns for Clay County (0-1).

Nicholas (1-0) hosts Buckhannon-Upshur next Friday.



Nicholas County 27, Clay County 14

NC (1-0) 6 14 7 0 — 27

CC (0-0) 0 0 7 7 — 14

First Quarter

NC: Pat O’Dell 7 run (Kick blocked), 3:18

Second Quarter

NC: Jordan Hogan 21 pass from O’Dell (Gary Roach run), 6:15

NC: O’Dell 36 run (Kick failed), 4:00

Third Quarter

NC: Roach 48 run (Michael Bbrowning kick), 8:14

CC: Rex Hamrick recovered fumble in end zone, (Jared Kleman kick), 2:16

Fourth Quarter

CC: Kleman 34 run (Kleman kick),7:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — NC: Roach 25-171, O’Dell 7-72, Brandon Comer 4-13, Kyle Bailey 1-0. CC: Kleman 13-69, Aaron Adkins 9-28.

PASSING — NC: O’Dell 5-7-0, 76-1. CC: Matt Johnson 4-11-1, 38, Kleman 1-1-0, -2.

RECEIVING — NC: Bailey 3-38, Hogan 1-21, Jake Ferguson 1-17. XX: Kleman 2-18, Adkins 2-20, Johnson 1-(-2).

TURNOVERS — NC: Levi Spencer (int). CC: Hamrick (fum).



Webster County 34, Richwood 7

UPPER GLADE — The Highlanders won their season opener in grand fashion, rolling by the Lumberjacks.

Chance McCoy rushed for 118 yards and scored on runs of 24 and 55 yards and also threw for 69 yards including one scoring strike.

Jimmy Roberts ran for 48 yards and scored the lone touchdown for Richwood.

Webster County (1-0) hosts Tolsia at 7:30 p.m. Friday.





Webster 34, Richwood 7

R: (0-1) 0 7 0 0 — 7

W: (1-0) 7 21 6 0 — 34

First Quarter

W: Chance McCoy 24 run (Quinton Robinson kick) 9:02

Second Quarter

W: Max Anderson 3 run (Robinson kick) 11:57

W: Grant Perrine 33 pass from McCoy (Robinson kick) 10:03

R: Jimmy Roberts (Dustin Brown kick) 3:46

W: McCoy 55 run (Robinson kick) 3:23

Third Quarter

W: Max Anderson 25 run (kick failed) :20

Fourth Quarter

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — W: McCoy 5-118-2, Robinson 8-35, Anderson 7-79, Cody Taylor 4-42 R: Storm Delaney 10-48, Roberts 10-48

PASSING — W: McCoy 3-3 69 1; R: Sam Tindal 6-11 46-0 -1

RECEIVING — W: Perrine 1-33 1; R: Dustin Brown 2-20



Meadow Bridge 38, PikeView 22

GARDNER — Billy Trump rushed for 104 yards and teammate Eric Halstead tallied 94 yards as the Wildcats ran by the Panthers. Trump also had an 83-yard kick off return.

Jay Kelly scored two touchdowns in the loss for PikeView.

Meadow Bridge (1-0) hosts Tug Valley at 7:30 p.m. Friday.



Meadow Bridge 38, PikeView 22

M:(1-0) 0 16 8 14 — 38

P: (0-1) 8 0 0 14 — 22

First Quarter

P: Jay Kelly 1 run (run) 4:34

Second Quarter

M: Eric Halstead 64 run ( Ben Tony run) 8:19

M: Nathan Neeley 38 run (Justin Bennett pass from Halstead) 3:27

Third Quarter

M: Billy Trump 12 run (Halstead run) 6:22

Fourth Quarter

P: Kelly 1 run ( run failed) 9:52

M: Trump 83 kickoff return (Bryan Qwinn) 9:37

P: Kelly fumble return ( Bryon Gordon pass from Kelly) 5:29

M: Neeley 15 run (run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — M: Trump 16-104 1, Halstead 5-94, Neeley 9-86; P: Matt Grey 8-34, Kelly 10-24-2

PASSING — M: Halstead 0-1; P: 5-14-1 92

RECEIVING — M: P Byron Gordon 3-44, Coty Vaught 1-36, Grey 1-12

TURNOVERS — M: Toney (INT), Matt Harrah (INT), Rodney Mullins (FR)



Pocahontas County 53, Tucker 27

DUNMORE — Pocahontas raced to a 47-7 half-time lead and cruised from there. Lucas Faulkner passed for 121 yards and Cyrus Bennett rushed for 123 yards, including scoring three touchdowns. Bennett had touchdowns runs of 80, 34 and 5 yards.

Tucker’s Shawn Polling racked up 149 yards and scored two touchdowns in the loss.

Pocahontas County (1-0) plays Racine, Ohio at 1 p.m. Saturday.



Pocahontas County 53, Tucker 27

T: (0-1) 7 0 0 20 — 27

P: (1-0) 21 26 0 6 — 53

First Quarter

T: Shawn Polling 60 run (Josh Michael kick)

P: Syrus Bennett 34 run (Callison kick)

P: Derrick Kiner 18 pass from Lucas Faulker (Callison kick)

P: Mike Callison 37 punt return (Callison kick)

Second Quarter

P: Bennett 5 run ( Callison kick)

P: Kendall Beverage 1 run (Callison kick)

P: Safety - Tucker kick out of end zone

P: Beverage 6 run (Callison)

P: Callison 25 yard field goal

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

P: Polling 77 run (run failed)

P: Bennett 80 run (kick failed)

T: Brandon Miller 54 run (run failed)

T: Miller 34 run (run scored)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — P: Bennett 15-123 3; T: Polling 13-149 2

PASSING — P Faulnker 5-7 121

RECEIVING — P: Callison 2-2 44, Kinder 2-3 56



Iaeger 28, Pocahontas Va, 0

POCAHONTAS, VA — Iaeger shut out Pocahontas, Va. in their first game of the season.

Dustin Bishop rushed for 77 yards and scored three touchdowns in the victory. Bishop scored on runs of 25, 15 and 5 yards.

Iaeger (1-0) hosts Burch Friday at 7:30 p.m.



Ieager 28, Pocahontas Va, 0

I:(1-0) 0 7 21 0 — 28

P:(0-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0

First Quarter

Second Quarter

I: Dustin Bishop 25 run (Jared Roberts kick) 11:22

Third Quarter

I: Bishop 5 run (Roberts kick) 7:03

I: Bishop 15 run ( Roberts kick) 5:14

I: Bradley Kelly 32 run (Roberts kick) :00

Fourth Quarter

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — I: Bishop 9-77-3

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