Football roundup: Rapids explode past Trojans; Warriors stop Colonials

James River scored four unanswered touchdowns in the second and third quarters to pull away from a 7-7 tie en route to a 35-13 victory over Midlothian last night.

James River used an overpowering ground game - 305 yards on 28 carries - to punish its Dominion District rival.

Quarterback Josh Wells led the parade with six carries for 85 yards and a touchdown. Matt Brooks carried nine times for 79 yards and a score.

Wells' 21-yard scamper in the second period put James River (3-5, 3-7) ahead to stay. Cole Ransom's 20-yard run and a 63-yard fumble return by Austin Hersch sent the Rapids into intermission with a 28-7 advantage.

Quarterback Jimmy Krahe led the Trojans (2-6, 2-8) with 20 carries for 121 yards and a score.

J - Brooks 21 run (Dibich kick)

M - Krahe 15 run (Powers kick)

J - Wells 21 run (Dibich kick)

J - Ransom 20 run (Dibich kick)

J - Hersch 63 fumble return (Dibisch kick)

J - Schmitz 2 run (Dibich kick)

M - Osen 21 run (run failed)

MATOACA - The Warriors buried Colonial Heights beneath an avalanche of big plays.

Five long-distance touchdowns, four of which occurred during a 29-point first quarter, enabled Matoaca to improve to 4-3 in the Central District and 5-5 overall.

Ryan Shook and Josh Edwards did much of the damage for the winners. Edwards car ried five times for 100 yards and scored on bursts of 40 and 35 yards. Shook carried three times for 85 yards. He delivered a 67-yard scoring run in the first period and a 15-yarder in the second.

Colonial Heights slid to 0-7, 2-8.

M - Shook 67 run (Page kick)

M - Smith 25 pass from Clark (Page kick)

M - Edwards 35 run (Page kick)

M - Goad 35 pass from Clark (Williams pass from Driskill)

M - Shook 15 run (Page kick)

M - Edwards 40 run (Page kick)

QB Shawn Minor completed 9 of 14 passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns to help Powhatan, No. 10 in The Times-Dispatch Prep Poll, rally past Brunswick in a Southside District encounter.

Vance Hendrem led the Powhatan defense with eight tackles, a QB sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.

Josh Ingram caught both of Minor's TD tosses as the Indians (6-0, 9-1) scored all of their points in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

Keith Stradford led Brunswick (3-3, 7-3) with 19 carries for 104 yards, including a 4-yard run for a TD.

P - Taylor 20 FG

P - Ingram 15 pass from Minor (Taylor kick)

P - Ingram 2 pass from Minor (Taylor kick)

B - Stradford 4 run (Morgan pass from Walton)

Deane Cheatham had six carries for 91 yards and rushed for two touchdowns as Hanover defeated Capital District rival Henrico.

Xavier Crocker scored twice, and Rachel Moore kicked a 20-yard field goal and three PATs for the Hawks (4-2, 7-3), ranked No. 9 in the T-D Top 10 Poll.

Kelvin Otey had the only TD for the Warriors (2-4, 3-7) on an 11-yard rush, and Dylan Norvell kicked a 34-yard field goal to open the scoring.

Hen - FG Norvell 34

Han - Cheatham 31 run (Moore kick)

Han - Crocker 5 run (Moore kick)

Han - Cheatham 28 run (Moore kick)

Han - Crocker 7 run (kick failed)

Han - FG Moore 20

Hen - Otey 11 run (Norvell kick)

Josh Bailey completed 14 of 18 passes for 209 yards and three touchdowns in Clover Hill's rout of Dominion District opponent George Wythe.

Bailey broke the school's passing record with 1,939 yards (set record with 3,400) and set the record for most TD passes with 28 in a season, 43 in his career.

Zach Burkholder had a 57-yard interception return for a TD, and Steven Pennington added four tackles, one for an 8-yard loss, and a sack for the Cavaliers (6-2, 8-2).

The Bulldogs scored in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run by Shawn Walker, followed by Renard Wallace's two-point conversion run.

CH - Finney 6 pass from Bailey (Johnson kick)

CH - Haynes 1 run (kick failed)

CH - Bailey 25 run (kick failed)

CH - Burkholder 21 pass from Bailey (kick blocked)

- Burkholder 57 interception return (Johnson kick)

CH - Donnelly 1 run (Johnson kick)

CH - McKenzie 11 pass from Bailey (kick failed)

CH - Thaniel 20 run (Johnson kick)

CH - Oliver 10 run (Johnson kick)

GW - Walker 3 run (Wallace run)

AMELIA - Kicker Cody Simmons drilled six extra points and connected on a 23-yard field goal as Goochland defeated Amelia in James River District action.

David McKenna ran for a 53-yard score for the Goochland Bulldogs (4-1, 6-4), and Lloyd Taylor added a 40-yard TD.

Tyler Carter contributed rushing touchdowns of 10 yards and 1 yard. Eli Drinkard and Willie Ezell added two rushing TDs.

Amelia (1-4, 5-5) avoided a shutout when Shay Perry connected with Cedric Jackson for a 47-yard touchdown.

G - McKenna 53 run (Simmons kick)

G - Cox 1 run (Simmons kick)

G - Carter 10 run (Simmons kick)

A - Jackson 47 pass from Perry (kick failed)

G - Taylor 40 run (Simmons kick)

G - FG Simmons 23

G - Ezell 2 run (Simmons kick)

G - Carter 1 run (Simmons kick)

G - Drinkard 3 run (kick failed)

KING WILLIAM - Jamar Carter rushed for five touch downs and threw for another as King William dominated King & Queen (0-9).

Carter racked up 183 yards on 14 carries, and Lewis Redman passed for three TDs, two to Jeff Clark.

Josh Belfield led the defense and also kicked five extra points for the Cavaliers (6-4).

KW - Carter 23 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 4 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Clark 2 pass from Redman (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 11 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Akers 19 pass from Carter (Belfield kick)

KW - Powell 11 pass from Redman (kick failed)

KW - Clark 18 pass from Redman (kick failed)

KW - Carter 19 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 31 run (Redman kick)

STANNARDSVILLE - Andre Nealy (26 carries, 157 yards) and Glen Cosby (six carries, 197 yards) each scored two touchdowns as Louisa defeated William Monroe (0-6, 0-10) in a Jefferson District matchup.

Defensively, Brandon Ornduff had five tackles, one assisted, and three tackles for losses of 20 yards. Chris Colvin had four tackles and Kerry Wynn made three for losses of 16 yards for the Lions (4-2, 7-3).

Louisa totaled 316 yards rushing and held the William Monroe offense to minus-15 yards and only 24 passing.

L - Hunter 16 run (kick failed)

L - Nealy 2 run (Cosby run)

L - Nealy 28 run (Ameling kick)

L - Cosby 56 run (Ameling kick)

L - Cosby 3 run (Ameling kick)

Chris Howard had 16 carries for 89 yards and ran for a 2-yard TD as top-seeded Blessed Sacrament Huguenot defeated No. 4 Hampton Christian in the VISSA Division III semifinals.

Deon Watts had nine carries for 71 yards and ran for a 34-yard score for the undefeated Knights (12-0), who totaled 306 offensive yards. Kendall Trainum had four catches for 41 yards and two carries for 20 yards, including an interception in the end zone. Trainum also tallied more than 100 yards in kickoff returns.

Keenan Perry led Hampton Christian (8-3) with eight carries for 118 yards. He started the game with a 75-yard TD run. But the Knights held Hampton Christian to just 221 yards of offense.

Blessed Sacrament will play No. 2 North Cross on Friday in the championship game at home at 7:30 p.m.

HC - Perry 75 run (kick blocked)

BSH - Watts 34 run (Young kick)

BSH - Leboff 4 pass from Wingfield (Young kick)

BSH - Howard 2 run (kick failed)

HC - Bierbauer 28 pass from Norman (Hardy kick)

BSH - FG Young 25