Prep football roundup

Branden Williams scored on a pair of catches - one on offense, one on defense - as unbeaten L.C. Bird turned away James River 20-7 in a Dominion District game at James River last night.

Williams scored on a 44-yard pass from Anthony Harris with 1:26 left in the first quarter for the Skyhawks (4-0, 6-0), ranked second in The Times-Dispatch Top 10.

Then, with the Rapids driving at the start of the second half, Williams picked off a pass and returned it 64 yards for a touchdown.

James River got on the board in the fourth quarter when Matt Brooks capped an eight-play, 50-yard drive with a 5-yard run. But Bird answered with a 12-play drive to put the game away.

Lionel Williams, who scored on a 7-yard run, had 126 yards on 21 carries for the Skyhawks. James Santiago had 10 tackles, including two for a loss, and Deon Clarke added eight tackles.

Kevon White had 69 yards on 12 carries for the Rapids (2-3, 3-3), who have just one win in 16 meetings with Bird.

L.C. Bird ------------------------- 7 0 7 6 - 20
James River ------------------------- 0 0 0 7 - 7

LCB - B. Williams 44 pass from Harris (Keck kick)

LCB - B. Williams 64 interception return (Keck kick)

JR - Brooks 5 run (Motaz kick)

LCB - L. Williams 7 run (kick failed)

Andre Coble rushed for four of Meadowbrook's six touchdowns as the top-ranked Monarchs defeated the Royals (0-3, 1-5) in a Central District matchup.

Coble finished with 11 carries for 181 yards, and was 3 for 6 passing for 85 yards. Domico Phillips had 13 carries for 101 yards for Meadowbrook (3-0, 6-0), which totaled 476 rushing yards.

Meadowbrook ------------------------- 6 16 8 14 - 44
Prince George ------------------------- 6 6 0 0 - 12

Varina running back Trey Johnson rushed 19 times for 330 yards and four touchdowns as No. 4 Varina (3-0 Central, 5-1) routed Atlee (1-1, 4-2). On defense, Varina's Josh Doggett had 16 tackles, an assist and a sack.

Atlee's Drew Ferguson completed five of 15 pass attempts for 64 yards. Shaquille Williams had all five receptions, amassing 43 yards and Atlee's two touchdowns.

Varina ------------------------- 7 7 14 7 - 35
Atlee ------------------------- 0 6 0 6 - 12

V - Norrell 3 run (McDaniel kick)

A - Williams 10 pass from Ferguson (run failed)

V - Johnson 22 run (McDaniel kick)

V - Johnson 68 run (McDaniel kick)

V - Johnson 60 run (McDaniel kick)

V - Johnson 46 run (McDaniel kick)

A - Williams 9 pass from Ferguson (kick failed)

The Springers rushed the ball 28 times for 204 yards en route to a Capital District win. Highland Springs' John Thompson had 11 rushes for 151 yards and 2 TDs. John Saunders had eight carries for 77 yards and a score.

Henrico's Brinton Hill had 4.5 tackles, a sack, and three tackles for loss. Highland Springs' Gevonn Young had 4.5 tackles.

Highland Springs ------------------------- 14 6 13 0 - 33
Henrico ------------------------- 0 0 0 0 - 0

HS - Saunders 6 run (Taylor kick)

HS - Thompson 2 run (Taylor kick)

HS - Thompson 56 run (kick failed)

HS - Johnson 64 pass from Burchette (kick blocked)

HS - Young 7 pass from Burchette (Taylor kick)

Quarterback Fuller Hoepner tossed two scoring passes and Jawuan Ferrell ran for two scores to lead the Titans to a Dominion District win over the Bulldogs.

Hoepner hit Chris Lusk with a 56-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring then found Mikey Hanley for a 51-yard score in the third quarter. Hanley added a 48-yard punt return for a touchdown for Cosby (4-1, 5-1). Ferrell (14 carries, 74 yards) scored on runs of 5 and 10 yards. William Harding scored on a 2-yard run for George Wythe (0-4, 0-5).

George Wythe ------------------------- 0 6 0 0 - 6
Cosby ------------------------- 12 12 7 6 - 37

C - Lusk 56 pass from Hoepner (kick failed)

C - Ferrell 5 run (pass failed)

GW - Harding 2 run (kick failed)

C - Hoepner 2 run (run failed)

C - Ferrell 10 run (run failed)

C - Hanley 51 pass from Hoepner (Precourt kick)

C - Hanley 48 punt return (kick failed)

POWHATAN - Landon Bradley picked up 170 yards on 21 carries and snagged an interception in Powhatan's homecoming rout of Southampton (1-2 Southside, 2-4).

Powhatan's Shawn Moore (61 yards rushing, 5 of 6 passing for 89 yards) punched in two rushing TDs.

Darius Nash (10 tackles, one for loss), Joey Blanco (9 tackles, one for loss) and Colin Christovich (8 tackles) led the Powhatan (3-0, 6-0) defense.

Southampton's Andre Rawls ran for 94 yards and a TD.


Southampton ------------------------- 0 7 0 0 - 7
Powhatan ------------------------- 7 7 21 0 - 35

P - Bradley 4 run (Moore kick)

S - Rawls 2 run (Lino kick)

P - Minor 7 run (Moore kick)

P - Minor 26 run (Moore kick)

P - Kingery 4 run (Moore kick)

P - Morris 29 pass from Minor (Moore kick)

Kevin Green accounted for 245 yards and three scores to lead the Crimson Wave to a Central District win.

After Ray Prosise blocked a punt out of the end zone to start the scoring for Petersburg (1-2, 3-3), Green (126 rushing, 119 passing) threw two touchdown passes and ran 58 yards for a score. Eric McGruger also played quarTerback. He ran for 132 yards and one TD and passed for another. Petersburg had 468 yards of offense.

Quinton Spain led the defensive effort by forcing four Hopewell (0-3, 1-5) fumbles and recovering two. Carlos Turner made nine tackles and Josh Allen had five solo tackles and eight total.
Hopewell ------------------------- 0 0 0 0 - 0
Petersburg ------------------------- 0 22 14 8 - 44

P - Safety, Prosise blocked punt out of end zone

P - Turner 30 pass from Green (Green run)

P - K. Johnson 25 pass from Green (run failed)

P - Green 58 run (pass failed)

P - McGruger 74 run (run failed)

P - A. Johnson recovered fumble in end zone (Green run)

P - McLaughlin 30 pass from McGruger (Briggs run)

Steele Driskill ran for two scores and threw for another as the Warriors won a Central District game. Daquan Turner rushed 16 times for 110 yards, including a 25-yard TD for Matoaca (3-0, 3-3). Melvin Trotter paced the defense with 10 tackles.

Derek Mears completed TD passes of 54 and 71 yards for Colonial Heights (1-2, 3-3). Travis Holzner led the defense with 10 tackles.

Colonial Heights ------------------------- 6 0 6 6 - 18
Matoaca ------------------------- 14 0 6 13 - 33

M -Edwards 6 run (Page kick)

CH -Drewes 5 run (run failed)

M -Smith 26 pass from Driskill (Page kick)

CH -House 54 pass from Mears (run failed)

M - Driskill 25 run (kick blocked)

M -Turner 7 run (kick failed)

CH -Johnson 71 pass from Mears (run failed)

M - Driskill 16 run (Page kick)

Jimmy Whitten threw two touchdown passes and the Trojans defeated the Wildcats in a nondistrict game.

Whitten finished 4 for 5 for 44 yards, Nate Hines had 23 carries for 106 yards and a TD and Mitchell Pereira had 20 carries for 146 yards for Midlothian (1-5).

Malcolm Cook paced Armstrong (1-5) with nine carries for 76 yards and a score. He also was 4 for 11 for 83 yards and a touchdown. Tyee Williams carried nine times for 54 yards, and caught a 51-yard TD pass from Cook.

Armstrong ------------------------- 0 0 0 14 - 14
Midlothian ------------------------- 7 14 2 7 - 30

M -Hines 1 run (Powers kick)

M - Hines 6 pass from Whitten (Powers kick)

M -Jones 11 pass from Whitten (Powers kick)

M - Coon safety

M - Taylor 1 run (Powers kick)

A - Williams 51 pass from Cook (Cook run)

A - Cook 20 run (pass failed)

Michael Wood did it all on defense as Deep Run topped John Marshall (1-2, 3-3) in a Colonial District game.

Wood blocked a kick, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass, deflected a pass and recorded three tackles for the Wildcats (2-1, 3-3).

Deep Run's Kenny Williams was 8 of 20 passing for 118 yards and a TD, and Sara Bradley hit field goals from 30, 32 and 28 yards.

Malcolm Bell passed for two TDs for the Justices, including a 20-yard toss to Leshaune Brown.

John Marshall ------------------------- 0 0 0 12 - 12
Deep Run ------------------------- 13 7 6 3 - 29

DR -Roberts 2 run (Bradley kick)

DR -Walker 32 int. return (kick failed)

DR -Williams 8 run (Bradley kick)

DR - FG Bradley 30

DR - FG Bradley 32

DR - FG Bradley 28

JM -Vaughan 20 pass from Bell (kick failed)

JM - Akeem Brown 5 pass from Bell (pass failed)

Devonte Derricott ran for two touchdowns and made nine tackles on defense to lead the Patriots in a Colonial District game.

Derricott finished with nine carries for 77 yards and Jayrin Waller had 16 carries for 85 yards and a TD for Patrick Henry (2-1, 2-4), which had 226 yards of offense.

Derek Whitaker made 19 carries on 79 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown run for Mills Godwin (1-2, 2-4).

Mills Godwin ------------------------- 7 0 0 0 - 7
Patrick Henry ------------------------- 0 6 8 7 - 21

MG - Whitaker 25 run (Davis kick)

PH - Waller 2 run (kick failed)

PH - Derricott 32 run (Waller pass to Wong)

PH - Derricott 2 run (Dyer kick)

Derrick Wells intercepted a pass for a touchdown, and Joel Caleb carried the offense to give the Cavaliers a Dominion District win over the Lancers.

Terrell Hackney put Manchester (2-2, 3-3) ahead with a 35-yard touchdown pass to Donald Holmes in the first quarter. After Wells' interception and Caleb's 2-point run gave Clover Hill the lead, Hackney found Brandon Briggs (54 yards) for an 8-yard score to give the Lancers the lead again. Hackney finished with 116 yards passing.

Caleb ran for 147 yards on 32 carries and the Cavaliers (3-1, 5-1) finished with just 167 yards of offense. Caleb's 32-yard touchdown run was the winner for Clover Hill.

Holland Fisher led the Cavs' defense with six tackles and 1½ sacks, including a sack of Hackney to end the game. Deonte Strother had six tackles and 1½ sacks and Mo Gross had six tackles.

Jonathan Terason led a yeoman effort for the Lancers with 13 tackles, four for loss and a sack. Briar Nelson and Cal Johnson each had nine tackles.

Manchester ------------------------- 7 0 6 0 - 13
Clover Hill ------------------------- 0 8 8 0 - 16

M - Holmes 35 pass from Hackney (Salmons kick)

CH - Wells 50 interception return (Caleb run)

M - Briggs 8 pass from Hackney (kick failed)

CH - Caleb 32 run (Caleb run)

Logan Staib threw two scoring passes and ran in a touchdown to lead the Chiefs in a Dominion District game.

Staib finished 5 for 10 passing for 78 yards for Monacan (3-2, 3-3). Chris Turner and Connor Wingo-Reeves dominated the defense with 11 tackles apiece.

Quinton Watson led Huguenot (1-3, 2-4) in rushing with 18 carries on 87 yards, and Peter Thomas ran in a 6-yard TD.

Monacan ------------------------- 6 7 7 7 - 27
Huguenot ------------------------- 0 0 6 0 - 6

M - Bryant 30 pass from Staib (kick blocked)

M - Bradshaw 16 pass from Staib (Luck kick)

H - Thomas 9 run (pass failed)

M - Walker 65 fumble return (Luck kick)

M - Staib 5 run (Luck kick)

Mack Hudgins ran for a touchdown and threw for another, and the Rebels' defense came up with two defensive touchdowns in a big second half to defeat the Vikings in a Colonial District game.

Thomas Jefferson (0-3, 0-6) led 6-0 at the half after Guy Roane caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Marvin Robinson (16 for 38, 130 yards, 1 TD, 4 interceptions). Darius Simpson had seven receptions for 87 yards for the Vikings.

Alvin Butler (63 yards) scored from a yard out, and Hudgins ran in the 2-point conversion to put Douglas Freeman (1-2, 2-4) ahead. Hudgins' 37-yard touchdown run put the Rebels in control for good. Chris Patterson and Blake Louthan sealed the win with interception returns for scores.
Thomas Jefferson ------------------------- 0 6 0 0 - 6
Douglas Freeman ------------------------- 0 0 22 12 - 34

TJ - Roane 6 pass from Robinson (pass failed)

DF - Butler 1 run (Hudgins run)

DF - Hudgins 37 run (Butler run)

DF - Patterson 18 interception return (run failed)

DF - Louthan 35 interception return (run failed)

DF - Blackmon 24 pass from Hudgins (run failed)

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Quarterback Jake McGee passed for 373 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Cougars (5-1) past the Saints (2-4) in a nonleague game.

McGee also rushed for 80 yards on eight carries. He hit Alex Newsome from 24 yards out and found Rutherford Moore for a 19-yard score. His third TD pass of the first half was a strike to Connor Kelley for a 21-0 lead. His final TD pass went 80 yards to Russell Harper.

Collegiate ------------------------- 7 14 3 13 - 37
STAB ------------------------- 0 0 7 7 - 14

PALMYRA - Dustin Plummer scored twice in the second half to lead the Bulldogs (3-1, 6-1) past the Flucos (1-3, 2-5) in a Jefferson District matchup.

After falling behind 7-0, Willie Ezell (79 yards) ran in from 20 yards to knot the game at 7. Plummer finished with 65 yards and the Bulldogs grounded out 236 yards on 43 carries.
Goochland ------------------------- 0 7 7 7 - 21
Fluvanna ------------------------- 0 7 0 0 - 7

F - Denby 1 run (Lewis kick)

G - Ezell 20 run (Cooke kick)

G - Plummer 5 run (Cooke kick)

G - Plummer 6 run (Cooke kick)

WEST POINT - Antonio Roane's 143 yards and four touchdowns helped lead West Point past Middlesex (1-1, 2-4) in a Tidewater District game.

Aaron Roane added 134 yards on 17 carries for the Pointers (2-0, 7-0), and Lavonte Brown scored on a 55-yard interception return and a 75-yard kickoff return.

Dale Smith had 79 yards rushing for Middlesex.

Middlesex ------------------------- 0 8 0 0 - 8
West Point ------------------------- 6 22 6 13 - 47

WP - An. Roane 70 run (kick failed)

WP -Ammons 3 run (run failed)

WP -Brown 55 int. return (An. Roane run)

M -Connely 1 run (Smith run)

WP -Brown 75 run (An. Roane run)

WP - An. Roane 8 run (Aa. Roane run failed)

WP - An. Roane 14 run (Goins kick)

WP - An. Roane 5 run (kick failed)

WILLIAMSBURG - Nate Kapa and William Capers combined for more than 300 yards rushing and three scores in the Rams' Bay Rivers District win.

Capers scored from 3 yards out to give Lafayette (2-3, 3-3) a 7-0 lead in the first quarter and finished with 121 yards on 24 carries. Kapa's 1-yard plunge made it 13-0, but the Trojans (0-5, 0-6) made it close with Tanner Luck's 65-yard interception return for a TD.

Kapa capped his 187-yard performance with a 5-yard scoring run to seal the win in the third quarter. Justin Williams led New Kent with 93 yards rushing.
New Kent ------------------------- 0 7 0 0 - 7
Lafayette ------------------------- 7 6 8 0 - 21

L - Capers 3 run (Vaught kick)

L - Kapa 1 run (kick blocked)

NK - Luck 65 interception return (Allen kick)

L - Kapa 5 run (Jones run)

Manny McClure was one of four players to score two touchdowns in the first half as Central Virginia Home School routed Roanoke Catholic. Jared Simmons had the longest TD, a 97-yard scamper.

Chris Bullock had two rushing touchdowns and Jerome Wright had two fumble returns for scores for the Disciples (6-1).
Roanoke Catholic ------------------------- 0 0 14 0 - 14
CVHS ------------------------- 26 29 0 0 - 55

CV - McClure 50 run (kick blocked)

CV - McClure 15 run (run failed)

CV - Bullock 20 run (Edmonds run)

CV - Wright 10 fumble return (kick failed)

CV - Bullock 5 run (run converted)

CV - Simmons 10 run (run failed)

CV - Simmons 97 run (Stephens kick)

CV - Wright 12 fumble return (pass converted)

RC - Akers 5 pass from Almond (kick failed)

RC - Ollie 10 run (Almond run)


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