Friday Football Roundup: Tucker breaks losing streak

Staff reports
Published: October 3, 2008

J.R. Tucker broke an 18-game losing streak with a last-minute touchdown.

Jared Bennett hit Tyleek Purvis from 10 yards out with 20 seconds remaining to lead the Tigers to victory.

Tucker’s Jacob Bennett led the team with 143 yards rushing on 19 carries. Mills Godwin quarterback Adam Blankinship had 2 touchdowns and 154 yards in the loss.

Tucker’s record with the win is 1-0 in the Colonial District, 1-4 overall. Godwin fell to 0-2, 1-4.

J.R. Tucker 7 10 0 7 - 24
Mills Godwin 6 7 7 0 - 20

JRT - Jacob Bennett 15 run (Suerte kick)

MG - Whitaker 2 run (conversion failed)

JRT - Quentin Staten 23 FG

MG - Wood 30 pass from Blankinship (O’Neal kick)

JRT - Carr 8 run (Suerte kick)

MG - Forlines 20 pass from Blankinship (O’Neal kick)

JRT - Tyleek Purvis 10 pass from Jared Bennett (Suerte kick)

Monacan 24, Clover Hill 21
Monacan rallied from an 11-point deficit to defeat No. 5 Clover Hill in a taut Dominion District game at Monacan.

Garett Patterson returned a punt 98 yards in the third quarter, and DreVonte Jarvis scored on a 35-yard run in the fourth for the Chiefs (2-1, 4-1).

Clover Hill (2-2, 4-2) took a 21-10 lead behind the passing of Josh Bailey (16 of 30 for 201 yards and three touchdowns). Chris Smith caught two of the TD passes, and Chris Conklin caught the other.

J.C. Wiggins scored Monacan’s TD, and Travis Luck booted a 22-yard field goal.

Smith ran back a punt for a touchdown with a minute remaining in the game, but it was called back because of a penalty.

Clover Hill 7 7 7 0 - 21
Monacan 7 3 7 7 - 24

CH - Smith 11 pass from Bailey (Conklin kick)

M - Wiggins 12 run (Luck kick)

CH - Smith 5 pass from Bailey (Conklin kick)

M - Luck 22 FG

CH - Conklin 4 pass from Bailey (Conklin kick)

M - Patterson 98 punt return (Luck kick)

M - Jarvis 35 run (Luck kick)

Manchester 37, Cosby 33
Despite leading 26-17 at the half, No. 6 Cosby was held scoreless in the fourth quarter and Manchester edged the Titans 37-33.

Cosby took a big lead in the first quarter, starting with Terry Williams 73-yard kickoff return for a TD. Mike Birnbaum then returned a blocked punt for a 51-yard score for the Titans (4-1). Bryce Dillon capped the quarter scoring on a 33-yard pass from Fuller Hoepner.

Brandon Chiles (six carries, 68 yards) put Manchester on the board in scoring on a 16-yard pass form Tyler Henderson. Henderson went 23 of 28 for 320 yards, two TDs and one interception for the Lancers (3-2).

Manchester’s Tony Brown had 12 carries for 59 yards and returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to narrow the margin to two points at 33-31.

But it all came down to the fourth quarter. Manchester’s Josh Charity who scored on a 29-yard pass from Henderson to secure the victory.

Cosby 20 6 7 0 - 33
Manchester 7 10 14 6 - 37

C - Williams 73 kickoff return (Denel kick)

C - Birnbaum 51 punt block return (kick failed)

M - Chiles 16 pass Henderson (Salmons kick)

C - Dillon 33 pass from Hoepner (Denuel kick)

C - Hicks 51 pass from Hoepner (kick failed)

M - FG Salmons 26

M - Chiles 46 run (Salmons kick)

C - Hoepner 80 run (Denuel kick)

M - Henderson 5 run (Salmons kick)

M - Brown 94 kickoff return (Salmons kick)

M - Charity 29 pass from Henderson (kick failed)

Highland Springs 20, Henrico 7
John Saunders totaled 95 yards on 15 carries including an 8-yard touchdown run in Highland Springs’ win over Henrico (0-1 Capital, 1-4).

Montrel Garrison added a 17-yard TD run and totalled 66 yards for the Springers (2-0, 2-3).

The Warriors’ Timone Brown pulled his team within 1 when he returned an interception 88 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

Springers’ defender Clinton Patterson countered with a 66-yard interception return for a TD in the fourth quarter.

Henrico 0 7 0 0 - 7
H. Springs 0 6 0 14 - 20

HS - Garrison 17 run (kick failed)

H - Brown 88 int (Norvell kick)

HS - Saunders 8 run (Saunders run)

HS - Patterson 66 int (pass failed)

Powhatan 33, Nottoway 6
NOTTOWAY - Vance Hendren rushed for 75 yards, scored two touchdowns, and recovered a fumble on defense to lead the Powhatan Indians (1-0, 4-1) over the Nottoway Cougars (1-1, 3-3).

Powhatan 13 7 7 6 - 33
Nottoway 0 6 0 0 - 6

P - Henderson 1 run (Moore kick)

P - Hendren 26 pass from Minor (kick fail)

N - Craft 4 run (pass fail)

P - Ingram 25 pass from Minor (Moore kick)

P - Hendren 11 pass from Minor (Moore kick)

P - Bradley 75 run (kick fail)

Dinwiddie 52, Colonial Heights 15
Quarterback Adam Morgan connected on 15 of 23 passes for 280 yards and four touchdowns as Dinwiddie routed Central District foe Colonial Heights (0-2, 2-3) 52-15.

Terron Adams had four catches for 138 yards and scored two touchdowns, and had an interception on defense for the Generals (2-0, 4-1).

Dinwiddie 21 17 7 7 - 52
Colonial Heights 0 0 0 15 - 15

D - Adams 13 pass from Morgan (Jones kick)

D - Adams 75 pass from Morgan (Jones kick)

D - Johnson 1 run (Jones kick)

D - Jackson 22 pass from Morgan (Jones kick)

D - Jackson 20 pass from Morgan (Jones kick)

D - FG Jones 42

D - Hall 7 run (Jones kick)

CH - Edwards 43 pass from Brown (Breidenbach kick)

D - Beville 49 run (Jones kick)

CH - Brown 2 run (Edwards run)

King William 34, Lancaster 6
LANCASTER - Lewis Redman completed 11 of 18 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown in King William’s 34-6 romp over Lancaster (4-2).

Jamar Carter scored three touchdowns on 22 carries for 167 yards, and Ky Faggins returned a punt 85 yards for a score for the Cavaliers (2-3).

King William 0 14 7 13 - 34
Lancaster 0 6 0 0 - 6

L - Noel 55 interception return (kick failed)

KW - Faggins 85 punt return (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 2 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 37 pass from Redman (Belfield kick)

KW - Carter 10 run (Belfield kick)

KW - Temple 4 run (kick failed)

Thomas Dale 48, Matoaca 25
Alex Stevens scored three touchdowns, Domonique Thompson ran for two and Thomas Dale defeated Matoaca (0-2, 1-4) 48-25 in a Central district matchup.

Stevens (10 carries, 136 yards) scored on runs of 2, 68 and 23 yards for the Knights (2-0, 2-3), and Thompson (nine carries, 145 yards) ran for 10 and 69 yard TDs.

Demetrick Jackson had four carries for 73 yards and ran for a 5-yard score for Thomas Dale. Drake Evans made 15 tackles and a fumble recovery, and Ben Saunders had 12 tackles.

Ryan Shook ran for a 1 yard score in the third quarter, and again in the fourth. Then Josh Edwards returned a kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown for the Warriors, but Matoaca couldn’t catch up.

Thomas Dale 14 0 14 20 - 48
Matoaca 0 0 6 19 - 25

TD - Thompson 10 run (Fowler kick)

TD - Stevens 2 run (Fowler kick)

M - Shook 2 run (kick failed)

TD - Baylor 5 run (Fowler kick)

TD - Stevens 68 run (Fowler kick)

TD - Thompson 69 run (kick failed)

M - Shook 1 run (run failed)

TD - Stevens 23 run (kick failed)

TD - Jackson 5 run (Fowler kick)

M - Edwards 65 kickoff return (Page kick)

Goochland 31, George Mason 14
FALLS CHURCH—Charlie Cox (eight carries, 76 yards) caught a touchdown and ran for another in Goochland’s 31-14 victory over George Mason (1-4).

Quarterback Tyler Carter was 4 of 5 for 89 yards passing and 32 yards rushing as well as scoring two touchdowns, and Willie Simmons kicked a 38-yard field goal and four PATs for the Bulldogs (2-3).

Goochland 14 10 7 0 - 31
George Mason 7 0 0 7 - 14

G - Cox 48 run (Simmons kick)

G - Ezell 10 run (Simmons kick)

GM - J. Mann 4 run (Viega-Diaz kick)

G - Carter 12 run (Simmons kick)

G - Cox 25 pass from Carter (Simmons kick)

GM - C. Mann 25 run (Viega-Diaz kick)

L.C. Bird 46, Midlothian 10
Jerry Brown scored two touchdowns to start the game and rushed six times for 106 yards as L.C. Bird shut down Midlothian 46-10 in a Dominion District matchup.

Kenyon Lewis tallied 106 yards on five carries and ran for a touchdown and Deon Clarke scored on a 42-yard interception return for the Skyhawks (4-0, 5-1).

Quarterback Jimmy Whitten went 15 for 25 for 126 yards and threw for a touchdown for the Trojans (1-2, 1-4).

L.C. Bird 20 13 7 6 - 46
Midlothian 0 3 7 0 - 10

LCB - J. Brown 9 run (Keck kick)

LCB - A. Brown 6 pass from Jefferson (Keck kick)

LCB - Lee blocked punt in end zone (kick failed)

LCB - J. Brown 16 run (Keck kick)

M - FG Powers 32

LCB - Clarke 42 interception return (kick failed)

LCB - Lewis 3 run (Keck kick)

M - Minnick 5 pass from Whitten (Powers kick)

LCB - Johnston 6 pass from Lee (kick failed)

Benedictine 28, Cumberland 6
Benedictine remained undefeated with its sixth victory, defeating Cumberland (3-2).

The Cadets opened the scoring with a 45-yard pass from Greg Petrohovich to Andy Williams. Darren Wilkins added touchdowns of 6 and 22 yards, then in the fourth quarter Greg found his brother Drew Petrohovich for a 25-yard touchdown to cap the scoring for Benedictine.

Benedictine 6 8 7 7 - 28
Cumberland 0 0 0 6 - 6

Hanover 49, Armstrong 0
Chris Lee ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hawks to an easy Capital District win over the Armstrong Wildcats.

Josh Wells threw for two touchdowns and 143 yards. Karlton Davis was his leading receiver with three catches for 73 yards and a score.

Steven Fogleman opened the second half with an 85-yard kickoff return for a score. Deane Cheatham added 73 yards rushing for the Hawks (1-1, 3-2) who finished 223 yards on the ground.

Armstrong 0 0 0 0 - 0
Hanover 7 21 21 0 - 49

H - Lee 12 run (Moore kick)

H - Lee 2 run (Moore kick)

H - Davis 22 pass from Wells (Moore kick)

H - York 39 pass from Wells (Moore kick)

H - Fogleman 85 kickoff return (Moore kick)

H - Cheatem 6 run (Moore kick)

H - Lee 40 run (Moore kick)

Hermitage 42, John Marshall 6
Michael Johnson paced seventh-ranked Hermitage to a Colonial District victory over John Marshall (0-2, 1-4) with his feet and arm.

The Panthers’ quarterback completed 11 of 19 passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 94 yards on 14 carries and scored the game’s first touchdown.

The Panthers moved to 2-0 in the Colonial District, 3-2 overall.

Frank Bullock scored the Justices’ touchdown.

John Marshall 6 0 0   - 6
Hermitage 14 14 14 0 - 42

H - Johnson 15 run (Reynolds kick)

H - Gordon 2 run (Reynolds kick)

JM - Bullock 1 run (kick failed)

H - Snead 13 pass from Johnson (Reynolds kick)

H - Snead 2 pass from Johnson (Reynolds kick)

H - Stephens 27 pass from Johnson (Reynolds kick)

H - Claiborne 7 run (Reynolds kick)

Atlee 27, George Wythe 6
Dillon Garthright passed for the Atlee’s first touchdown and rushed for 132 yards on 14 carries and another touchdown to key Atlee’s nondistrict 27-6 win over visiting George Wythe.

Wythe started the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown run by Damon Speights, but it was all Atlee from that point on. The victory was the first this season for Atlee (1-4). Wythe (0-5) remained winless.

George Wythe 0 6 0 0 - 6
Atlee 0 7 14 6 - 27

W - Speights 4 run (kick failed)

A - Spiers pass from Garthright (Booth kick)

A - Brooks 3 run (Booth kick)

A - Spiers 6 run (Booth kick)

A - Garthright 20 run (kick failed)

James River 20, Huguenot 8
Joshua and Jessie Wells each ran for a touchdown and combined for 116 yards rushing to help the Rapids to a Dominion District win over the Falcons.

Matt Brooks also scored to give James River (2-2, 2-3) an unassailable 20-0 halftime lead.

Huguenot (0-4, 1-4) avoided the shutout when Darrius Bolling found Trevor Williamson for a 33-yard touchdown pass in the final quarter.

James River 7 13 0 0 - 20
Huguenot 0 0 0 8 - 8

JR - Jo. Wells 1 run (Dibich kick)

JR - Je. Wells 5 run (Dibich kick)

JR - Brooks 1 run (kick blocked)

H - Williamson 33 pass from Bolling (Fitzgerald pass from Bolling)

Deep Run 60, Thomas Jefferson 8
Dallas Simmons spearheaded a rushing attack that gained 220 yards and scored seven touchdowns as the second-ranked Wildcats throttled the Vikings (0-2, 0-5)in a Colonial District game.

Simmons ran for 115 yards and two scores on 14 carries. Antone Exum and Cody Roberts also ran for two TDs in a 53-point first half for Deep Run (2-0, 5-0).

Dante Harris returned a fumble 25 yards for Thomas Jefferson’s only touchdown.

Deep Run 18 35 7 0 - 60
T. Jefferson 0 8 0 0 - 8

DR - Simmons 5 run (Smith kick)

DR - Roberts 3 run (Knapp pass from Copeland)

DR - FG Smith 25

TJ - Harris 25 fumble return (Tweety pass from Thomas)

DR - Exum 1 run (Smith kick)

DR - Roberts 10 run (Smith kick)

DR - Love 50 punt return (Smith kick)

DR - Simmons 11 run (Smith kick)

DR - Exum 9 run (Smith kick)

DR - Copeland 10 run (Smith kick)

Prince George 46, Hopewell 20
Lawrence Taylor ran for two touchdowns and Brandon Doyle returned a kickoff 85-yards for a touchdown to send the Royals to comfortable win over the Blue Devils in a Central District game.

Taylor scored the first TD in each half and finished with 150 yards on 16 carries for Prince George (2-0, 3-2).

Jalen Reeves led Hopewell (0-2, 1-4) with 104 yards passing and a touchdown as well as a rushing touchdown.

Hopewell 0 6 0 14 - 20
Prince George 12 13 14 7 - 46

PG - Taylor 22 run (kick failed)

PG - Yates 21 pass from Engle (run failed)

PG - Harris 5 run (Mason kick)

H - Timms 5 pass from Wagner (kick failed)

PG - Doyle 85 kickoff return (pass failed)

PG - Taylor 3 run (Mason kick)

PG - Wells fumble recovery in end zone (Mason kick)

PG - Harris 4 run (Mason kick)

H - Irons 34 pass from Reeves (Mackin kick)

H - Reeves 14 run (Mackin kick)

Fork Union 20, St. Christopher’s 14
Ethan Taylor’s 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter turned out to be the decisive score for Fork Union Military Academy in a 20-14 victory over St. Christopher’s in a non-district matchup.

Taylor led Fork Union (5-1) with 24 rushes for 119 yards and two touchdowns. FUMA quarterback Jahmeal Quarles-Belt completed 6 of 7 passes for 129 yards and a TD for Fork Union.

Casey Fox put St. Christopher’s on the board in the first quarter, scoring on a 35-yard interception return. The Saints (2-3) were held scoreless until the fourth when Bart Farinholt tried to spark a comeback, scoring on a 54-yard pass from John Stillwell.

Fork Union 13 7 0 0 - 20
St. Chris. 7 0 0 7 - 14

FUMA - Taylor 80 run (Branch kick)

FUMA - Branch 39 pass from Quarles-Belt (kick failed)

StC - Fox 35 interception return (Vozenilek kick)

FUMA - Taylor 5 run (Branch kick)

StC - Farinholt 54 pass from Stillwell (Vozenilek kick)

Blessed Sac. Hug. 35, Brunswick Academy 7
LAWRENCEVILLE—A surgical passing performance by quarterback Austin Wingfield lifted undefeated Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot to a VCC victory over Brunswick Academy (1-4, 1-6).

Wingfield completed 13 of 15 passes for 204 yards and four touchdowns. He threw three TD passes, including a 30-yarder to Kendall Trainum, during a second-period eruption that put the game out of reach for the Knights.

The winners (3-0, 7-0) surrendered only 77 yards of total offense.

BSH 7 21 7 0 - 35
Brunswick Academy 0 0 0 7 - 7

BSH - Watts 2 run (Young kick)

BSH - Trainum 30 pass from Wingfield (Young kick)

BSH - Watts 24 pass from Wingfield (Young kick)

BSH - Baldwin 24 pass from Wingfield (Young kick)

BSH - Leboff 16 pass from Wingfield (Young kick)

B - Moore 14 run (Tanner kick)

Central Va. Disciples 48, Model School 34
The Central Virginia Disciples rushed for 363 yards and contained visiting Model School for the Deaf enough to record their sixth straight victory.

Manny McClure carried the ball five times for 113 yards and two touchdowns for the Disciples. He also caught two TD passes from Nate Hollis, who threw for 95 yards and three touchdowns.

Model (3-2) got three TDs from Sean Harden.

Model School 7 12 0 15 - 34
C. Va. Disciples 21 7 13 7 - 48

M - Harden 67 run (Klockowski kick)

CVH - Kinker 56 run (Wells kick)

CVH - McClure 48 run (Wells kick)

CVH - McClure 45 pass from Hollis (Wells kick)

CVH - Clements 23 pass from Hollis (Wells kick)

M - Marple 12 pass from Palmer (pass failed)

M - Harden 15 pass from Palmer (run failed)

CVH - Simmons 21 run (Wells kick)

CVH - McClure 10 pass from Hollis (run failed)

M - Sandoval 8 pass from Palmer (Sandoval pass from Palmer)

M - Harden 1 run (Klockowski kick)

CVH - McClure 41 run (Wells kick)