TEXT: Sparkling rushing performances from
Mike Wilson and Allan Poutier carried the Grafton Clippers to a 37-7
non-district football victory Friday night over the Northampton
Yellow Jackets in Eastville.
Grafton (5-1, 3-1 Bay Rivers) finished with 332 total yards on 47
carries. Wilson rushed 25 times for 179 yards and two touchdowns,
while Poutier gained 105 on 13 carries.
Grafton led 14-0 at the half and led 17-0 before Northampton
finally got on the board. Grafton scored three more touchdowns to
close the game.
GRAFTON 37, NORTHAMPTON 7
Grafton 0 14 13 10-37
Northampton 0 0 7 0- 7
G-Mike Wilson 5 run (Justin Williams kick)
G-Terrell Smith 12 run (Williams kick)
G-FG Williams 37
N-Neil Fisher 71 pass from Robert Simpkins (Will Morgan kick)
G-Dayne Landers 8 run (Williams kick)
G-Mike Feaga 9 pass from Landers (kick failed)
G-Mike Wilson 22 run (Williams kick)
First downs 21 6
Rushes-yards 47-332 41-104
Passing yards 43 71
Comp-Att-Int 4-8-0 1-12-2
Punts-avg. 1-42 5-28.3
Penalties-yards 4-25 4-30
Bruton 20, Poquoson 8
Marcus Parrott ran for 103 yards and two TDs - a 4-yarder in the
second period to give the host Panthers a 6-0 halftime lead, and a
46-yarder in the third quarter. The first TD, with less than a
minute left in the second quarter, came after Poquoson roughed the
passer on fourth down.
Poquoson kept Bruton star quarterback Bryan Randall contained
most of the night, though his 1-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter
sealed the victory. He also completed five passes to Onrea Jones,
who amassed 94 yards in receiving.
The Islanders didn't get their initial first down of the second
half until there were less than three minutes remaining, and it came
against Bruton's second-team defense. Poquoson back Mark Kurek left
the game in the second quarter but played hurt for much of the
second half.
Poquoson 0 0 0 8- 8
Bruton 0 6 7 7-20
Bru- Marcus Parrott 4 run (kick failed)
Bru- Parrott 46 run (Andrew Proctor kick)
Bru- Randall 1 run (Proctor kick)
Poq- Josh Zidenberg 49 run (Chris Hoppe run)
First downs 7 17
Rushes-yards 40-194 41-205
Passing yards 0 116
Comp-Att-Int 0-6-0 8-16-0
Punts-avg. 5-32 4-37
Penalties-yards 3-15 3-25
Greenbrier Chr. 34, HRA 7
Joey Gosman ran for two touchdowns and Matt Terry had two
touchdown passes as visiting Greenbrier Christian defeated the
Navigators. Chris Gottfried scored on a 1-yard run in the third
quarter for HRA (0-4).
Greenbrier 14 7 6 7-34
HRA 0 0 7 0- 7
GC-Leonard 39 pass from Terry (Nehring kick)
GC-Gosman 9 run (Nehring kick)
GC-Ross 29 pass from Terry (Nehring kick)
GC-Jaggers 7 run (kick failed)
HRA-Gottfried 1 run (Ferriter kick)
GC-Gosman 20 run (Nehring kick)
Rushes-yards 29-184 42-189
Passing yards 81 26
Comp-Att-Int 4-8-0 4-13-0
Punts-avg. 5-38.8 3-27.8
Penalties-yards 9-45 4-20
Gloucester 18, Kecoughtan 0
De'von Taliaferro returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown in
the fourth quarter to break open a tight game.
Kecoughtan 0 0 0 0 - 0
Gloucester 0 0 6 12 - 18
G- Marquis Washington 20 run (kick failed)
G- Taliaferro 57 fumble return (pass failed)
G- David Laughinghouse 20 pass from Ben Lawrence (kick failed)
First Downs 10 13
Rushes-Yards 31-181 31-128
Passing Yds 20 112
Comp-Att-Int 4-13-3 7-17-2
Penalties-Yds 4-30 3-26
Girls basketball
Jamie Wisenbaker scored 23 points and posted 12 rebounds as
Portsmouth Christian (11-3, 8-0) beat Denbigh Baptist 60-32 in a
game pitting two of the Metro Conference's best squads. Leslie Maxey
scored 11 points with eight rebounds and five blocks for the
Shooting Stars (11-4, 6-3). ... Sara Ruggles scored 38 points,
hitting six 3-pointers, as Hampton Christian (12-5, 5-2
Metro)defeated Oak Tree 63-23.
Boys soccer
Denbigh Baptist (7-3-2, 6-0-1)moved into first place in the Metro
Conference with a 3-1 victory over previous leader Portsmouth
Christian.
Field hockey
HRA's Anne Cabot Ishon scored to give the Navigators (6-1-3) a
1-0 win over Christchurch.
