Very tough loss for Jamestown. The Eagles almost broke a 16-game losing streak. In fact, they should have won the game. Quarterback Hunter Brittain completed 13 of his first 15 passes, and had his team positioned to win. Going to the game clinching field goal was proper, and it was a shame to see the kick blocked, then returned by R.J. Morris for a New Kent touchdown.
I think that Jamestown coach Donnell Brown is a legitimate football coach who can win buckets full of games in the right situation. Right now, the Eagles are rebuilding and it's going to take at least another year.
And credit to coach Clark Harrell for making the gutsy move to go for the win, trailing 27-26, with the extra point left.
WILLIAMSBURG – R.J. Morris returned a blocked Jamestown
field goal 61 yards, then scored on the ensuing two-point conversion to
preserve a 28-27 win for New Kent at Wanner Stadium.
Leading 28-21 with 41 seconds remaining, Jamestown, facing a
4th-and-12 from their 22, opted to attempt a 39-yard field goal,
which would have iced the game and ended the Eagles’ 16-game losing streak.
But the kick was blocked, and Morris picked up the loose
ball and scooted down the left sideline, scoring the crucial touchdown to close
the Jamestown lead to 27-26.
Rather than play for the tie, Trojan coach Clark Harrell
opted to go for the win, setting up the two-point conversion. Michael Burt
handed to Morris, who burst through the middle for the winning score.
The game was a back-and-forth battle. The Eagles struck
first on their opening drive. After recovering an opening kickoff fumble at the
Trojan 18, Mark Lipscomb caught an 11-yard pass to the 5, and after a Jamestown
penalty, spun twice through a pack of tacklers to score on a nine-yard run.
New Kent (2-4) relied on its workhorse, Bay Rivers district
leading rusher Davion Barnes (28 carries, 200 yards). However, it was
quarterback Michael Burt who scored first, on a one-yard sneak. The extra point
was blocked and the Eagles held a 7-6 lead early in the second quarter.
Jamestown quickly answered as Zach Pennycuff caught a pass
in the left flat and sprinted 20 yards for a score to give Jamestown a 14-6
lead. Barnes responded for New Kent, bulling into the end zone from three yards
out to cap an all rushing 11-play, 59-yard drive. A Morris conversion run
knotted the contest at 14 with 2:56 left in the first half.
But Jamestown went to work, with Lipscomb’s 15-yard catch
and 14-yard run, followed by a New Kent penalty for an illegal tackle setting
up an eight-yard pass from Hunter Brittain to Lipscomb which gave the Eagles a
20-14 lead which they took into the intermission.
Rashaun Jones of new Kent and Lamont Brandon of Jamestown
traded touchdowns in the third quarter, leading to the game’s dramatic finish.
Brittain completed 14 of 18 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns in a losing
effort for Jamestown (0-5).
NEW KENT -- 0, 14, 6, 8 -- 28
JAMESTOWN -- 7, 13,
7, 0 -- 27
First quarter
J – Lipscomb 9 run (Weissenfluh kick) 10:28
Second quarter
NK – Burt 1 run (kick blocked) 11:56
J – Pennycuff 20 run (Weissenfluh kick) 9:24
NK – Barnes 3 run (Morris run) 2:56
J – Lipscomb 8 pass from Brittain (kick blocked) :25
Third quarter
J – R. Jones 19 run (Weissenfluh kick) 7:10
NK – Brandon 1 run (kick failed) 4:38
Fourth quarter
NK – Morris 61 block return (Morris run) :28
NK
James
First downs; 13, 11
Rushes-yards; 46-288, 30-139
Passing yards; 19, 226
Comp-att-int; 3-4-0, 14-18-1
Penalties-yards; 5-50, 8-67
Punts-avg; 1-18, 2-33
Fumbles-lost; 1-1, 2-2
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