NEWPORT NEWS – In
the opening game, the Bethel Bruins overcame a scare by winless Menchville,
before scoring twice in the fourth quarter on successive interception returns,
to pull out a 24-6 win.
Menchville (0-7,
0-6 Peninsula) carried a 6-3 lead into the fourth quarter. But a tipped Monarch
pass was caught in midair by Terry Chisley, who rambled 63 yards for the game
changing score.
After a 15-yard
run from Torey Guilford started the next Monarch drive, yet another pass was
caught in the flat by Bethel’s Jordan Hill, who returned it 38 yards for a
touchdown.
DeAndre Gillis
plowed through the middle for a two-yard score to seal the game for the Bruins.
Bethel (4-4, 4-3
Peninsula) opened the scoring. A Menchville fumble, deep in their territory,
was recovered by Hill at the Monarch 13. The drive stalled, but a 25-yard FG by
John Vassilakopoulos but the first three points on the board for the Bruins.
The Menchville offense
struggled mightily in the game, netting minus 62 rushing yards. But midway
through the second quarter, and facing 2nd-and-14, Shamar Butts, who
replaced Anthony Wyatt at quarterback, threw a 10-yard dart over the middle to
Denahri Hairston. Hairston, using a nifty inside spin, opened a lane in the
middle of the field, which he sprinted through for a 65-yard score, which gave Menchville
a lead that they would hold for almost two more quarters.
Hairston finished with three catches for 102 yards.
BETHEL – 3, 0, 0, 21 -- 24
MENCHVILLE - 0, 6, 0, 0 -- 6
First quarter
B –
Vassilakopoulos 25 FG
Second quarter
M – Hairston 65
pass from Butts (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
B – Chisley 63 int return (Vassilakopoulos kick)
B – J. Hill 38 int return (Vassilakopoulos kick)
B – Gillis 2 run (Vassilakopoulos kick)
Beth Mench
First downs; 12, 5
Rushes-yards; 37-144, 24- (-62)
Passing yards; 55, 130
Comp-att-int; 7-14-1, 6-23-3
Penalties-yards; 8-76, 9-65
Punts-avg; 5-22, 6-39
Fumbles-lost; 2-2, 1-1
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