HAMPTON – The Bethel Bruins ended their regular season in
decisive fashion, scoring 21 points in the game’s first eight minutes, then holding
off Gloucester for a convincing 56-7 win.
The Bruins, who lost their first two contests to Indian
River and Phoebus, finished the season on a 6-2 run and now have an opportunity
to claim a fourth seed in the 5A South (Eastern) playoff seedings, if Norview
loses one of its final two games. With a #4 seed, Bethel would host at least
one playoff game at Darling Stadium.
After finding its offensive bearings last week in a 27-9 win
against Denbigh, the Bruins quickly went to work against Gloucester. However,
it was the defense that turned in the game’s first big play, with Jeremiah
Owusu intercepting an Elijah Shaffer pass and returning it 34 yards for a
touchdown. Lekendrell Lowther and DeAndre Gillis added rushing touchdowns to
finish the first quarter.
Gillis (12 rushes, 168 yards, 2 TD’s) added a second running
score early in the second half, before giving way to Keno Mitchell and Tyler
Meredith. Mitchell contributed a fourth quarter touchdown to finish the scoring
for the Bruins.
Terry Chisley added a nifty play for Bethel’s last score of
the first half. From the Duke 16, Chisley scrambled to the right, and then back
toward the left. As he neared the sideline, he saw Jeremiah Owusu momentarily
open in the left corner of the end zone, but chose to wave the receiver back
toward the middle of the field. With the Gloucester defense preparing for a
pass, Chisley turned upfield and ran though the middle of the Duke defense for
the touchdown.
Lowther, who filled in briefly at quarterback, found Marcus
Pegues open for two passing touchdowns, a 26 and 33-yarder, on successive
drives in the third quarter.
The Bethel defense held the Dukes to 51 total yards, and
Gloucester completed only one of 14 passes, with three interceptions.
The Dukes lone score came after Gillis’ second touchdown as
Brady Barefoot returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards.
Gloucester, hoping to earn its first non-losing season in 10
years, dropped to 3-6 with the loss.
GLOUCESTER – 0, 0, 7,
0 - 7
BETHEL - 21,
7, 21, 7 – 56
First quarter
B – Jeremiah Owusu 34 int. return (Vassilakopoulos kick)
B – Lowther 1 run (kick blocked)
B – Gillis 43 run (Hudson run)
Second quarter
B – Chisley 16 run (Vassilakopoulos kick)
Third quarter
B – Gillis 34 run (Vassilakopoulos kick)
G – Barefoot 96 kickoff return (Wright kick)
B – Pegues 26 pass from Lowther (Vassilakopoulos kick)
B – Pegues 33 pass from Lowther (Vassilakopoulos kick)
Fourth quarter
B – K. Mitchell 2 run (Vassilakopoulos kick)
Glou
Bethel
First downs; 6, 15
Rushes-yards; 29-30, 38-330
Passing yards; 21, 85
Comp-att-int; 1-14-3, 3-9-0
Penalties-yards; 2-25, 6-72
Punts-avg; 7-31, 3-42
Fumbles-lost; 0-0, 1-1
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