It's time to start the "Wall's" weekly look at high school and college football games. Each week, I'll select a preview (I usually write 3-4), as well as a game summary for the week, or from the weekend.
Last week, I covered two games. Phoebus, from Hampton, won, but looked sloppy in its 13-8 win over Wilson, a team that went 3-7 last season. I decided to highlight Poquoson, a team that finished 10-3 last year, and opened their 2016 campaign with a nice win over an overmatched team.
POQUOSON 35, SOUTHAMPTON 12
POQUOSON – Behind several breakaway plays in the first half,
the Bull Islanders cruised to a season-opening 35-12 win over Southampton at home on
Friday night.
The loss soured the return of Southampton coach Littleton Parker
to the sidelines. Parker had retired from coaching in 2009, electing to serve solely
as the Indians’ athletic director. But, in his first game in seven years, his
team ran into a stiff Poquoson rushing attack that gained 363 yards on 44
carries.
Sophomore Colten Hicks made a ferocious statement on his
first carry, running 49 yards for the Islanders first score. Tayriel Ruffin answered
for the Indians, scoring on a 62-yard scamper to pull his team within a point.
But Hicks followed up in the second quarter with a 70-yard dash that ended at
the one-yard line, where Robert Henesey completed the drive with a single-yard
plow through the center of the line, giving Poquoson a 13-6 lead.
Later in the half, Cole Jackson took a jet sweep to the
right, broke to the center of the field, and then back toward the right
sideline, scoring from 28 yards out.
Poquoson’s other score came when quarterback Jared Davis
found Donovan Edwards just behind the front right pylon of the goal line for a
four-yard passing score.
Southampton’s second touchdown came in the oddest of
manners. Indian quarterback Andrew Blunt’s long pass was intercepted by
defensive back Cayce Moore, who was running full speed toward the end zone.
Moore’s momentum, coupled with an oncoming Indian tackler, caused him to run
backwards for ten more yards. He was hit by a Southampton player, fumbled, and
the ball rolled into the end zone where it was recovered by an alert Indian
player, De’Von Tynes, who was playing split end and happened to be in the vicinity.
Tynes’ touchdown closed the gap to 28-12, which is how the first half ended.
Hicks capped a six-play, 56 yard drive in the third quarter,
gaining his second touchdown of the night with a three-yard run. The key play
of the drive was Jackson’s 25-yard run on the previous play.
For the night, Hicks gained 194 yards on ten carries.
Henesey was also over 100 yards on the ground, and Jackson chipped in 68 on
seven carries.
SOUTHAMPTON – 6, 6, 0, 0 -- 12
POQUOSON - 7, 21, 7, 0
-- 35
1st Quarter
P – C. Hicks 49 run (Andersen kick)
SH – Ruffin 62 run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter
P – Henesey 1 run (Palmer kick)
P – C. Jackson 28 run (Andersen kick)
P – Edwards 4 pass (Palmer kick)
SH –Tynes fumble recovery in end zone
(run failed)
3rd Quarter
P – Hicks 3 run (Andersen kick)
SH
POQ
First downs; 8, 19
Rushes-yards; 32-130, 44-363
Passing yards; 65, 28
Comp-att-int; 5-15-2, 3-5-0
Penalties-yards; 5-40, 4-43
Punts-avg; 7-36, 3-26
Fumbles-lost; 0-0, 2-2
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