William and Mary Sneaks Past Campbell 35-28

#15/16 WILLIAM AND MARY 35, CAMPBELL 28

Campbell (2-5, 0-3 CAA) -   7, 7, 7, 7 -- 28

W&M      (5-2, 2-1 CAA) – 14, 7, 0, 7 -- 35

Williamsburg – A pair of fourth quarter rushing touchdowns catapulted the William and Mary Tribe to a 35-28 victory over Campbell for its Homecoming game on Saturday afternoon at Zable Stadium.

The win put W&M into the top six (of 16 teams) in the CAA standings, with a current 2-1 conference record, and 5-2 overall.

The Camels (2-5, 0-3 CAA) had tied the game at 21 late in the third quarter as receiver JJ Cowan caught a dump pass from quarterback Chad Mascoe, Jr. and weaved 19 yards into the end zone. Rushing touchdowns from Bronson Yoder and Hollis Mathis helped the Tribe to pull away from their scrappy competitors from Buies Creek, NC in the final quarter.

The Tribe was aided by several costly penalties on Campbell. In one sequence, runs of 24 and three yards from Malachi Imoh (12 carries, 122 yards, TD; three receptions, 52 yds.) were extended by 30, with the help of two personal fouls on the Camel defense. This led to Yoder’s touchdown.

The Tribe's opening drive went 75 yards in ten plays, consuming 3:45 of the clock. Yoder (24 carries, 131 yds., TD) led the opening charge with five carries for 25 yards, while Imoh finished the drive with a 14-yard scoring run.

On their next drive, with fourth-and-goal from the 1, W&M QB Darius Wilson faked inside, then called his number to the outside and ran untouched into the end zone. Eric Bernstein’s extra point put the hosts ahead 14-0.

Campbell found its aerial attack, and Camel quarterback Chad Mascoe (30-39, 320 yards, 4 TD, int.) went to work on the visitor’s next drive, with VJ Wilkins cutting the lead in half on a 35-yard TD reception from Mascoe, pulling the Camels into the game and the scoring column. Connor Lytton’s conversion was good and Campbell closed the lead to 14-7 to end the opening quarter.

W&M safety TJ McGill was disqualified from the game after being called for "targeting" Mascoe after he slid to end a scramble and was hit. The redshirt sophomore signal caller was out for four plays, replaced by Mike Chandler. However, the Camels lost a fumble and couldn’t take advantage of the costly penalty.

Mascoe did get the offense in gear on the next drive, leading the Camels down to the Tribe 10. However, his fourth down pass to the end zone was broken up by W&M cornerback Jalen Jones, preventing a scare. In the second half, Jones (Deep Creek HS) would stop another drive, ending a Camel drive with just under four minutes remaining in the game.

With the defense fending off the tying score, the Tribe offense went back to work, and Yoder galloped 30 yards for a Tribe first down. The defensive stop by W&M became more important as the Tribe scored again with Darius Wilson drilling a 11-yard TD dart through the middle of the field to JT Mayo. With the extra point, William and Mary gained a 14-point lead with 4:22 remaining in the first half.

Campbell refused to go away, and put together a 13-play, 75-yard drive, ending with the second Mascoe-to-Wilkins passing touchdown, this one on a two-yard fade route, which closed the W&M lead to 21-14 at halftime.

Campbell tied the game to start the second half. After the Camels converted on third-and-nine from the 30 (a 16-yard pass to Sincere Brown), Mascoe dumped a pass to JJ Cowan and the freshman RB weaved through Tribe traffic into the end zone, knotting the contest at 21.

Mathis rolled right and into the end zone from the 6 for what was the game-clinching TD for William and Mary.

W&M –Malachi Imoh 34 run (Eric Bernstein kick)

W&M – Darius Wilson 1 run (Bernstein kick)

Camp – VJ Wilkins 35 pass from Chad Mascoe (Connor Lytton kick)

W&M – JT Mayo 11 pass from Wilson (Bernstein kick)

Camp – Wilkins 2 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)

Camp – JJ Cowan 19 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)

W&M – Bronson Yoder 6 run (Bernstein kick)

W&M – Hollis Mathis 6 run (Bernstein kick)

Camp – Sincere Brown 11 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)

                         Camp    W&M

First Downs       22, 28

Rush-Yards     24-103, 57-355

Passing Yards     320, 109  

C-A-I             30-39-1, 11-17-1

Pen.-Yards       10-106, 6-65       

Fumbles-Lost    1-1, 1-1  

  

 

#8 Lafayette Tops Warhill 33-6

WARHILL (2-4)  --     0, 0, 0, 6 --  6

LAFAYETTE (6-0) – 13, 0, 13, 7 -- 33

In early October, Lafayette kept its share of the Bay Rivers District and undefeated record intact, outslugging the Lions of Warhill 33-6 on Friday evening at Wanner Stadium.

Breon Stokes rushed for three touchdowns in the second half as the eighth-ranked Rams improved to 6-0. 

Stokes finished the night with 145 yards on 13 carries. Brayden Smalls added 96 and the hosts totaled 356 yards on the ground.

The Rams offense was fueled by a collection of runners, two of who scored in the opening half. On their initial drive, Lafayette pounded for 70 yards on 11 rushes, headed by senior standout Smalls, who capped the sequence with a 12-yard rush, which started as a jet sweep to the right before Smalls turned up field, ran through the middle of his line and into the end zone. For the drive, Lafayette’s leading rusher tallied six carries for 42 yards, finishing with his 11th TD of the season.

Josh Simpson had the longest carry of the game for the Rams. On their next drive, at their own 26, the junior, listed as a wide receiver, took the handoff from quarterback Baum Hogge and hauled down the right sideline, outrunning the Lion defense for a 74-yard score. Lafayette managed 148 yards of rushing on 13 carries with their first two possessions and carried a 13-0 lead into halftime.

Warhill scored its lone touchdown after the offense sustained its longest drive of the night, totaling 13 plays, with freshman quarterback Devon Price sneaking the ball into the end zone from the Ram 2. Senior running back Eric Crane tallied 40 of the drive’s 51 yards with six rushes and a reception while finishing with 104 on 15 carries.

L – Brayden Smalls 12 run (Aidan Gerda kick)

L – Josh Simpson 74 run (kick failed)

L – Breon Stokes 35 run (Gerda kick)

L – Stokes 64 run (run failed)

L – Stokes 3 run (Gerda kick)

                        W     L

1st Downs         13, 15

Rush-Yards  33-130, 39-356

Pass Yards        87, 54

C – A – I        11-23-0, 2-3-0

Pen-Yards   10-75, 7-73

Punt-Avg.     3-32, 0-0

Fumb-Lost    0-0, 2-1

Phoebus Extends Peninsula District Streak to 63 with Win over Hampton

# 2 PHOEBUS 37, #14 HAMPTON 3

Hampton (4-2)  3, 0, 0, 0 -- 3

Phoebus (5-0)   7, 7, 16, 7 -- 37

Hampton -- Phoebus, using a bruising defense that brutalized its opponent’s offense in the second half, won its 40th straight consecutive and ninth in a row against their vaunted city rival, topping Hampton 37-3 on Saturday afternoon at Darling Stadium.

In spite of being flagged for 15 penalties for 130 yards, the Phantoms held the Crabbers to minus -4 yards and a single first down after intermission, with senior linebackers Nijay Guy and Noah Jefferson leading the charge. Both players were part of four straight Phoebus wins over Hampton, as well as another current streak, that of 63 consecutive Peninsula District wins. Jefferson said the team doesn’t think too far ahead.

“We think about (the streaks) once in a while, but we play in the moment.,” said Jefferson.

Running back Davion Roberts saved the rivalry game for his virtuoso performance, rushing for 141 yards and three touchdowns, before being replaced by Demante Williams (six carries, 44 yards, TD) in the third quarter. He talked of his team’s remarkable performance in the second half. “It’s a mindset thing, with the offense and defense. We just went out there and did our thing. But I just feel like we’re the better team.”

The Crabbers had a chance to pull back into the contest at the beginning of the second half as Xavier Whisenent recovered a Phoebus’ initial kickoff return fumble at the Phantom 16. But Hampton lost four, then 10, and finally, quarterback Marcus ChapMan’s pass was picked off by Jefferson.

Jefferson had two interceptions, as well as a 60-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Maurikus Banks, an airball that caused the Delaware commit to run five yards back to snare the ball before holding off his defender for 25 yards to reach the end zone. 

Beginning the game, Hampton appeared to have the initial momentum, mainly with the help of two Phoebus penalties which added 20 yards to the first down earned by an 11-yard pass to fullback Sidney Johnson. But their drive was stuffed, literally, as senior linebacker Kaleb Tillery rocked Johnson backwards on a fourth-and-two run from the Phantom 38.

Abraham Geremew put Hampton on the board with a 26-yard field goal toward the end of the first quarter, ending a six-play, 64-yard drive that was highlighted by Marcus ChapMan’s 55-yard pass to sophomore receiver Davion Perry.

Phoebus answered immediately, pulling together a 12-play, 51-yard scoring drive. Facing first-and-goal at the Hampton 6, lineman Nathaniel Anthony took the first crack at the end zone, bulling five yards to the 1. But it was Roberts who pushed in for the one-yard TD, and the hosts led 14-3 at the half.

Hampton (4-2) netted 135 total yards but were penalized 17 times for 141.

In spite of the lopsided score, Phoebus coach Jeremy Blunt was impressed with the effort from the Crabbers. “We played a team that always makes us play hard. Their quarterback has a lot of arm and holds our kids accountable in the secondary.”

P – Noah Jefferson 60 pass from Maurikus Banks (Farriss Knight XP)

H – Abraham Geremew 26 FG

P – Davion Roberts 1 run (Knight kick)

P – Roberts 17 run (Knight kick)

P – Safety (Hampton RB tackled in end zone)

P – Roberts 7 run (Knight kick)

P – Demante Williams 1 run (Knight kick)

                        H      P

1st Downs         8, 13

Rush-Yards  25-31, 33-208

Pass Yards     104, 148

C – A – I      6-25-2, 4-10-0

Pen-Yards   17-141, 15-130

Punt-Avg.     3-30, 2-32

Fumb-Lost    1-0, 1-1