BCP 9-4-24

14A —Bedford County Post, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 Wirt fi eld, Pierre lead Webb to big win at CA STAFF REPORT C OLUMBIA — Webb quarterback Ryan Wirt fi eld threw for over 300 yards and three scores, and James Pierre added another 209 yards on the ground as the Webb School picked up its second win of the season, beating Columbia Academy in a high-scoring Week 2 tilt, 56-42. Columbia Academy got on the board with a 100-yard interception returned for a score, but that early Bulldog lead didn’t last for long. Webb responded with four-straight scores, three of which came in the fi rst quar- ter. Wirt fi eld hit Pierre on a 49-yard touchdown strike and Pierre added a second score in the quarter on a 12- yard run.Wirt fi eld added a third Webb School touchdown on a 13-yard run with nine seconds left in the quarter. Wirt fi eld went to the air and hit Bishop Adeniyi on a 13-yard touch- down pass before Columbia Academy fi nally stopped the Webb onslaught with a 35-yard touchdown pass with 4:06 left in the half to cut the Webb lead to 27-14. Just before the half, Webb kicker Caleb Hagan kicked a 27-yard fi eld goal to bump the Feet lead to 30-14. While Webb held a fi rm two-score lead after the half, the two teams set- tled in for a wild third quarter that saw the two schools combine for 41 points scored. Columbia Academy got a pair of scores to open the second half on a 43- yard run from Montae Baldwin and a 20-yard touchdown pass from Ste- phen Nieves and with 8:55 left in the third, Webb’s lead was just 30-28. While e ff ective through the air, Webb went back to the ground and added rushing touchdowns fromWirt- fi eld and Pierre to extend the lead back to two scores. Although Columbia Academy found a third touchdown in the quar- ter, Wirt fi eld went to the air with 32 seconds left in the third and found Rayene Chiha on a 45-yard touch- down pass. That touchdown was the fi nal score from the Webb o ff ense, with Pierre re- cording a 62-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. As a team, Webb cranked out 250 yards on the ground, with Pierre going for 209 yards on 28 carries. Wir fi eld was 21-of-33 for 301 yards and found the end zone three times on the night. Webb returns home to Bell Buckle on Friday and will host FRA to open region play. Webb 21 9 20 6 — 56 Columbia Acad. 7 7 21 7 — 42 First Quarter CA —Wyatt Ayers 100 interception return, (Jackson Usherwood kick), 8:04. W — James Pierre 49 pass from Ryan Wirtfield, (Caleb Hagan kick), 6:55. W — Pierre 12 run, (Hagan kick), 3:00. W —Wirtfield 13 run, (Hagan kick), 0:09. Second Quarter W — Bishop Adeniyi 13 pass from Wirtfield, (kick blocked), 8:18. CA — Ayers 35 pass from Stephen Nieves, (Usherwood kick), 4:06. W — Hagan 27 field goal, 0:08. Third Quarter CA — Montae Baldwin 43 run, (Nixon Love 2pt. pass from Nieves), 11:38. CA — Harrison Brownlee 20 pass from Nieves, (2pt. pass failed), 8:55. W —Wirtfield 1 run, (kick blocked), 4:32. W — Pierre 36 run, (Hagan kick), 2:41. C — Nieves 2 run, (Usherwood kick), 1:32. W — Rayene Chiha 45 pass from Wirtfield, (Hagan kick), :32. Fourth Quarter CA — Brownlee 36 pass from Nieves, (Usherwood kick), 10:25. W — Pierre 62 interception return, (Hagan kick), 1:06). Field position costly as Vikes fall to Eagles By RICKEY CLARDY Sports Writer U NIONVILLE — The Community Vikings were forced to start their possessions deep in their territory as the Eagleville Eagle special teams played a key factor on kicko ff s while the Eagle defense kept the Vikings at bay as Community fell 62-6 in the home football opener for the Vikings Friday night. With the Vikings reel- ing from a week disrupt- ed with players out due to the horse show break, Community began the contest on its own 26- yard line after a 17-yard kicko ff return by Charles Haskins. But a penalty and a stingy Eagle defense forced the Vikings to punt, eventually giving Eagleville possession in the Community red zone. It took just one play as Marshall Fields ran 19 yards for the score to put the Eagles on the score- board. The kick by John Thomas Parkerson put Eagleville up 7-0 with 10:19 remaining in the opening quarter.With Parker’s kicko ff s pinning the Vikings back, Com- munity started its next four possessions inside its 25-yard line. Community could not connect with the passing game as several throws fell to the ground o ff the hands of Viking receiv- ers, forcing the Vikings to punt from the shadow of their goal post. The Eagles responded with four more scores on a recovered fumble in the end zone by Mar- shall Spann, two TD runs by Kaleb Snitzer, and a touchdown pass from Benton Fox to Noah Lilly as the Eagles ended the quarter with a 34-0 lead. “We had tough fi eld position to get started and didn’t get it going,” Coach Chris Grooms of the Vikings said. “We were missing a couple of linemen so we were trying to put some subs in trying to fi nd the right combo.” The Eagles kept up the pressure in the sec- ond quarter as a fumble return for a score and a touchdown run gave Ea- gleville a 48-0 halftime lead. Another touchdown run by Snitzer, this one for 50 yards, put the Ea- gles up 55-0 in the third quarter. After the Eagles scored their fi nal touch- down in the fourth quar- ter to go up 62-0, the Vi- kings made some noise. On second down, Isaac Jacobs found space in the Eagle secondary and avoided several Ea- gleville tacklers to com- plete a 42-yard run for the score to put Commu- nity on the scoreboard and end the scoring in the game. “He’s a good ath- lete. He was here with me all week and never missed,” Grooms said. “I said when we get to the fourth, the kids who have been here all week are going to get in and run it,” Grooms added. Community travels down the road to Chapel Hill and will take on For- rest next Friday for a 7 p.m. kicko ff . Eagleville 34 14 7 7 — 62 Community 0 0 0 6 — 6 First Quarter E — Marshall Fields 19 run, (John Thomas Parkerson kick), 10:19. E — Marshall Spann recovered fumble in end zone, (Parkerson kick), 9:10. E — Kaleb Snitzer 7 run, (Parkerson kick,) 7:10. E — Snitzer 8 run (kick failed) 4:05. E — Noah Lilly 23 pass from Benton Fox, (Alex Borombozin kick), 1:39. Second Quarter E – Alex Bryant 22 fumble return, (Parkerson kick), 11:44. E – Jonathan Jordan 20 run, (Borombozin kick), 0:51. Third Quarter E – Snitzer 50 run, (Parkerson kick), 10:51. Fourth Quarter E – Keontay Moore 2 run, (Borombozin kick), 9:24. C – Isaac Jacobs 42 run, (run failed), 3:49. BEDFORD COUNTY 11:00AM-3:00PM VENDOR FEE $75 CAR ENTRY FEE $20 3RD ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR & HOT RODS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 AROUND THE COURTHOUSE 1 PUBLIC SQUARE SHELBYVILLE, TN 37160 SPONSORED BY: BEDFORD COUNTY HEALTH FAIR BOARD & PARTNERED WITH DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM Charles Haskins of the Vikings picks up 17 yards on the opening kickoff of the game. –Post Photos by Rickey Clardy coaching sta ff to turn to senior Christian Casey to lead the Champion of- fense. “Wireman is out for the season. We found that out on Thursday. We tried to make the adjust- ment as quickly as we could. Christian is an un- real athlete and is just a dawg. He took it on and is going to carry us through the season,” Carku ff said. In addition the run game, Gooch gave Cas- cade a big spark in the re- turn game as well, high- lighted by his kicko ff re- turned for a touchdown. “We tell him to use it as much as he can be- cause it’s God-given. That was awesome to see,” Carku ff said. While it’s been a tough start to the season for Cascade so far, the Champions don’t have much time to dwell on Friday night’s loss. On Thursday, Cas- cade will travel to Hunt- land for another non-dis- trict tilt. “A short week doesn’t matter. Nobody cares about all the excuses or how we feel. We have to show up and play foot- ball on Thursday because that’s what the schedule says,” Carku ff said. Kicko ff is set for 7 p.m. in Huntland. Richland 14 20 20 0 — 54 Cascade 7 7 0 0 — 14 First Quarter R — Andrew Huff 4 run, (A.J. Bates kick) 10:42. Blane Woodard R — Aylin Kennedy 41 pass from Blane Woodard, (Bates kick), 9:02. C — Kaden Hill 10 run, (Gabe Perez kick), 2:26. Second Quarter R — Huff 1 run, (Bates kick), 10:39. C — Corey Gooch 90 kickoff return, (Perez kick), 10:22. R — Jake Sands 9 run, (Bates kick), 6:49. R — Sands 2 run, (Bates kick), 2:54. Third Quarter R — Huff 36 run, (Bates kick), 8:32. R — Nash Petty 18 run, (Kick failed), 6:22. R — Tucker Mayo 35 run, (Bates kick), :13. drive with Bailey being the workhouse. He had four carries for 61 yards including a six yard TD run. Ben Betzelberger connected on his fi rst of four extra-points to cut the lead in half. D. J. Gardner put the Tigers on the board again with a 5-yard TD and the point after was good for the 21-7 advantage, Wil- liam Bobo hauled in an 18-yard touchdown pass from his younger broth- er Steven Bobo to put the Golden Eagles back within seven points. Labron Ransom came up with a big de- fensive play when he in- tercepted a pass late in the fi rst half. Shelbyville Central failed to take advantage of the scoring opportu- nity and even the score going into halftime.” We had a great chance to score after the interception but a costly penalty set back and we couldn’t overcome it,” Dryden said. “If we score there then get the ball to start the second half and score, who knows how that might have changed the game.” Shelbyville Central scored on a Bailey 56- yard run, then Steven Bobo raced 77 yards to the end zone and all of a sudden the Golden Ea- gles were up 28-21. Marshall County re- sponded with a 70-yard pass from Thompson to Jones to even the score at 28-28 going into the fourth quarter. The Tigers outscored Shelbyville Central 19-7 in the fourth quarter o ff TD passes to Kel Hight- ower and Jamahl Gentry along with a TD run by Thompson.Bailey scored on a three yard for the Golden Eagles. Steven Bobo com- pleted 9-of-15 passes to- taling 68 yards with one interception.Shelbyville Central travels to Co ff ee County on Friday night at 7. Marshall Co. 14 7 7 19 — 47 Shelbyville Central 0 14 14 7 — 35 First Quarter MC — Anthony Smith 5 pass from Tyler Thompson (Hendrix Kaipio kick), 7:58. MC — Aja Jones 65 pass from Thompson, (Kaipio kick), :22. Second Quarter SC — Robert Bailey 5 run, (Ben Betzelberger kick), 9:17. MC — D.J. Gardner Jr. 5 run, (Kaipio kick), 5:25.SC —William Bobo 18 pass from Stephen Bobo, (Betzelberger kick), 3:46. Third Quarter SC — Bailey 56 run, (Betzelberger kick), 9:50.SC — S. Bobo 77 run, (Betzelberger kick), 7:50.MC — Jones 70 pass from Thompson, (Kaipio kick), 7:08. Fourth Quarter MC — Kel Hightower 8 pass from Thompson, (Kaipio kick), 11:53.SC — Bailey 3 run, (Betzelberger kick), 5:21. MC — Jamahl Gentry 50 pass from Thompson, (Kick failed), 4:25. MC — Thompson 6 run, (2pt. run failed), 1:19. 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