ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, October 5, 1996 TAG: 9610070148
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: ROUNDUP
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
William Fleming spotted Albemarle three touchdowns Friday night before rallying to win 34-28 in overtime in a non-district football game at Victory Stadium.
The Colonels, playing without four starters, won when J.R. Word scored on a 10-yard run in overtime on his only carry of the game.
Albemarle tied the score at 28 when Chris McDaniel scored from the 2 with 1:40 left. Fleming (2-4) drove to the 16 when time expired.
In overtime, the Colonels stopped the Patriots (1-5). Lee Suggs, who scored two times for Fleming, rushed for 126 yards on 22 carries while Demare Gill added 78 yards on 15 carries.
Richard Wilson, the Timesland passing leader in interceptions, added two more and he also caught a touchdown pass from Sherman Lea that put Fleming ahead in the final quarter. Lea was filling in for quarterback Charles Burnett, who was out with an injury to his left arm.
James River 29, Bath County 0: Brian LeFlore rushed for 212 yards and a touchdown to lead the Knights to an upset over the defending state champion Chargers in a Pioneer District game in Buchanan.
LeFlore started the scoring with a 6-yard run in the first quarter and James River's defense made it stand up, led by linebacker Billy Joe Carter, who had 25 tackles.
Will Goad scored for the defense, returning a pass interception 29 yards for a touchdown. Josh Peck had a 21-yard touchdown reception and Anthony Burrell capped the scoring with a 6-yard run in the third quarter.
The Knights (2-3, 1-0) repelled every Bath County offensive surge and halted the Chargers' most serious threat by recovering a fumble deep in James River territory in the second quarter.
Brandon Woodard led Bath County (3-2, 0-1) with 92 yards on 22 carries.
Cave Spring 14, Franklin County 10: Brad Nichols bolted 80 yards for a touchdown on the first offensive play of the game and finished with 224 yards rushing to lead the Knights to a Roanoke Valley District victory over the visiting Eagles.
Nichols burst through a hole in the center of the line and outran Franklin County defenders to the end zone as Cave Spring (1-5, 1-0) started a series of offensive fireworks.
Franklin County (2-4, 0-1) retaliated on its first offensive play when Josh Hale hauled in a pass from Bobby Basham and raced 76 yards for a touchdown.
On the ensuing kickoff, Travis Cooper tried to outdo everybody by going 99 yards for another Cave Spring touchdown, but the play was nullified by an illegal block penalty.
That was not the last of the big plays. In the third quarter, Matt Berger blocked a Franklin County punt and Aaron Williams fell on it in the end zone for what proved to be the winning touchdown.
Each team had an impressive goal-line stand on defense to prevent points. Franklin County stopped Nichols inside the 1 on a fourth-down play in the third quarter and Cave Spring kept Henry Eggleston out of the end zone on a fourth-down play.
Franklin County was held to just 20 yards rushing.
Fuqua 20, North Cross 7: Whitney Reid had a pair of touchdowns to lead Fuqua to victory over the Raiders.
Reid scored on a 30-yard run in the third quarter and a 38-yard pass interception in the fourth quarter.
North Cross (2-2) got on the scoreboard on an 89-yard run by Carter Lee, who led all ball-carriers with 167 yards on 32 carries.
Fuqua improved to 6-0.
Roanoke Catholic 20, Blue Ridge 18: Roanoke Catholic survived three turnovers and a late two-point conversion attempt by Blue Ridge to hold on for a victory. The Celtics improved to 5-1 with the non-district victory. Blue Ridge dropped to 2-3.
Blue Ridge scored on a 35-yard run by Marvin McLain with 3:38 remaining in the contest, cutting the score to 20-18. An option attempt on the conversion came up a yard short.
Roanoke Catholic tailback P.J. Moyer was held to just 86 yards on 16 carries, 40 yards below his season average. Glenn Radcliffe picked up the slack, rushing for a season-high 93 yards. Moyer scored a pair of touchdowns, one an 81-yard kickoff return to open the second half.
Circleville (W.Va.) 29, Craig County 26: Mike Bogan scored the game-winning touchdown on a 32-yard reception for Circleville (W.Va.) against the visiting Rockets in a non-district matchup.
Circleville (2-3) came from behind twice in the game. It trailed 20-8 in the fourth quarter but came back with two touchdowns and one extra point.
The Rockets (0-5) scored on an 87-yard kickoff return and the two-point conversion attempt failed to regain the lead 26-20.
Mike Bogan scored his second touchdown for Circleville and it converted for two extra points for the victory. Circleville's Mike Kendall rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries.
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