High school football: Late TD gets James River past Glenvar

BUCHANAN - Sherman Austin scored on a 1-yard run with 2:06 left in the game, and James River defeated visiting Glenvar 27-20 in Friday night football action.

Austin completed 18 of 21 passes for 209 yards and touchdown for the Knights (1-1). Austin also ran for two TDs.

Teammate Caleb Sink rushed for 70 yards on 18 carries.

Tyler Smith ran for 112 yards and two TDs on 26 carries for the Highlanders (1-1), Levi Mullen completed 15 of 24 passes for 136 yards.

Glenvar 0 0 7 13-20

James River 0 12 8 7-27

JR - Hoppe 11 pass from Anderson (kick failed)

JR - Austin run (kick failed)

G - Martin 9 run (Thompson kick)

JR - Chilcott 8 pass from Austin (Gonino pass from Austin)

G - Smith 5 run (kick failed)

G - Smith 7 run (Thompson kick)

JR - Austin 1 run (Harlow kick)

Franklin County 49, Bassett 19

BASSETT - Andrew Harris rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns to help the Eagles (1-1, 1-0 Piedmont District) defeat the Bengals (1-1, 0-1).

Carlton Adams rushed for 49 yards on 12 carries for two touchdowns. Hunter Ingram and Shaun Rinn each added rushing touchdowns.

Devonte Jordan led the Bengals in rushing with 44 yards on nine carries, and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Tae Ross returned a kickoff 30 yards for a touchdown in the losing effort.

Franklin County 7 21 21 0-49

Bassett 7 6 0 6-19

FC - Adams 5 run (Saunders kick)

B - Ross 30 kickoff return (Roberts kick)

FC - Adams 12 run (Saunders kick)

FC - Harris 18 run (Saunders kick)

FC - Harris 8 run (Saunders kick)

B - Jordan 100 kickoff return (kick missed)

FC - Harris 6 run (Saunders kick)

FC - Ingram 1 run (Saunders kick)

FC - Rinn 6 run (Saunders kick)

B - Witcher 6 run (kick missed)

Lord Botetourt 45, Rustburg 0

DALEVILLE - Chris Thompson rushed for 312 yards and four touchdowns on 33 carries to lead the Cavaliers (2-0) to a win over the Red Devils (1-1).

Thompson ran for 281 yards in the first half.

Daniel Rader of Lord Botetourt recovered two Rustburg fumbles. Matt Henderlite of the Cavs picked off a pass.

Rustburg 0 0 0 0-0

Lord Botetourt 26 19 0 0-45

LB - Thompson 1 run (Thompson run)

LB - Thompson 57 run (run failed)

LB - Lythgoe 17 run (run failed)

LB - Thompson 1 run (run failed)

LB - Thompson 14 run (Thompson run)

LB - Webb 56 run (Thompson run)

LB - FG Clemons 37

Liberty 39, Rockbridge County 19

LEXINGTON - Auston Porter ran for 110 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries and completed all six of his passes for 177 yards and two TDs to lead the Minutemen (2-0) to a win over the Wildcats (0-2).

Dustin Hiner ran for 133 yards and one TD on 29 carries for Liberty.

Wil Friedman scored on an 85-yard kickoff return for the Wildcats. Cameron Wood completed seven of 12 passes for 79 yards and one TD with one interception.

Liberty 7 26 0 6-39

Rockbridge County 6 13 0 0-19

LHS - Porter 49 run (Porter kick)

RC - Bennington 3 run (kick failed)

LHS - Porter 11 run (Porter kick)

RC - Friedman 85 kickoff return (run failed)

LHS - Thompson 80 pass from Porter (kick failed)

LHS - Porter 1 run (run failed)

RC - Swisher 29 pass from Wood (Ramirez kick)

LHS - Preston 55 pass from Porter (Porter kick)

LHS - Hiner 5 run (kick failed)

Alleghany 27, Bath County 7

LOW MOOR - Trent Rust and Kendall Kessinger connected for three touchdowns as Alleghany (1-1) overcame Bath County (1-1).

Kessinger finished the game 12 of 18 with 232 yards and four touchdowns including three to Trent Rust.

Rust finished with six catches for 150 yards and three scores.

The other Kessinger TD went to Daniel Persinger, who had three catches for 37 yards and the score.

Bath County 7 0 0 0-7

Alleghany 0 14 13 0-27

B - Eli Altizer 1 run (Robinson kick)

A - Rust 90 pass from Kessinger (Kessinger kick)

A - Rust 9 pass from Kessinger (Kessinger kick)

A - Persinger 20 pass from Kessinger (kick failed)

A - Rust 8 pass from Kessinger (Kessinger kick)

Jefferson Forest 56, Staunton River 13

MONETA - David Aveson rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns on eight carries to lead the Cavaliers (2-0).

Cameron Miller-Trent ran for 108 yards and two TDs on seven carries for JF, while Michael Foster rushed for 84 yards and three TDs.

Trey Tumblin ran for 75 yards on 19 carries for Staunton River (0-2).

Jefferson Forest 14 35 7 0-56

Staunton River 0 7 0 6-13

JF - Foster 3 run (Crider kick)

JF - Miller-Trent 14 run (Crider kick)

JF - Aveson 38 run (Crider kick)

JF - Aveson 77 run (Crider kick)

SR - Brown 15 pass from Divers (Daponte kick)

JF - Aveson 25 run (Crider kick)

JF - Foster 7 run (Crider kick)

JF - Foster 2 run (Crider kick)

JF - Miller-Trent 13 run (Crider kick)

SR - Hunt 1 run (kick failed)

North Cross 34, Blessed Sac.-Huguenot 21

POWHATAN - A big night for Max Revercomb through the air and by Ryan Dent on the ground carried North Cross (1-1) over Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot (2-1).

Revercomb recovered from a pick six that put the Raiders in an early 9-0 hole, throwing for 209 yards and two TDs, including a 35-yard strike to Isiah Harris.

Dent carried 18 times for 151 and scored on runs of 29 and 2 yards. Joseph Cartledge's interception in the end zone with 2:30 remaining sealed the win for the Raiders.

North Cross 7 13 6 8-34

Bl. Sacrament-Huguenot 9 0 6 6-21

BS - Cary 27 FG

BS - Dobrucky 23 interception return (Kick blocked)

NC - Dent 2 run (Draper kick)

NC - Harris 35 pass from Revercomb (Kick failed)

NC - Draper 21 pass from Revercomb (Draper kick)

NC - Dent 29 run (Kick blocked)

BS - Johnson 1 run (pass failed)

BS - Johnson 4 run (run failed)

NC - Dent 11 run (Revercomb run)

Roanoke Catholic 21, Brunswick Academy 12

Christopher Zoller ran for 92 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries as the Celtics (2-0) defeated the Vikings (0-2).

Down 12-0 at the break, Roanoke Catholic responded with 21 points in the second half.

Specialist Michael McInnis scored a touchdown receiving and rushing for the Celtics.

Brunswick Academy 2 10 0 0-12

Roanoke Catholic 0 0 14 7-21

BA - Ball snapped over punters head for safety.

BA - Thomas 18 yard kick

BA - Lynch 1 yard run (Thomas Kick)

RC - Zoller 10 run (Welch kick)

RC - McInnis 19 pass from Hart (Welch kick)

RC - McInnis 4 run (Welch kick)

Galax 35, Floyd County 15

GALAX - Joseph Dickson ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries and returned a kickoff 73 yards for another score to lead the Maroon Tide (1-1) over the Buffaloes (0-2).

Darian Brown had a 56-yard interception return for a touchdown and also had two catches for 99 yards and one TD. Carson Orton completed three of eight passes for 102 yards and one TD.

Tristan Vest ran for 77 yards on 21 carries for the Buffaloes. Brandon Simpkins returned a kickoff 88 yards for a TD.

Floyd County 6 3 6 0-15

Galax 21 14 0 0-35

G - Dickson 73 kickoff return (Reyna kick)

G - Brown 41 pass from Orton (Reyna kick)

FC - Simpkins 88 kickoff return (kick failed)

G - Dickson 14 run (Reyna kick)

G - Dickson 11 run (Reyna kick)

G - Brown 56 interception return (Reyna kick)

F - FG Policarpo 24

FC - Woolwine 34 pass from Weeks (kick blocked)

Johnson Co. (Tenn.) 26, Grayson County 10

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. - Patrick South ran for 111 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries to lead the Longhorns (1-1) to an interstate win over the Blue Devils (1-1).

Max Rodgers of Grayson County completed 11 of 25 passes for 107 yards with one interception. He also ran for a TD.

Grayson County led 10-0 in the first quarter.

Grayson County 10 0 0 0-10

Johnson County (Tenn.) 12 8 6 0-26

GC - Rodgers 2 run (Peters kick)

GC - FG Peters 28

JC - Grubb 6 run (kick failed)

JC - South 45 run (kick failed)

JC - Grubb 5 run (South run)

JC - Roark 10 pass from Kerley (kick failed)

Chilhowie 42, J.I. Burton 27

NORTON - Justin Jones ran for 158 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries to lead the Warriors (2-0) to a comeback win.

Chilhowie scored the final 21 points of the game, and outscored the Black Raiders (0-2) 14-0 in the fourth quarter.

Buddy Brooks ran for 157 yards and one TD on 13 carries for Chilhowie. Tyler Pierce ran for 85 yards and one TD and also threw for a TD.

Chilhowie 13 7 8 14-42

J.I. Burton 12 8 7 0-27

CH - Jones 3 run (Jones kick)

JIB - Adams 3 run (kick blocked)

JIB - Thompson 35 blocked punt return (pass failed)

CH - Pierce 35 run (kick blocked)

CH - Jones 1 run (Jones kick)

JIB - Justiano 5 run (Justiano pass from Adams)

JIB - Thompson 6 run (Thompson kick)

CH - Jones 1 run (Jones run)

CH - Brooks 23 run (Jones kick)

CH - McCloskey 9 pass from Pierce (Jones kick)

Mount Airy (N.C.) 34, Carroll County 15

HILLSVILLE - Conner Lundy threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns for Carroll County but it wasn't enough to get the Cavaliers (1-1) past Mount Airy (1-2).

Lundy had an 81-yard TD pass to Josh Blankenship and 70-yard scoring strike to Ethan Underwood.

Devontae Dobson had 110 yards rushing and two TDs for the Bears.

Mount Airy (N.C.) 7 3 7 17-34

Carroll County 0 7 0 8-15

MA - Dobson 5 run (Brown kick)

MA - Brown 44 FG

CC - Underwood 70 pass from Lundy (Goins kick)

MA - Horton 33 pass from Holder (Brown kick)

MA - Dobson 14 run (Brown kick)

MA - Brown 38 FG

CC - Blankenship 81 pass from Lundy (Reese pass from Lundy)

MA - Helton 28 run (Brown kick)

Marion 40, Northwood 0

MARION - Sam Wagner rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries to help the Scarlet Hurricane (1-1, 1-1 (Hogoheegee District) defeat the Panthers (1-1, 0-1).

Trey Crook completed seven of 13 passes for 119 yards and rushed for one touchdown. Colin Gullion returned a punt 60 yards for a TD for Marion.

Northwood was held to 66 yards of total offense.

Northwood 0 0 0 0-0

Marion 14 12 7 7-40

M - Wagner 2 run (Norris kick)

M - Wagner 2 run (Norris kick)

M - Wagner 9 run (kick failed)

M - Gullion 60 punt return (kick failed)

M - Crook 4 run (Gullion kick)

M - Lefler 4 run (Gullion kick)

Rural Retreat 34, Bland County 33 (OT)

BASTIAN - Chase Heldreth scored on a 6-yard run in overtime and Josh Copenhaver kicked the extra point to give the Indians (1-1) a victory over the Bears (0-2).

After Rural Retreat took the lead in OT, Mason Christian scored on a 6-yard run for the Bears. But Rural Retreat blocked the extra-point kick to secure the win.

Heldreth completed six of 16 passes for 162 yards and two TDs. Jordan Corvin ran for two TDs for Rural Retreat.

Christian ran for three TDs. Aaron Rose ran for a TD and scored on a 74-yard kickoff return for Bland County.

Rural Retreat 14 0 7 6 7-34

Bland County 7 0 20 0 6-33

BC - Rose 4 run (Pauley kick)

RR - Corvin 4 run (kick blocked)

RR - Ball 82 pass from Heldreth (Corvin run)

BC - Rose 74 kickoff return (Pauley kick)

RR - Ball 7 pass from Heldreth (Copenhaver kick)

BC - Christian 4 run (Pauley kick)

BC - Christian 4 run (kick failed)

RR - Corvin 1 run (kick failed)

RR - Heldreth 6 run (Copenhaver kick)

BC - Christian 6 run (kick blocked)

Auburn 31, Craig County 0

NEW CASTLE - Gabe Spencer had a pair of rushing TDs and Auburn's defense stifled Craig County as the Eagles stayed unbeaten.

Tyler Irby and Brandon Petrey each had nine tackles and combined for four sacks for Auburn (2-0), which held the Rockets (1-1) to just 73 yards of total offense, most of which came on a 44-yard pass from Cody Dunbar to Nate Jennings.

Auburn 3 14 0 14-31

Craig County 0 0 0 0-0

A - Tomlin 35 FG

A - Parsell 5 run (Tomlin kick)

A - Spencer 12 run (Tomlin kick)

A - Cox 2 run (Tomlin kick)

A - Spencer 4 run (Tomlin kick)

Parry McCluer 21, Buffalo Gap 7

BUFFALO GAP - Ryheem Dawson ran for 108 yards and three TDs to lead Parry McCluer (2-0) over Buffalo Gap (0-2).

Logan Arthur rolled up 178 yards on the ground for the Fighting Blues, who haven't started a season 2-0 since 2004.

Parry McCluer 0 7 7 7-21

Buffalo Gap 0 7 0 0-7

BG - Ingram 1 run (Benbow kick)

PM - Dawson 6 run (Rice kick)

PM - Dawson 1 run (Rice kick)

PM - Dawson 5 run (Rick kick)

Riverheads 35, Covington 13

COVINGTON - Landon Diehl rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on six carries and Cole Smiley added 101 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries as the Gladiators ran over the Cougars.

Ben Agnor and Walker Jensen also ran for touchdowns for Riverheads (1-0).

Luke Moye completed 8 of 19 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns for Covington (1-1). Cougar receivers Colton Howard and Raquann Matthews each caught a touchdown pass.

Riverheads 7 7 14 7-35

Covington 0 7 6 0-13

RH - Agnor 4 run (Goodson kick)

RH - Jensen 29 run (Goodson kick)

CO - Howard 28 pass from Moye (Dressler kick)

RH - Diehl 47 run (Goodson kick)

RH - Diehl 4 run (Goodson kick)

CO - Matthews 17 pass from Moye (kick failed)

RH - Smiley 2 run (Goodson kick)

Narrows 7, Eastern Montgomery 6

NARROWS - Gavin Gibbons intercepted Elliot Stigall at midfield with less than 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter to secure the win for the Green Wave over the Mustangs (0-2).

Rodney Perdue ran for 79 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries for Narrows (1-1).

Stigall completed 10 of 14 passes for 80 yards with one interception for EastMont.

Cody Claxton scored EastMont's TD on a 5-yard run.

Eastern Montgomery 0 0 6 0-6

Narrows 0 7 0 0-7

N - Perdue 5 run (Martin kick)

EM - Claxton 5 run (run failed)

Fort Chiswell 36, George Wythe 7

MAX MEADOWS - Dallas Ward rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries as the Pioneers ran over the Maroons.

Patrick Beidleman added 88 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries for Fort Chiswell (2-0).

Trey Skeens scored the lone touchdown for George Wythe (1-1).

George Wythe 0 0 7 0- 7

Fort Chiswell 3 16 17 0- 36

FC - FG Cook 22

FC - Ward 6 run (Cook kick)

FC - Safety, runner tackled in end zone

FC - Ward 2 run (Cook kick)

FC - Beidleman 21 run (Cook kick)

GW - Skeens 34 run (Clarke kick)

FC - FG Cook 22

FC - Stoneman 14 pass from Mabry (Cook kick)

Chatham 78, Patrick County 20

STUART - The Cavaliers (2-0) scored 48 first-quarter points, led 70-6 at the half and beat the Cougars (0-2).

Chatham 48 22 8 0-78

Patrick County 0 6 6 8-20

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