Rockwood Forks the Devils 36-15

Sept. 22, 2017 @ Harriman

By Ed Greif

The Rockwood Tigers evened their record at 3-3 with a 36-15 region victory over the Harriman Blue Devils Friday night on Wallace Black Field. Coach John Webb’s teams started out on fire taking the opening kick at their 30-yard line. Zander Price picked up two yards to open the drive and the Nate Brackett passed 46 yards to Dylan Williams to the Blue Devil 22-yard line. Two more running plays by Price and Ryan McCain picked up nine yards, but a couple quarterback sacks by the Blue Devil defense back to the Harriman 23. Brackett then hit Trey Treadway over the middle for a touchdown with 7:33 left in the first quarter. Treadway’s PAT made it 7-0.

The Tiger defense held the Harriman offense to three plays and out, taking over at the Tiger 49-yard line after Price’s short punt return. Running plays by Price and Joe Ashburn moved the ball to the Harriman 36, but a 30-yard pass from Brackett to Treadway gave the Tigers first and goal at the Harriman 6.

Two carries for four yards by Brackett set up McCain’s 2-yard TD run. Treadway’s PAT made it 14-0 with 3:18 left in the first quarter. Sheldon Anderson returned the ensuing kick 15 yards to the Blue Devil 35-yard line. The Tigers held the Blue Devils to three plays and out, but a penalty on the Tigers kept the drive going at the HHS 45-yard line. Seven plays later, Bradly Frost passed 27 yards to Chris Worthy for a TD with 10:01 left in the half; however, Jose Acosta’s PAT was no good, leaving the Blue Devils behind 14-6.

After a nice kickoff return by Dade Turner to the Tiger 18, but two players later Brackett fumbled with Titan Dayton recovering for the Blue Devils. Frost capped the drive with a two-yard TD run with 6:45 left in the half. The two-point conversion failed. A 20-yard kickoff return by Price gave the Tigers the ball at their 45-yard line. The Tigers used the running of Williams, Price, Ashbury and McCain and an 11-yard pass from Brackett to Price to both the ball into the red zone; however, Frost picked off Brackett and returned the ball to the Harriman 15-yard line.

The Tiger defense took over at the Harriman 46, where Brackett completed 3-of-4 passes to Treadway for 17 yards, but a fifth pass fell incomplete to end the drive at the Harriman 24. Harriman took the second half at their 35-yard line and used the running of Frost, Jayden Prater, Anderson and Trezdin Copeland to move the ball to the Tiger 38. Frost passed seven yards to Mark Treece for seven yards. Five more running plays Prater, Anderson and Copeland gave the Blue Devils first and goal at the 10. The Tiger defense forced an incomplete pass by Frost, setting up Acosta’s 27-yard field goal with 5:08 left in the third quarter for a 15-14 advantage.

That apparently fired up the Tiger offense which marched 80 yards in eight plays to a 20-15 lead with 1:14 left on Price’s 33-yard run. Williams 2-point conversion made it 22-15 advantage. Brackets completed 2-of-2 passes for 11 yards, while Price and Williams toted the pigskin.

The Tiger defense held the Blue Devils to three plays and out, taking over at the Blue Devil 37-yard line. After a 15-yard penalty on Harriman to the H22, the Tigers marched the distance in three plays, scoring on Williams 14-yard run with 10:17 left in the game. The PAT was no good, leaving Rockwood ahead 28-15.

Harriman took over at their 36-yard line, but the Tiger defense forced two incompletions by Kylann Love, who completed 40-yard pass to Treece for a first down at the Tiger 24-yard line. The Tigers followed with two sacks on Love, who was picked off by Price at the Tiger seven.

Seven plays later, McCain raced 33-yards for a TD to swell the lead to 34-15 with 4:04 left in the game. Price converted the 2-point conversion for a 36-15 lead. McCain carried four times for 58 yards, while Price had 26 yards on two carries. Ashburn had one carry for nine yards. Harriman’s next possession ended by Price’s second interception.

Week 6 Rockwood Vs Harriman Players of the Week
#12 Nate Brackett and #7 Zander Price

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