2010 Eastern Montgomery 50 - Radford 21

Описание: 10/8/2010
Christian, Mustangs hand Bobcats sound whipping
OB Shawn Christian accounts for 341 yards and four TDs for unbeaten EastMont.
By Ray Cox The Roanoke Times
ELLISTON - Eastern Montgomery High School has had no state football ranking in the Group A poll this year. That's likely to change. The smallest school in the Three Rivers District maintained a spotless record by whipped defending state Group A Division 2 runner-up Radford on EastMont 50 the way to a Radford 21 50-21 demolition Friday night in front of a full house at the Mustangs' stadium. "We're enjoying this tonight," Mustangs coach Mark Poston said.

The Bobcats (4-2, 0-1) had no fun and no answers for the prolific Mustangs attack and quarterback Shawn Christian. The senior signal caller had 341 yards total offense, 306 of that through the air, and passed for three touchdowns, scored another, heaved a pair of two-point conversions and ran in a third. "Best player ever at Eastern Montgomery High School," Poston said. Radford played from behind all night and seemed as though Radford's William Minter is corralled by Eastern Montgomery's defense. The Mustangs held the Bobcats to 267 total yards.

it still had a good chance when Bobcats quarterback Dontae Carter completed a razzle-dazzle scoring toss to Corey Dark that covered 29 yards with 3:38 left in the third quarter. With Caleb Findley's kick, that made it 34-21, Mustangs with plenty of time left. Two series later, the Mustangs (6-0, 1-0) stopped Radford on downs, then required just four plays and a 15-yard face mask penalty to get back into the end zone. Christian connected with running back Michael Shelor for the 9-yard TD with 9:58 left. Radford was offside on the conversion, one of seven infractions for 72 yards, and given the second chance, Christian just ran it in to make it 42-21.

Shelor added another score, Julian Stewart had four catches for 67 yards including a 53-yarder that set up EastMont's first touchdown, a 2-yard Christian plunge. "We put in a lot of time this week in practice," Stewart said. "We were getting out at 6:30, 6:45. Staying until dark putting the time in on some special defenses." Middle linebacker Justin Brammer led a defense that limited Radford to 267 total yards and forced four turnovers. Nobody did any better on both side of the line of scrimmage than Christian, who also was in the whole way at defensive back.

"He's a tough kid," Stewart said. "He played great. He was under pressure a lot, but I really think he made good decisions." a 7-yard run, and the Mustangs made it an even 50 points when Christian hit Brad Wooten for the two points with 5:34 left. "They played a good ballgame," Radford coach Matthew Saunders said. "They have some good athletes and they made some big plays and did a good job on defense.

It was a heck of a game for them." Shelor had a terrific evening in front of a frenzied crowd, scoring three touchdowns and gaining 146 all purpose yards including 89 yards rushing and 60 yards on eight receptions. "We planned on this; this is what we practiced for," he said. "We were running all kinds of formations and I was running all over the field to line up. It was hard for Radford to recognize all that.".



Radford 7 7 ~ 0--21 Eastern Montgomery7 21 6 16-50 E Christian 1 run (Schneider kick) R Carter 1 run (Findley kick) E Shelor 1 run (Schneider kick) E Vishneski 10 interception return (kick blocked) R Adkins 3 run (Findley kick) Wooten 48 pass from Christian (Stewart from Christian E Wooten 48 pass from Christian (run failed) R Carter 7 run (Findley kick) E Shelor 9 pass from Christian (Christian run) 7 E Shelor run (Wooten from Christian) RA EM First downs 9 14 Yards rushing 154 127 Passes C-A-1 10-22-2 20-30-2 Yards passing 113 306 -yards 7-72 4-40 Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0 Punts average 3-35.3 2-31 Individual statistics RUSHING Radford - Adkins 12-109, Carter 18-35, Dark 2-17, Minter 4-1, Palmer 2-(-6), Eastern Montgomery Shelor 19-89, Christian 11-35, Sisson 2-3. PASSING Radford - Carter 10-21-1 - 113. Worles 0-1-1 0; Eastern Montgomery Christian 21-31-2 306.

RECEIVING Radford Dark 4-80, Adkins 3-47, - A. Mitchell 2- (-5), Smith 1-66; Eastern Montgomery Shelor 8-60, Wooten 5-122, Stewart 4-67, Vishneski 2-50, Epperly 1-5.