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Atlantic Shores backs up No. 1 spot
Published Saturday, September 27, 2008
Photo by Andrew Giermak
Nansemond-Suffolk’s Kenny Rice rushed for 35 yards on six carries in NSA’s 38-7 loss to Atlantic Shores on Friday and Saturday.
After a 16-hour lightning delay which forced Nansemond-Suffolk and Atlantic Shores to play the last two-and-a-half quarters on Saturday afternoon, the Seahawks kept rolling right along, taking a 10-0 lead at the time of the stoppage to a 38-7 win.
The contest pitted the No. 1 rated Seahawks (Virginia Independent Schools, Div. II) against the No. 3 Saints. Atlantic Shores’ offense marched up and down the field with a couple home runs thrown in to pull away.
Saturday’s resumption started with NSA in possession and seven minutes left in the second quarter. After the Seahawks forced a punt, their second play from scrimmage was a 74-yard pass from Josh Healey to Todd Haynes.
In the closing 1:23 of the half, the Seahawks showed a good hurry-up offense and good clock management to run 10 plays in that span and move 56 yards for a touchdown, a 5-yard run by Healey, as the clock expired. Counting Friday night, it was the second of three touchdown runs by Healey, a transfer to Atlantic Shores from Greenbrier Christian.
The Saints avoided the shutout with a long drive that spanned 13:58 of a running clock between the third and fourth quarters. J.R. Crowder carried three times for 31 yards on the drive. Hunt Odom and Christian Upchurch finished the drive as Odom found his tight end on a 3-yard touchdown pass.
Nansemond-Suffolk (2-3, 0-2) travels to Northern Virginia and Nokesville to face Kettle Run High School on Friday. Kettle Run is a Group AA school in its first season of football.
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Posted by saintsfan01 (anonymous) on September 28, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow nice job Andrew. Very professional. I was wondering what you would write about this very one sided game. Atlantic Shores Christian School looked like a very good team and certainly seemed to be deserving of their #1 ranking.
Posted by saintnation (anonymous) on September 29, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why do you call yourself saintfan01. You are only happy when we are in bad situations. Andrew, dont listen to the pea brain. It was a good article. My gripe this week is why did we stop the game Frday night? We had our football team in the locker room while the entire lower school ran the field. ( And just for the record saintfan01, it was not the coaches.) NSA, we need to use common sense when making these types of decisions. Maybe saintsfan01 is the one who makes those decisions for NSA.
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