Blue Tornado makes it 13 straight over Tazewell
Richlands (48) vs. Tazewell (7)
Written: Oct 10, 2015
Staff reports
TAZEWELL, Va. — John-Luke Asbury threw for 203 yards and four touchdowns, and Nick Blankenship made a triumphant return to his old stomping grounds with 82 yards and a score, leading Richlands to a 48-7 win over Tazewell on a rainy Friday night at Bulldog Stadium/Witten Field.
Richlands’ head coach Greg Mance picked up his 168th victory, which passes Ernie Hicks for the most in school history. º
Asbury threw for scoring passes of 29 yards to Austin Atkinson, 7 to Chace Collins, 35 to Scottie Ball and Luke Phillips caught touchdown pass from 20 yards. Blankenship added a 3-yard touchdown run. Cody Howie also returned a kick 82 yards for the final score for the Blues.
Josh Hayes paced Tazewell with 74 yards on the ground, including a 1-yard scoring run in the final period.
Blankenship, who transferred to Richlands after three seasons at Tazewell, scored the Blues’ second touchdown in the first quarter. Another Tazewell transfer, Nick Barrett, was 6-of-7 on extra points for the Blues.
Richlands scored 14 points in each of the first three quarters to lead 42-0.
Asbury, who completed his first 12 passes in the game, has now thrown for 1,229 yards, 19 touchdowns and no interceptions over his last five games.
The Blue Tornado picked up their 13th straight win over the Bulldogs.
Richlands (6-1) will host sliding Grundy on Friday, while Tazewell (2-5) will be off next week, and will return to action on Oct. 23 at Grundy.
at Bulldog Stadium/Witten Field
Richlands......................14 14 14 6 — 48
Tazewell..........................0 0 0 7 — 7
Scoring.
RL—Austin Atkinson 29 pass from John-Luke Asbury (Nick Barrett kick) 9:24
RL—Nick Blankenship 3 run (Barrett kick) 3:45
Second Quarter
RL—Chace Collins 7 pass from Asbury (Barrett kick) 11:01
RL—Blankenship 10 run (Barrett kick) :54
Third Quarter
RL—Scottie Ball 35 pass from Asbury (Barrett kick) 9:25
RL—Luke Phillips 20 pass from Asbury (Barrett kick) 2:54
Fourth Quarter
TZ—Josh Hayes 1 run (Josh Murray kick) 4:15
RL—Cody Howie 82 kick return (kick failed) 1:10
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Team stats
First Downs RL 10; TZ 7. Rush yards RL 89, TZ 126. Pass yards: RL 203; TZ 0. Total yards: RL 301; TZ 126. Penalty-yards: RL 4-35; TZ 6-50.
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Individual stats (partial)
Rushing: RL Nick Blankenship 16-82; TZ Josh Hayes 18-74, Derrick Young 13-41, Zach Hurley 5-13.
Passing: RL John-Luke Asbury 14-21-0 int-203-4 td; TZ n/a.
Receiving: RL Cody Howie 4-70, Scottie Ball 2-48, Austin Atkinson 2-41, Luke Phillips 1-20.
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