Cousin sparks G-Men's victory
Graham (35) vs. James River (16)
Written: Nov 14, 2015
Staff report
BUCHANAN, Va. — The Graham G-Men pulled the upset in hostile territory in the first round of the Group 2A West playoffs on Friday night.
Graham (6-5) got a big night from running back Jamorya’ Cousin, who scored five times to lead the visitors to a 35-16 win over James River-Glade Spring.
The James River Knights (8-3) took the game’s first possession all the way to the end zone, capped by an 18-yard run by Caleb Sink.
Graham evened the score less than two minutes later when Cousin hauled in a 60-yard pass from Roman Workman, who fought through defenders to get the pass off.
The Knights pulled ahead 16-7 in the second quarter on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jack Schulz, but the extra-point kick failed and Graham kept their hosts off the scoreboard for the rest of the contest.
Halfway through the second quarter, James River committed the first turnover of the night on a fumble, recovered by Workman. The miscue happened shortly after an apparent 33-yard Knights touchdown was negated by a penalty.
In the final minute of the first half, the G-Men drove down to the James River 2 yard line. With 23.3 seconds remaining, Cousin reached paydirt to narrow Graham’s halftime defict to 16-14.
A second lost fumble by James River gave the G-Men another shot at a score before intermission, but Cousin was knocked out of bounds at the 5 yard line on the final play of the quarter.
Cousin put Graham ahead late in the third quarter with his third score of the night from 25 yards out. He tallied the last two scores in the final quarter on runs of 36 and 27 yards.
Graham will play the Union Bears next weekend in the second round of the playoffs. James River had an eight-game winning streak come to an end.
At James River High School
Graham............7 7 7 14 — 35
James River......10 6 0 0 — 16
First Quarter
JR - Caleb Sink 18 run (kick good), 8:31
GHS - Jamorya’ Cousin 60 pass from Roman Workman (Logan Surface kick), 6:41
JR - 32 FG, 4:40
Second Quarter
JR - Sheldon Phillip 20 pass from Jack Schulz (kick failed), 11:54
GHS - Cousin 2 run (Surface kick), 0:20
Third Quarter
GHS - Cousin 25 run (Surface kick), 3:51
Fourth Quarter
GHS - Cousin 36 run (Surface kick), 10:32
GHS - Cousin 27 run (Surface kick)
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