Richlands rebounds with authority
Richlands (62) vs. Patrick County (16)
Written: Sep 21, 2012
STUART, Va. — Richlands responded from their first loss of the season a week ago by crushing Patrick County in a non-district football clash. The Blue Tornado blew out the Cougars, 62-16, with nearly 400 yards in total offense.
Richlands scored 21 points in the opening quarter beginning with a 6-yard run by Colton Staten. Gray Baker followed with a a 50-yard pass to A.J. Johnson for the second score. Johnson then returned a 90-yard kickoff for the third touchdown. Patrick County’s answer to the three touchdowns was a 28-yard field goal.
The Blues added four touchdowns in the second quarter beginning with Baker throwing a deep 47-yard touchdown to Johnson. Staten added a 5-yard touchdown with 8:45 to go in the opening half and Eric Johnson ran in a 16-yard score.
Staten scored on a 12-yard touchdown run before the end of the half to give Richlands a 48-9 lead after the Cougars scored on a 7-yard run.
Richlands added a pair of scores in the second half with a 25-yard touchdown run by Michael Horton and a 1-yard run by Griffin McCauley.
Patrick County scored the final points of the game on a 72-yard kickoff return with five minutes to go in the game.
Richlands finished the night with 378 yards in total offense with Gray Baker completing 4-of-5 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns. A.J. Johnson caught two touchdown passes and ran back a kickoff for a touchdown and had two interceptions.
Richlands returns home Friday night to play host to Honaker.
Richlands.............21 27 7 7 — 62
Patrick County.........3 6 0 7 — 16
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