Blue Devils surprise Golden Wave
Grundy (28) vs. Castlewood (41)
Written: Sep 28, 2012
By LLOYD COMBS
for the Daily Telegraph
CASTLEWOOD, Va.— Grundy did its best to keep up Castlewood’s furious pace on offense.
It had little luck keeping up with the Blue Devils on defense.
Reid Edmonds and Castlewood ran past the Golden Wave, 41-28, in a non-district contest Friday night.
Edmonds ran for 225 yards and three touchdowns for Castlewood, which took command early and opened up a 28-7 halftime lead.
Grundy (2-3) battled back behind the running of Nick Travis, who with fullback Daniel Ellis leading the way through the line, gained 136 of his 212 rushing yards in the second half.
While the Golden Wave offense found its rhythm in the second half the defense could not slow down the Blue Devils, who averaged over nine yards per play and were never forced to punt.
Edmonds ripped off an 83-yard touchdown run on a jet sweep on Castlewood’s first series of the game to open the scoring.
Grundy got within 13-7, driving 57 yards on nine plays. A 24-yard run by Travis set up a 3-yard TD run by Ellis.
The Blue Devils answered three just plays later with a 55-yard touchdown pass from Dalton Gordon to Jacob Cornett, one of two wide open receivers on the play. Edmonds added a 22-yard scoring run just before halftime.
Castlewood needed just 2:03 to up its lead to 35-7 on the opening series of the second half.
Grundy, however, wouldn’t quit. Moments after a one-yard TD run from Dylan Billiter made it 35-13, Trey Smith intercepted a Castlewood pass at the Wave 19-yard line. Travis then capped off an 11-play, 81-yard drive as Grundy got within 35-21 with 7:16 remaining.
Edmonds then recovered an onside kick attempt and later added a 9-yard touchdown run. Travis got his third TD on a 10-yard run with 49 seconds left.
After being out-gained 276-93 in total offense in the first half, Grundy out-gained Castlewood (3-3) 191-90 in the second half.
Grundy hosts Meadow Bridge in interstate play on Friday.
At Castlewood
Grundy................................0 7 6 15 — 28
Castlewood......................13 15 7 6 — 41
Scoring Summary
C-Edmonds 83 run (Johnson kick)
C-Sloce 4 run (kick failed)
G-Ellis 3 run (Mutter kick)
C-Cornett 55 pass from Gordon (Cornett pass from Gordon)
C-Edmonds 22 run (Johnson kick)
C-Woods 5 run (Johnson kick)
G-Billiter 1 run (run failed)
G-Travis 3 run (Travis run)
C-Edmonds 9 run (kick failed)
G-Travis 10 run (Mutter kick)
TEAM STATS
First Downs: G 19, C 16; Rushes-Yards: G 43-244, C 37-314; Passing Yards: G 40, C 52; Comp-Att-Int: G 4-8-1, C 2-3-1; Fumbles-Lost: G 1-0, C 1-0; Penalties-Yards: G 12-104, C 8-75; Punts-Average: G 2-39.5, C 0-0.
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