Beavers roar back for 62-0 shutout of Raiders
Bluefield (62) vs. River View (0)
Written: Oct 11, 2014
By JIM NELSON
for the Daily Telegraph
BRADSHAW — Relying on an opportunistic and ground-oriented attack, Bluefield started fast and never looked back in a 62-0 win at River View on Friday night.
Bluefield’s game-opening possession resulted in an eight-play, 61-yard scoring drive with Corey Coppola rumbling into the end zone from 15 yards out.
Malik Craighead recovered an errant River View shotgun snap at the Raiders’ 8-yard line, and two plays later, D. J. Stewart slashed into the end zone from four yards away.
Another bad River View snap covered by the Beavers gave Bluefield a short field, and Coppola pushed Bluefield’s lead to 21-0 on a 1-yard run at the 6:11 mark of the opening quarter.
Carlos Reed scored from 42 yards out on a jet sweep, and before the quarter was done, Mookie Collier added a 10-yard touchdown run of his own.
In the second period, the Beavers tacked on two more scores, a 5-yard run by Jordan Masterson and a 3-yard score by Stewart. The Beavers took a 48-0 lead to the locker room at halftime.
After intermission, Collier scored from 26 yards out in the third period on a read-option keeper. Marcus Mitchell added the two-point conversion on a sweep left.
Bluefield closed the night’s scoring when linebacker Jason Edwards picked up a Raiders fumble and returned 45 yards for a touchdown.
River View (1-6) had negative-68 yards rushing, with much of that yardage coming from bad snaps, and earned 73 yards passing. Bluefield ran up 334 yards on the ground and 12 yards via the Beavers’ sole pass attempt.
River View had just one penalty for five yards, while Bluefield was flagged nine times for 65 yards.
Bluefield (5-1) returns home to play Greenbrier West next Friday.
At The Ravine
Bluefield..............34 14 14 0 — 62
River View..........0 0 0 0 — 0
First Quarter
B - Corey Coppola 15 run
B - D.J. Stewart 4 run
B - Coppola 1 run
B - Carlos Reed 42 run
B - Mookie Collier 10 run
Second Quarter
B - Jordan Masterson 5 run
B - Stewart 3 run
Third Quarter
B - Collier 26 run
B - Jason Edwards 45 fumble return
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TEAM STATISTICS
First downs B 18, RV 4. Yards rushing B 334, RV -68. Passing att-comp-yds. B 1-1-12, RV 12-25-73. Fumbles B 0-0, RV 3-3. Punts B 0-0, RV 2-23. Penalties B 9-65, RV 1-5.
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