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September 19, 2012 Powhatan, Virginia
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PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS
The Knights’ Ethan Johnson (number 45) pushed past several Blue Ridge defenders for extra yards last Friday.
Barons, injuries undo Knights
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Young BSH team still struggling to
maintain consistency says head coach
By Richard Carrier
Contributing Writer
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot stepped up two divisions
to take on Blue Ridge School last Friday night. During
the game, the Knights lost eight players to injury (including
two sent to the hospital) as the bigger, stronger and
quicker Barons put BSH down 23-7.
Statistically Blue Ridge was more dominant than the
score indicated, as they piled up 400 yards in total offense
while holding the Knights to 150.
“They have some great athletes,” said head coach Brice
Fritts. “They dominated the line of scrimmage and punished
us.”
Again, struggling to fi nd consistency (“We have an
identity problem,” coach Fritts said), the Knights were
not able to duplicate the small successes they had early in
the game. When they came back to what had worked in
either their ground control running game or their new
wide-open passing game-for the fi rst time in recent mem-
By Richard Carrier
Contributing Writer
My love/hate relationship with the
game of football is pretty well known.
I’ve moaned and whined for years about
the ongoing physical problems the game
left me with, including knees, a neck and
shoulders that just don’t function the way
they should even after several surgeries.
But I still see great value in the game as a
cornerstone for the concepts of teamwork,
leadership, self-determination and
physical conditioning.
BLESSED SACRAMENT POWHATAN HIGH SCHOOL
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see Knights page 3B
WHAT HE DID: Finished first in Cross
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EXTRA POINTS
Q AND A: JT TAYLOR
Powhatan Today recently caught
up with BSH Knights’ JT Taylor, 16, a
wide receiver and corner back whose
tenacity and skill have earned him
the nickname “Honey Badger” from
his teammates.
When did you
start playing
football and what
got you started?
I started playing
football at the age of
fi ve when I was in kindergarten.
My friends
were all talking about
football sign-ups one
day and I went home and
My whining is going to be considerably
reduced (note I didn’t say eliminated)
in light of the injuries today’s football
players can anticipate.
There simply is no doubt about it: 50
years ago, players were much smaller. A
200-pounder was rare, and always a defensive
tackle. We were probably only
somewhat slower overall, but we never
saw a weight room and our most common
injuries were sprains, joint damage
and an occasional broken bone. Gatorade
hadn’t been invented and more than a
couple of trips to the water cooler during
see Taylor page 3B
PHOTO BY ROSLYN RYAN
Are ‘heavy hitters’ posing danger to kids?
practice was considered unmanly. The
only concession to the fact that we were
not being properly hydrated were some
salt tablets passed out by the coaches after
practice.
No, we were not “ tougher” – we simply
were not faced with an opponent who
possessed the size, strength and speed of
the modern-day high school athlete.
Some of the size differential can be attributed
to better nutrition, but you better
not have told my mother that her son only
see Points page 3B
LEANDRA HURLBERT – 4th Year Senior
Cross Country Runner
WHAT SHE DID: Team leader. Positive attitude.
Strong competitor. Season best at
the recent Collegiate Meet. 12th grader.
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Indians
fall to
FUMA,
41-20
Powhatan team
could not hold up
against Fork Union’s
top-ranked QB
By Michael Schoeff el
Contributing Writer
Powhatan fans, players and
coaches alike may have suffered
from a serious case of
deja vu when checking out the
scoreboard after last Friday
night’s contest against Fork
Union.
The scoreboard, which is
underscored by several state
championship and state runner-up
banners, read 41-20 in
Fork Union’s favor. Sound familiar?
It should. The Blue
Devils beat the Indians by the
exact same score last season.
Fork Union got the ball rolling,
so to speak, on the fi rst
play of Powhatan’s third drive.
Quarterback Wes Garrett rolled
out to his right and attempted
to hit his receiver in the fl at.
But the route was undercut by
C.J. Landrum, who snagged
the pass and dashed 43 yards
down the sideline to give Fork
Union a 7-0 lead.
“When C.J. grabbed the ball
and went to the house, that
gave us a little fi re in our butt,
so to speak,” said Fork Union
coach Micky Sullivan.
After the pick-six, coach
Woodson decided to banish
Garrett to the sideline. He
would never return. Joe Lewis
- one of the Indians leading receivers
- fi lled in at quarterback
for the majority of the next
three quarters.
“We have some big time issues
at quarterback,” said
Coach Woodson after the game.
“And until we get those issues
solved, we’re going to be very
suspect on offense. It’s as simple
as that.”
Those issues were extremely
pronounced throughout the
fi rst two quarters. Due, at least
partly, to a complete inability
to move the ball through the
air, the Indians fi nished the fi rst
half with no fi rst downs. Heck,
they never even managed to
move the ball into Fork Union
territory.
The Blue Devils, on the oth-
see Indians page 2B