By David Smith
Guest contributor
#6 Tyler Stevens
The Boles Hornets outscored the Blue Ridge Tigers pulling away for the 58-34 win on Friday, Sept. 26 .
Boles ran for 446 yards and 8 TDs.
The Hornets Senior RB Cameron Walker rushed for 4 touchdowns on carries of 43, 11, 2, and 2 yard and was 1-1 passing for 46 yards. Boles Junior FS Jacob Cowen had an interception and now has two in the last two games.
Blue Ridge Junior QB Ty Agan was 23 of 40 passing for 4 TDs and 2 INTs, and scored on a QB keeper with less than 10 seconds left in the game to pull Blue Ridge within 30 points down. The Tigers Junior WR Brevin Wiggins had 8 receptions for 158 yards and 3 TDs, while leading Blue Ridge on defense with 12 total tackles.
Boles received the opening kickoff and both teams exchanged multiple punts before Hornet RB Nelson Dotson scored on a 65 yard punt return. Boles RB Tyler Stevens ran in the 2 point conversion and Boles was up 8-0 with 4 minutes left in the first. Blue Ridge took very little time to answer as Agan passed for a 14 yard TD and a 2 point conversion to tie the game at 8.
On the first play of the second quarter, Boles RB Tyler Stevens rushed for a TD from 3 yards out.
Boles QB Joshua Monroe converted the 2 point conversion with a pass to WR Bailey Isom to put Boles up 16-8. Blue Ridge again answered rapidly as Agan threw for a 20 yard TD to Wiggins, but Agan was sacked on the 2 point conversion attempt leaving the Hornets up 16-14 with more than 11 minutes left in the third.
Both teams then traded interceptions before Walker scored on a 43 yard rushing touchdown with 4 minutes left in the second to put Boles ahead at 22-14 after the 2 point attempt was unsuccessful. Agan connected on an 18 yard TD pass to Colby Quillin to answer again and pull within two points at 22-20, but the Tigers failed on the 2 point conversion attempt. With less than a minute left in the first half, Walker scored on an 11 yard TD run to give Boles a 28-20 halftime lead.
After forcing a Tiger punt, Boles was stopped by Blue Ridge at the Tigers 1 yard line with 5 minutes remaining in the third after a long drive. After forcing another Tiger punt, Walker plunged into the endzone from 2 yards out with 3 minutes left in the third. Boles TE David Hernandez snared a pass from Monroe for the 2 point conversion to put Boles ahead at 36-20. Shortly afterward, Agan found a wide open Wiggins for a 29 yd TD pass to bring Blue Ridge within 10 at 36-26 to complete the third quarter scoring.
In the fourth quarter, Boles scored 22 straight points to put the game out of reach. On the first play of the quarter Dotson raced around the right side for a 25 yard TD run to put the Hornets up 42-26 after a failed 2 point conversion attempt. Boles then recovered an onside kick before Walker’s jogged into the endzone from 2 yards out behind some great O-line blocking with about 10 minutes left. Boles led 50-26 after RB Avery Christensen ran in the 2 pt conversion. Monroe powered his way in for a 5 yard rushing TD before converting a fake PAT attempt with a reception from Cowen to finish Boles scoring at 58 with about 3:30 minutes left in the game.
With the win Boles improves to 2-3 on the season. The Hornets have a bye this Friday and their next game will be Oct. 10 versus Honey Grove for homecoming. Honey Grove, who had a bye week this past week, improved to 2-2 two weeks ago with a 28-7 win over 2-3 Trenton and will play 2-2 Paris Chisum this Friday, Oct. 3.