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Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

Pass interference on 3rd & 13 from the TJ 16 by the Norcom defense keeps this slow-moving drive going for the Vikings. It's half the distance to the goal and Randy Dillard gains a couple. On 4th & 3, it's QB Rashaud Cherry able to use his quickness to get down to the 1-yard line. The Norcom defense with its size makes it problematic for the Vikings in short, condensed space and they force a 3rd & 3 from the 3 after a couple of strong stops.

Cherry sneaks ahead for a couple, and then the Vikings get set and snap with Cherry running it on 4th & Goal from the 1 before Norcom could get its defense fully set. Very alert, heads up play by the visitors from Richmond.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

Amare Gough takes the sweep and comes around the right end for a gain of 3. Junior Jahri Whitfield read that well and had nice closing speed, which is necessary to catch the speedster and Buckingham transfer Gough.

On the next play, it's TJ-Richmond running the other direction, to the far side near their sideline, and it's a gain of 8 to the Greyhounds 42. It looked like Norcom jumps offsides, but the officials huddle up and say it was false start instead, backing the Vikings up 5. Senior RB Randy Dillard breaks off the longest play from scrimmage of the night with a 34-yard gain.

It was an excellent design to get a man in motion going one way and to run the other direction. Rashaud Cherry thinks he has a 23-yard TD run, but the first of three consecutive holding penalties keep the Vikings from growing their 7-0 lead.

Any thoughts on Dinwiddie @ Maury?

I’m 100% against comparing scores, but no way is Wise a better team than Dinwiddie. Wise had Maury on the ropes but they just didn’t have an IT factor to get the job done. Dinwiddie will be Maury’s best opponent until state championship Saturday by a mile.

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Man you really hyped this team lol. They are nowhere near Wise level.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

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Penn State pledge Matthew Outten catches a quick screen, but good tackling from the Vikings keep him to a gain of just a couple yards. Norcom missed another big play in the passing game as QB Joedee Shelton is unable to get it to the back coming out of the flat area who is uncovered. A couple of coverage breakdowns by TJ here could've easily cost them the lead in this openign half. The 3rd & 8 pass is incomplete. That forces Norcom to punt it away with 11:23 to go in the first half, still trailing 7-0.

Jahrel Sims gets off a 20-yard punt. TJ-Richmond takes over at its own 47 with 11:16 to go in the second quarter.

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Norcom gets a 7-yard run from RB Carlik Franklin, but a delay of game penalty backs them up five before the second down snap with 1:58 showing on the clock. Great pursuit to the outside by LB Isaiah Brown for the Vikings defense to drop the Greyhounds for a loss of 5.

Wiping away a dazzling 26-yard run from QB Joedee Shelton, escaping out of trouble, is a holding penalty on the Greyhounds. They call the hold from the 12 and it's half the distance, so they are back to their own 6 for third and long.

Shelton is able to break away for a 10-yard run, where he's dragged down by three different Vikings defenders. However, the Norcom offense is helped out considerably by a 15-yard penalty by TJ-Richmond. That gives them a fresh set of down at their own 31.

A bit sloppy from each side and some undisciplined moments I'm sure each coaching staff wants to clean up and correct.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

After the TJ touchdown, it's another healthy kickoff return for the host Greyhounds, this time for about 30 yards by Penn State commit Matthew Outten. It sets Norcom up at their own 35. Following a holding penalty and an incomplete pass, the Greyhounds strike through the air for their first pass completion of the night. Guess you could say the third attempt is the charm.

This one is Joedee Shelton finding a wide open Zalen Smith for 25 yards down to the Vikings 40. However, the drive stalls as LB Kai Thompson makes a firm stop against the run on 4th & 5 when the Greyhounds decided to go for it from the TJ 35. It's only a gain of 2.

The Vikings are moving the ball with relative ease so far behind QB Rashaud Cerry, who completes a 14-yard pass to David Miller and runs free for 26 yards on the draw play. Norcom's defense, thanks to a couple of key stops from Jordan Cross that includes a tackle for loss on third down, keeps the Vikings from reaching the red zone. TJ-Richmond tries a long 43-yard field that is unsuccessful.
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