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A beautiful long pass by Lonnie Andrews III to Tre'shuan Bradley to set up Brandon Nesbit crossing the goal-line for his first TD of the night. And what a beast Nesbit has been to the tune of 26 carries for 184 yards.

The fourth quarter would be a good time for him to rest up for future district battles. Expecting we'll see more of Ty'jae Curtis and Reginald Wallace touch the ball on the ground in the final 12 minutes.

Have not found him yet. Skunks are out.

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Lonnie Andrews III is definitely one of those dual-threat QB's to watch out for in the Class of 2027 as he's got multiple offers already and really navigated the defense well, with patience, on that play to find the end zone.

Nansemond River may have to abandon the running game for the most part here to try to claw back in this one. Can they give QB Tyrell Grant enough time to attack, though?

Brandon Nesbit on the Wildcat direct snap takes the ball and darts 48 yards to the Nansemond River 15. Kudos to Rajae Jones, who is shaken up after the play, for making the TD saving tackle.

What a night for Nesbit, who has 176 yards on 24 rush attempts as that workhorse. Reginald Wallace tries to bounce off tacklers, but Jkari Colden and Jeremy Lyons bring him down in the backfield for a loss of 4.

Tell you what - - with Jones making a bunch of stops as well as 7 total tackles from #10 Travis Freeman, this Warriors defense has really battled this evening. The Tigers might be wearing them down just a pinch, though.

After consecutive run by Brandon Nesbit totaling nine yards, the Tigers try to go to a quick screen on 3rd & 1 from their own 37. Lonie Andrews III and his intended target were not on the same page and it's incomplete.

Coach Chris Scott and his OC Lafonte Thourogood will burn a time-out before the 4th & 1 play from their own 37 with 5:53 to go in the third quarter. This is a MUST stop for the Nansemond River defense you would think.

Melvin Brown runs one direction and cuts back the other for a pick up of 4, matching his longest of the night. Unfortunately for Nansemond River, it's a pass in the flat on 2nd down that is incomplete. Once again, the Warriors find themselves in a tricky 3rd down situation, from their own 47 with 7:27 to go in the third period.

Tyrell Grant scrambles to the near sideline and loses a yard. Nansemond River ends up punting it away and the Tigers are coming close to blocking it on a couple of different occasions tonight.

The Tigers have it at their own 28 with 7:10 tplay in the third period and now seem to have their offensive mojo back to an extent.

Nansemond River tries to take a shot on the first play of its second offensive series of the third period. It results in Tyrell Grant getting intercepted around midfield by Jayden Covil. That's his second INT of the night.

The Tigers have excellent field position, at the NR 35, after his 15-yard return. The Nansemond River defense hangs tough because after a 16-yard connection by Lonnie Andrews III to Charles McGlown, the Tigers are stuffed on 3rd & 1. However, they leave the offense on the field for 4th & inches from the Warriors 26, where magic happens...

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OCBoy said:

Louisa back to 4B. Wonder if the Jefferson tries to keep them in the same region with Charlottesville which is listed as 4D

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It makes sense for Louisa to be 4D and send Mecklenburg to 4B.

Gains of 2 by Tre'shun Bradley on a quick pass as they get Lonnie Andrews III on the move to his left, and then Brandon Nesbit on a run play brings up 3rd & 7 for the Tigers. That takes the run out of the equation most likely, but they are able spring free with a long gainer by slipping out of a tackle and scoring a touchdown.

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BoKnowsSports said:

Highland Springs would move down to C5 so they don’t get whipped by Hayfield every year 😂

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that is the least of Hayfield's worries at the moment.

Nansemond River begins with the football to start the third quarter at their own 42. Christopher Johnson with a strong play in coverage to break up the first pass. The next one for QB is tipped twice and nearly intercepted. They make it the hat trick with incomplete passes and just 17 seconds are off the clock before they punt it away.

Oscar Smith will begin on offense at their own 35 with 11:35 to go in the third period. Expect a heavy dose of the run game with Brandon Nesbit.

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General172011 said:

Phoebus finally with some comp down there again

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Nah all the comp is still in 5B for a Peninsula playoff team.

Bama1985 said:

So when does this go into effect

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next school year

Stats at the Half:

Oscar Smith 0:
Lonnie Andrews III - 4-12 for 48Yds.
Brandon Nesbit - 19Car. 117Yds. (2 lost fumbles)
Reginald Wallace - 3Car. 16Yds.
Charles McGlown - 1Rec. 28Yds.
Tre'shun Bradley - 1Car. 14Yds; 1Rec. 6Yds.
Jaden Dabbs - Blocked FG
Izayiah Bray - 1.5 TFL

Tigers - 38 plays for 164 total yards (4-12 for 48 yards passing; 26 rushes for 116 yards, 2 lost fumbles); 4 penalties for 48 yards; 3 turnovers


Nansemond River 0:
Tyrell Grant - 4-10 for 23Yds.
Melvin Brown - 6Car. 5Yds.
TaiVon Douglas - 2Rec. 20Yds.
Karon Madison - 1Rec. 5Yds.
Xavier Gresham - 6 Tackles (3 Solo), 1.5 TFL
Rajae Jones - 6 Tackles (5 Solo)
Jkari Colden - 4 Tackles, 0.5 Sack

Warriors - 22 plays for 17 total yards (4-10 for 23 yards passing, 1 intercept; 12 rushes for minus 6 yards); 3 penalties for 20 yards; 1 turnover

Right when Nansemond River was starting to get its passing game on track behind QB Tyrell Grant with completiosn to junior TaiVon Douglas and senior Karon Madison, the Warriors commit their first turnover of the night. It comes right around midfield.

Grant is intercepted by Oscar Smith junior DB Jayden Covil, younger brother of former Tigers standout and Clemson DB Sherrod Covil.

So the Tigers have a chance to get on the board here before the break -- at their own 48 with 36 seconds to go and two time-outs in their pocket.

A pair of drops by the Smith receivers force a 3 & out in a span of 17 seconds, literally. In fact, it could've gone worse because the officials, from my perspective, missed not one, but two holding penalties by the o-linemen in the trenches.

This has been a mistake-riddled, defensive grudgematch first half.

I'm almost certain there will be more points scored in tonight's NFL game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots on Amazon Prime. Probably scored before this one has any points put up after half-time.

Fairlawncat said:

Riverheads will be dropping to Class 1 along with Lebanon. Alleghany leaves our district and Martinsville enters our district. Basketball is going to be too much fun with Martinsville and Radford now having the possibility of playing as many as 3, and if both do really well, maybe 4 times in one season.

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So when does this go into effect

Up front, the Nansemond River defensive line is really making it difficult on the Oscar Smith o-line in pass protection. The same can be said conversely for the Tigers defensive front, applying pressure on QB Tyrell Grant of the Warriors.

Lonnie Andrews III gets sacked for a loss of 10 back into their own territory by multiple Warriors. They don't advance any further on second adnd third downs. It forces the Tigers to bring on Silas Stanton to punt it away with 1:15 to go in the first half.

On 2nd & 15, Nansemond River QB Tyrell Grant - who absolutely torched Bethel and Deep Creek in previous weeks - is looking for just his second pass completion of the night. However, on the outside, it's senior DB Christopher Johnson lighting up the receiver to prevent the connection.

Na'Rod Jarvis and Izayiah Bray combine to sack Grant for a loss of 8. The Warriors punt it away on 4th & 23 from their own 7.

Not a bad punt for the Warriors. Oscar Smith takes over at the NR 45 with 2:59 till half-time. Maybe they'll just try to get a field goal at this point? I say that because bad things have happened when they've gotten deep in the red zone.

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Literally, the Tigers were getting ready for their eighth play of the drive - all runs - where Brandon Nesbit was gaining chunks of +12, +5, +9, +23 and then they mixed in Reginald Wallace for gains of +12 and +3 before Nesbit had a pick up 13 down to the NR 1.

Crazy to think that Nesbit has 19 rushes for 117 yards and we've yet to see either team score.

What a break for the Nansemond River defense, which was relying almost exclusively on Rajae Jones at times to make tackles at the second level for much of that series. They may have to make a couple of tweaks beore half-time to keep Nesbit in check so that he doesn't get to the linebackers as swiftly.

Coach Chris Scott of Oscar Smith has to love the splash plays his defense is producing with the offense still trying to figure things out. Jordan Rayner makes a crucial tackle on 3rd & 12.

Faced with a decision out of a time-out with 6:52 to go in the first half, the Warriors decide to leave the offense out there instead of trying a 36-yard field goal. Certainly having the one blocked earlier went into the thinking.

Credit Malik Williams for making the sack on 4th & 12 to give the Tigers the ball back at their own 22 with 6:50 to go in the half.

Will we see any points before half-time? Hard to say... certainly a MUCH different game than the 42-28 Warriors win in Suffolk over the Tigers from 2023.