Marcus Chapman sees pressure come from his right side, avoids the rush, tries to step up and his pass is off the mark.

Heck of an effort though as the Crabbers certainly put some fear into the visiting Foxes of King George, who will be glad to get out of here at 1-1 instead of demoralized at 0-2.

The Foxes can now take a knee.

Crabbers start the drive with a 16-yard hookup, Marcus Chapman to Davion Perry on a stop route. Down to the KG 25.

King George has to dial up some type of pressure and get to the QB because their DB's look gassed right now.

It's Montrell Harrison for a catch worth 5 to the sideline and then Sidney Johnson hauls in a pass in the flat area, adding a couple more, but he loses his shoe in the process. Ky'Mani Carpenter tackles him.

It's 3rd & 3 from the KG 18. Chapman goes back to Johnson, but he can't hang on to the ball.

Here's the game - - 4th & 3 from the KG 18 with 1:16 to go.

Dale beating Bird caught my I somewhat, Alot of hype about Bird but Dale comes up big. I've a feeling there'll be alot of upset this season, lots of good teams out there.

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Marcus Chapman and the Crabbers have to be extremely confident they can go 41 yards in just over 2 minutes.

Can they then get the tying 2-point conversion though?

Charles Johnson makes a catch on a slant on 3rd & 11, but he's limited to a gain of 5. Montrell Harrison makes a solid tackle in space.

Hampton Coach Woodrow Wilson burns his final time-out before 4th & 5 from the 16 with 2:50 to go.

Unreal that Hampton has a chance to still tie this game and send it to overtime.

On the snap for the punt, the ball takes a hop and one of the Hampton defenders runs into the punter. Oh no shout the Crabbers faithful sitting in the stands at Darling Stadium.

HOWEVER, the Crabbers get a break because they call a penalty away from that on King George, so the two flags offset and they replay the down. What a break and bullet dodged there.

Watch Hopewell and Mecklenburg game last night, yes Mecklenburg is much improved and Hopewell is good, the line didn't play bad it was the turnovers that killed Hopewell 2 fumbles and there best receive (cook) didn't play for some reason not sure. Hopewell had the ball with seconds in game and Mecklenburg defense made a good play. I do believe Hopewell will regroup and play better and win their share of games and Mecklenburg will win at least 7 or 8 games unless injures set in.

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On the ensuing kickoff, a brain fart by the King George return man, who lets it roll all the way down inside the 5, scoops it up and is tackled by a couple of Hampton Crabbers before he is stopped at the 12.

Hard to believe that King George once led this football game 41-13 with 6:28 to go in the 3rd quarter!

Hampton now has the Foxes facing 3rd & 11 from their own 11 after Da'Javon Saunders and Devan Anthony (12 total tackles on the day) drop Simeon Battle for a loss of 2. We have 2:58 to go and the home fans are making lots of noise.

Sidney Johnson gains 9 on a run play for Hampton, but then it's A'Mari Moss of the King George defense dropping RB Lavonte Chapman for a loss of 1. Offense stays on the field for a monumental fourth down that is essentially the game for the Crabbers.

NahMari Boyd gets leveled on a reception by King George's Ky'Mani Carpenter. However, he gets 3 yards on the catch on 4th & 2. That extends the drive.

Then Marcus Chapman finds his guy Davion Perry over the middle in stride... and he's off to the races.

The first rush attempt of the day for Montrell Harrison gains 11 yards to move the chains for the Hampton Crabbers, who follow that up with a 23-yard pass play to Davion Perry. The DB's are giving Perry way too much room to operate on those post and slant routes.

After an incomplete pass, the King George defense burns a time-out before the Crabbers have it 2nd & 10 from the Foxes 44 with 5:56 to play.

springer76 said:

I hope you're right!! I will agree that what I saw last night, Phoebus' defense IS that good!!

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I would've paid good money to have seen this year's Phoebus team play last year's Freedom team!! It's just my imagination, but that would've been cool!

GoBlue2109 said:

Can't argue against this at all. HSHS is very much still the standard in the 804 until proven otherwise. I don't think they will have much trouble until they get to Oscar Smith in the playoffs.

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I hope you're right!! I will agree that what I saw last night, Phoebus' defense IS that good!!

A real smart play call by King George to begin this latest possession, which started at their own 36 with 10:02 remaining in regulation. They go trips left - three receivers to that side - and it's a delay handoff going in the other direction. Simeon Battle gains 10 to move the chains.

Xavier Whisenant for the Hampton defense reads the screen pass well to limit Walter Reger to a one-yard gain on the catch. Gene Jones Jr. makes another play in the trenches, knifing through for a tackle for loss. On 3rd & 12, the pass by QB Dylan Koch goes to Daniel Grigsby - a defensive standout today who makes his first catch of the afternoon - and he's limited to a gain of 2 as Casey Lassiter comes up to get a good stick on him.

Hampton fields the punt at their own 23 with 6:42 to play.

... We have seen stranger things happen. The King George defense now needs to step up and it might require blitzing an extra defender or two that hurries QB Marcus Chapman.

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Do the Crabbers have a magical rally in them? Well, even if they don't, this tenth grade QB Marcus Chapman has shown me enough to believe he is a player they can build around and a prospect that can eventually play at the next level without any question.

Casey Lassiter, who returned that kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown earlier, makes a brilliant play to jump a pass over the middle and return it 56 yards down to the King George 34 with 11:09 remaining.

The Crabbers must cash in with points, being a touchdown, on this series to have any hopes of mounting a legit comeback.

Davion Perry on the flag route to the sideline hauls in a beautifully thrown pass by Marcus Chapman worth 29 yards down to the KG 5.

Chapman looks to have room to run on a QB keeper, but then is drilled by Jordan Washington for a gain of just a yard.

Saw him that time, LOL great pass by the young fella!

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An offensive clinic for a Foxes team that probably feels it should be 2-0 and will still very much be heard from as the season rolls along.

Hampton's defense holds firm for one of its first stops of the day, preventing a King George pass completion on 4th & 13 from the 33. The Crabbers take over with 1:08 left in the third quarter, trailing by 22.

At this point, the Crabbers pretty much have to abandon the running game and rely on the arm of Marcus Chapman. His mobility will need to come into play, too, though.

Davion Perry slips on a second down heave in his direction, otherwise he would've likely picked up 30+ on the reception.

With pressure bearing down on Chapman from Daniel Grigsby, who drills him as he throws, the pass is intercepted by Owen Price. The INT is returned to the Crabbers 35-yard line, where the Foxes have it with 46 seconds left in the third quarter.

4 TDs from Johnson today. Very athletic on the outsides for Huguenot. The defense had some holes in it that EV didn't capitalize.

EV isn't bad but they don't have the overall to make up for some of the breakdowns they had. Assuming they tighten the screws on some things they will be tough come playoff time. Not a real contender but could possibly win their 1st round game if they get the right matchup.

Sophomore lineman Gene Jones Jr. (6-4, 255) has caught my eyes as a potential prospect in the years to come for Hampton. He's been in on a few tackles with force today, one beringing up 3rd & 11 for King George from their own 37. That's when the Foxes go back to the air and it's Jacob Plew hauling in the pass from Dylan Koch for 15 yards to move the chains.

On a crossing pattern, Charles Johnson has daylight in front of him to pick up 18 yards down to the 30 of the Crabbers.

It's easy to see why Johnson has offers from Delaware, ECU, JMU, ODU, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest and West Virginia among others on his sheet.

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Hampton badly needed a score there and the special teams unit strikes with Casey Lassiter, who had the winning touchdown in the 2nd OT of last week's season-opening win over Woodside.

But they can't quite match King George because of the PAT getting blocked by Simeon Battle.

The Foxes appeared to do some shifting with its personnel before blocking that kick. It paid off to deny the Crabbers another point.

I haven’t seen #4 in at all but I could have missed it, been watching college also haha

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A simple draw play and the Foxes saw Simeon Battle go off to the races.

That King George offensive line - from left to right of David Smith, Jonathen Cook, Dawson Thir, Marco Tirman and Jahkir Shelton - has kept the pocket clean for QB Dylan Koch. He's been sacked only once. With the Hampton defense so concerned about the pass, it created the opportunities for that run play with it being two-down territory for them.

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King George is getting basically whatever they want in the passing game this afternoon.

Conversely, the defense has clamped down better on the run and you see more players on that side of the ball communicating pre-snap to get the right spot alignment wise to guard against what Hampton likes to do offensively.

The Crabbers are struggling to move the ball forward, outside of a 15-yard personal foul penalty on the Foxes.

Jacob Plew provided the coverage on the 4th & 3 incomplete pass. So King George takes overar at midfield with 7:46 to go in the third quarter and a comfortable lead.

southbottomU said:

LCA then what? Another school will have to prove that they can play at that level, then there will be something to talk about.

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I tend to agree. TJ from Richmond is fun to watch, but I'm not sure if they are on LCA's level. Lafayette is a darn good team as well.

We begin the second half with King George gaining possession. It's Ky'Mani Carpenter adding to the hidden yardage in the return game for the Foxes. His 25-yard kickoff return gives the Foxes the football at their own 49.

This is prime position to take a couple of shots down the field, and based on what they've done to the Hampton DB's who have not consistently gotten their head turned around and in proper place to make a play on the ball in flight, some more long gainers may be in their future.