Class 1 Semis: Riverheads 28 Essex 6 - FINAL

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End of first quarter: Essex 0 Riverheads 0

Riverheads offense not clicking yet. Two fumbles and then they go backwards for 5 yards and punt on first three possessions.

 

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Zac Smiley with a 21-yard run to Essex 34.

Still 0-0 2Q 4:23

 

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Riverheads trap play works to perfection.

Phillips up middle for 36 yard TD.

Peyton Skillman with the PAT and the Gladiators break through to lead 7-0, 4:09 left in half

 

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Riverheads 7 Essex 0 Halftime

Photo by Marsel Mason

 

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Jaden Phillips with 67 yards rushing for Riverheads with 1 TD.

Zac Smiley has 58 yards for the Gladiators.

K.J. Dameron has 49 of Essex's 51 yards on the ground

 

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Morris off right tackle for the 6-yard TD. Skillman hits PAT to boost Riverheads lead to 14-0, 7:34 left in third quarter

 

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K.J. Dameron, Essex's 6-foot-2, 270-pound running back, rips off 56-yard TD run. Two-point conversion run is short. Riverheads leads 14-6 with 5:25 left in 3Q.

 

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Riverheads responds.

Jaden Phillips 28 TD run.

That touchdown run gives Jaden Phillips 118 yards and two scores on the afternoon for Riverheads.

Gladiators 21-6 with 2:41 left in 3Q.

Riverheads runs the ball seven times to cover 65 yards.

 

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Phillips with his third TD run, this time from 25-yards out.

Phillips now with 149 yards rushing.

Smiley has 124 for Riverheads.

Riverheads leads Essex 28-6 4Q 6:17

 

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McWhorter sneaks for the first down and that will do it.

Riverheads advances to its fourth straight state final with a 28-6 win over Essex

Jaden Philips with 162 yards rushing, Zac Smiley 125 yards.