Blog LIVE Blog - Bethel (2-4) at Kecoughtan (3-1)

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Greetings from Darling Stadium on this Thursday night, where the Bethel Bruins (2-4) meet the Kecoughtan Warriors (3-1) in a matchup of two Peninsula District teams looking to improve their outlook for the playoffs in Region 5B.

Updates here and via Twitter @hatfieldsports this evening...

 

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First giveaway of the night comes from Kecoughtan in the passing game.

 

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Interestingly enough, Bruins Head Coach Creighton Incorminias did something I might not have done and that is take points off the board. Elijah Dyke hit a 32-yard field goal, but due to a personal foul roughing the kick penalty, the Bruins decided to get moved up to the 7 and a couple plays later they found the end zone.

That move turned out to work at this time for Bethel.

 

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Bethel begins the 2nd period, facing 2nd & 11 from their own 29. The Bruins have a new QB in the game in senior Braedon Swords, a 6-1, 190 pound transfer from Menchville. On 3rd & 11 following an incomplete by Swords, the Kecoughtan defense comes up with a sack with Elijah Lea.

That'll force a Bethel punt, except Kecoughtan commits a penalty running into the punter. So much like their miscue on the field goal, the Warriors give Bethel another chance here with a first down via penalty.

 

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Freshman QB Messiah Delhomme is back in for Bethel and he breaks off a nice 20-yard run, where he fumbles it, but fortunately for him and the Bruins, a teammate recovers. Facing a 3rd & 7 from the 33 of Kecoughtan just a few plays later, the Bruins hand it off to Kamarie Dillard and he gets a decent gain of about 4 or 5... but a holding penalty will bring the Bruins back to the 42 of Kecoughtan.

An incomplete leads to Bethel punting, where Kecoughtan takes over at their own 14 with 9:35 to go till half-time. Kecoughtan trails this one 7-0.

 

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Mason Purham, junior defensive end for Bethel, makes a fine play off the edge with a sack of Kecoughtan QB Marvin McCue. However, on the next play, he is a bit quick to jump off the line and an encroachment penalty is called. Gabrial Jackson runs outside for a minimal gain of about 4 on 3rd & 14.

A 32-yard punt that is not returned by Bethel has the Bruins at the 47 of Kecoughtan with 6:36 till intermission.

 

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A personal foul penalty on Kecoughtan as well as a holding penalty on Bethel keep either team from really gaining much momentum. So with 4:52 left in the first half, the Bruins are faced with a 4th & 5 from the Kecoughtan 33. Instead of punting, they line up in double tights and get a false start, which will then bring on the punter.

That's the 9th penalty of the half on the Bruins, for 82 yards. Kecoughtan has been flagged 4 times for 53 yards.

 

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Bethel gets off a great punt that is downed at the 1-yard line of Kecoughtan. But the Warriors insert 6-2, 215 pound junior WR Tae'Von Jackson in the backfield and he's running strong between the tackles. Jackson helps dig Kecoughtan out from its own 1 with a trio of rushes, totaling 26 yards. A time-out is called by Bethel with 3:37 left in the second period.

Kecoughtan has all three of its time-outs, needing to go 73 yards for a score and PAT to tie it up at the break.

 

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Jaden Boone, Otis Howard and Yasir Brown step up defensively for Bethel and force Kecoughtan into a 3rd & long situation, where their long pass down the sideline is incomplete. Thought the Warriors might try for some type of screen or sideline route there, but wanted the deep shot instead.

On the punt return, an penalty is called Kecoughtan and that pushes the Bruins up five yards to the 33 of the Warriors with 1:51 before the break. A great chance to add points before the half for Bethel, leading 7-0.

 

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Bethel uses its final time-out of the half with 29 seconds left in the second quarter, following an 11-yard pass from Messiah Delhomme to Kamarie Dillard on a screen. That will make it 3rd & 16 from the Kecoughtan 29.

The penalties have been brutal tonight - - 11 for 92 yards on Bethel and 7 for 73 yards on Kecoughtan by my count up here in the pressbox.

Delhomme is a freshman and Dillard a sophomore, so Coach Incorminias has to be encouraged by that....

 

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Elijah Dyke's 46-yard field goal is short before the half. Coach Inco needed Justin Tucker to make that one.

Kecoughtan will likely take a knee here to end the half and go in trailing 7-0.

 

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Kecoughtan decided to try to get in scoring range before the half, and though Marvin McCue had a 15-yard completion to Brehon Melvin, the series stalled out due to time.




Not much to pass along in terms of numbers, but we'll try out best here momentarily...

 

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Stats at the Break:

Bethel 7:
Messiah Delhomme - 3-6 for 34Yds; 8Car. 30Yds.
Kamarie Dillard - 2Rec. 27Yds; 2Car. 7Yds.
Michael Simmonds - 4Car. 3Yds. TD
Zyon Little - 1Rec. 7Yds.
Otis Howard & Ronald Virgin Jr. - 4 Tackles apiece
Mason Purham - 1 Sack

Bruins - 26 plays for 69 total yards (3-8 for 34 pass yards; 18 rushes for 35 yard); 0 turnovers; 12 penalties for 102 yards


Kecoughtan 0:
Marvin McCue - 1-6 for 15Yds.
Brehon Melvin - 1Rec. 15Yds.
Tae'Von Jackson - 5Car. 30Yds.
Gabrial Jackson - 7Car. 16Yds.
Cordell Gregg - 5 Tackles, 2.5 TFL

Warriors - 19 plays for 48 total yards (1-6 or 15 pass yards, 1 INT; 13 rushes for 33 yards); 1 turnover; 7 penalties for 73 yards

 

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Kecoughtan gets the football at their own 35 to begin the second half. Faced with a critical 3rd & 9, quarterback Marvin McCue makes a terrific throw rolling to his right to Jakari Mozelle, who is able to bring it in right along the sideline for 14 yards to midfield. That's one of the longest plays from scrimmage all night for the Warriors and now they need to build on it with patience and not trying to go for the killshot with it resulting in a negative play or turnover.

 

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Big 4th & 1 coming up for Kecoughtan after the injury time-out as a Bruins defender is being looked at... Warriors have it 4th & 1 from right at about the 40 of Bethel with 8:23 to go in the third quarter. This could be a quarterback sneak out of the time-out for a Warriors team looking for a game-tying scoring drive here.

 

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Marvin McCue gets about 7 or 8 yards on the QB sneak to the Bethel 33 on 4th & 1. Tae'Von Jackson gains 2 yards to bring up 2nd & 8. Brehon Melvin, a senior receiver for the Warriors, hauls in a pass from McCue worth 10 yards to the 21 of Bethel and the Bruins use a time-out to make some adjustments defensively.

So far, a great start to the 2nd half for Coach Jeff Super, who's in his second season at the helm of Kecoughtan.

 

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An absolute deflating turnover for Kecoughtan. Not sure why McCue was trying to go to a jump-pass rolling to his right hwne he could've gained about 4 or 5 yards on a run.

On 3rd & 5, Kecoughtan gets a BIG hit on a pass, where the ball is popped up in the air from the Bethel receiver and into the waiting arms of junior DB Brady LaRoche. Couldn't tell with it happening so fast who had that great Ronnie Lott-esque hit to help create the turnover.

So the Warriors have it at the Bethel 19 with 4:41 to go in the third period and possibly some momentum back on their side.

 

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Kecoughtan makes a QB change, putting in sophomore Adonis Stowers and he shows some spunk on a 6-yard scramble following a false start penalty. Another false start pushes them back 5 before a 3rd & 13 from the Bethel 22-yard line as time ticks under four minutes to go in the period. And then Kecoughtan is called for ANOTHER false start penalty.

A pass over the middle is incomplete, so Kecoughtan leaves the offense on the field here before 4th & 18 from the 27. It's a bit out of field goal range for the Warriors here. They go with five-wide, including four receivers on one side. The pass to the single receiver side near the end zone is incomplete, so Bethel takes over on downs with 3:47 left in the third quarter.

 

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Cordell Gregg makes an emphatic sack, dropping Messiah Delhomme for a loss of 4 on a sack. Moments later, it's Delhomme coughing up the ball and recovered by junior DB Joshua Hubbard of Kecoughtan.

The Warriors have it at the Bethel 27 with 2:55 to go in the third period with another great opportunity to get on the board here.

On a key 4th & 5, it's sophomore QB Adonis Stowers finding senior wideout Jakari Mozelle on a stop route that picks up 12 yards down to the Bethel 10. A false start penalty - probably the fourth of the quarter and 12th penalty overall on Kecoughtan - backs them up to the Bethel 15.

What would've been a highlight-reel TD with Gabrial Jackson hauling in a pass from Adonis Stowers for a 13-yard TD, where Jackson hurdled a defender - is called back on a penalty. Then a Stowers pass is incomplete. Now it's 3rd & Goal from the 24 with 25 seconds to go in the third period.

 

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While Kecoughtan out-gained Bethel decisively 86-2 in that period... the Warriors had 6 penalties for 40 yards compared to none for Bethel after the Bruins were flagged 12 times in the first half.

 

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Following an encroachment penalty on Bethel, the Warriors miss a 30-yard field goal with Brett Starling.

So Bethel takes over at their own 20 with 11:55 remaining in the contest.

 

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A quick three-and-out for the Bruins as they run it twice with Michael Simmonds and Kamarie Dillard bringing up a 3rd & 10 where Braedon Swords' pass down the field is incomplete, broken up deep by Joshua Hubbard.

Probably not what Creighton Incorminias wanted as the rain begins to pick up and Kecoughtan takes over at their own 48 following a punt with 10:36 remaining.

 

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Kecoughtan goes 3 & out as they are unable to establish no offensive rhythm once their first run up the middle is stuffed. So the Warriors punt it back, where Bethel begins at their own 21 with 8:23 to go in the contest.

Perplexing to me, Bethel goes to the air on 1st & 10 and it's incomplete. You'd think they want to burn clock here. On 2nd & 10, they run it, but it only gains 3 with Michael Simmonds. After De'Sean Wideman and Maxie Russell stop Messiah Delhomme to bring up 4th & 5, the Warriors commit another inexplicable penalty. They get flagged for running into the punter. They've done that now three times - running into the kicker or punter - this evening, each proving costly.

Bethel has it at their own 41 with a fresh set of downs as Kecoughtan's defense tries to bail them out again.

 

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Bethel punts it away with 5:09 left in the contest, leading Kecoughtan 7-0 after their offense gets held in check completely again. Jakari Mozelle made the third down tackle.

The Warriors take over at their own 16 and needing to put together their best drive of the night and finish, something they haven't done with great field position for parts of this half.

 

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Marvin McCue is back in at QB for Kecoughtan and following an incomplete, he is sacked by Bethel's Yasir Brown on second down. The Warriors end up having to punt it away as his pass on third down is short.

Bethel is looking at 3rd & 15 after getting the ball back following the punt at the Kecoughtan 31. Brady LaRoche and Cordell Gregg combine to sack Braedon Swords on 3rd & 15 for a loss of 12. Gregg has been tremendous tonight with 10 total tackles, 6 behind the line of scrimmage.

 

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Bethel - which has a mere 55 total yards of offense and minus 14 this half - punts it away as they try to preserve this 7-0 lead on Kecoughtan with 1:51 to go.

Kecoughtan can't get out of its own way tonight. But if they do here, beginning at their own 28, they might have a chance to tie and possibly win this one in the final seconds.

 

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Adonis Stowers is back in and finds Gabrial Jackson for a pair of completions worth 10 and 15 yards respectively, moving Kecoughtan into Bethel territory at the 48. The Warriors miss a deep shot and it's 2nd & 10 with 56 seconds left. Stowers hits a receiver short of the sticks, gaining just 6. An illegal sub on Bethel gives Kecoughtan some life.

So Kecoughtan has it at the Bethel 37 with 32 seconds left following Bethel's 16th penalty.

 

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An offsides on Bethel puts them 5 yards closer. An exciting finish, all of the sudden, here on a Thursday night at Darling.

A drop along the sidelines keeps Kecoughtan from getting inside the 15, maybe the 10.

Pass interference on Bethel is called with 8 seconds to go on a Stowers pass intended for Jakari Mozelle in the end zone. Half the distance to the Bethel 8 now with 8 seconds left.

 

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Bethel celebrates prematurely as Jaden Boone sacks Adonis Stowers for a loss of 3... but the clock is showing 1 second left. So the Warriors have it at the Bethel 11.

Kecoughtan Coach Jeff Super got his final time-out in here.

 

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Kecoughtan tries to get off a pass, it's fumbled, recovered by lineman Maxie Russell and he is tackled pretty quickly. Bethel hangs on for the shutout.




More to come later....