Hedgesville Eagles 36
Final
Rocktown Raptors 13
A new era of high school sports in the city began Friday night as Rocktown hosted Hedgesville, W.Va. in the Raptors' inaugural game.
The home team played hard and provided a lot of fireworks during the first half, but it was the Eagles who pulled away in the second half en route to a 36-13 non-district win over Rocktown.
"We played hard, it was a good effort but we beat ourselves," said Raptors' coach Curtis Cherebim. "We didn't tackle very well and we had a lot of penalties."
On a beautiful evening and on the area's first turf field, the two teams battled toe-to-toe in the first half. The Eagles opened the game with a 13-play, 62 yard drive, all on the ground, and senior Dalton Harper scored on a 2-yard run that gave the Eagles a 6-0 lead with 5:00 to play in the first period.
Rocktown's first offensive possession was incredible. On the Raptors' initial offensive play, Ayden Groden hauled in a 29-pass on a tipped ball from Santana Perry as Groden was falling on his back at the Eagles' 35. On Rocktown's first running play, Demetrius Arrington ran for six yards and then scored on a 2-yard dive and Paul Tongen's kick put the Raptors in front 7-6. Perry was 3-of-3 passing on the drive for 66 yards.
Raptors come up short in first-ever game
A new era of high school sports in the city began Friday night as Rocktown hosted Hedgesville, W.Va. in the Raptors' inaugural game.
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