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IN THE REGION
Ferrum football wins at Shorter; Franklin County falls to 0-6
The Roanoke Times
Updated
ROME, Ga. — Rashaud Cherry returned an interception for a touchdown to help the Ferrum football team beat Shorter 17-10 on Friday.
On Thursday, the game was moved up from Saturday afternoon to Friday afternoon to avoid the weather that Hurricane Isaias is expected to bring to the Rome area on Saturday.
The Panthers (2-4, 2-1 Conference Carolinas) won their second straight game.
Cherry picked off a Jeb Walls pass and returned it 22 yards for a touchdown to give Ferrum a 7-0 lead with 3:43 left in the first quarter. Ferrum led the rest of the way.
Jycen Anciso scored on a 4-yard run to extend the lead to 14-0 with 3:47 left in the second quarter.
Carlos Lopez of the Hawks (2-4, 1-2) kicked a 34-yard field goal to cut the lead to 14-3 with 1:29 to go in the second quarter.
Shorter's David Hill scored on a 36-yard run to trim the deficit to 14-10 with 6:30 remaining in the third quarter.
Nine plays after Ferrum's Aidan Mansfield picked off a Walls pass, Cooper Wolfe kicked a 30-yard field goal to extend the lead to 17-10 with 5:02 to go in the fourth.
Eli Foutz of Ferrum completed 11 of 20 passes for 104 yards and also ran for 51 yards on nine carries.
Ferrum's Omarza Gray had seven catches for 78 yards.
Anciso rushed for 64 yards on 17 carries.
Hill ran for 182 yards for Shorter, while Walls threw for 173 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lord Botetourt 37, Franklin County 14
Cael Burton threw four touchdown passes as the Cavaliers beat the Eagles Friday in Daleville.
Burton finished 7-of-12 for 260 yards for Lord Botetourt (3-3). Christopher Paderick caught two touchdown passes for 109 yards, and August Feeny ran for 111 yards on 18 carries and scored a touchdown.
Reid McElvain scored both touchdowns for Franklin County (0-6) and finished with 91 yards on 16 carries. He also completed 5-of-13 passes for 63 yards.
The Cavaliers face Staunton River (3-3) in Moneta. The Eagles play Northside (4-2) in Roanoke.
ETHAN HUNT, The Roanoke Times
New Virginia Tech president Richard Linton, right, speaks with
Jim Miller, the rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, at
Linton's introductory press conference.
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ETHAN HUNT, The Roanoke Times
New Virginia Tech president Richard Linton, right, speaks with
Jim Miller, the rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, at
Linton's introductory press conference.
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