Fort Gay, W. Va. — Tolsia picked up win number one on the year with a 50-0 victory over Mount View on Friday night at Wilts Salmons Athletic Field.
#5 Robert Evans hits the hole for a big gain against Mount View.
The Rebels got on the board first on a Robert Evans 4 yard touchdown run and Tolsia led 6-0 with 2:37 left in the first period.
After Evans picked off a Golden Knight pass Elijah Ekers went untouched on a 43 yard touchdown and it was 12-0 Rebels with :20 seconds left in the first period.
Elijah Ekers crosses the goal line for Rebel touchdown.
On the next Rebel possession Evans went in form 7 yards out and also added the two point conversion and it was 20-0 with 9:55 left in the first half.
After another stop by the Rebel defense Peyton Rice raced in from 47 yard out and Evans made it 28-0 with the two point conversion with 6:34 left in the first half.
Peyton Rice breaks away for a touchdown run against Mount View.
The Rebels forced another Mount View punt and this time Greyson Golden fielded the punt and went 70 yards to the house and Evans booted the PAT to make it 35-0.
Right before half Evans took a handoff and went 35 yards for a touchdown and Dakota Blackburn found his brother Keeton Blackburn for the two conversion to make it 43-0 with 1:25 left in the first half.
#14 Caleb Thompson grabs the Golden Knight running back as #53 Hunter Ramey closes in.
Both teams agreed to play the second half with 8 minute quarters with the clock running.
The only score of the second half was a 16 yard TD run by Elijah Ekers and Jayce Walker booted the to set the final score of 50-0.
Robert Evans was the leading rusher with 126 yards on 11 carries and 3 scores, Elijah Ekers 5 carries for 95 yards and 2 TDs, Peyton Rice 1 rush for 47 yards and a touchdown, Dakota Blackburn 4 carries for 23 yards, Caleb Thompson 2 carries for 15 yards and 1-1 passing for 24 yards,
Jayce Walker 1 rush for 2 yards.
Landon Spence had 1 catch for 24 yards.
The Defense was led by Caleb Thompson with 6 tackles and 2 sacks, Landon Spence and Chase Thompson had 6 tackles and a sack each, Robert Evans 6 tackles and an interception, Hunter Ramey 6 tackles, Dylan Stroud and Jesse Jarrell 5 tackles each, Elijah Ekers 4 tackles, Greyson Golden 3 tackles and 2 pass breakups, Kyndul Kincaid, Peyton Rice and John Jarrell 3 tackles each, Devin Honeycutt and Kaden Martinez 1 tackle each, Keaton Blackburn fumble recovery
The Rebels ( 1-2 ) will be back on the road next Friday with a trip to Buffalo.
Mount View ( 0-3 ) will stay on the road and face Craig County ( VA ) next Friday night.
At halftime the 1995 football team was honored for being the first ever playoff team in school history.
Tolsia Head Coach Steve Stroud
“… It’s been a tough week with a lot of turmoil and just getting through that was a job in itself for everyone involved. I thought the kids really dug down and just played really good football tonight. They put on their big boy pants and played some ball. We took back to back losses, we would like to have them back but we have to move on face what is ahead of us now. We are still a work in progress.”
“… We are still moving kids around and learning just like they are and hopefully this performance gets us on the right track.”
“… Good to see the 1995 team get honored for being the first team to make the playoffs from Tolsia and hopefully we can get some more teams in the playoffs.”
“… Good crowd tonight and hopefully we can get more in the bleachers from now on. The kids really feed off of them and they notice either way.”
