Glenhayes, W.V. –– Rebel Senior Robert Evans tossed three touchdown passes and ran for one in a 35-0 homecoming victory over Man at Wilts Salmons Athletic Complex Friday night.
2026 Tolsia High School Homecoming King and Queen
Makayla Tussey and Collin Williams
On the Rebels’ first drive of the game Peyton Rice raced 51 yards for a touchdown and Jace Walker booted the PAT for a 7-0 lead with 8:35 left in the first quarter.
Tolsia made it 14-0 on a Robert Evans to Greyson Golden 71-yard pitch and catch and a Walker PAT with 5:44 left in the first quarter.
On fourth down Evans took it himself for a 6-yard touchdown and Walker added the PAT for a 21-0 lead with 11:19 left in the first half.
After forcing another Man punt Evans once again connected with Golden this time for a 10-yard touchdown and Walker added the PAT for a 28-0 lead with 7:31 left in the third quarter.
Late in the third quarter Evans tossed his third touchdown of the game when he found Elijah Ekers who went 35 yards for a touchdown and Walker made it 35-0 with another successful extra point.
#5 Robert Evans looks down field before finding a receiver.
Evans was 8 of 16 passing for 160 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, he also rushed for 67 yards on 8 carries and a touchdown.
Rice carried it 11 times for 86 yards and a touchdown, also caught 1 pass for 10 yards.
Golden caught 4 passes for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Ekers had 51 yards on 5 carries and caught 3 passes for 50 yards and a touchdown.
The Defense was flying to the football all night and were led by Bradyn Weaver with 10 tackles, Caleb Thompson added 9 tackles, Rice had 6 tackles and an interception, Ekers and Evans had 6 tackles each, Chase Thompson and Jameson Evans 5 tackles each, Zack Waller 4 tackles, Bryton Slone 3 tackles, Golden, Dawson Richardson, Will Goble, Colton Davis and Ja’Shaun Gray had 2 tackles each, Walker and Hayden Jude 1 tackle each.
Sophomore Placekicker Jace Walker was 5 for 5 against Man and is 17 of 19 on extra point kicks this season.
The Rebels ( 3-3 ) will hit the road for the next three weeks beginning at Clay County ( 3-3 ) who is ranked #13 in Class AA.
Man ( 1-4 ) will host Class 3A Chapmanville ( 2-3 ) next Friday night.
Tolsia Head Coach Matt Stanley
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Man, it is always nice to win on Homecoming, coming off a couple of tough ones against Tug Valley and Sherman it was nice to win comfortably. Still too many penalties and silly mistakes but I believe we are this close to getting that stuff figured out. Those kinds of things really hindered us in our losses this season. We just don’t have a third and 30 play in our playbook. Proud of the defense for really rallying to the football and gang tackling tonight.”
“… What can I say about my kicker, he came to me when I got the job and said I want to be your kicker and I gave him a football and boy has he put in the work. Only missed a couple of extra points on the year and really feel comfortable putting him out from about 33 yards in. We are going to get him to a couple of camps this offseason and think he can be a real weapon for us the stronger he gets.”
