{"id":3809,"date":"2020-10-03T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sm-tnsports.com\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2020-10-03T10:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T15:04:40","slug":"raiders-surge-past-zion-christian-41-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sm-tnsports.com\/2020\/10\/03\/raiders-surge-past-zion-christian-41-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders surge past Zion Christian, 41-27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jim Bratton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding a big night from senior Austin Seals, Richland got back into the win column on Friday, grabbing a 41-27 win at Zion Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seals scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, finishing with 125 yards on 18 carries, and added a 95-yard kickoff return to spark a spurt of 20 unanswered first-half points by the visiting Raiders to take control of the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a long season,\u201d Richland coach Nick Patterson said. \u201cWe got put in quarantine a couple of weeks back. It kind of delayed us a little bit, but that\u2019s kind of the way it is this year. So (we\u2019re) still just trying to grow each week and get a little bit better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStill got a lot of things to clean up, but proud of them for the win and proud of them for just continuing to never quit and keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seals got the Raiders (3-2) on the board early, scoring from a yard out at the 9:00 mark of the first quarter. The Eagles answered four minutes later, with Luke Perko and Sam Sullivan connecting for a 7-yard score to knot the game at 7-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seals fielded the ensuing kickoff at his own 5-yard line and took it to the house to make it 14-7, then logged his second rushing TD run of the night early in the second period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would just like to thank my offensive line,\u201d Seals said. \u201cThey played a hard game tonight. And hopefully we’ll come out and we’ll do the same thing next week in Spring Hill.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richland running back Austin Seals pulls away from the Zion Chr. defense<\/strong> on Friday night. (Photo by Matthew White)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Richland extended its lead to 27-7 at the 6:43 mark of the second quarter, when quarterback Sam Edwards found Mason Lawing for a 39-yard scoring pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zion (3-4) cut the deficit to 27-14 with 2:38 left to play in the first half on a Sam Duffy 2-yard scamper, and pulled closer with less than two seconds remaining as Luke Perko and Sam Sullivan hooked up from 15 yards out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitors put the game away in the second half behind a pair of Edwards touchdown runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our kids fought hard,\u201d Zion coach Brad Lowery said. \u201cAny time we play a team like Richland, we’re outmanned. And we’re really about five or six plays (away) for it to be different. We had a couple dropped interceptions. But, our offensive and defensive line fought. Our numbers kill us  because we can’t sub a whole lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Coach Patterson and Richland did a great job. They’ve got a pretty good team, I thought it was a very physical game. I thought our kids fought hard. And you know, the truth of it is we’re playing a lot of young guys. And when you have low numbers like we’ve got, and we can’t sub, it takes a toll on us for four quarters when they start leaning on us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idle for Week 8, Zion Christian resumes play Oct. 16 at Mt. Pleasant. Richland travels to Spring Hill next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richland 41, Zion Chr. 27
at Holcomb Field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Z 7 14 0 6 27
R 14 13 7 7 41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring Summary<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
FIRST QUARTER<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Austin Seals 1 run (9:00), Colton Trimble kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Z — Sam Sullivan 7 pass from Luke Perko (4:55), Wesley Riggins kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Seals 95 kick return (4:41), Trimble kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
SECOND QUARTER<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Seals 2 run (9:56), Trimble kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Mason Lawing 39 pass from Sam Edwards (6:43), kick failed<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Z — Sam Duffy 2 run (2:38), Riggins kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Z — Sullivan 15 pass from Perko (0:01), Riggins kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
THIRD QUARTER<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Edwards 25 run (8:29), Trimble kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
FOURTH QUARTER<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
R — Edwards 3 run (6:06), Trimble kick<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Z — Sullivan 85 kick return (5:49), kick failed<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
TEAM STATISTICS<\/strong><\/td><\/td>R<\/td>Z<\/td><\/tr>
First Downs<\/td><\/td>14<\/td>13<\/td><\/tr>
Rushes-Yards<\/td><\/td>39-198<\/td>24-103<\/td><\/tr>
Passing Yards<\/td><\/td>116<\/td>129<\/td><\/tr>
Comps-Atts-Ints<\/td><\/td>8-16-0<\/td>19-38-1<\/td><\/tr>
Penalties-Yards<\/td><\/td>8-70<\/td>3-30<\/td><\/tr>
Fumbles-Lost<\/td><\/td>2-1<\/td>1-0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Individual Statistics
Rushing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richland —<\/strong> Austin Seals 18-125, Sam Edwards 19-67, Tyler Seals 1-3, Daniel Hewitt 1-3
Zion Chr. — <\/strong>Luke Perko 14-74, Sam Duffy 4-7, Josh Harrison 2-2, Dillan Runions 2-14, Jaron Keyser 2-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richland —<\/strong> Sam Edwards 8-15-0, 116, Jack Norman 0-1-0, 0
Zion Chr. — <\/strong>Luke Perko 18-33-1, 120, Jaron Keyser 1-5-0, 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richland — <\/strong>Jack Norman 2-25, Ethan Workman 2-19, Ethan Ehrhardt 1-7, Mason Lawing 1-39, Austin Seals 1-20, Tyler Seals 1-6
Zion Chr. — <\/strong>Sam Duffy 4-21, Sam Sullivan 7-63, Josh Harrison 2-8, Wesley Riggins 1-19, Davis Duffy 2-18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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