VIRGINIA BEACH – Corey Hunter opened the game with a 79-yard kickoff return that set up a first and goal situation for Cox (1-1), and he didn’t look back from there.

Hunter proceeded to post 118 yards on 22 carries, his first 100+ yard game, as the Falcons dealt Kempsville their 58th consecutive loss, 32-14.

Kempsville (0-2) again stumbled when Raevon Gordan lost the ball on his first kickoff return of the night, giving it back to the Falcons at the Kempsville 21.

But the Chiefs forced a goal line stand that would prove to be emblematic of their play on the north end Wednesday.

Cox, who held the visitors to 39 yards and a first down at halftime, nearly doubled their two-touchdown lead midway through the third quarter. Tyshawn Creighton’s return set up a 30-yd field for Cox which Hunter handled himself, then George Ballance took a fumble recovery 42 yards off an Isi Etute sack/fumble of quarterback Caleb Roby.

Roby proceeded to find Gordan for a 27-yard score, then used consecutive passes of 14 and 30 yards to set up Naiquan Washington’s two-yard touchdown.

Cox secured the victory by forcing Kempsville to turn it over on downs their last two drives of the game.

In their head-to-head series, Cox has now won 14 consecutive games against Kempsville, taking a 27-23-2 lead over the Chiefs since it began back in 1968.

Kempsville (0-2) 0 0 7 7 - 14

Cox (1-1) 14 0 18 0 - 32

SCORING SUMMARY

C – Hauser 9 Run (Leslie kick)

C – Hauser 2 Run (Leslie kick)

C – Hunter 2 Run (Leslie kick blocked)

C – Ballance 42 Fumble Recovery (Kassir kick missed)

K – Gordan 27 Pass from Roby (Armstrong kick)

C – Hunter 3 Run (Kassir kick blocked)

K – Washington 2 Run (Armstrong kick)

TEAM STATS (KEM/COX):

First Downs 12 / 19

Rushes-Yds 22-62 / 42-161

Comp/Att/Int 12/29/2 / 8/19/1

Passing Yds 154 / 78

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 / 1-1

Penalties 5-26 / 2-20

Punts-Avg 4-35.8 / 2-32.5

NOTABLES

KEMPSVILLE

Caleb Roby 10/25/2, 129 yds, TD passing; 3-(-24) yds rushing

A.J. Brittle 5-83 receiving

Casjohn Owens 10-59 rushing, 5-5 receiving

Quran Boyd 6-21 rushing, 2-9 receiving

Raevon Gordan 2-41, TD receiving

Jovon Mims INT (37 yd return)

Amari Presley 2 P/D

Darien Seymore-Jackson 1 Fumble Recovery

Jaylon White 1 sack

Quran Boyd 2 TFL

COX

Dylan Hauser 7/15/1, 58 yds passing, 9-47 rushing

Corey Hunter 22-118, 2 TD rushing, 2-(-4) receiving, 79-yd return on opening kickoff

Isi Etute 3-39 receiving, 7 tackles (2 TFL, 1 sack), INT (39 yds), FF, PD

Tyshawn Creighton 1-32 receiving

Connor Toben 2.5 TFL, 0.5 sack

Mick Manning INT, PD

George Ballance 42 yd fumble recovery for a TD (off Etute sack/FF)