MATHEWS- William Campbell believes they are a new team as the playoffs have

been their opportunity to renew themselves. The team resembled the William

Campbell of old during this Saturday afternoon contest with Mathews to see who

would advance to the quarterfinals of the Division 1 playoffs.

William Campbell started the game trying to bang up the middle versus Mathews

and they weren't successful. Late in the first quarter however the Generals

struck go with quick hitch to Tevin Easley who broke a tackle and raced 82 yards

for the crowd silencing first score. Later in the second the Generals would run

a jet play to Easley who would race around the edge and down the sideline 73

yards to give the Generals 14-0 advantage.

Mathews appeared ready to answer back driving up toward mid field with some nice

runs by running back Chris Davis and Jacob Green. With the fans into the game

things looked good until a snap went astray and the Generals Deandre Elliott

scooped and raced 42 yards to the endzone to make it 21-0 William Campbell.

In the second half Mathews would lose a fumble after a few strong runs by James

Pavik. Quarterback Maxie Crews would use his running skills to dash 17 yards for

the score to make it a 28-0 advantage. At the end of the third the celebration

was already in motion for the faithful who traveled from Campbell County.

Mathews came into the playoffs 9-1 with their only lost being to King William

(12-0) while William Campbell got in with a 3-7 record with a tough schedule.

You couldn't tell anyone that the Generals had that record at this point in the

game.

In the fourth a fumbled punt attempt was picked up by Chris Guthrie of Generals

and he would score from 19 yards out. Crews would go in from 4 yards out set up

by a 52 yard run by Easley.

Mathews finished the season 10-2 overall. Chris Davis finished with a season

record 31 touchdowns for the Blue Devils.

William Campbell will travel a little closer to face Central Lunenburg (9-3)

Friday night at 7pm.

William Campbell 7 14 7 14 : 42

Mathews 0 0 0 0

: 0

WC- Easley 82 yard pass from Crews (Crews kick)

WC- Easley 73 yard run (Crews kick)

WC- Elliott 42 yard fumble return (Crews kick)

WC- Crews 17 yard run (Crews kick)

WC- Guthrie 19 yard fumble return (Crews kick)

WC- Crews 4 yard run (Crews kick)

Team statistics WC MAT

First downs 11 15

Rushes - yards 29-220 49-195

Passing yards 138 25

Comp - att - int 8-21-1 3-11-2

Return yards 2 45

Punts - average 3-34.7 6-23.0

Fumbles - lost 0-0 6-4

Penalties - yards 12-75 5-45

Time of possession 22:11 25:49

Individual statistics

Rushing: William Campbell Generals, Tevin Easley 6-149, Maxie Crews 7-43, Damiun

Lockett 11-28, Deandre Elliott 3-2, (#0) 2-(minus 2); Mathews Blue Devils, James

Pavik 17-123, Chris Davis 21-78, Jacob Green 5-24, A.J. White 1-(minus 7), Ryan

Ewell 5-(minus 23)

Passing: William Campbell Generals, Maxie Crews 8-21-1-138; Mathews Blue Devils,

Ryan Ewell 3-10-1-25, James Pavik 0-1-1-0

Receiving: William Campbell Generals, Tevin Easley 3-95, ReShawn Lee 2-21, Ozell

Yuille 2-11, Deandre Elliott 1-11; Mathews Blue Devils, Chris Davis 2-3, James

Pavik 1-22

Game start time: 1:55 PM; Game length: 2:26