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Rockingham County 21, Randleman 13

Thursday, September 4, 2008
(Updated Friday, September 5 - 5:47 am)

Site: Rockingham County High School, Wentworth

Why Rockingham won: The Cougars overcame a 13-0 halftime deficit with a dominating ground game (339 rushing yards on 41 carries).

Stars: Randleman -- QB Josh Broach 14-26-0, 169 passing yards. Rockingham County -- Elijah Russell, 127 yards, 11 carries, 2 TDs; Eric Kennedy, 74 yards, 9 carries; Jamal Ziglar, 79 yards, 7 carries.

The play: Russell's 33-yard touchdown run early fourth quarter and Jason Davis' conversion kick put Rockingham County ahead 14-13. Russell and the Cougars scored an insurance TD in the fourth quarter.

What they said: "I thought our kids showed a of character in the second half. Randleman has a bright future with coach (Shane) Handy at the helm. I was proud of our kids. We've got Reidsville next week. We just have to believe we can beat them. We've got to play the role of David next week. " -- Lin Stadler, Rochingham coach.

Records: Randleman 0-3; Rockingham County 1-1.

Randleman Rockingham
First downs 8 20
Rushes-yards 19-24 41-339
Passing yards 169 71
Comp-Att-Int 14-26-0 6-11-1
Punts-average 6-26.0 2-25.0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-yards 11-85 9-68

Randleman

0 13 0 0 -- 13
Rockingham County 0 0 7 14 -- 21

Rand. -- Josh Broach 2 run (Jacob Bishop kick)

Rand. -- J.T. Simmons 11 pass from Broach (kick blocked)

Rock. -- Jake Wall 1 run (Jason Davis kick)

Rock. -- Elijah Russell 33 run (Davis kick)

Rock. -- Russell 43 run (Davis kick)

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