Tolsia dominates in victory over county rival Wayne

The Rebels took the opening kickoff and marched it right down the field with nine straight running plays and John Wilson capped of a 78 yard drive with with a 27 yard jaunt to the end zone and Jesse Muncy booted the PAT for a 7-0 lead just four minutes into the game.

 

 

Wayne answered with their only points of the game on a Hayden Owens QB sneak just over two minutes later but the two point conversion failed and the Pioneers trailed 7-6 with 6:19 leafy in the first quarter.

 

 

#8 Gavin Meadows breaking through for the 79 yard kickoff return again this former team. 

 

 

 

On the ensuing kickoff Gavin Meadows raced 79 yards to the end zone for what would be the WSAZ Channel 3 play of the night and Muncy tacked on the PAT for a 14-0 lead and the Rebels never looked back.

 

On the Pioneers second drive Muncy picked off Owens to set up the Rebels in prime field position at the 32 yard line and 3 plays later he made it 21-6 after a yard QB sneak and his PAT kick with 3:31 to go in the first quarter.

 

 

Devin Stull fell on a Pioneer fumble and then on the first play of the second quarter hauled in a 20 yard strike from Muncy on a perfect play action pass to make it 27-6 and Muncy’s PAT kick sailed wide right with 11:54 left in the first half.

 

 

The Pioneers turned it over once again as Zack Ball picked off Owens and return it into Wayne territory before Muncy once again found Stull this time for a 32 yard touchdown and then Muncy hit Tanner Copley for the two point conversion to make it 35-6 with 6:38 left in the first half.

 

 

After two Wayne penalties the Rebels kicked off from the Pioneers 35 yard line and then recovered the onside kick and one play later Muncy went right up the middle for a 20 yard touchdown but missed the PAT to make it 41-6 with 6:30 left in the first half.

 

 

With 2:27 to go before half Copley scored from 1 yard out to set the halftime score of 47-6.

 

 

Tanner Copley catches a two point conversion from Muncy in the first half. 

 

 

 

 

In the second half Meadows scored from 39 yards out and the Rebels blocked a punt which was their third of the young season to make it 53-6 with 8:04 left in the third quarter.

 

 

Freshman Cameron Ratcliffe would set the final score of 59-6 with :57 seconds left in the third on a three yard touchdown and the Rebels took a knee on the PAT try.

 

 

The Tolsia defense was once again outstanding and only allowed the Pioneers 147 yards of total offense with 68 of those coming on the first drive.

 

 

The Rebels had a total of 415 yards of total offense with 351 yards of those on the ground and 64 through the air.

 

 

John Wilson led the Rebels on the ground with 140 yards on 18 carries, Meadows 81 yards on 6 carries, Cameron Ratcliffe 12 carries for 54 yards, Copley 3 carries for 31 yards, Muncy 3 for 44 yards, Cole Jordan 1 for 3 yards, Jacob Litton 1 for 2 yards and David Dingess 1 for 1 yard.

 

 

#12 Jesse Muncy looking over the Wayne defense in the first quarter. 

 

 

 

Muncy was 3-3 through the air for 64 yards and 2 touchdowns.

 

 

Devin Stull 2 catches for 52 yards, Chevy Watts 1 catch for 12 yards.

 

 

On defense for the Rebels Will Newsome Quarterback sack, TJ Jackson three tackles for loss, Stull and Meadows fumble recoveries, Ball and Muncy interceptions.

 

 

Tolsia is slated to travel to Grayson and face East Carter ( 1-1 ) this upcoming Friday night.

 

 

2020 Tolsia Football Cheerleaders

 

 

 

 

Bottom L to R Sara Doss, Hayley Collie, Desiree Keene, Kendall Tucker, Brynn Thompson, Kaylee Johnson, Sara Sturgell, Kylie Carpenter

Top L to R Carissa Grace, Mika McCormick, Addy Meadows, Haley Fluty, Brody James, Camree Meddings, Kerigan Salmons, Maddie Wright

 

 

Tolsia Head Coach Eric Crum

 

COACH’S COMMENTS

 

“…A lot of these kids were freshman the last time we played Wayne and it was a tight game until the end, we had some guys go down and they pulled away. Those guys remember that game and they were ready to play tonight.”

 

“… They were real disappointed when we lost the first week and didn’t get to play Wayne, but things worked out and we got them back on the schedule. This game needs to be played, two county rivals and for the most part it’s a good game. We were fortunate tonight to play well come away with the victory.”

 

 

“… I thought our fans were great, not as many as usual when Wayne and Tolsia meet but they were loud. We spent a good chunk of money to clear the fence line so the ones that couldn’t come inside had a good view is the game.”

 

“… So proud of our kids they played so hard tonight on both sides of the ball. Great win for us as a whole and hopefully we can build on it going forward. Tough opponent next week if we get to play in East Carter. They whacked us pretty good last year here at home. Hopefully we can turn the tide next week.”

 

 

 

 

 

Tolsia Senior Gavin Meadows

 

PLAYER’S COMMENTS

 

 

“ ..Take care of business was our mindset coming into this week. We were focused all week and had a great week of practice. They hit us early with a couple passes and we knew they would run some play action and was just a busted coverage on our part.”

 

 

“… On the kickoff I just tried to hit up in there hard and my guys did a great job blocking and ran to daylight after that. I know a ton of those guys and we were ready to play from the jump tonight. I got the penalty on the touchdown but it wasn’t anything toward them I was just excited and got caught up in the moment.”

 

 

“… Neat week should be interesting, East Carter got us pretty good last year here at home and were are going over there looking for some payback. We will get back to work Monday and prepare the best we can.”