River Valley runs past South Point in OVC, 34-7

Published 12:00 am Monday, October 21, 2002

CHESHIRE -- It's the three R's of football for River Valley: Raiders run repeatedly.

River Valley ran the ball 52 times for 318 yards as the Raiders beat the South Point Pointers 34-7 Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

Allan Brown led the way with 139 yards on 13 carries. Jessie Ward aid a balanced ground game with 66 yards on 10 carries, Adam Darst added 42 yards on 10 tries and Charlie Nibert had 25 on four rushes.

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Quarterback Joey Graham, who ran for 16 yards and two touchdowns, completed 2 of 5 passes for 51 yards.

Sophomore Justin Workman ran 18 times for 98 yards to lead the Pointers who gained 120 of their 130 yards on the ground.

The Raiders (4-5, 2-2) opened the scoring with a 1-yard run by Graham. The drive was kept alive on a fourth-and-2 play at the 10-yard line as Graham, appearing to be tackled for a loss, pitched to Ward who ran 9 yards for a first-and-goal.

Graham scored on the next play for a 6-0 lead.

After a three-and-out by the Pointers, Graham had his second 1-yard scoring run early in the second quarter. Graham passed to RaySean Allen for the conversion and a 14-0 lead.

A fourth-and-12 play gave the Raiders new life on the drive as Graham hit Allen with a 29-yard pass to the Pointers 5-yard line.

Another South Point punt set up River Valley's third score of the half, this time on a 31-yard burst by Brown and it was 21-0.

South Point got on the scoreboard with just 20 seconds on the clock as quarterback Tommy Hayner hit Patrick McCleary with a 10-yard pass.

But River Valley answered with a 64-yard scoring drive to begin the second half capped by Ward's 6-yard run.

The Raiders got their final touchdown with 11:27 to play when Allan Brown went 60 yards on a draw play.

Next Friday, South Point (2-7, 1-3) closes out the regular season at Coal Grove while River Valley hosts Fairland in a pair of league games.

South Point0700--7

River Valley61567--34

First Quarter

RV -- Joey Graham 1 run (kick failed) :49

Second Quarter

RV -- Joey Graham 1 run (RaySean Allen pass from Joey Graham)

8:11

RV -- Allan Brown 31 run (John Polcyn kick)

4:26

SP -- Patrick McCleary 10 pass from Tommy Hayner (Zane Joy kick) :20

Third Quarter

RV -- Jessie Ward 6 run (kick failed)

6:41

Fourth Quarter

RV -- Allan Brown 60 run (John Polcyn kick) 11:27

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SPRV

First downs513

Rushes-yards30-12052-318

Passing yards1051

Total yards130369

Cmp-Att-Int1-10-02-6-0

Fumbles-lost2-10-0

Penalties-yards6-502-25

Punts-average4-28.82-19.5

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Individual Leaders

RUSHING -- South Point: Justin Workman 18-98, Patrick McNeely 4-13, Tommy Hayner 2-minus 8. River Valley: Allan Brown 13-139, Jessie Ward 10-66, Adam Darst 10-42, Charlie Nibert 4-25, Joey Graham 7-16, Josh Wamsley 3-15, Burley Geiger 5-15.

PASSING -- South Point: Tommy Hayner 1-7-0

10, Justin Workman 0-3-0. River Valley: Joey Graham 2-5-1

51, Ryan Spaulding 0-1-0.

RECEIVING -- South Point: Patrick McCleary 1-10. River Valley: Allan Brown 1-29, Ryan Spaulding 1-22.