Atlantic Shores blanks Virginia Episcopal 24-0 in Saturday afternoon tilt
“We just didn’t execute the game plan on both sides of the ball.” – Virginia Episcopal head coach Matthew Porter
Johnson Field at Pope Stadium, Lynchburg, VA – Atlantic Shores Christian traveled to Lynchburg on Saturday to battle Virginia Episcopal School and left with a 24-0 win. The Seahawks came to play and got the shutout.
Bishop’s Coach Matt Porter wasn’t happy with his team’s execution. “We just didn’t execute the game plan on both sides of the ball.” Atlantic Shores got on the scoreboard in the second quarter on a QB 5 Micah Lance’s 30-yard TD pass to WR/DB 6 Joshua Sibley and a 6-0 lead.
The Seahawk defense tacked on a safety to make it 8-0 at the break. The Bishop offense struggled all afternoon against the Seahawks which makes Virginia Episcopal ‘s defensive effort that much more impressive. Porter liked the effort on that side of the ball, “Our defense for the first three quarters, following a lot of three and outs, only gave up two touchdowns on the afternoon.
Bishops Safety 4 Braylon Clark and DE 12 Jack Powers stood out on the defensive side of the ball. The Seahawks 8-0 lead carried into the final stanza. But in the fourth quarter, Seahawk QB 5 Lance got loose for a 70-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 16-0 after the 2 pointer.
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Atlantic Shores added a special team TD to round out the day’s scoring. WR/LB 2 Ben Sallee returned a punt for a 60-yard touchdown. VES’s best opportunity to score came in the 4th quarter, but a QB 16 Scottie Poole toss to WR/DB 11 Zion Martin was picked off by DB 15 Kaelen Curry. – Crunch Staff
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