Trojans, Poxes strike fast to down Redmen

PEDRO — There was no rain. Just lighting.

Trailing 7-0, the Portsmouth Trojans scored with lightning quickness as they beat the Rock Hill Redmen 48-7 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday.

Rock Hill (6-2, 3-1) took a 7-0 lead on an 11-yard run by Brady Murrell with 5:12 left in the first quarter to cap a 62-yard drive in just 6 plays.

But the Trojans (5-3, 3-2) answered in just 2 players and Marquez Locklear hit Camron Williams with a swing pass and Williams broke a couple of tackles as he went down the sidelines for a 48-yard pass play.

Jacob Roth kicked the conversion to tie the game with 2:15 on the clock.

There was more lightning to come.

Portsmouth came up with an interception and on the first play Locklear threw a screen pass to Trevin Brooks who ran 34 yards to the 2-yard line.

Locklear scored on the next play and it was 13-7.

Rock Hill fumbled on its second play after the kickoff and Williams picked up the ball and ran 20 yards for the score.

Willams threw to Brooks for the conversion and it was 21-7 with just 33 seconds left in the first quarter.

There was more lightning striking to start the second quarter as Rock Hill punted on the third play of the quarter.

Portsmouth's Dontavion Parker caught the ball at the 40-yard line and returned it for a touchdown and it was 28-7 with 10:41 left in the half.

The Redmen turned the ball over on downs on their next possession and Locklear hit Leeland Scurlock on a 59-yard catch and run to make it 34-7 with 6:22 on the clock.

Portsmouth elected to keep the ball on the ground in the second half and Fernando Poxes carried 5 of the 6 plays in their first series and scored on an 18-yard run to make it 41-7 with 6:46 on the third quarter clock.

Rock Hill punted on its next series and Portsmouth got the ball at its own 23.

Poxes ran on 3 of their 4 plays with the final play a 43-yard gallop to make it 48-7 with 9:27 left to play.

Portsmouth finished with 403 total yards with 225 coming through the air. Locklear was 10 of 13 for 205 yards and 2 touchdowns with an interception.

The Trojans ran for 178 yards as Poxes got 131 on 13 carries and 2 scores.

Rock Hill was limited to 194 total yards with 87 passing and 107 rushing.

Murrell ran 12 times for 54 yards and a touchdown. Cox was 7 of 12 with an interception.

On Friday, Rock Hill visits Chesapeake while Portsmouth will host South Point.

Portsmouth 21 13 7  7 = 48

Rock Hill 7 0 0 0 = 7

First Quarter

RH —Brady Murrell 11 run (Cameron Howard kick) 5:12

Prt — Camron Williams 48 pass from Marquez Locklear (Jacob Roth kick) 2:15

Prt — Marquez Locklear 2 run (kick failed) 1:23

Prt — Camron Williams 20 fumble recovery (Trevin Brooks pass from Camron Williams) 0:33

Second Quarter

Prt — Dontavion Parker 40 punt return (Jacob Roth kick) 10:41

Prt — Leeland Scurlock 59 pass from Marquez Locklear (kick failed) 6:22

Third Quarter

Prt — Fernando Poxes 18 run (Jacob Roth kick) 6:46

Fourth Quarter

Prt — Fernando Poxes 43 run (Jacob Roth kick) 9:27

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      Prt    RH

First downs  17  10

Rushes-yards    25-178 30-107

Passing yards  225  87

Cmp-Att-Int    11-14-1 7-12-1

Total yards  403  194

Fumbles-lost  2-0  2-1

Penalties-yards  5-62  3-35

Punts-average  2-33.0  4-25.8

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Individual Leaders

RUSHING—Portsmouth: Fernando Poxes 13-131 2-YD, Marquez Locklear 6-32 TD, Trevin Brooks 1-2, Caamron WIlliams 1-6, Jayden Terry 1-2, Jemarkus Parker 2-2, Liam Livingston 1-2; Rock Hill: Brady Murrell 12-54, Dallin Cox 9-17, Yaden Bailey 4-17, Cash Lyons 1-16,Colton Lewis 2-minus 1, Connor Moore 2-0.

PASSING—Portsmouth: Marquez Locklear 10-13-1 205 2-TD, Camron Williams 1-1-0 20; Rock Hill: dallin Cox 7-12-1 87.

RECEIVING—Portsmouth: Leeland Scurlock 3-79 TD, Camron Williams 3-71 TD, Fernando Poxes 1-7, Landon Malone 1-9, Brxton Carr 1-20, Trevin Brooks 2-39; Rock Hill: Aaron Workman 3-44, Cash Lyons 1-10, Braylon McClellan 1-24, Gavin Malone 2-9.