Chargers Ground and Pound William Campbell in 42-28 Win

LUNENBURG – The Central Chargers Varsity Football team hosted William Campbell on Friday night and got back on track with a strong 42-28 victory that was close early on before the Chargers used a punishing ground game to put the win away early in the second half.

Central got an early break in the game as Raymond Alexander recovered a WC fumble on the opening kick. Central used a combination of Malcolm Brown and Dashawn Moore to move the ball down the field with Moore scoring from one yard away. Ben Atkins added the extra point and the Chargers led 7-0 with just three minutes having run off of the clock.

Central got strong defense from Chris Fowler and Dion Graham to force WC to a three and out series on their next possession.

Central continued to use their running attack behind, Jackson Parsons, Garrett Williams, DaQuan Cleaton, Jeffrey Goodwin and Kester Long to move the ball down the field. The 14 play drive ended with a Moore two-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead for Central.

William Campbell got their offense going on their third possession with an 8-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-6.

The Chargers quickly answered back with another impressive drive that ended with a Brown 5-yard touchdown run and a 21-6 Central lead. Strong defense from Raymond Alexander John McGrath and Ben Spencer slowed down the WC offense and gave the ball back to Central.

The Chargers drove the ball all the way down to the 1-yard line with 34 seconds left in the half, but a fumble stopped the scoring effort. WC took advantage of the miscue and connected on an 80-yard touchdown pass to end the half and make the score 21-14.

Central quickly established their dominance in the second half with a 10 play drive behind great blocking up front and strong running. Moore added his third TD of the game on an 11 yard run and the Chargers led 27-14 midway through the third quarter.

A Daryl Jones interception on the next WC offensive series set up a Kenan Anunay 16-yard touchdown run. Moore scored on the two-point conversion and Central went up 35-14 late in the third quarter.

To their credit, WC would not go away quietly and they hit another long TD pass to make the score 35-22 early in the fourth quarter. Anunay would use strong blocking up front to pick up his second touchdown run of the game. This time the score came from 12 yards away and put the Chargers ahead 42—22 to seal the victory for Central. WC added a late score to make the final 42-28, but the Chargers put together a dominating victory to move to 1-1 on the season.

They will travel to Randolph-Henry this Friday night to take on the Statesmen at 7:00 pm.

Unofficial Stats

Rushing—Moore 196 yards on 33 carries, 3 TD

Brown 127 yards on 19 carries, 1 TD

Anunay 88 yards on 13 carries, 2 TD

Tackles—Fowler- 11 (1 sack), Alexander 8 (1 sack)

Interceptions-Jones