Russell scores 14 in the first quarter and can't get a score after that. Russell scores on a 50 yard pass play and a Travis Jones run. Travis Jones ran for over 200 yards tonight, but he had over 170 in the 1st half. West Carter shut Russell down completely in the 2nd half. Fortunately for Russell, though, their defense came through and pretty much shut West Carter down as well. Extra points turned out to be the difference in this one. Russell made them and West Carter didn't. Overall, it was a good district win for Russell at West Carter with the Comets having what most said was one of their better teams in a while. Good job Devils.

Sounds like it was a great game and that the West Carter kids came to play. I know it doesn't help now but to the West kids, you have absolutely nothing to hang your heads over, you basically played Russell even with the extra point conversions being the difference. Tough, tough loss to take. Good luck the rest of the way out. :thumb::thumb:

 

 

Congrats to Russell on the win.

Russell's defense bent numerous times, but really bowed its' collective

neck in its' own territory several times in the second half. West Carter

took their shots, between deep throws and quick fullback dives, to

keep the Red Devils off balance and literally, on the defensive. Nice

gritty win for Russell. West Carter's defense added to Russell's

struggle to find consistency, particulary in the second half.

Defense, field position and clutch plays late by Russell saved

the day.

Congratulations to Russell. Winning these close games will pay off later.

 

Keep playing hard West Carter, you have more wins to come.

Congratulations to Russell. West Carter has nothing to hang their heads about. I see good things for both teams the rest of the way.

Russell you won a big one. It's the big games you need to win and you did it last night. CONGRATS:clap:

When this game started out, it certainly seemed like it was going to look like the usual Russell-West Carter matchup with Russell getting out to a 14-0 lead in the 1st quarter. West Carter deserves a lot of credit for hanging in there even after things went wrong and making it a good game. Russell deserves credit for doing the same and making several important defensive stops in the 4th quarter. The Russell secondary, which has done a good job all season long, held West Carter to only 1 yard of passing on a 4 of 19 performance by West Carter QB Harrison Bond. Patrick Cooper got 2 more interceptions for Russell. I think that's his fifth or sixth ones this year. He's doing a great job in the secondary for the Devils.

 

On another note, does anyone know what happened to Jesse White-Reed? I haven't seen or heard from him in the past couple of games.

Congratulations to Russell for the hard fought win.