The curtain closed on the Rockbridge County High School football season with a 39-0 home loss to Shenandoah District rival Alleghany on Friday night at Prasnicki-Ross Field at Veterans Stadium in Lexington.
The Cougars (9-1 overall, 7-1 district), who will advance to the Region 3C playoffs, got an outstanding game from senior quarterback Des Jordan, who passed for three touchdowns and ran for two scores. The Wildcats ended the season, during which they were constantly dealing with injuries, with an overall record of 0-10 and record of 0-8 in their first year in the Shenandoah District.
Alleghany scored on its first drive when Jordan made an 11-yard run to the end zone on fourth-and-1 midway through the first quarter. RC senior Aiden Meyers blocked the extra-point attempt, but the Cougar defense would get the ball back later in the quarter. Jordan made a 12-yard TD pass to Austin Greene, and Mason Hale’s extra-point kick extended Alleghany’s lead to 13-0 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.
Jordan made two more TD passes in the second quarter to stretch the Cougars’ lead to 26-0 by halftime. The Wildcats did get their fans excited late in the quarter when senior Trevor Hoke intercepted Jordan at the RC 9-yard line, and RC freshman quarterback connected well with his receivers to get the Wildcats close to midfield. However, an RC fumble put the Wildcats back to their 28-yard line, and they turned the ball over on downs after senior Tyler Woods faked a punt and threw an incomplete pass.
The Cougars scored their final two TDs in the third quarter, on a 55-yard run by Brady May and a 6-yard run by Jordan.
Early in the fourth quarter, Tyree went out of the game after he was sacked and took a hard hit, and sophomore Carson Fridley played quarterback for the Wildcats for the rest of the game. After they got the ball back, the Cougars milked the running clock for the rest of the game.
Tyree concluded an impressive freshman year with a strong game, completing 13-of-19 passes with one interception for 130 yards.
Before the game, the Wildcats honored their 13 seniors: Meyers, Hoke, Woods, Grayden Brown, Ben Davis, Joseph Dorey, Marshall Earhart, Xavier Flowers, Andrew Kelly, Price Lunsford, Caleb Robinson, Tyler Watson and Carlos Yebra.
For the full story, photos and stats, with a season wrap-up and comments from Tyree and first-year RC head coach Zack Rhodenizer, please see our Nov. 12 newspaper.
