Blackman comes from behind and defeats Riverdale 23-22 for a big region win against their rival.
The Blaze trailed the entire game until quarterback Drew Beam, on 4th and 18, connected with Emilio Martin on this long pass with 17-seconds remaining in the game:
Beam was 17-of-29 and threw for 286-yards and two touchdowns. His counterpart for the Warriors, Taylor Yancy, also had a great night leading his team. He was 16-of-28 for 134 yards passing and a touchdown. He also scrambled 25-yards for the first TD of the game:
The Warriors built a 13-0 lead, which grew to 16-3 at the half. And with 2:36 in the third, Yancy found C.J. Johnson
After that, the Blaze offense grabbed momentum. A 23-yard pass from Beam to Keionte Newson just before the end of the third quarter cut the lead to 12. And after a Riverdale interception, Newson found the endzone again:
Blackman ended the game with 341-yards of total offense, 286 passing and 55 rushing. Riverdale had 267 yards total offense. 134 through the air, 133 on the ground.
The Blaze will host Oakland next Friday night - a game on WGNS State Farm Prep Football! Riverdale travels to Siegel.
Check out stats, players of the game, replays and more here.
FINAL GAME STATS SPONSORED BY:
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BLACKMAN JUNIOR QUARTERBACK DREW BEAM
17-of-29 passing for 286 yards and two touchdowns
RIVERDALE SENIOR QUARTERBACK TAYLOR YANCY
16-of-28 passing for 134 yards. One passing TD and one rushing TD.
FINALS
Blackman 23, Riverdale 22
Oakland 56, Rockvale 7
Eagleville 32, Moore Co. 20
Smyrna 42, Antioch 0
Warren Co. 29, Siegel 28
Stewarts Creek 42, Station Camp 6
Cornersville 22, MTCS 14
NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Oakland at Blackman *on WGNS
Eagleville at Lewis County
The King's Academy at MTCS
Riverdale at Siegel
La Vergne at John Overton (Thu. 10/3)
Rockvale at Coffee County
Cane Ridge at Smyrna
Stewarts Creek at McGavock
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES
Thursday from the Murfreesboro Post
Blackman 54, Smyrna 0
Siegel 28, Christiana 18
La Vergne 42, Stewarts Creek 0
Oakland 46, Rocky Fork 0
Rock Springs 34, Whitworth-Buchanan 8
UPCOMING GAMES (TUESDAY)
Blackman at Rock Springs
Whitworth-Buchanan at Christiana
Smyrna at La Vergne
Siegel at Rockvale
