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Rider hits "fast and hard" in 51-0 rout
September 21, 2007 10:59 PM

Nick Gholson
Times Record News

Rider coach Scott Ponder admitted earlier this week that his team was suffering a bit of a hangover from last Saturday night's 27-15 loss to Stephenville.

But they quickly found a cure on Friday night.

A big dose of Plainview was just what the doctor ordered.

The Raiders came up with three big plays and 28 points in the first quarter and blew the Bulldogs away 51-0 at Memorial Stadium.

Rider ended the non-district part of its schedule 3-1. Plainview is 0-4.

All Rider's big first-quarter plays came after quarterback Shavodrick Beaver led the Raiders 75 yards in 10 plays on their opening drive, which ended in a beautiful 27-yard touchdown run by Jurell Thompson.

Then Markelle Martin had a 62-yard interception return to set up a Damien Washington touchdown run, and Beaver completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Chris Edmond and a 63-yarder to Eric Ward to shake Plainview’s confidence early.

"We thought about Stephenville all week, so we had to start off fast," said Beaver, who also had a 5-yard touchdown run and threw another 19-yard scoring shot to Edmond in the third quarter.

"We came out fast and hard, which is what we wanted to do. Then it got pretty tough down the stretch. We are glad to get out of here alive," Rider coach Scott Ponder said.

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Ponder said after the game, Plainview coach Marty McClintock "told us we had no class."

"They are mad at us, and I guess we are mad at them. They thought we were trying to run it up, but I don't know what else we could have done. They were bringing the heat on us. We had to protect our kids. I'm not going to just hand off and watch our kids get killed," the Rider coach said.

Ponder said Plainview was also upset when Rider players were running up the tunnel to the dressing room while the band was playing the school song.

"We wanted to get out of here," he said.

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The Bulldogs were the ones who should have wanted to "get out of here."

They turned the ball over five times and never ran an offensive play any closer than the Rider 39-yard-line. Their final rushing totals were 29 carries for 9 yards.

Plainview did get into the end zone once - but it was the wrong end zone.

After a high snap in punt formation, Rider's Stephen Reeves tackled kicker Jason Miller in the end zone for a third-quarter safety.

The Raiders added another touchdown in the fourth on an 18-yard run by Jake Awtry.

Sports Editor Nick Gholson can be reached by calling (940) 720-3447 or 1-800-627-1646 (ext. 447) before 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Or you can e-mail him at gholsonn(at) timesrecordnews.com.

Rider 51, Plainview 0

Plainview Rider

First downs 10 12

Yards Rushing 29-9 35-164

Yards Passing 176 158

Passes 13-25-1 9-14-1

Punts 6-22 3-39

Fumbles 5-4 2-1

Penalties 8-83 3-25

Plainview 0 0 0 0 -- 0

Rider 28 7 9 7– 51

Rider: Jurell Thompson 27 run (Joey Neale kick)

Rider: Damien Washington 7 run (Neale kick)

Rider: Chris Edmond 47 pass from Shavodrick Beaver (Neale kick)

Rider: Eric Ward 63 pass from Beaver (Neale kick)

Rider: Beaver 5 run (Neale kick)

Rider: Edmond 19 pass from Beaver (Neale kick)

Rider: Safety: Stephen Reeves tackled Jason Miller in end zone

Rider: Jake Awtry 18 run (Neale kick)

Rushing: (P) Kody Thrasher 16-47; Melvin Shivers 7-5; Enrique Martinez 3-(-9); Shaunacy Martinez 1-(-10); Team 1-(-24). (Rider) Damien Washington 10-62; Jurell Thompson 8-72; Shavodrick Beaver 6-9; Jake Awtry 3-26; Matt Wolfe 3-2; Tri Mai 2-(-3); Nick Pappas 1-(-2); Team 2-(-2)

Passing: (P) Enrique Martinez 8-16-1 99; Jason Miller 5-9-0 77; (Rider) Beaver 9-14-1 158

Receiving: (P) Daniel Schafer 4-46; Michael Egnew 5-63; Shivers 1-(-1); 2-41; Thrasher 1-27. (Rider) Washington 2-3; Eric Ward 4-84; Will Toliver 1-5; Chris Edmond 2-66;

Defensive Stats

Fumble recoveries: (P) Michael Egnew; (Rider) Jurell Thompson; John Fisher; Tim Berardi

Interceptions: (P) Jonathan Solis; (Rider) Markelle Martin

Sacks: (Plainview) Josh Pizana; Jacob Hinojos; (Rider) John Fisher

Records: Plainview 0-4; Rider 3-1