Mason had two early touchdowns in the first quarter. Junior Travis Greene made an athletic leap in the air to pick the ball off to allow Mason to score on its next drive. Rappahannock was unable to answer and turned the ball over allowing Mason to drive the ball and score its second touchdown on a run by senior Steve Williams. In the second quarter Mason moved from its running game and looked over the shoulders of linemen Scott Lemen, Neil Wright, Danny Johnson, Andrew Campanelli, Ryan Larcamp, Will Straub, and Gregg Curtin, for the only pass play of the game to sophomore Jimmy Piscopo, for a 49-yard touchdown.

Sophomore Travis Greene remains undaunted by  Rappahannock’s team, having 3 carries for 126 yards. (Photo by Adam Knudsen)

Curtin was 3-3 for extra points in the first half. Rappahannock answered back driving the ball to the one-yard and with one second left they spiked the ball to stop the clock. Junior Thomas Berry was able to run the ball in and make the game 21-7 at the half. “We dominated the first half offensively, but we need to toughen up on the defensive side of the ball,” said junior Gregg Curtin about the first half.

After the half Mason quickly came out and scored two touchdowns, making it 33-7. Junior John Schwengel received a toss and ran to the left side for 13 yards to score a touchdown. Then junior Travis Greene received a toss and ran it to the right side for 80 yards which ended up crippling the Rappahannock defense. Travis Greene had only three carries but ran the ball for a 126 yards against Rappahannock. Mason’s defense didn’t allow any points scored against them in the second half. Then in the fourth quarter the drive was kept alive with senior Steve Williams as he ran the ball for a 15-yard touchdown. This is the first year that Rappahannock has had a varsity football team. They had some talent but they lacked discipline and because of the Mustangs’ well disciplined standards set out by coach Horn they were able to score on almost every possession.

Senior Steve Williams carries the Rapp defense on his back with 17 carries for 165  yards. (Photo by Adam Knudsen)