High School Football: Bassett finishes season with win over Martinsville
Bassett finished the season on Friday with a big win over their longtime rivals, while Magna Vista extended its current winning streak to four with a win in South Boston.
Here's more on both games, the player of the week, and an early look at the final week of the regular season.
Bassett 48, Martinsville 13: It was big play night in Bassett as the Bengals defeated the Bulldogs for a second straight season.
On the first possession of the game, facing third-and-long, Bassett's quarterback David Cook found Javarus Faulkner for a 75-yard touchdown and a quick 7-0 lead.
Later in the first, Tayvion Penn extended the Bengals lead with a 14-yard TD run.
Martinsville cut the lead in half with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Da'Veono Lowe to Tamarion Siddle, and the Bulldogs briefly took momentum after recovering a Bengals fumble on fourth down on the next possession.
Martinsville was forced to punt on the ensuing drive, and Bassett responded with another big play, a 43-yard touchdown pass from Cook to Aaron Osgood for a 20-7 lead.
With 59 seconds left in the second quarter, Cook found Keelan Price-Kent for a 55-yard reception before Price-Kent was brought down at the 5-yard-line. Cook finished the drive with a touchdown run on the next play to give Bassett a 27-7 lead at the half.
The second half was all Bassett as the Bengals scored three more rushing touchdowns.
Penn finished with eight carries for 55 yards and two touchdowns. Avion McRae added a rushing touchdown and 11 yards on four carries.
Price-Kent and Faulkner tied for a team-high 73 yards receiving. Price-Kent had three catches and Faulkner had two. Osgood also had three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.
Friday was Bassett's fourth win in five home games this season. In all four wins they scored at least 45 points and held their opponent to fewer than 20.
Martinsville's final score came late in the fourth on a 55-yard run by Jayden Stockton.
Magna Vista 49, Halifax County 10: For the fourth week in a row, Magna Vista scored at least 40 points in a big win over the Comets in South Boston.
Friday was the most points the Warriors have scored since Week 2. It was also the fourth straight week they've held an opponent to fewer than 20 points.
Warriors backup quarterback Marcus Scott led the team with three passing touchdowns. Late in the second quarter, he found receiver Torian Younger for a 31-yard score that took Magna Vista into the half up 28-3.
Scott added a 21-yard score to Ga'Marley Shelton late in the third, and finished the night with a 21-yard TD pass to Asantee Scott midway through the fourth.
Marcus Scott finished the night 7-for-10 passing for a team-high 134 yards.
Warriors starter Simeon Moore also had two touchdowns, one on each side of the ball. Early in the second, the defensive back recovered a Comets fumble and ran it 29 yards for a score. Four minutes later, he lined up at QB and threw a 29-yard TD to Younger.
Moore was 3-for-9 passing for 73 yards and added 23 yards rushing.
Magna Vista had 267 yards rushing as a team. Ethan Dukes led the way with 136 yards on 13 carries. He also had two touchdowns on runs of 7 and 17 yards.
JaMari Swanson added 92 yards rushing on six carries.
Younger had a team-high five catches for 117 yards.
The Warriors defense held Halifax to 145 total yards of offense. The Comets were 3-for-13 on third downs, and 0-4 on fourth down attempts.
Halifax's lone scores came on a 33-yard field goal late in the first quarter and a 9-yard pass early in the fourth.
assett's David Cook
Bengals quarterback David Cook had four touchdowns in his team's big win over Martinsville — two in the air and two on the ground.
The sophomore was 10-for-13 passing for 247 yards, and added a team-high 92 yards rushing on eight carries.
COMING UP
With a bye in Week 11, Bassett finishes the regular season 5-5 overall, and 3-3 in Piedmont District play. The Bengals were ranked No. 9 in Region 3D ahead of last Friday's game, and will now wait to see if they can jump up a spot to get into the playoffs.
The final week of the regular season will see all three of the other local teams play at home. Magna Vista will take on Mecklenburg County, Martinsville will face Halifax County, and Patrick County will play James River. All games will begin at 7 p.m.
Piedmont District standings
Cara Cooper is the sports editor for the Martinsville Bulletin. She can be reached at .
