Charlottesville (3-1, 1-0 JD) Cruises Past Fluvanna Football

The Charlottesville Black Knights played host to the Flying Flucos from Fluvanna at a rowdy Theodose Stadium for a Jefferson District opener Thursday night. CHS entered the game 2-1, and to even be in the conversation for the 4A Top 25, they would have to beat the 0-3 visitors from Palmyra.

CHS coach Eric Sherry got what he needed.

The Knights stormed to an easy victory, scoring 26 points in the first half alone en route to a rout of Fluvanna, all without their star running back Rashad Brock, who is injured.

Sherry isn’t afraid to call Brock one of the best running backs in the state.

CHS freshman Sabias Folley filled in for Brock, and the results were the same.

Fluvanna received the ball to start the game, but the CHS defense was able to stop the Fluco drive, forcing them to punt. CHS was ready to hop on Fluvanna quick and score, but Charlottesville’s quarterback, Rakeem Davis, fumbled a bad snap and the upset-minded Flucos recovered the ball.

Then, the Black Knight defense returned to the field.

Less than a minute after the fumble, CHS’s Sam Neale intercepted a Fluvanna pass, and made it to the 50 yard line.

Then, Sabias Folley took the drive into his hands. The weight of filling in for Brock didn’t stop the freshman, as he led the drive and eventually scored a touchdown on 3^rd and goal, giving the Black Knights a 6-0 lead. The two point conversion was unsuccessful, however.

The Knights used its defense to keep a 6-0 lead after the first quarter.

Then, CHS had another turnover, this time an interception, with 11:23 to play in the half. Again, the Black Knights’ defense made up for it’s offensive mistakes. This time, junior Lorenzo Louderback recovered a Fluco fumble, and ran all the way across the turf field, giving the Black Knights a 12-0 lead. This time, sophomore Tre Durrett was able to convert, and give his team a 14-0 lead with 10:36 left in the half.

Then, it was senior Deandre Bryant’s turn to take the reigns. He was, as usual, a huge threat on defense, but as a wide receiver, he gave the Black Knights a 20-0 lead after a completion from Davis.

Soon after, with the Flucos back on offense, Cam Childs, a Black Knight defender, caused yet another Fluco turnover, intercepting a pass which eventually led to a Durrett touchdown.

26-0 at the break.

The Flucos never really bothered the Black Knights at all during the rest of the contest. They did manage to score two touchdowns, but another Fluco fumble resulted in a 55 yard touchdown from Bryant.

The final was 33-12.

No, Brock was not needed in this one.

Charlottesville (3-1, 1-0 JD) plays host to its rival and 12^th ranked Monticello (2-2, 0-1 JD) next Friday at Theodose at 7:30 pm.

Fluvanna (0-4, 0-1 JD) plays host to Louisa next week.

Here are some other scores from Thursday:

10 Western Albemarle (3-1, 1-0 JD) 28 Final