The Pioneers ( 9-3) sensational season will continue on ,as they ran roughshod over Chilhowie 48-27. Colby Rider for the Pioneers had a great game as he had 288 rushing yards and scored four touchdowns. Oh yes he also caught a pass for 14 more yards for a fifth score. Sean Morgan and Tyler Jakubiak each scored once. Morgan had 40 yards on 10 rushes. Jakubiak had 11 carries for 76 yards. Quarterback Warren Moore was five of six passing for one touchdown and 44 yards. They had 482 total yards and their defense surrendered 269 to the Chilhowie Warriors.

The Warriors ( 9-3) got 152 yards passing from Alex Delp. He tossed two touchdowns. Alex Sanchez gained 110 yards on 12 rushes and scored twice.

Chilhowie scored first to go up 8-0 as Sanchez scored one a one yard run and Delp ran in for two -point conversion. Fort would answer the Warriors in their next drive as Rider rammed in from one yard. Fort Chiswell got two more rushing scores from Rider and he also caught a 14 yard pass to put them up 27-8 at halftime.

Chilhowie scored on the opening second half kickoff on a 23 yard jaunt from Sanchez and the kick made it 27-15.

The Pioneers would tally twice more on a Rider six yarder and Sean Morgan eight yard run to go up 41-15 going into the last quarter. Chilhowie scored with just one minute off the clock in the quarter on Delp to Will Russell 12 yard pass and then Fort would get on the scoreboard for their last score as Jakubiak raced his way around left end for six yard touchdown run. Tyler Dunford would hit his sixth point after to go up 48-21. Chilhowie scored with just 1:45 to go in the game on a Delp to Turley strike.

“Our defensive and offensive lines for the most part controlled the line of scrimmage tonight,” said Pioneer head coach Todd Tiller. He then said, “It was a very physical game and Chilhowie is a good football team. ” When told that Rider had over 285 yards rushing and 33 yards of offense Coach Tiller replied with a smile, ” When you got a thoroughbred like him you got to ride him.”

The game saw the two teams called for 23 penalties for 228 yards. Chilhowie had five of their 13 penalties called on them for either personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conduct.

Fort Chiswell will now face Galax Maroon Tide. The two teams met back on October 8 at Fort Chiswell. The Pioneers shocked lot of people on that Saturday afternoon defeating the defending state champions 31-20. Kick off for next Friday night at Galax is slated for 7pm for Group 1A West semifinal.

Chilhowie 8 0 7 12-27

FC 6 21 14 7 -48

Rushing – Ch.- Sanchez- 12-110, Blevins- 10-26, Branson 1-1, Mooney- 1-4, Delp- 4-( -26). Russel -2-2

– FC- Rider 33-288, Morgan – 10-40, Jakubiak – 12-76, Moore- 4-21, Stoots- 2-6, Bailey 1-7

Max Meadows— Coming off a 61-12 thrashing of Twin Valley the Pioneers will host Chilhowie in the Round of Eight, or the second round of the 1A West playoffs. Fort Chiswell (8-3) against the (9-2) Warriors.

Jeff Robinson, who’s in his fourth year and is also the head baseball coach at Chilhowie, coaches Chilhowie. His overall mark is 19-23 as the headman. The Warriors are averaging 38 points per game and are giving up close to 24 per game.

Fort Chiswell comes into the game averaging 31 points on offense and is allowing 25 per game.

The two teams have two common opponents this season. Both lost to George Wythe and both defeated Rural Retreat. The Pioneers scored 40 points and allowed 53 versus the two teams, while Chilhowie scored 65 but allowed 82 points. Chilhowie lost to Marion and George Wythe. Their wins have come by way of J I Burton, Twin Springs, Tazewell, Northwood, Rural Retreat, Holston, Virginia High, Patrick Henry- Glade Spring and last week knocked off Castlewood 33-28. They are the five seed while the Pioneers are the four seed.

Chilhowie is a veteran led squad with 12 seniors and 8 juniors. Offensively quarterback Alex Delp likes to throw the football. He’s a 6-3 225 pound senior. Greg Sanchez and Will Clark are the two main running backs and Cameron Kestner and Wayne Turley are the targets of Delp’s passing. Clark, Kestner and Turley are all seniors while Sanchez is a sophomore. Their offensive line is also senior laden with Brandon Cale their leader. He’s 6-1 and weighs 285. Andrew Johnson also a senior is 6-1 245 pounder. Tim Hall and Jacob Doss are two other lineman that will start. Hall and Doss are seniors. Hall is 5-11 200 pounds and Doss is 5-11 225 pounds.

Fort Chiswell head coach Todd Tiller remarked, “ Chilhowie will come out in double wing formation. They will run power, counter and jet off of the wing set. Their quarterback is a real good passer, he’s a big kid.” Coach added, “ They like to throw deep. They are a very talented team and have got lot of real good athletes. They are potent on offense, there’s a reason why they are averaging close to 40 a game. “

On defense Chilhowie is led upfront by Cale, and Johnson on the line. Kestner, Sanchez and Turley all are good defensive players at linebackers and in the secondary.

Coach Tiller said,” Chilhowie will run an odd man front, a 50 look. They like to show blitz but are mainly not a big blitzing team. They are in three coverage more times than not. Will change up to a man to man coverage a few times from what we’ve seen on film.” He then said, “Cale is their best lineman on defense as well as offense. They want to control the line of scrimmage on defense. They are going to be a tough matchup for us and we have to be disciplined on defense. They are very well coached and there is lot of similarities between them and us. They show multiple formations on offense. They have lot of seniors that has come through for them and some younger kids that play important parts on the team. Neither one of us made the playoffs last year and both of us are now in the Round of Eight this year.”

Fort Chiswell’s turn around from last year has been remarkable. They’ve gone from winless last year to eight wins and in the final eight this year in the playoffs. This matchup with Chilhowie will probable be a high scoring affair. Who will get the big stop on defense? Who takes care of the ball on offense? Who steps up for their team Friday night? Will 30 points be enough to win? As Coach Tiller remarked there are lot similarities between this two teams. It should, could be an exciting playoff game. Will the difference be the Pioneers all everything Colby Rider? Or will it be some one else?

The Pioneers will go on offense with Logan Smith, Alex Brooks, and Grant Milgrim. Patrick Crawford and Jacob Coake on the line. Warren More gets the nod at quarterback. Colby Rider at tight end, Tanner Bailey and Hunter Parrott are the wide receivers. Andrew Stoots is the “H “back with Sean Morgan and Tyler Jakubiak splitting the running back position. On defense the Pioneers will go with Brooks, Crawford and Devin Newman upfront. Rider, Milgrim and Billy Shrewsberry are the inside linebackers. Stoots and Bailey will be the outside backers. T J James and Anthony Morris start are the cornerbacks, with Logan Newman the free safety. Bailey will do the punting and Tyler Dunford doing the placekicking.

Kickoff is scheduled to be 7pm Friday at C.F. McKinney Stadium – Fort Chiswell High School.

(Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry)

The Fort Chiswell Pioneers (8-3) got five first half touchdowns from senior Colby Rider enroute to a 61-12 throttling of Twin Valley Panthers. Rider scored on runs of 18, 2, 6, 10 and 3 yard runs. He finished with 114 rushing yards on 14 carries. Tanner Bailey scored as he caught an eight yard pass from Warren Moore as the Pioneers led 34-0 early in the second quarter.

The Panthers scored two touchdowns in the second quarter as Cody Dales caught passes of 9 and 48 yards from Tylor Keen. Keen finshed the game completing 12 of 19 . two touchdowns and 153 yards.

The Pioneers up 41-12 with 3:11 before halftime and forcing the Panthers into punting , sophomore Billy Shrewsberry not only blocked the punt but scooped up the pigskin at the Panther 12 yard line and rumbled into the end zone for six, as they led 48-12 at intermission.

Playing mostly their second string and a continuous clock Fort Chiswell struck for six more with 1:13 remaining in the third on a Sean Morgan one yard run and Tyler Dunford hit his seven point after up the score to 55-12. They would make it 61-12 in the middle of the fourth when sophomore Tyler Jakubiak , took the hand off , went off left end , turned up field and raced 45 yards for the final score.

Fort Chiswell head coach Todd Tiller who was under the weather most of the day remarked, ” This win made me feel some better. I thought the defense played extremely well tonight. We held Shortridge ( Austin) to 22 yards rushing and their whole team to 40 rushing yards for the game.” Coach then added, ” Rider was great again tonight for us. He is very tough and smart kid. Proud of how are reserves played the second half, also .”

The Pioneers will be back home next Friday as they host the Chilhowie Warriors. Kick off is slated for 7pm.

TV – 0 12 0 0-12

FC – 27 21 7 6-61

Rushing – FC – Rider – 14-114, Jakubiak 4-72, Morgan – 16-84, Stoots- 2-19, Moore- 3-39, Bailey- 1-9, Woods- 1-8, H.Jones- 2-4

– TV – Shortridge- 9-22, Keen- 8-(-10), M. Stacy- 2-30, Lester- 1-(-3), Bozzer- 1-(-2) ,Webb -1-3

Receptions- FC – Bailey- 5-5-47, Stoots-1-38, Rider 1-11, Morgan- 1-(-3)

– TV – Dales- 5-130, Bozzer- 3-5, D.Stacy- 2-9, Shortridge- 2-9

First Downs- FC- 20, TV- 5

Penalties- FC- 4-33 yds., TV- 3-34

Passing C A Int Td Yds

FC- Moore – 8 – 12 – 0 -1 – 93

TV – Keen – 12 -19 – 3 – 2 -153