Radford…The Radford junior varsity Bobcats defeated the visiting James River Knights 14-6 behind two rushing touchdowns from quarterback Zane Rupe. He also intercepted two passes from his safety position.

Radford (4-0) scored first as Rupe scored on a six-yard run off tackle, and Jerzee Johnson ran the muddle huddle snap in for a two-point conversion making it 8-0 with just 12 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

The Knights scored on the last play of the third quarter as quarterback Kevin Theimer plowed his way into the end zone on a two-yard run. Their two-point conversion run was stuffed by the Radford defense as the game entered the fourth quarter with Radford up 8-6.

Rupe would drive the Bobcats down the field and roll into the end zone for an eight-yard touchdown. The point after was wide left with just 1:42 remaining to put the game away.

Rupe rushed for 58 yards on 12 carries and he completed 3 of 5 passes for 36 yards. Jerzee Johnson had 4 rushes for 37; Kamaree Tanner had 36 yards on 3 carries. Jarel Baylor caught two passes for 24 yards and Tanner had one reception for 12.

James Rivers’ Theimer completed 4 of 6 passes for 54 yards and rushed seven times for minus 8 yards. Chase Perkey had 81 yards on 13 rushes. Kris Waldron had 31 yards on 8 carries in the first half but got hurt and didn’t return for the second half. Perkey also caught three passes for 49.

Radford head coach Greg Ridpath said, “We had a lightning delay before the game started, and it seemed to make us lethargic. We had a hard time getting into a rhythm.” He then added, “We had too many turnovers and too many mental breakdowns.” The Bobcats finished with 185 yards to James River’s 164. Bobcats had 10 first downs to James River’s nine. Radford had four turnovers and the Knights had three.