FOREST, Va. --- Two league games and a pair of non-conference contests dotted week seven of ODAC football. Randolph-Macon improved to 3-1 in conference play, just a half-game back of idle Washington and Lee after shutting out Guilford on the road. Ferrum kicked a field goal with 0:03 on the clock to earn a comeback victory over Shenandoah. Bridgewater snapped a four-game skid with a non-conference win over Apprentice School, while former ODAC member Emory & Henry defeated Hampden-Sydney in the remaining contest on the weekend.
This week's ODAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week are both from Ferrum -- linebacker Billy Higgins and receiver Tmahdae Penn.
BRIDGEWATER def. APPRENTICE, 27-7 | Box Score
Bridgewater's offense was on the field for less than 28 minutes against Apprentice School, but the Eagles got contributions from all three phases of the game on the way to a 27-7 win in Bridgewater on Saturday. Malcolm Anderson and Jaylen Wood combined to throw for 121 yards with Anderson connecting with Chad Jones on a 36-yard touchdown play. Jones finished with five catches for 94 yards. Ronald Robinson, Jr., scored his second rushing touchdown of the season. Kicker Jackson Hendren registered nine points including a pair of short field goals. Freddie Watkins picked up a loose ball following a blocked punt by Jamel Johnson and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown. Shawn Harris led the defense with 11 tackles. Tucker Harris and Brett Tharp registered quarterback sacks. Tucker Harris also forced a fumble that Alexander Cromwell recovered. Deion Richardson also picked up a loose ball.
FERRUM def. SHENANDOAH, 24-23 | Box Score
Shenandoah kicker Patrick Ritchie made a 24-yard field with 1:47 to play for a 23-21 lead, but Ferrum kicker Seth Deaton booted a 35-yarder through the uprights to cap to a 10-play 62-yard drive with 0:03 for a 24-23 Panthers comeback victory on homecoming in Ferrum on Saturday. FC needed just 1:44 to march down the field for the game-winning field goal. FC quarterback Titus Jones posted 202 yards and two touchdowns passing to go with a team-best 53 yards and another score rushing. Receiver Tmahdae Penn was influential with three catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns covering 71 and 48 yards. The two receiving TDs give him nine for the season, setting a new single-season school-record. Defensively, Billy Higgins made 10 stops (8 solo) with two passes broken up including the final throw of the game. Drew Hill made 12 stops overall. Kevin Williams and Damien Dula registered interceptions with both leading to Ferrum touchdowns. Shenandoah's offense, which held the ball for 34:01 of game time, saw Brant Butler throw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Reedy (3 rec. for 90 yards) and haul in nine passes for 102 yards from quarterback Steven Hugney. Rashadeen Byrd, Jr., posted a game-best 78 yards rushing with a touchdown on 19 carries. Ritchie made three fields on the way to an 11-point day. Ben Burgan led the defense with 12 tackles. Mason Caldwell made two stops behind the line with a quarterback sack. Quante Redd intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards that led to a field goal.
RANDOLPH-MACON def. GUILFORD, 58-0 | Box Score
Randolph-Macon scored early and often as the Yellow Jackets racked up 566 yards of offense and held Guilford to 117 yards from scrimmage in a 58-0 shutout of the Quakers in Greensboro. R-MC ran for 299 yards with five rushers collecting 36 or more yards. Presley Egbers ran for 76 yards and two scores, while Justin DeLeon added 75 yards and a touchdown. Andrew Ihle highlighted his 61-yard day with two TDs. Aaron Acevedo gained 53 yards with a touchdown. Travis McDaniel caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Will Lenard, while Brecht Heuchan completed 10-of-13 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown pass to Joey Hunt. R-MC's defense registered four sacks with one each by Tyler DeBerry, Tony Skinner, T.J. James, and Jacob Hutchinson. Cade Jones, Trevon Faison, and Perry Snead-Johnson intercepted passes with Snead Johnson returning his 31 yards after ending GC's final possession. Guilford quarterback Bailey Baker threw for 98 yards with Eric Mays catching two passes for 49 yards. Derrien Phillips led the Quakers with 39 rushing yards. Milad Aghaiepour and Brett Shreve led the GC defense with seven stops. James Pegues registered two TFLs and a sack, while Jaylan Richardson intercepted a pass.
EMORY & HENRY def. HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, 37-13 | Box Score
Hampden-Sydney trailed 20-0 early on but pulled to within 10 points following a pair of Palmer Smith third quarter field goals, but the Tigers would get no closer in a 37-13 setback at Emory & Henry. Three turnovers led to Hampden-Sydney collecting just 227 yards of offense with one touchdown via a 14-yard pass from Tanner Bernard to Dillon Costello. Bernard threw for 163 yards. Braeden Bowling led with four catches for 45 yards, while Ed Newman caught six balls for 42 yards. Smith's two field goals covered 30 and 31 yards, sequentially. Will Pickren led the defense with 11 tackles and an interception. James-Ryan Salvi made 10 stops. Tobias Lafayette picked off two passes and recorded 66 yards in INT returns.
WASHINGTON AND LEE | Idle
Washington and Lee was idle during week seven on its scheduled bye. The Generals return to action on Saturday, October 23, with a 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff versus Bridgewater in Lexington.
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FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Billy Higgins | Ferrum. | Sr. | Linebacker
Higgins, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., helped a lead a Panthers defense that played a big part in Ferrum's 24-23 last-second comeback victory over Shenandoah on homecoming in Ferrum. Higgins posted 10 tackles for the game with a team-best eight solo tackles. He also did well in pass defense, breaking up two passes including the final throw of the game. This marked his fourth straight game with 10 or more tackles in a contest as he ranks fifth in the ODAC with 62 total stops. He is second with 37 solo tackles. Ferrum's defense provided the platform for its comeback effort as it stiffened to allow just 10 points and took the ball away twice including an interception that setup a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.
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FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tmahdae Penn | Ferrum | So. | Receiver
Penn, a sophomore from Martinsville, Va., broke the Ferrum single-season record for receiving touchdowns with two of the biggest plays of the game on Saturday as Ferrum completed a 24-23 comeback victory during homecoming festivities in Ferrum. Penn caught three passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns, each of which went for better than 45 yards. His first touchdown catch-and-run came just before halftime as he put the Panthers on the board with a 71-yard dash to paydirt. He caught a 19 pass over the middle from Titus Jones, bounced off one would-be tackler, and sprinted for the end zone and turning away from four defenders. Penn's second TD reception put Ferrum ahead, 21-20, with 6:03 to play. After an interception returned possession to FC, Penn ran on to a deep post-pass by Jones at the 10-yard line as he beat his primary defender and got beyond the safety for a 48-yard touchdown catch. Those two touchdowns gave him nine for the season, setting a new Panthers' single-season record. The nine TD receptions are three more than any other ODAC receiver this year. Penn is currently #1 in yards per reception (23.1), second in receiving yards (600) and receiving yards per game (100.0), and fourth in receptions (26).
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SCOTT LEMN | 1ST SEASON AT BRIDGEWATER
- Overall | 3-4-0 (0.429) | ODAC | 0-3-0 (.000)
CLEIVE ADAMS | 2ND SEASON AT FERRUM | 6TH SEASON OVERALL
- Overall | 37-33-0 (.529) | ODAC | 4-4-0 (.500)
BRAD DAVIS | 2ND SEASON AT GUILFORD
- Overall | 1-8-0 (.111) | ODAC | 0-8-0 (.000)
MARTY FAVRET | 22ND SEASON AT HAMPDEN-SYDNEY
- Overall | 137-80-0 (.631) | ODAC | 89-47-0 (.654)
PEDRO ARRUZA | 18TH SEASON AT RANDOLPH-MACON
- Overall | 110-67-0 (.621) | ODAC | 69-43-0 (.616)
SCOTT YODER | 9TH SEASON AT SHENANDOAH
- Overall | 40-41-0 (.494) | ODAC | 23-33-0 (.411)
GARRETT LeROSE | 3RD SEASON AT WASHINGTON AND LEE
- Overall | 16-8-0 (.667) | ODAC | 11-7-0 (.611)