NEWPORT NEWS, VA. - Senior quarterback Randy Hippeard was a
perfect 18-of-18 for 324 yards and five touchdowns as NAIA
14th-ranked UVA Wise defeated the Apprentice School 42-0
in front of 1,948 at Apprentice Field.
The Builders marched the opening drive down to the Cavaliers
20-yardline before failing on a 37-yard field goal attempt.
The drive took nearly eight minutes which was one of four drives
that took over four minutes.
Wise struck quickly after that as Hippeard found Jason Lovett on
a 64-yard scoring strike on the third play of the drive for a 6-0
lead with 5:53 left in the first quarter.
After forcing a Builder fumble on the Wise 47, the Cavaliers'
tandem struck again on a 38-yard touchdown pass on the second play
of a 33 second scoring drive. Those two connected on the
two-point conversion to take a 14-0 lead.
The Cavaliers, who entered ranked 14th in the NAIA
Coaches Poll, cranked up another quick scoring drive as Hakeem
Abdul-Saboor covered the 80 yards on two plays. A 56-yard
scamper pushed the visitors ahead 21-0 with 6:20 left in the
half.
Apprentice School controlled the clock again on a near 4:30
drive that was stalled as Marcus Bratton picked off a Phil Caralla
pass in the end zone. UVA Wise made it pay as Hippeard
connected with Brad Ricker on a 44-yard scoring romp to take a 28-0
lead into half.
In the third quarter, Hippeard connected on five-yard scoring
passes to Aric Evans and to Matt Barbour.
Caralla was 19-of-29 for 169 yards for the Builders. His
favorite target was Markim Gordon with eight catches for 48
yards. Freshman Jusdon McKee had five catches for 50 yards
and Teo Ellis added four for 67 yards. Junior Sam Arnold had
12 carries for 60 yards to lead the ground game.
On the defense, freshman Jovan McCamey had a team high seven
tackles with five coming for a loss and a sack. Fellow
freshmen Mana Ohia and Andre Sanders had five tackles each.
"That's a very good team that will do things this year," said
Apprentice School Head Coach Michael Vite. "I saw plenty of
good things today and I feel good about our team."
Apprentice School will now travel to George Mason University for
a 5 pm matchup on Saturday, September 20.
UVA WISE 42, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 0
UVA Wise
6
22
14
0-- 42
Apprentice
0
0
0
0-- 0
First Quarter
UVAW - Lovett 64 pass from Hippeard (kick failed), 5:53
Second Quarter
UVAW - Lovett 38 pass from Hippeard (Lovett pass from Hippeard),
12:23
UVAW - Abdul-Saboor 56 run (Ayers kick), 6:20
UVAW - Ricker 44 pass from Hippeard (Ayers kick), :47
Third Quarter
UVAW - Evans 5 pass from Hippeard (Ayers kick), 11:02
UVAW - Barbour 5 pass form Hippeard (Ayers kick), :14
Att.: 1,948
UVAW
NNA
First Downs
26
17
Rushing-Yds
28-197
30-87
Passing yards
346
169
Comp-Att-Int
20-25-0
19-29-1
Fumbles-Lost
2-1
1-1
Penalties-Yds
6-65
10-79
Punts-Avg
0-0
4-32.2
Time of Poss.
25:59
34:01
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: UVA Wise, Abdul-Saboor 5-85; Wright 4-48, Barclay 6-33;
Barcliff 7-19; Hippeard 3-2; Askew 1-0; Robbing 2-(-1).
Apprentice, Arnold 12-65; Paulin 6-24; George 4-18; Murphy 1-(-2);
Gordon 2-(-3); Caralla 5-(-10).
PASSING: UVA Wise, Hippeard 18-18-0-324; Robbins 2-7-0-22.
Apprentice, Caralla 19-29-1-169.
RECEIVING: UVA Wise, Lovett 6-133; Evans 5-50; Barbour 4-51;
Ricker 1-44; Slade 1-32; McMullen 1-14; Abdul-Saboor 1-13; Barclay
1-9. Apprentice, Gordon 8-48; McKeen 5-50; Ellis 4-67;
Arnold 1-5; George 1-(-1).
Complete Game Stats
