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Let's get the bad news out of the way.  Rose high ran wild against the Rocky Mount Gryphons rushing for 282 yards.  Rose completed 13 passes on the night covering 253 yards to give them 535 yards on the night.  They put 41 points on the board but on this night the Gryphons run the Rampants out of the stadium putting up  66 points and a 66-41 win.

The opening Rampant drive took five plays that covered 90 yards and just two minutes twenty nine seconds into the game it looks like the Gryphons are over matched but then the Gryphons had their turn. Six plays Rocky Mount responded to take a 7-6 lead on a 17 yard pass from McKinsey Wright to  Deangelo Collins . The only three and out of the first half the Gryphons got their second chance with the ball and  the first play of the second quarter Deangelo Collins scored on a four yard run to spike the lead to 14-6.

55 seconds later Artavious Richardson picked off his second int this season and for the second time this year takes it to the house 35 yards and the Gryphons lead 21-6.  Almost the rest of the quarter belonged to Rose on the legs of BJ Harris and two touchdown passes to tie the score at 21.  Harris rushed for 289 yards on the night.  The Gryphons marched down the field and got  a 27 yard field goal on the last play of the half from Chase Miller.

The Gryphons made a statement on the second play of the third quarter as BJ Daniels-Sanders scampered 83 yards to give RM a 31-21 lead.  The only three and out of the second half gave Detrell Revis a chance to field a punt and 56 yards later the Gryphons lead 38-21. The Gryphons  were just getting started . Rose fumbled the kickoff at the 19.  Donomesion Brown swept around the right end but was hit at the six the ball flew into the end one where KJ Edwards fell on it for a Gryphon TD making  it 45 -21 only four minutes and nineteen second into the third quarter.  Less than three minutes later Mckensy Wright tossed a 15 yard strike to K J Edwards and the Gryphons had scored 28 points in the 3rd quarter.

Rose down 31 didn't die as they scored three times more but the Gryphons were not done either as backup quarterback Shabios Lynch scored from 13 yards out and Charlie Williams added a 67 yard run to give the Gryphons a 66-41 plastering of Rose.

Three Gryphons rushed for more than 100 yards.  BJ Daniels-Sanders 7-139, Deangelo Collins 13-125, Charlie Williams 6-101.  The Gryphons rushed for 471 yards and for good measure 115 passing. The Gryphons and Rampants had 1119 total yards and 107 points.

Other action:
Southern Nash 21 Tarboro 10
Northern Nash 48 Goldsboro 13
Nash Central 43 Beddingfield 28
RM Prep 66 Kestral Heights 0
SWE 27 Bertie 20
Hunt 37 Curtituck 12
RMA wins by forfeit over Cary Christian
North Edgecombe 50  Weldon 0
South Creek 50 Northeast Carolina Academy 6