HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Top-seeded Reidsville eliminates Maiden

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By CHRIS HOBBS

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Unofficial game totals from Reidsville High’s 34-7 fourth-round home victory over Maiden on Friday night:

No. 1 REIDSVILLE 34, No. 5 MAIDEN 7

Maiden               0      0     0      7—7

Reidsville           6     13    0   14—34

SCORING SUMMARY

First quarter

R—Queshyne Flippen 46 interception return (run failed), 10:56

Second quarter

R—Paul Widerman 4 run (run failed), 8:07

R—Al Lee 1 run (Ivar De Jong kick), 2:25

Fourth quarter

R—Flippen 42 pass from Lee (Dionte Neal run), 9:48

M—Chris Culliver 19 pass from Wesley Thompson (Carson Foard kick), 6:555

R—Widerman 6 pass from Landon Denny (De Jong kick), 2:17

                                                                                       M                R

First downs                                                          10                 14

Rush-yards                                                         27-58            39-167

Passing                                                                 6-18-3         12-16-0

Passing yards                                                      115                148

Total offense                                                       173               315

Fumbles-Lost                                                      1-1                0-0

Penalties-Yards                                                    7-58           9-83

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing

M: Ben Gibbs 7-11, Thompson 7-minus 15, Alec Hall 6-22, Jalen Robinson 3-10, Culliver 2-29, Korby Lawing 1-4, Zane Williams 1-0, Team 1-minus 3. R: Lee 13-45, Jeremiah Redd 8-29, Widerman 5-20, Trey Poteat 5-15, Neal 3-6, Dennys 2-12, Jariel Cobbs 1-49, Flippen 1-minus 6, Team 1-minus 3.

Passing

M: Thompson 6-18-3 115. R: Lee 10-13-0 127, Denny 2-3-0 21.

Receiving

M: Culliver 2-42, Raheim Misher 2-23, Gibbs 1-28, Jacob Sigmon 1-22. R: Flippen 6-99, Kendre Harrison 2-26, Poteat 1-11, Widerman 1-6, Tamir Johnson 1-4, Neal 1-2.

PLAYOFF NOTES

Maiden finished 12-2 and was playing in the fourth round for the eighth time… Reidsville is 13-1 and will be at home in the West 2A final next Friday against No. 3 Burns (13-1)… It was the first meeting in postseason football between Maiden and Reidsville … Maiden is now 59-43 all-time in the state football playoffs, 17-22 in road games… The Blue Devils had an opportunity to become only the third MHS football team with 13 or more wins (13-1 last season, 14-1 in 2004 and 1992)… At 25-3 the past two seasons, the Blue Devils have matched the best record in back-to-back years (the 1992 and 1993 teams were 25-4).

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