NEWPORT NEWS, VA . - Senior quarterback Kyle Franklin threw for
a season high 199 yards and three touchdowns while fellow senior
wide receiver Travis Reid caught a career-high 10 passes for 163
yards and two touchdowns as the Apprentice School rolled to a 50-21
victory over Morrisville State College in front of over 5,600 fans
Saturday.
The Builders took advantage of three turnovers in the last 4:36
of the first quarter to take a 21-0 lead. Junior Jeremy Smith
picked up a fumble from Mustang quarterback Billy Poling and ran it
back 12 yards to start the scoring. Following a fumble,
J'Michael Swain bulled his way in from the 3-yardline to put the
Builders up 14-0 with 2:24 left. On the ensuing Morrisville
series, senior Franako Smith picked off a Poling pass and ran it
back 32 yards for the 21-0 lead with 2:01 left in the first
quarter.
In the second quarter the Franklin to Reid show kicked up a
notch as the tandem combined for scoring passes of 16 and 39 yards,
the last one put the Builders ahead 36-0 with 5:14 left.
Morrisville State responded with by taking advantage of a bad
snap on a Builder punt to give them the ball on the Apprentice
5-yardline. Quarterback Darnell Murphy found Luis Diaz on a
fourth down from the two for the first Mustang touchdown with three
seconds left in the half for a 36-7 Apprentice lead.
The Builders scored again in the third quarter as senior Earnest
Nimmo finished a nine-play, 80-yard drive by scoring from the
five-yardline to push the Builders ahead 43-7. Morrisville
answered with scoring runs from Peter Enriquez (3-yards) and
William Carter (13 yards) that cut the Builder lead down to 43-21
with 10:03 left in the game.
Franklin closed out the scoring for the Builders by connecting
with junior Lawrence Frost on a 36-yard scoring pass with 5:29
left. That play closed a seven play, 63-yard drive that was
boosted by a 31-yard run by sophomore Sam Arnold. The Tampa,
Florida native ran for a career-high 141 yards on 28 carries.
"The defense set the tone for us early with the two scores in
the first quarter," said Apprentice School coach Phil Janaro.
"Offensively we got an outstanding performance from Arnold who got
stronger as the game wore on. The o-line was tremendous
giving Franklin protection to open the passing game."
The 50 points in a game were the most in a game under Janaro and
the second most in a game in the last 23 years. Reid's 10
receptions were the second most in a game since 1985, while
Arnold's 141 yards was the tenth most in a game since 1985 and the
third highest single-game total in Janaro's second tenure at
Apprentice School.
Next up for the Builders will be 14th-ranked Wesley
College for a 1 pm conference matchup in Newport News.
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