Wildcats Routed By Spotswood, 64-6

Thursday, Oct. 19 – The Rockbridge County High School football team suffered a 64-6 road loss to Valley District rival Spotswood on Thursday night in Penn Laird.

After trailing 50-0 at halftime and 57-0 early in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats (0-8 overall, 0-4 district) scored their lone touchdown when lineman Brady Edwards recovered a Spotswood fumble to set up quarterback Jayden Layman for an 18-yard touchdown pass to Simon Emore.

For the Trailblazers (8-1, 4-0), who have won eight consecutive games and will challenge Turner Ashby for the Valley District title, quarterback Elliott Brown threw four TD passes, two to Matt Craig.

The game was moved from Friday to Thursday due to the forecast of rain for Friday.

The Wildcats will return to action when they play host to district rival Turner Ashby (8-0, 4-0) for their final home game of the season next Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. Before the game, the Wildcats will honor their nine seniors.

For the full story, photos and stats from Thursday’s game, with a prediction for next week, please see our Oct. 25 newspaper.