On a beautiful Friday night, the Bulldogs took to the home turf to face the Foxes of King George in their last game before entering Jefferson District play.
 
  Goochland Head Coach Joe Fowler’s use of two quarterbacks may have been the key to the Bulldogs in a 35-12 victory over the Foxes.  Junior B.J. Clark shared QB duties with regular starter, senior Matthew Henley.

  “We’re trying to give different kids different reps,” Fowler said after the game.  “We do it in practice everything, and we’ll probably continue to do it the rest of the season.”

  The Bulldogs received on the kickoff, and immediately gained ground into King George territory. On a second-and-seven at the nine yard-line, the handoff went to Dustin Plummer and fans watched as he earned a first down just shy of the goal line.  Then with eight minutes left in the quarter, Henley scrambled into the end zone for the Bulldogs first touchdown.

  After King George made little progress with the ball, punting it away on a fourth down, Goochland again took over, quickly driving closer to the Foxes’ end of the field. 

  A second-and-one handoff to Plummer gave the Bulldogs another first down, and a horse collar penalty call on King George moved Goochland to the five yard-line. The handoff went to David McKenna, and Goochland added another six points.  After a two-point conversion, the Bulldogs led 14-0.

  Midway through the second quarter, Fowler put Clark in as quarterback. 

  With 6:49 left on the clock, King George took over the ball at their 10 yard-line, but didn’t get far.  Clark immediately intercepted Foxes’ Chris Thompson’s pass and ran for another Goochland touchdown.  Colby Cooke’s extra point took the score to 21-0

  King George then started their drive at the 26 yard-line. 

  On fourth-and-nine on the 24, King George decided to go for it. Chip Davis received the pass, and scored the Foxes first touchdown of the night.

  “In the second half, the offensive line took over and opened up a lot of holes and did a great job running through,” Fowler said of King George.

  Henley came back in as quarterback in the third quarter, and the Bulldogs were once again successful in the King George end zone. McKenna carried the ball to the 10 yard-line. King George’s personal foul penalty moved the Bulldog’s ball to the five yard-line. 

  On a third-and-two, senior Willie Ezell easily moved in for the touchdown.  Cooke’s extra point was good, and Goochland extended their lead to 28-6.

  The fourth quarter saw more excitement for the Bulldog fans. 

  Grant Gilchrist got the first down, and Plummer rushed for 34 and another touchdown on a second-and-eleven.  Cooke got the extra point, taking the score to 35-6.

  King George went on to score one more time, with a touchdown from Chris Bell. It wasn’t enough to get close to Goochland’s lead, and the Bulldogs added another win to their record.

  Plummer finished the night with 121 rushing yards and the Bulldogs had 359 total yards rushing.

  “We played well on both sides,” Fowler said. “Coach Summit had the kids prepared, and defense played really well. King George has a very athletic group of kids, but we stayed true to what we had to do and got it done.”

  With a record of 3-0, Coach Fowler and his Bulldogs move on to host Charlottesville this Friday for their first double-A match up of the season.

King George ...................0 6 0 6—12
Goochland…................ 14 7 7 7—35
G — Henley 1 run (kick failed)
G — McKenna 1 run (run good)
G — Clark 20 interception return (Cooke kick)
KG — Davis 29 pass from Thompson (kick failed)
G — Ezell 2 run (Cooke kick)
G — Plummer 34 run (Cooke kick)
KG — Bell 61 pass from Thompson (kick failed)