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| Kenneth Brown rushed for 100 yards for the fourth time in five games. - Photo by James Barringer |
The 5-0 War Eagles eventually took care of business, 44-14, to set a school record for consecutive 40-point games (five), but no one came away satisfied. For when you play for a team that is 35-5 since the middle of ‘03, being just good enough isn’t close to good enough. The standard Davie has set is to be great.
“We underestimated them,” senior receiver Kenny Rivers said. “They’re not that bad. With it being their homecoming, that had a lot to do with it.”
“We were getting too cocky, and we thought we could roll over them,” senior linebacker Bucky Sheppard said. “They showed us what they could do. They weren’t a bad team. They shouldn’t be 0-4.”
The War Eagles teed off early. Quarterback Garrett Benge swung a pass to running back Kenneth Brown on Davie’s first possession, and Brown sped 20 yards to the Statesville 3. On the play, Rivers had a defensive back blocked all the way into the end zone. Brown capped a breezy 84-yard drive two plays later with his first of three touchdowns.
Davie manhandled Statesville for seven and a half minutes. With Mark Huggins throwing a pancake block, Perry James returned a punt 42 yards to the Statesville 5. Benge tossed a 1-yarder to Rivers, and the second of five ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.