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Rocktown Hands East Rockingham First Loss, 12-7

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – The Rocktown Raptors held off the East Rockingham Eagles 12 to 7 in Harrisonburg on Friday night in the WSVA High School game of the week. The Raptors led 6 –0 at the half on a Yondell Robles 5 yard touchdown run. East Rockingham would score on their first drive of the second half set up by a Peter Nichols 61-yard kickoff return before Demetrius Arrington had a 6-yard touchdown run to make it 7-6. Later in the third quarter, Rocktown got an interception return to the East Rock 11 yard line before Keyon Benton runs it in from 4 yards out for the go-ahead touchdown. East Rockingham was driving with just over a minute to play in the fourth quarter before Aiden Rains threw his fourth interception of the night to seal the victory for the Raptors. With the win, Rocktown moves to 3-3 on the season. East Rock has its first loss and is now 5-0.

Scores from other local High School games Friday night

Alleghany 28, Stuarts Draft 20

Broadway 42, Spotswood 6

Buffalo Gap 59, Rockbridge County 14

Fluvanna 40, Western Albemarle 13

Fuqua School 62, Massanutten Military 0

James Wood 55, Meridian 10

Kettle Run 38, John Handley 28

Lunenburg Central 28, Clarke County 14

Nelson County 35, William Campbell 6

Rocktown 12, East Rockingham 7

Sherando 41, Millbrook 13

Skyline 39, Woodstock Central 13

Staunton 18, Waynesboro 13

Turner Ashby 59,William Monroe 3

Warren County 22, Liberty-Bealeton 19

Wilson Memorial 22, Fort Defiance 21

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