Staff Reports
VAN — The Van Vandals amassed 400 yards of total offense while limiting Rusk to just 85 total yards as Van scored a one-sided, 42-8, decision over the Eagles at Memorial Stadium Friday.
Van improves to 2-0 with the win, while Rusk slipped to 0-2 on the season.
Vandal quarterback Tyler Sharpe tossed three touchdown passes and ran for another to nearly single handily doom the Eagles’ chances.
Sharpe hit Michael Terry on a 77-yard touchdown pass with just over eight minutes to play in the opening stanza and then added a 71-yard touchdown pass to Tori Parsons about five minutes later as the Vandals built a 28-0 advantage at the break.
Rusk’s only touchdown came with 7:31 to play in the tilt when Demario Richards scooped up a Van fumble and raced 74 yards to the end zone.
Marcel Johnson added the two-point conversion to account for the remain Rusk points.
Rusk will play host to Gladewater (0-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a non-district contest.
RHS (0-2) 0 0 0 8 -8
VHS (2-0) 14 14 7 7 -42
Scoring summary
First quarter
V — Michael Terry 77 pass from Tyler Sharpe (Brad Bogue kick), 0-7, 8:10
V — Tori Parsons 71 pass from Sharpe (Bogue kick), 0-14, 3:45
Second quarter
V — Terry 2 run (Bogue kick), 0-21, 5:53
V — Terry 50 pass from Sharpe (Bogue kick), 0-28, 1:45
Third quarter
Van — Terry 4 run (Bogue kick), 0-35, 2:31 Fourth quarter
V — Sharpe 9 run (Bogue kick), 0-42, 7:50
R — Demario Richards 74 fumble recovery, (Marcel Johnson run), 8-42, 7:31
Team statistics
RHS VHS
First downs 9 19
Rushes-yards 30-77 39-152
Passing yards 8 248
Total yards 85 400
Passes (C-A-I) 1-6-1 10-20-2
Punts-avr. 6-36.3 3-35.0
Fumbles-lost 6-4 1-1
Penalties-yards 5-60 5-55
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