LAKE CITY-Things literally started off on the wrong foot
for Ridgeview and only got worse in their District 3-6A showdown with host
Columbia.
Having left the school at three o’clock, a normal hour
drive turned into a five plus hour drive postponing kickoff until 8:51 p.m.
The Panthers showed up an hour late for the game after
their bus overheated and got lost during a 40 car pileup on I-10 between Chafee
and Baldwin.
It may have been better if they had not shown up as
Columbia scored on its first three possessions enroute to a 52-17 win.
Out of a no huddle offense, Ridgeview showed no signs of
lethargy early on driving 90 yards on the game’s opening possession before
settling for a Josh Moore 44-yard field goal giving the Panthers an early 3-0
lead six minutes into the game.
From there on though it was all Columbia, as the Tigers (5-1,
2-0) took two plays to answer and take control of the game.
Ronald Timmons (255 yards on 14 carries) scored the first
of his three touchdowns on the night on a 71-yard run following the score
giving the Tigers a 7-3 lead a minute later.
A fake punt pass
led to another Tiger score as Jayce Barber snuck in from 2-yards and then hit
Alex Webber for a 32-yard pass in the right corner of the end zone increased
the lead to 21-3 with 7:27 left in the third quarter.
Being down 21-0 last week early to Bishop Kenny and
coming from behind to win a shootout, you knew Ridgeview wouldn’t go down
easily, but not tonight.
Moore (51 yards on 21 carries, 14 of 22 for 109 passing) snuck
in from a yard with under two minutes left in the first half to cut the lead to
21-10 at the half.
Receiving the second half kickoff, the Tigers marched
down the field methodically thanks to Timmons and Braxton Stockton (86 yards on
9 carries).
Timmons 13-yard run down the right sideline increased the
lead to 28-10 with 7:52 left in the third quarter.
Ridgeview (5-1, 1-1) tried to remain in the game behind
Marquez Cobb 52-yard touchdown run cutting the lead to 28-17 three minutes left
in the quarter.
However, the Tigers answered on Stockton’s 46-yard
touchdown down the right side line on the last play of the quarter giving the
Tigers a 35-17 lead.
Columbia, which
ended the Panthers run of two wins in a row and four of the last five in the
series, might have delivered a payback
message with two late scores.
With under five minutes to play, Timmons tacked on a
50-yard touchdown run on his final carry of the night.
Darren Burch 3-yard touchdown run with 4.1 seconds left
around 11:20 p.m. capped the scoring and 52-17 win for the Tigers.
Ridgeview is idle next week before returning to district
play the following week with Oakleaf, while Columbia is also off and travels to
Middleburg the following week.
Columbia 52, Ridgeview
17
First
RV-Josh Moore 44 yard field goal
LC-Ronald Timmons 71 run (Thomas Brayden kick)
Second
LC-Jayce Barber 2 run (Brayden kick)
LC-Alex Webber 32 catch from Barber (Brayden kick)
RV-Moore 1 run (Moore kick)
Third
LC-Timmons 13 run (Brayden kick)
RV-Marquez Cobb 52 run (Moore kick)
LC-Braxton Stockton 46 run (Brayden kick)
Fourth
LC-Brayden 27 field goal
LC-Timmons 50 run (Brayden kick)
LC-Darren Burch 3 run (Brayden kick)
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