by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
(804) 240-2191
After Friday night’s performance, there is little discussion as to who is the No. 1 team in the area.
The top-ranked Meadowbrook Monarchs crushed fifth-ranked Dinwiddie 56-17 on homecoming behind five touchdowns from Domico Phillips.
Save for some foolish personal-foul penalties, it was a positively perfect performance from a team just trying to improve each week.
“I have a lot of respect for Billy Mills and his program,” Meadowbrook coach Troy Taylor said. “We knew we would have to bring our A-game to hang in with these guys.”
Well, the Monarchs must have brought their A-plus game. After two personal-foul penalties gave Dinwiddie good field positions, kicker Eder Lopez booted a 34-yard field goal for the Generals’ only lead.
Phillips then ripped off two TD runs, 38- and 35-yarders, sandwiched between an interception of Dinwiddie’s Chris Hall by DeQuan Chatmon.
The Generals responded with a 35-yard drive capped by a Darius Johnson nine-yard bolt, keyed by a Hall to Quintaze Jackson 18-yard fourth-down conversion.
After that, it was all Monarchs (2-0, 5-0).
Phillips scored from four yards out after terrific passing from Andre Coble (11 of 18, 202 yards, TD) and catching from receivers Devon Lloyd, KeVon Wright and Akil Dorsey.
Meadowbrook took a 20-10 lead into the break and scored five more times before Dinwiddie hit paydirt again.
The big strike was the opening of the half.
Meadowbrook went 62 yards in five plays in 90 seconds. Two short runs preceded a 31-yard strike to Wright and a 26-yard catch and run from Dorsey that got Meadowbrook to the one-yard line.
Meadowbrook punched it in from there on a Coble sneak. A safety, 64-yard catch and run from Phillips, a Coble 14-yarder and Phillips’ fifth TD, a 3-yard toss scamper, had Meadowbrook leading 50-10 with 11:04 left in the contest.
“I got my touchdowns because of my lineman. Coble handed the ball off good,” Phillips, who had 107 rush yards on 16 carries, said. “We had a few mistakes but on offense we dominated.”
Defensively, too. Hall has operated Dinwiddie’s offense very successfully in his first year at the helm.
But Meadowbrook harassed him, breaking down his pocket and tightly covering receivers down field.
Chatmon, Dominique Roane and Tevin Evans were terrors on the defensive line. If anything got passed them, LBs Armin Harris and Tevin Hanley made sure tackles.
It all forced Hall to a 14-for-36 outing with 169 yads, mostly to terrific receiver Quintaze Jackson (7 catches, 95 yards), who stood out for Dinwiddie (1-1, 3-2).
“We struggled at being consistent,” Mills said. “I’ve got to do a better job getting them ready to go. We lost our composure as a football team. Things got ****.
“They’re the best team we’ve played.”
Dinwiddie 3 7 0 7 – 17
Meadowbrook 14 6 22 14 – 56
D – FG Lopez 34
M – Phillips 38 run (Jones kick)
M – Phillips 35 run (Jones kick)
D – Johnson 9 run (Lopez kick)
M – Phillips 4 run (Jones kick)
M – Coble 1 run (Jones kick)
M – Safety, penalty in end zone
M – Phillips 64 pass from Coble (Jones kick)
M – Coble 14 run (kick blocked)
M – Phillips 3 run (Coble run)
D – Allen 5 run (Lopez kick)
M – Coble 14 run (kick blocked)
RUSHING
Dinwiddie – Darius Johnson 5-21, Jackson 5-20, Deandre Allen 1-4, Micah McDaniel 2-0, Drakar Harvell 1-(minus-2), Hall 9-(minus-15); Meadowbrook – Phillips 16-107, Coble 20-82, Dorsey 3-18, Edward Rhoades 2-2
PASSING
Dinwiddie – Hall 14 completions, 36 attempts, 169 yards, 0 touchdowns, 1 interception; Meadowbrook – Coble 11-18-202-1-0
RECEIVING
Dinwiddie – Jackson 7 receptions, 95 yards, Trey Gardner 3-40, Johnson 2-22, Harvell 2-12; Meadowbrook – Devon Lloyd 4-32, Dorsey 3-51, KeVon Wright 2-49, Phillips 1-64, Eric Richardson 1-6
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