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Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore halfback Jarrod Spears scored on a 30-yard touchdown run in the Bears' 34-6 victory over Brevard Saturday in a league contest at Brevard Memorial Stadium.

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Lenoir-Rhyne Football Subdues Brevard, 34-6

Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore halfback Jarrod Spears scored on a 30-yard touchdown run in the Bears' 34-6 victory over Brevard Saturday in a league contest at Brevard Memorial Stadium.
Box Score

Brevard, N.C. - The Lenoir-Rhyne Football Team (3-2, 1-1) picked up its first road win of the season in a 34-6 triumph over Brevard (0-6, 0-4) Saturday afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference game at Brevard Memorial Stadium.

L-R senior quarterback Reuben Haynes (Commerce, Ga.) ran for two touchdowns and the Bears finished with 317 yards on the ground en route to its second straight victory.

On defense, Lenoir-Rhyne sacked Brevard five times and limited the Tornados to just 219 yards of total offense in the win.

Lenoir-Rhyne got on the board on its second possession of the game when Haynes capped off a nine-play, 72-yard drive with a seven-yard touchdown run with 2:08 remaining in the first quarter.

L-R sophomore halfback Jarrod Spears (Bunnlevel, N.C.) gave the Bears a 14-0 advantage entering intermission with a 30-yard touchdown run just 57 seconds left before break.

The Bears put the contest away with touchdown runs by sophomore fullback Isaiah Whitaker (Salisbury, N.C.) and Haynes of four and five yards, respectively, in the third quarter to push the lead to 28-0.

Senior placekicker Zach Neumann (Mechanicsville, Md.) added fourth quarter?field goals of 39 and 31 yards for Lenoir-Rhyne before Brevard finally got on the board on a seven-yard touchdown run by Jaquan Marsh (Goose Creek, S.C.) to help the Tornados avoid the shutout.

Whitaker paced the ground game for the Bears with 87 yards while L-R sophomore linebacker Tanner Botts (Lawrenceville, Ga.) finished with a team-high eight tackles and a sack to lead the defense.

Lenoir-Rhyne returns home to face Tusculum on Homecoming next Saturday beginning at 2:00 p.m., at Moretz Stadium.? Brevard hosts Southern Virginia next Saturday at 1:00 p.m., in a non-conference affair.

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