Football Bested by the Builders of Apprentice

- PAXTON, MASS: The Anna Maria Football team fell to the Apprentice School from Virginia this afternoon on AMCAT Field.

 THE BASICS:

- Date: 10/5/2019

- Score: Apprentice 35, Anna Maria 20

- Records: Apprentice (3-1), Anna Maria (0-5)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

-  The AMCATS were able to get on the board after a 4^th down stop of the Builders on their first drive of the game. Anna Maria drove 68 yards on 13 plays for the 4-yard touchdown pass from Emmanuel Leake (Providence, RI) to Alex Cohen (Plymouth, MA).

-  The Builders weren't able to answer until the second quarter after holding the AMCATS scoreless through the rest of the first. Their scoring drive that was capped off by a 4-yard Mason Tatum (Ashburn, VA) scamper.

- Apprentice would go on to score two more touchdowns in the 2^nd scoring 21 unanswered points to go into the half.

- The Third started with another Builder touchdown that was answered with an Anna Maria score on an 8-yard pass from Leake to David Robinson (Boston, MA) to the far pylon.

- Apprentice would score one more time to reach their total of 35, with a 1-yard run by Theo Wheeler (Portsmouth, VA).

- Anna Maria would end the game with their final score in the contest to get the final of 35-20. The touchdown was on another connection from Leake to Robinson this time for 7-yards. The AMCATS also put up a two-point conversion right after on a throwback across the field to Cohen.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

-  The builders were led through the air by Tatum who finished 15-24 for 255 yards, 2 passing TD's, along with 2 rushing scores.

-  Trevon Hatch (Sussex, VA) got the brunt of the workload on the ground for Apprentice, with 23 carries for 126 yards.

-  On the Receiving end for the Builders Marcus Ricks (Midlothian, VA) ended with the team high in yards with 60 on 2 catches.

- Leake finished on top of the passing game for the AMCATS as he went 16-33 for 172 and 3 passing touchdowns.

- Robinson found the end zone twice this afternoon to go along with his 4 catches for 85 yards.

- Defensively the Builders were led by Jaivon Walker (Richmond, VA) who finished with 4 tackles and a half sack for a 10-yard loss.

- Tyshawn Anderson (Lynn, MA) finished with 14 total tackles, 1 sack, and a forced fumble for Anna Maria.

UP NEXT:

- Anna Maria returns to action on the 12^th as they will travel all the way to Alfred State to start their conference portion of the schedule. Kickoff is set to be at 12:00 PM.  

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