Karl Mofor carries the load as Eleanor Roosevelt knocks off Bowie
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Version 0 of 1. Eleanor Roosevelt quarterback Teyon Davis looked at his own relatively clean jersey, looked down at the muddied and bandaged tailback laying on the ground beside him and let out a laugh Saturday afternoon. Junior Karl Mofor, blood still oozing from the bridge of his nose, should look like this “because I handed him the ball a lot,’ Davis said. Mofor smiled at the reminder moments after the Raiders’ 33-24 win at Bowie, more than happy to do all the dirty work. “These are the games I like the most,” he said, after a two-way performance in which he rushed for 121 yards and scored three touchdowns, “because we just line up, hit them in the mouth, push them off the ball, get tough yards and just keep knocking them back.” Bowie’s home field turned into a disadvantage for the Bulldogs’ pass-heavy attack, which was done in partly by a Friday night storm that played right into the hands of Eleanor Roosevelt’s grinding triple option. The Raiders jumped out to a 21-0 lead, and Mofor, playing linebacker midway through the second quarter, capped off the fast start by snatching the ball from Bowie tailback Isaiah Fleming and running 16 yards into the end zone. Mofor also finished with 32 carries, toting the ball eight times on a 10-play touchdown drive midway through the fourth quarter to give Eleanor Roosevelt (5-1, 5-0) Prince George’s 4A) a comfortable 33-12 cushion. The Raiders overcame three turnovers by causing three giveaways on defense and blocking a punt. “What really worked for us is we could move the ball running and they really couldn’t stop it,” said Davis, who added one touchdown run and pitched the ball to Bob Okaroajuzie on a 57-yard touchdown run that started the scoring. Bowie (5-1, 4-1) arrived at its stadium to see its already-trampled turf turned into a mixture of mud, dirt and yellowed grass by Friday’s rain. The surface only deteriorated as the afternoon progressed, although the Bulldogs made things interesting late with a blocked punt and three fourth-quarter touchdown runs by quarterback Jason Epps. But they failed to convert a late two-point conversion that would have cut the deficit to single digits. Bowie’s prolific passing game rarely clicked with receivers slipping out of cuts and forced to use screwdrivers to remove dirt from cleats. Not that Mofor minded. “I told him,” Eleanor Roosevelt Coach Tom Green said, ‘if you want to play at the next level, games like this, we’ve got to be able to count on you.” |