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POINT PLEASANT - It turns out there's more than one sharp bladein the Point Pleasant backfield. A week after John Bonecuttersliced his way through the Ripley defense for 271 yards in the BigBlacks' season-opening victory, his teammates got into the act hereFriday during a 60-20 romp over Roane County. Nine players combinedto gain 373 yards on the ground for Point.
Bonecutter, whose efforts a week ago earned him Associated PressPlayer of the Week honors in West Virginia, led the way with 15carries for 136 yards and also added a 38-yard punt return for atouchdown.
But the speedy senior had plenty of help. Fullback Andrew Dennishad 109 yards on eight carries, including a pair of TDs. QuarterbackJeremy Nott scored three times on short runs.
"It's easy to run it yourself when you have a lot of people tofake it to," said Nott, a senior.
Veteran Point Pleasant Coach Steve Safford said his other backsresponded well on a night when the Raider defense seemed determinedto shut down Bonecutter, who actually lost yardage on three of hisfirst five rushing attempts.
"Teams might take away a couple things from us, but then theygive us something else," Stafford said.
Enter Dennis, who scored on first half bursts up the middlecovering 33 and 37 yards. Each play caught the Raiders lookingelsewhere for the ball as Nott carried out a fake to Bonecutter.
The lopsided final score overshadowed a spirited start by theRaiders, now 0-2 and owners of a 14-game losing streak dating backto 1998.
The first quarter ended with the Big Blacks ahead, 9-6, after TyEllis connected with Casey Brabham on a 50-yard scoring pass. Thetouchdown was one of three hauled in by Brabham, who torched PointPleasant's secondary for seven catches totaling 244 yards.
"They were all on the same play, a hook," said Brabham, a seniorin his first year of high school football. "I just had one guy tobeat when I caught it."
Brabham's other scores came on passes from John Brannon covering71 and 41 yards.
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