Caps upend No. 3-ranked Leesville

Cap 7 dominates N&O football rankings; Leesville makes a bid for the top

Cap Seven teams have held 10 of 35 opponents to 100 or less yards in rushing offense.

Leesville defense shines

Leesville Road 49,
Green Hope 0

    LVL    GHO
Rushes-yards    40-334    24-45
Comp-Att-yards    6-11-96    15-28-148
LVL    15    14    0    20    —    49
GHO    0    0    0    0    —    0
SCORING SUMMARY
LVL—Z.Gentry 26 interception return (T.Bucklin kick); LVL—T.Cox 3 run (T.Cox run); LVL—Z.Gentry 36 run (T.Bucklin kick); LVL—J.Council 65 run (T.Bucklin kick); LVL—R.Mangum 2 run (kick failed); LVL—J.Stanley 70 run (T.Bucklin kick); LVL—W.Sumrell 33 run (T.Bucklin kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: LVL—T.Bucklin 1-3, J.Council 6-82, T.Cox 1-4, D.Edwards 5-30, Z.Gentry 17-144, J.Groeschen 1-0, R.Mangum 3-5, W.Sumrell 6-66; GHO—K.Bryant 11-9, M.Burke 1-55, M.Butler 3-0, A.DePrima 1-(-4), K.Martin 4-4, B.Palmer 2-(-12), A.Womack 2-(-7).
Passing: LVL—L.Bible 1-1-28-0, J.Groeschen 5-10-68-0; GHO—K.Bryant 15-28-148-3.
Receiving: LVL—T.Cox 3-16, K.Gonzalez 1-11, C.Kobeda 2-35, C.Todd 1-28; GHO—M.Burke 3-44, D.Lloyd 1-18, J.McDougall 2-13, B.Palmer 2-13, B.Scott 4-50, A.Womack 2-7.

Wake Forest-Rolesville and Millbrook remain Nos. 1 and 2.

Area high school football impressions after two weeks

RALEIGH — Leesville Road scored 29 points in the third period to rally from a nine-point deficit and win the non-conference football game on Thursday night.

“Our first half was atrocious,” said Leesville coach David Green. “We had a nice 90-yard drive, but didn’t do much offensively or defensively in the first two periods.

Leesville trailed 15-7 at the half, before Leesville scored on three short runs, on Zach Greene’s 85-yard kickoff return and Zach Gentry’s seven-yard run.