King dominates Chargers early

Updated: August 27, 2011 6:54PM

It would be hard to imagine a more dominant performance to open the season than the one that King displayed Saturday afternoon against St. Joseph.

The Jaguars scored on all six of their first-half possessions and cruised in the second half with a running clock to claim a 56-6 victory in Westchester.

King (1-0) used a balanced ground attack to pound out 411 rushing yards, including sophomore quarterback Nathaniel Powell, who gained 178 yards on just seven carries.

Powell completed just one pass attempt, but managed to break loose for scoring runs of 60 and 59 yards.

“I was impressed (with the win), but I was not surprised,” explained King coach Lonnie Williams. “I knew what they can do. We can be a good football team but we have a ways to go.

“I know what they can do when their mind is right. They are young kids so we have to keep them focused.”

Senior running back DeVonte Rimmer made his presence felt in two phases of the game, collecting 113 yards on 11 carries, including a 45-yard touchdown run. He also returned a punt 70 yards for a first quarter score that gave King a 22-0 lead after a Lance Robinson two-point conversion run.

Robinson, a freshman, churned out 48 yards on nine carries, and also had two first-half TD runs.

The Chargers (0-1), which lost starting quarterback and defensive back Johnny Wilson to injury early in the second-half, managed to mount their only scoring drive midway through the fourth quarter.

Reserve quarterback Robert Calvin tossed a 29-yard touchdown strike to Dominique Richards to cap a six play, 58-yard drive.

King scored on more time in the final minutes when Charles James took a direct snap on a fake punt attempt and converted it into a TD on a 45-yard run.

“A victory is always good,” Williams said. “We scored a couple of times we did not have to score, I was not proud of that. We should have pulled off earlier and just ran dive plays.”

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