Russellville Middle School won 42-0 on Saturday against visiting Hopkinsville North Drive with a great rushing attack.
According to Coach Toby Baptiste, Barrett Croslin ran hard, rushing for 65
yards on six carries/ Demarcus Hampton had 89 yards on 5 carries, Desmon
Quarles rushed for two touchdowns, DJ Hoosier and Dustin Morgan had a
great day rushing the ball with each scoring.
The wrecking crew defense rose to the occasion again, producing itd eighth
shutout of the season with outstanding performances by Quan Beard, Devon
Patterson, and Cory Wright. Christian Naylor returned a fumble 89 yards for
a touchdown to give the Panthers their last score.
RMS travels to Trigg County to play in the regional championship on Saturday
at 10:30 a.m. There will be a caravan following the bus to support the RMS
Panthers. A win this weekend sends the Panthers to state on the Oct. 31 in
Lexington..
"Come support you Panthers as they work hard to make a run to state,"
Baptiste says.
His assistants are Greg Meacham, Roger Daniel, Jimmy Taylor and Jason
Hendley.
In addition to players already named, team members include the following:
Eighth Graders: Matthew Arnold, Aaron Arnold, Alan Ells, Demarcus
Hampton, Zack Hendley, Rashawn Jones, Dustin Morgan, Dayvon Patterson,
Bryce Phillips, Jacob Proctor, Desmon Quarles, Trey Stremy, Jordan Taylor,
Taron Wells, Michael Wilkeson, and Corey Wright.
Seventh Graders: Jacory Beard, Conner Clark, Kaleb Coursey, Bubba Duncan, Devan Evans, Xavier Grainger, Lee McMurry, Trevian Patterson, Cori Phillips, Frederick Santos, Joshua Stratton and Joshua Whitney.
Sixth Graders: Josh Bigbee, Truston Clayton, Brian Clinard, Chris Collier, Trey Matthews amd Jason Mitchell.
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RMS breezes to state quaterfinals

By: Jim Turner
Barrett Croslin (2) rushes for some of his 65 yards in Russellville's 42-0 win over visiting Hopkinsville North Side in the state middle school state playoffs Saturday.--Photo by Ashley Bland.
As a North Drive defender tries to wrestle the ball away from a Panther ball carrier, Bryce Phillips (76) and Taron Wells (73) provide an escort in the Russellville Middle School Panthers' 42-0 win over the Hopkinsville team.--Photo by Ashley Bland
Going high to knock down a North Side pass are Russellville's Quan Beard (6) and Barrett Crowlin as teammate Coco Darden (5) cheers.--Photo by Ashley Bland
Photos by Ashley Bland
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