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SALISBURY — After suffering two consecutive losses in the final moments, the Catawba football team responded with a dominant fourth-quarter performance on Saturday night. The Indians defeated Emory & Henry 24-10 in front of 2,196 fans at Shuford Stadium during Family Weekend.
The score was tied at 10-10 at halftime. Catawba took the lead early in the fourth quarter when Kevon Rivera powered into the end zone on a fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line. Leading 17-10, the Indians then engineered a methodical 92-yard scoring drive that consumed 8:30 off the clock, effectively sealing the South Atlantic Conference win over the Wasps (1-3, 0-2). Tareavion Mageo scored on a 2-yard run to cap the drive.
Catawba's defense came up with a crucial stop after Emory & Henry advanced to the Catawba 4-yard line in the final seconds. Although the Wasps gained more total yards, the Indians' defense recovered two fumbles and made nine third-down stops. Emory & Henry also missed two field goals.
Mason Fortune threw for 185 yards for Catawba, with Nick Venezia hauling in nine catches for 126 yards. Kyiev Bennerman forced two fumbles and recorded 2.5 tackles for loss, while Jymiek Sampson contributed a sack for a 15-yard loss. Kyle Perry scored Catawba's first-half touchdown on a 56-yard punt return, and Francisco Garcia Rodriguez added a field goal and three extra points.
Catawba will next travel to Greeneville, Tenn., to face Tusculum at 6 p.m.
SALISBURY — The Livingstone football team has now won two straight games. The Blue Bears started slowly against Winston-Salem State at Alumni Memorial Stadium but used a strong third quarter on both offense and defense to defeat the Rams 21-13 on Saturday night in front of 1,350 fans.
Winston-Salem State (0-4, 0-2) opened the scoring with a field goal. Livingstone took a 7-3 lead on a Maliq Staten touchdown run that capped a 10-play drive. The Rams scored the final two touchdowns of the first half to take a 13-7 lead into halftime.
The Blue Bears (2-2, 2-1) regained the lead at 14-13 on Jamol Horton's 8-yard scoring run with 4:21 left in the third quarter, followed by Jason Zapata's extra point. Horton's score finished a 74-yard drive. Three minutes later, Livingstone quarterback Brandon Edinburgh Jr. connected with Ronald Lindsey on a 49-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-13, which proved to be the final score.
Edinburgh passed for 145 yards. Livingstone was stopped on downs at the Winston-Salem State 31-yard line with 1:53 remaining, but the Blue Bears' defense secured another stop to deny the Rams a chance to force overtime. Livingstone recorded four sacks, with Dontavius Phillips notching two sacks and forcing two fumbles. Derrick York intercepted a pass for the Blue Bears.
Livingstone will next play at Shaw on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Originally reported by salisburypost.