> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.richmonder.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Opening kickoff returned for touchdown jump-starts easy victory for King William - URL: https://www.richmonder.org/king-william-rides-fast-start-to-easy-victory-over-mecklenburg-county/ - Published: 2026-10-16T08:09:30.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-16T08:15:14.000Z - Description: Cavaliers star quarterback K'Sean Hill rushes for 168 yards and three scores - Author: Weldon Bradshaw - Tags: Sports CENTRAL GARAGE – Fourteen seconds had ticked off the clock Thursday night when King William’s Jordan Spivey crossed the Mecklenburg County goal line to complete a seemingly effortless, 80-yard sprint with the opening kickoff. His electrifying return for a touchdown followed by the first of Judah Peach’s six extra points put the Cavaliers ahead 7-0 and portended doom and gloom for the visiting Phoenix. Why, you might ask, since the visitors from Southside Virginia had ample time to rectify the situation, shift the momentum and earn themselves an enjoyable, two-hour bus ride home? The answer is simple. Not only did coach Scott Moore’s guys have the lead but neither K’Sean Hill, their quarterback par excellence and offensive linchpin, nor their relentless, aggressive and, at times, unyielding defense had sprung into action. When they did, the Phoenix would be in a world of hurt. Turns out they were, to the tune of a resounding 48-14 King William victory that concluded just as a light rain began to fall on Roger G. Brookes Field. “When you get the kickoff return to start the game, it really opens the gates and takes a little pressure off you offensively,” said Moore, whose team, a Class 2 signatory, improved to 6-1\. “Of course, one touchdown’s not a ball game, but it definitely gives you a boost, and, if you can maintain it and ride the wave, that’s a good sign.” The Cavaliers’ fast-out-of-the-blocks lead quickly became 14-0 when Hill, whose interception ended Mecklenburg’s first drive, raced 44 yards from scrimmage for a TD at 8:09. “Even though we had a 7-0 lead, we still had to go out on the field and execute to our full ability,” said Hill, a 5-11, 195-pound senior who carried 12 times for 168 yards and whose season stat line reads 87 carries for 1,157 yards and 18 rushing touchdowns. “There are four quarters in a game. We couldn’t start slowing down our offense.” The Class 4 Phoenix (2-6) responded quickly when Cergeo Feggins returned the ensuing kickoff 78 yards for a TD and Adrian Johnson added the point-after, but the special teams mishap was one of very few mistakes the Cavaliers made on this cool, overcast evening. They ended the quarter with a 21-7 lead thanks to Hill’s 2-yard run up the middle to culminate an eight-play, 55-yard drive. To Mecklenburg’s consternation, the Cavaliers were just getting started. In the second quarter, they ran just six plays, but two of them resulted in touchdowns: Spivey’s 31-yard run on a reverse and Xavier Shelton’s 51-yard run from scrimmage at 9:17 that gave the home team a 34-7 lead they’d take into halftime. The Cavaliers ran just four plays in the third quarter, but two resulted in touchdown runs by Hill (61 yards) and Shelton (47 yards). “They (the Phoenix) were overpursuing,” Hill said of the Cavaliers’ offensive superiority. “We’d call our motion. They overpursued to that one side. We’d overload that side, and the backside cut was there. Almost everybody took it and just went there for six.” The Cavaliers ended the half with a masterly defensive stop on a fourth-and-goal on their 5-yard line. “When we’re on defense, it’s 11 hats to the ball,” junior linebacker Jawon Thomas said. “I love being on the defensive side of the ball. I like how we all come together. When they got downfield, all of us settled down and really played to the ball. We didn’t want them to score at all.” Twice in the third quarter and early in the fourth, King William’s defense rose to the challenge again and ended promising Mecklenburg threats, once at the Cavaliers’ 38, then at their 48 and again, also at their 48. “Defense always comes out to make stops,” said Spivey, a 5-11, 155-pound junior who plays defensive back as well as wide receiver. “Our defense was really hyped. We were ready to go as soon as the game started.” Mecklenburg scored one final touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Kamryn Phillips to Feggins on a second-and-goal situation 1:30 from the end. King William ran 32 plays for 347 yards, all but 11 of which came on the ground. Shelton finished with 123 yards on 12 carries. Thanks to the Cavaliers’ defense, which recorded 11 tackles for losses, the Phoenix managed just 160 yards, 63 of which came in the final quarter. “Our goal is to go 1-0 each week,” junior linebacker Tyler Newbill said. “Practice is intense. There’re some finer points we still need to work on, and we will. We have to stay focused and locked in if we want to reach our goals.”