HAMPTON, VA (WTKR)- Phoebus and Hampton boast one of Virginia’s fiercest rivalries and, for the fourth straight season, the two found themselves going head-to-head for the right to keep playing.
Freshman Elijah Paige tallied two touchdown passes and Kassius Tillery scored the eventual game-winning touchdown on a rush in the third quarter, as the Phantoms held off the Crabbers, 21-14, at Darling Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the Region 4A quarterfinals.
Phoebus struck first midway through the first quarter, when Paige found Jeremiah Jimmerson for the 52-yard scoring strike, getting the Phantoms on the board with an explosive play. But the Crabbers showed they weren’t going anywhere. After a goalline stand, quarterback Marcus Champman and the Hampton offense engineered a 99-yard drive that ended with a Des’Tin Jones six yard touchdown rush to pull the Crabbers even…