The Mathews High School varsity football team fell to 3-6 (1-2 in the Tidewater District), after losing Friday night’s game against the homestanding West Point Pointers, 43-20.

Chris Davis rushed for 106 yards on 16 carries, while C.J. Kelly and Anthony Forrest had 51- and 27-yard touchdown receptions to provide most of the Blue Devils’ offensive spark. Quarterback Michael Cunningham (5-for-14 for 96 yards passing) had a one-yard TD run for the other MHS score.

"I was not disappointed with our team’s effort," MHS head coach Paul White said after Friday’s loss. "We played hard, and I learned something valuable from my high school coach, Coach Todd (legendary Gloucester High School coach Turnley Todd)—Win with class and compete at all times. I never felt like we were out of the game until late in the fourth quarter because we played with emotion and effort."

Mathews got on the scoreboard first, taking the opening kickoff and marching downfield 57 yards. The last 27 yards came off a fourth-down pass from Cunningham to Forrest. The score remained 7-0 until the second quarter, when the Pointers exploded for 22 points.

West Point extended its lead to 29-7 on the team’s first possession in the third quarter, before Cunningham connected with Kelly on a 51-yard TD pass. The Pointers scored twice more before Cunningham gave Mathews its final points with a 1-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. Ryan Morgan was 2-for-2 in PAT kicks.

Mathews gets a week off before ending the regular season on Friday, Nov. 12 against the visiting Middlesex Chargers. Mathews beat Middlesex earlier this year, 51-14, in a game that did not count in the Tidewater District standings.