LANCASTER, Pa. – After a bye week, Apprentice returned to action against the Bulldogs of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in a designated NSAC game and came away with the 16-15 victory behind the foot of Logan Eastman.

Eastman was 3-for-3 on field goals, all from 30+ yards.

Patrick Chewning found Isaiah Townsend for a 33-yard score with Eastman tagging on the extra point.

Tali Burgess netted 55 yards on the ground while Alvin Hicks Jr. added 25 yards.

Defensively, Leslie Hines had 8 solo and 2 assist tackles as well as one extra point block. Austin Moore had 3 solo and 4 assists tackles, a sack and forced fumble while Emmanuel Patterson added three solo tackles, a forced fumble, and a sack. Seventeen Builders tallied tackles on the afternoon.

Apprentice improves to 3-3 overall and 1-0 in the NSAC.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Apprentice School football team put together its most complete performance of the season Saturday, cruising to a 27-7 win over Fork Union Military Academy in front of their home crowd. The Builders scored on offense, defense and special teams while limiting Fork Union to just 68 rushing yards on 36 attempts all afternoon.

Quarterback Trevon Griffin was the catalyst, accounting for a pair of Builder touchdowns. He capped a 7-play, 26-yard scoring drive with an 8-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, then found Keyvon McCloud for a 46-yard touchdown strike in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Griffin finished the day 9-of-12 passing for 166 yards and a touchdown, adding 8 rushing yards on the ground.

McCloud led all receivers with three catches for 78 yards while Baker Green added two grabs for 49 yards. On the ground, Bradley Hebb paced the Builders with 48 yards on 11 carries, and Tali Burgess chipped in 31 more.
Kicker Logan Eastman was money all afternoon, connecting on two field goal attempts (39 and 33 yards) and going 3-for-3 on extra points.

The defense set the tone early. Safety Noah Huff turned in the defensive highlight of the game, picking off a Fork Union pass and returning it 57 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter to put the Builders on the board first. Brandon Church added a interception in the fourth quarter, returning it 20 yards to help seal the win. Up front, Cameron Bassani was a force, racking up 11 tackles and 1.5 sacks, while Chase Johnson terrorized the Fork Union backfield with two sacks of his own. As a team, the Builders defense sacked Fork Union quarterbacks five times and held the visitors to a paltry 1.9 yards per carry.

Special teams played a role too, with Aiden Gerda booming kickoffs for an average of 57.3 yards, pinning Fork Union deep and limiting their return opportunities throughout the game.

The Builders’ offense was efficient all afternoon, averaging 5.5 yards per play compared to Fork Union’s 2.6, and controlled the game with a balanced, explosive attack through the air and on the ground.

With the win, Apprentice School improves to 2-2 on the season, while Fork Union Military Academy falls to 2-2.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Apprentice School Builders started their 2026 campaign with a 27-14 victory over visiting Sussex County Community College Saturday afternoon at the Apprentice Athletic complex, behind three rushing touchdowns and a defense that came up with four takeaways.

Quarterback Brock Hoffman set the tone early, capping a 7-play, 53-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 6-0 in the first quarter. The Builders struck again quickly to open the second, needing just two plays to cover 15 yards after a Jabari Anderson interception set them up at the Sussex 15. Malachi Mitchell punched it in from 2 yards out to push the lead to 12-0.

Sussex County answered before halftime, riding a 10-play, 92-yard march that was capped off by a 22-yard Connor Hawkins touchdown catch from Kareem Moore to cut it to 12-7.

Apprentice answered every punch from Sussex County. Bradley Hebb bulled in from a yard out early in the third quarter to make it 20-7, and Hoffman found Malachi Madden for a 14-yard touchdown strike later in the frame to push their lead to 27-7. Hebb led all rushers with 43 yards on 14 carries, while Mitchell added 39 yards and a score of his own.

Sussex County’s Hawkins hauled in his second touchdown of the day, an 11-yard grab, with 1:50 left in the fourth to make it a two-score game, but the Builders’ defense, paced by Leslie Hines’ 12 tackles and Emmanuel Patterson’s forced fumble and seven tackles, closed the door from there, running out the final possession to seal the victory.

Apprentice leaned on a stout ground game with 132 yards and 3 touchdown, and a plus-2 turnover margin to pull away. The Builders also converted all four of their red-zone chances into touchdowns.

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