Battlefield's two losses this season are the most for the team since 2006 and prove that, yes, the Bobcats are in fact mere mortals after all.

Yet the ghost of Battlefield's recent past haunted Stonewall Jackson dearly last Friday night in Haymarket as the Bobcats routed the visiting Raiders 44-12.

The Battle of Bull Run, as the annual clash between the two teams if often referred, turned out to be an extra sweet treat for Battlefield two days before Halloween given that the game also served as homecoming.

Cedric Agyeman rushed for three touchdowns and Nagee Jackson added two more, all in the first half. Agyeman's first two scores coupled with Jackson's at the bookends of the intro period gave the Bobcats a 27-0 lead by the end of the first quarter that morphed into a 37-0 BHS advantage by half time.

"My line, they opened up a lot of holes and they just took control in the beginning of the game," said Agyeman, crediting the Battlefield front five with creating the running lanes that allowed him to score.

According to Agyeman, the Bobcats' double team coverage up front neutralized Stonewall's rushing defense. He added that Battlefield constantly kept in motion, which "confused the defense and had them thinking a lot.

"And we just opened up holes and the o-line did really (well) today," said Agyeman.

Senior Bobo Beathard took a hand off from quarterback Ryan Swingle on Battlefield's first offensive possession of the second half and took off toward the south side of the field, crossing the goal line 66 yards later for Battlefield's sixth touchdown of the day. A continuous clock and back-and-forth offensive drives ran out most of the time for the remaining part of the third quarter.

Swingle's biggest moment came on the second play from scrimmage in the first quarter when he launched a 44-yard completion to Chris Wendle to put Battlefield inside the red zone during the team's first possession.

Stonewall's loss marked the end of the season for the Raiders (2-8) and the career of senior running back Jerry Budd. He did go out on a high note though as least as an individual. Budd's 113 yards rushing on 17 carries put him over the 1,000 yards rushing mark for the season with the milestone coming late in the fourth quarter. However, Battlefield had already put the game well out of reach by that point.

Stonewall did manage to tack on two touchdowns in the second half to at least avoid a complete shutout. Budd busted loose on the biggest play of the game in the third quarter, eclipsing Beathard's gallop by a single yard to score the Raider's first touchdown of the night before a botched extra point kept Stonewall down by an even 38 points.

Jordan Jackson answered again for the Raiders in the fourth quarter with a 13-yard run to pay dirt only for an attempted two-point conversation pass to fall short in the end zone.

"Well you know, Battlefield-Stonewall has always been a great rival, and I kind of feel like it's been not a curse, but we've been at a stuck point where our team's been kind of stuck with this table," said Budd. "I have to take my hat off to Battlefield. That's a great team, but I just want you to get ready for something new."

Talk from the Stonewall crew in the press box and with Budd on the field after the game centered around the fact that the Raiders have a promising crew of young stars that are going to be ready to take over next season. According to Budd, in order for Stonewall to defeat Battlefield, it will take the next generation of Stonewall players to

"...They'll make sure that they're not that team that gets embarrassed in these types of games," said Budd. "I think they'll rise to the occasion and step up to the challenge."