Ram Kapoor recently went through a drastic physical transformation when he lost 55 kilograms in 18 months. In an interview with Etimes, the actor revealed how he ‘lost weight the old-fashioned way’ amid speculation that he had undergone surgery or taken weight loss drugs. Ram said, “Believe it or not, I did it the old-fashioned way, by changing my mindset, lifestyle and habits, without any surgery or external aids. That said, there’s nothing wrong with medical options if they help someone. For me, it was about a complete mental and physical reset.”
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The actor added that turning 50 was a wake-up call for him. He said, “I have two children, and I felt the need to set a positive example for them by prioritising my own health. Over the last six months, I pushed myself to shed 55 kgs, bringing me down to 85 kgs. The transformation is deeply personal.”
Ram shared that losing weight is “definitely harder” in your 50s. “I realised this had to be a lifelong change, not a temporary fix. It’s not about following a diet for a few months; it’s about changing who you are as a person. I’d lost 30 kilos twice in the past, only to gain it all back. This time, I didn’t focus on quick results or just willpower. Instead, I focused on fitness, what I eat, how much I sleep, my exercise routine, hydration and fasting intervals. Fitness isn’t about the number on the scale; it’s about feeling strong, energetic and healthy. Staying fit is a constant work in progress, and one’s life revolves around continuous improvement,” the actor said.
In an old interview with Bangalore Mirror, Ram Kapoor revealed that to achieve his desired weight goal he worked out for two hours every day and followed intermittent fasting.
He said, “As soon as I wake up in the morning, I do an hour of weight-lifting on an empty stomach and at night just before I sleep, I do cardio. I eat limited food for a period of eight hours. For the rest of the 16 hours, I don’t eat anything at all. I have given up dairy, oil, most carbs and sugar. I have given up normal food as I know it.” Ram shared that the toughest food to cut out of his diet was meat.
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Earlier this month, Ram Kapoor made his return to Instagram after almost a three-month hiatus. The actor posted a mirror selfie to announce his social media comeback. The picture grabbed eyeballs for Ram’s amazing physical transformation. He looked visibly leaner in the snaps. The side note on the post read, “Hi guys, sorry for the slightly long absence from Insta. I was working on myself quite extensively.”
Ram Kapoor was last seen in the Ravi Udyawar-directed film Yudhra.
But if you believe the average Spanish sports fan has the capacity to distinguish between XVs rugby and the sevens version, or understands the team their country just beat actually didn’t contain a single All Blacks player, think again.
The breathless coverage reminded Sports Insider of the time when the USA Eagles beat our men’s sevens team for the first time and the headlines Stateside read: “USA Eagles shock the world.”
Pol Pla, of Spain, scores against the All Blacks Sevens in Dubai. Photo / Getty Images
It mattered not that it was the sevens team. Americans didn’t get that nuance.
Back to Dubai. Our men’s sevens team are hardly “titans”. Nor is it a shock when they get beaten (which seems to be increasingly often nowadays).
One wonders if the casual Arab sports fan is no different to the American. Did the All Blacks brand just take a hit in the Middle East, where the biggest sports money tap is now located?
The Dubai results simply reinforce how daft and inaccurate it is that New Zealand Rugby insists the men’s sevens team must be called the “All Blacks Sevens”.
In its collective wisdom, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) believes calling the sevens specialists the All Blacks adds to the lustre of the black jersey and creates additional commercial opportunities and increased awareness of our dominant rugby heritage.
I’d argue it does the opposite. If anything, it undermines the All Blacks brand as casual sports fans around the globe cast a superficial eye over international media coverage and see headlines of rugby minnows increasingly lowering our colours.
And now we have the added folly of the same smoke and mirrors being applied to the XVs game with the “All Blacks XV” now touring annually, when in fact most Kiwis would prefer they were called “New Zealand A” in convention with other national unions.
But Silver Lake and the marketing boffins at NZR don’t see it that way.
It’s obvious the majority of Kiwi fans disagree and overwhelmingly decry the All Blacks moniker being given to anything other than the best men’s XVs team we can put on the park.
Directors and executives grossly overpaying themselves
While this madness is going on, directors and senior executives at NZR are paying themselves unprecedented salaries and fees.
Gregor Paul’s revelations in the Herald this week that, on average, senior executives at NZR are paid $467,000 annually and that directors fees now total $1.4 million a year, the latter being more than the yearly grant paid to Heartland unions, should outrage rugby fans.
An average obviously means some executives are on higher wages.
The provincial rumour mill is claiming that the combined salaries of the top two executives in the game (one from NZR and one recently departed from its commercial arm) total more than $2 million.
If that’s accurate, it’s an even greater outrage.
Elite professional sport does need to employ capable executives and pay for competent directors, and those sorts of salaries and fees are not uncommon. But not when an organisation is bleeding money (almost $80m in losses in the past two years) and its flawed strategy is being exposed on a regular basis.
And nor when the independent Pilkington review, commissioned by NZR, has found the organisation’s governance no longer fit for purpose.
Meanwhile, the self-congratulation continues with NZR patting itself on the back for achieving one million subscribers to its All Blacks YouTube channel.
Let’s not forget that earlier this year, NZR ran the white flag up on its misguided NZR+ digital channel, which is costing it more than $10m a year, to pivot to promoting its premium content on YouTube instead.
And if you think a million subscribers on YouTube is some sort of incredible feat, here’s some context around how the numbers stack up for “the greatest team in the history of (all) sport”. Food for thought:
There are approximately 41,900 YouTube channels with over a million subscribers. The All Blacks need to swell their audience by more than five times to five million to even crack the top 100 in sports channels.
A single individual, Ilona Maher, an American rugby sevens player, has over eight million followers across social media, including 4.6 million on Instagram alone (the All Blacks have 2.6 million on Instagram).
A Canadian gymnast named Anna McNulty has almost 10 million YouTube subscribers, as does the Australian cricket team, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka both top five million each (five times the audience of the All Blacks).
French freestyle football player Sean Garnier has almost six million subscribers on YouTube.
If you’ve never even heard of Maher, McNulty or Garnier, join the club.
Even then, to increase the audience, the All Blacks have been forced to piggy-back off international YouTube “sports influencers” who have much bigger numbers.
Hence we have had visits to New Zealand at God knows what cost by the likes of some Americans named “Dude Perfect” (60 million subscribers) and a “Japanese sensation” called the Fischers (eight million), who performed such riveting content as learning how to kick a rugby ball and playing “monster tag”.
Dude Perfect (left and centre), with Richie McCaw, promote a new partnership with the All Blacks.
I wonder what traditional Kiwi rugby fans make of it all.
It’s yet another example of the squandering of money and more of the nonsensical rhetoric NZR continues to push down our throats.
NZR told us during the Silver Lake negotiation saga that there are 60 million All Blacks fans around the world and they wanted to “monetise” them with the Americans’ help. A dollar per fan and there’s $60m annually, went the spiel.
So three years into the deal, we’ve managed to, on average, convince one in every 60 global fans to follow the team’s YouTube content even though it’s free.
Not sure I’d be boasting about that.
Chris Wood and his colourful Notts Forest owner
Has New Zealand football (with a lower case ‘f’) ever had a more golden period than right now?
Auckland FC sit magnificently astride the top of the A-League table with five wins, not a single goal conceded, and the Wellington Phoenix breathing down their necks, therefore setting the stage for a bumper return derby at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday that will rival Warriors crowds of this year.
Chris Wood has been shining for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and for the All Whites. Photo / Photosport
Chris Wood’s match-winning penalty against Ipswich Town last weekend not only made the All Whites striker the joint top scorer in his club Nottingham Forest’s Premier League (EPL) history* but also reinforced his position among the EPL’s top scorers this season.
Only Liverpool talisman Mo Salah (13) Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (12) have found the net more often than the nine goals Wood has racked up so far this season.
The 32-year-old former Hamiltonian’s goal against Ipswich also reinforced his growing reputation as potentially the EPL’s best penalty taker.
Wood has an unblemished record of seven successes from as many attempts during his EPL career and has not missed from the spot in a match of consequence since 2016, when he was playing for Leeds United.
Wood might want to steer clear of celebrating too closely with Nottingham Forest’s owner though.
Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis is one of the more unusual EPL club owners.
For starters, he had previously been accused of heroin trafficking and match-fixing – both charges he successfully fought in court.
However, he now has fresh charges of “inciting sporting violence” and “funding a criminal organisation” to deal with, both related to the murder of a policeman with a flare gun.
Marinakis also owns leading Greek club Olympiakos and prosecutors in his native country claim he was in cahoots with the club’s notorious “Gate 7 firm” who are accused of killing the policeman during a riot.
He denies the charges.
SailGP and Sir Russell Coutts are flying high
If Kiwi football is soaring, our sailing stocks aren’t too far behind either.
Not only is the America’s Cup locked away for at least another two years but SailGP – the brainchild of Sir Russell Coutts – has never been in better shape as it heads into its fifth season.
The series will make its long-awaited Auckland debut in the second event of the 2025 season on January 18-19 and is set for bumper summer crowds eager to watch the action close-up.
But it is the commercial performance of the high-voltage foiling catamarans that is catching the eye.
SailGP is set to break even for the first time, with its managing director Andrew Thompson claiming revenue has “at least doubled” since the 2022-23 series.
The New Zealand SailGP team. Photo / Photosport
Luxury watchmaker Rolex has signed up as the series’ first-ever overall naming-rights sponsor and SailGP has since announced two other major commercial deals with Emirates Airlines and international logistics company DP World.
“Our league is growing revenues,” Thompson told business website SportsPro. “It has always been our aspiration that after five seasons, we’d be in a situation where we are at least breaking even. We’re on track to do that, which is something that’s never happened in this sport before.
Thompson described the 10-year title sponsorship deal with Rolex as a “coming-of-age” partnership, saying Emirates and DP World came on board because of SailGP’s growing presence in the Middle East.
“We have had a number of events in the Middle East now, in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which has sparked that interest, frankly,” he said, adding that the US and Asia are the next targets for an expanded presence.
Thompson said SailGP’s new deals put the series alongside some of the biggest global sports organisations from a commercial perspective.
“It is a privilege of ours to be alongside the likes of Wimbledon, [the] PGA Tour and Formula One and others,” he said. “It is certainly our aspiration to be amongst the top tier of sports properties.”
Last season, SailGP claimed its broadcast audience had increased by 48% to reach 193 million households across 212 territories.
First Nations Cup rugby tournament to be played in England in 2026
You read it here first … it will be announced shortly that England will host the inaugural Nations Cup tournament in 2026, between countries from the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
The second tournament will be hosted two years later by Qatar, with the blood money set to substantially boost the coffers of individual national unions as the Middle East finally adds rugby to its dubious hosting list of high-profile sports.
England’s Chandler Cunningham-South tackles All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor at Twickenham last month. Photo / Photosport
And the United States has been earmarked for 2030, although there are still several caveats on that yet to be satisfied.
If they are, it means the earliest a Southern Hemisphere country can host the tournament is 2032.
Will New Zealand ever host it?
Not unless Saudi Arabia buys us.
Time zones and commercial imperatives mean the Nations Cup will be no different to the World Cup now – its finals will never be played here.
Team of the Week
Team McLarenBruce McLaren’s name will be celebrated internationally if the team the Kiwi icon inspired can hold off Ferrari to win their first Formula One Constructors Championship in 26 years in the final round of the world championship series in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Ferrari sit just 21 points behind McLaren’s Lance Stroll and Oscar Piastri.
Steven Adams Tops the Herald’s Sporting Rich list (yet again) with $21m-plus, despite a year out of action injured in the NBA.
Howick College The Auckland school’s golden-point win over red-hot favourites Hamilton Girls’ High School in the final was the best game of the popular Condor sevens tournament.
* Before the Premier League era, Grenville Morris scored the most goals for Nottingham Forest, with 217 career strikes in all competitions
Be it summer, winter, or autumn, hair fall is a problem that persists across all seasons. No matter how religiously we follow our oiling and hair care routines, it often finds a way to trouble us. It’s a proven fact that, just like our bodies, our hair needs special dietary care to remain healthy and thick. Sadly, if your diet has been erratic and your lifestyle sedentary, your hair fall problems may worsen. The good news is that winter offers us a bounty of vegetables packed with nutrients to enhance hair health. Among these is methi, or fenugreek leaves! While Methi Aloo might be your go-to dish, here we bring you an iron-rich Methi Pulao recipe that will not only improve your health but also elevate your lunch like no other.
Intrigued? You should be! Let’s explore how methi benefits hair health and learn how to make this delicious pulao at home.
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Why Is Iron Important for Hair?
You might wonder how iron supports hair health. Iron is essential for producing haemoglobin – a protein that carries oxygen to hair follicles. It also aids in collagen production, which strengthens hair. Including iron in your diet can significantly support the growth of long, beautiful tresses.
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What Makes Methi a Superfood for Hair?
For centuries, methi or fenugreek leaves have been celebrated as a miracle food for hair. Nutritionist Nmami Agarwal notes that methi is rich in antioxidants, vitamin A, vitamin C, and more. These antioxidants and vitamins help purify the blood, ultimately benefiting both skin and hair. But the benefits of methi don’t stop there—it also supports overall body health in several ways:
1. Promotes Weight Loss
Methi seeds and leaves are high in dietary fibre, which aids digestion and metabolism, promoting weight loss. The fibre also helps you feel full for longer, reducing overeating.
2. Manages Diabetes
The dietary fibre in methi slows the digestion process, which helps regulate the absorption of carbohydrates and sugar into the bloodstream.
3. Balances Cholesterol
Methi leaves, packed with antioxidants, help flush toxins from the body, preventing inflammation and managing cholesterol levels.
4. Prevents Acid Reflux
The antioxidants and fibre in methi greens help regulate bowel movements, which may reduce heartburn and acid reflux.
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How to Make Iron-Rich Methi Pulao | Methi Pulao Recipe
Now that you understand how methi benefits your hair and body, let’s learn how to make this nutritious pulao at home. The recipe, shared on Instagram by nutritionist Leema Mahajan, is both simple and delicious.
Prepare the Methi: Wash the methi thoroughly, chop it finely, and set it aside.
Cook the Methi: Heat some ghee in a pressure cooker. Add hing, chopped garlic, dry red chilli, and the chopped methi. Sauté for a minute, then add grated tomatoes. Mix well.
Add Rice: Once the tomatoes are cooked, season the mixture with cumin powder, coriander powder, and salt. Stir well before adding soaked rice and water.
Cook the Pulao: Cover the pressure cooker and let it cook for 2-3 whistles. Once done, mix the pulao to ensure the rice is evenly coated in masala. Serve hot!
Can You Add Vegetables to Methi Pulao?
Absolutely! You can boost the nutritional value of methi pulao by adding your favourite vegetables. Carrots, beans, peas, and other winter vegetables work wonderfully. Pair the pulao with dal and some raita for a wholesome, balanced meal.
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So, include this iron-rich methi pulao in your diet and watch your hair grow long and thick!
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He’s on a winning streak! Jelly Roll revealed he has no plans to slow down his weight loss and exercise habits after dropping 110 pounds this year.
Jelly, 39 — real name Jason DeFord — told People in an interview published on Wednesday, November 20, that he’s lost an estimated 60 to 70 pounds since starting his Beautifully Broken tour in August.
“The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,” he explained. “I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food, so that was the hard part. But once you get into that discipline and commitment, it’s like an avalanche. Once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way.”
Jelly has been open about his lifelong struggle with food addiction, which started when he was a child.
“Nobody in my house ever had [a healthy relationship with food], so that was the hard part, really fighting that demon at first and getting into that discipline and that commitment,” he told the publication.
The “Save Me” singer’s year of fitness began in January, when he began training for a 5K race hosted by his comedian pals Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura.
Jelly told People in April that he was running up to three miles a day, four to six days a week, in training for the race. He followed up his runs with 20 to 30 minutes in a sauna and six minutes in a cold plunge.
“It was a little bit harder than I thought it was [going to be], but it’s awesome, man,” Jelly gushed.
Once the CMA winner began his arena tour in August, he started playing basketball on the NBA courts with his crew members, as well as walking through the stands for exercise.
“We’ve been playing basketball three days a week now,” Jelly said of his favorite new activity during an October 11 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, revealing he and his bandmates were “having full blown tournaments.”
Jelly also said he was “working out everyday walking around the arenas,” and was “going to the gym now.” When it came to his health, Jelly gushed, “I’ve never been more dialed in. I’ve never cared more about it. I’ve never been happier.”
The Nashville, Tennessee, native revealed he once tipped the scales at 557 pounds, adding, “I feel this good just losing 100 pounds. I’m 420-something now. I’m walking around different, talking different, my shoulders are setting different, I’m moving different.”
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Jelly has lost another 10 pounds in the month since appearing on the podcast, telling People, “I hope I continue to lose this weight.”
“It’s cool because there was once a time in life that the culture I built on tour was the opposite. It revolved around alcohol and drugs,” he explained to the outlet. “And now our tour culture is around good eating and around exercising and doing emotional check-ins with our crew every day.”
The “Wild Ones” singer will be able to keep his diet and exercise routine thriving on the road once his Beautifully Broken tour ends in March 2025. The following month, he’ll be joining Post Malone for The Big Ass Stadium tour, which was announced on Wednesday, November 20. The duo will perform at football and baseball stadiums across the U.S. through July 2025.
He’s on a winning streak! Jelly Roll revealed he has no plans to slow down his weight loss and exercise habits after dropping 110 pounds this year.
Jelly, 39 — real name Jason DeFord — told People in an interview published on Wednesday, November 20, that he’s lost an estimated 60 to 70 pounds since starting his Beautifully Broken tour in August.
“The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,” he explained. “I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food, so that was the hard part. But once you get into that discipline and commitment, it’s like an avalanche. Once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way.”
Jelly has been open about his lifelong struggle with food addiction, which started when he was a child.
“Nobody in my house ever had [a healthy relationship with food], so that was the hard part, really fighting that demon at first and getting into that discipline and that commitment,” he told the publication.
The “Save Me” singer’s year of fitness began in January, when he began training for a 5K race hosted by his comedian pals Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura.
Jelly told People in April that he was running up to three miles a day, four to six days a week, in training for the race. He followed up his runs with 20 to 30 minutes in a sauna and six minutes in a cold plunge.
“It was a little bit harder than I thought it was [going to be], but it’s awesome, man,” Jelly gushed.
Once the CMA winner began his arena tour in August, he started playing basketball on the NBA courts with his crew members, as well as walking through the stands for exercise.
“We’ve been playing basketball three days a week now,” Jelly said of his favorite new activity during an October 11 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, revealing he and his bandmates were “having full blown tournaments.”
Jelly also said he was “working out everyday walking around the arenas,” and was “going to the gym now.” When it came to his health, Jelly gushed, “I’ve never been more dialed in. I’ve never cared more about it. I’ve never been happier.”
The Nashville, Tennessee, native revealed he once tipped the scales at 557 pounds, adding, “I feel this good just losing 100 pounds. I’m 420-something now. I’m walking around different, talking different, my shoulders are setting different, I’m moving different.”
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen
Jelly has lost another 10 pounds in the month since appearing on the podcast, telling People, “I hope I continue to lose this weight.”
“It’s cool because there was once a time in life that the culture I built on tour was the opposite. It revolved around alcohol and drugs,” he explained to the outlet. “And now our tour culture is around good eating and around exercising and doing emotional check-ins with our crew every day.”
The “Wild Ones” singer will be able to keep his diet and exercise routine thriving on the road once his Beautifully Broken tour ends in March 2025. The following month, he’ll be joining Post Malone for The Big Ass Stadium tour, which was announced on Wednesday, November 20. The duo will perform at football and baseball stadiums across the U.S. through July 2025.
DULUTH — A three-touchdown afternoon for running back Alex Riley helped the Minnesota Duluth football team shake off its bad mojo on Saturday with a hard-fought 35-21 victory over Minot State at Malosky Stadium.
The sorely needed win concludes what’s been an October to forget in the wake of three consecutive one-score losses at the hands of Augustana, Northern State and Sioux Falls.
“I think when you have the season that we’ve had at this point you appreciate every win, and Minot State is a good football team,” said head coach Curt Wiese. (They) came in at 4-4 and they played a hard football game, but credit goes to our guys. I thought our guys played hard, they played with a lot of emotion today. It was clearly still important to them to continue to play our style of football.”
For Riley, who established new career highs in rushing yards (103) and touchdowns in the win over the Beavers, the win provided an emotional lift to the team.
“Definitely a momentum and motivational boost,” said the Waconia native. “I feel like we’ve kind of hung our heads a little bit on the losses, but this is just a perfect win to get us feeling good about our team and just keep moving forward.”
After missing last week’s game, quarterback Kyle Walljasper completed 15 of 22 pass attempts for 156 yards and two touchdowns, including a 12-yard strike to Cole Ewald in the first half and another to Jimmy Durocher in the fourth quarter, to help seal the win.
Ewald, Chuck Gilbert III and Ryder Patterson all took on more prominent roles in UMD’s offense in the absence of leading receiver DaShaun Ames, who entered the game sitting in third place across the NSIC in receiving yards with 583 on 28 catches, and eight touchdowns.
Ames sustained an injury during practice leading up to Saturday’s game, though Wiese anticipates he’ll be back in the lineup for their next matchup against Winona State.
With a shorthanded receiving group, the Bulldogs’ offense took a run-heavy approach in the first half with 13 of their first 16 plays coming on the ground. Riley and Derrick Johnson shouldered the load, with Riley finding the most success. He gained 74 yards on six carries, including touchdown runs of 4 and 38 yards.
The team combined to churn out 181 yards rushing by halftime and 257 yards overall.
“I can’t give enough credit to my line, you know, they’re doing a great job,” Riley said of the team’s effort in the trenches. “It’s my job to read off them and make a good read and I was feeling good all game. I was trusting myself (and) trusting my preparation…”
After being held in check by the Bulldogs’ defense over the first two quarters, the Beavers offense proved opportunistic midway through the second quarter with a rare passing play to a wide-open Jonathan Noriega down the middle of the field for their only touchdown of the half.
The 77-yard touchdown connection was only the second first-half completion for quarterback Carson Chrisman, as the Beavers mainly stuck to the ground game with 22-of-28 plays of the rushing variety.
The second half got off to a less-than-ideal start for Walljasper after an off-target pass intended for Durocher was picked off by Brayan Augustin and returned all the way to UMD’s 3-yard line. The Beavers quickly cashed in with a rushing touchdown by Chrisman to make it a one-possession game, 21-14 less than two minutes into the third quarter.
Walljapser shrugged off the mistake on the next possession by leading the offense 75 yards on eight plays, including an 18-yard QB sneak and a 16-yard strike to Gilbert III along the sidelines to set up a 1-yard score by Riley, his third of the game.
Chisman, who finished the game with three total touchdowns, added his second rushing score late in the third quarter to cut the deficit back to only seven in a 28-21 game. The Beavers appeared ready to get the ball back with a chance to tie the game after forcing a punting situation on the ensuing UMD possession. Instead, the Bulldogs ran a fake, with Logan Kubus breaking free for 29 yards along the home team’s sidelines to extend the drive, and set up the 30-yard touchdown pass from Walljasper to Durocher.
UMD (4-4, 3-4 NSIC) will begin two weeks on the road at Winona State next Saturday, Nov. 2.
Jake Przytarski is a sports reporter for the Duluth News Tribune covering a mix of local prep and collegiate teams.
Friday night produced a feeling that hasn’t been felt inside Stafford High School in more than a decade.
Senior quarterback Zion Gray’s scramble to glory in the end zone with 1 second left clinched an incredible 35-31 comeback win, ending a 12-game losing streak against Colonial Forge
“It was a hard-fought performance,” Gray said. “We had to prepare week in and week out. We knew this was going to be a tough battle, so we just had to go in there and give it our all.”
Down 14-0, this game between two of the best teams in the Commonwealth District and two unbeaten powers felt like it was going the way of those dozen games prior.
However, with a high-octane senior duo of Gray and running back Michael Creamer leading the way, Stafford finally pulled through, producing an incredible postgame scene on the field for the team and students who rushed the field after.
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“They stepped up when we needed them to,” Stafford head coach Jeff Drugatz said. “On our offensive line, we had some kids get sick. They stepped up and they had to believe. … This proved to our boys that they can compete.”
It might have been a dogfight all game, but Stafford (5-0, 1-0) competed and competed hard, led by an solid offensive attack on the ground. The Indians compiled nearly 500 yards of total offense and more than 400 of that came on the ground, all from Gray and Creamer.
Gray, who ran in an 11-yard touchdown with 1 second remaining in the fourth quarter, finished with three total touchdowns and more than 250 yards of total offense.
Creamer, while putting together yet another 200-yard rushing performance, tied the Stafford school record for most touchdowns in a career with 33 after a two-touchdown performance on Friday.
“It’s great,” Creamer said. “We take a lot of the pressure off each other. When they bite down on me, he pulls off 80-yard runs and vice versa.”
Both had lengthy touchdown runs in the win, a 58-yard run for Gray and an 83-yard run for Creamer, both in the third quarter. That third quarter made all the difference at the end of the day as Stafford came alive, scoring 14 points as it trailed, 24-21, going into the fourth.
Stafford’s second half spark was impressive to watch, outscoring Colonial Forge (4-1, 0-1), 28-17, over the final 24 minutes of play.
“It’s a tough ending for us,” Eagles head coach John Brown said. “Hats off to them. They stuck with what they do.”
Gray’s heroics on the final play continue what’s shaping up to be a stellar season for unbeaten Stafford.
“It definitely felt good,” Gray said. “There were a lot of emotions running through my mind, but to never beat a team in that many years, it feels good to finally get a win and celebrate with my guys.”
North Stafford continues red-hot start
Last season, North Stafford went winless, taking a double-digit losing streak into this fall, but the tides have changed dramatically for the Wolverines, taking down Brooke Point, 34-20, on Friday to improve to 3-1 on the season.
The Wolverines took the initiative early on, building a 21-7 halftime lead before the defense took over, holding the Black-Hawks to under 250 yards of total offense.
“We prepared and worked our butts off this off season,” North Stafford head coach Marquez Hall said. “We just played North Stafford football.”
Micah Brown just missed out on his third 100-yard rushing performance in his first four games this season and quarterback Chase Sullivan was steady, throwing for more than 200 yards and two touchdowns.
Massaponax’s struggles continue
For the second time in three seasons, Massaponax has begun 1-4 after a fourth-straight loss on Friday night, losing 21-0 to Mountain View at home.
The Panthers, despite some strong offensive performances in the early going, have struggled to find an identity, being held to 20 points or fewer in three of five games this season. Blowout losses against Louisa County and Matoaca saw the Massaponax’s defense allow 45 points or more in both games as well.
Things don’t get much easier either for the Panthers. They face a gauntlet of a conference schedule with the likes of Colonial Forge, Stafford and North Stafford over the next five weeks.
William Butler had an all-time night for Eastern View
Talk about a performance: Eastern View wide receiver William Butler did just that in a 42-21 win over Caroline on Friday.
There isn’t much more to say about someone who caught three touchdown passes and recorded 250 receiving yards in one game, averaging 25 yards per catch.
The Cyclones made a big statement in the Sept. 21 home win over Brooke Point and on Thursday, they backed up that performance in a massive way with 550 yards of total offense against the Cavaliers.
With AP Hull under center, Butler hauling in touchdowns and senior Brett Clatterbaugh making plays on both sides of the ball, Eastern View is a dangerous team to see get hot.
