WATERTOWN — Adam Cooper ran for five first half touchdowns as Watertown rolled to an easy 42-8 homecoming win over East Robertson Friday at Robinson Stadium.
With the win, the Purple Tigers moved to 3-3 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in Region 4-2A while the Indians slipped to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the region.
“We worked hard to correct our mistakes from last week,” said Watertown coach Gavin Webster.
“We know what we have to do to compete for the region championship — we have to continue to keep working and do what we do every day.”
Cooper, a sophomore, scored on runs of 3, 17, 8, 45 and 25 yards.
The one time the East Robertson defense slowed the Watertown ground attack came at the 6:15 mark of the 1st quarter when the Indians forced a punt.
But a fumble on the ensuing kick set the Watertown offense up in business near midfield.
East Robertson didn’t find the end zone until the 0:27 mark of the fourth quarter where Carson Craig hooked up with Shaun Groves from 31 yards out.
Craig would again find Groves for a successful 2-point conversion to close out the scoring.
Despite the loss, East Robertson head coach Atlee Pond spoke highly of his team.
“We’ll be fine; these kids are resilient,” said Pond, “but you have to give credit to Watertown they came out and hit us in the mouth — but we’ll be fine.”
East Robertson, winners of three straight after an 0-3 start, are idle next week before returning to action at home Oct. 15 playing host to Westmoreland.
The Eagles snapped a six-game losing streak with a 35-6 victory over Whites Creek.
Watertown is scheduled to entertain 3-4 Harpeth High — a 56-34 loser at Trousdale County on Friday.
Watertown 42, East Robertson 8
E. Robertson 0 0 0 8 — 8
Watertown 21 14 7 0 — 42
WHS — Adam Cooper 3 run. Trey Pack kick. 10:21 1st quarter.
WHS — Cooper 17 run. Pack kick. 7:08 1st quarter.
WHS — Cooper 8 run. Pack kick. 6:07 1st quarter.
WHS — Cooper 45 run. Pack kick. 4:51 2nd quarter.
WHS — Cooper 25 yard touchdown. Pack kick. 3:50 2nd quarter.
WHS — Brady Watts 12 pass from Brayden Cousino. Pack kick. 7:01 3rd quarter.
ER — Shaun Groves 31 pass from Carson Craig. Groves pass from Craig for 2 points. 0:27 4th quarter.
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