BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post, Nov. 7, 2025
Camaury Davis’ favorite subject is math, and it’s a good thing, considering how fast his numbers have been adding up this season.
A junior running back at Chincoteague High School, Davis has run for 1,291 yards and 18 touchdowns, leading the Ponies (6-4) into Saturday’s Danny Moore Memorial Bowl against Greenbrier Christian Academy (6-5). Game time is 8 p.m. at the Dinwiddie Sports Complex.
Chincoteague advanced to the game by whipping Rappahannock County, 38-6, on Saturday, Nov. 1, in the semifinals of the Danny Moore bracket, featuring the Nos. 5 through 8 seeds in the Virginia Independent Schools Football League (VISFL). Greenbrier beat Kenston Forest, 37-0, in last week’s other semifinal.
(Brunswick Academy, which beat Broadwater 43-0 in last week’s semifinal of the championship bracket, plays Southampton Academy in Saturday’s VISFL title game.)
Davis ran for 254 yards and four touchdowns on just eight carries in last week’s win, the sixth time he’s eclipsed the 100-yard mark this fall. Garrett Daisey added 69 yards rushing and a touchdown and also had 11 tackles on defense. Mason Perkins and Jakai Simons added eight tackles each.
Davis, whose season high in rushing was 320 yards (with four touchdowns) in a September win over Rappahannock County, stands just 5-foot-5 and weighs 150 pounds, so he’s not overpowering defenses. But he’s quick and fast and doesn’t need much daylight to break free. Mostly he just finds the holes opened up by his linemen, and once he’s past that front, he’s often off to the races. He averages just over nine yards per carry.
First-year coach Geno Geminiani attributes that to Davis’ explosive speed. He also credits senior fullback Garrett Daisey (5’11”, 215 pounds) with paving the way.
“Camaury has been amazing at finding the lanes with the help of Garrett lead blocking,” he says. “Once Camaury finds that space, he’s gone.”
Davis is thrilled with the team’s turnaround under Geminiani, who took the reins this year after former coach Wyle Maddox stepped down.
“Winning feels good,” says Davis, who lives with his mother, Cherlyn, and an older brother in Temperanceville. “It’s due to our coaching staff changing things up and the playbook being switched up. I just go out there and find the holes and go from there.”
Saturday against Greenbrier, the Ponies will look to make it a season sweep. Chincoteague beat the Gators 46-25 in September behind Davis’ 157 yards and two touchdowns, but Geminiani expects a close one.
“That win means nothing now,” he says. “Championship football is different. Both teams are better, both teams are hungry, and Greenbrier is looking for a different outcome. They’re well-coached, they play physical football, and they don’t quit.
“The key for us is discipline and execution. This stage of the season is about playing our brand of football with precision and intensity on every snap.”
Geminiani expects that intensity from his whole team — starting with his star running back.
“Camaury is a difference maker,” he says. “His talent is obvious, but it’s his work ethic that elevates him. He thrives in big moments, he wants the ball when the game is tight, and he raises the standard for the guys around him.
“He’s a great kid — respectful, humble, always smiling, and always lifting others up. He’s the kind of young man you’re proud to have in your program.”
And he’s the kind of guy the Ponies can count on — and continue counting on, yard after yard after yard.
