Friday Night Lights: T&D Region Reports
By T&D Staff Saturday, October 18, 2008Allendale-Fairfax 34, Bamberg-Ehrhardt 27
ALLENDALE -- Jerrell Priester exploded for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries to lead Allendale-Fairfax.
Bashaud Breeland finished with 66 rushing yards and a touchdown; LeAndre McKinnon had two, 6-yard touchdown runs and Allendale-Fairfax (5-3, 3-1) finished with 349 rushing yards on 42 carries.
Bamberg-Ehrhardt falls to 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the region.
St. John’s 21, HHA 12
HOLLY HILL -- Holly Hill Academy scored first, getting a 16-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Zack Brownlee to Brain Watkins with 11:10 to go in the second quarter, but St. John’s scored the most.
After the Brownlee to Watkins connection, St. John’s answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by Ellis Hammond with 4:10 to go in the first quarter to make it 7-6 heading into the half.
St. John’s added two more touchdowns, a 57-yard run by Hammond and a 12-yard run by C.J. Downey in the third quarter to take a 21-6 lead.
John Flynn rushed for a 5-yard touchdown with 11:14 to go in the fourth to cut the lead to 21-12, but that was as close as HHA would get. Nick Martin finished with 62 yards on 16 carries and Brownlee was 6 of 13 passing for 80 yards. Flynn finished with 12 tackles and Tyler Van Dyke had 11.
HHA travels to Beaufort to take on Beaufort Academy Friday.
Blackville-Hilda 42, Williston-Elko 0
NORTH AUGUSTA - Defending Class A Division II champion Blackville-Hilda extended its winning streak to 12 games following a shutout win over Fox Creek.
Elite 11 running back Joe Thomas rushed for eight carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns, both in the first half when B-H took a 35-0 advantage. Jamell Davis also rushed for two touchdowns on eight carries for 73 yards and Dustin Beasley and Ronnie Thomas each added a score for the Hawks (8-0, 5-0).
B-H will hold ‘Homecoming’ on Oct. 24 and face C.A. Johnson.
Jefferson Davis Academy 56, St. Pauls Academy 6
BLACKVILLE – Jefferson Davis Academy routed St. Paul’s Academy 56-6 in SCISA 8-man action on Friday.
JDA was led on offense by Mike Jamison with 14 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown; Nic Jamison with seven carries for 73 yards, two touchdowns and a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Brant Bonnett with a 58-yard touchdown, a 19-yard touchdown pass and a kickoff returned 73 yards for a touchdown.
JDA was led on defense by Brant Bonnett with five tackles and three interceptions; Matthew Webster with seven tackles and an interception and Alex Still with nine tackles.
Jefferson Davis (4-4) will host Patrick Henry Academy next Friday.
St. John’s 15, Bethune-Bowman 0
JOHN’S ISLAND - Despite 150 total yards from Danny Berry and four catches for 80 yards from Nkosi Holman, the Mohawks dropped its seventh straight game on the season.
Defensively, Josh Matthews had 14 tackles, Ashton Robinson had 13 and Daquan Berry had 10 for Bethune-Bowman (1-7, 0-4).
The Mohawks play host to Region 4-A front-runner Calhoun County.
Calhoun County 45, Branchville 0
BRANCHVILLE -- David Sims accounted for five touchdowns as the Saints improved to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in region play.
Sims had 131 rushing yards and two touchdowns and passed for 161 yards and three touchdowns.
Branchville fell to 0-8 overall and 0-4 in region play.
Woodland 26, Bishop England 21
BYRDS -- Robert Smith passed for three touchdowns to lead Woodland (5-4, 2-1).
Smith connected with Dondrel Folk on the game’s opening drive, and Nagui Wright rushed in on the two-point conversion.
Smith then passed to Folk again for a touchdown to put Woodland up 14-0 before Bishop England cut it to 14-7 heading into the half.
Smith opened the second half by throwing a 16-yard touchdown pass to DeKendall Carn to put Woodland up 20-7. Bishop England then cut the lead to 20-14 before B.J. Mazyck scored on a 6-yard run to make it 26-14.
Bishop England cut that lead to 26-21 with about five minutes to play, but Woodland was able to run out the clock thanks to a third-and-long conversion by Smith, who busted free for a 28-yard gain, and a fourth down conversion in which Smith connected with Gabriel Brown for 16 yards to keep the chains moving.
“Coming into this game we knew that Bishop England had a good football team,” Woodland head coach Reed Charpia said. “Our defense bent, but it didn’t break. The offense came through when it had to, and this puts us in a position where if we win the last two games we can win a region championship.”
Estill 20, Denmark-Olar 14
ESTILL -- Denmark-Olar (2-6, 1-3) came back from a 14-0 halftime deficit to put together a potential game-winning drive.
Unfortunately, the Vikings offense stalled on downs on the Estill 35-yard line to end the game.
Kenneth Jennings led Denmark-Olar with 10 catches for 126 yards; Treaver Workman had a 24-yard touchdown pass and Anthony Holman had a rushing touchdown.
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