The blue devils played a solid game Friday night on the road defeating Oconee Co. 17-10 improving their record to 4-1 on the year.  It has been 7 years (2002 season) since the blue devils have gotten off to a 4-1 start.  The blue devils started off strong as they stopped Oconee on their first possession of the night forcing them punt after 3 and out. The blue devil offense then took over and marched down the field on an impressive 13 play drive with Fullback DJ Lewis scoring on a 1 yd run with Omar Vargas converting the point after to put the blue devils up 7-0.  Oconee then had a 10 play drive marching down to the blue devils 14 yard line but the defense forced a fumble and took over on the 19 yd. line early in the 2^nd Quarter.  Oconee threatened again to score in the 2^nd Quarter but fumbled again after an 11 play drive and the offense took over on their own 11 yd line.  From there the blue devils put together a strong 10 play drive but were denied on a 4^th and 1 at the warriors 30 yard line.  The blue devils went in at half up 7-0 over the warriors.  The blue devils came out strong in the 2^nd half marching 80 yards down the field after the kickoff on a 9 play drive featuring several blue devil runners (Trez Haley 2 carries 41 yards, (QB)Hunter Blackmon 3 carries 14 yards, Valdon Cooper 2 carries 15 yds, 1 TD, Austin Jones 1 carry 8 yards, and FB DJ Lewis 1 carry 2 yards) with Cooper scoring on a 2 yard run.  Omar Vargas converted the point after to put the blue devils up 14-0 in the 3^rd Quarter.  On their 2^nd possession of the half the warriors scored their first touchdown of the night to close the score to 14-7. However, the blue devils scored early in the 4^th quarter on an Omar Vargas 29 yard Field Goal to put the blue devils up by two scores.  The defense then came up with a big stop on 4^th down on an 8 play drive by Oconee and the offense took over on their own 31 yard line. The offense was then trying run the clock and was moving down the field but on the 6^th play of the drive Oconee forced a fumble by FB Lewis and they took over on their own 34 yard line. Oconee then put together a 12 play drive but was held to a 35 yard Field Goal with under 2 minutes to play where they then tried an onside kick but the blue devils took over and ran out the clock to preserve the win.

Overall, the devils played a solid game with the offense racking up 344 total yards. The offensive line (Ethan Fortson, Trey Huff, Seth Martin, Taylor Smith, Keenan Umble, Eli York) and tight ends (Taj Letman, Keldric Rambert, and Chance Yeargin)  which were well undersized going up against a much bigger Oconee defensive line did a good job blocking for the blue devil runners and QB all night.  Offensively the blue devils were led by RB Valdon Cooper who finished the night with 13 carries for 123 yds and a touchdown, RB Trez Haley also had a strong night finishing with 73 yards on 13 carries, while QB Hunter Blackmon had 11 carries for 61 yards to lead the blue devils.  Several other key contributors on offense were RB Demarco Freeman who added 38 yds on 9 carries, FB DJ Lewis 6 carries for 26 yards, and Austin Jones 3 carries for 3 yards.  Blackmon was 3 for 6 passing for 20 yards completing passes to TE Taj Letman for 16 yds, TE Keldric Rambert for 7 yards, and Valdon Cooper for -3 yards.

The defense allowed Oconee 229 total yards of offense but came up with 2 big turnovers deep in blue devil territory and a big stop on 4^th down early in the 4^th quarter. The defense was again led by Freshman LB Tyshon Dye who had 10 total tackles (6 solo 4 assists) plus a big fumble recovery.  Also, leading the defense were linebackers Soph. Bryce Martin with 6 total tackles (3 solo 3 assists), Jr. Taj Letman with 6 tackles (3 solo 3 assists), and Soph. Trent Allen with 5 tackles (3 solo 2 assists).  Sr.DE Tray Heard also led the defense with 2 sacks and 4 total tackles (2 solo, 2 assists).   Other leading tacklers on the night were Sr.DE Eric Crenshaw (5 total, 3 solo, 2 assists, and 1 fumble caused), FS Trez Haley (4 total, 3 solo, 1 assists),  Junior DT Ricky Hamm (4 total, 3 solo, 1 assist), and Soph. FS Hunter Blackmon(4 total, 3 solo, 1 assist).  Sr. DE Ethan Fortson also came up with a sack, a caused fumble and 2 total tackles and Soph. DT Antonio Hickman also came up with a big fumble recovery for the blue devils.     

The kicking game was again strong as Punter Andy Corder averaged 31.5 yards per punt and the kick off team never allowed Oconee past the 27 yard line all night.  Omar Vargas was again perfect on extra points going 2/2 and kicking a 29 yard field goal in the 4^th quarter.