The Blue Devils narrowly escaped on the road at Jackson Co.
to improve to 7-1 on the year. In a
night marked by numerous injuries and a fired up Jackson
Co. team the blue devils were able to overcome all of the
adversity and escape with a huge 28-27 victory on the road that guaranteed the blue devils a playoff spot. The offense rolled up 298 yards of offense on
the night with RB Valdon Cooper rushing for 169 yards and 2 TD on 19 carries to
lead the blue devils. QB Hunter Blackmon threw for 41 yards and ran for another
30 yards scoring 1TD before getting hurt in the 3rd quarter. Austin Jones led the team in receiving on the
night with 1 reception for 35 yards on a big catch on 3rd down while
Taj Letman had 1 reception for 6 yards. The blue devils found themselves down
at halftime 21-14 on the road but fought back and were able to hold off Jackson
Co. for the 28-27 win on the road.
Defensively the blue devils allowed Jackson Co. 349 yards of
offense on the night but were able to come up with some big plays to hold onto
the win. DE Tray Heard made the biggest
defensive play of the night with an interception in the 1st quarter that
he returned 32 yards for a TD. Heard finished
the night with 7 overall tackles and 1 tackle for a loss. Leading the defense again was Freshman LB Tyshon
Dye who finished the night with 18 tackles and 1 tackle for a loss while Sophomore
LB Bryce Martin had 14 tackles. Special teams play was again solid as Punter Andy Corder did a good job punting on the night averaging 35.2 yards per kick and Sophomore Allen Brown did a good job coming in to long snap in the second half after the loss of Ethan Fortson. Omar Vargas was perfect on the night kicking extra points.
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