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JOCO 45 CLAXTON 20 |
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Johnson County (9-1) defeated the Claxton Tigers
45-20 at Herschel Walker Field. The victory puts the Trojans in the
state playoffs for the 9th consecutive year. Johnson County took the
opening kickoff and drove 39 yards in 11 plays before a fumble turned the
ball over to the Tigers. After a three and out the JOCO offense was
set up at their own 33. It only took four plays for the Trojans to
score. D. J. Rozier hit Daniel Wright on a quick slant and he outran
everyone to the endzone. Alex Allen booted the extra point and JOCO
had a 7-0 lead. The Claxton offense got going this time. Claxton
drove 67 yards in almost 5 minutes. After a successful two point
conversion Claxton held an 8-7 lead early in the second quarter. The
Trojans would answer quickly, however. In only three plays the Trojans
would go 60 yards. Deon Cuyler had 59 of those yards on two carries.
The last one being a 40 yard touchdown run. The extra point failed and
JOCO led 13-8. After forcing a Claxton punt the Trojans would score
even quicker than the two previous times. This time it only took two
plays, both passes. A 54 yard pass to Daniel Wright and a 30 yard
touchdown pass to Zack Walker. D.J. Rozier and Zack Walker hooked up
again for the two point conversion. JOCO now led 21-8 with 5:20
remaining in the half. After a failed onside kick Claxton put together
a 9 play, 47 yard drive. The touchdown and two point conversion made
the score 21-14. After a squib kick the Trojans were set up at their
own 41 with 55.3 seconds left in the half and only one timeout. After
two running plays and two passing plays the Trojans had the ball at the
Claxton 21 with 4 seconds remaining. D. J. Rozier hit Daniel Wright in
the corner of the endzone for the touchdown. A Rozier to Walker
conversion pass made the score 29-14 at the half.
Claxton took the second half kickoff but after three
plays had to punt. JOCO continued the offensive onslaught. It
only took two plays for the Trojans to score on their 5th consecutive drive.
Larry Taylor went 51 yards for the touchdown. Deon Cuyler ran in the
conversion and JOCO led 37-14. Claxton answered this score with their
best drive of the night. They went 54 yards in 11 plays and took 6:02
off the clock. A failed conversion run left the score at 37-20.
Johnson County got their final score early in the fourth quarter.
Three plays after having a 36 yard touchdown pass called back D. J. Rozier
hit Zack Walker from 30 yards out for the score. A Taurus Mosley
conversion run made the score 45-20. Claxton drove the ball inside the
Trojans 10 but turned the ball over on downs. Johnson County was able
to run out the final 5:12. Taurus Mosley had a 52 yard run on that
final time killing drive.
The Trojans offense rolled up 500 yards of total
offense. Sophomore quarterback D. J. Rozier completed 11-14 passes for
210 yards. All but one of those passes was completed to Daniel Wright
or Zack Walker. Wright caught 6 passes for 127 yards and two
touchdowns and Walker caught 5 passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns.
The top three rushers for the Trojans were Deon Cuyler 6-90 and one
touchdown, Taurus Mosley 6-84 and Larry Taylor 8-65 and one touchdown.
The Trojans bend but don't break defense slowed down the powerful Claxton
running attack. Claxton got 209 yards rushing but it came at only 4.2
yards per carry. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
| Johnson County |
7 |
22 |
8 |
8 |
45 |
| Claxton |
0 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
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Scoring Summary: |
| JOCO - Daniel Wright 28
pass from D. J. Rozier; Alex Allen kick |
| Claxton - JaMalcolm
Morgan 7 run; Morgan run |
| JOCO - Deon Cuyler 40
run; kick failed |
| JOCO - Zack Walker 30
pass from D. J. Rozier; Walker pass from Rozier |
| Claxton - Felles Grant
4 run; run failed |
| JOCO - Daniel Wright 21
pass from D. J. Rozier; Walker pass from Rozier |
| JOCO - Larry Taylor 51
run; Deon Cuyler run |
| Claxton - JaMalcolm
Morgan 1 run; run failed |
| JOCO - Zack Walker 30
pass from D. J. Rozier; Taurus Mosley run |
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CLAXTON |
JOCO |
| First Downs |
15 |
19 |
| Rushes-Yards |
50-209 |
32-290 |
| Comp-Att-Int |
1-4-0 |
11-14-0 |
| Passing
Yards |
12 |
210 |
| Total
Offense |
221 |
500 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
1-0 |
1-1 |
| Punts-Avg. |
3-99-33.0 |
0-0-0.0 |
| Penalties-Yds |
8-69 |
8-69 |
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: |
| Rushing - (JOCO) Deon
Cuyler 6-90, Taurus Mosley 6-85, Larry Taylor 8-65, D. J. Rozier 6-34,
Daniel Wright 3-14, Kevin Rozier 1-2, Team 2-0 . (C) Arice Brown 19-77,
Felles Grant 11-62, JaMalcolm Morgan 18-56, Michael Peel 1-11, Antoine
Freeman 1-3. |
| Passing - (JOCO) D. J.
Rozier 11-14-0-210.
(C) Michael Peel 1-4-0-12. |
| Receiving - (JOCO)
Daniel Wright 6-127, Zack Walker 4-75, Deon Cuyler 1-8. (C)
JaMalcolm Morgan 1-12. |
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