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TROJANS DEFEAT PORTAL 22-12, GO TO
3-0 ON THE SEASON |
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The Johnson County Trojans traveled to Portal to
face the Panthers on Friday. JOCO was in for a tougher battle than they
expected or wanted. The Trojans, trailing 12-10 early in the fourth
quarter, got a touchdown pass and a touchdown run from D. J. Rozier to put
the game away. Larry Taylor was the workhorse for the Trojans getting
113 yards on 18 carries. Zack Walker had a good night receiving with 3
catches for 78 yards. Portal got the scoring started with 2:45 left in
the first quarter. Joseph Ware ran 23 yards around the left end for
the Panther touchdown. This was the first time this season that the
Trojans have been behind in a game. The Trojans fumbled on their next
possession, setting up the Panthers at the Trojan 24. The Trojan
defense held firm and stopped the Panthers on downs. After an exchange
of punts JOCO got the ball at midfield. It looked like the Trojans
were about to get on the board but a fumble at the six stopped the drive.
The Trojan defense held firm again allowing the Panthers only one yard in 3
plays. The Portal center snapped the ball over the punters head and
out of the back of the end zone to give the Trojans a safety. After
the kick JOCO started at the Portal 49. On the fourth play of the
drive D. J. Rozier hit Daniel Wright on the sideline just across the goal
line to give JOCO the lead with just 34.6 seconds remaining in the half.
Daniel Wright ran in the conversion to give the Trojans a 10-6 halftime
lead.
On the opening drive of the second half Portal
moved the ball out to midfield but fumbled. The Trojans then drove
down to the Portal 21 before turning it over on downs. Portal was able
to drive the ball out to midfield again but this time an interception
stopped the drive. Shamarko Brown intercepted the ball at the Trojan
45 and raced into the end zone. However, a questionable penalty at the
Panther 32 kept the score off the board. The Trojans were unable to
move the ball and forced to punt. A good Alex Allen punt had the
Panthers pinned at the five. However, they were not pinned for long. Joseph Ware ran 95 yards to give Portal
the lead, 12-10. The Trojans got a good kickoff return from Zack
Walker to set them up at the Portal 47. It took 10 plays but JOCO took
the lead back with 9:55 left on the clock. Zack Walker caught a
21 yard touchdown pass from D. J. Rozier. Portal fumbled
the ensuing kickoff and JOCO was back in business at the Portal 38. It
took eight plays and almost five minutes for the Trojans to put the final
score on the board. D. J. Rozier ran 3 yards for the score. The
score was 22-12 JOCO with 5:15 remaining. The Trojans defense stopped
Portal and then the Trojan offense was able to run out the clock. JOCO
will travel to Metter next Friday for a game against the Tigers. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
| Johnson County |
0 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
22 |
| Portal |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
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Scoring Summary: |
| Portal -
Joseph Ware 23 run; run failed |
| JOCO -
Safety; snap out of end zone |
| JOCO -
Daniel Wright 29 pass from D. J. Rozier; Wright run |
| Portal -
Joseph Ware 95 run; run failed |
| JOCO - Zack
Walker 21 pass from D. J. Roizer; pass failed |
| JOCO - D.
J. Rozier 3 run; pass failed |
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PORTAL |
JOCO |
| First Downs |
9 |
15 |
| Rushes-Yards |
30-238 |
49-212 |
| Comp-Att-Int |
5-8-1 |
4-11-0 |
| Passing
Yards |
34 |
107 |
| Total
Offense |
272 |
319 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
2-2 |
3-2 |
| Punts-Avg. |
1-30-30.0 |
3-100-33.3 |
| Penalties-Yds |
6-43 |
14-105 |
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: |
| Rushing - (JOCO) Larry
Taylor 18-113, Kevin Rozier 6-39, Daniel Wright 11-36, D. J. Rozier 10-13,
Shamarko Brown 2-8, Stanquez Carlyle 1-4, Team 1-(-1). (P) Joseph Ware
16-163, Chase Sheffield 8-43, Nick Boggs 2-28, Corey Walker 1-9, Steven Cox
2-2, Team 1-(-7) . |
| Passing - (JOCO)
D. J. Rozier 4-11-0-107. (P) Nick Boggs 5-9-1-34. |
| Receiving -
(JOCO) Zack Walker 3-78, Daniel Wright 1-29. (P) #1 1-12, Steven Cox 1-18,
#10 2-6, Hunter Oglesby 1-(-2) . |
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