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JOCO 28
WILKINSON COUNTY 27 (OT) |
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The Johnson County Trojans (1-0) kicked off the season
in exciting fashion on Friday. The home standing Wilkinson County
Warriors (0-1) were heavily favored to win this game. After losing a
nine point lead in the fourth quarter the Trojans regrouped to pull out a
one point overtime win. JOCO got the
scoring started on the first possession of the game. The drive was
highlighted by a 47 yard run by quarterback D. J. Rozier down to the two
yard line. Rozier hit Zack Walker with a pass from there for the
touchdown. Alex Allen made the first of four big extra points.
Wilkinson County answered with just a few seconds remaining in the quarter.
The extra point attempt failed and JOCO led 7-6 at the end of the first
quarter. The Trojans scored again with just over two minutes remaining
in the half. D. J. Rozier ran the ball in from one yard out.
Allen made the extra point to give JOCO a 14-6 halftime lead.
After a couple of exchanges of possession
Wilkinson County picked off a pass deep in Trojans territory. The
Warriors scored three plays later. The two point conversion attempt
failed and JOCO led 14-12. The Trojans answered with 8 seconds
remaining in the third quarter. Thanks to a 67 yard kickoff return by
Shamarko Brown the Trojans started at the Wilkinson County 22 yard line.
After four runs by Nigel Bacon got the Trojans close Walker caught a five
yard pass from Rozier for the touchdown. Allen made the extra point to
give the Trojans a 21-12 lead. Wilkinson County drove 60 yards in the
fourth quarter to get within three. The drive was aided by two 15 yard
penalties against the Trojans. Once again the Warriors failed to make
the conversion and JOCO led by three, 21-18, with just over seven minutes
remaining. After a bad snap on a punt attempt the Warriors were back
in business at the Johnson County 24. The Trojans defense made a huge
stop on fourth and one to halt the Warriors. JOCO ran out all by 43
seconds on the clock before having to give the ball back to the Warriors.
The Trojans thought they had the Warriors stopped and the game won but the
referees put 1 second on the clock...just enough time for Wilkinson County
to try a game tying field goal. The 32 yard attempt hit the crossbar
and bounced over to tie the game. Then came overtime. JOCO had
the ball first and took only one play to score. Rozier hit Brown over
the middle for the 15 yard score. Alex Allen made the fourth extra
point of the night to give JOCO a 28-21 lead. Wilkinson County scored
in three plays to get within one but instead of going for the tie they went
for two and the win. Once again the Trojans defense made a huge stop
and JOCO won 28-27.
The biggest star of the game was, perhaps, Alex
Allen. Allen's extra points were the difference in the game. D.
J. Rozier passed for 119 yards and rushed for 65 yards. Zack Walker
caught seven passes for 88 yards. On defense Kelvin Rozier, Tony Solen
and Shamarko Brown had interceptions...Rozier also had a fumble recovery. JOCO will host their rival, East
Laurens (0-1) next week. The Falcons are coming off a 42-7 loss to
West Laurens. Come out and support the Trojans. |
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OT |
F |
| Johnson County |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
| Wilkinson County |
6 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
27 |
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Scoring Summary: |
| JOCO - Zack
Walker 2 pass from D. J. Rozier; Alex Allen kick |
| W -
Devontaye Drayton 22 pass from David Whipple; kick failed |
| JOCO - D. J.
Rozier 1 run; Allen kick |
| W - Whipple
15 run; pass failed |
| JOCO -
Walker 5 pass from Rozier; Allen kick |
| W -
Quantrell Williams 4 run; pass failed |
| W - Chris
Cleveland 32 field goal |
| JOCO -
Shamarko Brown 15 pass from Rozier; Allen kick |
| W -
Cleveland 2 run; run failed |
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JOCO |
WILCO |
| First Downs |
11 |
15 |
| Rushes-Yards |
31-117 |
45-148 |
| Comp-Att-Int |
11-23-1 |
7-20-3 |
| Passing
Yards |
119 |
137 |
| Total
Offense |
236 |
285 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
5-2 |
5-1 |
| Punts-Avg. |
5-129-25.8 |
2-83-41.5 |
| Penalties-Yds |
13-98 |
11-91 |
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: |
| Rushing - (JOCO)
D. J. Rozier 11-65, Nigel Bacon 9-29, Robkevious Norris 5-14, Bull Darrisaw
2-13, Keemo Burton 1-1, Kelvin Rozier 2-(-4), Team 1-(-1).
(W) Quantrell Williams 22-85, Tevin
Underwood 5-29, Chris Cleveland 8-20, David Whipple 8-12, Jaquez McDowell
2-2. |
| Passing - (JOCO)
D.J. Rozier 11-23-1-119. (W) David Whipple 7-20-3-137. |
| Receiving -
(JOCO) Zack Walker 7-88, Shamarko Brown 2-24, Kelvin Rozier 1-4, Nigel Bacon
1-3.
(W) Devontaye Drayton 2-65, Alvin Dupree 2-38, Tevin Underwood 2-32, Chris
Cleveland 1-2. |
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