Photos courtesy of Rasheeda Usry
It took 11 games for the Screaming Devils to earn Coach Freeman his first victory as Warren County head coach, but Friday night's victory over Glascock County did more than avenge last year's 28-6 loss to the Panthers. Friday's victory marked a turning point for the Devils and gave Coach Freeman's team an opportunity to give him a long anticipated ice water bath.
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| Jaden Hawkins |
The first quarter was an offensive slugfest, with both teams unable to stop the opposing team's offense. Glascock County struck first on the opening possession off a 46 yard pass from Nick Tyler to Tre Little for a touchdown. Little tacked on two more with the two point conversion to give the Panthers the 8-0 lead with 9:12 to go in the first quarter. Warren County answered right away with
Timothy Seals on a two yard run for his first score of the evening. Seals kick for the extra point was good and the Panthers still held a slim one point lead.
Both teams would score again in the first quarter. Tre Little scored again on a 3 yard run and converted the 2 point conversion to give the Panthers a 16-7 lead with 2:14 to go in the first quarter. The Devils only took 28 seconds to answer however with a score of their own.
Devocea Lott scored on a 16 yard run and
Timothy Seals kicked the extra point to narrow the score to 16-14.
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| Devocea Lott |
Both teams would score only once in the second period, and both scores would come in the closing seconds of the first half. With only 14 seconds left in the half, Tre Little connected with Brandon Radford for a 19 yard touchdown pass to put the Panthers up 22-14 after the two point conversion failed.
Devocea Lott would not let the lead stand long however, and returned the ensuing kick-off 88 yards to draw the Devils to within 2. Quarterback
Jermaine Berry ran the two point conversion in with no time left on the clock and the teams went to the locker room with the score tied at 22-22. Warren County Offensive Coordinator, Ricky Ellis, stated, "That kick return by Lott was key to our success in the second half. It made all the difference in the mindset of our team at halftime."
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| Dantavious Allen |
The third quarter would be all Warren County. The Devils posted 14 unanswered points off of a 9 yard run by Lott and a 4 yard run by Seals. Seals' extra point attempt was good both times and the first quarter ended with Warren County holding a 14 point lead by the score of 36-22.
The Devils would stretch their lead to 21 in the fourth quarter when
Jermaine Berry broke lose on a 51 yard run and
Timothy Seals again kicked the extra point through the uprights. Seals added to Warren County's point total with a 4th quarter touchdown of his own and capped the scoring off for the Devils with his 6th extra point of the night. Glascock would strike twice themselves in the 4th quarter, but it would not be enough as Warren County led at the final horn by the score of 50-34.
Timothy Seals led all rushers for Warren County with 118 yards on 23 carries. Seals also rushed for 3 touchdowns and was a perfect 6-6 on extra points.
Jermaine Berry rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown on 7 carries.
Dantavious Allen carried the ball 4 times for 66 yards,
Jaden Hawkins had 3 carries for 42 yards, and
Devocea Lott rushed 5 times for 27 yards and 2 touchdowns. Lott also contributed with an 88 yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
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| Jermaine Berry |
Jermaine Berry went 4-6 through the air with no interceptions and 32 yards passing. Berry connected with
Dantavious Allen with a 17 yard pass,
Devocea Lott for 16 yards, and
Mykwan Loney for a 1 yard completion.
Coach Freeman couldn't be happier with the performance of his team. "I credit the win to all the hard work in the offseason by the players and the coaches," said Freeman. Freeman went on to say, "I said last week that we had gotten one leg over the wall and now we just had to get the other leg over and find a way to win. I think we might have just done that."
The Devils play host next week to the Trojans of Tattnall Square out of Macon. Tattnall Square is in their first year of GHSA play and openend the season last week with a 61-28 win over GMC of Milledgeville. Game time is set for 7:30 at Albert J. Massey field.
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