RSS Feed
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tigers hold off Aggie rally
The Tigers came out in the first quarter, as using a classic Wing-T drive chewed up 88 yards on 12 plays to find the endzone. Fullback Roya Campbell had the honors of capping the drive with a 3-yard blast. Cameron Dunagan kicked the PAT and Thomasville had a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. In the second quarter Jackson responded when quarterback Kent Myer found lanky receiver Demarquis Besteda with a 53-yard scoring strike. The conversion failed but the Aggies drew closer 7-6. The two defenses held each team at bay and the first ended with Thomasville on top 7-6. In the third quarter Campbell gathered in the opening kickoff from Jackson and raced 73-yards down to the Aggie 16-yard line. Four plays later quarterback Jake Overstreet called his own number on the 9-yard keeper. Dunagan again converted the point-after touchdown and Thomasville increased the lead to 14-6. The Aggies seemed unfazed by the scoring action as they took the ball and moved to paydirt. The combination of Myer to Besteda connected again, this time on a 48-yard Td pass. The try for two came up short, leaving Thomasville with a slim 14-12 lead as the third quarter came to a close. In the fourth Thomasville put together another patented drive covering 63 yards on seven plays. Campbell slipped through a seam and scored on a 7-yard run. In the scoring drive Daril Jackson gathered in a big catch on 3-and-15 to keep the drive alive.
There was a bad snap on the conversion attempt, but Thomasville added to the lead 20-12. Jackson again went to the well that had produced points as Myer found Besteda for the 22-yard score with just over a minute left to play. The try for two came up short, leaving the Tigers in the lead 20-18. Thomasville got possession on the on-side kick attempt and in the closing seconds Overstreet broke containment and scored on a 73-yard run. Dunagan kick made the final score 27-18 as the top-ranked Tigers dodged the big bullet in the form of the Jackson Aggies. Overstreet led all rushers with 151 yards on 13 carries with two scores. Campbell was the workhorse as he gained 122 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. Overstreet was also 5-of-14 passing for 60 yards. Demarcus Besteda had 9 catches for 171 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Jackson offense. Aggie QB Kent Myers was 8-for 11-passing with 234 yards Jackson had 88 yards of rush offense and 234 yards of pass offense This Friday the Tigers (3-0, 2-0) take to the road as they go to East Brewton to take on W.S. Neal in another big region match-up. The Aggies (1-2, 1-1) look to rebound as they return home to play Southside-Selma. Both games kick off at 7 p.m.
|
for larger version       |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
)
