Wilmington NC Sports

HOGGARD STRUCK FIRST... MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD ON THE GROUND. SHAWN SIDBURY FOUND THE PROMISED LAND FIRST... TAKING THE HAND OFF AND GOING IN STANDING UP. THE VIKINGS GOT THE EXTRA POINT TO GO UP SEVEN - ZERO. ... NEW HANOVER HAD SOME MOMENTS BUT COULDN'T SCORE. IT WAS SEVEN-ZERO AT THE HALF. SONNY JURGENSEN, WHAT DOES YOUR ALMA MATER HAVE TO DO IN THE SECOND HALF? "They have to take advantage of the wind"... Difficult punting against the stuff." BUT IT'S HOGGARD GOING TO THE AIR...CRECCO WINGING IT OUT TO TREY SIMPSON...WITH THE GREAT BASKET CATCH FOR THE SCORE. VIKINGS UP 14-ZIP WILDCATS SPECIAL TEAMS TRYING TO BAIL OUT THE NON-EXISTENT OFFENSE...DARRYL PULLIAM WITH THE GREAT KICK RETURN...BUT SEE THE FLAG ON THE FIELD. ...THIS ONE WOULD BE CALLED BACK. HOGGARD ROLLS, 21-NOTHING AND WRAPS UP THE MIDEAST CONFERENCE TITLE.

NEW HANOVER WILDCATS NOT AFRAID OF ANY RAIN...LOOKING FOR THEIR 5TH STRAIGHT CONFERENCE WIN, PLAYING HOST TO THE WINLESS WEST BRUNSWICK TROJANS. DEVOTED FANS TURNED OUT AT LEGION FIELD DESPITE THE WEATHER. NEW HANOVER Q-B COLTON BENFORD HANDS TO CAMERON CLINTON...PUTTING THE WILDCATS ON THE BOARD FIRST... MORE NEW HANOVER...THIS TIME THE HANDOFF TO JAMAR BARNETT...14-0 EARLY... TROJANS OFFERING LITTLE PROTECTION FOR THEIR QUARTERBACK...WILDCATS NIGEL HOLLIDAY ALL OVER RYAN HILL... ... AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.. 2ND QUARTER...KEEPING IT ON THE GROUND...JARED JONES POUNDS IT INTO THE ENZONE...21-ZIP... BENFORD FINALLY TAKING IT TO THE AIR...TRAVIS MIDDAUGH GETS THE T-D GRAB...28 TO NOTHING... LIL' FAN JUST TRYIN TO STAY DRY... STILL IN THE 2ND...CAMERON CLINTON WITH THE BIG RUN ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 10... SETS UP THIS PASS...BENFORD LOFTING IT TO HUNTER LANCASTER...(ALMOST TAKES OUT DAVE)...35-0 MORE WILDCATS...DARRYL PULLIAM TAKES THE DIRECT SNAP AND TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO PAYDIRT... NEW HANOVER ROLLS 57 TO NOTHING.

TWO HOT TEAMS FIGHTING FOR A COASTAL PLAINS CONFERENCE TITLE TONIGHT... TOPSAIL RIDING A SEVEN GAME WINNING STREAK... JONES WINNING FIVE STRAIGHT. THE FANS WERE READY FOR THE RAIN AT TOPSAIL TONIGHT... SENIOR NIGHT. THE PIRATES APPEARED POISED AND READY. TOPSAIL QB DAN REDINGER FLIPS IT TO GEOFFRE JONES BUT HE SLIPS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE--THE TEAMS SPENT THE FIRST QUARTER GETTING USED TO THE SLIPPERY FIELD SECOND QUARTER--JONES WENT FOR IT ON A FOURTH DOWN TO SET UP THIS 20 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM COVAIR FROST TO JOSH BROWN... 7-0 JONES. BACK TO THE TOPSAIL OFFENSE--REDINGER AIMS FOR GEOFFRE JONES DOWN FIELD, HE TIPS IT AND JAMIL TUCK COMES UP WITH THE BALL... SAME TEAM... WHICH IS JUST AS GOOD. THAT DRIVE WOULD LEAD TO A TOPSAIL FIELD GOAL CLOSING THE SCORE TO 7-3. JONES GETS THE BALL BACK... QB COVAIR FROST DECIDES TO DO THE WORK AND KEEPS IT HIMSELF... HE KEEPS HIS LEGS MOVING TO MOVE THE CHAINS FOR JONES. THE TOPSAIL DEFENSE FIGURES IT OUT AND CLOBBERS FROST AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. JONES WOULD FIGURE IT OUT HOWEVER... GOING TO BEAT TOPSAIL 22 - 10.

O-AND-FOUR TRASK WALKED INTO A BUZZ SAW IN THE WAACAMAW WHEN THEY VISITIED FOUR-AND-OH SOUTH COLUMBUS TONIGHT. JUNIOR TAILBACK RASHAWN GRATE GETS THE ACTION STARTED WITH THIS NICE RUN... IT SETS UP THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN BY FULLBACK BUSTER JAMES. EXTRA POINT IS NO GOOD... COLUMBUS UP 6-0. SOUTH COLUMBUS UP BY TWO SCORES WHEN TRASK QB JOSH WIGGINS IS PICKED OFF BY LEE HEMINGWAY. SOUTH COLUMBUS ON THE MOVE NOW WHEN RASHAWN GRATE SCAMPERS FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN... 20 - 0. IT'S ALL STALLIONS... SOUTH COLUMBUS GETS ON THE BOARD AGAIN WITH THIS LONG RUN BY WHO ELSE... #3 RASHAWN GRATE. AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER THE SCORE WAS 27 - 0. AND SO IT WOULD GO... THE FINAL SCORE... SOUTH COLUMBUS 46 TRASK 0.

IN THE COASTAL PLAINS TONIGHT, A BATTLE TO GET OUT OF THE CELLAR AS LEJEUNE AND DIXON WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN. THE FANS WERE EXCITED DESPITE THE RAIN COMING DOWN AT DIXON. AFTER AND EARLY DIXON TD, ISAAC HAKRLESS TOOK OVER. THE SENIOR RB TAKES THIS HANDOFF WELL DOWN FIELD ON LEJEUNE'S FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE. 2 PLAYS LATER, JUNIOR BACK TIM GARDNER SCORES. LEJEUNE WENT FOR 2 AND GARDNER TAKES IT IN AGAIN. THE DEVIL PUPS DEFENSE ALSO SHOWED UP, HERE STUFFING RUNNNG BACK JEFF WISE AT THE LINE. LATER, HARKLESS WEAVES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE AGAIN... AND LEJEUNE AGAIN GOT THE 2 POINT CONVERSION. ON THEIR NEXT DRIVE, HARKLESS SCORES HIS 3RD TD OF THE HALF. THE 2 POINT CONVERSION MAKES IT 24-7. LATER IN THE HALF, THE LEJEUNE DEFENSE STRIKES... WHEN WISE FUMBLES AND IT'S RECOVERED BY JUNIOR CORTE THOMPSON. LEJEUNE DOMINATED THIS ONE IN THE RAIN.

TO THE WACCAMAW WE GO FIRST... FOUR-AND-ONE NORTH BRUNSWICK LOOKING TO STAY IN THE CONFERENCE CHASE WITH A WIN OVER TWO-AND-TWO WHITEVILLE. NORTH BRUNSWICK DOWN BY A FIELD GOAL IN THE FIRST...JESSE RILEY DECIDES TO KEEP IT HIMSELF...2 POINT CONVERSION WOULD BE GOOD...8 3 NORTH BRUNSWICK... WHITEVILLE ANSWERS...BEN DEANS TO JARROD MCKINNEY FOR THE SCORE...10 TO 8 WHITEVILLE 2ND QUARTER...SCORPS Q-B RILEY DOING IT AGAIN...BARRELS IN FOR THE SCORE PUTTING HIS TEAM UP 16 TO 10 AGAIN WHITEVILLE ANSWERS MCKINNEY THIS TIME ON THE RETURN...GOING ALLLL THE WAY, THE 2 PT CONVERSION IS NO GOOD, 17-16 WHITEVILLE THE SCORPIONS WOULD PULL AHEAD, BUT GUESS WHO...MORE MCKINNEY...BREAKING A COUPLE TACKLES AND GOING IN FOR THE SCORE. WHITEVILLE UP 25-23 MORE WHITEVILLE...BEN DEANS LOFTS IT UP...NUR ABDULLAH PULLS IT AWAY FROM THE DEFENDER AND TAKES IT ALL THE WAY IN...HIS TEAM IS PUMPED, BUT IT WOULDN'T LAST THOUGH AS THE HOMETOWN SCORPIONS COME BACK FOR THE 42-32 WIN.