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- Williamstown’s Jackson Kerr (8) carries the ball as Roane County’s Cooper Greathouse (24) goes in for the deal with throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
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- Williamstown’s Carson Haines (6) catches a cross as Roane County’s Jacob Greathouse (3) defends throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
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- Williamstown’s Breck Allen (7) is pushed out of bounds by Roane County’s Cooper Greathouse (24) throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
Williamstown’s Jackson Kerr (8) carries the ball as Roane County’s Cooper Greathouse (24) goes in for the deal with throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
SPENCER – Williamstown soccer could have turned the nook.
Behind a pair of 100-yard rushers, a number of goal-line stands and a two-touchdown bonanza within the span of 17 seconds, the Yellowjackets lastly discovered the win column after defeating one other Class AA heavyweight Roane County, 45-21, Friday at County Stadium.
Williamstown improved to 1-2, whereas Roane County suffered a uncommon common defeat and slipped to 2-1.
“A team like we have, they needed confidence,” Williamstown coach Chris Beck mentioned. “They wanted one thing good to occur and tonight it occurred. So that’s one thing that if we supply this momentum, it could possibly positively result in larger and higher issues for us.
“Most folks think Roane County is a Top 5 double-A team, a good physical team. So I’m really proud of the effort our guys did. A lot of people may give up on us, but we’re not dead yet.”
Williamstown’s Carson Haines (6) catches a cross as Roane County’s Jacob Greathouse (3) defends throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
The Raiders, who had received 39 of their earlier 42 regular-season video games, by no means led after Williamstown pulled in entrance 13-0 after the primary quarter. The Raiders misplaced a member of their soccer household for the season when operating again Brodey Proctor suffered a extreme leg harm halfway into the third quarter which stopped the sport for 20 minutes earlier than he left the sphere in an ambulance.
A somber temper dominated the postgame locker room.
“Losing Brodey is a major hit to what we do,” Roane County coach Paul Burdette mentioned. “You know, he is a superb child and works so exhausting to get the place he’s.
“Brodey stood behind some pretty good running backs for two years and finally gets his shot. He’s had a heck of a year, then the injury happens. He is not going to come back this year. He will have a long road to recover.”
Prior to the harm, Proctor rushed for what would become a team-high 82 yards on seven carries along with the Raiders’ first landing which minimize the deficit to 13-7 with 5 minutes remaining within the first half.
Williamstown’s Breck Allen (7) is pushed out of bounds by Roane County’s Cooper Greathouse (24) throughout Friday’s sport. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
Every section of Williamstown’s sport gave the impression to be sync – most particularly senior operating again Jackson Kerr, who scored three TDs on runs of 45, 77 and 38 yards and ended the night time with 273 yards on 23 carries.
Kerr’s first TD got here on the heels of quarterback Breck Allen’s 54-yard run on a two-play drive which adopted the Yellowjackets’ first goal-line stand simply exterior of their very own finish zone for the primary rating of the sport.
“We had great practices all week, and overall we just had a great game,” Kerr mentioned. “I wouldn’t have been capable of do it with out my line.
“This win is going to definitely bring a lot of confidence back for us since we started off the season a little rough. This game was a big deal for us, and we came ready to win.”
Allen, who rushed for 102 yards on 12 carries, produced along with his toes in addition to his arm. He rushed for one TD and threw for 2 extra.
On the second Williamstown drive, the Yellowjackets entered the purple zone on Alllen’s 13-yard run. On the subsequent play, he related with Mason Kern for a primary right down to 1-yard line.
Running again Jack Moore capped the nine-play, 54-yard scoring drive with a 1-yard TD run. With 39.1 seconds remaining within the opening quarter, Williamstown led 13-0.
In the primary half, Williamstown scored on 4 of its 5 possessions – with Kerr sprinting down the sidelines for a 77-yard TD run and Allen discovering Jenner Burge for a 2-yard scoring strike on the Yellowjackets’remaining collection of the half at 5.3 seconds.
Roane County had success shifting downfield, however two of its first three drives ended with Williamstown’s protection denying the Raiders on fourth down – first on the 1-yard line and once more on fourth-and-2 on the Yellowjacket 9.
The Raiders broke via on their remaining two possessions previous to intermission – Proctor scoring from a yard out and a uncommon TD cross completion of 35 yards from quarterback Jacob Greathouse to Cooper Greathouse.
Proctor’s TD was aided by Garrett Brabham blocking a Williamstown punt try from the Yellowjacket finish zone and Gabe Dever recovering the unfastened ball simply shy of the aim line.
A Williamstown punt on the opening drive of the second half left Roane County 80 yards from paydirt. On the fourth play of the drive, the Yellowjackets stripped a Raiders ballcarrier. John Amrine, one in all three new starters on protection, smothered the unfastened ball.
Following the turnover, Williamstown coated 39 yards in six performs with Allen scoring from 15 yards out.
Roane County answered proper again with one in all its patented methodical drives. The Raiders used 4 1/2 minutes to finish a 63-yard scoring drive. Cooper Greathouse caught a 5-yard cross from Jacob Greathouse to chop the Yellowjacket result in 32-21 and 11:53 exhibiting on the fourth quarter clock.
Coach Beck rolled the cube on the subsequent collection. Facing fourth-and-10 from the Roane 44, the Yellowjackets elected to attempt for the primary down. Not solely did they get a primary down, they scored six factors off a 44-yard cross completion from Allen to Haines.
“We are who we are – we’re pretty aggressive on fourth downs,” Beck mentioned. “We already had a punt blocked. We dialed something up and got lucky there.”
As Williamstown ready to kickoff, placekicker Carter Hoops (one other new starter on protection), was instructed to squib kick. Roane muffed the try and Jacob MacIver was pulled from the underside of the pile with soccer in hand.
“I told the kids, we’re not used to losing,” Burdette mentioned. “I said losing don’t feel good and I don’t want them to get used to it. It always hurts when you lose, but tomorrow is a new day and we have to go on.”
On the very subsequent play, Kerr straddled the sidelines for a 38-yard TD run and a Williamstown 45-21 lead with 8:31 on the clock.
“Jackson will be the first to tell you, but we’re hard on Jackson,” Beck mentioned. “We yell at Jackson an excellent bit, and we yell at him as a result of we all know what he’s able to. Today, he did a terrific job. Jackson had his sport of fixing speeds. He will get on the market and he’s robust to catch.
“He was able to get loose a few times and make some difference.”
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