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Jackets Pick Up Win Against Western Harnett 40-6

The Lee County Yellow Jackets earned a Carolina Pines 6A Conference win Friday night against Western Harnett 40-6 at Paul Gay Stadium in Sanford.   Lee County got the only score of the first half on 1-yard run by Brandon Caldwell but opened the gates in the 3^rd quarter and rolled to a convincing win.  Lee County would score quickly to open the 3^rd on a 27-yard pass to Javonte Randall to go ahead 13-0.  The Eagles would answer with their only score of the night, but the Yellow Jackets would take only 29 seconds to answer on a 58-yard pass to Destry Smith.  Lee County would add 3 more scores – two by RB Zach Williams – and Lee County would pull away.

Lee County rolled up 391 yards of total offense as Zach Williams would rush for 146 on 25 carries to lead the Jacket rushing attack and QB Reed Douglas would look sharp with 10 of 13 passing for 214 yards and 2 TDs.   Destry Smith, Jaysiyah Collins and Javonte Randall would have 3 catches each as the taller Jacket receivers took advantage of the Eagle secondary.  

Lee County improves to 1-2 in league play and will host South Johnston (1-2) next Friday at Paul Gay Stadium on the Lee County campus. 

Scoring

Western Harnett    0     0    6      0     6

Lee County             0     6    20    14   40

Scoring Summary

LC – Brandon Caldwell 1 run (kick blocked) 2^nd 3:09

LC – Javonte Randall 27 pass from Reed Douglas (Smith kick) 3^rd 10:34

WH – Matthews 18 run (kick blocked) 3^rd 7:59

LC – Destry Smith 58 pass from Douglas (Kick good) 3^rd 7:30

LC – Zach Williams 10 run (kick blocked) 3^rd 4:05

LC – Zach Williams 16 run (Smith kick) 4^th 9:48

LC – Caden Williams 2 run (Smith kick) 4^th 7:25

Rushing

WH – 31 carries for 89 yards

LC – Zack Williams 25-146, Reed Douglas 4-(-18), Destry Smith 2-6, Brandon Caldwell 1-1, Naquan Humphrey 2-23, Caden Willams 2-19  Totals 36-177

Passing

WJ – Shupe 5-16-57, Wheeler 2-4-8  Totals 7-20-65

LC – Reed Douglas 10-13-214 2TDs 0 INTs

Receiving

WJ – 7-65

LC – Javonte Randall 3-45 1TD, Jasiyah Collins 3-62, Destry Smith 3-77 1 TD, Dylan Jones 1-30   Totals 10-214

Notes

• Lee County had 17 1^st downs to Western Harnett’s 8
• Lee County finished with 391 total yards to 154 by the Eagles.
• The Bubba Sub’s and Pizza Offensive Player of the Game for Lee County was Zach Williams.  DB JuJu Womack was selected as the Bubba’s Defensive Player of the Game for Lee County.

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