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South Johnston Tops Yellow Jackets In Offensive Shootout 55-33

The Lee County Yellow Jackets fell to South Johnston 55-33 in a Carolina Pines 6A Conference matchup Friday night at Paul Gay Stadium in Sanford.   South Johnston led 14-13 at the half and neither team scored in the 3^rd quarter, but the two teams combined for 61 points in the 4^th quarter in a wild finish produce some amazing stats and performances.   Lee County would get the 1^st score of the game when Keaton Hogan recovered a bad snap in the end zone, and the Trojans would respond with a 2-yard run minutes later to tie the score at 7 apiece.  Both teams would score once in the 2^nd, both on 47-yard pass plays as Lee County’s Dylan Jones would make a catch and carry it 47 yards for a score. 

The 3^rd quarter was scoreless, but the Trojans would score on the first play of the 4^th to get things rolling.  The Trojans would score 6 TDs in the quarter – 5 offensive and one on a pick 6 – and the Yellow Jackets would get 3 TDs.  Lee County would score on an 18-yard pass to Jaysiyah Collins, a JuJu Womack 1-yard run and a 70-yard pass to Destry Smith.

Lee County rolled up 573 yards of total offense on the night as QB Reed Douglas was 37-50 for 509 yards with 3 TDs and 3 INTs.   Javonte Randal would haul in 16 passes for 161 yards and Collins would add 12 catches for 160.  Destry Smith would also have 108 receiving yards on 4 catches.      

Lee County falls to 1-3 in league play and will travel to Harnett Central (3-1) next Friday in Lillington. 

Scoring

South Johnston      7     7     0     41     55

Lee County             7     6     0     20     33

Scoring Summary

LC – Keaton Hogan recovered bad snap in end zone (Betterjee kick) 1^st 5:39

SJ – 2-yard run (Kick good) 1^st 2:44

LC – Dylan Jones 47 pass from Reed Douglas (kick blocked) 2^nd 6:42

SJ – 47-yard pass (Kick good) 4^th 11:56

SJ – 1-yard run (Kick good) 4^th 9:56

SJ – 24-yard run (Kick good) 4^th 8:25

LC – Jaysiyah Collins 18 pass from Douglas (2-pt conv good) 4^th 5:40

SJ – 2-yard run (Kick good) 4^th 5:13

LC – JuJu Womack 1 run (kick failed) 4^th 3:00

SJ – 73-yard INT Return  (kick failed 4^th 2:22

LC – Destry Smith 70 pass from Douglas (conversion failed) 4^th 2:01

SJ – 10-yard pass (kick good) 4^th 1:23

Note: No South Johnston names appear in the game stats.  Jersey numbers were unreadable from the press box.

Rushing

SJ – 32 carries for 221 yards

LC – Zack Williams 15-92, JuJu Womack 2-7, Reed Douglas 6-(-35), Destry Smith 1-0, Totals 24-64

Passing

WJ –Totals 17-20-227 2 TDs, 1 INT

LC – Reed Douglas 37-50-509 3TDs, 3 INTs

Receiving

WJ – 17-227

LC – Javonte Randall 16-161, Jasiyah Collins 12-160 1TD, Destry Smith 4-108 1 TD, Dylan Jones 2-56, Zach Williams 1-4, Caden Williams 1-12, Jamir Butler 1-8   Totals 37-509

Notes

Lee County had 27 1^st downs to South Johnston’s 20