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Harnett Central Overwhelms Yellow Jackets Early in 62-20 Win

The Harnett Central Trojans scored 6 touchdowns in the first 13 minutes of action Friday night and cruised to a convincing 62-20 win over Lee County in a Carolina Pines 6A Conference matchup Friday night in Lillington.   The Trojans scored twice in the opening 90 seconds and used both the pass and the run to dominate early in the lopsided contest.   Lee County would score 3 TDs in a 3-minute span in the 2^nd quarter to pull within 41-20, but the night belonged to the Trojans as they improved to 4-1 in league play and 7-1 overall.     

Turnovers were key in the 1^st half explosion by the Trojans and the running of TB Ra’Shawn Towson – who ran for over 100 in the 1^st quarter and 183 yards by the half – was all the Trojans needed to pick up the league win over the Yellow Jackets. Lee County would get 3 consecutive scores on TD passes from Reed Douglas in the 2^nd quarter – with a 23-yarder to Destry Smith and pair of scores to Jaysiyah Collins from 44 and 17 yards.    

The Trojans would roll up 421 yards of total offense to 210 for Lee County and three interceptions by the Trojans would also help with the rout.  Campbell University signee QB Koby Howard would pass for 180 yards on 10-16 Passing.  Reed Douglas would throw for 189 yards for Lee County, but the Yellow Jackets were held to 51 yards on the ground.        

Lee County falls to 1-4 in league play and will travel to league leading Union Pines next Friday in Cameron.   

Scoring

Harnett Central     34   21     0     7     62

Lee County             0     20     0     0     20

Scoring Summary

HC – Towson 34 run (kick good) 1^st 11:14

HC – Patterson 43 INT Return (kick blocked) 1^st 10:28

HC – Towson 30 run (kick good) 1^st 7:27

HC – Thompson 35 pass from Howard (kick good) 1^st 4:32

HC – Towson 66 run (kick good) 1^st 2:35

HC – Towson 5 run (kick good) 2^nd 11:16

LC – Destry Smith 23 pass from Reed Douglas (Smith kick) 2^nd 8:23

LC – Jaysiyah Collins 44 pass from Douglas (kick failed) 2^nd 7:30

LC – Collins 17 pass from Douglas (Smith kick) 2^nd 5:40

HC – Howard 4 run (kick good) 2^nd 1:48

HC – Towson 3 run (kick good) 2^nd 1:09

HC – Williamas 6 pass from Howard (kick good) 4^th 10:41

Rushing

HC – 26 carries for 241 yards

LC – Zack Williams 13-58, Naquan Humphrey 3-9, Reed Douglas 2-(-16), Totals 18-51

Passing

HC –Totals 10-16-180 2 TDs

LC – Reed Douglas 16-32-189 3TDs, 3 INTs

Receiving

HC – 10-180

LC – Jasiyah Collins 7-121 2TD, Javonte Randall 2-6, , Destry Smith 1-23 1 TD, Zach Williams 2-26, Caden Williams 1-8, Jamir Butler 2-4, Naquan Humphrey 1-1   Totals 37-509

Notes

• Lee County finished with 210 total yards to 421 by the Trojans.
• The Bubba Sub’s and Pizza Offensive Player of the Game for Lee County was Jaysiyah Collins.  DL Brandon Caldwell was selected as the Bubba’s Defensive Player of the Game for Lee County.

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