The
Hunter Huss Huskies and the Crest Chargers played in a rematch from a game that
the Huskies won 14-0 earlier in the year. Both teams played in rematches last
week. The Huskies beat Burns 45-6, a team they beat earlier 41-0. The Chargers
beat Stuart Cramer 41-14, a team they beat 27-7 earlier in the year. So if that
was any indication, it would not bode well for Crest as they sought to avenge
their loss in the regular season.
The
Huskies took a 7-0 lead with a three-yard touchdown run by quarterback Zo
Wallace (PAT good) on the first play in the second quarter. The Chargers
started to get a drive going of their own, but a fumble near the Husky 20-yard
line stalled the drive. The Huskies were poised to extend the lead when Zo
Wallace connected with Jaheim Mullen for a 58-yard pass play that placed the
ball at the Chargers’ eight-yard line. But the Huskies would fumble it the
Chargers recovered. They were unable to do anything with it however. Wallace
was intercepted by Landon Zanders on the next drive, but the Chargers could not
capitalize. As the half was coming to a close, the Huskies got into field goal
range but procedure penalties and a sack by Rae-Kwon Young-Turner kept the
Huskies from putting points on the board as the half expired.
In the
second half, the Huskies got the ball and got a long drive going that took
nearly nine minutes. The drive was capped off on a fourth-and-goal play. That
was a one-yard touchdown run by Malik Corry (PAT good). The Chargers would
self-destruct from that point forward. A fumble late in the third quarter set
the Huskies up near the Chargers’ ten-yard line. Wallace would connect with Jamal
Littlejohn for a ten-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter.
The
onslaught was on from there. A Wallace 25-yard touchdown pass to Jaheim Mullen
seemingly put the nail in the coffin. The defense would also get in on the
scoring. Chase Williamson picked off a pass Crest quarterback Peyton Kemmerlin
and took it 46 yards for a touchdown. Trevor Hargett was 5-for-5 on his extra
point kicks. Zo Wallace led the Husky offense with 136 passing yards, two
passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown. He was only intercepted once.
Jaheim Mullen amassed 124 yards receiving and a touchdown.
“It was
a heavy weight fight for a while. We just couldn’t get anything going. They are
really good defensively.” said Crest head coach Nick Eddins “(The drive in the
third quarter) was kept alive by an unsportsmanlike penalty which was the story
of the first two touchdowns. Can’t do those kinds of things and expect to win
big football games. That’s a credit to them. They stuck it to us.”
“Great
team win. The state tournament is alive and in full effect. One down, one more
to go.” Said Hunter Huss head coach Jamar McCoy “We will celebrate this win
tonight and get ready to exchange film with Charlotte Catholic “We felt that
drive in the third quarter was the turning point of the game. We wanted to come
out in the second half and just drive the ball and grind it. So Wallace took
charge and did a wonderful job.”
“The
nail in the coffin was definitely the interception by Chase Williamson. There
were some wonderful blocks up the sideline from some of the guys to spring him
for the long run.” McCoy said about the interception return for a touchdown and
the defensive performance “Coach Mauney and the defensive staff do a marvelous
job of coaching those kids up and having them prepared on Friday nights. We did
it tonight without our star linebacker Prince Bemah who will be back in action
next week. So we are definitely proud of the output from the defense tonight.
He’s not only a great inside linebacker. He’s the emotional leader and he does
a wonderful job.”
The Huskies won 35-0 and have now outscored the Chargers 49-0 in two both games. Hunter
Huss will host Charlotte Catholic, a 42-0 winner over Monroe.
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