Patriots shut down ‘Canes
In the 3A football semifinals for the third consecutive
season, the Huntingtown Hurricanes struggled to move the ball in the second
half and fell to the visiting Governor Thomas Johnson Patriots 12-3 on Friday
night.
Huntingtown (11-2) scored on its first possession of the
game when Barrett Scotty capped a 60-yard drive with a 37-yard field goal. But
the Hurricanes struggled to move the ball as the game progressed, and barely
had the ball in a second half which saw the team run just 15 offensive plays.
Johnson (10-3) took the lead late in the first quarter on
Richie Anderson’s three-yard touchdown run. The Patriots, who chewed up the
clock with great success throughout the second half, added to the advantage with
Heath Dalgren’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Nate Hairston with 2 minutes 19
seconds remaining in the third quarter.
The Hurricanes missed out on a couple of opportunities in
the first half – failing on a fourth-and-inches from the Johnson 13-yard line
with 4:36 left in the opening half, and the team also lost a fumble at the tail
end of long pass play that would have given Huntingtown the ball inside the
Johnson 20.
Brandon Berney led a Johnson rushing attack that accumulated
225 yards on the night with a 22-carry, 127-yard effort. Davonte Fletcher
rushed for 114 yards to lead the Hurricanes.
Thomas Johnson 12, Huntingtown 3
TJ 6 0 6 0
H 3 0 0 0
First quarter
H – FG Scotty 37, 9:47
TJ – Anderson 3 run (kick blocked), :46
Third quarter
TJ – Hairston 24 pass from Dahlgren (run failed), 2:19
Rushing – TJ: Berney 22-127, Anderson 12-44, Sponyoe 11-44,
Dahlgren 5-8, Yarbrough 1-2, Johnson 1-0; H: Fletcher 17-114, Ersoy 5-9,
Stewart 1-0
Passing – TJ: Dahlgren 6-11-0 69; H: Piazza 7-17-2 92
Receiving – TJ: Hairston 3-42, Berney 2-3, Anderson 1-24; H: Woodburn 2-21,
Moorehead 1-45, Stewart 1-16, Donaldson 1-6, Baczynski 1-2, Fletcher 1-2
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