The Screaming Devils secured a fourth consecutive trip to the state playoffs with a victory over Aquinas Friday night. The Devils blanked the Fighting Irish by a score of 32-0. The win, coupled with last week's victory over Hancock, gave Warren County their first back-to-back victories of the season.
Warren County took the opening kick-off and quickly established that it would be a good night for the Screaming Devil offense. The Devils scored on their first possession but failed to convert the extra point. The Irish offense showed some early success, managing to move the ball down to about the Warren County 25 yard line. The Devil Defense then pushed the Irish back and Aquinas was forced to punt the ball away on fourth and long.
The Devil offense then took control of the game and never really looked back. The night turned into one of the best offensive games of the year for Warren County. Sophomore running back, Coby Reynolds racked up over 250 yards on the ground, most coming on long touchdown runs. Probably the biggest surprise of the night was quarterback, Tay Erwin, passing for over 150 yards with his main target of the night being Kentrell Latimore. Most of those yards came in the final two minutes of the first half when Warren County went to the spread offense and used the opportunity to work on their two minute offense.
Warren County's defense never allowed Aquinas to really do anything offensively after their first possession. Led by senior linebacker Johnathan Lewis, the Devils put pressure on the Irish quarterback all night long. Antonio Benton and Corneilus Pinkston combined to provide excellent pass coverage for the Devils.
Warren County ran their season record to 4-4 with the victory over Aquinas. The Devils travel to Washington for another big Region 7 match-up Friday night against the Washington-Wilkes Tigers. The loss by Washington-Wilkes to Wilkinson County creates added importance to Friday night's game as both teams are 4-4 on the season and a win by Warren County would guarantee them no worse than 3rd in the region.
The Devils will need the support of everyone Friday night and we encourage anyone who can to make the short trip to Washington to cheer on the Screaming Devils as they take on Washington-Wilkes.
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