Devils Eliminated in First Round of Playoffs

The Screaming Devils were eliminated from the state playoffs Friday night by a first round loss to the Wesleyan Wolves of Norcross. Warren County entered the playoffs as the number four seed from region seven. Wesleyan defeated Athens Academy one week earlier to earn the number one seed out of region eight.

Few gave the Devils a chance against Wesleyan. One Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist even predicted a blowout by the Wolves over the Devils. Warren County proved early on that they were not going to lay down without as fight. The Devils stunned the Wesleyan crowd into silence when they struck first to take the early lead by capitalizing off a Wesleyan fumble for a touchdown.

The two teams traded scores after that and Wesleyan took a slim one point lead into the locker room by a score of 14-13.

Warren County looked strong coming out to start the second half. The Devils surprised the Wolves as well as the Devils' coaching staff when Antonio Benton miss-kicked the kickoff resulting in an on sides kick. The Devils recovered and quickly marched the ball down the field to take the lead with their third score of the evening.

Warren County's lead would be short-lived, however, as Wesleyan responded with a scoring drive of their own to make the score 21-19. The Wolves would never again relinquish the lead as the Devils seemed to tire in the fourth quarter. Wesleyan added a couple of scores late in the contest to go on to win by a score of 42-19.

Warren County was led by the stellar play of the only three members of the team. Johnathon Lewis intercepted a pass and had several key tackles while both Kentrell Latimore and Antonio Benton scored touchdowns for the Devils.