Missed Opportunities and Defense Plague Devils

Photos courtesy of Rasheeda Usry

Timothy Seals scores on the first play for Warren County.

Warren County entered Friday night's game against Tattnall Square Academy with hopes of building upon the momentum of the previous week's victory over neighboring Glascock County. The Devils struggled defensively and were unable to take advantage of scoring opportunities, resulting in a 51-18 loss.

Kelveonta Veasley blocks for
Dantavious Allen.

The scoring got off to a quick start for both teams in the first quarter. J.J. Battle of Tattnall Square wasted no time putting the Trojans on the board. Battle took the opening kick-off 92 yards for the first score of the game. Loftin Whiddon added the extra point to give the Trojans a 7-0 lead. Tattnall Square then kicked off to Warren County and the Devils took over on their own 38 yard line. On the Devil's first play from scrimmage, Timothy Seals  broke loose for 62 yards to put the Screaming Devils on the board. The extra point attempt by Seals was blocked and after only 29 seconds of play, Tattnall Square held a 7-6 lead.

The Trojans would score again just a little over two minutes later on a 13 yard run by Ahmad Barron,

Devocea Lott

making the score 14-6. It appeared that the Devils would match the Trojans score for score after the Devils completed a long pass to put themselves inside the Tattnall 15 yard line. The drive would end without a Warren County score due to a fumble just one play later however. The Trojans took advantage of the opportunity and marched 85 yards for yet another 1st quarter score. The period ended with Tattnall tacking on two more points with a safety. The first quarter ended with the Trojans leading by the score of 23-6.

Devocea Lott posted Warren County's only score in the second quater with a 5 yard run TD run. The Trojans added two more scores and went to the locker room at the half with a 37-12 lead.

Warren County started the third quarter with a scoring drive capped by a 5 yard run by Anquavious Hill. It would be the Devils final score of the night however. The Trojans scored twice in the third quater and neither team scored in the fourth.

Mykwan Loney

Timothy Seals once again led in the rushing department for the Devils with 142 yards on 16 carries. Anquavious Hill rushed for 91 yards on 8 carries and Devocea Lott had 21 yards on 5 carries.

Jermaine Berry went 3 for 8 through the air with 1 interception. Berry connected twice with Mykwan Loney for 42 yards and once with Kentarius Brinkle for 19 yards.

Coach Freeman said of his team's effort, "Offensively, we played well enough to win. We just need to get better at tackling in open space and taking care of the football." Freeman added, "We were very close to them stat wise. The turnovers and special teams just really hurt us this week." Warren County posted 237 yards of rushing compared to 288 yards of rushing by Tattnall Square. The Devils had 61 yards of passing while the Trojans posted 48 yards through the air.

Warren County will be on the road next week to take on the Bulldogs of Harlem.