First downs and touchdowns were hard to come by for the Fort Mill Yellow Jacket’s Friday night. With a 65-6 victory, the Northwestern Trojans dominated the field on a night the home team was celebrating senior night.
As it went for most of the game, Fort Mill went three and out on their opening drive. In goal line defense, Fort Mill intercepted a Trojan bobbled pass to start their second drive from their own one yard line. After a botched snap on their first play, the drive never got started as Northwestern intercepted the pass on Fort Mill’s next play.
The Yellow Jacket’s defense forced Northwestern into a punt on fourth and 20. After another three and out, Fort Mill’s punt was fumbled by the Trojan return man. This gave Fort Mill a fresh set of downs on the 49 yard line and their best field position of the night so far.
As they would all game long, Northwestern dominated the line of scrimmage. They shut down any hope of Fort Mill trying to establish a running or passing game. On third and long, the Trojans intercepted Fort Mill on the 16 yard line. After a Trojan’s touchdown, the Yellow Jacket’s ended the first quarter with the ball and their first first down of the game. Tanner Mays helped pick up the team’s next first down to start the second quarter, but Northwestern was already up 15-0 with no plans of looking back. Fort Mill punted on fourth and long. After the return, Northwestern quickly made it first and goal with a 65 yard pass to the wide receiver Tadarrian Knox. Freshman Nigel Smith found the end zone on third and goal. With the point after, Northwestern was up 22-0 with 8:31 remaining the the first half.
Between penalties and a porous front line, Fort Mill was never able to get anything going their way. At the half, Northwestern held a 50-0 lead and tacked on another 15 points in the second half. With eight minutes remaining in the game, the Yellow Jackets found the end zone but missed the PAT. Fort Mill was down 65-6 as time ran out.
Fort Mill moves to 1-6 on the season and 0-4 in region 3-5A play. This was their last home game of the season. They travel to Indian Land and Nation Ford over the next two weeks.
- Northwestern is undefeated on the season and is tied with Rock Hill for first place in Region 3-5A action. They face each other next Friday at Northwestern.
- Rock Hill was at Nation Ford Friday night and came away with a 52-29 victory.
- Catawba Ridge beat Indian Land 14-7. With the win, Catawba Ridge moves to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in Region 3-5A play.
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