PA seniors played their final home game against Southern Academy Friday night.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON, Sports Correspondent
Pickens Academy played well defensively in the first half and trailed Southern Academy just 6-0 with less than a minute left in the first half, but the Cougars scored a touchdown and added the two-point conversion to take a 14-0 halftime lead en route to a 39-6 win over the Pirates.
“I think we hung in there pretty good defensively,” Pickens Academy head coach Wade Goodman said. “They had a punt return for a touchdown and an interception returned for a touchdown in the second half.”
Southern Academy received the opening kick and fumbled the ball on the first play of the game, with PA recovering at the Cougars’ 42-yard line. After only gaining four yards, the Pirates were forced to punt from the Southern Academy 38-yard line.
William Parker intercepted Cougars quarterback Cal Webb on the next drive for Pickens Academy’s second forced turnover of the night at the Southern 49-yard line. The Cougars would later get the ball back and score on a 52-yard touchdown run by Brandon Henry for a 6-0 lead with 2:58 remaining in the first quarter.
Southern Academy would then drive down the field as the first-half elapsed and Henry would score his second touchdown of the night, followed by a two-point conversion run by Logan Clements, giving the Cougars a 14-0 lead with 34 seconds left in the half.
On the next PA drive, Austin Goodman caught a pass and lateralled back to Braden Davidson on a hook-and-ladder play, as Davidson ran to the Southern Academy 30-yard line before being tackled with one second remaining. The Pirates then tried a double pass which fell incomplete with the Cougars leading 14-0 at intermission.
See complete story in the Pickens County Herald.
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