Brown & Hooker Lead Jackets to 27-6 Win Over Northern Durham in Home Opener

Senior Tailback BJ Brown rushed for 232 yards and Ronnie Hooker led a young Jacket defense with a forced fumble and three tackles for loss in the 4th quarter as Lee County won its home opener 27-6 over Northern Durham.  The Knights led briefly 6-0, but Lee County controlled the rest of the scoring, adding 20 4^th quarter points to pull away and start the season at 1-0.

Northern got on the board first with a 10-yard Justice Fisher run to lead 6-0 – only to have the Yellow Jackets score less than 3 minutes later on a 3-yard run by Brown.  Defense and first game penalties controlled the rest of the half as well as quarter #3 and Lee County found itself leading by one heading into the 4^th.  But a one play drive – a nifty 60-yard run by Brown put Lee up 14-0 and the Yellow Jacket defense held the Knights to minus 39 yards in the 2^nd half.

Lee County will be on the road next week at St. Pauls with a 7:00 kickoff scheduled.

Scoring

Northern Durham    6     0     0     0     6

Lee County               7     0     0     20    27

Scoring Summary

ND – Fisher 10 run (kick failed)

LC – BJ Brown 3 run (Alonzo Hernandez kick)

LC – Brown 60 run (Hernandez kick)

LC – Jack Martin 3 run (Hernandez kick)

LC – Julian Best 18 Fumble Return (kick failed)

Rushing

ND – Guerrette 15-24, Fisher 11-30, Thomas 4-11, Kujawa 8-(-11), Batchelor 2-12 Totals 40-66

LC – Brown 15-232, Isaiah Peoples 6-33, Terrance McKendal 1-1, Martin 4-(-28) Totals 26-237

Passing

ND – Lucas Kajawa 13-18-141

LC – Martin 7-9-71

Receiving

ND – Bostic 6-74, Fisher 3-13, Hickman 3-35, Nance 1-19 Totals 13-141

LC – Jayden Hill 4-52, Raymond Knotts 2-7, Brown 1-12 Totals 7-71

• North Durham won the battle of first downs at 17-13, time of possession 30 mins to 18 and number of offensive plays 58 to 33.
• BJ Brown was selected as the Normann Financial Group Offensive Player of the Game and Ronnie Hooker was selected as the Defensive Player of the Game.
• Lee County won the turnover battle 2-0.
• The Yellow Jacket Coach’s Show will air on WFJA 105.5 FM on Tuesday night at 7:00.