Lee County 4-0 After Beating Hoke 24-6

The Lee County Yellow Jackets rode their defense to a non-conference win on the road last night by a score of 24-6 to improve to 4-0 on the season.    Larry Baldwin led the Jacket rushing with 76 yards on 16 carries, but it was the Jacket defense that changed the game.   With Hoke County driving on their 1^st possession of the 2^nd half and only down 14-6, Sincere Goldston picked off a Hoke pass and returned it 49 yards to the Hoke 9.   The Yellow Jackets then scored on a 10-yard pass to Tyric McKendall to push the lead to 21-6 and took control of the game.    Lee County’s leading rusher AJ Boulware was injured on the 1^st carry of the night and missed the remainder of the game.    After a 3-game road stretch, Lee County will return home this Friday night and will host Wilson Fike at Paul Gay Stadium.

Scoring

Lee County        14     0     7     3     24

Hoke County      0      6     0     0      6

Scoring Summary

LC – Colin Johnson 13 run (Trey Underwood kick)

LC – Johnson 18 pass to Jackson Lamb (Underwood kick)

HC – Avery 9 run (kick failed)

LC – Johnson 10 pass to Tyric McKendall (Underwood kick)

LC – Underwood 26 FG

Rushing

LC – Baldwin 16-76, Johnson 10-27, Marcus Gray 7-10, Boulware 1-1   Totals  34-114

HC – Keonte Shaw 18-59   Team Totals 26-66

Passing

LC – Johnson 10-21-142

HC – Jada McGill 12-22-154

Receiving

LC – McKendall 5-68, Jason Berdecia 2-19, Jackson Lamb 1-18, Landon Johnson 1-31, Tim Lett 1-6   Team Totals 10-142

• The Lee Defense had 3 interceptions in the 2^nd half.   Goldston’s that set up a Lee touchdown, and interceptions by Jayden Marshall and Jackson Lamb both stopped Hoke drives and kept Lee County in control.
• Larry Baldwin was tremendous defensively once again and with his 76 yards rushing was named the Normann Financial Group Player of the Game for Lee County.
• The interception by Sincere Goldston was the F&W Playhouse Play of the Game for Lee County.
• Lee County will start a two game home stretch this Friday with consecutive home games with Wilson Fike and Anson County.