Lee County Stays Unbeaten – Downs Trojans 35-17

The Lee County Yellow Jackets overcame a slow start to beat Harnett Central on the road by a 35-17 score.   AJ Boulware had 226 yards on 28 carries and 3 scores to lead Lee County.   Lee County has now won 13 straight Tri-County 3A games and their 32^nd straight regular season game.    The Yellow Jackets trailed 10-0 after the first 6 minutes but reeled off 35 straight to take control.   Larry Baldwin added 2 scores and 66 yards rushing on 12 carries.    The Yellow Jackets had 365 yards of total offense to 164 for the Trojans.   Lee County held the Trojans to 28 yards in the 2^nd half.  

Lee County kicker Trey Underwood, who entered the game 5^th on the all-time kick-scoring list in NC High School Football with 299 points added 5 PATs to move his total to 304. Robert Brown of Amount Airy HS is currently in 4^th with 328.   Lee County will be on the road next Friday night at Western Harnett.   Harnett Central will play at Southern Lee next Friday night.

Scoring

Lee County             0     7     21     7     35

Harnett Central    10    0      0      7     17

Scoring Summary

HC – Liam Peebles 24 FG

HC – Jaden Bryant 15 pass to Jackson Jones (Peebles kick)

LC – AJ Boulware 19 run (Trey Underwood kick)

LC – Larry Baldwin 4 run (Underwood kick)

LC – Boulware 1 run (Underwood kick)

LC – Boulware 8 run (Underwood kick)

LC – Baldwin 6 run (Underwood kick)

HC – Jackson Jones 72-yard blocked FG return (Peebles kick)

Rushing

LC – Boulware 28-226, Baldwin 12-66, Colin Johnson 5-(-13) Totals 45-279

HC – Devin Perry 15-53, Bryant 12-19, Everette Blake 3-30, Quez Jones 1-0, J. Jones 1-(-4)  Totals 32-98

Passing

LC – Johnson 8-18-86

HC – Bryant 6-17-66

Receiving

LC – Timmy Lett 2-33, Jayden Chalmers 3-1, Jordan Batts 2-45, Jason Berdecia 1-7   Totals 8-86

HC – Blake 3-39, Jones 3-27   Totals 6-66

• AJ Boulware was the Normann Financial Group Player of the game for Lee County.    Colin Johnson’s pass to Timmy Lett for 28 yards on a 3^rd and 10 with Lee County down 10-7 was the F&W Playhouse Play of the Game.
• Lee County had 20 1^st downs to 10 for Harnett Central.   The Trojans had only 3 in the 2^nd half.
• UNC Commit Jayden Chalmers got his 2^nd pick of the year that led to Boulware’s 8-yard TD.