Scotland Outscores Lee County 56-43 in Sandhills 3A Action

Scotland County beat Lee County in a key battle of 3A teams in the Sandhills 3A/4A Conference.  Scotland overcame a 21-14 deficit midway through the 2^nd quarter – scoring 28 unanswered points to open a big lead and finish with a 56-43 win.  Scotland used two scores through the air in the final minutes of the 1^st half and then scored twice in the 3^rd to take a 42-21 lead.   Lee County would score three TDs in the 4^th, but couldn’t stop Scotland in a high scoring affair.

Drake Brown led Lee County with 142 yards rushing and BJ Baldwin added 96 on the ground.  Jack Martin and Aiden Poole combined to go 18 of 25 passing for 254 yards, but two interceptions hurt Lee’s chances to win at Scotland.   Raymond Knotts and Jayden Hill combined for 16 catches to lead Lee’s receivers. 

Lee County drops to 4-5 on the season and 1-4 in conference play.   Lee County will host Southern Lee this Friday night in a game that could qualify the winner for a spot in the playoffs.

Scoring

Lee County     14    7     0    22    43

Scotland Co     7    21   14    14    56

Scoring Summary

SC – 10:57 1^st – Braddy 2 run (kick good)

LC – 6:30 1^st – Jack Martin 5 run (Alex Borrell kick)

LC – 1:10 1^st – Raymond Knotts 15 pass from Jack Martin (Borrell kick)

SC – 11:41 2^nd – Gibson 82 pass from McPhatter (kick good)

LC – 9:36 2^nd – BJ Baldwin 57 run (Borrell kick)

SC – 7:08 2^nd – Everette 32 pass from McPhatter (kick good)

SC – 1:59 2^nd – Gibson 22 pass from McPhatter (kick good)

SC – 11:08 3^rd – Scotland 42-yard INT return (kick good)

SC – 2:47 3^rd – Everette 11 run (kick good)

LC – 11:19 4^th – Jayden Hill 31 pass from Aiden Poole (Borrell kick)

SC – 10:57 4^th – White 86 run (kick good)

LC – 9:01 4^th – Jayden Hill 14 pass from Poole (Borrell kick)

SC – 6:35 4^th – Braddy 26 run (kick good)

LC – 4:05 4^th – Drake Brown 6 run (Borrell kick)

Rushing

LC – Drake Brown 24-142, BJ Baldwin 12-96, Jack Martin 4-9, Aiden Poole 1-0, Cedric Lett 1-16   Totals 42-263

SC – Totals 24-252

Passing

LC – Jack Martin 8-12-147, Aiden Poole 10-13-107   Totals 18-25-254

SC – Totals 10-16-224

Receiving

LC – Jayden Hill 9-113, Raymond Knotts 7-103, Andre Gray 1-20, Cedric Lett 1-18   Totals 18-254

• Lee County and Southern Lee will enter Friday’s game both with 1-4 records in league play.   The winner will finish 3^rd amongst the 3A schools and possibly a spot in the playoffs starting November 9^th.
• Drake Brown went over the 1000-yard mark in Friday’s game.  Brown needed 11 yards to eclipse the 1000-yard mark and finished the game with 137 yards on 23 carries and now has 1126 yards through 9 games.
• Jayden Hill will enter Friday’s game at Southern Lee needing just 92 yards to have a 1000-yard season receiving for Lee County.  The Lee senior finished Fridays game with 9 catches for 113 yards.
• Raymond Knotts was selected as the Normann Financial Group Offensive Player of the Game for Lee County and Daniel Prince was selected the Player of the Game defensively.
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