Yellow Jacket Football Ends in 2nd Round of Playoffs 35-26

North Brunswick scored two 4^th quarter TDs to beat Lee County 35-26 and end the Yellow Jacket season in the 2^nd round of the State 3A Football Championship.  Lee County had used BJ Balldwin’s 3^rd TD of the night early in the 4^th to pull within 21-20, but North Brunswick dominated the final 10 minutes to get the win.

North Brunswick jumped out to an early 14-0 lead with 2 first quarter scores but Lee County cut the lead in half with a BJ Baldwin 1-yard run to leave the score at 14-7 at the half.   North Brunswick score early in the 3^rd to take a 21-7 lead, but two more scores by Baldwin would get the Yellow Jackets within 21-20 with 11 minutes still to play.

North Brunswick would score on a 31-yard pass play to lead 28-20 before Lee County would get a 9-yard run by Jack Martin to get within two at 28-26.  Lee County would go for two to tie, but came up short, and to opponents would get one more score with :50 seconds remaining for the final score. 

Drake Brown led Lee County with 105 yards on 17 carries and BJ Baldwin chipped in 61 yards and 3 scores.  Jack Martin finished the night 10 of 15 passing for 112 yards. 

Scoring

Lee County      0     7     7     12     26

NBrunswick    14    0     7     14     35

Scoring Summary

NB – 6:37 1^st – Montgomery 1 run (kick good)

NB – 1:07 1^st – Montgomery 1 run (kick good)

LC – 9:58 2^nd – BJ Baldwin 1 run (Alex Borrell kick)

NB – 9:06 3^rd – Webo 30 run (kick good)

LC – 4:08 3^rd – BJ Baldwin 12 run (Borrell kick)

LC – 11:55 4^th – BJ Baldwin 14 run (2-pt conv failed)

NB – 8:26 4^th – Jenrette 31 pass from Campbell (kick good)

LC – 5:50 4^th – Jack Martin 9 run (2-pt conv failed)

NB – :50 4^th – Montgomery 59 run (kick good)

Rushing

LC – Drake Brown 17-105, BJ Baldwin 8-61, Jack Martin 8-37  Totals 33-206

NB – Totals 42-260

Passing

LC – Jack Martin 10-15-112, Aiden Poole 2-2-36, Jayden Hill 0-1-0  Totals 12-18-148

NB – Totals 9-14-146

Receiving

LC – Jayden Hill – 7-98, Raymond Knotts 1-8, Cedic Gray 2-16, Lincoln Smith 2-36  Totals 12-148

• Lee County won the 1^st downs battle 21-15 and NBrunswick won the totals offense 406 to 354.
• BJ Baldwin was selected as the Normann Financial Group Offensive Player of the Game and Cody Graham was selected as the Defensive POG.
• The Coach’s POG selection will be announced on the Steve Burdeau Coach’s Show Tuesday night at 7:00