Yellow Jacket Season Ends With 2nd Round Loss at Union Pines

The Union Pines Vikings rolled to a 35-0 win over Lee County in the 2^nd Round of the State 6A Football Championship Friday night at Viking Stadium in Cameron.  Union Pines jumped out to an early 14-0 lead and cruised the rest of the way, holding Lee County to 61 total yards of offense and improving to 10-1 on the season.   Lee County finished their season at 7-5.

Union Pines scored on its first possession with a 26-yard run by Adrian Colon and followed it with a 16-yard TD pass from Ian Hicks to Hayne Tobias and led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.  The Vikings would add another Colon run – this one from 1 yard out – to lead 21-0 at the half.

The Vikings continued to shut down the Yellow Jacket offense in the 2^nd half and added two third quarter scores for the final 35-0 margin.  

Scoring

Lee County    0     0     0     0     0

Union Pines  14    7    14    0     35

Scoring Summary

UP – Colon 26 run (kick failed)

UP – Tobias 16 pass from Hicks (2-pt conv good)

UP – Colon 1 run (kick good)

UP – Graham 31 pass from Hicks (kick good)

UP – Colon 44 pass from Hicks (kick good)

Rushing

LC – BJ Baldwin 9-15, Damian Prosser 1-6, Aiden Poole 10-(-50)  Totals 20-(-29)

UP – Totals 24-111

Passing

LC – Aiden Poole 12-21-90

UP – Totals 17-20-221

Receiving

LC – MJ Saunders 4-19, Lincoln Smith 4-40, Rodney Tucker 2-29, BJ Baldwin 1-0, Jaysiyah Collins 1-2  Totals 12-90

• Lincoln Smith was selected as the Bubba Subs & Pizza Offensive Player of the Game for Lee County and DeAngelo Prince was selected as the Defensive Player of the Game.
• Union Pines had 332 yards of total offense and Lee County had 61.  The Vikings led in first downs 16 to 6.
• The 11 drives for Lee County ended with two turnovers and 9 punts in the game and Lee County never crossed mid-field against the Viking defense.
• Field position was a major factor throughout the game – as Union Pines started 7 of their 11 drives in Lee County territory. Lee County started 8 of their 11 drives inside their own 20-yard line.
• Listen for the final Steve Burdeau Coach’s Show this Tuesday night at 7:00 on 105.5 WFJA Sports.