Yellow Jackets Start Carolina Pines 6A With 20-7 Win Over Triton

The Lee County Yellow Jackets rode its strong defense to a 20-7 win over the Triton Hawks to start Carolina Pines 6A Conference play at 1-0.  The defense scored for the 3^rd time in 4 games and shut down the Triton running game to lead the Jackets – with a 30-yard interception return for a TD by Cody Graham and limiting Triton to 55 yards on 39 carries.  Lee County had a whopping 13 plays tackling Triton for a loss and controlled the line of scrimmage defensively throughout.  Aiden Poole would find Javonte Randall wide open for a 40-yard score in the 3^rd quarter and Alex Borrell would add two field goals of 37 & 25 yards.

Lee County was led offensively by BJ Baldwin – who rushed for 174 yards on 26 carries – with Damian Prosser adding 47 yards on the ground.  The Lee offense struggled at times and four Lee County turnovers only offset the four by Triton.

Lee County improves to 2-2 on the season, but more importantly starts conference play at 1-0.   Lee County will host West Johnston next Friday at Paul Gay Stadium.

Scoring

Triton            0     0     0     7     7

Lee County  7     3     7     3    20

Scoring Summary

LC – Cody Graham 30-yard INT Return (Alex Borrell kick)

LC – Borrell 34 FG

LC – Javonte Randall 40 pass from Aiden Poole (Borrell kick)

TR – Ward 3 run (kick good)

LC – Borrell 25 FG

Rushing

TR – Totals 39-55-1

LC – BJ Baldwin 26-174, Damian Prosser 9-47, Aiden Poole 8-(-37)  Totals 44-187

Passing

TR – Totals 10-20-90

LC – Poole 3-15-55

Receiving

TR – Totals 10-90

LC – Randall 2-42, Lincoln Smith 1-13  Totals 3-55

• BJ Baldwin was selected as the Bubba Subs & Pizza Offensive Player of the Game and Chas Osborne was selected as the Defensive Player of the Game.
• The Lee County defense held Triton to (-10) yards rushing in the 2^nd half on 20 carries.
• The Yellow Jackets won the 1st downs battle 15-9, stopped Triton on 12 of their 14 3^rd down attempts, and has now caused 7 opponent turnovers in the last 2 games.
• BJ Baldwin became the first Yellow Jacket this season to rush for over 100 yards – surpassing that in the 1^st half alone.  Baldwin had 118 yards on 15 carries at the break, including runs of 34 and 20 yards.
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