The Pine Raiders football team handled the Varnado Wildcats easily last Friday in Wildcat Stadium, 44-0. The win moves the Raiders’ record to 4-1 and the Wildcats to 2-3. Both teams will begin district play this week as Pine goes to Albany and Varnado hosts West St John for homecoming.
Pine’s Trey Knight passed to DJ Garrett for an eight yard touchdown to go up 7-0, before Von Johnson scored from five yards out on their next drive to go up 14-0. A bad snap on a punt play by Varnado gave Pine two points on a safety. After the kick Knight passed to Garrett again for a forty yard touchdown to put the Raiders up 23-0.
Devin Cotton intercepted a pass for the Wildcats to give them their best field position of the night at the Pine 27 but they turned the ball over on downs at the Raider 10. The Raiders then scored on a thirteen yard run by Christian Williams to go up 31-0 at the halftime.
In the second half the Raiders added two more scores as Knight passed to Delvonta Gardner for a 52 yard touchdown to put the Raiders up 37-0. The Raiders scored again late when Kylan Magee went in from ten yards out for the final score of 44-0.
Coach Bradley Seal thought his team played well but must be ready for the next game. "Our team played well from the start in all three phases of the game. Trey Knight had a nice game passing with over 200 yards and two touchdowns to Delvonta Gardner. Next week we start district at Albany and we must be prepared."
Raiders quarterback Trey Knight was 7 of 11 passing for 118 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. DJ Garrett caught five passes for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Delvonta Gardner caught two passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Thomas Bernard rushed five times for 84 yards, Von Johnson rushed seven times for 52 yards and a touchdown, Christian Williams rushed three times for 53 yards and a touchdown, Braylen Thomas rushed once for 3 yards, Kylan Magee rushed three times for 6 yards and a touchdown, Garrett rushed once for 21 yards and Tyron Lee rushed twice for 48 yards. Cooper Thomas was 0 of 1 passing.
The Wildcats were held to 60 yards total offense.
