The Franklinton Demons football team won a much needed game for their district opener against the Hannan Hawks last Friday on the road, 50-17. The Demons’ overall record now stands at 2-4 and they are 1-0 in district action. The Demons will host Pearl River this week at home for homecoming. Pearl River is 4-1 on the season and the Demons defeated them 26-13 last season.
The Demons opened the scoring against Hannan as Rayshone Manuel went in from nine yards out before Hannan answered on their ensuing possession to tie the game at 7-7.
The Demons promptly drove to score again as Conner Magee, getting the start at quarterback for the first time this season, went in from 34 yards out. The two point conversion was good for a 15-7 lead. After forcing a punt the Demons scored again as Magee passed to Amias Tate for a seven yard touchdown and a 22-7 lead. Another punt and another score for the Demons as Magee went in from two yard for a 29-7 score. The Hawks managed a field goal before halftime to make the score 29-10.
The Demons scored on their first three possessions of the second half as Magee ran in scores from two and sixteen yards before Sy Austin broke off a 42 yard touchdown run to make the score 50-10.
The Hawks scored on the Demons defensive reserves to make the final score 50-17.
Coach Saltaformaggio was happy with the win and being 1-0 in the district. "I told them all week long we're 0-0, these guys are 0-0 don't look at their record they have some good players, #7 is as good of a player as I've seen in a while, we've just got to come out and keep working hard. I'm happy with where we are, we're 1-0 in the district and every week you want to get another win up the ladder. I was real happy with tonight and I thought our defense played well. It's nice that we're getting on track a little bit, the change at quarterback was astronomical."
Coach Salt doesn't want to overlook Pearl River but thinks the Demons tough non district schedule has prepared them. "I think again next week we're going against a 4-1 Pearl River team and I tell our guys all the time I'll put our opponents up against any of the opponents any of our district opponents have played and nobody matches what we've played."
Starting quarterback Conner Magee was 1 of 1 passing for 7 yards and rushed for 168 yards and four touchdowns. Jacob Crain passed twice completing one for 39 yards. Amias Tate caught two passes for 46 yards. Sy Austin rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on six carries, Micah Hart rushed 10 times for 77 yards, Michael Brock rushed twice for 66 yards and Rayshone Manuel rushed 12 times for 62 yards and a touchdown.
