With nearly 100 kids showing up for spring
football, the Wayne County High Yellow Jackets were able to wrap up two weeks
of practices with an intrasquad scrimmage game on Friday.
In the controlled scrimmage, the white team bested the gold 18-6.
“The spring has been quite productive,” said coach Jody Grooms. “We have finally developed some depth on our football team. Hopefully, this depth will allow us to be better equipped to handle injuries if they hit us as hard as they did this past year. We have had a very physical spring, and a lot of our kids are banged up and sore. We put on pads the first day and competed against each other daily for at least one hour. I believe that it has made us closer and forced us to appreciate competition.”
Scoring highlights for the gold team included a 25-yard touchdown pass from Malique Jackson to Kelan Blash. Scoring highlights for the white team included a 45-yard scamper by quarterback Clayton Coatney. This set up a seven-yard touchdown pass to K.W. Height. Quarterback Walker Franklin also connected with Height on a 70-yard catch and run touchdown. The third white-team score came off a fumble recovery by Anfernee Jordan, who then returned it 40 yards for six points.
In the controlled scrimmage, the white team bested the gold 18-6.
“The spring has been quite productive,” said coach Jody Grooms. “We have finally developed some depth on our football team. Hopefully, this depth will allow us to be better equipped to handle injuries if they hit us as hard as they did this past year. We have had a very physical spring, and a lot of our kids are banged up and sore. We put on pads the first day and competed against each other daily for at least one hour. I believe that it has made us closer and forced us to appreciate competition.”
Scoring highlights for the gold team included a 25-yard touchdown pass from Malique Jackson to Kelan Blash. Scoring highlights for the white team included a 45-yard scamper by quarterback Clayton Coatney. This set up a seven-yard touchdown pass to K.W. Height. Quarterback Walker Franklin also connected with Height on a 70-yard catch and run touchdown. The third white-team score came off a fumble recovery by Anfernee Jordan, who then returned it 40 yards for six points.
On defense, Height, James Smith and Hagan Harrell each intercepted passes.
The team now will break for a week and then start summer conditioning workouts.
“I am excited about having the last week of school off,” said Grooms. “Our kids and coaches can focus on finishing strong and closing school out. We will be communicating with all of our athletes about summer workouts, schedules, and the importance of being consistent daily. We were pleased with the effort and pleased with receptiveness of the kids to try some different stuff offensively. The players and coaches have done an excellent job helping to sell Wayne County football to the student body. There were some new faces out on field on both sides of the ball. There was quality competition all over the field. The kids have gotten bigger and a lot stronger. As a result, we saw some big-time collisions the past few weeks.”
New region
The Jackets will compete this next season in Region 3-AAAA against Liberty County, South Effingham and Statesboro in the sub-region. On the “B” side of the sub-region are Burke County, Butler, Cross Creek, Glenn Hills, Hephzibah and Richmond Academy.
The Jackets will start the season Aug. 25 against Brunswick High at Georgia Southern University’s Paulson Stadium. The Jackets then will face Appling County, Glynn Academy, Butler, Richmond Academy, Burke County, South Effingham, Liberty County and Statesboro.
Courtesy of The Press Sentinel, Tuesday May 15, 2012
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