Senior star receiver George Futch took the first play of the second quarter 39 yards on a jet sweep for a touchdown giving Savannah Christian a 14-0 advantage and the Raiders rolled to a 42-0 victory over visiting Deerfield-Windsor in the Raiders’ home opener at Pooler Stadium on Friday, September 17.
SCPS (2-2) outscored Deerfield-Windsor 28-0 in the second quarter of the non-region affair.
Futch hauled in a 38-yard touchdown catch on a beautiful pass from Paulus Zittrauer late in the second quarter for his fifth receiving touchdown of the campaign. It was the junior quarterback’s sixth passing TD of the year.
In the first, Zittrauer was picked off by the Knights, but the SCPS defense held on fourth down near midfield to return the ball back to its offense. Defensively, the Raiders were led by excellent performances from Peyton Cromwell and David Bucey among others.
Bucey’s pick six in the second quarter made it 20-0, SCPS. Freshman defensive end Elijah Griffin had five tackles (two for loss) in the opening half. Carter Allen’s two rushing touchdowns in the first half paced the Raiders early on in the blowout victory.
A running clock in the second half was mainly featuring SCPS backups playing in front of the home crowd.
DW -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0
SC -- 7 - 28 - 7 - 0 -- 42
HALFTIME -- SC, 35-0.
RECORDS -- SC 2-2; DW 1-4.
NEXT -- SC at Mount De Sales (9/24).
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TATTNALL SQUARE ACADEMY 23, SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY 14
Savannah Country Day has dropped two straight home games after beginning the season 2-0.
Clay Rowland found Cameron Person on a play-action touchdown pass from four yards out on the opening drive for the visitors from Macon. TSA tacked on a 31-yard field goal midway through the second to take a 10-0 lead.
It would remain 10-0 entering halftime, and TSA took a 16-0 lead in the third after a lengthy scoring drive was capped by a rushing score.
SCD quarterback Barry Kleinpeter found fellow senior Alex Wynn for a 71-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to give him 79 total touchdowns in his career (all rushing or passing). Later in the quarter, Kleinpeter returned a kickoff 80 yards for his 80th career touchdown, and first ever as a returner of any kind.
The Hornets couldn’t cut it to a one-score game at any point during the second half, although they were inside the Tattnall 5 when time eventually expired.
CALVARY DAY 28, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN DAY 21
MACON -- The Cavs turned the ball over early in the first quarter and the Vikings scored a defensive touchdown as the result, taking a 6-0 lead over the visitors.
Jake Merklinger answered for Calvary on a five yard TD run, his sixth rushing touchdown of the season, and CDS led 7-6 after one quarter. Merklinger threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Caden Arnold on the last play of the first half and the Class A-Private No. 3 Cavs led 14-6 at the half.
An opening drive in the second half for FPD resulted in a short rushing score, and a two-point conversion, making it 14-14, where it would stay until the fourth. Calvary’s Antonio Butts had a rushing touchdown early in the fourth to make it 21-14 Calvary.
The non-region contest would come down to the final stages as FPD tied things up at 21-21 with 5:34 remaining. Merklinger’s 12-yard rushing touchdown with 16 seconds left sealed the win for the Cavs (5-0).
WINDSOR FOREST 27, BEACH 6
Donte Dorman threw a passing touchdown to Abasi Scott in the first quarter to give the Knights an early lead they would never relinquish in the Region 3-3A game.
Chris Glover’s quarterback sneak made it 14-0 in favor of Windsor through one stanza and another Glover touchdown run pushed the lead to 21-0 at Memorial Stadium.
WF (2-1) recovered a late first quarter fumble leading to Glover’s second score. Trayvon Savage also had a rushing touchdown in the second quarter for the Knights.
Shamarrie Hugie’s short touchdown catch for Beach made it 27-6 in favor of WF midway through the fourth.
SAVANNAH HIGH 12, GROVES 6
A 0-0 game midway through the third, this Region 3-3A contest at Garden City Stadium resulted in the second win of the season for Savannah High (2-2, 1-0).
Derantea Goodro threw a 21-yard touchdown to receiver Khaleel Polite in the third quarter for the first SHS touchdown. Sophomore Terrance Edwards caught a 7-yard touchdown for the other SHS score.
WEEK 5 FINAL SCORES
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16
GHSA Class 4A
Wayne County 7 at Benedictine 51
Islands 6 at Brunswick 45
FRIDAY SEPT. 17
GHSA Class 6A
Effingham County 27 at Howard 6
Richmond Hill 7 at NS Warner Robins 43
GHSA Class 3A
Windsor Forest 27 at Beach 6
Savannah High 12 at Groves 6
GHSA Class 1A
Bryan County 0 at McIntosh County Academy 42
Calvary Day 28 at First Presbyterian 21
Deerfield Windsor 0 at Savannah Christian 42
Tattnall Square Academy 23 at Savannah Country Day 14
GISA/SCISA
Memorial Day 6 at John Paul II 40
St. John's Christian 28 at Bethesda 7
Saturday, Sept. 18
Hilton Head at Jenkins (Islands)
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