JV Football

OCJV vs Harlem (at home) – In their first meeting the OCJV Patriots came away from Harlem with a 7-0 win.  Thursday, the JV Patriots did a little better besting the Bulldogs 33-14.

        The Bulldogs of Harlem and the OC Patriots pretty much fought to a stalemate in the first quarter.  Neither team made any real defensive mistakes which stopped both teams offense.  The only highlight being a fumble that OC recovered thus stopping the Bulldogs on the OC 14 yard line. 

        The second quarter opened with OC on the move but it wouldn’t take long before an OC fumble gave the ball back to Harlem on OC’s 39.  However, Harlem would not move the ball at all.  OC’s defense stiffened, holding the Bulldogs to no gains and then a ten yard loss.  On a third a long OC’s Will Mathis intercepted the ball moving it up field twenty yards to the Bulldog’s 49 yard line. 

        JV QB Tyler Hooper lead the Patriots down the field.  With 6:12 left in the quarter Hooper handed off to running back Moochie Wymbs who ran 17 yards for OC’s first touchdown of the game. 

        Harlem couldn’t do anything on offense except loose yards which forced them to punt the ball back to the Patriots.  Dylan Pulliam received the put and ran it back 52 yards to the Harlem 14 yard line.  This in turn set up Hooper’s short touchdown run.  OC went for two giving the ball to Martavious Heard who had no problem getting across the goal line.  With 2:48 left in the quarter OC was ahead 14-0.

        Harlem would go three and out with a couple of illegal procedure penalties for good measure.  OC would get the ball back with 1:50 left in the half.

        OC would quickly move the ball down to the Harlem 25 when, with 33 seconds left, Hooper would find Anthony Thornton open in the end zone for a 25 yard touchdown reception.  The PAT would be no good and the Patriots went into half time with a 20-0 lead.

        OC pretty much had the game in hand from here on out.  Heard would score again for the Patriots in the third quarter but OC would also hurt themselves with an untimely fumble.  The Bulldogs would put their first points on the board but would miss their extra point. 

        The fourth quarter would see more scoring by Je‘Quazzie Greene for OC as well as a last minute score by the Bulldogs ending the game with OC earning a 22-14 win. 

        Besides Mathis’ first quarter interception John Tucker stopped a Bulldog scoring effort when he intercepted a Harlem pass in the end zone late in the 4^th quarter.  Mathis would also be responsible for several behind the lines tackles.

        OC had 13 first downs for the game, two fumbles lost, one fumble recovered and two interceptions.  Hooper would be 1-2 passing with one passing touchdown. 

        The JV Patriots travel to George Walton next week to take on the Bulldogs. 

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