Last night, the PHS Dragons varsity football team took to the road for the first time in the regular season as they took on the Southeast Whitfield Raiders in a 6-AAAA region match up. Pickens, came into the game winners of 5 straight, 5-0 for the first time since 1986, & looking to continue their fast start to the season.

 

Pickens won the toss, but elected to differ to the 2nd half, giving the home standing Raiders the first shot on offense. The Dragon defense got a stop, & the offense for Pickens took over. Michael Burrell capped off their opening drive with a 6-yd TD run to make it 7-0 Dragons with 9:13 left in the first quarter. Nearly 3 minutes later, Pickens added to that lead after a 29-yd TD pass from CJ Streicher to an open Robert Davis made it 14-0 Dragons with 6:10 left in the opening quarter. Southeast Whitfield was able to cut the lead in half with a 2-yd TD run & as we’d go to the 2nd quarter, Pickens held a 14-7 lead over the Raiders.

 

Streicher, got into the end zone with a 2-yd run of his own to make it a two score game again, 21-7, with 8:32 left in the first half. The only other score in the 2nd quarter came after a beautiful throw from Streicher to Alex Snelgrove from 28-yds out to make it 28-7 Dragons, going to the break.

 

The Dragons, got the ball to start the 2nd half and at the 9:39 mark of the 3rd, added to their lead after a 5-yd TD run from Brady Moore, to make it 35-7. Davis, added a 1-yd rushing touchdown to his night to go along with his receiving touchdown in the 1st half at the 6:33 mark of the 3rd, to make it 42-7 Pickens. To cap off the 3rd quarter, Streicher would add his 3rd passing TD of the night as he threw a strike to Zach Goss. After Goss made one man miss, he was into the end zone from 25-yds out, to make it 49-7 Dragons over Southeast Whitfield, going to the 4th.

 

The lone score in the 4th, came from the Raiders after a 7-yd TD run. Your final score for the game was 49-13, Dragons.

 

Stats:

1st Downs: 16

3rd Down: 4/6

Total Yards: 456

Rush Yards: 265

Pass Yards: 191

Takeaways: 1 interception

CJ Streicher: 9/14, 191 yards, 3 TD, 6 rushes, 47 yards, 1 TD, 1 punt for 36 yards

Brady Moore: 7 rushes, 78 yards, 1 TD, 3 tackles, 1 pass break up

Robert Davis: 6 rushes, 69 yards, 1 TD, 1 catch, 29 yards, 1 TD

Zach Goss: 4 catches, 83 yards, 1 TD

Alex Snelgrove: 2 catches, 63 yards, 1 TD, 3 tackles

Trevon Hawkins: 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss

Hunter Hermann: 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack

Dallas McHale: 7 tackles

Kaleb Ray: 7 tackles, & 1 pass break up

Jay Jones: Andrew Macom, & Clayton Holland with 6 tackles each

Logan Joiner: 7/7 on PAT

 

Pickens, will be back home next Friday as they take on the Generals of Heritage in another big 6-AAAA region game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm.