LIVE Game Blog - Oscar Smith (2-1) at King's Fork (3-0) Joined in Progress

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Major apologies folks as we pick up my LIVE Game Blog at half-time after serious computer issues with the blue screen of death...

We'll get you caught up with some tweets and stats here in a moment...

 

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Stats at the Half:

King's Fork 14:
D'andre Artis-Boone - -7-10 for 135Yds. 2-0 TD/Int. ratio; INT on defense
Isiah Gilliam - 12Car. 24Yds.
Preston Hall - 4Car. 11Yds.
Zy'Dar'Eyus Wynn - 5Rec. 115Yds. TD
Kamonza Jones - 1Rec. 14Yds. TD

Bulldogs - 27 plays for 173 total yards (7-10 for 135 yards passing; 17 rushes for 38 yards); 7 penalties for 52 yards; 0 turnovers


Oscar Smith 14:
Lonnie Andrews III - 4-14 for 163Yds. 1-1 TD/Int. ratio; 1Car. 11Yds.
Ty'Jae Curtis - 9Car. 56Yds. TD
Travis Johnson - 2Rec. 78Yds.
Quali Price - 1Rec. 65Yds. TD
Donte Dent - 1Rec. 20Yds.

Tigers - 26 plays for 237 total yards (4-14 for 163 yards passing, 1 intercept; 12 rushes for 74 yards); 6 penalties for 40 yards; 1 turnover

 

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King's Fork began the third period with the football. After a run of 12 by Isiah Gilliam, the Bulldogs face 2nd & 8 and after a short pickup. It's QB D'andre Artis-Boone darting ahead for 14 to move the chains again. A penalty on the Bulldogs, along with a pass breakup, ends up bringing up 3rd & 16 for King's Fork. The Bulldogs are unable to convert and very fortunate on that series as they approached midfield there wasn't a turnover with Smith defender Quali Price nearly intercepting them along the near sideline.

Oscar Smith gets great field position at the King's Fork 47 with 9:31 to go in the third period after a 28-yard punt return from Price, who once suited up for Green Run.

 

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The Bulldogs were about to get a stop they needed until Lonnie Andrews III found the most athletic guy on the field - the 4-Star headed to Michigan - got loose over the middle and was able to scoot in the end zone.

King's Fork goes 3 & out on the ensuing possession, with a pair of incomplete passes bookending a 2-yard run from Preston Hall III.

Smith takes over at the King's Fork 45 with 6:51 on the third quarter clock at about say 8:54 PM EST.

It's now 4:02 to go in the third period and SMith has it at the KF 21 before 2nd & 10 at 9:05 PM EST. Now, we've run about seven or eight plays, but it seems like only two because of several penalties on each side and stoppages.

King's Fork decided not take take a sack that would bring up 3rd & long, instead opting for the holding penalty yardage. It ended up biting them with a roughing the passer penalty on 3rd & 24, wiping away an INT fom Ernest Jones Jr. and extending the Tigers possession.

 

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Two runs get halted to minimal gains as the Tigers defense - headed up by edge rusher Na'Rod Jarvis (Buffalo commit) and All-State LB Malachi White - are keeping the runs to small bites, not large bursts.

King's Fork is not helping itself with 10 penalties for 87 yards either.

 

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The 3rd & 5 pass down the field is incomplete. King's Fork, which was 7 of 10 for 135 yards through the air in the first half with a couple of TD's, has misfired on its first five tries through the air here in the second half. Kymonte Bynum, a really talented sophomore for Oscar Smith, is doing a nice job at one of the corner slots. Jayden Covil, the UVA commit, is occupying the other and having a cleaner game than last Saturday against Indian River.

The big deal is that they've kept Anthony Henderson Jr. - one of the state's top prospects from the Class of 2027 - in check to just one catch for six yards. Sure, Zy'Dar'Eyus Wynn has broke off for 5 grabs for 115 yards, but the other guy has been quiet.

A short punt by King's Fork gives the TIgers great field position at the Bulldogs 35 with just over 11 minutes to play and with a chance to put this one to bed.

 

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Travis Johnson caught the curl pattern, spun away from the corner and then glided his way into the end zone for the rest of the 32-yard TD catch.

 

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Ken'morris Watts sacks D'andre Artis-Boone on 4th & 11 from the Tigers 21 for a loss of 8 to make a turnover on downs.

Smith takes over at their own 21 with 6:16 to play, comfortably in front 35-14 in this one.

 

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Lonnie Andrews III will likely finish up this night 11 of 24 for 296 yards and 3 TD's passing.

His go-to guy - Michigan pledge Travis Johnson - has 7 catches for 196 yards and a pair of scores. His 14-yard catch helped set up teammate Reginald Wallace with a 6-yard TD run.

The Tigers have run the ball 24 times for 136 yards.

 

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