BRUNDIDGE – It took a little bit of everything for Houston Academy to notch a 21-20 comeback victory over Pike County on Friday night and record the school’s first unbeaten
Rod Jackson returned a fumble 98 yards for a touchdown after a ferocious hit and strip by Cam Dyer; Andrew Gil blocked a punt and took it in for a score; Ethan Coachman blocked an extra point attempt by the Bulldogs that could have tied the game and the bruising running of Jeb Daughtry, who rushed unofficially for 170 yards on 29 carries with a TD, helped the Raiders preserve the victory.
People are also reading… Pike County finished fourth in the region, behind second place Opp and third place Straughn, and will play its first round playoff game at Excel next week. Pike County scored the only points of the first half on a 74-yard touchdown pass from Omari Barrow to Ian Foster with four seconds left in the first quarter. The extra point kick was blocked.
“He ran outside, I held on to him and I saw the ball hanging right here and I ripped it,” Dyer explained of getting the ball loose.“I just saw the ball come out and I just ran,” Jackson said. “I didn’t turn around.”Houston Academy took its first lead of the game with 8:18 left after Pike County set up to punt from its 31 and Gil rushed through and blocked the kick and also grabbed the ball and ran it in for a touchdown.
“We had just let up a really big touchdown and I knew that they might take a play off and I just went in and took advantage of it and blocked the extra point,” Coachman said.