Big day for WCMS football:DeKalb Jamboree features four foes
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The Pioneer varsity and JV spent a full afternoon taking on York Institute, Wilson County, Macon County and Gordonsville in 20-minute controlled scrimmages on a 40-yard field.
“We started out a little sluggish, but we seemed to get better as the day went on,” said WCMS coach Matt Turner. “But today was a good chance to get a lot of work done, and see where we need to improve to get ready for the season.”
Facing York to open the day’s action, the Pioneer defense kept the Dragons out of the end zone, and scored the scrimmages only TD on their final play, with Bradley Steg connecting on a pass to Mark Harvey.
Against Wilson’s Raiders, tailback Jay Hutchings scored from 6-yards out for the only TD of the second scrimmage, while the defensive unit shut the Raiders down, with Caleb Northcutt intercepting a pass and Dustin Rhea recording a sack on Wilson’s final play.
The Macon County Tigers posed the most problems for the Pioneers, who had trouble tackling early in their scrimmage. WCMS made a strong stand at the goal line, but finally relented and allowed a 1-yard TD on Macon’s eighth play.
Hurrying back to the 40, the Tigers scored on a long pass on play No. 9.
Warren County’s only TD against Macon came on a wide-open pass from Steg to Harvey, but the team was dealt another blow earlier in the drive, when Hutchings had to be helped off the field after injuring his left ankle.
As the day’s activities wound down, the Pioneers made time for one more scrimmage, agreeing to a rematch against York, which they won two TDs to none.
Steg called his own number for the team’s first score, going around the right side from 5 yards out, and on the team’s second possession WCMS drove 50 yards (coaches agreed to extend the field) for a score, with Caleb Northcutt going up the middle for a pair of big runs, including a 4-yard TD.
The WCMS season begins Aug. 23 at Franklin County North.