Credit: Charles Wingate | The News Herald <\/p>\n
Freedom senior wide receiver Marcus Davis (5) hauls in a pass that helped set up his team's first touchdown on Friday in Sawmills. <\/p>\n
Freedom Highs football opener was a tale of two halves. <\/p>\n
South Caldwell raced to a three-touchdown advantage in the opening half then held off a vicious second-half rally by the visiting Patriots to claim a 21-12 non-conference football contest Friday at Spartan Stadium. <\/p>\n
The Spartans dominated the first quarter in all aspects of the game. They received the opening kickoff then drove 70 yards on 11 plays all rushes to hit paydirt on a 2-yard run off tackle by senior running back Tyler Barber. <\/p>\n
Freedoms Khris Gardin returned the ensuing kickoff 43 yards to the Spartan 42. After an illegal motion penalty, senior quarterback Shawn Fairchild hit Gardin with a 9-yard completion. On second down, Fairchild scampered for a 4-yard gain but was stripped of the ball, which was recovered by SCs Andrew Tilghman. <\/p>\n
I think if we would have scored there, it would have been a different game, said Freedom coach Mike Helms. <\/p>\n
The Spartans wing-T ground attack went back to work in fine fashion, piling up 66 yards on eight attempts as Zac Pollard converted the final 2-yard scoring run for a 14-0 lead with 1:44 left in the opening quarter. <\/p>\n
Freedom junior Kwan Hall scooped up a squib kick and returned it 11 yards to put the Pats in good field position at their own 42. <\/p>\n
The Patriots could not convert as a dropped pass, a 3-yard rush by David Burgess and an incompletion forced a punt, which only traveled five yards to put SC at midfield. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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