By Clint Cox
The Sneads Pirates shut out the visiting Yellow Jackets from Vernon this past Friday night in a 12-0 win. The win, on Homecoming night, was vital to the Pirates playoff hopes as they improved to 4-1 in district play. The Pirates were lead on the evening on the ground by Mark Lawson who rushed for 138 yards on 25 carries and scored both Sneads touchdowns.
The first half was a defensive battle as neither teams offense could get anything going. Some coaches say the first few minutes of the second half are the most important minutes of the game and if that is true Sneads took care of business at the most important time. The Pirates got their two lone scores of the night on their first and second drives of the second half. With just under nine minutes to play in the third quarter Lawson scored on a 3 yard run. The scoring drive had key runs from Jamar White (18 yard run) and Jeff Davis (30 yard run). On the Yellow Jackets ensuing drive Terrance Pittman picked off a Vernon pass and returned it 25 yards to set up the Pirates second scoring drive. Sneads converted two key fourth down plays on the drive, including a 12 yarder that Lawson took into the end zone with just under two minutes left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter the Pirate defense came up big with a couple of stops to seal the victory.
Jeff Davis added 84 yards of rushing on 13 carries. The Pirate defense, which shut out a Yellow Jacket offense that had been averaging over 25 points a game, was led by Jerry Bamburg with 7 tackles, followed by Josh Rogers and Lawson who each had 6 tackles. Sneads, which improved to 4-2 overall, doesn’t have long to celebrate the district victory as they will be on the road this week in another key district matchup. They travel to South Walton to take on the Seahawks who will enter the game with a 5-1 district record. Freeport is currently in first place as they are unbeaten in district play so far.
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