Hornets Win; Pirates Defeated

After opening the regular season with losses at home Cottondale and Sneads went back to work last Friday night. The Cottondale Hornets played host to the Seahawks of Franklin County and rallied to post their first win of the season with a16-7 win. Franklin led most of the game after taking a 7-0 lead in the second quarter. As the game entered the fourth quarter the Hornets still trailed 7-0. But midway through that final quarter the Hornet offense kicked into gear as Dominique Webb took control. Webb scored on a 25 yard run and then added the two point conversion run to give the Hornets their first lead of the night at 8-7. The Hornet defense came up with a big defensive stand and then Webb went back to work. With just over two minutes to play Webb sealed the win with a 12 yard scoring run. CJ Smith hit Cody Saye for the two point pass play to put the Hornets up 16-7. With the win Cottondale improved to 1-1 on the season.

The Sneads Pirates had to hit the road and traveled all the way to Baker to take on the Gators. The long ride over did not get any shorter on the way back as the Gators handed the Pirates a 20-0 defeat. The game was scoreless through the entire first half and much of the third quarter. Baker punched in a score late in the third quarter and added two more in the final quarter. Offense was limited for Sneads but they were led by Xavier Eutsay with 39 yards on the ground and Delontre Keys with 36. The Pirate defense was led by Joe Boyd with 13 tackles and Ethan McClendon with 8. With the loss Sneads fell to 0-2 on the season and 0-1 in district play.