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Green Wave clinches region title

Published Friday, November 06, 2009 11:56 PM

By Roger Lee
Summerville Journal Scene ®

Summerville completed a clean sweep through Region 8-AAAA on Friday with a 48–20 victory over Colleton County.

With the win, the Green Wave improved its record to 10-1 with a 4-0 mark in region. It is the eighth consecutive win for Summerville, which suffered its only loss of the season on Sept. 11 at Irmo.

The victory gives Summerville outright ownership of the region title. Colleton fell to 3-8 and 1-3 in region play.

“At the start, we didn’t play as well as we have and Colleton really got after us,” Summerville coach John McKissick said. “We couldn’t get outside on them, but then we settled down and played pretty good. On defense, we put pretty good pressure on them and it’s a good thing because if they had been able to pass more things could have been different.”

The game began with a pair of scores in the first four and ½ minutes. Colleton drove 80 yards to score on the opening possession. Eric Kirkland Jr. capped the drive with a 19-yard run into the end zone.

Summerville’s Cody Reese then returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown. Summerville added a 21-yard TD pass to Dejon Wilkinson for a 13-6 lead entering the second quarter.

De’Angelo Henderson added a pair of TDs for the Wave in the second quarter,  the first on a 26-yard run and the second on a 40-yard pass. Summerville also scored on a 15-yard pass to Reese with 26 seconds remaining in the half to take a 34-6 lead into the locker room.

Wave QB Dalton Saunders completed 5-of-8 pass attempts for 133 yards in the first half. He ended up 6-for-16 for154 yards.

The third quarter featured a pair on interceptions returned for touchdowns. Summerville’s Blaine Galloway returned one 15 yards for a score and Kalin Johnson returned one 92 yards for Colleton.

The final quarter was mostly for the backup players, but Colleton did score with a 72-yard pass from Kevin Adams to Willie Grant Jr.

C -- Eric Kirkland Jr. 19 run (kick wide)

S -- Cody Reese 92 kickoff return (conversion failed)

S -- Dejon Wilkinson 21 pass from Dalton Saunders (Michael Scholz kick)

S -- De'Angelo Henderson 26 run (Scholz kick)

S – Henderson 40 pass from Saunders (Scholz kick)

S – Reese 15 pass from Saunders (Scholz kick)

S – Blaine Galloway 15 interception return (Bryan Jordan kick)

C – Kalin Johnson 92 interception return (Jarrett Ritter kick)

S – James Cardoze fumble recovery in end zone (Scholz kick)

C – Willie Grant Jr. 72 pass from Kevin Adams (Ritter kick)

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