DOUGLAS — Coffee was forced to watch Valdosta High applaud winning a Region 1-6A championship final year when it visited Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.
Friday, it was a Trojans celebrating on their home margin after scoring 37 unanswered points en track to a 37-14 feat opposite a Wildcats during Jardin Stadium.
It usually took Valdosta (3-6, 1-2) 3 plays to take a 7-0 lead on a initial expostulate of a diversion on using behind Rajae’z Mosley’s 33-yard score, though Coffee (6-2, 3-0) incited a waves with 3 rushing touchdowns in a second quarter.
“I only suspicion we got out-coached and got out-played tonight,” pronounced Wildcats conduct manager Alan Rodemaker. “They didn’t do anything new, though they did a good pursuit executing, and we didn’t.”
Valdosta finished with 209 yards of sum offense, though 71 came on a initial expostulate of a game, that featured a 32-yard locate by Nick Jackson on a chuck from receiver Devontay Berrian in further to Mosley’s touchdown run.
The Wildcats had opportunities to put some-more points adult on a scoreboard via a initial half. Valdosta began dual drives in Coffee territory, and dual some-more between a 35 and 40-yard-line, though it was incompetent to hook on points in a 4 possessions.
Coffee, on a other hand, capitalized on good starting margin position in a second entertain with 3 true scoring drives travelling 60 yards or fewer, holding a 20-7 lead on quarterback Wade Sumner’s second 33-yard rushing touchdown.
Each of a Trojans’ initial 3 scores came as a outcome of a large run play.
“We didn’t play like we were coached, we didn’t do a good pursuit adult front on those 3 plays,” Rodemaker said.
Coffee finished a diversion with 220 yards on a ground, including 116 by star Jameon Gaskin. Playing off his using back, Sumner finished 12-of-18 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown with 82 yards and dual some-more scores rushing.
“Defensively, we knew we had to stop a run and make them one-dimensional, and we never could do that consistently,” Rodemaker said. “I consider a second and third entertain unequivocally got us.”
The Trojans tacked on a margin idea nearby a finish of a third entertain and got touchdown passes from Sumner and his behind adult in a fourth to finish with 37 points, their top indicate sum in 3 segment games.
Despite a loss, a deteriorate still isn’t over for Valdosta.
The Wildcats can still acquire a postseason berth with a feat opposite Houston County subsequent Friday during Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.
“It’s going to be a tough task, we can tell we that,” Rodemaker said. “But all is out in front of us. We’ve only got to go out and play subsequent week.
“We need to understand, when a lights come on, we’ve got to play. And we didn’t play tonight.”
Derrick Davis is a sports editor during a Valdosta Daily Times.