Joyner, Fort Dorchester reign over Dutch Fork
There will be a new No. 1 in Class 5A.
South Carolina commit Dakereon Joyner rushed for four touchdowns to lead No. 2 Fort Dorchester to a 41-25 win over No. 1 Dutch Fork on Friday night. The win snapped Dutch Fork’s 16-game winning streak.
Fort Dorchester lost twice to Dutch Fork last year but got another monster game from Joyner and turned Silver Foxes’ miscues into points to make sure that it didn’t happen again.
Joyner was 13-of-18 passing for 130 yards and rushed 25 times for 115 yards. The future Gamecock and his teammates let off some built-up frustration after the game with a raucous celebration at midfield.
Trailing 27-7, Dutch Fork looked to get momentum right before the half as it drove 70 yards in 47 seconds, and Ty Olenchuk hit Bryce Thompson on a 13-yard pass on the final play of the half to cut the Patriots lead 27-14.
The Silver Foxes held Fort Dorchester on its first possession in the second half, but Thompson fumbled the punt and Patriots turned it into points as Joyner scored on a 3-yard run to give Fort Dorchester a 34-14 lead with 6:04 left in the third.
Dutch Fork turned the ball over four times.
KEY NUMBERS
21: Points Fort Dorchester scored off Dutch Fork turnovers
29:26: Time of possession for Fort Dorchester
THEY SAID IT
“There could only be one king in the state, and we came in this game prepared. We prepared all offseason for Dutch Fork. It was a long hot summer, but we played great tonight.” – Fort Dorchester quarterback Dakereon Joyner
“We will learn from our mistakes and hopefully get better. We got our butt whipped, and that was disappointing. Joyner was the player we thought he was, and he did more than what he did in the past. We did nothing to stop him.” – Dutch Fork coach Tom Knotts
HOW THEY SCORED
1st Quarter
DF – Thompson 94 kickoff return (Williams kick), 11:38
FD – Parker 7 run (Shelton kick), 8:45
FD – Casto 89 interception return (Shelton kick), 1:51
2nd Quarter
FD – Joyner 3 run (Shelton kick), 10:11
FD – Joyner 1 run (kicked failed), 47.4
DF – Thompson 13 pass from Olenchuk (Williams kick), :00
3rd Quarter
FD – Joyner 3 run (Shelton kick), 6:04
4th Quarter
FD – Joyner 1 run (Shelton kick), 4:13
DF – Hoff 3 run (Thompson run), 2:15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: FD: Joyner 25-113, Parker 13-61, Jenkins 7-26. DF: Hoff 14-86, Thompson 3-5, Olenchuk 4-10.
Passing: FD: Joyner 13-18-0 130. DF: Underwood 9-18-2 128, Olenchuk 4-10-1 60.
Receiving: FD: Simmons 7-89, Williams 5-47. DF: Zirke 3-46 Hoff 3-21, Thompson 2-39, Ngugi 2-33, Hyatt 1-24, Jamison 1-17, Donelson 1-8.
This story was originally published September 1, 2017 at 11:16 PM with the headline "Joyner, Fort Dorchester reign over Dutch Fork."