Football Rewind: White Knoll, Lexington and Batesburg-Leesville earn shutout wins
White Knoll is ready for region play after a dominant performance Wednesday night.
Sh’Quez Montgomery ran for two touchdowns and QB Landon Sharpe accounted for two as the Timberwolves defeated Fort Dorchester, 38-0.
The game was one of several around the state moved up Wednesday because of the threat of weather associated with Hurricane Helene.
It was Wolves’ final non-region game before they start Region 4-5A play next week against River Bluff. White Knoll won its first region title in school history last year on its way to a trip to the 5A state championship game.
“We kind of snuck up on everyone last year, let’s be honest,” White Knoll coach Nick Pelham said. “I don’t think it sat well with everyone else and two years ago it didn’t sit well with us when we lost some close games. Everyone has been working hard in our region. It is six teams, five games and they are really well-coached and really tough. I’m really excited to watch the next few weeks.”
Region 4-5A might be the toughest region in state’s highest classification this year with three teams Dutch Fork (No. 1), Irmo (No. 5) and White Knoll (No. 9) all ranked in the state’s top 10 in Class 5A. The region went 26-3 against non-conference opponents.
Both teams played the game without their starting running backs. Fort Dorchester was without Ryan Campbell (coach’s decision).
White Knoll (4-1) played the game without Tiyon Fanning, who is expected to miss at least one more week and was at the game with a knee brace and crutches. Montgomery filled in nicely, scoring a TD on the Wolves’ first drive and another in the second quarter to make it 21-0.
Fort Dorchester (3-2) dropped the ensuing kickoff and WK recovered on the 4-yard line. Jordan Keith scored on a 2-yard run to make it 28-0.
Sharpe threw a 40-yard TD pass to Caleb Geronomi to make it 38-0 in the third quarter. Geronomi finished with nine catches for 153 yards.
Lexington 29, Laurens 0
Running back Matthew McAuley ran for three touchdowns as the Wildcats won their final non-region game.
Brennon Carter had a TD pass to Zareth Owens for Lexington’s other touchdown.
Blythewood 35, Spring Valley 13
Quarterback Johnny Collins threw four touchdown passes and Ben Hendrix returned a kickoff for a score in the Bengals’ region win.
Carter Coleman caught three of Collins’ TDs and Kanye Reed had the other. Collins was 11-of-19 passing for 244 yards. Coleman had four catches for 126 yards.
Kellen Dimes had two TD passes for SV. Dimes hit Alton Shell to cut the Bengals’ lead to 14-13. But Hendrix returned the ensuing kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to give Blythewood (5-1, 1-1) a 21-13 with 15 seconds left in the second quarter.
Dimes finished with 148 yards rushing and 77 passing for SV (0-6, 0-2).
Keenan 48, Chester 34
Quarterback Desmond Washington and Tyheim McNeil had big nights as the Raiders (4-2) won on the road at Chester (1-4).
McNeil ran for three touchdowns, including a 78-yarder in the fourth quarter, and caught a TD pass from Washington. The Keenan quarterback also had a rushing TD.
Nicholas Thomas also returned a kickoff for a touchdown.
Midland Valley 42, Brookland-Cayce 21
The Mustangs (1-4, 1-1) scored 28 points in the second quarter to pick up their first region win.
B-C (1-4, 1-1) led 7-0 after the first quarter on a Tyronne Jackson TD run. But after that it was all Midland Valley. Dre Dopson had two TD passes in the loss for BC.
Batesburg-Leesville 48, Mid-Carolina 0
Tanner Watkins threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Panthers moved to 5-0.
Watkins was 6-of-7 passing for 184 yards and also rushed for 90 yards. Running back Amadre Wooden rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns.
KD Whitt had 135 all-purpose yards and a TD. It was the Panthers’ third shutout in five games this season.
The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Mid-Carolina (3-3).
Sumter 42, Lugoff-Elgin 7
Quarterback Franklin Richardson ran for three scores and threw one as the Gamecocks overcame an early deficit to defeat the Demons (3-3, 0-2).
Kam Fortune also had two TD runs for Sumter (6-0, 2-0).
Aiden Fitzgerald had a TD pass to Jeremiah Benson for L-E’s lone score in the first quarter.
Lower Richland 26, Crestwood 21
Quarterback Aden Jones threw two touchdowns and ran for one as the Diamond Hornets (3-3, 1-1) won on the road.
Antonio Adams had two TD catches and Jordan Hargrave had one for LR.
Schedule
Friday
All games at 7:30 p.m.
Cardinal Newman at Augusta Christian
Fairfield Central at Andrew Jackson
Gilbert at Aiken
Gray Collegiate at North Augusta
Heathwood Hall at Porter-Gaud
Hammond at Northwood
Laurence Manning at Ben Liopen
Newberry Academy at Laurens Academy
Providence Athletic Club at Cambridge Academy
Saluda at Newberry
Trinity Collegiate at Northside Christian
Wardlaw Academy at WW King
Saturday
Camden at Dreher, 11 a.m.
Pelion at Eau Claire, 11 a.m.
Swansea at Columbia, 11 a.m.
Westwood at Ridge View, noon
Lancaster at Richland Northeast, 3 p.m.
York at AC Flora, 4:45 p.m.
North Central at Buford, 5 p.m.
Airport at South Aiken, 7:30 p.m.
Monday
Oakbrook Prep at Richard Winn, 6:30 p.m.
This story was originally published September 25, 2024 at 11:13 PM.
