Friday Football Rewind: Turnovers power Dutch Fork past White Knoll
Dutch Fork coach Tom Knotts expected Friday’s matchup with White Knoll to go down to the final possession. The Silver Foxes’ defense made sure that didn’t happen.
Dutch Fork forced a pair of fourth-quarter turnovers and the offense capitalized in the 41-24 win Friday night over White Knoll.
“Turnovers will kill you at any level of football, and we were able to produce when we got them,” Knotts said. “That was the change of the game right there.”
With the win, Dutch Fork stays in a first-place tie with Irmo for the Region 4-5A lead. White Knoll is a game behind and plays at Irmo next week.
Friday’s game featured the sixth matchup between Knotts and White Knoll head coach Nick Pelham, a former Silver Foxes defensive coordinator. The Timberwolves, behind the running and passing of quarterback Jhais McKiever, gave the Silver Foxes all they could handle and led 24-20 going into the fourth quarter.
Dutch Fork scored on the first play of the fourth on Jaxon Knotts’ touchdown run on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line to make it 27-24.
On White Knoll’s next possession, Mario Anderson hit Tiyon Fanning in the backfield and forced a fumble recovered by linebacker Raleigh Salters, who missed last week’s game with an injury. Moments later, Jaxon Knotts hit Stone Furrey on a 36-yard TD pass to make it 34-24.
Knotts was 8-of-15 passing for 132 yards. Furrey had three catches for 86 yards.
A’Maurie Harley then picked off McKeiver and the Silver Foxes capitalized again. Knotts connected with Furrey on a 43-yard pass down to the 4-yard line. Kyle Henry scored to make it 41-24.
Dutch Fork scored 21 points off White Knoll turnovers.
“I thought it was going to come down to the last possession and that had me nervous,” Tom Knotts said. “... Right now, we are still not a typical Dutch Fork team but we are getting closer and closer.”
Quintin Wilson led the Dutch Fork ground game, rushed for 116 yards and three first-half touchdowns.
McKiever was tough for the Silver Foxes to stop. The WK quarterback was 13-of-24 passing for 180 yards and carried it 10 times for 142 yards.
Dutch Fork scored on its first two possessions of the game, both capped off by Wilson TD runs to lead 13-0.
White Knoll scored on the second play of the second quarter on McKiever’s 3-yard run to cut the lead to 13-7. McKiever gave the Wolves a 14-13 lead on a 36-yard run with 7:47 left in the second quarter.
Dutch Fork retook the lead after Ethan Moze intercepted McKiever and returned it to the White Knoll 10-yard line. Wilson scored his third TD of the half, on a 2-yard run, to put the Silver Foxes up 20-14.
White Knoll scored on the final play of the second quarter on Brayden Briscoe’s 36-yard field goal to cut the lead to 20-17.
Irmo impressive again
Top-ranked Irmo moved to 7-0 on the season with a 56-14 win over River Bluff.
Quarterback Drevon Dopson and running back Amire White had big nights in the Yellow Jackets’ victory. White ran for 191 yards and three touchdowns while and Dopson threw for 153 yards and two TDs. Jay Eady had two TD catches and Maleek Miller had one. Jevonte Hill returned an interception for a score.
Davis Taylor had two TD passes for River Bluff.
Newberry equals best start since 2017
Newberry continued its unbeaten season with a 41-14 victory over Fox Creek.
The Bulldogs are 8-0, their best start since 2017. Quarterback Keaton Caldwell ran for two scores and threw touchdown passes to South Carolina commitment Jamel Howse and Jamere Crooks.
Jordan Wright added a blocked punt for a touchdown for the Bulldogs.
Ridge View wins fourth straight
Spencer Bobian had three touchdown runs as Ridge View defeated Lugoff-Elgin, 26-0, in a region matchup.
The Blazers move to 5-2 overall after a 1-2 start. It was Ridge View’s second-straight shutout and third of the season.
Aidan Keeffe also had a TD run for the Blazers.
Around The Midlands
Gray Collegiate 62, Airport 7: Gray Collegiate scored on the first play of the game and never looked back.
Quarterback Xavier Wright threw two touchdown passes to Royce Williamson and one to Corey Gleaton. Wright was 7-of-8 passing for 146 yards.
Williamson also picked off two passes, and Gleaton returned an interception for a score.
Running back Trevon Williamson rushed for 81 yards and had three touchdown runs for the War Eagles.
Lexington 29, Chapin 7: Markel Byrd had two rushing touchdowns and Gavin Kovac kicked three field goals in the Wildcats’ win.
Easton Crocker also had a TD pass to Sawyer Headley for Lexington.
AC Flora 49, Richland Northeast 10: Roper Wentzky threw three touchdown passes in the Falcons’ victory.
Jalen Simmons had one of the touchdown catches and also ran for two scores. Blake Betette and Charlie Scott had TD catches for the Falcons.
Jaden Moody had a scoring pass to Isaiah Smalls for RNE’s touchdown.
Saluda 51, Pelion 7: Tristan Daniels rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns in Saluda’s win.
Quarterback Brayden Williams ran for a score and threw a TD to CJ Springs, who finished with five catches for 104 yards.
Gilbert 21, Midland Valley 14: Wynn Meetze rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns in the Indians’ win.
Jiraiya Staley added 130 yards on the ground and Kit McLauchlin had a TD pass to Chandler Guthrie.
Batesburg-Leesville 49, Ninety-Six 14: Amadre Wooden rushed for 239 yards and four touchdowns in Batesburg-Leesville’s win.
KD Whitt added three touchdowns for the Panthers. Whitt had a 66-yard run, 28-yard reception and returned an interception 57 yards for a score.
CA Johnson 54, McBee 28: Stacey Isaac threw five touchdown passes and ran for one in the Green Hornets’ win.
Carter Bennett and Elijah Harper caught two touchdown passes. Terrell Golson had one. Golson also rushed for a score.
Chester 29, Fairfield Central 16: Kamauri Jones had a TD pass and run in the loss for the Griffins.
Clear Dot Charter 36, Military Magnet 0: Malachi Jackson rushed for 211 yards and three touchdowns in Clear Dot’s victory.
Silver Bluff 27, Keenan 8: Quarterback Trellis Riley ran for two scores and threw one in Silver Bluff’s win over Keenan. Hunter O’Neal had a TD run for Keenan.
Orangeburg Prep 28, Northside Christian 15: Vanderbilt commitment Tilden Riley scored a touchdown on a kickoff return in Orangeburg Prep’s win. Northside quarterback BJ Suits threw two touchdowns.
West Florence 21, Blythewood 7: Derrick Austin picked off two passes and returned one for a 55-yard touchdown in West Florence’s win.
Caedmon Watson had a TD run for Blythewood.
Mid-Carolina 32, Columbia 8: The Rebels picked up their third win of the year.
Quarterback Wyatt Mazza threw a TD to Gavin Mitchell and also ran one. Ryker Woolstenhulme and Monteith Brown also had rushing TDs for the Rebels.
Lancaster 20, Dreher 13: Brandon Mack had a TD run and Walker Rowe had a TD pass to Terry Cantlow in Dreher’s loss to Lancaster.
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Brookland-Cayce 20, Aiken 19: Andrew Frick threw three touchdown passes to Bennett Plane and the Bearcats’ defense got a goal line stand late in the fourth quarter for the region win.
B-C trailed 19-7 at halftime but scored twice in the second half, including Frick’s 37-yard pass to Plane with 5:53 left to take the lead.
Aiken drove it down to the B-C 1-yard line before the Bearcats recovered a fumble with 2:41 left.
Frick finished with 280 yards passing and 25 rushing. Plane had eight catches for 180 yards on offense and picked off a pass, had 10 tackles and blocked two PATs on defense.
Hammond 24, Augusta Christian 0: The Skyhawks moved to 7-1 with a win over Augusta Christian.
Cade Amell threw two TD passes to Kayden Proctor and William Maloney added a TD run.
Heathwood Hall 28, Ben Lippen 6: Quarterback Patrick Belk rushed for four touchdowns as the Highlanders won their fourth-straight game.
It is Heathwood’s sixth win of the season, the first time that’s happened since 2020.
Lower Richland 28, Wilson 13: Solomon Kelson had two touchdown runs, including the go-ahead one with 4:29 left as the Diamond Hornets snapped a two-game losing streak.
Raymond McLaughlin had a TD pass to Seth Hudson and Ziyear Yates also had a TD run. Lower Richland’s defense forced three turnovers in the final five minutes of the game.
Westwood 31, Spring Valley 0: Carrington Carter had two TD passes to Duke commitment Jayden Boyd and Quentin McGill ran for two scores in the Redhawks win.
It was Westwood’s fifth win of the season and second shutout.
With Westwood leading 3-0, Carter hit Boyd on a shovel pass and he took it 44 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half to make it 10-0.
The Redhawks scored on their first two possessions of the second half to make it 24-0.
Next Week’s Schedule
Thursday
Clear Dot Charter at Augusta Christian
Friday
AC Flora at Dreher
Airport at North Augusta
American Leadership at Batesburg-Leesville
Blythewood at Sumter
Brookland-Cayce at Gilbert
CA Johnson at Great Falls
Camden at York
Chester at Columba
Fairfield Central at Eau Claire
Keenan at Fox Creek
Lexington at Dutch Fork
Lower Richland at Lakewood
Lugoff-Elgin at Westwood
Ninety-Six at Saluda
North Central at Cheraw
Pelion at Strom Thurmond
River Bluff at Chapin
Silver Bluff at Swansea
South Aiken at Gray Collegiate
West Florence at Ridge View
White Knoll at Irmo
This story was originally published October 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM.
