Crest vs. South Point

It's a lot warmer than most of us expected but that only makes it a good night for football here at Sid Bryson Stadium. Stay tuned for Crest vs. South Point with the Big South Conference crown at stake.

Crest gets the football first. Reggie Wilkins passes 49 yards to Charger receiver Kendall Kee to get Crest moving. Chargers drive inside the 10 but have to settle for a field goal. Trever Austin's kick is good, but a roughing the kicker penalty gives Chargers first-and-goal at the three.

Chargers stymied by Red Raider defense and have to go for a field goal again. This time Austin's kick is wide and Red Raiders get the ball at the 20 with 6:26 on the clock.

South Point picks up a first down to the 34. On first down, Lowery coughs up a fumble, Crest's Martavis Burris picks up the fumble and rambles 30 yards to the end zone with 5:32 left in the quarter. Austin's kick is good, making it ... Crest 7, South Point 0.

Red Raiders start their drive from their own 35. South Point puts on an option football clinic in a 65-yard, 11-play drive, all on the ground. Fullback Aaron Crumbly and QB Desmond Lowery share most of the ball-carrying duties. Crumbley punches in from the 2 with :52 left in the quarter. James Justice's kick is good, tying the game at ... 7-7.

Crest goes 3 and out and punts it away. SP starts from its 36 and gets a 35-yard pass from Lowery to Josh Justice. Red Raider drive stalls though. James Justice attempts 48 yard field goal but it falls short.

On Crest's first play from the 20, Neil Chambers breaks free down the right sideline for a 50-yard gain to the South Point 30. Chargers' threat is nullified however due to a penalty for an illegal block. Crest has to punt and it goes into end zone with 6:32 left in the half.
South Point takes over at its 20.
Raiders forced to punt and Crest gets the football at its 39. Chargers' Wilkins back to pass by South Point's Tyler Coolidge intercepts and returns to Crest 33. On first down, Lowery keeps straight ahead and gains
10 yards but fumbles the football. It rolls forward but Crest's Aldrich Watson falls on it at the 16 with 2:23 left in the half.
On third and 11 at the 15, Chambers zooms through a hole on the right side and sails 85 yards to the end zone. Austin's kick is good with 1:20 left in the half, making it ... Crest 14, SP 7.

South Point goes to the air and gets two first downs to reach the Crest 44. Four straight passes fall incomplete and Chargers take over there with 22.1 seconds left in half. Chargers take a knee and go to the half ahead ... 14-7.

Other scores from Cleveland County: Shelby leads East Rutherford 20-14 at halftime; Burns and Kings Mountain were tied 14-all late in the first half.
Update from Lawndale: Burns 21, KM 20 (don't know the time). Shelby now leads 27-14.

South Point gets the ball first in second half. On the second play, Josh Justice has the football stripped by Crest's Austin Hunt and Rhaheim Ledbetter recovers for Chargers at the 41. Crest moves in for an insurance score. Reggie Wikins his Aldrich Watson on a 23-yard pass for the big play in the march.
Freshman Cortez Wright goes 10 yards off the right side to score with 8:39 left in the third period. Austin's kick is good, making it ... Crest 21, SP 7.

Red Raiders start moving from their own 20. Lowery carries on five of six plays as South Point moves to Crest 35. JesseMcGaha is thrown for a six-yard loss, bringing up third and 11 at the 41. Lowery passes to Josh Justice for eight yards, then on fourth-and-three, Crumbley barrels for 16 yards to the Crest 17.
On first dow

n, it's a repeat as Crumbley breaks free to go to the end zone.
Aldrich Watson for Crest breaks through to block James Justice's conversion kick. With 4:11 left in the third quarter it's now ... Crest 21, SP 13.

Crest gets football and runs out the quarter. On 2nd play of fourth quarter, Chargers punt the football dead at the Red Raider 25.
It takes South Point 7 plays, all on the ground, to go the distance.
Crumbley and Lowery -- both of whom are now over 100 yards rushing on the night for South Point -- get most of the work but McGaha takes an option pitch to go the final 16 yards with 8:13 to play.
South Point goes for two points -- Lowery keeps over the left side and goes in. Score now tied .... 21-21.

Crest unable to move and punts. South Point takes over at its own 49 with 6:40 left in game.
Red Raiders continue their momentum. Lowery and Crumbley do most of the damage as South Point moves in to take the lead. Crumbley punches in for South Point -- which now has 24 first downs in the game -- from the three with 3:53 to go. Justice's kick puts South Point ahead ... 28-21.
Justice's kickoff sails into end zone. Crest has to start from the 20.
Crest now facing fourth and six from its own 24 with 2:54 to go. Chargers take a timeout.

Crest pass falls incomplete. South Point takes over at 24 with 2:49 to go.
Raiders take it in again against the tired Crest defenders. Lowery punches in from the three with 1:21 to go. Justice's kick makes it ... SP 35, Crest 21.

Chargers aren't done yet. Kendall Kee gets behind the secondary and hauls in a 70-yard TD pass from Reggie Wilkins. Austin kicks the point after. With 1:03 to go, it's ... South Point 35, Crest 28.
Crest tries an onside kick but Red Raiders' James Justice covers it at Charger 46 to keep the football for South Point.
Lowery takes a knee of first down and Crest calls timeout with 57 seconds to go.
South Point and Crest do the final minute timeout/take-a-knee opera and Raiders punt it away. Crest gets ball on nine with less than 10 seconds to go. Two incompletions end it.
Final.... South Point 35, Crest 28.