For the first time since 2015, the Admirals traveled to South-Doyle to take on the Cherokees in a non-region matchup. The Cherokees came into Friday night’s game 4-1 after a 31-28 loss to Anderson County last week.
South-Doyle won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff, but a fumble by the Cherokees on the return gave the ball to the Admirals to start the game. With the ball at the Cherokee 28 yard-line, the Ads wasted no time scoring on a 6 yard Dawson Moore to Trace Corum touchdown pass. Three minutes into the game Farragut lead 7-0. The Admiral defense would come up big on the following drive, stopping South-Doyle on a 4th and 1 giving the ball back to Farragut.
Another 7-play drive was in store of the Admirals, again capped off by a Dawson Moore to Trace Corum touchdown pass, this time for 5 yards. With 4:05 left in the 1st, the Ads led 14-0. The Cherokees would answer though, a 7-play 72-yard drive ended with a 15-yard touchdown pass. At half the Ads lead 14-7.
Farragut received the opening kickoff of the 2nd half. Six plays later, for the third time of the night, a Dawson Moore to Trace Corum touchdown capped off the Admiral drive. The Ads led 21-7 with 10:06 left in the 3rd. On the following South-Doyle drive, a fumble at the Admiral 4 yard line gave the ball back to Farragut, but the Admirals were unable to capitalize. With the ball back after fumbling, the Cherokees were able to punch it in from 3 yards out to cut the Admiral lead to 21-14 at the end of the 3rd.
The Admirals’ next drive looked promising, but stalled out at the 28 yard-line, prompting a field goal attempt by Reese Keeney. Following the missed field goal, the Admiral defense looked to stand strong, and that they did as a Sam Moses interception ended the South-Doyle drive. After a three-and-out by Farragut, the Cherokees wasted no time scoring. A 65-yard double-pass tricked the Admiral secondary and tied the game at 21 with 6:30 to play. With the ball, the Admirals were looking for a score and to run as much time off the clock as possible. Their longest drive of the night did just that, a 16-play 63 yard ended with a 3-yard Andrew Celeste touchdown. This drive sealed the game and gave the Admirals a 28-21 victory over South-Doyle.
The Admirals are set to step back into region play in Week 7 as they travel to Hardin Valley to face the Raiders. Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm and tickets can be purchased ahead of the game by CLICKING HERE.
A special thanks to Carlos Reveiz of CRFOTO for the action shots from the game. Be sure to check out CRFOTO.com every week for a full photo gallery from Friday’s game. See a photo you like? They are also available for purchase directly from his website. Click here for this week’s photos.
