Fayette County Middle School Football Championship
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Fayette County Middle School Football Championship

EJ Hayes  vs.  Morton

Lafayette High School

Lexington, KY

November 10, 2010

 

EJ Hayes defeated Morton 22-14 in two overtimes to capture the championship tonight.  The score was tied 6-6 at the end of regulation and both teams scored a touchdown and two point conversion to tie the score at 14-14 and require a second overtime.  EJ Hayes got the ball first and scored on a 10 yard run by Gunner Kelly and a two point conversion run by Joseph Green to take a 22-14 lead.  Morton then had one more chance to tie the game but was stopped on a fourth and goal at the one yard line.

EJ Hayes recorded nine first downs and 164 yards of total offense.  They were penalized four times for 25 yards and had one pass intercepted.  Morton recorded 11 first downs and 246 yards of total offense.  They were penalized eight times for 66 yards and had a pass intercepted.

Adante Carter led EJ Hayes’ ground game with 79 yards and a touchdown on six carries.  Gunner Kelly added 68 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.  Taquan Claiit completed two of three passes for 27 yards and one touchdown with one interception.  John York caught one pass for 17 yards.  Adante Carter caught a 10 yard touchdown pass.  Gunner Kelly led the defense with four solo and seven assisted tackles.  Joseph Green and Jade Johnson each recorded three solo and six assisted tackles.

Dearion Jones led Morton’s ground game with 177 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries.  Jones completed one of two passes for 15 yards.  CJ Tackett completed his only pass for 15 yards.  Tyreek Chenault and Dearion Jones each caught one pass for 15 yards.  Dearion Jones led the defense with four solo and three assisted tackles with 1.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totalling 15 yards.  Jones also intercepted a pass.  Isiah Cloud added one solo and five assisted tackles.

 

Scoring Summary

 

School         Q1    Q2    Q3    Q4    OT    OT    Final

EJ Hayes       0       6      0       0       8        8       22

Morton          0       6      0       0       8        0       14

 

M – Dearion Jones 7 yard run (Dearion Jones run fails)

H – Adante Carter 10 yard pass from Taquan Claiit (Gunner Kelly run fails)

M – Dearion Jones 11 yard run (Kareem Smith run)

H – Adante Carter 6 yard run (Adante Carter pass from Taquan Claiit)

H – Gunner Kelly 10 yard run (Joseph Green run)

 

Selected Statistics

 

EJ Hayes

Rushing              No.     Yds.     Avg.     Long

Adante Carter      6         79        13.2       24

Gunner Kelly        7         68          9.7       45

Taquan Claiit       5           3          0.6       14

Joseph Green      9           1          0.1         5

Team                  1        -16       -16.0         0

Jose Charles       0           2           0.0        0

 

Passing              A-C-I     Yds.    TD     Long

Taquan Claiit     3-2-1      27       1          17

Gunner Kelly     1-0-0        0       0            0

Adante Carter   1-0-0        0        0           0

 

Receiving          No.    Yds.    TD     Long

John York           1        17        0        17

Adante Carter    1        10        1         10

 

Morton

Rushing                  No.    Yds.    Avg.    Long

Dearion Jones         27      177      6.6        26

Tyreek Chenault       7        32      4.6        29

Webb VanMeter        3         7       2.3          5

 

Passing                   A-C-I    Yds     TD     Long

Dearion Jones         2-1-0     15        0        15      

Tyreek Chenault     1-0-1       0        0          0

CJ Tackett              1-1-0     15        0        15

 

Receiving              No.    Yds.    TD     Long

Tyreek Chenault     1       15        0         15

Dearion Jones        1       15        0         15

 

Acknowledgements:

A special thanks to WL Stats for providing the comprehensive statistics for tonight’s game.