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Four quarters of great football for Greer on Friday night The Greer Yellow Jackets showcased perhaps their finest performance of the season on Friday night with an impressive 55-3 victory over the Riverside Warriors. From an array of big plays to long scoring drives, and from great defense to special teams highlights, the Jackets dazzled the Warriors and the crowd. Sinclair Cannon, who got his first career start at quarterback, took off on an 84 yard scoring run on the Jackets second play from scrimmage, taking it around the left corner and slicing the Warrior defense for the score. Collier Smith tacked on his first of seven extra points to make it 7-0. On their next possesion, Durrell Burnett, now the starting tailback got an 11 yard run to make it 14-0. Riverside then put together their only scoring drive of the night, as they got a 25 yard field goal to close to within 14-3. But the Jackets came right back with another touchdown, this one a perfect strike from Cannon to Sergio Gilliam who beat his man and caught the pass on the run for a 44 yard touchdown. That made it 21-3. And on the final points of the half, Josh Williams directed the offense on a 69 yard option oriented drive capped off by Williams taking it in around the right side of the line to make it 28-3 at the half. Greer wasted no time getting things rolling in the second half, as Cannon hit Josh Williams, who played a lot at wide reciever as well, with a 25 yard pass. After the catch, Josh was cornered in at the Riverside 30 by three defenders, but somehow made them all miss, cut to the inside and scored easily. Smith's night continued perfect to make it 35-3. Gilliam then got his second touchdown of the night after another great defensive stand on a terrific 79 yard punt return. The next two scores were off the foot of Collier Smith. He boomed a 42 yard field goal that could have made it with ease from at least ten more yards, and then he nailed a 38 yarder on a drive that started all the way back from the Greer 11. Finally, Arthur Sitton came in at the tailback spot and put up over 100 yards rushing himself in the 4th quarter. He got the final touchdown of the night on an eye opening 49 yard touchdown, where he simply outran defenders, first to the sideline, and then to the end zone. The extra point made the final score, Greer 55 Riverside 3. The Poinsett Grocery players of the game were Collier Smith on offense, as he was 7-7 on extra points, and had the two long field goals, for a total of 13 points. He also had three kickoffs that sailed into the end zone. On defense, the nod went to Brandon Harris, who clogged up the middle and had three tackles for loss. Coach Perry said the great performance was a result of great practices. "We didn't know what to expect at practice on Monday after the loss last week. But our kids came out and we had a great practice on Monday. We had a great practice on Tuesday. We had a great practice on Wednesday, and then we polished some things up on Thursday and got focused in on the game. Good practices usually result in good games. I'm a positive person, and our coaching staff is full of positive people. Our kids caught on to that and we bounced back with a great performance." One note from the Riverside P.A. announcer, after Walter Booker, who had another awesome performance, had made what seemed like 7 straight tackles and a broken up pass......he made an announcement that a red Honda in the parking lot had their lights on. "Hopefully, it belongs to Walter Booker!" Greer returns to Dooley Field with a 5-2 record next Friday night to take on a much improved Broome Centurian squad, who knocked off Clinton tonight. Broome comes in at 6-1 and held the #7 ranking in 3-A going into tonight as well. It should be a good game, and hopefully most of you can make it out. Bring your headsets if you are there, and if not, we'll have it for you on AM-800. Good night!! Greenville Online photo gallery of the game.... G-News stats and scores page........ Jackets buzz Riverside early.....Go Upstate Next week's foe Broome pass all over Clinton..... Jackets use two quarterbacks to thrash Riverside.....G-News  | Byrnes | Chesnee | Berea | Eastside | Newberry | Riverside | Broome | Union | Clinton | Pickens | Clover | Union II | | Return Home | History, Hall of Fame, & More | Great Links | Contact Us | 2002 Schedule and Roster | Enoree River Region 3 AAA | Basketball & Other Sports at GHS | Greer Yellow Jacket Football | |
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