The unblemished JV Football team returned to Trojan Stadium on Thursday night as they welcomed the Smithfield-Selma Spartans to town for a old fashion smash mouth football game.
Garner got the ball to start the game and used a solid run game to march down the field using ten plays and almost six minutes of the first quarter clock. The key to the drive was a 22 yard run from Tyler Hinton as he got the ball to the Spartan 16 yard line before capping the drive four plays later with at 12 yard touchdown run and Garner was up 7-0.
Smithfield-Selma then had a crack at the Trojan defense and the Spartans would also put together a 10 play drive before the drive stalled and SSS had to punt. The Spartans punted back to Raevon Smith who got a big block which allowed Smith to scamper 65 yards for the Trojan Touchdown and it was quickly 14-0 Garner.
After the Spartans went three and out on their next drive, Garner used just two plays to score again as Tyler Hinton ran for seven yards on first down to the SSS 44 yard line then Hinton finished the drive taking the ball the final 44 yards to pay dirt. On the extra point try, the snap was high and Garner was able to run the ball into the front left corner of the end zone for the two point try and with 9:42 left in the first half it was 22-0 Garner.
The loan Spartan highlight came on the next drive as Smithfield marched 69 yards in nine plays as on a second and eight, Zacheriah Jones caught a 43 yard pass for the score, the PAT was no good and Garner took a 22-6 lead.
Following a great return on the ensuing kickoff, the Trojans had the football at their own 31. Then, on the first play of the drive, it was Tyler Hinton again as he went 61 yards down to the Spartan 6 yard line and two plays later, Raevon Smith punched it in from a yard out to take a 29-6 lead.
On Garner's first possession of the second half, the Trojans used a long 11 play drive to march down the field for their final score of the night as again, Hinton and Smith carried the load for Garner and it was Smith who scored from five yards out to make it 36-6 Garner.
The 30 point margin would be the final score as neither team would score in the final quarter. During the game, Garner did not pass the ball at all, while Tyler Hinton rushed for 203 yards and Raevon Smith for 81.
The JV Trojans return to action two weeks from Thursday when they travel to Southeast Raleigh for a 7:00 kickoff.
JV Trojans Run Over Spartans
