After picking up their ninth conference win of the season earlier this week, the Varsity Volleyball squad returned home on Thursday night as they defeated the Knightdale Knights in four games, taking the match 3-1.
Garner is now a perfect 10-0 inside the Conference and they will prepare for a busy week. The Lady Trojans will play three matches next week, on Monday they will travel to Wake Forest-Rolesville at 6:00 then, on Tuesday they retrain to conference play as they travel to SSS at 5:30 and finally, Garner will host Southeast Raleigh next Thursday also at 5:30.
Volleyball Wins Number 10
Volleyball Wins, Again!
The Varsity Volleyball squad picked up their ninth consecutive win inside Greater Neuse River Conference on Tuesday night with a quick three game sweep over the Clayton Comets.
Courtney Weathersbee led the effort for the Lady Trojans with 18 service points and six kills.
Garner (10-3, 9-0) will be back in action on Thursday night when they host the Knightdale Knights at 5:30.
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Outer Loop Sports Show is Back!
Enjoy this week's episdoe of the Outer Loop Sports Show!
Outer Loop Sports Show: Sept. 29, 2010 from Outer Loop Sports Show on Vimeo.
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Coaches Corner is Back on Tuesday!
The Trojan Sports Network and Tookie's Grill team up again on Tuesday night to bring you our weekly coaches show, LIVE from Tookie's Grill of Garner beginning at 6:30.
During the one hour show, we will talk all things Trojan Sports including a visit with a couple of Garner athletes and we will also hopefully be joined by a member of the Trojan Football staff.
We hope you will make plans to be at Tookie's at 6:30 on Tuesday, however, if you can't make it to the show, you can LISTEN LIVE by CLICKING HERE!!!!!!
We also encourage you to send in your questions or comments to trojansportsnetwork@gmail.com
Trojan Tennis Update
Garner 9
West Johnston 0
(9-20-10)
Singles:
M. Stewart (G) d. A. Powers (WJ) 6-2,6-2
K. King (G) d. M. Pullium (WJ) 6-2, 6-0
A. Ruiz (G) d. J. Menella (WJ) 6-1, 6-1
M. Roth (G) d. S. Lackey (WJ) 6-0, 6-0
D. Grissett (G) d. A. Vendel (WJ) 6-1, 6-0
L. Badey (G) d. M. McLeod (WJ) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles:
M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) d. A. Powers/J. Menella (WJ) 8-4
K. King/M. Roth (G) d. M. Pullium/S. Lackey (WJ) 8-0
L. Badey/H. Hamlin (G) d. M. McLeod/C. Poole (WJ) 8-0
Amber Robb, Ashleigh Robb and Alyssa Clark each added a win in exhibition singles.
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Garner 2
Clayton 7
(9-22-10)
Singles:
K. Edwards (C) d. M. Stewart (G) 6-0, 6-3
K. King (G) d. J. Guha (C) 7-6 (2), 6-3
S. Murray (C) d. A. Ruiz (G) 6-2, 6-1
L. Boykin (C) d. M. Roth (G) 7-5, 6-3
E. Singletary (C) d. D. Grissett (G) 6-2, 6-3
L. Bizzell (C) d. L. Badey (G) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles:
J. Guha/S.Murray (C) d. M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) 8-4
K. Edwards/L. Boykin (C) d. K. King/M. Roth (G) 9-8 (2)
L. Badey/H. Hamlin (G) d. E. Singletary/L. Bizzell (C) 8-5
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Trojans Keep on Rolling, Blast Comets
WEB CAST.
The Garner offense picked up right where they left off last week as they scored at will in a special Thursday night football game, which saw Garner defeat Clayton 38-10 at Trojan Stadium.
Garner (4-2, 2-0) scored on their first possession of the night when it was the lethal combination of Lemond Johnson to Juwan Moye. This time, it was a 50-yard touchdown pass, for Johnson his seventh scoring pass of the season, while Moye hauled in his sixth touchdown reception.
Following the Garner score, AJ Clanton took over and carried the Trojans for the rest of the half. On Garner's next drive, the Trojans marched the ball down the field where Clanton took it 26 yards to the house and give the home team a 14-0 lead.
Clayton (2-4, 0-2) got on the board with a 18-yard Eric Wrinker field goal to trim the lead to 14-3 early in the second quarter.
On the ensuing possession, Clanton, took the fist play of the drive and went 35 yards into Comet territory three plays later, Clanton, found the end zone from six yards out for his second touchdown of the night and Garner was up 21-0.
After Clayton went three and out on their next drive, Garner got the ball at their own 33 and after a couple of runs, the Trojans had the ball near midfield, where once again Clanton broke free for a 52-yard run to pay dirt and Garner was up 28-3, which was the score at halftime.
Garner got the ball to begin the second half and promptly marched the ball down the field where Connor Torruella banged home a 33-yard field goal to make it 31-3 Trojans.
After Garner went three and out on their next drive, the Trojans punted for the first time in the game, but on the kick, Clayton fumbled the return and Garner recovered at the Comet nine. Two plays later, Garner found the end zone again. However, there was a personal foul call that moved the football back past the 20 yard line, were Torruella hit the 34 yard extra point and made it 38-3 Garner.
Clayton added a late touchdown run by Montrelle Sanders to make it 38-10, but Garner was too much for the Comets on Thursday night as the Trojans have now won the last 22 meetings against Clayton.
Clanton unofficially fin shed the game with 185 yards while Johnson unofficially finished the game 4-5 passing with 87 yards. Also, Torruella finished the night with five touchbacks which brings his season total to 21.
Garner will be back in action next Friday at 7:30 when they travel to Knightdale to take on the Knights.
JV Trojans Fall to Clayton
It was a defensive battle at Clayton's Comet Stadium on Wednesday night, but in the end, the Comets handed Garner their first loss of the season as Clayton came away with the 12-6 win. Thomas Rains Photography
The Comets opened the scoring with two minutes left in the first quarter as they ran back an intercepted pass and took a 6-0 lead. That score would hold up as the two teams went to the locker room with Garner down by six.
In the second half, the Trojans battled back to tie the score as Vince Jefferies ran in on the quarterback keeper.
However, Clayton came right back and went ahead 12-6 after a 22-yard touchdown pass. The Trojans had chances down the strech but couldn't get anything going as they fell to the Comets 12-6.
Garner is back at home next Thursday night at 7:00 when they host the Knightdale Knights.
Girls Golf Wins Again!
The Girls Golf team has been on a roll so far this season and that outstanding season continued yesterday for the Lady Trojans and first year coach, Connie Barnes as Garner picked up their fourth conference win of the season.
Leading Garner yesterday was Arianna Ceyrolles, Nichole Ceyrolles, and Kelsey Roque.
Congratulations to the Lady Trojans on another great week!
Outer Loop Sports Show is Back Again
The Outer Loop Sports Show returns with another episode this week. This week the guys talk about last week's football match-ups along with many other sports and look ahead to this week around the area.
Enjoy!
Outer Loop Sports Show: Sept. 21, 2010 from Outer Loop Sports Show on Vimeo.
Volleyball Stays on Top of GNR with Perfect Week
The Varsity Volleyball team moved to 8-0 in Greater Neuse River play on Tuesday night with a three game sweep of last year's co-conference champion Harnett Central.
On Monday night, Garner was pushed to the limit by West Johnston, but managed to defeat the Wildcats three games to two as the match went all five games.
The Lady Trojans sit in first place in the Greater Neuse and will be back in action next Tuesday (Sept. 28) when they travel to Clayton.
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Soccer Moves to 3-1 in Conference Play
The Varsity Soccer team picked up a pair of Conference wins this week, first, on Monday night, the Trojans downed Knightdale 2-1. Garner got goals from Connor Torruella and Cliff Smith.
Then, on Tuesday, the Trojans moved to 3-1 in Greater Neuse River Conference play as they defeated Smithfield-Selma at Trojan Stadium 6-1.
Garner will be back in action next week. Also, the JV squad picked up a pair of wins on Monday, they also got at 2-1 win over Knightdale and on Tuesday night Garner blasted Smithfield-Selma 11-1.
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Coaches Corner Returns on Tuesday
Once again this week, the Trojan Sports Network will team up with Tookie's Grill in Garner for our weekly LIVE Coaches show! The show will be LIVE at 6:30 from Tookie's Grill in Garner and will last for around one hour.
We encourage you to attend the show where you can ask questions to the Trojan Coaches who will be in attendance, we talk Garner Football along with Volleyball, Tennis, and many other sports.
Also, you can email your questions at trojansportsnetwork@gmail.com and if you can't make it to the show, you can listen live by CLICKING HERE!!!
Trojans Open Conference Play with Thrashing of West Johnston
WEB CAST.
After a tough start to the season, the Garner Trojans battled back to a 2-2 record as they began Conference play on Friday night. First on the slate for the Trojans was a West Johnston Wildcat squad who had defeated Garner two consecutive years, but Garner made a big statement as they scored 45 unanswered points to roll past West Johnston 45-6.
West Johnston (1-4, 0-1) scored the first points of the game as Justin Carroll found Tyrus Colton for a touchown, however the point after was no good and West had to settle for a 6-0 lead.
Garner (3-2, 1-0) answered on the next drive, as on the first play, Lemond Johnson hit Juwan Moye down the sideline for a 53 yard touchdown pass and Garner was off and racing up 7-6.
After a one-yard touchdown run from Johnson and another connection from Johnson to Moye, this time a 20-yard strike, Garner had a quick 21-6 lead. However, the Trojans weren't done scoring in the first half as Connor Torruella nailed a season long 35 yard field goal to put Garner up 24-6 heading to the locker room.
The second half was more of the same as Garner took the ball to begin the second half and marched down the field and took a 31-6 lead as AJ Clanton found the end zone from 14 yards out.
Then, for the third time in the game, Johnson found Moye, this time from 55 yards out and it was 38-6 Garner after three quarters.
Garner's final score of the night came from Tyler Hinton who found pay dirt from 50 yards out and the Trojans capped the night with a 45-6 win on the road over West Johnston.
Garner continues Greater Neuse River Conference play next THURSDAY night at 7:00 when they host the Clayton Comets.
It will be a Community of Hope Food Drive at Trojan Stadium and if you bring three (3) cans of food, you will get $1.00 off admission also the first 1,000 fans receive a goodie bag full of great coupons to fine restaurants!
JV Football Rolls Over West Johnston 54-0
The Garner Trojans scored early an often on Thursday night as the blasted West Johnston 54-0 at Trojan Stadium.
Garner (4-0) scored on their first possession of the night as after just three plays, Vince Jefferies found Armani Lanier for a 24 yard touchdown capping a 75 yard drive and giving Garner a early 7-0 lead.
West Johnston took the ensuing possession and tried to get back in the game, but the turnover bug bit the Wildcats as on their third play from scrimmage, Carrington Austin picked off Ryne Turner's pass and took it 27 yard to the house and gave the Trojans a quick 14-0 lead.
On the next Wildcat possession, they were moving the ball down the field however, on the eighth play of the drive, Turner was picked again, this time by Raevon Smith who returned it 75 yards for another Garner Touchdown and with just over seven minutes left in the first quarter, Garner was up 21-0.
Garner's next possession resulted in yet another score as Greg Stewart rambled five yards to cap a three play scoring drive and after the FIRST QUARTER was over, Garner had a 27-0 lead.
The Trojans scored again on their next drive as Jefferies once again found Lanier this time for a 49 yard hook up and Garner had a 34-0 lead.
Garner made it 40-0 heading into halftime when Jefferies threw his third touchdown pass of the quarter as he hooked up with Brayden Sims for 15 yards and Garner took a 40 point lead into the locker room.
In the second half, Garner scored just two touchdowns, both on the ground as Snoop Dawson rambled in from four yards out and Louis Baker ended the game with a 10 yard run and give the Trojans the 54-0 win over West Johnston.
Garner is back in action next WEDNESDAY at 6:00 when they travel to Clayton High School.
Garner Tennis Still on a Roll
Tennis picks up a pair of wins this week and now sits at number two in the conference with a 6-3 overall record.
Garner 9
East Wake 0
(9-13-10)
Singles:
M. Stewart (G) d. A. Williford (EW) 6-1, 6-4
K. King (G) d. A. Montague (EW) 6-1, 6-2
A. Ruiz (G) d. J. McAbee (EW) 6-1, 6-1
D. Grissett (G) d. S. Smith (EW) 6-2, 6-0
L. Badey (G) d. S. Blackley (EW) 6-1, 6-1
H. Hamlin (G) d. B. McGlyn (EW) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles:
M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) d. A. Williford/A. Montague (EW) 8-3
K. King/M. Roth (G) d. S. Hocutt/S. Blackley (EW) 8-0
T. Vess/B. Goggins (G) d. J. McAbee/S. Smith (EW) 8-6
Veronica Velasquez added a win in exhibition singles (6-0, 6-2) and Miranda Fox/Sarah Koczwara added a win in exhibition doubles (8-1).
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Garner 8
Harnett Central 1
(9-15-10)
Singles:
M. Stewart (G) d. K. Fish (HC) 6-1, 6-2
K. King (G) d. S. Stewart (HC) 6-0, 6-0
A. Ruiz (G) d. D. Ruiz (HC) 6-1, 6-2
M. Roth (G) d. C. Jones (HC) 6-0, 6-0
L. Badey (G) d. H. Long (HC) 6-1, 6-2
H. Hamlin (G) d. L. Smith (HC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles:
K. Fish/S. Stewart (HC) d. M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) 8-3
L. Badey/H. Hamlin (G) d. D. Ruiz/C. Jones (HC) 8-0
V. Ragan/Am. Robb (G) d. H. Long/M. Birchard (HC) 8-1
Alyssa Clark/Elizabeth Pittman (8-3) and Abbey Walton/Emily Chalk (8-4) added wins in exhibition doubles.
Girls Golf off to Great Start!
First year head coach, Connie Barnes and the Lady Trojan Golf squad is off to a 3-0 start this season, as they have several key players who are making up the successful squad this year.
The Lady Trojans will be back in action on September 21 at Johnston Co. Country Club. The match will begin at 3:30.
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Soccer Picks Up First Win
The Varsity Soccer squad earned their first win of the season at home on Monday night as they opened up Greater Neuse River Conference play taking down the West Johnston Wildcats 2-1.
Garner is back in action at home on Wednesday night, the JV game begins at 4:30 while the Varsity will follow at 6:30.
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Outer Loop Sports Show is Back this week
The Outer Loop Sports Show is back this week and during the 30 minute show, we will talk about all kinds of sports. From football to tennis and all points in between!
Enjoy the show!
Outer Loop Sports Show: Sept. 15, 2010 from Outer Loop Sports Show on Vimeo.
Coaches Show is Back on Tuesday Night
Once again on Tuesday night, the Trojan Sports Network and Tookie's Grill will team up to bring you our Coaches Corner. The show will be live beginning at 6:30 and we encourage you to attend the show and ask questions as we will be joined by a member of the Trojan Football Coaching staff. We will also talk about the other Fall Sports along with many other topics!
You will have a chance to ask questions to the Coach, live at the show or if you can't attend the show, you can email your question to trojansportsnetwork@gmail.com
Also, if you can't make it Tuesday night at 6:30, you can listen to the show LIVE by CLICKING HERE
Hope you'll join us!
Trojan Tennis Keeps on Rolling
Coach Walls and the Lady Trojans move to 4-1 in the Conference with a great week of Tennis:
Garner 6
Smithfield-Selma 3
(9-7-10)
Singles:
O. Stevens (SSS) d. M. Stewart (G) 7-5, 6-2
C. Tobin (SSS) d. K. King (G) 6-2, 6-0
A. Ruiz (G) d. C. Lee (SSS) 6-2, 6-4
D. Grissett (G) d. A. Horne (SSS) 6-3, 5-7, 10-7
L. Badey (G) d. E. Carter (SSS) 6-2, 7-5
H. Hamlin (G) d. M. Woodard (SSS) 6-3, 6-7 (8), 11-9
Doubles:
O. Stevens/C. Tobin (SSS) d. M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) 8-2
K. King/M. Roth (G) d. C. Lee/E. Carter (SSS) 8-5
L. Badey/H. Hamlin (G) d. A. Horne/A. Woodard (SSS) 8-1
Miranda Fox/Veronica Velasquez, Amber Robb/Alyssa Clark, and Bria Goggins/Taylor Vess all added wins in exhibition doubles
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Garner 9
Southeast Raleigh 0
(9-8-10)
Singles:
M. Stewart (G) d. N. Williams (SER) 6-1, 6-0
K. King (G) d. D. Lewis (SER) 6-0, 6-0
A. Ruiz (G) d. M. Wright (SER) 6-0, 6-0
D. Grissett (G) d. S. Carraway (SER) 6-1, 6-1
L. Badey (G) d. B. James (SER) 6-0, 6-0
H. Hamlin (G) d. T. James (SER) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles:
K. King/M. Roth (G) d. N. Williams/M. Wright (SER) 8-1
V. Ragan/V.Velasquez (G) d. S. Carraway/D. Reddick-Simmons (SER) 8-2
A. Clark/E. Pittman (G) d. T. James/C. Gillis (SER) 8-1
Rebecca Willis added a win in exhibition singles.
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Phone: (919) 779-1440
Fax: (919) 662-0613
Volleyball Wins Fifth in a Row
Last Thursday, the Varsity Volleyball squad picked up their fifth win in a row with a three game sweep of the Smithfield-Selma Spartans.
Garner remains perfect in the conference at 4-0 and moves their overall record to 5-3.
The JV squad also defeated SSS two games to one.
Both squads will be back in action on Tuesday night when they travel to Southeast Raleigh, the JV match will begin at 4:30 while the Varsity will follow at 5:30.
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Trojans Sink Pirates 42-0
WEBCAST.
For the first time in the 2010 season, the Garner Trojan offense was in full swing as they put up 42 points while the defense pitched their first shut out of the season as Garner picked up their first home win of the season over the Durham Riverside Pirates 42-0.
Garner (2-2) scored their first touchdown of the night on their second possession of the game. Following a Pirate punt, the Trojans marched the ball down to their 46 yard line, where Lemond Johnson connected with Juwan Moye down the sideline for a 54 yard touchdown play, the third passing score for Johnson this season, and Garner took a 7-0 lead.
On their next possession, Garner took over at midfield, and it took just two plays for Demetrius Fairley to 40 yards and give the Trojans a quick 14-0 lead.
Once again, the Riverside (0-4) drive stalled and they were forced to punt, but the punt was blocked and scooped up for the score by DeAnthony Harris and early in the second quarter, Garner was up 21-0.
The Trojans were not done scoring in the first half as Garner used a steady diet of rushing plays to move into the red zone where Johnson scrambled eight yards for another Touchdown, giving Garner a 28-0 lead.
Garner's final first half score came off a Riverside punt, when Moye fielded the punt and took it down the sideline for six more and the Trojans went into the locker room up 35-0.
In the second half, Garner scored just once against the Pirate defense as AJ Clanton found the end zone for the second time this year, with an 11 yard run and cap the scoring for the Trojans as they took a 42-0 lead midway through the third quarter, but couldn't put up anymore points as Garner finished the non-conference schedule with a 2-2 mark.
The Trojans will be back in action next week as they hit the road to open Conference play when they travel to Benson to take on the West Johnston Wildcats. Kick-off is set for 7:30 and the Trojan Sports Network will be on the air at 7:00.
Volleyball Keeps on Rolling!
After a strong start to the conference season, the Varsity Volleyball team continued it's outstanding play inside the Greater Neuse River Conference on Tuesday night with a three games to one win over Knightdale.
Garner lost the opening game of the match, 25-20, then went on a roll to take the next three games from the Knights.
The Lady Trojans now stand at 4-3 overall and a perfect 3-0 in league play. They are back home on Thursday night at 5:30.
The JV squad also defeated Knightdale 2-0.
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Coaches Show is Back Tuesday!
For the second week, the Trojan Sports Network teams up with Tookie's Grill of Garner for our LIVE weekly Coaches Show.
The show will begin at 6:30 and we will talk, Garner Football with a member of the Trojan coaching staff and you will be able to ask the Coach questions about the game last week or the upcoming week with Riverside. You can also submit questions online via email at trojansportsnetwork@gmail.com
We'll also talk about other Trojan Sports during the hour long show.
If you can't make it to the show, you can listen by CLICKING HERE!!!
Hope you'll join us!
First Hall of Fame Class Announced
Congratulations to the following five who have been selected as the first class in the Garner High School Athletic Hall of Fame:
Anthony Barbour
Barbara Kelly
Hal Stewart
Pat Watkins
Donald Williams
These Hall of Famers will be recognized at halftime of the Nov. 5th football game and will be formally inducted in a ceremony in May of 2011.
Congratulations!
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Phone: (919) 779-1440
Fax: (919) 662-0613
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Phone: (919) 779-1440
Fax: (919) 662-0613
Trojans Stop Slide as they Clog the Creek
WEB CAST.
The Garner Trojans were off to their worst start since 1983, however, on Friday night, the Trojans found their two game slide with a 26-16 road win over Middle Creek.
Middle Creek (2-1) struck first after a Garner turnover, however, with the Mustangs in the red zone, the Trojan defense held its ground and limited the Mustangs to a 19 yard field goal and give Middle Creek an early 3-0 lead.
On the ensuing possession, Garner (1-2) came right back with a quick strike beginning the drive from the Mustang 40 yard line. After a couple of runs move the ball to the Mustang 20, where Lemond Johnson found Bryan Watkins for the touchdown and a 7-3 lead for the Trojans.
The second quarter was a field position game as neither team yielded an inch, but, Middle Creek got the ball back with just over five minutes to play in the half and Garrett Leatham went to work as the Mustangs moved the ball down the field and Middle Creek capped the drive with a score from two yards out, but, the point after hit the upright and was no good which gave Middle Creek a 9-7 lead going into the locker room.
Middle Creek got the ball to begin the second half and on the first play from scrimmage, Leatham had his pass picked by Gavin Wilson who returned it 30 yards into the red zone where the Trojans scored on an 18 yard touch down from from AJ Clanton and took a 14-9 lead.
After the teams exchanged punts, Garner stuck again this time off the foot of Connor Torruella who nailed a 23 yard field goal to make it 17-9 Trojans.
Middle Creek followed with a three and out and punted back to the Trojans where Juwan Moye ran it all the way back for a 59 yard touchdown return and it was 23-9 in favor of the Trojans.
The Mustangs struck again very quickly as Leatham found Chris Hubert for the 22 yard touchdown to pull the Mustangs to within seven a 23-16. However, the Trojans added another Torruella field goal, this time a chip shot 21 yarder as Garner took a 10 point lead.
Middle Creek couldn't solve the Trojan defensive attack as Leatham fires four interceptions on the night and the Trojans pick up their first win of the season with a 26-16 decision over the Mustangs.
Garner will be back at home next Friday at 7:30 when they host the Durham Riverside Pirates.
JV Trojans Put up 48 to Defeat Middle Creek in Home Debut
It took Garner almost the entire first quarter to get the offense in gear, but once they found their stride, the Trojans were off to the races as they blasted Middle Creek 48-14 on Thursday night at Trojan Stadium.
Garner began their first scoring drive from their own 19 yard line after the Trojans recovered a Middle Creek fumble. The drive was jump started when Garner quarterback, Vince Jefferies connected with Armani Lanier for a 13 yard pick up and the Trojans were off to the races. After a 63 yard touchdown run was called back for a personal foul, Garner went back to work moving the ball down the field with a steady diet of rushing to get down the the Middle Creek 30 where it was the team of Jefferies and Lanier who found the end zone and the Trojans took a 7-0 lead after the first quarter.
Middle Creek's first drive of the second quarter stalled and the Trojans took over from their own 28 and four plays later, Jefferies again found Lanier for the 25 yard touchdown strike and with 9:30 to play in the half, it was 14-0 Garner.
The Mustangs again struggled on offense as David Salmon has his pass intercepted by Garner Linebacker, Carrington Austin which led to a quick five play scoring drive for the Trojans. after a 20 yard pass completion to Terry Gilman, Garner had the ball inside the red zone where Gregory Stewart ran it in from six yards out and with just over five minutes left in the half, Garner was up 21-0, which would be the halftime score.
Garner got the ball to begin the second half of play and took the ball down the field. Once again, the Trojans went to the air and Jefferies found Gilman for 18 yards and eventually, Brandon Mayfield found pay dirt from six yards away and it was 28-0 Garner with just under eight minutes left in the third.
On the ensuing possession, Middle Creek got on the board with a 35 yard touchdown pass from Salmon to Gabe Cooper and after the two-point try was good, Middle Creek cut the lead to 28-8, and that would be the score after three periods of play.
Garner's first drive of the fourth quarter was a successful one as it took just one play following a Mustang punt as Raevon Smith took it 34 yards to the house and Garner (2-0) took a 35-8 lead.
Middle Creek went three and out on their next drive and once again, Garner wasted little time as Garner used four consecutive runs to score as Mayfield capped the drive and with seven minutes to play, it was 41-8 Garner.
The final score of the night for Garner was a long drive with a steady diet of the run led by Oloniy Dawson and Louis Baker both moved the ball down the field for the Trojans and the drive was aided by a Middle Creek penalty and the nine play drive was brought to an end when Brighton Hudson found the end zone on a one yard quarterback keeper and with 80 second to play Garner was up 48-8.
Middle Creek added a very late touchdown, but it was not enough as the Trojans won their home opener, 48-8. The JV Trojans will be back on the road next week as they take on Durham Riverside from Lenny Wrenn Stadium with kickoff slated for 6:00.
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Volleyball Wins Pink Out in Home Conference Opener
After a win over West Johnston earlier in the season, the Lady Trojan Varsity Volleyball squad ran their conference record to 2-0 with a three games to one win over Clayton at Trojan Gym on Thursday night.
The Lady Trojans wore pink jerseys and collected money for breast cancer awareness. Congratulations to Coach Boyette and the Varsity Volleyball squad for their outstanding effort tonight!
Garner Tennis Update
Garner 2
Clayton 7
(8-30-10)
Singles:
K. Edwards (C) d. M. Stewart (G) 6-2, 6-0
J. Guha (C) d. K. King (G) 6-1, 6-0
S. Murray (C) d. A. Ruiz (G) 6-1, 6-0
D. Grissett (G) d. L. Boykin (C) 6-4, 6-4
E. Singletary (C) d. L. Badey (G) 6-2, 6-4
H. Hamlin (G) d. L. Bizzell (C) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles:
J. Guha/S. Murray (C) d. M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) 9-7
K. Edwards/L. Boykin (C) d. K. King/D. Grissett (G) 8-4
E. SIngletary.L. Bizzell (C) d. L. Badey/V. Ragan (G) 8-4
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Garner 9
Kinghtdale 0
(9-1-10)
Singles:
M. Stewart (G) d. C. Harmon (K) 6-1, 6-3
K. King (G) d. L. Namsaly (K) 6-4, 6-2
A. Ruiz (G) d. S. Shepherd (K) 6-0, 6-3
D. Grissett (G) d. J. Cooper (K) 6-1, 6-1
L. Badey (G) d. K. Sturdevient (K) 6-0, 6-0
H. Hamlin (G) d. S. Awad 6-0, 6-0
Doubles:
M. Stewart/A. Ruiz (G) d. C. Harmon/L. Namsaly (K) 9-8 (3)
M. Roth/V. Ragan (G) d. S. Shepherd/J. Cooper (K) 8-2
T. Vess/B. Goggins (G) d. K. Sturdevient/S. Awad (K) 9-7
Trojans on TV!
The Trojan Sports Network, Garner Trojan Club and the Town of Garner have partnered to bring you Garner HOME Football games on television!
The games will be broadcasted on channel 11 for TIME WARNER CABLE customers ONLY! Currently the Garner/Broughton game is on and ready for you to watch. The game will be broadcasted on a four hour cycle so if you miss it once, you can catch it the next time.
Each game will air for ONE week from today until next Wednesday. It will only be HOME games with the occassional road contest.
Enjoy Trojan Football on your TV!
Latest Outer Loop Sports Show Now Here!
The latest episode of the Outer Loop Sports Show is now here and ready for you to enjoy!
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