The JV Football squad returned home on Thursday night as they closed the home portion of their schedule as they took on the East Wake Warriors.
Garner (7-2) started the scoring on the opening drive of the game as the Trojans used a steady diet of Raevon Smith as they moved the ball down the field on six plays before Smith scored from seven yards out to give Garner a 7-0 lead.
East Wake answered right back taking eight plays to get the ball to the Garner 28 yard-line before Trent Evans hit Evan Finch for 28 yards and a touchdown to tie the game at seven and after playing a field position game, the first quarter ended in a seven all tie.
The Trojans began the second quarter with the football as they were in the midst of a drive which was capped with a Greg Stewart touchdown run from a yard out and with just over nine minutes to play in the half, the Trojans were up 14-7.
On the ensuing drive, East Wake had moved the ball to the Trojan 41 yard line, but on the sixth play of the drive, Evans fired over the middle where Smith picked off the pass and rumbled down the side line 90 yards to make it 21-7 Garner after a Tyler White extra point.
The Warriors went three and out on the next drive and Garner took just three plays to get the ball to the East Wake 27 where Smith collected his second offensive score of the night and third total score to make it 28-7 Garner with just over two minutes for the half.
Again, the Trojans forced East Wake to punt on the next drive and on the punt, Armani Lanier fielded the kick and ran it to the house, 40 yards to give Garner a 35-7 halftime lead.
On Garner's first drive of the second half, the Trojans used five run plays which was highlighted by a 12 yard Stewart run to put Garner in a first and goal situation where Vince Jefferies finished the drive on a two-yard quarterback keeper to make it 42-7 Garner.
East Wake took the ensuing kick-off and marched 63 yards in 10 plays to make it 42-13 on a Evans to Finch touchdown pass, the second of the night.
Garner put up one more score which used most of the fourth quarter clock as the Trojans went 75 yards in 12 plays. The big play of the drive was a Brayden Sims catch on third and 15 in which he picked up 21 yards and gave the Trojans the ball at the Warrior 15 yard line. Garner punched it in two plays later as Oloniy "Snoop" Dawson scored to give the Trojans a 49-13 lead.
The Warriors moved the ball down the field on their final drive, but the Connor Earp's pass was picked off in the end zone by Keon Harkins-Muse to preserve the 49-13 win for the Trojans.
Garner will finish their season next Thursday night at 7:00 when they travel to Harnett Central to take on the other set of Trojans.
