The Pee Dee Golden Eagles outscored the Greenwood Christian Hawks 69-33 in playoff action played in Mullins on Friday, November 15 before a large crowd.
Greenwood Christian kicked off to Pee Dee to begin the football action. Pee Dee Academy’s Tristan Heckman returned the kickoff 55 yards to give the Golden Eagles a 6-0 lead. The PAT was good. With only about a minute gone in the game Pee Dee was up 7-0.
After the kickoff, Greenwood Christian began offense on their own 25-yard line. Greenwood Christian turned possession over on downs.
Pee Dee Academy was also forced to punt that placed the football on Greenwood Christian’s 4-yard line.
Pee Dee Academy’s defense rose to the occasion, and the Hawks punted. Pee Dee had possession on Greenwood Christian’s 35-yard line.
Pee Dee Academy turned the football over to Greenwood Christian who began on their own 32-yard line. The Hawks punted on fourth down, and the Golden Eagles took over on their own 35-yard line.
With 3 minutes remaining in the first half, Pee Dee Academy scored. The PAT was good by Tristan Heckman, and Pee Dee led 14-0.
Greenwood Christian got onto the scoreboard with a 25-yard pass for a touchdown with a minute remaining in the first quarter. The PAT was good to cut the lead to 7 points, 14-7. The first quarter would end with this score.
Pee Dee Academy completed a 15-yard pass to O’maury Mckelvey for a touchdown with 10 minutes remaining in the first half. The Golden Eagles were up 20-7.
Pee Dee Academy completed a 60-yard pass to Bennett Causey for a touchdown with 7 minutes left in the second quarter. The 2-point conversion was good to give Pee Dee a 28-7 lead.
With 5 minutes to go in the first half, the Hawks scored a touchdown and the PAT to cut the lead to 14 points, 28-14.
Pee Dee Academy’s Ryan Small rushed for a 35-yard touchdown with 4 minutes left in the first half. The PAT was good. Pee Dee led 35-14.
With 2 minutes remaining in the first half, the Golden Eagles’ Tristan Heckman rushed for a 54-yard touchdown to go up 42-14.
The Pee Dee Golden Eagles were not through with the scoring in the first half as there was almost another minute remaining on the scoreboard. Miles Trussell was on the receiving end of a pass that was good for a 45-yard score. Pee Dee Academy led 48-14. This would be the score at halftime.
Pee Dee Academy kicked off to Greenwood Christian in the third quarter to begin the second half of play.
With under 6 minutes remaining in the third quarter, Greenwood Christian rushed for a touchdown. The 2-point conversion failed. Pee Dee Academy was up 48-20.
The Golden Eagles wasted little time in scoring as Tristan Heckman rushed for a touchdown to give Pee Dee Academy a 54-20 lead. The PAT was good. Pee Dee Academy led 55-20 over the Greenwood Christian Hawks.
With 2 minutes left in the third quarter, the Hawks completed a pass for the score. Pee Dee Academy led 55-26.
Once again, the Golden Eagles responded with a 60-yard pass completion to Jamison Rogers for the score. The PAT was good. The score was Pee Dee Academy 62 and Greenwood Christian Hawks 26.
With 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Greenwood Christian rushed for a touchdown. The PAT was good. Pee Dee Academy had 62 points, and the Greenwood Christian Hawks had 33 points.
Pee Dee Academy added another score in the fourth quarter.
The Pee Dee Academy Golden Eagles are 11-0 for the season and 5-0 in region play in SCISA 2A.
Pee Dee Academy will play Bethesda Academy for the State Championship on Saturday, November 23 at 3:30 p.m. at Charleston Southern University.
Pee Dee Academy defeated Bethesda Academy 25-22 on October 25.
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