Photo credit: Brooke Leatherwood

The Hayesville Yellow Jackets hosted Lookout Valley of Chattanooga on Friday night. Hayesville took control of the game very early on. It was evident that Hayesville had superior talent. The Yellow Jackets led scoring the first touchdown and never looked back. Hayesville won 50-6 in a complete four-quarter performance, picking up their first victory of the year.

Asher Brown got the Hayesville offense going with what was the first of many big plays on the night. A 34-yard reception put Hayesville inside the five-yard line. Kyle Lunsford finished it off when he took the option pitch from Logan Caldwell for a short touchdown run. After trading the ball back and forth on Hayesville scored on their third drive of the game to go up 14-0. A big third-down 35-yard reception from Caldwell to Jake Mctaggart set up another Lunsford touchdown run. 

Bryan Davenport celebrates his touchdown catch

Lookout Valley tried a halfback pass on their next drive but it was underthrown into the waiting arms of Logan Caldwell. It was his second interception of the game and this one he returned 55-yards for a touchdown to put Hayesville up 22-0. Hayesville forced a turnover on down and got the ball back quickly. Caldwell found Asher Brown for another big play this time a 29-yard touchdown, a slant from Brown. 

Lookout Valley was able to pick up a few first downs but ultimately turned it over on downs inside Hayesville territory. With under two minutes to play in the half Hayesville broke out their two-minute offense. A huge 38-yard reception by Kyle Lunsford set up another short Hayesville touchdown run. This score put Hayesville up 36-0 going into halftime.

Taylor McClure outruns defenders to the endzone.

Hayesville got the ball to start the second half and wasted no time scoring in a hurry. Bryan Davenport took a screen pass from Caldwell, made a nice move, and outran everyone to the endzone. After forcing Lookout Valley to punt Hayesville got the ball back on their own 48-yard line. The Yellow Jackets scored on their first play of the drive. A triple-option look from shotgun and a perfect read pitch from Caldwell to Taylor McClure. McClure then outraced all the defenders for a 52-yard touchdown run. This put Hayesville up 50-0, with the final score ending up 50-6 as lookout valley would finally score late in the game.

Hayesville Lookout Valley Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR8zVPc142k

Notable Hayesville Stats:

Logan Caldwell: 10-11 passing for 215 yards 2 TD 1 Int, Had 2 interceptions on defense with one returned for a 55-yard touchdown

Taylor McClure: 5 carries for 85 yards 1 TD

Kyle Lunsford: 1 reception for 45 yards and 3 rushing TDs

Asher Brown: 2 receptions for 61 yards and a TD

Bryan Davenport: 1 reception for a 20-yard TD and 10 tackles on defense

Hayesville next plays on Friday, September 19th at Tuscola. Make sure to tune into fyntv.com for the WNC Friday Night Pressbox show to see the Hayesville at Tuscola preview. To get updates or see how the Yellow Jackets have done tune in to all the latest FYN sports coverage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at https://claync.fetchyournews.com/category/teamfynsports