WAVERLY — An impressive opening drive gave Southern Coffey County High the early momentum against undefeated Waverly High Thursday.
A 5-yard touchdown run by Turner Anderson gave the Titans a 6-0 lead.
But Waverly flexed some offensive muscle of its own, scoring 49 consecutive points.
Southern Coffey County scored a pair of touchdowns late in the contest, but it was too little, too late in a 69-20 loss.
The loss caps a 1-8 season for the Le Roy team.
“They have a dangerous up-tempo offense that’s hard to slow down and we made some mistakes that really fed into it,” Titan head coach Korey Lankton said. “Our defense struggled to make plays to make up for it in the first quarter. I thought we settled down more in the second quarter and made some improvements. We would make some good plays but our pass defense just couldn’t come up with a play.”
Waverly’s Tre’ Tyson scored three times in the first half, courtesy of two touchdown receptions and by recovering a blocked punt in the end zone. The Bulldogs led 30-6 after one quarter and 43-6 at halftime.
Another Waverly score opened the second half before Walker Harred scored on a 35-yard touchdown run for the Titans. Chism Newkirk connected with Tyler Houston on a 13-yard touchdown pass with 6:38 left in the game to cap the Southern Coffey County scoring.
Anderson rushed nine times for 80 yards, while Harred had 55 yards on 10 carries. The Titans rushed for 206 yards as a team.
Newkirk completed 8 of 12 passes for 67 yards. Josiah Witteman had four receptions for 34 yards. Houston also had 34 yards receiving, courtesy of two receptions.
Anderson led the Titan defense with nine tackles. Witteman had seven stops and a fumble recovery. Charlie Patterson had eight tackles. Harred registered seven tackles. Michael Hill had five tackles and a fumble recovery. Newkirk had six tackles.
“I’m proud of these boys,” Lankton said. “We made a lot of progress, and when kids work that hard but don’t get the results they want on the scoreboard, it takes a lot of character to keep coming back to get better. They did, though, and I’m really excited about the future of this team. We have to improve on fundamentals, discipline, and strength moving forward.
“The seniors played hard during the year,” he continued. “We really missed Luke Kraft (out with an injury) tonight, but I appreciate the positive character that Charlie (Patterson), Turner (Anderson), Luke and Colton (Toy) gave us this year.
Southern Coffey Co. 6-0-8-6—20
Waverly 30-13-12-14—69
SCC — Anderson 5 yd run (run failed)
Waverly — Sipe 30 yd run (Bailey run)
Waverly — Andrews 10 yd pass from Sipe (run failed)
Waverly — Tyson 30 yd pass from Sipe (Hagen pass from Sipe)
Waverly — Tyson recovered block punt for touchdown (Tyson pass from Sipe)
Waverly — Sipe 23 yd run (kick failed)
Waverly — Tyson 25 yd pass from Sipe (kick good)
Waverly — Foster 21 yd run (kick failed)
SCC — Harred 35 yd run (Witteman pass from Newkirk)
Waverly — Andrews 29 yd pass from foster (kick failed)
SCC — Houston 13 yd pass from Newkirk (pass failed)
Waverly — Foster 35 yd run (pass good)
Waverly — 6 yd run (game ended)
Titans drop season finale
