Another lopsided region win for Williston-Elko Blue Devils

The Williston-Elko Blue Devils rolled to another lopsided win, blowing out the hapless Wagener-Salley War Eagles, 68-0. The Blue Devils sit atop Region IV-A and are 9-0 for the season. The loss dropped Wagener-Salley to 0-9.

With a region title all but wrapped up, and a playoff run to look ahead to, the Blue Devils kept superstars Dexter Staley and Marcus Bates on the bench in the first quarter. Kendric Salley and Tamyn "Gator" Garrick shouldered the load, and Williston-Elko was up 16-0 after one sluggish quarter of play.

Staley and Bates entered the game on defense at the beginning of the second, with Wagener-Salley in Blue Devils territory. Staley's presence was felt immediately, sacking the quarterback twice and forcing a fumble that was recovered by the War Eagles. On Williston-Elko's next offensive possession, Staley accounted for 57 yards on two plays, including a 24-yard touchdown run to make it 24-0. From there, the rout was on. Salley and Garrick tacked on touchdown runs, and a touchdown pass from Garrick to Staley capped the scoring for the first half at 46-0.

The Blue Devils racked up 268 yards of offense in the first half while holding the War Eagles to -5.

Even with a running clock in the second half, the Blue Devils were able to rack up yards (431) and points. A Demonte Graham touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter put the Blue Devils up 68-0, and Garrick took a knee rather than attempt the two-point conversion.

Wagener-Salley recorded 75 yards of offense, 63 of which came from the legs of Trevian Davis.

Kendric Salley carried the ball 11 times for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Staley racked up 164 yards of total offense and three touchdowns. Ondrew Bellinger rushed for two touchdowns and recorded eight tackles on the other side of the ball. Shamel Harley had an outstanding night, combining for 13 tackles.

Looking ahead to the finale at Blackville-Hilda next week, Williston-Elko coach Dwayne Garrick said, "Regardless of whether I want it to be a competitive game or not, it will be one. I know it will be a dogfight down there. Anytime it's Blackville and Williston, it's a pretty competitive game."

The War Eagles close out their season at North next week.

Wagener-Salley 0 0 0 0 0

Williston-Elko 16 30 16 6 68

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER

WEHS-Kendric SALLEY Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 5 yds PAT Pass from Tamyn GARRICK to Quantel MACK GOOD!

WEHS-Ondrew BELLINGER Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 3 yds PAT Pass from Tamyn GARRICK to Quantel MACK GOOD

SECOND QUARTER

WEHS-Dexter STALEY Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 24 yds PAT Run by Kendric SALLEY GOOD!

WEHS-Kendric SALLEY Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 3 yds PAT Run by Dexter STALEY GOOD!

WEHS-Tamyn GARRICK Carries(QB Keeper) TOUCHDOWN!!! 2 yds PAT Run by Kendric SALLEY GOOD!

WEHS-Tamyn GARRICK Passes to Dexter STALEY COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN!!! 21 yds PAT Pass from Tamyn GARRICK to DVarius HOSEY NO Good!

THIRD QUARTER

WEHS-Dexter STALEY Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 32 yds PAT Pass from Tamyn GARRICK to Rokeem WILLIAMS GOOD!

WEHS-Ondrew BELLINGER Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 8 yds PAT Run by Ondrew BELLINGER GOOD!

FOURTH QUARTER

WEHS-Demonte GRAHAM Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN!!! 1 yds PAT Run by Tamyn GARRICK NO Good

WEHS WSHS

FIRST DOWN 16 5

RUSHES/YARDS (NET) 26/318 31/48

PASSING YARDS (NET) 113 27

Passes Att/Comp/Int 11/6/0 14/3/1

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS/YARDS 37/431 45/75

Fumble Returns/Yards 0/0 1/4

Punt Returns/Yards 4/91 1/5

Kickoff Returns/Yards 1/17 10/119

Interception Returns /Yards 1/0 0/0

Punts (Number/Avg) 1/34 8/26

Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/0

Penalties/Yards 4/45 2/10

Possession Time 11:35 28:08

Sacks By: Number/Yards 1/3 0/0

RUSHING(Att/Yards):

Wagener-Salley-Trevian Davis 13/63, Dontral Salley 10/4, Bruce Corley 5/-2, Kyle Clarke 3/-17.

Williston-Elko-Kendric Salley 11/165, Dexter Staley 5/110, Ondrew Bellinger 3/15, Demonte Graham 3/13, DVarius Hosey 2/12, Tamyn Garrick 1/2, Shaquan Gaffney 1/1.

PASSING(Comp/Att/Int/Yard):

Wagener-Salley-Kyle Clarke 3/14/1/27.

Williston-Elko-Tamyn Garrick 6/11/0/113.

RECEIVING(No/Yard):

Wagener-Salley-Rodriguez Dunbar 2/23, Alvin Glover 1/4.

Williston-Elko-Dexter Staley 2/54, Quantel Mack 2/28, Rokeem Williams 1/19, Ondrew Bellinger 1/12.

Stats collected by Rob Novit and Kyle Dawson.

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