On November 1st the Southeast Bulloch Yellowjackets continued their hot streak of wins with a stinging exclamation finish on an excitingly packed Homecoming Night to the Beach Bulldogs 44-19. With this win, the Yellowjackets move to a 7-2 record as the final game of the season approaches before playoff season.
1st Quarter
The night started with a sharp squib kick from Owen Turner around the 45-yard line to start the game against Beach. The action picked up instantly with an aggressive defensive run from Southeast Bulloch with a key blocked punt from linebacker Kyle O’Brien. Running Back Jayden Murphy ran in with authority to explode the home crowd with the first touchdown of the night, but it woke up the Bulldogs as they struck back with a flawless double pass touchdown the next drive. Southeast Bulloch continue their momentum of the night with two follow-up touchdowns to finish the quarter.
2nd Quarter
The second quarter was all about the Colby Smith takeover with spectacular offensive maneuvers having the home crowd in the stands on their feet. Jayden Murphy added to the crowd's excitement with a goal-line touchdown in the quarter. Smith achieved a career milestone earlier in the quarter hitting 1,000 rushing yards this season. Beach Bulldogs continued to fight back attempting to gain momentum with a last-minute touchdown 5 seconds before half to finish the quarter 28-13.
Halftime
The halftime show was full of all the glitz and glamour as it was time to crown the 2024 Southeast Bulloch Homecoming Queen and Princess. The crown of Queen was awarded to Jaden Lehman and the crown of Princess was awarded to Piper Coleman. The King and Prince were crowned earlier today with Chris Jones crowned King and Anson Beiser crowned Prince.
3rd Quarter
Both teams came back out of the lockers with full intensity on both sides. Each team was crawling to make it into the endzone, but it was not enough for either side. The Jacket's defense made multiple stops throughout the quarter preventing any touchdowns the whole quarter for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs would retaliate with the same mentality stopping the Yellow Jackets from making it into the endzone the whole quarter.
4th Quarter
The final quarter of the game sparked off with Colby Smith taking over catching a screen pass for a 70-yard touchdown. The Bulldogs barked back instantly after the touchdown with an 80-yard return after the Yellowjackets kicked off leading to a Bulldogs touchdown. The Yellowjackets would not take this lightly retaliating with precise defensive coverage the rest of the quarter. This aggressive coverage forced a safety on the Bulldogs. Smith continued his night of entertaining the home crowd with the final touchdown of the game to put a bow on Southeast Bulloch homecoming night.
Words from Coach Zito
“We got one more region game it’s a home game next week and senior night so our focus will be on that and once we get that one in the books hopefully we’re gonna figure out who we will play in the playoffs”
Coming up
Southeast Bulloch will play against the Groves Rebels next week at Fred Shaver Field for SEB's Senior Night at 7:30 p.m.