John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor
McAdory – The McAdory Yellow Jackets defeated the Pinson Valley Indians 28-17 last night.
McAdory took a 7-0 lead on a Jacob Copton touchdown run with six minutes remaining in the first quarter.
Copton then hooked up with JaCorey Whitted for a touchdown pass to extend the McAdory lead to 14-0 over the Indians in the first period.
Pinson Valley answered back with a Dylan Reese to Rico Freeman score and a run by Josh Wood to tie the game at 14-14 with less than four minutes remaining in the half.
The Yellow Jackets’ Khomari Sheppard scored right before the half to give McAdory a 21-14 lead as the two teams headed to the locker room.
The Yellow Jackets scored a third-quarter touchdown, and the Indians added a field goal to give McAdory a 28-17 lead as the two teams headed to the final quarter.
Neither team scored in the final period and the score would end with a 28-17 McAdory victory.
Despite giving up 418 yards of total offense to the Indians, the McAdory defense came up big with stops at critical times and forced three Pinson turnovers in the second half.
Pinson Valley is off next week before entering regional play against Clay-Chalkville on Sept 15.