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Northview Chiefs Sting The Yellow Jackets 20-14
November 7, 2009
The Northview Chiefs came from behind beat the Vernon Yellow Jackets 20-14 Friday night. The Chief’s, who were 2-8 last year, are now 7-2.
The Yellow Jackets (4-5, 3-5) led the ballgame 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. They stung again in the second quarter after a long drive after a Northview fumble to increase their lead to 14-0.
“You were down 14-0 and ran off 20 straight points,” first-year Northview Head Coach Sid Wheatley told his jubilant Chiefs. “That is a great, great win.”
On the last play of the half, a 61-yard pass from Brandon Sheets to La’Mikal Kyles gave Northview a touchdown. With a good kick through the uprights for Brandon Lowery, and Chiefs had closed Vernon’s lead to 14-7 headed to the lockers on a cool night in Vernon.
Northview intercepted a Vernon pass on their opening drive of the third. The Chiefs, led by Roderick Woods and Jeremy Jackson, marched the ball down to about the Yellow Jacket four. Freshman Roderick Woods took the ball on a 21-yard touchdown run. After a good kick from Lowery, the game was tied 14-14 with 5:25 to go in the third quarter.
The Chiefs’ Levi Gideons recovered a Vernon fumble early in the fourth to take possession on Yellow Jacket’s 30.
Woods picked up a 5-yard touchdown drive with 6:52 to go in the game. A missed kick, and the Chiefs were on top 20-14.
Vernon’s next drive came to an end when Northview recovered a Yellow Jacket fumble at the Chiefs’ 39.
The Yellow Jacket’s final attempt at the end zone came to an end with 37 seconds on the clock with two incompletions.
The remainder of the fourth was scoreless, giving the Chiefs a District 1-1A win over Vernon, 20-14.
The Chiefs will play their final game of the season Friday night in Pensacola against West Florida Tech.
Despite their winning season, the Chiefs (7-2, 6-2) will not make the District 1-1A playoffs. The Freeport Bulldogs are tops in the district with a perfect 8-0 district record, and South Walton has just one district loss. Freeport and South Walton were the only losses of the season for Northview.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “Northview Chiefs Sting The Yellow Jackets 20-14”
We arent in the playoffs but we have been invited to play in a bowl game next saturday against tate at tate.
South Waltons loss was not a District loss.
Unfortunately, the article clearly states in the last paragraph Northview will not make the playoffs.
alight were 7-2 if we win again we still have a real good chance in the playoffs just let every one know and south walton lost there game so were tie with south walton
GREAT GAME BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE PROUD OF YALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They have a game next week
I don’t think they made the play-offs
that will be freeport and south walton
Will this put the chiefs in the play off games? Is this their last game?
Great job CHIEFS!!