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Jackets fall hard at home against Jenkins
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Southeast Bulloch running back Colby Smith, center, gets gang tackled by Jenkins defenders for a short gain during the second quarter on Friday, Oct. 11. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets managed to move their game against Jenkins which was scheduled for Thursday in Savannah to Friday in Brooklet. It didn’t really seem to matter as the Warriors made themselves at home at Fred Shaver Field handing the Jackets a 48-14 loss and dropping them to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in region play.

 

The Jackets had four turnovers which led to four Jenkins touchdowns. Jenkins jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never really slowed down as they dominated on both sides of the ball.

 

“We got our butts kicked tonight,” said Southeast Bulloch coach Jared Zito. “Hats off to them, they did a great job tonight. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds out there, but the reality is they just outplayed us tonight. We have to learn from it and get ready for Tuesday.”

 

Trailing 7-0 in the second quarter a Southeast Bulloch fumble led to a 29-yard field goal by Joshua Woodley as Jenkins took a 10-0 lead. Another SEB turnover would set Jenkins up on the Jackets side of the field and Domonique Johnson took off for a 33-yard score and a 18-0 lead as the two-point conversion was successful.

 

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Southeast Bulloch finally got on the board with less than a minute in the half as Rhett Morgan connected with Colby Smith for a 43-yard touchdown. On the ensuing pooch kick Jenkins Trenton Rhodes went 53-yards to the Jacket eight-yard line. Quarterback Demetrius Holloway took it in two plays later for a 25-7 halftime lead.

 

The Jackets actually came out in the second half and put together a nice 10-play drive which was capped off by a touchdown pass from Morgan to Clay Williams, but that is as close as things would get as Jenkins outscored the Jackets 20-0 the rest of the way 23-0.

 

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The Jackets don’t have long to prepare for their next game as they will host Liberty Co. Tuesday at 7:00 in a game being made up from Hurricane Helene.

 

“We really have to try and put this one behind us and get ready for Tuesday,” Zito said. “We have to try and fix what went wrong tonight and we don’t have much time to do it. Liberty is a good team and we have to come out focused for a short couple of practices to get ourselves ready.”

 

Southeast Bulloch and Liberty will play Tuesday at 7:00 at Fred Shaver Field.