Offensive woes continue for Veterans football in loss to No. 2 Lee County 

WARNER ROBINS — In the region matchup between the Lee County Trojans and the Veterans Warhawks, the Trojans dismantled the Warhawks 67-10 in a one-sided game. 

Veterans’ lone touchdown of the night came in the fourth quarter. Trey Byrd got a quick pass to Aaron Evans who ran through the Lee County defense for a score.

Veterans (0-8, 0-3 Region 2-5A) had no answer for Lee County and managed to cross midfield twice as the Trojans’ defense held the offense in check during the entire contest. 

Lee County (8-0, 3-0 Region) took full advantage of Veterans’ mistakes and played clean, aggressive football throughout the night. 

With a three-and-out on their first possession, Veterans fell behind early and quickly. Lee County kept the Warhawks off balance with their uptempo offense and scored the first touchdown of the night five minutes into the game. 

On their next two possessions, Veterans’ special teams recorded safeties with the ball getting kicked out of the back of the end zone to avoid the touchdown as well as being snapped out of bounds over the head of the punter. Lee County capitalized on both miscues to go up 18-0 towards the end of the first quarter. 

Brayden Black took advantage of good field position at the start of the second quarter and kicked a field goal to give the Warhawks their first score of the night. 

After a Lee County touchdown drive, the Warhawks’ offense utilized the run game to chip away at the clock during every possession to keep the ball away from the Trojans, but the tactic didn’t work out as planned. 

Veterans ran six minutes off of the clock and punted to Lee County, then on the first play of their series, Weston Bryan launched a 60 yard touchdown pass to put the Trojans up 32-3 at the end of the first half. 

The Trojans kept their foot on the gas pedal and scored at will during the third quarter. Bryan had a one-yard touchdown scamper after two quick plays that moved the ball 40 yards into Warhawks’ territory. Canton Williams for Lee County rushed for consecutive touchdowns to run the score up to 53-3. 

Lee County had two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including one off of an interception returned into the red zone that ultimately gave a final score of 67-10.

Veterans head coach Josh Ingram spoke of laying the foundation for future success after the loss.

“[Lee County] is a good football team – ranked number one across the board in our region. We started off the game with bad snaps and when a good team gets up on you with elite players, they are going to make plays and it gets really hard to dig yourself out of that hole. It is back to us playing together, complementary football, not making mistakes early in the game, and getting back to work.” 

“We’ve got a lot of young kids playing – freshman quarterback, a lot of sophomore players,” Ingram added. “We just have to keep growing up and keep getting better each week.” 

Justin Shine could not break through the Trojans defense and spent most of the night getting taken down behind the line of scrimmage. 

Kane Byrd had a big sack in the first quarter for the Warhawks. 

UP NEXT 

The Veterans Warhawks look to right the ship in region play when they travel to the Coffee Trojans (7-1, 2-1 Region 2-5A) Friday October. 25 at 7:30 p.m.