<body><div><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JtBztjRPXnk?si=qKsVQyS50ykjcKF8" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Hk4vK_1Gnnl7pN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Hk4vK_1Gnnl7pN00" width="1324" height="769" ><figcaption>Dreher’s Terry Cantlow runs away from A.C. Flora’s Josiah Morris on his way to the end zone for a 74-yard touchdown. Photos by Mike Maddock</figcaption></figure>Find these pictures and many more here!The Dreher Blue Devils defeated the A.C. Flora Falcons 30-13 Friday, October 30 in a Region 4-4A rivalry tilt. “That guy lost a lot of people when he got the job,” Dreher head coach Corey Jenkins said of A.C. Flora head coach Willie Offord. “Even with what he’s doing with that team right now, I understand it. When I came to Dreher we lost nine starters. It’s a building process. He’s got a good, young group. He’s got a bunch of seniors. I’ve got a good group of seniors. “We played pretty good football tonight, finally. I thought we played well in all three phases of the game. Now we just have to wait and see what happens next week.” The win broke Dreher’s nine-game losing streak in the series. It also improved the Blue Devils to 7-3, their first seven-win season since 2017. “It’s taken a lot of tears, a lot of film, a lot of headaches, a lot of gray hairs, a lot of everything,” Jenkins said. “These kids are different. I love them to death, but they will stress you out completely. I’m at the school every day. I’m around them every day, so I’m like dad, coach, friend, and brother. I’m a little bit of everything. It’s just taken consistency of staying with what I believe in. I think the kids now are starting to understand what we believe in and that’s what has given us a chance to be better in year four.”The game was scoreless until late in the first quarter when Dreher began a possession at its 41. The Blue Devils focused on the run as five of the six plays stayed on the ground. Fitzgerald covered 22 yards on two carries, including a 13-yard scamper into A.C. Flora territory. Yanis West carried it the rest of the way. First, he galloped 27 yards to move the Blue Devils to the Falcons’ ten. Later, he barreled in for a 1-yard touchdown run. McAulay Kalish connected on the extra point and Dreher led 7-0 with 3:37 left in the quarter. Dreher added to its lead in the second quarter. Following a fumble recovery, the Blue Devils took over at their 29. After losing yards on first down, Fitzgerald found Terry Cantlow, who outran the defense for a 74-yard touchdown. Kalish made a second extra point and the Blue Devils led 14-0 with 7:10 left in the quarter. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3DQqdh_1Gnnl7pN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3DQqdh_1Gnnl7pN00" width="521" height="492" ><figcaption>Dreher’s Joseph Pohlmann pulls the ball away from A.C. Flora’s Zion Gaddist.</figcaption></figure>“I’m happy for him,” Jenkins said of Fitzgerald. “He’s finally getting back to where he was at the beginning of the season. We had a little two-week slump where he didn’t play well. He knew he didn’t play well. It was more of a mental thing than a physical thing. We did some stuff mentally for him to make it easier. We had more checkdowns to make the throws a little easier to get his confidence going again. Right now, so far, so good.” Dreher’s next possession began at the A.C. Flora 33. After a penalty backed the Blue Devils to the 38, Fitzgerald launched a touchdown pass to Kaleb Williams. Kalish made his third extra point of the first half as Dreher led 21-0 at halftime. A.C. Flora got on the board in the third quarter with a 5-play, 80-yard drive. After the two plays didn’t yield much, Scott connected with Brennen Fudger, who made it to the Dreher 22. Scott then scampered to the four. Zion Gaddist covered the final four yards to the end zone to trim the deficit to 21-6 with 4:15 left in the quarter. Dreher was able to answer with a drive that carried over from the third to the fourth quarter. Ashton Felder got it started with a 10-yard carry. That, along with a Falcon penalty, moved the ball into the red zone. Fitzgerald then hooked up with Williams for a 13-yard gain. Felder ended the drive with a 1- yard touchdown run. Kalish made another extra point and Dreher led 28-6 with 11:06 left. Later in the quarter, A.C. Flora put together a 17-play, 91-yard drive. After the Blue Devils pinned the Falcons at their own nine following a punt, A.C. Flora got out of the hole with a series of passes. Scott found Hudson, Fudger, and Watts on consecutive throws to reach the 37. Scott scampered into Dreher territory with a 19-yard run. A pass interference penalty and a pass to Ziggy Offord moved the Falcons into the red zone. A.C. Flora capped the drive off with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Scott to Hudson. Ty Rutherford tacked on the extra point as A.C. Flora cut the lead to 28-13 with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter. The Blue Devil defense got into the scoring column when Marcus Davis tackled Scott in the end zone for a safety to set the final score. “Defensively, we’ve actually played pretty good the last couple of weeks,” Jenkins said. “It’s tough and you have guys who want to do things the right way, and they get out of place. The light is on and they get caught up a little bit. At the end of the day, they did their job tonight. It’s all we can worry about. We’ll take this win and move on to next week.” A.C. Flora ends the season with a 3-7 mark. The win breaks a two-game skid for the Blue Devils, who travel to Wilson to take on the Tigers in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Friday, November 6. “It’s good from a confidence standpoint,” Jenkins said. “It’s to the point where we knew going in if we could win this game, we could get some more confidence and get it building back to where we were. Now we are a more mature team. We are a more seasoned team. Going from the beginning of the season until now there have been a lot of aches and pains, but we’ve grown from it.” </div></body>

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The Dreher Blue Devils defeated the A.C. Flora Falcons 30-13 Friday, October 30 in a Region 4-4A rivalry tilt. “That guy lost a lot of people when he got the job,” Dreher head coach Corey Jenkins said of A.C. Flora head coach Willie Offord. “Even with what he’s doing with that team right now, I understand it. When I came to Dreher we lost nine starters. It’s a building process. He’s got a good, young group. He’s got a bunch of seniors. I’ve got a good group of seniors.

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