

Pahokee’s Austin Simmons, the 6’3 and 185-pound freshman, had been tearing teams up. 3) Austin Simmons Shut OutĪs great as Jefferson is and was in this game, he was not the most highly-profiled quarterback coming in. Tyler Jefferson has become Hawthorne’s guy, and they’re going to need him to continue to soar in order to achieve their state-championship hopes. They really provided me with those four touchdowns.”

They allowed me to go in and hit ’em in the mouth.

“My offensive line and running-backs allowed me to do that. “Throughout the week we already knew that we were going to come into this game powering that football, pushing it straight up the middle,” he explained. Jefferson, following the huge performance, remained impressively humble. up to THIRTY rushing points on the night (4 TDs) /0AZW6iNnrN Four Jefferson touchdowns off of quarterback-sneaks and power play-calls combined with three rushing two-point conversions were the ingredients to his output.Ī 3-yard rush & 2p conversion rush from Jefferson puts the Hornets up 30-12. Before Anthony Morgan’s third-quarter pick-six, Hawthorne led 30-12. He accounted for the Hornets’ first 30 points through rushing alone. Standing at 6’2 and 220 pounds, Jefferson is a freight train. Watching Junior Tyler Jefferson, Hawthorne’s quarterback sensation, one simply runs out of words to describe the dominance he continually displays. 2) Tyler Jefferson Accounts for 30 Hawthorne QB Tyler Jefferson, following his 4-TD outing vs. They’re going to need a full 48 minutes of their best football as they move on. However, with states on the horizon-the semifinals just a week away-coming out of the gate slow is likely not part of the plan for Coach Ingram and his Hornets. We’ve seen an unbeatable team in their second-half play.

This team knows how to bounce back, and bounce back hard. Hawthorne Head Coach Cornelius Ingram spoke after the game on his Hornets’ slow starts and the notion of being a second-half team. It’s us.” Hawthorne, out on the field after halftime, warms up for the second half vs. “My team … They make my halftime speeches seem awesome, right? But,, it’s us. Though, after going down early once again this week, questions arise in the direction of the first-half-Hornets who have found themselves in tight games through the first 24 minutes of each playoff win despite the wide-margined final scores. Here are five of the top storylines from Hawthorne’s second playoff victory: 1) Slow Starts for the HornetsĪfter going down early in last week’s regional semifinals versus Wildwood, the time off was thought to be the culprit for Hawthorne-an early deficit merely the result of a month’s rest. The Hawthorne Hornets (9-0) defeated the Pahokee Blue Devils (8-2) Friday night in the Region 4-1A championship, with a final score of 51-12.
