Picayune Cruises Past Brandon 48-15
The Picayune Maroon Tide shifted into high gear in the second half and pulled away from Brandon at Picayune.
Justin Magee had touchdown runs of 3 and 50 yards while hooking up with QB Chris Stewart on a 50 yard
touchdown pass as the Tide improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in Division 3-5A.
# 7 Justin Magee #13 Chris Stewart #10 Scott Hillery #24 Quincy Coleman
On the first possession of the game, the Tide forced Brandon into a punting situation. Quincy Coleman broke
through and blocked the punt inside the Brandon 10 yard line. Matt Roberts recovered the ball at the Bulldog
5 and the Tide was in business. Justin Magee (19 carries, 140 yards on the night) scored on the second play
from three yards out. Scott Hillery added the point-after-touchdown and the Tide led 7-0 with 9:39 left in the
first period.
Brandon responded early in the second period as Jeremy Horton scored on a 5 yard run at the 11:06 mark of
the stanza. Kevin Murriel added the extra point to make it 7-7.
Justin Magee returned the ensuing kickoff from the goal line out to the Tide 43 yard line. Six plays later, with the
Tide facing 3rd down at the mid-field stripe, Chris Stewart found Magee streaking down the right sideline for a
50 yard touchdown pass. Scott Hillery booted the PAT and it was Picayune 14 Brandon 7 with 7:52 left in the
quarter.
The Tide would strike again just before halftime as Scott Hillery would kick a 32 yard field goal with :31 to play
in the quarter. The Tide had driven 12 plays gaining 41 yards before stalling out at the Brandon 16 yard line.
On the Tide's first possession of the second half, the Tide drove from their own 21 to the Brandon 26. On fourth
down, Hillery kicked a 43 field goal (would have been good from at least 55 yards) pushing the lead to 20-7 with
9:06 showing on the scoreboard.
Brandon took the ensuing kickoff and moved the ball to the Tide 36 yard line. On first down, Desmond McDougle
intercepted QB Gary Schaffhauser's pass at the Tide 15 and returned to the Tide 48 yard line. Three plays later,
Justin Magee broke free and sprinted down the right sideline, got a great block from WR Scott Hillery near
the Brandon 10 yard line, and waltzed into the end zone for a 54 yard touchdown. Hillery added the point after
touchdown and the Tide led 27-7 with 3:07 left in the 3rd quarter.
The Tide forced Brandon to punt it away on their next possession. Quincy Coleman took in the punt at his own 37
yard line, got behind the return wall on the right sideline and went the distance from 63 yards out for the touchdown.
Hillery's extra point was true and the Tide led 34-7 with 1:58 to play in the 3rd quarter.
The Tide forced Brandon to punt again on their next possession with the Tide getting the ball back on their own 35 yard
line. On first down, Chris Stewart keep the football on an option to his left, broke three tackles, and then out ran the
secondary on his way to a 65 yard touchdown run. Hillery's once again split the uprights on the point after and it was
41-7 with 10:57 left in the game.
The Tide substituted freely from that point and gave a lot of sophomores a chance to play. QB Alex Riser took advantage
of the opportunity throwing a 23 yard touchdown pass to Scott Hillery to close out the scoring for the Tide. Kaleb Raybon
came on to kick the extra point and the Tide led 48-7 with 2:27 to play.
Brandon scored on their next possession on a 31 yard run by Lawrence Weakly and added a 2pt conversion on a pass from
Schaffhauser to make the final 48-15.
The Tide will travel to Kiln next week to take on the Hancock Hawks in another Division 3-5A match up.