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Special Teams Key For Yellow Jackets: Bartow 27, Auburndale 7

Sat. September 08, 2012 at 5:00 a.m. | By Mike Cobb


By MIKE COBB

LEDGER CORRESPONDENT

 

BARTOW | Bartow showed that special teams can be special Friday night.

In a game filled with penalties, a couple of early big plays, and several big plays that didn't happen, it was the play of Bartow's special teams that provided the difference in the Yellow Jackets' 27-7 win over Auburndale at Bartow Memorial Stadium.

Alex Montes made field goals of 46 and 42 yards, averaged 42.5 yards on four punts and Romante Bell recovered a blocked Auburndale punt in the end zone for a touchdown for the Yellow Jackets.

"We hadn't been working on special teams as hard, so this past week, we spent hours on it," Bartow coach Brett Biggs said.

This week, both coaches might spend some time working on penalties. Bartow was flagged 20 times for 204 yards, and Auburndale (0-2) was called for 14 penalties for 129 yards.

Offensively, Bartow finished with 246 yards of offense (176 passing) while Auburndale had 180 yards (166 rushing).

The night started with a pair of big offensive plays with two touchdowns of 60 or more yards. Bartow on a 60-yard pass from Dimitri Leverett to Dwayne Daughtry.

Charles Taylor went 66 yards for the Bloodhounds only touchdown tying the game, 7-7, with 8:28 left in the first quarter.

Auburndale 7 0 0 0 — 7

Bartow 10 3 0 14 — 27

 

First Quarter

B – Dwayne Daughtry 60 pass from Dimitri Leverett (Alex Montes kick), 10:56

A – Charles Taylor 66 run (Burris Warner kick), 8:28

B – Alex Montes 46 field goal, 3:53

Second Quarter

B – Alex Montes 42 field goal, 0:00

Fourth Quarter

B – Romante Bell recovered blocked punt in end zone (Alex Montes kick), 10:16

B – Keyshawn Martin 1 run (Alex Montes kick), 3:41

Att – 1,500

 

 

 

     Aub    Bar

First Downs 12 12

Rushes/yards 36/166 30/70

Passing yards 14 176

Passing 3-14-2 11-19-0

Total offense 180 246

Sacks by 5 3

Fumbles/lost 3/1 2/0

Punts/Avg 5/27.8 4/42.5

Penalties/yards 14/129 20/204

Records 0-2 2-0

Individual Leaders

Rushing: AUB – Charles Taylor 16-106; BAR – Michael Walker 10-33

Passing: AUB – Brett Taylor 3-13-1-14-0; BAR – Dimitri Leverett 11-18-0-176-1

Receiving: AUB – Wilbur Cooper 2-14; BAR – Dwayne Daughtry 1-60, Jeramy Williams 2-45.