North Brunswick football turns the tables and routs Whiteville in North Carolina

LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA – What a distinction a yr makes.

North Brunswick unleashed loads of large performs and routed perennial energy Whiteville, 44-15, to open the 2022 soccer season on Saturday at Garry Bishop Stadium.

When the groups performed final yr, additionally at Charles Parry Stadium, the visiting Wolfpack rolled to a 54-13 win. Granted, the Wolfpack misplaced a number of key starters to commencement however the Scorpions are additionally a yr older.

They usually confirmed out.

“They beat us final yr and this was somewhat little bit of redemption,” mentioned tailback Eric Mosely. “We needed to come again.”

They had been actually feeling it.

“Being that they are a championship-caliber staff, this was a press release recreation for us,” mentioned defensive again Dom’Ahnic Atkinson-Bell. “We needed to let individuals know that we’re right here this yr.”

The Scorpions had been round final yr, too. They had been 7-5 and made the 3-A state playoffs, a season anybody would contemplate profitable.

However this could be totally different.

“We’ve gotten higher and we lastly had an low season the place the children had been capable of raise and get larger and stronger and sooner,” mentioned North Brunswick coach Bryan Davis. “We’ve nonetheless bought some issues to work on. We’re nonetheless down some gamers. Hopefully, we’ll get more healthy and we will see the place we’re. The children performed actually exhausting.”

Saturday’s recreation turned on just a few performs within the second quarter.

Whiteville had pulled right into a 7-7 tie when the Wolfpack’s Chris Williams plunged in from 2 yards out. The play was arrange by a 43-yard reception by Ashton Hammonds. That had Davis steaming however issues shortly turned in North Brunswick’s favor.

Tarron Inexperienced, a transformed cornerback making his first begin at quarterback, fired an 82-yard landing go to Jayden Armstrong, who hauled the go in over his left shoulder and raced to the tip zone.

“I don’t need to give away all our secrets and techniques,” Inexperienced mentioned. “However he bought open and I made the throw.”

Then the Scorpions compelled a three-and-out and Atkinson-Bell returned the punt 76 yards for a landing.

Similar to that, it was 20-7.

“It was all about my teammates blocking for me,” Atkinson-Bell mentioned. “I noticed a seam and I took it.”

After which a fumble restoration by Jordan Jackson gave the Scorpions a brief discipline. Tucker Goss, who had two touchdowns, scored from the 7 to increase North Brunswick’s result in 27-7 with 4:24 left within the first half.

Mosely’s 13-yard landing run capped a 7-play, 76-yard drive to open the second half.

The lead grew to 44-7 within the fourth quarter.

Whiteville’s Cam McKvian scored on a 31-yard run late within the fourth quarter.

The Scorpions reveled of their win, counting all their factors from 44 all the way down to 1 throughout their postgame huddle with the coaches.

Davis led the celebration. On the similar, he was aware of what lies forward.

“We’ve nonetheless bought some issues we’ve to iron out after we play with the likes of Hoggard, New Hanover, Laney and everyone else in our convention,” Davis mentioned.