Joaquin Rams’ Stadium. September 29, 2017 –
(Photo Album) The Joaquin Rams’ Varsity Football Team walked away with a convincing 56-0 Homecoming win, over the Hawkins Hawks, at Rams Stadium, last Friday night. The win moved Joaquin High School’s record to 4-1 for the season. Hawkins fell to 0-5 for the year.
The Rams capped a 43-yard drive with a 1-yard keeper by quarterback Tray Wilkerson with 8:51 left in the first quarter. The extra point attempt failed and JHS led 6-0.
Rams defender Zack Bell recovered a Hawkins fumble with six and a half minutes left in the opening stanza. Moments later Conner Bragg got Joaquin on the board again with 5:29 remaining on a 20-yard touchdown run. Hunter Gates added a 2-point conversion run to extend the Rams’ lead to 14-0.
With 3:33 left in the opening frame, Kase Yates scored on a6-yard touchdown run. Jesus Bravo added an extra point kick to give JHS a 21-0 lead.
The final score of the first period came on another Yates touchdown scamper with just 50 seconds left. The extra point conversion attempt failed and Joaquin took a 27-0 lead into the second period of play.
Yates scored on a 41-yard run down the sideline with 8:20 left in the second quarter to give the Rams a 35-0 advantage, midway through the third period, after Bragg added a 2-point conversion run.
He added another 36-yard score with just second remaining before the teams went to the locker-rooms for the midway break at halftime. Joaquin enjoyed a 42-0 lead when they came out for the second half of play.
JHS added a touchdown with less than seven minutes left in the third period, and another on a 12-yard touchdown run by Tre Burns which gave Joaquin the final 56-0 advantage with just over five minutes left in the contest.
Joaquin rushed for 437 yards. They were 0-2 passing. They fumbled twice. Hawkins threw two interceptions and had a fumble. They had only 69 yards of offense, all on the ground. They went 0-2 passing with two interceptions. Joaquin held a 13-3 advantage in attaining first downs.
The Rams have a bye week for October 6. They will travel to Alto for their first Region III District 11 Class 2A conference game with the Yellowjackets which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 13, 2017. Alto is 1-4 and lost to Class 4A Rusk (4-1) by a 43-21 score on the road last Friday.
Rams Head Football Coach Wade Lawson stated after the game, “During the bye week will look at the Joaquin Rams. We will look at film and see what we can improve on and get better at. We compete in the toughest district in Class 2A, with two Top 12 ranked teams, and we need to keep getting better and improving what we can. Our kids like to work hard and they play hard for each other.”
