DeFuniak Springs Fl- The Raines Vikings scored 46 points in the first half to spank the Walton Braves 52-14.The offense was clicking on all cylinders as the Vikings scored points on every drive in the first half. Raines scored their first points on a 6 yard run from Elijah Spivey. Shortly after, Jovan Bonsell scored on a 1 yard touchdown run followed by a Ivory Durham IV 33 yard TD pass to WR Kamaree Noble. Durham and company put on an aw inspiring performance for the panhandle spectators. Before they could blink their beloved Braves were down by 21 at home.
Raines leads Walton 21-0, 1:29 to go in the 1st Qtr. We'll have highlights w/ @ScottRossman7 tonight at 10 on @WJHG_TV pic.twitter.com/XqPqNNrVS7
— Joel Sebastianelli (@JJSebastianelli) November 11, 2016
Not to be outdone by his counterparts, ATH Willie Wright got in on the action with a 50 yard TD reception to make the score 27-0 in the second quarter. Next, Kenyon Garmon’s 35 yard touchdown run put the Vikes up 33-0 midway through the 2nd quarter. Raines would get two more scores including an Ivory Durham 1 yd touchdown run to go up 46-7 at halftime.
VIDEO: @RainesVikings scores on a 33-yard TD pass from Ivory Durham IV (@Mr__showtime2) to @kamaree92: https://t.co/MEFd30sj8I #nwfvarsity
— Josh Hyber (@JoshHyberNWFDN) November 11, 2016
Walton would put two touchdowns on the board on the night. The first being a 2nd quarter touchdown run by Kentrell Parker. Parker would sprint right on a sweep and turn it up to dive into the end zone. It was a good effort by the speedster who dove into several Raines defenders. Unfortunately for his team, that’s as good as it would get on the evening for them as Walton was severely over-matched. Raines came into the game 6-2 on the season with consecutive losses to rivals Bolles and Ribault. So they clearly had something to prove heading into the playoffs, and they played like it. Walton (3-7) were the beneficiaries of a weak district. Their three wins on the season were all courtesy of district games, and even though they were the district winners, they presumably had no clue what was headed down I-10 Thursday night to play them in the first round of the playoffs.
“We looked like a JV team out there trying to tackle players in the NFL” – Ft. Walton Head Coach Jimmy Ray Stephens (Courtesy of Josh Hyber)
Raquil Bacon would close out the scoring for Raines as they defeated Walton 52-14. Raines will now await the winner of the Bolles and East Gadsden matchup Friday night, potentially setting up a Bolles versus Raines rematch in the second round of the FHSAA State Playoffs.
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