Ponte Vedra Fl- Jackson improved to 1-0 on the season with an impressive visctory over Nease Friday night. Both teams were playoff participants last year, Jackson losing in the first round, and Nease losing in the regional final. Both team’s also boaast two of the highest recruited athletes in the area, in Nease’s Marcus Stokes (Florida commit) and Jackson’s Grayson Howard (South Carolina commit).
Although these teams have those achievements in common, this game revealed two teams heading in opposite directions. Nease is in a rebuild mode this year after losing many of their starting seniors last year, while Jackson is in ressurgence mode, as many of their key starters are seniors . The resuregent Tigers defeated the Panthers in impressive fashion 30-10. Check out the scoring summary below and photo gallery by Will Brown
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
AJ: King Johnson 20 yard run (kick failed), 9:43
AJ: J’nethen Jackson 6 yard run (kick failed), 2:45
Second quarter
N: Daniel Jones 37 yard field goal, 1:26
AJ: Andrew Hart 27 yard field goal
Third Quarter
N: Marcus Stokes 4 yard run (Jones kick), 5:00
AJ: Johnson 27-yard pass to Terrance Holland (Johnson pass to Holland conversion), 3:13
Fourth Quarter
AJ: Latavian Thomas 32-yard interception return (Hall kick), 2:45
Records: Andrew Jackson 1-1, Nease 0-1.
Photo Gallery by Will Brown
