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GREEN COVE SPRINGS - In a second half bludgeoning up front, the Clay High Blue Devils football team looked like the Clay High Blue Devils’ football team that most people have gotten used to …
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS - In a second half bludgeoning up front, the Clay High Blue Devils football team looked like the Clay High Blue Devils’ football team that most people have gotten used to seeing in the past decade as the resurgent Blue Devils blasted West Nassau 50-22 Friday night in Green Cove Springs.
“I say it all the time, these kids just want to win so badly,” said first year Clay head coach Kyle Kennard who remains the county’s only unbeaten team after Oakleaf toppled Fleming Island in overtime. “We give them enough scheme that we match with their athletic abilities and they just get after it. It’s fun to watch.”
Junior running back Al’Querious Ray spearheaded the full frontal assaut with 250 yards on the ground with three scores most of them with an ending of blatant velocity on West Nassau tackler wanna-bes.
“When Q (Ray) is on, it opens up a lot of things for us on offense and it also cranks up the defense because he runs tough,” said Kennard. “Guys trying to tackle him in the fourth quarter are going to get hit hard.”
In the first half, it was quarterback Tre Griner going coast to coast via foot and via air with a 50 yard midfield scamper in the first quarter to answer a defensive shutdown of West Nassau’s first offensive series; led by a smothering sack by linebacker Ramsey McCloud on a quarterback scamper.
Griner called his own number on a quarterback draw on first down at the 50, hurdled one tackler in a gaping hole and sprinted to paydirt.
“We take what they give,” said Griner. “They tested us the first half and stopped the run. Coach Kyle always stresses adversity, adversity. Adjust and execute.”
A second massive defensive effort put Griner a tad off the 50 yard mark; the Clay 36, but the wily field general lofted a dimed pass to tailback D’Maurion Frazier on a wheel route in front of the Clay bench who finished off the final 30 yards on his own to paste a 14-0 lead with 7:11 still on the first quarter clock.
“It’s getting fun,” said Griner. “D’Maurion has been my favorite target since last year.”
Defense struck again in Clay fashion after West Nassau drove to the Blue Devils 22 on a series of quick flick passes, but the Warriors got greedy and quarterback Brady Wright instead found defensive back Jarvis Lee at the 11 to thwart the drive.
“He’s just a sophomore, but he makes big time plays,” said Kennard. “We expect those plays from him.”
The Lee steal yielded no points and West Nassau regrouped to score off a similar quick out attack on the Blue Devil secondary that got a one yard scoring plunge from Wright to 14-7.
Clay was beheaded by two holding penalties on their ensuing drive to give West Nassau the ball, but defensive end Josh Jordan held back a bit on his pass rush to nearly hand-swipe one of West Nassau’s quick out passes near midfield.
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