Bandys High’s Colt Stamey (40) and Nate Mirman (60) stop West Stokes’ Tyler Smith on Friday night at Bandys, where the third-seeded Trojans held West Stokes to 23 yards rushing on 25 carries in a 51-14 victory in the second round of the state 2AA football playoffs./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
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FRIDAY’S SECOND ROUND STATE 2AA SUMMARY
BANDYS PLAYOFF HISTORY
The five highest-scoring playoff games for the Trojans:
Points Opp./Year/Round Score
68 Beaver Creek, 1971, 1 68-0
54 at Alleghany, 1970, 1 54-24
51 W. Stokes, 2018, 2 51-14
49 at Newton-Con., 2012, 2 49-24
49 W. Montgomery, 1998, 1 49-0
Bandys’ state playoff wins by 35 or more points:
Margin Opp./Year/Round Score
68 Beaver Creek, 1971, 1 68-0
49 W. Montgomery, 1998, 1 49-0
40 W. Iredell, 2002, 1 47-7
37 W. Stokes, 2018, 2 51-14
37 W. Stokes, 2004, 1 37-0
35 at Mooresville, 1996, 2 35-0
35 S. Iredell, 2009, 1 42-7
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.
No. 3 BANDYS 51
No. 6 WEST STOKES 14
W. Stokes 7 7 0 0—14
Bandys 7 17 14 13—51
Scoring summary
First quarter
B—Ethan Howard 6 run (Ben Joseph kick), 4:25
WS—Chris Brown 31 pass from Tyler Smith (Caleb Peters kick), 45.5
Second quarter
B—Howard 75 run (Joseph kick), 4:38
B—FG Joseph 33, 2:14
B—Lake Hojnacki 1 run (Joseph kick), 40.0
WS—Zan Sandlin 38 pass from Smith (Peters kick), 0.8
Third quarter
B—Hojnacki 1 run (Joseph kick), 9:56
B—Hojnacki 7 run (Joseph kick), 3:50
Fourth quarter
B—Howard 50 run (Joseph kick), 8:12
B—Hojnacki 24 run (kick failed), 3:49
Bandys High quarterback Lake Hojnacki, who gained 55 yards on 11 carries and scored four rushing TDs on Friday night, heads upfield with Elijah Clarke (7) ready to block against West Stokes./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
WS B
First downs 11 19
Rushes-yards 25-23 59-463
Passing 10-27-1 2-6-0
Passing yards 153 24
Total yards 176 487
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 4-1
Penalties-yards 4-43 10-82
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
W. Stokes: Brown 7-14, Smith 9-minus 14, Amon Conrad 7-24, Brighton Berthrong 1-minus 3, Sam Probst 1-2.
Bandys: Isaiah Talbert 3-15, Elijah Clarke 13-124, Hunter Jones 1-5, Howard 22-230, Hojnacki 11-55, Isaiah Gilchrist 5-18, Jacob Ellis 1-3, Joshua Williams 1-15, Team 2-minus 2.
PASSING
W. Stokes: Smith 10-27-1 153.
Bandys: Hojnacki 2-6-0 24.
RECEIVING
W. Stokes: Kelin Parsons 3-25, Sandlin 4-95, Brown 2-28, Conrad 1-5.
Bandys: Howard 1-4, Clarke 1-20.
NOTES
Senior running back Ethan Howard (32) set another school record in Bandys High’s home playoff victory over West Stokes on Friday night, posting the most rushing yards in a single-season. The record was previously held by Chris Douglas (2,093 in 1998)./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
Bandys (12-1) will play at No. 1 Hibriten (13-0) next Friday in a third-round game at 7:30 p.m., a rematch of a first-round postseason game at Hibriten won last year 56-7 by the Panthers…Howard broke the single-season rushing record with a gain of 75 yards on his ninth carry of the game, passing the 2,093 yards by Chris Douglas in 1998… Howard’s official rushing statistics are gleaned from game film by the Bandys coaching staff; his unofficial totals for Friday’s game are 22 carries for 230 yards… His current career totals, unofficially – 619 carries for 4,450 yards in 47 games and, for this season, 269 carries for 2,215 yards… Howard has 23 career games of 100 or more yards rushing, 10 of them coming this season… Bandys improved to 22-4 in postseason games in Garry Butler Memorial Stadium and 36-23 in state playoff games… The Trojans beat the Wildcats for the second time in a postseason game with the previous win coming in 2004 (37-0, first round, Bandys eventually lost in semifinals to Charlotte Catholic).