HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SUMMARY: Bandys 51, W. Stokes 14

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).

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