Demonettes set flag football program record with 65-0 domination of Montgomery County

WARNER ROBINS — The Bert Rumble Complex has never seen anything like what it saw on Wednesday.

The Warner Robins Demonettes (9-1) set a program record for points scored with a 65-0 drubbing of Montgomery County (0-13), smashing the previous record of 46 set in 2022.

That accomplishment doesn’t purely belong to the offense, however, because the defense and special teams both scored.

Warner Robins went up 34-0 with their first pick-six and the point-after attempt. On the ensuing drive, senior Kherington Johnson ran back a 40-yard punt return touchdown as the first-half buzzer expired to put the Demonettes up 40-0 at the break.

“We just had complementary football,” said David Flanders, Warner Robins’ head flag football coach. “The defense was making plays, the offense made plays and even special teams made plays tonight. So when you have all three phases come together in a game like tonight, you put points on the board more than you normally do.”

Johnson was, as usual, a bright spot.

She opened the game with two rushing touchdowns and added the punt return before half. To start the third quarter, quarterback Jada Philips sat back and watched Johnson dart behind the defense and catch a 65-yard bomb for her fourth and final score.

That brings her season total up to 13 of the team’s 27 touchdowns.

Flanders had a lot to say not just about her skills, but her leadership and work ethic, too.

“She works hard every day at practice. There’s not a rep that she takes off,” Flanders said. “She’s one of those rare breed of players that you get. She couldn’t catch as a freshman, all she could do was run the ball. Now, I haven’t really seen her drop a lot of passes. She doesn’t make mistakes. She’s a captain, she’s a leader, she’s coachable. I mean, there’s a lot of good things to say about her.”

The defense is approaching a record of their own after their ninth shutout victory of the season. They’re now one game shy of tying the program record of 10 shutouts in a season, set by the 2024 squad.

Their speed overwhelmed the Lady Eagles and they lived in the backfield. Montgomery County didn’t earn a first down until around 6:30 was left in the third quarter, and that came on a contact penalty against the Demonettes.

“They just do the simple things right. They do their job and they do the fundamentals well,” Flanders said. “That’s all we coach in practice. … Making clean tackles, not having penalties, that’s what makes them special.”

A record-breaking performance against an inferior opponent doesn’t mean Warner Robins is without flaws, Flanders emphasized after the game.

The Demonettes have two more games before the start of region play. Division-4 Area 2 is an intimate region with familiar opponents: Northside (9-2), Veterans (7-7), Houston County (3-7), Peach County (2-6) and Perry (2-7).

Warner Robins is looking for back-to-back region championships for the first time.

“There’s always something to clean up. We play in a very rivalry-driven region with some very good teams,” Flanders said. “Anybody in this region can win it. There’s things we just have to clean up, things we have to do better, so we’re going to work on those things going into region play.”

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Warner Robins will play two more games, against Metter and Beach, before starting region play. The first game is scheduled for Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. at Metter High School.