Harris County Defeats Manchester, 28-0

The Manchester High Blue Devils were to kickoff the season on Friday, Aug. 21 but Mother Nature had another idea and the game was rescheduled to Saturday, Aug. 22 due to the extreme weather. Unfortunately, on Saturday the Blue Devils were defeated by the visiting Harris County High Tigers by a score of 28-0.
While the Blue Devils were defeated by the higher classification team, Manchester players showed had moments of greatness with some explosive plays on offense and some solid defensive plays. With the first game out of the way, Coach Demota Prather and his team are looking to rebound this coming week.
Quarterback Jaden Hodo had a good outing for Manchester completing four of 11 passes for 67-yards and rushing once for 5-yards.
Jacori Anthony rushed for 38-yards on six carries; Justus Kempson rushed for 30-yards on one carry and had -yards receiving; Codofee Revell rushed for 28-yards on eight carries and Ketzmin Dixon rushed for 23 yards on six carries.
As a team the Blue Devils completed the game with 199-yards of offense.
Upcoming for Manchester
This Friday night, Aug. 28, the Blue Devils will travel to Ellaville to play the Schley County High Wildcats.
The Wildcats are 1-0 after defeating Turner County in the season opener by a score of 41-26 on the road.
The Wildcats will rely heavily on the leadership of sophomore quarterback Clay Hicks. Hicks was 10 of 16 passing for 160-yards and four touchdowns against Turner County. He also rushed once for 5-yards.
Freshman Miqueal Jones is a strong receiving threat for the Wildcats and had four receptions for 60-yards and a touchdown.
Senior running back Jeremiah Johnson will be a running threat as well. Johnson rushed for 97-yards on 17 carriers and scored a touchdown for the Wildcats against Turner.
The Wildcat defense is led by senior Amir Nelson, who had 14 tackles overall against Turner and senior Jayden Figueroa, who had 13 tackles.
This should prove to be a good contest for the Blue Devils. Kickoff time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.