Cole Pickett, a four-year-old starter as a quarterback, led an eight-game, 43-yard scoring march that was underscored by a 21-yard completion at Kolby Barnes broad open within the center.

Within the subsequent play after the catch by Barnes, the 5-foot-5 Sawyers accelerated into the top zone for the one rating Galax wanted.

It was the seventh straight loss towards Maroon Tide for GW (1-1, 1-1), however it did not go like a few of these earlier encounters throughout this slippage. For instance, the Maroons suffered a 52-6 loss to Galax on the identical pitch within the 2019 Area 1C title sport.

“We’ve got a gaggle of children who got here up with the perspective that we’ll play like George Wythe as an alternative of caring about who we play,” Harner stated. “Defensively, I could not be extra happy with them with our efforts to maintain this quarterback [Cole Pickett] below envelopes like we did and this racing sport below envelopes as a lot as we did.

“Offensively, every part shall be tremendous. The subsequent three weeks, we simply must fine-tune and type out a couple of issues. If we exit and compete like we did each week, we’ll be laborious to beat.

Braydon Thompson had 86 receiving yards and 15 speeding yards to steer George Wythe.

The Maroons did not do something on the pitch as Galax pressured quarterback Ben Jollay all day, dropping him behind the road of scrimmage 9 occasions. Ian Ashworth, Riley Jo Vaught and Austin Ashworth have been amongst Tide’s defensive leaders.