Bryan Burchfield

Sports Correspondent

SWEETWATER-Sweetwater handled oliver Springs 29-6 Friday night.

The Wildcats got on the board first, on their opening drive of the game, with a 70-yard drive capped off by a touchdown pass and catch from Andrew Barr to Zack Neil. The extra point was blocked and Sweetwater led 6-0 at 8:44 in the first quarter. Early in the 2nd quarter, the Wildcat defense recovered a fumble on the Oliver Springs 26-yard line.

The offense was unable to get it in the end zone so Garrett Zickgraf came in and added a 24-yard field goal increasing Sweetwater's lead to 9-0.

A couple possessions later, Sweetwater got the football on their own 29-yard line and proceeded to march down the field 71 yards and scored on a Jordan McGaughey 14-yard run with 3:42 left in the half.

Sweetwater attempted a two point conversion and failed making the score 15-0. Oliver Springs returned the ensuing kickoff down to the Sweetwater 37-yard line. This set up the Bobcats only score of the night, which came a couple plays later on a 35-yard Brandon Buck touchdown pass to John Simms.

The extra point try was no good but Oliver Springs had got back in the game at 15-6. Sweetwater started the next drive at their own 33 yard line with 2 minutes left in the half.

A Jordan McGauhey touchdown run with :20 seconds left on the clock and the extra point by Zickgraf, the Wildcats led 22-6 at the break.

Sweetwater took the opening kick of the second half and looked for the knockout blow. They put the Bobcats away after their 66-yard drive ended with another touchdown run by Jordan McGaughey that covered 26 yards at 9:00 to go in the 3rd quarter.

The Sweetwater defense held Oliver Springs to just 88 yards rushing, forced 3 turnovers, and collected 6 sacks on the night. ZackNeil led the defense with 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble. Neil also had a touchdown reception on offense.

Meanwhile, the Sweetwater offense racked up 360 yards on the ground. Jordan McGaughey accounted for 249 of those yards on 32 carries and 3 touchdowns. With the 29-6 win, Sweetwater starts the season 4-0 for the first time in ten years. More photos will be in Wednesday's edition.