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Union County holds off Greer, 42-28, in matchup of Region unbeatens

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Published on Saturday, October 22, 2016

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Greer's Quay White scored three touchdowns and rushed for a game-leading 119 yards.
 

Greer's Quay White scored three touchdowns and rushed for a game-leading 119 yards.

 

Union County beat Greer, 42-28, Friday night in a Region II-AAAA football game at Union.

Brandon Thompson threw five touchdown passes, four to Shi Smith, and Union County built a 21-0 lead with 10:50 remaining the first half to turn back Greer.

Thompson threw scoring passes covering 55-, 37-, 15- and 16-yards to Smith. Smith accounted for 187 receiving yards. Thompson’s 22-yard scoring strike o Quadric Smith accounted for the five total TD passes.

De’Shaun Holmes scored on a 3-yard run to account for Union’s touchdowns. Blake Johnson connected on all six points after touchdowns kicks.

Quay White scored three of Greer’s four TDs on runs of 30-, 50- and 5 yards. White ran 20 times for 119 yards as the Yellow Jackets ran a total of 32 times for 104 net yards.

Greer quarterback Trey Houston moved Greer to the final margin when he scored on a 5-yard run with 6:06 left in the game.

Union built a 28-14 halftime lead and matched Greer’s 14 points in the second half.

Union County is 4-0 in the region and 5-4 overall. Greer is 2-1 in the region and 5-4 overall.

Greer will end the regular season with a losing road record at 2-3. The loss Friday night gives Greer its second two-game losing streak this season. The Yellow Jackets beat Clinton to end its season-opening two-game deficit.

The 14-point loss to Union now moves Greer to a deficit in scoring this year with 244 points scored while giving up 257 points, an average of 28.5 points relinquished per game.

Greer hosts rival Blue Ridge, 1-2 in the region and 2-8 overall, next Friday in the regular season final. Eastside beat Blue Ridge 56-22 Friday night.

 

SCORE BY QUARTERS

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 OT 

TOTAL

(V) Greer

0

14

0

14

0

28

(H) Union

14

14

7

7

0

42

Team

 

Time

 

Scoring Play

Conversion

Plays/Yds

Score

UCHS

1

08:39

    

Brandon THOMPSON Passes to Shi SMITH COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock08:39 55 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

2 / 63

0 - 7

UCHS

1

03:15

    

Brandon THOMPSON Passes to Quadric SMITH COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:15 22 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

7 / 54

0 - 14

UCHS

2

10:50

    

Brandon THOMPSON Passes to Shi SMITH COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock10:50 37 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

4 / 55

0 - 21

GHS

2

08:36

    

Quay White Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:36 30 yds

PAT Kick by Andres Toro GOOD.

6 / 60

7 - 21

UCHS

2

01:45

    

De'Shaun HOLMES Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:51 3 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

7 / 80

7 - 28

GHS

2

00:00

    

Quay White Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:00 50 yds

PAT Kick by Andres Toro GOOD.

2 / 36

14 - 28

UCHS

3

09:05

    

Brandon THOMPSON Passes to Shi SMITH COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock09:05 15 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

7 / 76

14 - 35

GHS

4

06:06

    

Quay White Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:06 5 yds

PAT Kick by Andres Toro GOOD.

6 / 61

21 - 35

UCHS

4

03:46

    

Brandon THOMPSON Passes to Shi SMITH COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock03:46 16 yds

PAT Kick by Blake JOHNSON GOOD.

6 / 50

21 - 42

GHS

4

01:03

    

Trey Houston Passes to Cameron Kelly COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:0324 yds

PAT Kick by Andres Toro GOOD.

6 / 68

28 - 42

TEAM

GHS

UCHS

 

(VISITOR)

(HOME)

Score

28

42

First Downs

18

22

Rushes / Yards (Net)

32 / 104

35 / 180

Passing Yards (Net)

201

238

Passes -- Att / Comp / Int

27/18/0

22/14/0

Total Offensive Plays / Yards

59 / 305

57 / 418

Fumble Returns / Yards

0 / 0

0 / 0

Punt Returns / Yards

0 / 0

2 / 0

Kickoff Returns / Yards

6 / 114

3 / 16

Interception Returns / Yards

0 / 0

0 / 0

Punts (Number/Average)

7 / 29.6

4 / 38.0

Fumbles / Lost

1 / 0

2 / 2

Penalties / Yards

8 / 75

11 / 95

Possession Time

23:05

24:55

 

GHS

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

UCHS

 

 

 

 

Rushing

Att

Net

TD

Lg

Avg

Quay White

20

119

3

50

 6.0

Matthew Huff

3

11

0

8

 3.7

Dre Williams

2

2

0

2

 1.0

Trey Houston

6

-13

0

4

-2.2

Rushing

Att

Net

TD

Lg

Avg

Brandon Thompson

14

85

0

21

 6.1

Markevious Glenn

10

65

0

39

 6.5

De'Shaun Holmes

8

26

1

13

 3.3

Debo Woods

1

4

0

4

4.0 

 

 

Passing

Att

Comp

Int

Yds

TD

Lg

Trey Houston

27

18

0

201

1

24

Passing

Att

Comp

Int

Yds

TD

Lg

Brandon Thompson

22

14

0

238

5

55

 

 

Passing Receiving

No

Yards

TD

Lg

Alex Syphertt

5

56

0

21

Braxton Collins

4

45

0

17

Cameron Kelly

3

52

1

24

Chris Quinn

3

32

0

15

Passing Receiving

No

Yards

TD

Lg

Shi Smith

11

187

4

55

Quadric Smith

2

29

1

22

Anthony McClaren

1

22

0

22

 

 

Punting

No

Yards

Avg

TB

I20

Lg

Sam Gravley

6

182

 30.3

0

0

42

Punting

No

Yards

Avg

TB

I20

Lg

Will Hoacher

4

152

 38.0

2

1

45

 

 

Punt Returns

 

Yards

TD

Lg

Punt Returns

 

Yards

TD

Lg

Dee Davis

1

0

0

0

Shi Smith

1

0

0

0

 

 

Kick Returns

No

Yards

TD

Lg

Quay White

2

46

0

32

Dre Williams

2

42

0

24

Kick Returns

No

Yards

TD

Lg

Aaron Parham

1

10

0

10

Michael Purdie

1

9

0

9

 

 

 

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