The theatrics were all out today at East Ascension as they played their homecoming game against Live Oak. Both bands music was blasting and fireworks where firing as the game began to kick off with East Ascension receiving. East Ascension would start the game on the ground as running back Jason Blackburn recorded a first down. This would be followed up by running back Zaylen Smith picking up a first down with East Ascension establishing their run game early. East Ascension’s backfield would move them all the way to the goal line but Live Oak would come up with the big 4th down stop from their defensive line. This would be followed up by East Ascensions defense quickly stifling Live Oaks offense with defensive lineman Jhaivon Johnson coming up with a sack. Alongside this rough drive Live Oak would only punt the ball around 15 yards starting East Ascension with the ball in scoring position. The Spartans would swiftly take advantage of this on a touchdown pass to wide receiver Jayden Ursin that would make the score 8-0 after a successful 2 point conversion. Live Oak would begin their next drive passing to receiver Tazien Sykes who would gain 8 yards. After this though they would lose a multitude of yardage after picking up back to back flags. The eagles would get saved though as East Ascension would then pick up a flag of their own on a pass interference call. After this Live Oak’s quarterback Cayden Jones would get mobile gaining a first on a 13 yard run. Then, Live Oak would pick up an offensive pass interference call that would leave them at 2nd & 22 at the end of the first quarter.
Live Oak would begin the second strong with a pass and run from Cayden Jones picking up a first down for them. Alongside this a pass to Tazein Sykes would quickly gain them another first. This though would then cause East Ascension’s defense to wake up with lineman Tony Miles picking up a sack and Javon Javius catching a massive interception in the red zone. East Ascension begun their drive with a pass to Jayden Ursin that would pick up 12 yards and a first. They would then begin to struggle to move the sticks ending up at 4th & 1 off a 9 yard catch from Jeremyah Merriweather. Live Oak would come up with the big 4th down stop giving them the ball around midfield. The Eagles drive would start off shaky with 2 incompletions so Cayden Jones decided to keep the ball and run for a 12 yard gain on 3rd down. He would also follow this up with a 36 yard pass to receiver Cash Davis and then a touchdown pass to Landry Smart putting the score at 8-7 East Ascension leading. East Ascension would then immediately increase their lead on a 84 yard kickoff return touchdown by Jayden Ursin putting the score at 15-7 their way. Live Oak would then begin the ball on their own 32 yard line thanks to the return by Tazein Sykes. Then, a pass to Cash Davis would pick up a first down on a 13 yard gain. Live Oak’s next pass though would end up intercepted by Micah Levy giving East Ascension the ball. They would start their drive on the ground from runs from Zaylen Smith and Jamarius Mccarty gaining them a first down. After this though they would lose yardage on a false start that they would be unable to recover from forcing them to kick a field goal that would put East Ascension up 18-7. Returning the ball to their 24 yard line Live Oak would come out on this drive slinging with passes to Cash Davis, Calvin Ursin, and Landry Smart all gaining first downs respectively. To top it all off Live Oak would end this drive with a 12 yard passing touchdown to Calvin Ursin making the score 14-18 east Ascension to end the half.
Live Oak began with the ball in the third and would start strong with a pass to Landry Smart that gained them 20 yards followed by a catch from Tazein Sykes that would gain 12 yards. This barrage was short lived though as East Ascension’s Micah Levy would come up with a big interception. After this, they would come out firing with Jeremyah Merriweather gaining 30 yards on a reception. This would be followed by a Jamarius Mccarty first down run. East Ascension ends up on a crucial 3rd & 11 that they would not only convert but also score on a pass to Jayden Ursin giving him his second touchdown of the day on a 35 yard reception making the score 24-14 their way. Live Oak would subsequently receive the ball to the 26 yard line, lose 15 yards on a penalty, and then punt the ball promptly. East Ascension would then pick up 3 straight incompletions forcing them to bring out their punt team. Although the punt would actually wind up as a fake, it simply ended with a 4th incompletion that gave the ball back to Live Oak. In the battle for the most turnovers in this quarter Live Oak’s offense runs out to the field and valiantly throws an interception to East Ascension’s Carson Landry. East Ascension’s Jason Blackburn would then use this momentum to score a 53 yard touchdown run that would put him and the Spartans up 31-14. Live Oak would then get the ball and give it to Brayden Felton who would single-handedly pick up 3 first downs off two runs and a reception. Afterwards they switched their focus to Calvin Ursin who would pick up two first downs of himself off receptions. This fun was brought to an abrupt halt though as East Ascensions defense would force a fumble with Tony Miles recovering the ball for them. East Ascension would follow this up with a 83 yard touchdown reception from Jeremyah Merriweather swiftly putting the score at 38-14 East Ascension.
Live Oak would begin their drive with passes to Tazein Sykes picking up 35 yards on 2 receptions. However, a sack from Tony Miles would put Live Oak at 4th & 8 where they would throw an incompletion causing a turnover on downs to begin the 4th quarter. East Ascension was then unable to run the ball effectively forcing them to punt the football right back to Live Oak. They would begin their next drive with a run by Cayden Jones that would gain a first. East Ascension would have their way on the next 2 downs with Courtney Thomas recording a pass break up and Tony Miles picking up his second sack. On the third down Calvin Ursin would get a first down followed by a 20 yard run by Cayden Jones for another first down. This drive would then be ended by Tazein Sykes who would catch a touchdown to make the score 21-38 East Ascension. East Ascension would then get the ball run some clock out and quickly punt. Their defense would immediately deliver with Carson Landry picking up a sack. Calvin Ursin would get Live Oak out of this divot by gaining back to back first downs on receptions. Alongside this a Jake Landry reception would gain them 20 yards. Then, East Ascension’s Jhaivon Johnson would pick up a sack and Courtney Thomas would record an interception to seal the game at 38-21 East Ascension winning handedly.
Our goal was to make them drive and shrink the field and be able to play our brand of defense. And I thought we did that, we created some opportunities and some opportunities fell into our lap. But, just proud of our coaches they put together a great gameplan and our kids worked so hard this week at practice. The scout team was great giving us that up-tempo look so, just kudos to our defensive coordinator Darrius Carroll and the defensive staff they did a great job so extremely proud of them.
East Ascension Head Coach Brock Matherne
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