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| Zach Long, Jared Barber and De’Vonta Scott gang tackle a Demon. |
Nick Bohannon pulled off a dramatic start, racing 99 yards on the game’s first play from scrimmage. A penalty reduced the run to 79 yards, but it sent a jolt of electricity and confidence through the home team and its fans. Davie scored four plays after Bohannon’s incredible start, but Davie’s spirit was quickly squashed by Reynolds’ relentless defense and the Demons’ mighty mite of a quarterback, the 5-8, 140-pound Craven Knotts.
The War Eagles and their fans were stunned speechless in the first half, and they went home dejected and dazed following a 33-23 defeat.
Knotts carved Davie up with 14-of-25 passing for 284 yards and five touchdowns as the Demons extinguished Davie’s three-game winning streak in the Central Piedmont Conference opener for both teams. The ninth-ranked Demons seem to be on a mission, improving to 7-0. Davie tumbled to 3-4.
“I was a little jittery,” Knotts told the Winston-Salem Journal. “I hadn’t played at Davie before. It was a big crowd and homecoming and everything. But the O-line and receivers did a great job, and we were able to make some big plays.”
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