BEARVILLE — Appling County’s Jaiden Knight scored three touchdowns finishing the night with 276 yards rushing leading the Pirates to the Region 3-AA title here Friday night with a 31-14 victory over Pierce County.
Knight’s 64-yard run in the second period gave Appling County (7-3 overall, 4-0 region) a 17-7 halftime advantage. He scored on runs of 13 and 28 yards in the third period pushing the margin out to 31-7.
“Not getting our alignment was the whole key,” said head coach Ryan Herring. “The cornerstone of every defensive scheme is getting aligned. The only set that hurt us was not being able to get aligned against our ‘Big Bear’ with two tight ends, a wing and a sniffer.”
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