Sequoyah High School’s football team improved its record to 3-0 after a decisive 37-6 win over Kell at Skip Pope Stadium on Friday. The victory brought head coach James Teter within one game of reaching 100 career wins in Georgia.
The Chiefs’ defense played a key role by limiting Kell quarterback Kaleb Narcisse and the Longhorns’ offense. Brooks Darling, who contributed on both sides of the ball, recorded two interceptions for Sequoyah. The defense did not allow a touchdown until the fourth quarter.
“Our defense played outstanding,” Teter said. “We felt like we had to eat up time, and even though we were only getting three at times, we were still getting the clock to run down. We had a couple of turnovers that really helped us get a lead big enough where we were confident they wouldn’t come back.”
On offense, Sequoyah relied on running back Will Rajecki, who finished with 223 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries. The Chiefs attempted few passes but executed a trick play when Rajecki completed a 21-yard pass to quarterback Kolby Martin.
Kell’s defense managed to hold Sequoyah to field goals on several drives in the first half, with kicker Leif Hansen converting all three attempts.
“It’s awesome because we know if we get across the 50, we’re going to try and at least get some points out of it,” Teter said. “We don’t have to worry about whether we need to go for it on fourth down. (Hansen) came up huge tonight.”
Despite the loss, Kell running back Moonie Gibson rushed for 184 yards on 25 carries. Narcisse was limited to 131 passing yards on eight completions out of eighteen attempts.
“It was about limiting those explosive plays – we preached that all week,” Darling said. “They have a lot of good athletes, so we really had to just keep everything in front of us and make them drive it down the field.”
Kell scored its only touchdown early in the fourth quarter following long pass completions from Narcisse to Donte Grant and Brayden Rouse before Rajecki responded with a long touchdown run for Sequoyah.
This game marked Sequoyah’s last non-region contest before starting region play against Riverwood next week.
“They’re all important because we want to win, but they don’t mean anything in the region,” Teter said. “So really, region-wise, we’re still 0-0. We are just using this to get better for what we want to do down the road.”
Kell will begin its Region 6AAAA schedule in October against Blessed Trinity and will travel next week to face Wheeler.
