Sports
Centennial Edges Spartans in Final Minute
Centennial's season-opening football game provided a lot of excitement on the field and in the stands.
The Knights rode in to spoil the Spartans’ season opener with a 27-22 comeback win at Campbell Stadium in the final minutes of the game on Friday night.
The Spartans scored a pair of second quarter touchdowns to build a 14-0 lead, but watched as the Knights found the end zone on three of their next four possessions to take a 21-14 lead entering the final quarter.
Back came the Spartans, however, as quarterback Austin Green’s 1-yard scoring run, and subsequent 2-point conversion scamper put Campbell up 22-21 with 7:16 remaining.
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The Knights didn’t quit, though, as they controlled the clock and maneuvered downfield to score the winning touchdown with under a minute to play. Quarterback Jimmy Meyer scored on a 1-yard sneak with 44 seconds left as the Knights were able to escape out of Smyrna with a 27-22 victory.
Green finished the night with 95 yards rushing and two scores and added another 72 yards passing through the air. Running back Darius Harris ran for 104 yards on 18 carries for the Spartans.
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Elsewhere, the Whitefield Academy Wolfpack got their season started right with a 38-13 win at Walker. Smyrna-Vinings Patch will provide additional coverage of these games on Saturday. – Hunt Archbold
Centennial Statistics:
Rushing
Zietrick Smith (Sr): 20 carries for 101 yards and two touch downs
Cameron Malone (Sr): seven carries for 29 yards
Jimmy Meyer (Sr): 11 carries for 21 and two touch downs
Passing
Jimmy Meyer (Sr): seven of 14 for 162 yards
Receiving
Wade Francis (Sr): four catches for 123 yards
Christain Robinson (So): three catches for 39 yards
