FRIDAY NIGHT RIVALS: ESCAMBIA AT WASHINGTON

you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people good evening everyone and thank you so much for tuning in we appreciate that very much it's week two of friday night rivals tonight we are live from washington high school it's the escambia gators coming over to northeast pensacola to take on the wildcats i'm christian garman along with jeff price and jeff boy it feels great out here it certainly feels like football weather it is football weather and i know you're stoked about tonight's game oh absolutely i mean the weather the way it is with everything beautiful weather after hurricane sally people are starting to recover hey couldn't be anywhere better and we're looking for something special tonight if you're a wildcat fan right it's been a while since they uh took down a scandinavian since 2011 home or away it doesn't matter this washington wildcat squad has not beat escambia in that long and remember this timeline or a little bit later last year the washington wildcats were going into escambia 8-0 and they came out with a 50-7 loss so uh revenge tonight and talked to coach wyden about that uh coach whitten from washington earlier this week he said you know christian uh we got a lot better last year but we were beating teams we were supposed to be the teams that we lost to were the really really good teams and we want to turn that corner and they have a chance to do that tonight against a very good escambia team that made it to the state championship game last year yeah really for a scambia when you talk about it this team is loaded again so i'm tell you right now this is two of the best teams in our area no doubt about it we're gonna have a lot of fun it should be a great night so let's talk about the northwest florida state keys to victory uh let's start with escambia what do they have to do to win here on the road get the ball to jojo blackman i mean two touchdowns last week one rushing one receiving and an even interception on the defensive side of the ball this young man is all over the field he's got nine division one offers from kentucky tennessee teams like that and there's a reason for that the wildcats have to be able to slow him down one of the best players if not the best in northwest florida he's going to be exciting to watch so how about for the wildcats what are their keys to victory how do they do it there's a lot of athletes on this team great d1 prospects but i'm going with the sophomore quarterback amiel steele this young man threw four touchdowns i know it was tate last last week no offense to tate but not the same style of team here they need a lot of production for their young quarterback and we'll find out if he can produce and we'll find out how this all plays out coming up next we start with kickoff two minutes from now it's friday night rivals glad you're with us [Music] just after seven o'clock glad you're with us everybody friday night rivals a truly beautiful night on the gulf coast nice and cool completely clear the gators have just taken the field and now here come the wild cats this is a sellout crowd tonight but of course these days a sell-out crowd means something different than it used to they're packing it at 30 percent but the wildcats have sold the crowd out there's a nice crowd so that'll add some some nice atmosphere this really i think jeff is going to be a good game let's take a look at the starting lineups while we have a minute i can tell you uh the wildcats of course you can see here they've got chase johnson number six there on the offensive line along with khalifa sane tyler brown darius franklin connor rivkin eric smith aiden freeman deandre smiley ariel steele amiel steele and greg bullard will be running for them tonight and that of course brought to us by pete moore thank you mr moore we appreciate that starting lineup brought to you there there you can see the gators as they are getting ready to take the field washington won the toss they will receive escambia tonight their defense will hit the field in just a moment herschel jefferson tabari taylor great week last week for mr taylor dedrick geeter uh michael legge billy williams jalen norris charlie brown love it aquarium alvarezzo eric burch jaden payne and samari allen and again thank you pete moore for that starting lineup so now we uh get ready here it looks like jeff and uh this is not this is gonna be a great game but you and i were talking before this is not the only game in town literally some big games tonight yeah there really is a lot of rivalry games tonight navarre taking on gulf breeze the beach bowl cup pace at milton tate at phs north view to scamby academy west florida pensacola catholic i mean hey you look even crestview niceville and baker and jay are playing so a lot of great games tonight should be fun we'll bring you some scores throughout the night and we're underway looks like darian gilbert will field it at about the 15. has some room too takes it out to the 31-yard line a nice start for the wildcats and uh here comes escambia hey listen scambia last year had an incredible year made it to the state championship game did not win the state title nonetheless a great year and i know coach bennett is as he told me on the phone just last night they accept nothing but perfection they're looking to do it again this year yeah losing to miami central uh by the way that backfield was littered with nothing but four and five star athletes so hey you know what though it doesn't matter to coach bennett nothing but win win win and he expects the exact same so gonna be a lot of fun tonight though [Music] amy allen will keep it himself here [Music] that was actually so right off the bat uh sorry i just uh naturally said emil but no that was mr smiley who is a terrific offensive player for wildcats and i think he's gonna get a lot of touches tonight sometimes it looks like straight from the snap yeah absolutely and another guy to look out for is obviously to the bottom of the field right there number five you see him lined up by deandre smiley eric smith jr young man goes six four six five whatever you want to call it he is an absolute monster and a hard commit to middle tennessee state so gonna be a lot of fun to watch him on saturdays next year so right off the bat a long and long first down for the wildcats on the sneaky start [Applause] there [Applause] [Music] check that it's second down now and four this time he wants to pass and he's got a man wide open no he didn't yeah didn't pull it in there it's a good pass that's his brother by the way ariel still senior aerial steel who he threw a deep 40-yard bomb to last week and uh you know one thing that you know coach whitney has talked about this before is amy l steele does not want to disappoint his brother you love to see stuff like that so gonna be a lot of fun yeah it was cool he told me that uh when ariel uh my brother amiel threw the touchdown pass he said as soon as it left his arm he was racing downfield he said he was the first person to give his brother a hug so cool moment last week he's gonna drop back again this time he's gonna keep it he will get the long and long first down and then some still on his feet and a nice carry there for amy l steel big pickup i mean great job by the offensive line opening up the gaps there nobody look great decision by the way this is a sophomore and i know people go well you know it looks like it was wide open yeah but a lot of times guys sit back in the pocket they get anxious they want to throw the football down the field hey stay calm take what the defense gives you and how about that long and long first down yeah that's a big play on third down and they just crossed midfield this time it's a handoff to greg bullard he'll get a lot of carries tonight picks up a couple there [Applause] greg bullard had a touchdown last week against tate by the way this washington team jumped out five touchdowns in the first half against tate which was a 37 point lead there getting that running clock going this is not tape but i'll tell you what however offense so far so good moving it down second down now in about eight the 45-yard line of escambia email wants to pass right over the middle there he's got his man too and uh that's a pickup couple yards shot yeah gilbert makes the catch there looks like it'll be just shy of a first down it's gonna be third down at about two and that's what you gotta do dank and dumb gets his defense because i tell you what that's a good defense on the other side of the ball especially the linebacker positions [Applause] first down see this is what i love about coach wyden's squad these guys out here you know this remember there's a lot of guys in that 0-10 team they go 8-0 last year they play as gambi they get blown out 50 to 7. if you're telling me right now coach mike bennett didn't make a statement of that game you're fooling yourself and hard counts like that on third and short that's gimmies i mean that takes a veteran line right there to get it done leads to a long and long first down now at the 35 yard line this time they're going to hand it off again and that's a big run from mr buller who gets out to the corner and picks up about four or five there and you know you're right again coach whidden flat out said he said christian you know no disrespect he wasn't being disrespectful but he said the teams we beat last year we were supposed to beat the teams that we knew would be tall orders sure enough beat us and escambia was right at the top of the list so he wants this year to be different go that next level and we're gonna have too many men on the that's going to be the penalty on the far side of the field as an escambia player took his time getting off and look i don't know if washington noticed that and went fast but regardless it's going to be a penalty it was a free play great job regardless good catch by aiden freeman who's a junior there there that penalty is going to be declined first down how nice is it to have a microphone on the ref that is awesome great job to the friday night rivals production crew hooking that up so there you can see a lot better than down and the wildcats keep moving amiel still leading this is a sophomore again i just get excited about young players like this and big games they went looking good so far here we go pitch there and that's gonna be a big gate again gets out on the corner all the way down to the nine yard line that's aidan freeman who made a big play moments ago does it again here hey you know christian right there i don't know if you know this or not that right there is a genius play the reason i like that is typically used to you a few years ago we saw that ball pitched behind him you pitch it in front and you pitch it in front in case he does fumble it it's an incomplete pass washington on the move [Applause] you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan morgan for the people [Music] we're back happy football friday everyone in washington moving down the field just a couple of minutes into the game 9 52 to go here in the first quarter and there's another play they did it again jeff yeah they did and uh they're gonna be looks about a yard shy a couple yard shot it was no gain right there this is where it gets tough for washington you pin this good really good defense of escambia and tight quarters like this inside the tent and this is where really good teams teams are going to make playoff runs they punch it in so hey once again this is not tape no offense to tate aggies out there this is not the same style of team interest to see if the wildcats can get it done well i'd say either team has a chance to make a statement about what to expect from them this season tonight and washington would love to make that statement it's third down now and a couple well that's a big offensive line there's a lot of big boys up front emile rolls out has nothing and that's going to bring up fourth down so see if the wildcats decide to take the field goal or go for it a really good job by the escambia defense right there not falling for play action rolling out amy l steele hoping to get his man greg bullard out there in the flats didn't happen and uh you know what even better decision by amy you ought to be able to throw that football away and you got a good kicker and kyle storniello he doesn't miss so let's find out well thanks for the jinx that's true this will be about a 25-yarder not much different than an extra point high snap handled nicely up and well that's my fault that's on you yeah he pulls it left and so escambia comes away with the stop the wildcats did nothing and what was looking really good for the wildcats turning into a great moment for a scammy now feeling great about the fact that the wildcats get nothing so now the wildcats will take over our other the uh the gators let's take a look at the starting lineups here from escambia specifically first and of course uh brought to us by pete moore and we're gonna take a look back here in just a second jojo blackman you mentioned him off the top jeff we're gonna say his name all night just a premiere player jayden milliner devante bettis jalen blackman of course that's uh jojo's brother if i'm not mistaken randy prim jr the quarterback should be fun to watch taishan key and we're uh we're up and rolling here but we've got all-star flag false start offense five-yard penalty so not the start that coach bennett wants first play from scrimmage is a false start it's going to be first and 15 instead yeah this is a and by the way so now we we get to see this washington defense guys like tabi and dale over there great great athletes all over the field that once again this is uh this is very very impressive you see the washington defense jalen lewis mason scruggs keyshawn crenshaw jordan lowry peyton daniels like i said tabi and dale playing that linebacker position even guys like darion gilbert and santonio coleman hey you know what a lot of athletes on the other side look at this look at this right here big stop there renny prim hands it off to uh bettis and bettis goes nowhere and loses a couple so not a great start look at the heating and air conditioning instant replay monte betty's a young man that is uh there's gonna be a lot of blue in your face tonight i tell you jeff i said to coach wade and i said you know what's the one thing you feel like you can count on more than anything else he said oh my defense he said hands down and it's true every year last year they pitched shutout week after week and again looking good already here second now in about 18. this time prim's going to throw along and he looking for a flag there we do get the flag oh we sure do get the flag boy oh boy i don't know i thought that was a really good acting job by jojo blackman well you know we'll find out here on the uh replay it looked like he may have gotten held up a little not sure he would have been able to catch up to that ball anyway it was way overthrown but you can give a guy like blackman the benefit of the doubt here's the call to play past interference on the defense be 15 yards from the previous spot still second down all right so it was second in about 18 that's a huge break here let's i don't know if we're gonna see i don't think so and again the ball was so overthrown i think it was gonna be uncatchable it doesn't matter though uh it's gonna be now uh much shorter it was second and fifteen and they've got it marked on the sideline there we go bows and says third down but they've changed that so it's second now in about two uh jojo blackman got a little bit of theater theater maybe maybe maybe some acting there hey hey it is it works a guy a guy at his level is going to is going to get some calls maybe boy there's just nothing doing up front right now wildcat defense said [Applause] might be a long night for devante bettis number two peyton daniels right there on the tackle along with a host of wildcats this is uh this is not what you see because remember escambia's offensive line is pretty darn good as well noah watts jayden payne guys like that uh even brennan smith brendan smith i love the story young man goes out here and he loses a little bit of weight comes out gets himself healthy and uh you know what another guy once again that'll be going or leaving a scam here soon and going to play at the next level we get a lot of that around here third and short now right at the 29 line scamby would love to convert here and keep things going another handoff right in the middle and that's going to be close he's right at it [Applause] you'll take it it's a long and long first down it's gonna be tough to get those big plays deep down field jojo blackman like i said number one at the top of the show here uh look he is the one he is the go-to he's the guy that makes everything tick uh just not sure if they're gonna i feel like they're gonna double him over the top and you you have to double a guy like that you could not allow him to get the big plays that he had against west florida last week maybe triple a guy like that there you go from the 35 the drive continues first and ten at the gators they've got trips jeff there it is trips i'm learning yeah quick pass here again going nowhere that's on the catch and he's forward progress will probably mean he loses a yard or so not 10 but man wildcat defense is pumped darian gilbert young man welcome to the party great job reading the eyes he knew what was coming right here that's a young man that watches some film and uh look holds him up welcome has the welcome party come join it here so i tell you what this is good news right here so far for this wildcat defense and again it uh it it ends up being a loss of about three so it looked worse than it was it was not the loss of 12 but but nonetheless another big play and the wildcat defense so far jeff living up to the height yeah i'll tell you what the gators have to be able to throw the football down the field or at least take a shot at some point brittany prim can throw the football that's watching some seven on seven film of them he is the real deal back there yep and can make some big plays with his feet too he's going to throw it here and shut up that's milliner again he's got some space and tackled at about the 36-yard line and it's going to be third down in about six great job breaking down making the tackle a good good pass right there get some yardage back get yourself you know a little bit manageable looks like third five third and six nonetheless but uh i tell you what the speed of that wildcat defense is what's so impressive right they're looking real good it's the bread and butter it was last year last week they pitch a shutout against tate and uh they'd love to do it again tonight they definitely take a lot of pride in that in fact i've seen here in the stands tonight the classic d with the fence so uh oh the crowd is aware that that's the specialty third down about six now trim under pressure gets rid of it just in time it's completed but it's gonna be short of the first down it's going to be fourth and about three [Applause] you know what do i say at this point it's just it's the same thing over and over again right now washington is just bringing the heat and once again man-to-man coverage is what we're seeing with these guys and washington has stood the test of time when you look at it jeremiah freeman young man uh don't believe that's derry and gilbert number 25 right there sorry about that uh but nonetheless this a lot of speed over here they are daring why or escambia to go down the field and the scammy right now is not doing it no they're punting on fourth down and three aiden freeman back at about the 20 for the wildcats and uh 4 40 to go here in the first quarter punt is just fine gonna take a great bounce but giving freeman a chance to make a move a little stiff arm action he's running out of space quickly and he enjoys the ball but quick on the draw thankfully for the wild catcher that would have gone bad quick that was a juwan stroud who's able to fall on it so the wildcats will retain it that almost went bad quick as you can see repeating air conditioning instant replay yeah aidan freeman right there on the return look at that he's got to chill out i don't know what the heck is going on somebody that said something about somebody's mama i'm not sure but it don't matter i don't hear that from up here just just a guess just a pure guess looks like a water break so we are going to take our own little break here with 426 to go glad you're with us for friday night rivals you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people we're back it's hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals the wildcats of washington taking over now and uh sidelined morning thank you jeff i heard a whistle i saw some movement wasn't sure what i was looking at wildcats ready to go and of course uh amiel steele the sophomore quarterback who's been looking good wildcats end up getting no points on their first drive they drove it all the way down the field for the camera crew did he say something to the camera crew yeah the camera crew for washington right oh whoo i thought it was us we're good look we know where our boundaries are oh boy still gonna hand it off to my greg bullard there who's the scene you're not going anywhere though these d-lines are pretty good on both sides how about it so uh how about tabari taylor that's a young man that you'll see of a tackle number six also number 28 aquarium alvarezo hey this is uh this is a good front again a lot of big boys up front this is going to be a defensive grinding type ball game especially after the offensive outputs last week taylor had a great week last week for the scan b d looking to do it again that's caught beautiful man yes you called it eric smith with a big completion a long and long first down the chains are moving and here come the wildcats out here in midfield so this young man is obviously he's going like i said before going to middle tennessee state university as you see our pedan heating and air conditioning replay and let's look he can do everything i mean the young man six four maybe even pushing six five good looking kid this time they're gonna hand it off and hey there he goes greg bullard with a big run himself and still on his feet that's another first down from long and long great job by the offensive line the big buffet busters as i like to call him up there and greg bullard you give him all he needs is just enough to get those shoulders through the hole and son you can forget about it look at the speed right here watch this boom foot in the ground see you later you're not gonna catch me you see the host of gators come right there friends at pieden hooking us up with that instant replay and we appreciate it so the wildcats cross midfield now down to the 44 yard line on the escambia side they jeff even though they have no points to show are having no trouble moving the ball yeah i mean the only trouble they had was they got inside the 10 there didn't get it done and missed the field goal so hey you know what moving it is not a problem here got trips for amy l far side of the field for us here but they're going to hand it off up the middle great tackle from behind though big run and how about the pancake block by mr khalifa right there you don't see it on camera yeah there you go you saw it on camera laying on top of them oh my goodness that opens up the hole for mr buller see what that boulder looks good trent farmer on the defensive tackle from behind there long and long first down again and they're gonna hand it off again up the middle this time it's not bullard that's number six for the wildcats miles murphy yeah you look at the offensive line for washington i'll tell you what alex leatherwood the young man that will be playing on sundays as he's been dying not just saturday playing on saturday playing on sundays uh mr alex leatherwood maybe you've heard of him playing for the crimson title the offensive line here this is his alma mater a few years ago this was him out there so you know he's got to like what he sees so far second down and long we've got whistles on the field it's like encroachment on the defense defense that five-yard penalty is still gonna be second down second down at about three now thanks to the encroachment hey you were quick on the encroachment call there oh typically before i mean they even snap the football that's that's about the only call you can make yeah but even still you're known for your ability to call encroachment quicker than most well i sure appreciate it look it's not a that's not a compliment it's a fact the encroachment master well okay easy easter have one all right second down and three and damiel wants to throw deep and he's going to oh [Applause] intended target was aiden freeman boy i'll tell you what though he's got an arm man he is not afraid to show it off i believe that that was deandre smiley over there number 19. i thought it was number 10 as well is that not a 10 okay gotcha well thank you sir smiley will be a target for him all night oh he jumped and jumped in i'm not sure why he jumped in so third down now and uh third and two see third and two you can be able to go deep right there right trust your offensive line maybe convert this short run here wildcat and uh he's gonna convert that first down from long and long and the wildcats drive will continue now down to the 19-yard line we saw this earlier in the game deandre smiley gets into the wildcat formation at the quarterback position there for the wildcats running the wildcat how about it and we see amy l steele get back in there that's another little blip there for that offense that it's just another weapon once again this both these teams have so much speed but for the wildcats athletes all over we've seen some fun tonight from washington doing a couple of things tricky i love it first and ten now from right out the uh right at the 20 maybe the 19-yard line it's been since 2011 since they've beaten this gambia so hey pull out all the stops under two to go here in the first quarter going deep and i think wow what a catch but a great play i mean once again you got your 6-4 receiver right there eric smith jr going to play on saturdays at middle tennessee state with guys like former running back here in escambia frank pizam but how about the throw great job all the way around and that's anderson performance who brings us that touchdown what a great catch you talked about eric at the beginning of the night jeff you said we can watch for him and from p and air conditioning the replay it was a little under thrown but just a terrific play to go up and get it and pull it in touchdown city just the fact that you focus so much on being able to get your feet inbound remember in high school you just got to get one that touchdown was good on sunday as well there's story holo now who missed the field goal earlier this time an extra point and this one is good and just like that the wildcats up seven to nothing here we go 151 to play quarter number one friday night rivals and washington now up on escambia 7-0 you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan morgan for the people [Music] we're live we're back it's friday night rivals washington has just scored up 7-0 looking to move the ball down the field they'll get their chance right off the bat here the blackman brothers are both back and this time uh that is going to be uh number seven that's jalen blackman who's got some room outside takes it back to the 30-yard line and uh jeff that's a good place to start yeah and here we go we're going to see the washington defense out here again i think for the scamby offense you're going i think watching this defense prove you're going to have to throw the ball deep at some point i mean because they're playing man-to-man tight coverage they're not they'll let you throw that short game but they're coming with gang tackle up there they have not given you any reason to believe you can't throw deep i think right now jojo blackman outside you gotta give it a shot well you know i was talking in the break and because i mean it's only been one drive it's a small sample size but washington's just all over them so i said why not just snap it literally just throw it to black and let him do his thing you know why it seems what do i know but it seems like just just try that's why right there look at the press coverage they're giving them nothing right there and they're even cutting off that little slant route as well uh-oh on the ground looks like washington has it happened let's get the official who's got it washington's got the football so a big mistake right there and the wildcats who've had no trouble moving the ball down the field at all we'll get another chance in great field position after the turnover jumping on the football mr johnny on the spot right there great job and look this is stuff where you start to put pressure on a scambia where let's be honest escambia hasn't had pressure in the regular season in quite some time they didn't have this uh same time last year playing this team as they beat a 50-7 much different team this year so here comes the wildcat offense now with terrific field positions starting off at the 26-yard line of escambia after that turnover and uh amy l steele would love to get things going quickly handoff up the middle and a ton of room and still on his feet gets the corner wow that's a huge play that's number six for washington murphy with a big run there so we're seeing greg bullard also seeing miles murphy right there here's the depth that we we're not used to seeing with this washington wildcat team how about the speed doesn't matter who they put in they are lightning quick across the board first and ten nearly first and goal but they're they're down to about the 12 yard line so it's a first and ten situation you know this game last year if you went back and watched it washington was a team that acted like they didn't belong this looks like a much different team yeah this is their time feels like they belong that's for sure again three wide outs to the right this time amyl's gonna oh no it's a wildcat that's not emil yeah deandre smiley they they fool me with that a couple times it's hard to see the numbers from up here well they're so casual with it because amyl still stays on the field typically when you're in a wildcat a lot of times a quarterback hey i'm ready to see deandre pass it a little bit too let's do it you know i mean it's not like fooling me takes takes much but uh it's been well run so a big pickup of five there now second down and five to go first down we'll be down to the two see aiden freeman come off the field and number 35 earl townsend will replace him look at that tight end position got a whistle field here is this an encroachment situation jeff oh there's a flag how about it yeah it's got gotta get some encroachments both cats that's their first oh dude second down didn't hear what he said not sure what happened oh what's the sideline warning i guess oh okay so another style we've heard a little about that i thought that was their second sideline i did too because they got the camera sure was their second washington said yeah don't say anything so email here has his brother out wide they're gonna hand it off get into the end zone but man mighty close yeah greg bullard again just a little bit of a lightning rod there great job by that offensive line again getting the push and that defensive line for escambia is no slouch say what this is where they struggled last time we got a third and short if you're washington you've got to find a way to put it in and i don't think we'll get the play off before the end of the quarter as the clock winds down as you can see that'll do it for quarter number one it is 7-0 washington here on friday night rivals but the wildcats knocking at the door once again third and two when we come back from about the three [Music] [Applause] kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people [Music] well they snapped it literally a second before we came back i can tell you it was a rough play for the wildcats a fumbled snap should have been a big you see the heating and air conditioning replay instant replay right there you see deandre smiling in that wildcat again huh should have waited for the tv crew so with that in mind it is now fourth down and long and it looks like that's gonna lead to a field goal attempt for the wildcats and i know they're disappointed we're uh we're reporting live of course this evening from the northwest florida state sports booth and bringing you a great view from northeast pensacola quarter number two just underway washington up seven nothing a chance to make it 10 right here [Applause] [Music] yep got a good leg low snap on the bounce and that's not going to work so the fire call throw it just got to get rid of it he will get rid of him he actually has a man and that's caught oh my goodness that's ariel still on the catch peyton daniels on the throw i don't i do see a flag i do see a flag yeah it's offensive pass interference and it's it's just a terrible decision so it's gonna be all that where it's a pass interference that's gonna ruin it oh man it's it's a terrible decision by the young man he man you hate this the ball was actually the defender was way too short should have taken a couple steps back he did not have to push him he did pass interference of the offense be 15 yards still so now that's really here we go he's gonna look at it i mean watch this you're gonna see it you're gonna go oh come on incredible play from peyton daniels who just got a camera view on rolled out got it off right there yeah boom you're right there no sense of it well what's really interesting is now it's fourth and very very long and possibly out of field goal range although it looks like they're going to give it a go it'll be a 42 yarder now for story olo oh man so much oh i feel bad for uh peyton daniels who threw that pass that was beautiful yeah that was an incredible play being able to buy some time there great job all right so story hola now a chance to make a bomb another low snap i think it's got plenty of leg he got it wow 42 yards so a magical moment here and the bow and arrow washington wow what a great moment for kyle estroniolo and the washington wildcats now leading at 10-0 early on in the second quarter it's friday night rivals we're gonna take a break we'll be right back you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people we're back so far so good if you're a washington wildcat fan a sold out crowd tonight again sold out uh the number is 30 that's what it's been capped at as it relates to safety and cover 19 and social distancing and not packing out of space and so they have done that 30 capacity is on hand and uh if you're a wildcat fan jeff you're feeling real good because not only is it 10 nothing but you've just had no trouble moving the ball up and down the field at all yeah but you've had two missed opportunities that you wish you could get back now you did get that field goal by estonia but uh once again the first drive of the game i know we're all excited here hey you know if they're moving the football but i can tell you right now coach whitten is uh not he's happy but he's not excited from what he's seen because they've had a couple opportunities where they should be up three scorers right now yeah jalen and jojo blackman are back again for escambia either one very capable of making a big play on the fly so we'll see if if something happens here as we get rolling again going to be jalen who gets a chance at about the two runs right into a defender and byron jenkins great job only gets it to about the 18-yard line finally goes down but none of that's gonna matter forward progress or start this drive i think jeff at about the 18. i'm not really sure what the refs were waiting on to blow that whistle he drug him all the way about 15 yards to the sideline but hey great job i think they wanted to see like can they get him down look at our scores right here that's what i'm talking about you you mentioned jeff this is you know for week two got a lot of interesting games tonight yes a lot of them you see jay hey ahead of baker right now seven to six really interesting formal beach and choctaw hey next week we'll be at escambia we've got a scammy tonight on the road we'll be back at their place next week and uh catholic the crusaders cruising on over so that should be fun and uh by the way pensacola phs is up on tate 6-3 right now in the first quarter here we go boy tough slide yeah not getting anywhere that's uh devonta bettis who's not been able to do much all night and it's not his fault that washington defensive line is looking really really sharp second down and hats off to that defensive line because this is a extremely well coached offensive line that's gambia front big old boys up there a lot of these guys were on that team last year that went to the state championship they lost to miami central so this is a veteran line up there second down now in ten senior quarterback renee prim leading the offense for escambia [Music] sure is very pretty but just overthrows his man not able to pull it in there that's uh number 12 touch on key the intended target very pretty like i said jeff just a little overthrown well don't you just love a lefty quarterback they just throw the most beautiful ball and man great spiral just a hair too far right there give them another hand length yup about a yard long so now third and ten and a big moment here with uh 10 45 to go because this gambia doesn't want to give it back to washington who's having no trouble moving the ball but you see right there the thing is with tyshon is he had a step i mean that's that's the big thing we talked about them throwing the footballs down the field they just proved look they had a step just got to find a way to complete it [Applause] one man-to-man across the board right here for that defense graham with another great looking pass to no one though it's gonna be fourth and ten and i think we're gonna see the punting unit come on for a scam and another big chance for washington yeah somebody had done rolling the wrong route right there that's all i'm going to tell you on that one because uh beautiful pass i think somebody was supposed to cut out or cut in no matter what look harmlessly falls to the turf but once again washington gets the football back i sure do and aiden freeman will be back to receive and i'll tell you jeff he's setting up at about mid field so could be real going check that actually he's moving back now to closer to the 40 it looks like you saw coach bennett right there not happy with their performance so far he knows this is an extremely talented football team to be down 10 nothing he knows they should be down more at this point yeah it has not been a good night and another chance now that's gonna go out of bounds at the 48-yard line so washington will take over at almost midfield and uh we'll see what they can do you know jeff at this point we know storniolo is good from 42 yards so they're not that far from field goal range already and you know i will say this remember scammy's a team that made it to the state championship last year coach bennett always aiming for excellence if you're washington you're feeling good you're up 10 but you also know a lot of football to go here we ain't done nothing yet yeah a lot of points left on the board and you hope that doesn't come back to haunt washington because once again this defense from escambia is just an interception away from making this a big time ball game but emil steele emile steele has done a fantastic job back there ready for action 48-yard line great position for washington throws it over the middle but oh gosh had a man that's aiden freeman and i think freeman had some room to run too jeff yeah he knew he had some room to run aiden freeman young man catch the football first that's the first and foremost thing you got to do he knew he had room he was trying to see what step he was going to make next because he tell you what with the speed he has he could have been gone all the way to the end zone woulda coulda and shoulda therefore second down and ten now look at that trips to the top trips this time they're gonna hand it off the middle but we've got whistles here that is not encroachment by the way it could be a false start perhaps i'll find out look at you dead ball encroachment oh it was the encroachment that five-year-old i have gotten soft how about that there was a time when i knew if you called encroachment it was encroachment at this point i don't know what to believe i don't either i would say 2020 but this has been my whole life so just gonna stick with it so second down now it crosses midfield second down now in five right at the 48 or 47 i should say now on the escambia side amyl out of the shotgun look at that pocket still want to throw and sure enough does and has his man and that's going to be a first down that's uh number 19 deandre smiley who's going to have a big night already is first of ten i can't tell if that's a flag i think it's a flag at the top of the field there we see a replay interested to see what this is going to be i'll tell you jeff uh we'll i'll hush when the ref makes his call what i like about the play from amy l even if it's coming back let's get this call real quick live ball foul illegal shift on the offense that five yard penalty it's gonna replay the down all right so right after the encroachment moves them up five years they're gonna move right back five yards and we'll do it again now second and ten what i was gonna say here from from amyl this is a great play because he had a lot of room to run but a real sign of a journey he said no no i want to wait i want to find my guy i thought that was great that he held on to it and looked for the receiver versus just taking off which we see a lot at this level and he's a sophomore i mean that's what i'm saying that's just that's the genius part of all this this young man has some growing to do and uh yeah great job and you look at the pocket even though it broke down there at the end you could literally if i had like tony romo does on sundays had my little pen and draw on the screen you just see the perfect little u-shape right there in the pocket great job by the offensive line all right this time it's back to second and ten and amy all wants all of it and then some he's got his man open just over threw it by about a yard oh mercy that was close that's deandre smiley who almost had a huge play check it out pete and replay oh man fireworks look at this he knew he was going to get just mashed in the pocket there and throws it and with enough air for his guy to go on and get underneath it it's just a little too strong young man fun play though it's fun to watch third down and 10. and the thing is he stepped up and threw that in the pocket as he was getting hit that's once again very impressed with emil so it does mean third and ten now from the 48-yard line which is right where the drive started i've had a couple of penalties pushing it back pushing it forward and nell's got his man again and this time it will be a big gain still on his feet that's greg bullard out of the backfield and it's going to be a long long first down and if you notice something the linebackers here for escambia early on in the game applying some pressure right now they got to sit back because they're able to throw the football down the field that offensive line's giving them time look at the hesitation number 44. who do i get who do i get too late greg bullard's gone yep first and ten low snap nice play for me he's widing out again and does a nice job of just about getting back to the line of scrimmage didn't have anything held on to it we got a flag got a hole so that's going to be a loss now holding on the wildcats a lot of penalties here in the second quarter yeah and remember you know that it's not surprising i mean they they got very little practice because of covet and then hurricane sally they didn't get spring training they didn't get to work out in the summer i mean all the sorts of things you're used to uh you know talking last week as we headed into our game uh the coaches both agreed look it's gonna be sloppy for a while and and notably said this will probably benefit the defense at least for the first few weeks so now first and 20 right back to the 43 yard line handoff up the middle picks up just a couple that's just a yard or two so it's gonna be second down and still quite long a great tackle right there bro samurai allen young man uh clogging a hole not sure how much he weighs i don't have his height and weight i can tell you right now he's built like a mack truck got it all right second down about 18. [Music] danielle's got his man open and caught another great play and a terrific catch though ariel steele the brother the senior the older brother how about big bro go up and help me out i need i need a play right here yeah you got it bro look at this boom take it away young man just got mossed over there like a steels trap i see what you did there pluralized your ingenious is showing i'm in famous third and six great catch all that foreign here we go looks like maybe some movement from this game it could be encroachment yet again we'll see good ball fall start wow you know five dollar penalty i tried to get cocky and make a call just throw it out there looked like encroachment all right the same thing to be fair i genuinely did think that you can see coaching is not pleased so now back to third and just more than 10 at the 34-yard line 51-yard field goal from here if the wildcats get nothing wouldn't be shocked if they went for it but email's got a man and i don't think it's enough for a first down but it certainly helps with field goal range that's aidan freeman who pulls it in playing okay offense holding all the wildcats thought he was going to hit us with a false start then he did a little dance and then he gave us the holding call let's see if we can see it here on the pete and heating and air conditioning yep right there trying to hook him can't hook him young man not sure what number that is looks like number 55 which would be connor rivkin 55 or 56. i cannot tell from this angle you know let me submit this jeff and this submit it this may sound crazy but i'll say it anyway so now it's i know that seems like a terrible thing it was going to be fourth down they were going to have a long field goal instead it's third and very long but in a way washington may not be super bummed because they have a couple more chances or at least one more chance to go big am am i crazy there no you're not crazy i mean it's a huge loss here's the play i was just talking about he overthrows it he had him too had his man um yeah looking for uh greg buller to get out of the backfield and the peed and replay you're gonna see a little too much this is comes with growth all right he's overthrown a couple guys but i tell you what here's the here's the reason i don't have a problem with that you haven't thrown it double coverage and things like that he's making smart decisions just got to work on the accuracy a little bit the live arm is there but i tell you what third and long i know it's obviously too obvious at this point but i'm ready to see eric smith jr embarrass somebody i mean throw it up top and let him go up and get it he had a great catch earlier for a touchdown a little while ago so it's fourth down and almost 30. the wildcats obviously gonna get rid of it eric smith jr with the punt how about that good pun yeah i was talking to coach about that he when he told me he was his punter i said oh really he said yeah he said he doesn't have a ton of technique but he can catch it and get rid of it i said good for him that's great you know hey great job at this level you just look for someone who can get it done and he did there so exactly gator's gonna take over and with 755 to go here in the second quarter um obviously they want to get on the board before the half jeff it's too early to be thinking about time but the fact is they have not done much with the ball all night no they haven't and once again credit that defensive front of the wildcats doing a great job but once again they got to throw the football they had an opportunity throw the football down the field just missed his target that's what it's going to take to be able to score on this defense pram throws it right into a great defensive play i think that was number seven uh jalen lewis i'm not mistaken is that anything made that play believe the swat was number 24. you're so good on that not sure let's see if we can get a replay on that no if a replay will just prove me wrong jeff no i'm interested though here we go pete heaton air conditioning let's find out yeah oh yeah you're so right i see [Music] yeah but see i get to look at stuff like that you got to focus on everything else thank you i focus on what i want to focus on second down and 10 great great defensive play for him over the middle there might have a no no flag you know i thought there was a chance we could get a pass interference though jeff yeah i think he was coming across perfect timing though that's the difference he was swimming across the receiver right there that's the difference he didn't get in his back all right so look third and ten you know and scammy needs a conversion here they don't want to punt it and go three and out immediately and give the wildcats more great field position [Applause] at this point they gotta get some kind of rhythm going offensively and i can tell you right now i just don't think you're gonna be able to win the football i don't think they're trying to it looks like in that backfield but they have number 32 the company shine it's a big look at that big back i think he's there for more protection than anything thrown out wide it's completed a short pickup of only a couple there's just too much speed i mean these guys are playing man-to-man coverage out there and they're not challenging them deep i mean that's that's the difference you've got to try to go deep and i know look easier said than done up here in the booth i'm not look i've been a coach before i have been a player before i understand me calling it up here is a lot easier said than done but at the same time you continue to do the same thing just not showing success right now and they've proven they can try to throw it deep they've got to they got to complete a deep pass at some point so the wildcats will get it back and number 10 is back for them that's aiden freeman of course he's going to be right at about the 35 is where he's positioning himself [Music] it's a good punt and a great balance freeman though gets it on the hop up gets out wide too and he's still on his feet and a big return all the way back to the 37-yard line freeman got a little space out wide there jeff and it was like forget about it for the next 15 yards yeah that's impressive i mean just the shiftiness being able to break away from the tackle right there so once again terrific position but jeff to the point you've made a couple of times yes washington's up 10 nothing they could be up about 20 to nothing and you know coach whidden doesn't want to come up short yet again he wants more points on the board because i don't think you can ever count a scam be out especially with a guy like jojo blackman no and that once again that coaching staff you know for escambia one thing that they're just one of the best at and this is how you continue to play at a high level is at half time you go make adjustments they're going to make some adjustments at halftime getting these guys heads and i think they're going to come out firing that's why it's important to get these points while you still can although no reason to believe that's going to let up beautiful pitch there and a nice big play pick up at about five and uh once again that's aidan freeman there's a flag let's see what it's about a lot of jawing back and forth interested to see who this one was on well if it's on the wildcats it'll be the second drive in a row where they're hurting themselves more than after the play we had to had to bleep him out there that's unfortunate we were we were so used to hearing the uh the ref didn't didn't get to hear the call but obviously it was on the scan yes it's a big 15 yarder right there it's not gonna cut it yeah as soon as he what we did here was after the foul which is usually gonna be a big penalty some sort of a personal foul looks like we got a water break all right so if we do have a water break and it looks like we do with 6 35 to go why don't we take a break of our own it is 10 nothing washington over escambia right here on friday night rivals you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan morgan for the people [Music] just an incredible shot of that waning moon here it's friday night rivals my goodness that's pretty and look at this throw it's not gonna be a touchdown eric smith was looking for his second of the night but throwing just a little outside it looks like we have an injury on the play here too yeah it looks like number five right there lamont sims the senior db that's uh grabbing his hip hope it's his hip and not his knee but he isn't riding in pain let's check it out on the pdf heating and air conditioning instant replay jeff it's a good looking pass but he throws it a little wide here oh i don't know you think he caught it in bounds i think that foot dragged i'm not sure those feet were coming down together just about it's close and looking at the replay too as it relates to the injury there you can see coach bennett coming over to check uh it may be that he got landed on by smith yeah that's what it kind of looked like yeah i think so and he's in some pain clearly could be a cramp you know yeah it could be great of course we could sit here all night and say things it could because yeah it could be that uh snickers bar he had before the game well this is the very good i was gonna say let's just hope he's okay and it's very good to see him kind of hop it off there and you know what's with each step popping you're excited you're able to hop up because it wasn't a touchdown but the touchdown you lay there a little bit longer that's lamont sims and good to see mr sims uh walking off the field so a near touchdown and double coverage i mean yeah just hey i love it if you're going to throw in double coverage 30 or 6'4 receiver that's going to play at middle tennessee next year it's crazy though because eric smith jr has an interesting story nobody's on his radar a year ago the start of the season nobody knows this kid this kid's fantastic and then all of a sudden he goes out washington has some success it shows you whenever your team has success people start saying hey who's that guy and then they like wait a minute how do we miss this guy from the 18 yard line second down and 10. we're ready for action here emil on the option times it beautifully and bullard with some good looking cuts here not going to be a whole lot but great little shaking yeah listen great timing too on that pitch for maybe hell remind me of the suitors in the 80s in the 80s there you go how about this right here pressure in the face nope look at this oh big boy boy's coming are you doing a chris berman whoop there i i've thought about trying to do more than thought about trying you clearly did yeah but i didn't give the emphasis because i'm not i don't i can't do it third down now and seven all over the middle oh my god complete had his man aiden freeman he's been targeting him all night tell you what and it's been open all night that little uh tunnel how about it right there just get some stick him on that young man's hands so fourth down and eight and uh looks like the wildcats are gonna try and kick another field goal they've had success in this area tonight from story olo and uh could we see another fire call with a bad snap about a 38-yard attempt here see this is why i put eric smith jr on the edge of that line right there just in case i do get a fire call throw it up to a 6-4 guy [Music] low snap again handled beautifully and good wow wow let me tell you what that's that's a great kick from storyolo but uh at some point if we can replay that unless you know off the top of your head i'd love to give a shout out to the holder because he has made great play after great play on low snaps on field goals he handles it he gets it there and story olo knocks it through i believe it's peyton daniels number two right peyton is you're right because he had that great play earlier where he scrambled after the botched snap and threw the uh through the touchdown that god called payton's a real [Applause] yeah watch this low snap he gets no pressure no that's awesome that's well done seriously that's really good even the little yeah i love it that's great 13 nothing this is great if you're a wildcat man not so good though for the gators this washington team's just playing with a swagger they didn't have last year last year they were surprised that they were good i mean it's almost like they played a little bit like they played with some but uh this year they know they know they belong 100 i think i think it's well set you can feel it it feels like a team not doubting whether or not they can play with the scanner that's for sure [Music] looks like jojo blackman is the back of the goal line now kicked his brother out what's up with that great kick all the way down to the ground jojo's going to get a chance here really nice return yes he is back to the 34 yard line and you know jeff that goes again i get it it's easy for me to say but that's why i keep saying like we know he's just one of these premier players if not the best around in this area what am i missing can you even though the wildcat defense is all over can you not snap it quick slam and just let him do his thing is it just not that easy it is and it is at the same time i mean playing that man coverage you're trying not to make that's kind of what i get from this game you're trying not to make a mistake at this point and look it looks like jojo blackman's hit the quarterback position back there well i made a mistake and that may be coach bennett saying let's get him the ball let's do it i swear jeff 20 seconds guys i'm sick and they just direct snapping i'm glad they're doing it get the ball in his hands which they did a little slutter step and uh he gets maybe a yard you know what would be great is if like he's he's playing quarterback and he just throws it like 40 down the field he just can rifle it down there i guarantee he can do it i mean he's that type of athlete that'd be awesome second down and nine now now interested to see what they're gonna do here i mean just what are you gonna do with the quarterback position you're gonna go with jojo blackman you're gonna run a wildcat style offense i mean is he going to be passer i mean maybe that's what it is right now okay they just didn't get anything going renny prim yeah and coach bennett making an adjustment uh here late in the second quarter and at this moment in time looks like blackman will stay at the quarterback position get your best athlete the ball exactly 100 high snap but he handles it nicely and he picks up about six then you know what more like eight it's gonna be third down and short and listen jeff yeah it's like whatever we have to do to get him the ball and clearly this is something coach bennett was ready for well and i think for your offensive line you know obviously to to run block his offensive lineman love run blocking way more than they love pass blocking just tell your offensive line full head of steam let's go we're direct snap let's go ahead and try to wear this defensive front out and put a look get in the end zone before half so third down and two at the 43 yard line another high snap blackman's got some room and still on the way and he's got it there is a flag in the back folks my goodness he drops it after the break he was running too fast but i don't think any of it's gonna matter we've got a flag and it's probably gonna be a hold coming all the way back but you know what jeff again coach bennett may be frustrated with that but if he needed any validation to say okay this is what we need to do he got it right there just get the ball to black 10 yard penalty yeah i believe that was number 32 to company to the big back we just talked about him earlier big old boy back there and uh didn't have to do it but he did so from third and short now to third and very long and a big play is called back it was interesting though that blackman dropped the ball as he had ran the football that was that was funny i don't remember seeing that before here we go let's check it out there's the yeah right there got a little bit of jersey that's and that's that's the case you can't grab that jersey watch it i mean he had nothing but inside in front of him and look the ball just isn't that incredible that's amazing and at that point he did not know about the flag so he was literally thinking he just gave up washington football just jumped out of his hands how about it third and uh third and fourteen uh-oh this time [Applause] well so the drive is going to stall but i would say that if you're a gator fan yeah a little little sign of light all of a sudden and that goes back to what we talked about earlier for coach whidden you don't want to leave points on the field because if all of a sudden a scan b is clued into something's going to work in the second half you're wishing it was 20 nothing thing is is uh you know you saw washington go to zero coverage which is no safety over the top i mean everybody at the line uh once again if this is going to be the case of what escambia is going to try to run you're going to see why to make some adjustments as well and start bringing more pressure and cut off those edges where jojoba can't run around aidan freeman is back good nice punt heck yeah wow what a punt that is oh man freeman goes for the catch bumps into his own guy makes the play and they blow it dead right there why'd they blow that dead jeff levy fair caught it oh he called for a fair catch i missed that and then funny calls for the fair catch and then tried to run yeah he got ran into i think it surprised him a little bit so you can get away with it you can get away with it so 3 39 to go and uh we'll see if washington can do something we do know this they've got a field goal kicker who can who can boot it a little bit so they don't have to go the length of the field right now yeah try to wear this clock out to nothing i mean where you're getting the last decision last play of the half here don't allow scamia to get any chance and i'd say what though if you're gonna run this offense run the offense don't be scared because you guys have had a ton of success tonight [Music] and a reminder washington won the coin toss they received to start the game so escambia will get it at the start of the third quarter yeah for washington don't don't take the foot off the gas here i mean really be aggressive that's what's gotten you to this point tonight you know you should be up three almost four scores to be honest with you but you know what you're up thirteen nothing and this is gambia team telling you right now they're they may be down but they're not out they're gonna make some adjustments come out in the second half and this is going to be a really good football game and we've already seen adjustments too a big one a moment ago moving black with the quarterback and i don't think coach win will take the foot off the gas a little bit of trouble here but he's able to get rid of it oh man wide open he overthrows him don't back battle young man amy oh some incredible footwork in the backfield gets the pass off and had a man wide open too wow watch this once again greg bullard overthrows him right there oh man don't backpedal email was in real trouble great job getting away just getting the pass off and giving it a shot see the back pedal yep immediately when that ball is in the air turn turn get yourself shoulders and play like an outfielder out there play like a center fielder it's okay i mean hey once again it's shown there's opportunities there to be had here's a big moment third down on eight emails got his man beautiful great great great pass great catch everything that's number nine ariel still so there they go steals trap once again first and ten from long and long and escambia wanted that stop and here's a replay and if you can't look you can't play it any better at the defensive back position i mean that is as good as it gets i mean look at that folks draped all over him if he does anything else it's past interference just a heck of a play by the young man right at the 50-yard line now with 247 to go washington moving plenty of time on the shot clock now down to ten shot clock game clock i'm in the wrong sport beautiful pass there back to steal again yep steal the steal oh this is just you know and i've harped on it and i'll continue to do it because i've been thoroughly impressed we expect the scammy to be good they've been good for so long once again washington has not beaten escambia since 2011 that's quite some time this washington team is just a different mindset than we have seen them in the years past second down and four from the 40 feet once again steal the steal this time it's dropped and it's gonna be third down to about four so that's three straight plays steal to steal so they're looking to capitalize on the brothers it's a steel connection right there how about it [Music] yeah two and a half minutes here are you look i've been thoroughly impressed with the way they've been able to throw the football just continue i mean once again you got two and a half minutes you got plenty of time you can't worry about it your defense has played well so you got confidence in those guys you got a great kicker hey go for it right here put it in the end zone third and four [Music] damiel's gonna keep it himself he's not going anywhere he's gonna be fourth down and about nine and uh scamby has one timeout left check that two timeouts sorry about that two timeouts wouldn't be shocked if they called one here to give himself a chance especially now they got blackmailed quarterback yeah i think punt the football here i know you want to go for it hey you know what i get it but you got it'll be less than two minutes by the time a scambia gets the football they only got one timeout your defense has played lights out has done a great job look you forced the scambia to bring their best player at wide receiver and moving the quarterback to try to find something here this is a great call fourth down and seven looks like uh washington will kick with about a minute 47 to go here see if the gators can find a way to do something just before the half and now we're gonna have that timeout call so they let it go all the way down washington yeah right washington called the timeout let it go down to about one call the timeout they'll be punting here in just a minute so jeff uh do you think at this moment after an adjustment like that what we saw moments ago when uh coach bennett moved jojo to quarterback is that the sort of thing that he thought let's just see or or or might he now that's the new normal for the rest of the night i mean i liked renee prim i thought he did a good job but that spark wasn't there jojo blackman gave them the spark they needed i really think though that's an easy adjustment on the defensive side of the ball now you do make it easier on your offensive line and remember scandi's got a really good offensive line and you allow your offensive line to say look we're doing one thing and we're going to be the best at it and then offensive line first game is good enough to be able to move guys out of the way we saw that a little bit but once again if you cut off the edges for jojo blackman and keep him in that pocket i think he's a passer you'll live with him throwing the football if they want to do it yeah so i think for that uh look for the offense maybe that's the spark that i don't know you know you said it earlier he's the best player on the field get the ball in his hands however you got to at this point here we go it's a low punt it's going to take a nice roll great roll and still rolling all the way down to the six yard line with a minute 35 to go so that's just what the doctor ordered for the wildcats and that's number five that's eric smith jr of course he's already got a touchdown catch tonight and he helps his defense a lot there with a big time punt favor of 13-0 they've looked very good got a big crowd here tonight it's a perfect night beautiful moon clear skies cool air friday night rival so glad we're doing it there was some question as you know but thankfully we're making it happen thankfully it's nice up here in the northwest florida state college sports booth i mean look typically when we start the season i remember every year we've come here to washington it's been early on in august and it's been a scorcher right it sure is it's great all right here we go gators can do sure enough jojo is back at quarterback all the way back to the six yard line but you know just like we saw a minute ago you can't put a pass and break something big [Applause] and he's going to try here and he's got a lot of room he is really something yeah he has got the moves he's the real deal and i tell you what this is like i said before in the open the young man's got nine division one offers including offers from teams like kentucky and tennessee he's gonna get more don't you worry about it but i think look at this point if it works if you're if you're washington bring the house i mean well and let me say that it's gonna be second and four he must have stepped out of bounds i thought he picked up about 12 there but i guess he went out of bounds here and i thought second down though [Music] and we do know by the way he can throw it moments ago saw him throw about 40 yards down the field so jessica's got an incredible feed doesn't mean he's not afraid to unload it now [Music] flag on the play and it looks like it's going to go against washington coach with that encroachment nope [Music] so the yards i thought blackman got they end up getting on the offsides with a minute 28 to go everything worked out [Music] even steven style by the way uh gulf breeze is up 14-7 on the var right now get gold freeze left in the bar that's great from long and long it's a first and ten right at the 18 yard line [Music] three wide outs on the near side of the field here jojo's just going to keep it again [Music] you know jeff this reminds me of end of a basketball game and let's say today we all know lebron's gonna get it right and yet he still scores same situation everybody watching knows that they're doing us quarterback jojo blackman he's probably not passing usually he's just gonna find a hole and he keeps doing it and they're still having a hard time slowing him down with a minute left the thing is you have to honor the pass just enough just in case i mean that's that's the difference minute exactly to go here gator's got to do something there it is blackman will find a man too that's a great pass and a big play that's number two jaden milliner all the way down now to the 50-yard line that's a great pass that was i can't say that was a bb that was a rifle right here watch this the lefty again and going against his body the biggest and that's if you try to teach quarterbacks to turn your shoulders to your target he did that put it on a line beautiful job young man oh it's going to be a false start on number 75 for a scam out here at booker t jumps early play the clock had not started what what did he say [Applause] now hold on another whistle oh this time it's gonna be timeout uh washington so 36 seconds to go here it's 13 nothing but escambia is trying to do something nonetheless jeff they're moving it but they're only at the 50. they've got a long way to go yeah and they've now got their wide receiver at quarterback but i tell you what he's looked pretty darn good so i am going to be interested to how is this game going to come out in the second half what is it going to be jojo blackman quarterback are they going to go back to renee prim i mean i think it's going to be i can't imagine it's not jojo blackman at this point i'm interested because i think prim's good i think but the thing is when you take jojo blackman away at wide receiver uh it's a significant difference now the points you made before he is also your best player prem has struggled they have double blackman they have single covered blackman and they have been able to get the football to him so you know what with this passing attack all bets are off wait i tell you what coach bennett over there once you think you got it figured out right forget it he's six steps ahead of you 36 seconds to go i do want to put it on the radar now uh this game has got a great field goal kicker and ethan yusuke coach told me he'd let him kick from 60. so you know washington once you know football was cancelled up there with kova 19 he transferred over here to escambia and it nice how guys just fall in your lap like this that's pretty good first and ten from the 49-yard line their own blackman's gonna throw it long and he has a man and that is picked off big play santonio coleman huge play there as jojo blackman unleashes throws it all the way down but picked off and a great way to close things out here it says athlete or it says running back for san antonio coleman on the roster what it should say is just an absolute athlete because he plays so many positions in clayton special teams as well i mean that's just beautiful undercut the receiver a little bit under thrown and once again that's the difference jojo blackman throwing the football not a bad pass but you want a little more air on that and you know what hey i'm not going to fault him for it because he's a wide receiver but that's the difference between a quarterback and a watershed throwing a football there [Music] so a tremendous play the wildcat fans are pumped they're loud it's great atmosphere tonight [Music] looks like they're just going to do the uh the so-called victory formation take a knee going to half here with a 13-nothing lead deep in their own territory feeling real good about that lead no reason to risk it and sure enough did he drop it oh my goodness he better not have all right all right i mean i do think you i mean i think they got it but something happened yeah i mean they all kind of fell down i'm not sure wow but greg bullard greg bullard should not have the football in his hands nonetheless uh it worked out so a moment of gasp there for the wildcats talk about just disaster seriously and i don't think they're gonna have to snap it again and that'll after that no they just prefer not to a very good first half for the washington wildcats worth noting though midway through the second the scammy makes a significant change as they uh take renee prim away from the quarterback position get the ball into jojo blackman's hand and that gave them some life granted they have no points but you know it's gonna factor into the second half and before we do go to break we're going to try and talk to our coach wooden here and see how he's feeling which tommy joe from the washington wildcats as they head in we want to talk to him see i was feeling about this 13-nothing lead jeff yeah i'm willing to bet that he's uh he's look he's happy that they're up right now but he knows it should be a lot more i mean that's simply that coach whidden expects success he expects perfection much like coach bennett over there uh that's that's kind of what i feel i mean talking to him before he knows what this team how good this team is and he knows that that team on the other sideline is pretty darn good too coach win this is uh christian and jeff up in the booth can you hear us yeah what's up guys hey thanks for taking a minute to talk to us so here you are you got your home game you're up 13 nothing against the team that made it to the state championship game last year nonetheless you could have a few more points uh how are you feeling about the first half i'm just happy with how hard we're playing right now offensively we're moving the ball we're just not finishing drives um you know they they got a good team they haven't made any plays yet you know you know they're going to be able to make some plays got to keep playing hard on defense and then offensively just got to finish some drive and coach that's the key right 13 nothing feels really good except for it's against a really good team and i know you've got to keep your team pumped up what are you going to tell them at the halftime nah just keep doing what we're doing just relax uh let's have a killer instinct and finish this thing off all right we'll go get them coach thanks for giving us a couple minutes coach wyden from washington is there leading at 13 nothing looks like the uh halftime clock sits just under 15 minutes we're glad you're with us folks for friday night rivals we'll come back here in just a minute you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people we are live we are back the home band putting on a show check out the fire we're digging it the wildcats are digging it too it's a very good night so far but we're only at halftime 13 nothing over escambia very glad here for the halftime report to uh have on hand joe williams the athletic director at washington hey there joe how are you ah we're uh we're doing okay scoreboard's looking good and uh wildcats are on tight we're hoping it holds i know you are and uh let me tell you before the break there we were saying hey check out the fireworks here uh literally on the field and you said yeah that's right we're the best around that's right the uh the band here at washington high school has uh been been the best for a very long time and uh mr lawrence young has uh has been a a huge motivator in all that stuff so we're very proud of our band no dad it's really cool joe i wanted to take a minute and talk about the fact that uh you and so many others at washington and so many other schools have had to kind of rethink everything this year and yet you're pulling it off we're all here we're having a good time you've got a big crowd i know you if you're not doing it alone a lot of people working really hard to make a night like this possible yeah absolutely and i tell you it starts you know from the top from what was uh you know handed down to us from our district administrators they kind of set us up with the rules to the uh to the game we're at 30 capacity i know it looks like a whole lot of people but it's uh it's the 789 we're allowed and uh they've they've been able to to get everybody in here we got the got the game kicked off got the ball down the field and uh we we're playing football in pensacola florida no doubt about it that's uh joe williams the athletic director here at washington high school i know that you're pumped at the 13 nothing lead but like you said still a ways to go thanks for taking a couple minutes to talk to us we appreciate that no problem i appreciate you go cats yes sir go cats good to have all you guys with us tonight as he said they're at 30 capacity that's still 789 folks it's a big crowd on a perfect night glad you're here we'll be back it's friday night rivals [Music] you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan morgan for the people [Music] well here's some of the good work done by aj simkins show some tremendous touch on the football but it was the tip drill from zach myers in the football game this christ school team showed its many weapons offensively and its strong stout defense seeing you tomorrow night but i think it it'll be sooner than later um there's a throw in the edge there's a broke tackle there's going to be a bit of a foot race here he makes one miss two miss he's at the 45 he's at the 40. he's still at the 30 the 25 the 20 all the way down see the same opponent twice and falgu to the air he has not had any time to pass look out six foot 210 pounds like spider-man or something fourth and one four seconds the whole game on one play emil in the gun ginski in motion emel on a roll to his right throwing back to his left got a man caught touchdown fredericksburg no time for him to play in overtime one play for w and they're gonna blow whistles and we're gonna have a delay a game on fredericksburg which will back it up and it comes down to this all right here we [Applause] emma go firing got it caught fredricksburg wins yes i played volleyball at pace high school and one thing that i think it helped the most with my professional development was i worked so hard year round for those four years because i did want to play at the collegiate level so i think i the dedication and determination that i had through high school to get me to that level is pretty much what brought me here today it made me the person that i am today you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people [Music] we are back and glad you are too it's the 11th half antonio halftime report 13-0 washington with about five minutes to go here uh left in the half you can see the wildcats just coming back on the field escambia is still tucked away deep and coach bennett trying to milk every single minute he can with his team jeff and uh talk to him about what they need to do in the second half yeah and you know what if you coach bennett the one thing is you look guys we're good enough we know we're down 13 to nothing i think he knows that look to an extent they're lucky to be down 13 i agree and so look they they made some adjustments offensively going to jojo blackman at quarterback interesting to see and that's i want to talk to him about that i want to see if that's the that's the case we're going to see randy prim come back out there i think regardless the defense for scamming well they've been shown out a little bit i think you know for washington they haven't been able to finish drives much like coach wooden said before half their right at half uh offensively that's the key you're gonna have to score some points against this team how are you gonna do it you know jojo blackman throws a pick there once again to you know a deep pass great job by santonio coleman what does this escambia team what what adjustments do they make we know that they make great adjustments they got a great coaching staff and great players over there it's 13 nothing though and this wildcat team is not the wildcat team no no no it's not going to be easy especially here uh at washington with a pretty good crowd even though it's 30 it does feel like a lot of folks almost 800 as a matter of fact we've got some highlights from the first half that we can take a look at and jeff that wildcat defense you know you know i make a statement they were doing that early and the offense was moving too here yeah i mean it's just like you look at plays like that being able to run the football now we're gonna go look at the defensive side of the ball this defense is fast they're all over the field i mean they're doing kind of what they want at this point see renee prem throwing it look that man-to-man press coverage does not allow plays like that to happen great tackling i mean it's early on the season these guys haven't played a ton of football to be honest with you here's the look at this eric smith jr 6-4 middle tennessee state commit it's the only touchdown of the night there was a beautiful pass an even better catch and then there's uh steel to steal that's brother to brother they we saw that combo a lot here came jojo blackman for escambia when he was running it did well but late in the half through a long pick and that was a drive killer for escambia and that's what got us here to uh oh look we're on camera there we are hey yeah look at that love it i can't help it if you could get out of the way i cannot help myself when i see a camera i don't like this beam is in my we need to move it can somebody come in and knock out this beam right here in the northwest florida state college sports booth how about it here on friday night rivals this is look this has been a ton of fun it's grace is two of the best teams in the area so i'm excited it's uh it's great to be here we're glad you're with us and we're really glad that it's almost time to get things going and see how this whole thing plays out can't wait to see the second half for about two and a half minutes away stay with us [Music] you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people [Music] we are back we're glad you're with us here just about ready you can hear coach bennett jeff i'm glad we've got coach bennett for a quick interview hey what's going on coach are we are we live right now can i say oh man i better not say what i was gonna say coach we're live jeff price and christian up in the booth here obviously down 13 nothing i tell you what making some changes on the offensive side uh what did you say to your guys at half i said i was about the worst it since i've been in scammers that i've ever seen an offense or a defense play well said so obviously jojo blackman going out there at quarterback you had renee prim as well who are we gonna see line back up i don't know yet we'll see here in a few minutes i don't you know i mean you're going to see both of them but you know what i don't know i uh i don't know what our coordinator wants to do right now but um you know we just got to play better we you know we're lucky i'll be honest with you we're lucky it's not 30 to nothing right now well i mean that's how bad we played and we just got lucky and got some you know a few things but um um you know it's we're just very very fortunate that we're only down 13 to nothing absolutely coach well i'm not going to take any more of your time i know you guys are ready to get ramped up and rolling appreciate your time appreciate it all right guys all right so there you go coach uh saying that uh it's maybe the worst offense and defense he's seen his team play since he's been in escambia that's a pretty bold statement from coach bennett but uh nonetheless he wouldn't tell us exactly who's gonna be the starting quarterback we're going to find out in just a minute here are some of the stats from the first half and you can see why they had to make a change look at the escambia total yards 47 total yards on offense and those were like late second quarters the change to jojo blackman for looking for washington this is what you love to see running the football on that good defensive front of a scandia throw in the football when they need to getting big plays timely plays timely plays as key third and long the big look even the field goal that was for not that it was almost a touchdown because of a penalty these guys have looked good but what i tell you what coach bennett made a great point these guys should be down 30 to nothing we'll see if it comes back to haunt the wildcats yeah it's going to be really interesting to see because again obviously escambia not only uh not only made it to the state finals last year but just a history and a tradition of being really really good so uh this is the sort of game that coach whidden talked about wanting to win kind of moving his team over the hump and these sorts of games jeff never come easy right you know even when you're up 13 nothing you know coach wooden knows that a scam is going to have a little more kick in them and they're going to have to work hard to close this thing out and if they do they make a statement across northwest florida tonight yeah they do and you know what coach whidden he just has that he has that nonchalant kind of attitude that you feel and the guys feed off of that but he's serious he knows how to win some football games coming over from niceville just that pedigree over there great football player himself and this is this wildcat team once again is a team that is uh they're believing in themself and how about the pantheon exactly that's wow about 30 seconds ago that's all i saw i said check out those pants that is impressive so a minute to go give or take here uh jeff i know that there are a few other games tonight we've been talking about all night long that was brett bennett by the way the offensive coordinator and and uh jeff wisely pulls up the the roster because we want to give him credit for those pants he always has great pants well oh is that right yeah he always wears the horse okay well and he's the guy who's going to make that decision as you heard coach bennett say as to whether or not we're gonna get uh prim or blackman at the quarterback position i gotta believe it's gonna be blackman if not it the whole time certainly some because it's the only success they found if not you better throw it to blackman you better find a way right but they couldn't do that in the first half i mean that was they were having a hard time doing that and they will receive the escambia gators and we're going to find out pretty quickly and speaking of jojo blackman he is back to receive this kickoff and again at this point jeff it feels like they're just trying to get the ball in his hands however possible you know his brother was the guy uh catching those kickoffs earlier they've changed that it was prim at quarterback now it's blackman that he's this premier incredible player let's get the ball in his hands which they're about to do in about five seconds there he is a little wedge blocking and he's got a huge return again some beautiful blocking there from escambia and that's just what the doctor ordered a huge return and a great field position start back at the 40-yard line all right let's find out who who is the quarterback roulette gonna be at this point that's what that's what i mentioned to see do they go back to prim do they bring somebody else in other than jojo blackman as well looks like right now we've got elijah maxwell not sure if he's going to play some receiver yeah it looks like jojo blackman's out there yeah jojo blackman's going to be our quarterback with devante betty's at the running back position so a huge play there from blackman right off the bat seven seconds in and he's got about 40 more yards to his name on the night [Applause] man-to-man across the board on the defensive side here for the wildcats another high snap we've seen that all night too blackman's gonna keep it and doesn't get much maybe picks up too that's mean right there that's a mean front i'll tell you what this defensive front for for washington is not the biggest but they are the most athletic and they are not scared to hit you there's just a different mentality boy when he cuts across the edge there you see darry gilbert once again jojo blackman he early on was getting those cuts four or five yards as soon as he stepped and put that foot in the ground there were three wildcats right in his face that time there were so second down now after a pickup of about a yard second at nine looks like blackman has moved back to the receiver position he's gonna be down here on the near side so they are gonna mix things up a little bit it looks like jeff interesting why not yeah why not grimm's back in the game it's going to go to blackman alone and he's got it and it's going to be a touchdown just like that how about that prim comes back throws the bomb to blackman touchdown and we're one minute seven seconds in and right now escami's gonna feel very very good i'm a little interested if they were gonna throw a penalty flag right there as you saw the celebration here so prim says hey let's not forget i do have there it is there it is and i tell you what jojo blackman he better be careful because one more of those and he's gone looking great job right there touchdown they send performance materials touchdown and this is why now another flag just now yeah this is this is big look you get two unsportsmanlikes like that and you're out of the game yeah so you better be careful gotta be careful all that aside mixing things up for escambia proves very successful blackman with a huge kickoff return he runs quarterback for a player two he goes back to receiver here comes prim they get the bomb cut the lead in half well that's the answer you were looking for come on at halftime i mean that's it we talked about it whether somehow some way get the ball in his hands whether it's a quarterback whether it's a wide receiver and that's what we thought we talked about earlier on in the show throw some deep fade route to him and give him a shot and boy he didn't disappoint yeah now here's a ethan yusuke who's a very talented tough setting unsportsmanlike conducts sportsmanlike number one last sportsman like number two those will offset replay the try touchdown's good touchdown's good gonna kick the extra point here for yusuke to make it 13-7 and you know jeff this is the kind of thing that if you're this is what we talked about with washington you know it's not going to come easy if you want to win a game like this if you want to make that statement you're just not going to route a scandy you're not going to do it they're going to have to earn it that kick is up and good for you and it's 13-7 well it's good check time i mean it really is so [Music] so just under a minute into it and we're going to stay right here as we kind of break things down so now all of a sudden jeff the onus has changed a little bit and for the first time all night i think washington may feel a little bit threatened because they now know okay okay this thing's not done we can't go three and out we've got to move the ball we've got a reminder scammy that we came here to play too we'll find out because here's the thing you know washington has played a little bit lackadaisical here as they moved the football but they hadn't been had that focus be able to put it in the end zone now look this is like a zero zero ball game they know they had their opportunities they got to put the pedal back on the gas here uh this is this is how you you can tell a good team to a great team you want to make a deep playoff run that's what i'm saying knows how to make a deep playoff run they've been doing it quite some time for washington here this is where people go okay are they contenders or are they pretenders here's your perfect opportunity against one of the greatest teams in the state right here for washington and once again you left so many points on the board you had an opportunity i mean this is just you had a great opportunity ahead of you now you understand uh-oh these guys can play some football and that's where this is going to be interesting i really think for washington it's put up or shut up at this point because i tell you what this game can go in escambia's favor real quick it could so it's 13-7 just like that i mean and i say you know just like that no kidding i mean 10 53 to go we're just over a minute in and now washington gonna get their chance they need to do something that's a big boot [Music] fielded right at the goal line and here's a big run and of course that's aiden freeman we've said his name all night that's another big return out to the 25-yard line that's where the wildcats will start yeah once again we go back to that offensive side for washington a lot of missed opportunities and they've shown some weaknesses in that escambia defense but once again escambia's defense has fought tooth and nail to be able to keep it to a 13-0 ball game and now it's 13-7 so interesting to see i think if you're washington look keep doing what you've been doing it's amy l steele throwing the football his work you put a lot of pressure on these guys and i tell you what going four at the top right there four wide at the top then they're gonna keep doing the same thing steal the sophomore quarterback had a very good night they're gonna run into bullard here who picks up one or two and that's been the adjustment that this uh front for escambia has made now early on the game greg board and company look it's company because it's a bunch of backs they uh they were giving up four or five yards of chunks sometimes ten i mean we saw some big time openings and we're not seeing that anymore this linebacking squad is doing a great job flowing with the offensive line making the stops pick up there of about two able in some trouble now and oh what a play that was wow throws it to greg bullard you know for a minute there jeff it looked like he was kind of giving up and i think he was playing us i think that 360 did was entirely on purpose i think somebody watched a little bit too much patrick mahomes check this out this is really something i think you realize that's something that's awesome what do you realize that i need to throw this football either away or just throw it to my man you did a great job getting it away look at that does it again and that time i think just enough for the first down that's eric smith and that's a great pass no doubt it's the only one your man can catch but even better job by eric smith jr knowing where the sticks are know where that first down is get one yard past it and lay down and catch the football so the wildcats needed that they wanted to move the chains at least once following the huge explosive strike from escambia so now it's a long and long first and ten out to the 39-yard line for washington this is going to be bullard up the middle who again picks up two or three it's a good it's good first down play right jeff you know just kind of pick up a couple get things moving that's been for really both these teams though positive yards i mean if you can get two or three on first down you'll take it at this point and now it just sets up you know second and what eight maybe seven but now you can still run your offense no panic here right three wide outs might have seen some movement there there's still who we've seen him do that a couple times oh and they're gonna call this uh oh boy i don't know they're gonna call this a touchdown saying the throw was behind the line of scrimmage and the call is a touchdown there are no reviews and just like that this game is tied 13-13 escambia now will have a chance to take a lead let's take a look right here this is uh interesting [Music] that's a bad call yeah it didn't look like he went but but again it also doesn't matter there there is no review and that's number 29 for escambia who alertly picks it up that's sean blackwell who's going to be credited for the touchdown see what the flag is and confirm this but that's that flag down at the two yard line that is a bad call that is a really bad call i i have coach wing can't believe it i'm sure here we go touchdown stands after the play dead ball sideline offense the five yard penalty on the shot well i'll tell you what this really could not be going any worse for the wildcats coming into the third quarter up 14-0 we have not yet played three minutes the game is now tied after a huge touchdown from jojo blackman on a bomb from prim and now the defensive score here's all you need to know go back and look at the replay now look where the quarterback you can kind of get an idea of where what yard he throws from and look where the pass is yeah the pass is it looks like what is that the 42 32 whatever you want to call it the quarterback's throwing from the four like that's that's to me that's just a terrible terrible call i understand it's tough being a referee sometimes but to me that's not a bang bang call i just i don't understand i'll agree it was a surprising call nonetheless that kick is up and good and how about that escambia has taken the lead and i'm sure coach whidden the wildcats and the 739 fans who are here for washington are stunned because that took almost no time and just like that 14-13 there's coach whitten yeah and he has a he had every right he has every right period to be hot right now because that just it look i'm not gonna bring i hate to bring this up saints fans know exactly about some bad calls and uh i i would want an explanation as well i that he deserves an explanation because that's just there's no reason for that it's a no-brainer i mean i i get when it's a close call you know if it's maybe a foot here or there that was not even close well you know again that's what you think on a play like that that was it didn't look that close but let's say it was let's say we got another look at it here let's see it was was within a three feet you'd think you'd err on the side of being more conservative it's going to be hard to tell yeah you can't really tell from that right there but once again it did and it doesn't really matter now i do want to point this out that's ariel still who of course is the brother of uh emil still the quarterback that is the second or third time tonight he's dropped a ball that was through right to his hands because it looks like he's kind of thinking where am i going as soon as i catch this you got to catch that thing first and if he does that none of this matters yeah and at the same time though you know amiel's got to get the ball up you know yeah on a screen like that you want it where your guy can catch it and as soon as he catches turn his head he doesn't have to bend down or anything but regardless it's a catchable ball yeah either way hey it is what it is at this point you want some adversity here you go here come the wildcats [Applause] number 25 for washington derry and gilbert on the return so now we're seeing escambia obviously come out here and now it looks like they woke up a little bit it's a shame that it happened it happened this way but you know what once again for washington you want to go out here and you want to prove that you're the best look you're going to face this sometime throughout the year there's going to be games where you're not you don't have your best you want to win in the playoffs you're going to have to go through stuff like that let me let me make this point when i was talking to coach whidden on wednesday night i said you know how good do you think your team is and he said christian we won't know until we face some adversity whether it's a bad call a bad play so exactly what he was talking about is when we get a chance to see them respond to now and he said that's when we'll know it's a nice start to the drawing here number five eric smith of course on the catch it's gonna be a first and ten as the chains will yeah that move almost a late hit right there a little surprise but hey it is what it is at this point get the ball to your playmakers and when i say playmakers i mean anybody on the offensive side of the ball these guys are as offensively balanced as there is a lot of speed everywhere but eric smith jr right there that's a name i'll tell you what you get him one on one go for it run up the middle here bullard with some room and that's going to be another first down down to the 45-yard line bullard's had a good night boy air conditioning replay here big hole impressive offensive line for the wildcats they've been giving them holes all night lamont sims standing over somebody that's this is i'm a little confused you call on a pass that you said was a backwards pass but you got a player standing over another player and you don't throw a penalty on it that's come on guys let's go [Music] gonna lob it open he's got his man again and the wildcats are responding beautifully that's eric smith on the catch amy l just uh bought himself some time jeff and lobbed it right over the defender great job eric smith jr you know what when you get a receiver at 6-4 on the heating and air conditioning instant replay this this sophomore quarterback is something else he is i tell you what the defender right there once again it's just as good as you can play you cannot do it any better the only way is to try to get your head around and at that point you're chasing a 6-4 receiver you have no time down to the 21-yard line now we've got a whistle and a flag [Applause] [Music] by the play dead ball encroachment defense that five yard penalty still gonna be first down so it'll be first and five and now that moves them into the red zone to the 16 16-yard line for the wildcats who have responded beautifully to the call there earlier don't know if you realize this by the way you uh you see the young man covering eric smith jr is none other than jojo black is that right who had a big interception last week that's number six not able to find the hole of course that's miles murphy and uh they've let him run it a few times tonight he's made a few plays not able to do it there though great job by that defensive line of escambia just clogging the hole he has to balance it out and guess what by that time the cavalry showed up and great tackle [Music] empty backfield right here five wide this is oh they got a timeout good timing because there's about to be another penalty deadball timeout timeout white it's their first all right so escambia saw no one in the backfield maybe didn't feel ready jeff and said hold on let's call that timeout their first year of the second half and so that gives coach waden a chance to think about what he wants to do on offense and of course coach bennett's going to talk to his troops with eight minutes to go and it's it's feels odd to say jeff but it's a one point lead for a scam but it kind of feels like how did that happen yeah it really does and by the way it looks like greg bullard's on the sideline over here i think it's cramps it looks like he's gonna be all right they're stretching him out a little bit but but for washington look you look at you go five wide you talk about bread and butter earlier i think that's your bread and butter i really think against this team right here now they have they've had success running the football but you put escambia in some compromising situations on defense that really with the speed you have escamia has had really no answer at this point and i tell you what once again i'll say it i've been impressed with the the quarterback play by annie l steele i mean this is a young man that's a sophomore quarterback his brother's number nine ariel steel wide receiver over there the senior i bet just look big games bring out the best and the worst in people and uh so far so good coach wooden's gotta like what he sees with this young man so we're about ready to get going here second down and five from the 16-yard line now escambia's held him inside the red zone tonight and once again washington no one in the backfield but the quarterback who's going to keep it himself and he's got a big hole and he is going to get into the end zone amy l steele with the touchdown and the wildcats respond beautifully to a bit of adversity exactly what coach was looking for and now they take the lead that makes it 1914 speed and replay yeah beautiful quarterback draw i mean fake the pass let's tuck it up and run i tell you what great even better job by that offensive line i love giving credit to those big uglies up front the offensive line of washington has been impressive all night they have and once again you talk about amiel steel he's only as good as his offensive line we've talked about him a lot tonight not giving enough credit by that big front alex leatherwood the young man from alabama this is alma mater he's got to be proud there's storyolo on for the extra point is that a good night gets it up tons a leg it's right through the uprights and now 20 to 14 wildcats and that feels very good if you're a washington fan because you know for about three minutes there you were thinking oh boy here we go and here we go we're gonna take a break it's friday night rivals we're just getting started folks a lot of fireworks to come stay with us you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people [Music] we are back in the student body of the wildcats here you can see uh feeling good and then they needed it because they were not feeling so good at the beginning of this quarter they were leading 13-nothing were the wildcats at the half and it took fewer than three minutes for washington i'm sorry for escambia to take the lead 14-13 but washington beautifully jeff has a big-time drive and takes the lead again i think it's time to uh double jojo blackman it was only a matter of time before he got loose it's gonna be interesting to see you know blackman has played some quarterback tonight they're going to do an on-site kick out of nowhere [Music] but they do recover you know i think jeff um i love the element of surprise but he kicked it too hard that thing got down there too quickly and the wildcats didn't have a chance to cover no they did not hey you know what it is what it is you get jacked up especially as a kicker how many times do you get to do that in the game and kicking is one of the toughest things there you can see coach win man he's uh he's he's going for a little bit tonight he knows what an opportunity this is he knows people are watching well you don't do that unless you have confidence in your defense and i think there's something to be said for that and uh look randy prem back in at quarterback jojo blackman caught the big touchdown pass earlier for renny prim he gets some confidence throwing the football deep we already said watch the film on this young man he's pretty darn good had a rough first half but i think that's going to open some things up and if you're watching it on defense uh interest to see if they're going to cut looks like they're going to double jojo blackman over the top friend's going to hand it off up the middle here it's jalen blackman who takes it this time out of the backfield and picks up a couple yeah we talk about the wildcats you know weapons on offense well escambia has their own weapons and it starts with that offensive line up front and you know you got jojo blackman you got jaden milliner look they're missing a couple guys from last year's squad but once again coach bennett's done a great job getting these guys prepared uh like equal athletes across the board that's why we're here tonight this is the best game of the night second down at eight now [Music] prim's gonna keep it looking to go long makes a great play and picks up about four it'll be third down and four out of midfield he was under big pressure injured wildcat looks like number 53 jackson okay so jackson is down and hurting a bit yeah great job by renee prim to get out of the pocket i thought they had him in the backfield yeah he makes a terrific play and does pick up four or five it'll be third down and about four and uh they are literally on the 50 here as we coach whidden checking on his player there now i tell you that you know prim did have a receiver and it looked like jaden milliner running across the middle open there didn't have time to get to him because by the time the route opened up he had two guys in his face but hey that's one thing you gotta like if you're coach bennett with your quarterback being able to get outside the pocket we got two extremely athletic quarterbacks playing for both these teams tonight yeah i uh last night i was talking to coach bennett and i asked him you know i said uh will prim uh make any plays with his feet and he literally uh here we go good to see him yeah mason scruggs coming off the field mason scrubs coach bennett literally laughed at me he's like yeah he'll he'll make some plays with his feet as if he couldn't believe i asked and sure enough we've seen that tonight hey you know what it's uh coach bennett comes off to a lot of people as cocky but hey when you've had the success he's had at the the schools he's had and you look at him taking this team to the state championship last year hey you get it i mean there's hockey and confidence how are we going to look at it after a while when you're used to it you know are you being cocky are you just kind of stating what to you as a fact i mean you know third down now right at midfield the scamby would love to keep that momentum going it looks like this time jojo blackman is back at qb which probably means he's going to keep it hey good call uh-oh he's in some trouble boy this may work out real well for him and he's gonna have the first down and then some unless we get a penalty which we don't so blackman goes one way there's a penalty goes one way runs into about five wildcats says no no no no i'll try this instead reverses the other way and gets the first down as we await the penalty yeah interesting to see what's gonna be holding is it a first down [Applause] play blind side block the offense 15 yards from the spot still third down a big conversion is for not here we'll watch again look at blackman boy when he reverse field and i turn around and look where the blue jerseys and there were none yeah yeah you see the blindside block right back there i i think it was back there i'm not sure well the flag was way down where the play ended but yeah but there was one right there so yeah so that'll be instead of a first down conversion in a very big play it's a very big loss for escambia here third and forever well it's gonna be third and very very very long that's for sure can they get the long and long first down i think it's long and really long first long and really long first down if you get this one you earned it how lucky are we jeff that our first down sponsor is long and long oh i think it's great i hope they stay with us forever i do too there's no better than long and long well i'd say i was hoping that the law firm of interception safety and holding would jump on board but they did not they did not return our call all right here we go so they'll pick up a few but nowhere near what they need and it's going to bring up fourth down and still about 15 and i think that uh scamia is going to have to boot this one away elijah maxwell number 11 right there on the reception yeah the penalty blind side block and that's a safety precaution obviously should have to say that on blindside remember back in the old days you know maybe 20 30 years ago or maybe more than that however old you are those were just common i mean you went you hunted those out i remember back when i played i say that like i'm 100 years old but even you could do the blind side block i mean that was something that you know we used to get stickers on our helmet for you know and now obviously you just can't do that things have changed a bit for the better that's aiden freeman back now to receive for the wildcats back at about the 15. another good one yeah we've seen a lot of those tonight not sure why he caught that that might have gotten five or six more yards but that's okay he does and uh that was number 20 billy williams who who stopped the play there and that's where the wildcats will get going you know you mentioned jeff he said have you done a game here before i said no you said they have some fun i love the pa announcer yeah he gets into it yeah the pa does a great job uh look the concession some of the best we heard the pulled pork nachos they used to have i'm not sure if they still do have the kettle corn outside you walk in you got 10 different kinds of kettle corn they sell the crowd i mean look it's what are you guys what are we doing up here i don't know i really don't look at you know coach a.d joe williams said 789 every one of those is here tonight gonna run it up the middle there and uh that's number six miles murphy he keeps it picks up maybe two you know we've seen that so many times it just seems kind of vanilla for that offense so first down they're gonna run the football maybe get a couple yards here and there which looks like they got half of you i was saying i was rather optimistic he didn't pick up two he picked up about a half a yard it's gonna be second and nine so yeah it's they're gonna throw the football i mean they've been able to throw it at will tonight under six minutes to go here in the third quarter we've seen a lot of action here in the third quarter ameel with another great play this time he's going to keep it directing traffic as he runs right there at the stakes it's going to be real close if he gets the first or not it's another nice play you are two shorts more quarterback amy l steele yeah i'll tell you the future is bright if you're a wildcat fan i mean you hate to lose guys like eric smith jr and some of those other guys tabi and dale on defense uh you know deandre smith all those guys but once again like you said the future is bright and they have a good theater system i mean look they continue to get good players here you know coach whidden is gonna make sure that that middle school system those young guys and those park systems and stuff we're gonna continue to produce gets them in the weight room this is gonna be a good football team for quite some time third down and two now from right at the 45. uh-oh the big loss and a big play for escambia the defense needed it the defense got it that's a terrific play there and that'll bring up fourth down that's what the gators needed and all of a sudden silence here yeah i mean hey you know what coach whidden and it's uh it's tough sledding to get around the edge there unless you throw the football and uh great job first gambia's defense stepping up sean blackwell makes the play there very well done and the gator is gonna get the ball back once again let's uh you know what let's see this defense i mean eric smith jr back to punt oh how about that skip gotta get it look at the roll that's what 26 yard line don't catch it pick it up let it roll with it no so here we go first gambia all right you know you've had a couple of opportunities you come out here at half obviously you're down 13 nothing you know you'll be excited with the third quarter you've had so far but at the same time now washington jumps back out in front let's see him answer well to me jeff the biggest thing we've seen tonight is washington's touchdown after escambia took the lead because i think we were all thinking oh boy here we go and they answered beautifully not only have they just given up a lead on a game that didn't feel like they should be trailing at all but they had just had that call where it was a fumble and a long return for a defensive touchdown and things were not looking good they answered and it just felt like things swung again to me that's so far the moment of the night is that drive and if your coach wouldn't though you're like hey guys can we not have to face adversity to build upon the end zone i mean remember there should be 30 points on the board for the wildcats right now so it is what it is you know what that's the type of team this is so long games still got plenty of time left and clearly a penalty against escambia because they had it at the 26th it's all the way back down to 11. so that's a 15-yard penalty and that's where the drive is going to start and that is not what they need is giving up big yardage looks like uh jojo here we go let's see what penalty is sideline offense first and ten another sideline penalty we've seen that a lot tonight unacceptable yeah i mean that's a matter of for those that don't know stay behind there's a white line over there stay behind the white line simple as that jojo blackman back at quarterback now another high snap he fields it nicely gets out wide maybe gets a couple of yards maybe not even that i'll tell you you know may not matter much we haven't seen a huge play on it but we've seen a lot of bad snaps tonight whether they hit the dirt first whether they were really high we saw it again there we've seen it all night yeah washington on special teams has got to figure that out whoever their long snapper is on field goal every single time back there to kaya stormiolo look payton daniels like i said is the mvp because he has handled every one of them we've seen it for a scam b2 though again even right there as jojo had to make a make a nice play on a high snap and he's got another chance now i guess he picked up five here that's more than i thought oh you can't give him the edge and he gets the edge he gets to the 21-yard line and they need to get you about the 24 so it will be third down now in about two or three jalen lewis if he just cuts that edge off then jojo has nowhere to go but that's once again i mean it's easier said than done when you're facing a dynamic talent like jojo blackman third down and three is the clock sits at 4 42 here it seems like we have a lot of guys go to tennessee to go play some football for the volunteers we have a lot of talent from pensacola i'd love to see and i'm not a tennessee fan but i would love to see jojo blackman go join some guys over there wearing that nice orange and white heck yeah it's a color he's used to yeah third down cut the edge great job cutting edge look at him look at these balls let him loose wow is he something oh look at this wow he will not get the first down but holy smokes the high hurdle in the ground a collective whoa let's take another look at that on the instant replay he is something look at him great job cutting the edge off look at that move my goodness and wait a minute but great pursuit right there with jalen lewis to be able to knock him out of bounds so all that he picks up about two yards it will be fourth and one and it looks like a scam is going to have to punt you know coach wants to go for it that close but deep in their own territory jeff they can't alert alert right here if you're washington it's a yard there's just so much you can do when you get creative on special teams so you're thinking fake is that what you're trying to just look i know that they're deep in their own territory but this is coach bennett he's been around the block more than anybody i don't put it past him here you gotta be on high alert don't uh don't let anybody run free hayden freeman is back to return if there is a return and he was punting but i believe it's a delay a game penalty right here yep yep you called it delay of game so so if there was any thought to faking it they're not doing it now is they're going to lose a few and he even though the play didn't matter he did punt so i guess it was it was a punt all along and that means that uh again aiden freeman will get his chance and he'll take it he moves up now to about the 45 to return the punt so i'll take the extra yardage without even trying yeah got a text here randy bergen you know he he's filled in on some some broadcast for us before he filled in a little bit last year uh texting me about eric smith jr he said look that number five kid he's got a shorter db they got to go one-on-one with him more he is highly impressed as well cool he's been awesome he has been yeah big touchdown early on in the game so it's fourth down and five that's a great snap by the way not a great punt out wide right and it's going to go to the 49-yard line of escambia so the wildcats will take over in escambia territory and as you heard the pa announcer great field position i dig it here jeff the the the piano i told you would not be disappointed well yeah what you don't usually hear is like play-by-play and that he's like mid-play he's making calls i love it the excitement here look guys like uh charlie ward derrick's bro derek brooks obviously winning a championship with the bucks and just the all-american there at florida state you've got roy jones jr i mean the alumni are incredible here and to be honest with you alumni you're talking about emmitt smith guys like fred robbins on the escambia side yeah fred robbins goes and wins a super bowl with the giants taking down the pads there is so much tradition between these two schools and these are two of the oldest schools around a deep history that's for sure so right at midfield or just on the other side of it is where the wildcats will start getting three wide outs here on the near side still going to keep it he's going to pick up about seven silky smooth that is silky smooth you know what's great if i just wait about a half a second i can just say what the pa announcer says yeah because he's doing the play-by-play for me in fact what was she let's just mic him up i'll go get some of those nachos and we'll call her today no no you can take this spot i will get the nachos look at this though by the way because i'm being silly big penalty there so the uh the big run from amy l is coming way back and then some and boy that's 15. yeah that's 15 yards and all the way back now at the 31 yard line couple scores real quick baker is up on jay 18 to 13 in the fourth navarre 28-21 over gulf breeze right now pace getting shut out by milton 14 nothing and right now escambia academy 27 north view chiefs 20. northwest florida sports booth we give you that and amy l had his man but he threw it a little behind him and you know that eric smith was going to take off there but not able to so it's going to be second now and very very long and that young man is 6'4 so don't throw it at his feet he's got a long way to go down but once again amy escaping some traffic dies so close just so close right here but hey nonetheless it is second and very long yeah it's second and thirty again it's uh you tried it did you do the math i did the math oh my goodness our sponsor math.com they actually said no they they they denied us last week we went after them and they were not interested not fans second and 30. oh fumble and looks like washington recovers there so they were they were trying to not not get it all back they were just looking for the handoff up the middle but a little sloppy there on the transition and lucky to get it back third and 30. bullard was getting a little upset as his offensive lineman i don't i thought that was on the handoff there not sure who was supposed to get let's check it out right here yeah that's not on your offensive lineman i don't know why he was looking at him but uh that is that's the quarterback running back exchange i'm gonna go for it big here amy elle's got his man but he already throws it it's picked off and that's a number five check that number 29 where'd i get five from number yes number five on the pick oh it was oh ten four okay so sorry about that so that's lamont sims who makes the pick and you know jeff it's basically a pun it was third and thirty there why not just throw it deep and see what you can do yeah so right at the 30-yard line is where escambia will take over it's a one-score game late in the third quarter 325 to play this game is the game of the night across northwest florida and jeff it's a really good game yeah it really is you know the first half was exciting uh if you were watching the wildcat fan the second half how about the gators coming out and look getting the big call from the referees and that that fumble they picked it up nonetheless did what they were supposed to do been a bit of a sloppy third quarter though the man you're looking at there jojo blackman uh one of the premier talents here in northwest florida plays uh plays a little bit of everything for escambia he's moved to quarterback now because he can do things like that and he picks up about five without even trying it seems and don't forget jeff he plays defense too last week had a huge game-clinching interception yeah he did and he's just a pure athlete across the board remember this like i said earlier this young man has nine division one offers as of right now from the likes of teams like kentucky and tennessee and all that sort even south alabama and troy you know they're trying to not to let that talent get away from him right here locally but of course no he's uh look renee prim's back in at quarterback but i can tell you right now if you're washington and you see number one outside you better dublin second down now and five from the 39-yard line and jojo's down here at the bottom of our screen last time jojo was down here at the bottom of the screen prim threw it deep to him he will not this time they're gonna run it up the middle and get little to nothing and that'll bring up third down and six yeah tabian dale tabian they call him tank and you see why by number 52 he is not afraid to stick his nose in there and make a tackle with a host of wildcats but looks like number 14 to darius right he's up he's moving around yeah just got stung a little bit yeah but he doesn't want to come out he's a hockey player he's ready to go so right at the 40-yard line it'll be third down and four he did pick up about a yard there on the play well i don't i don't like this though you go look no offense to mr darius wright but he's one-on-one with jojo blackman i get him some help over here that's gonna be jalen blackman who goes nowhere fast and that's gonna be a huge defensive play from washington bad bad dudes over there how about it that defensive front running sideline to sideline good luck i mean unless your name is jojo blackman it's hard to outrun these guys great great job tabi and dale again sticking his nose in there this entire look once again this is not the biggest defensive front you're going to see in the area they're a lot bigger i mean we watched a couple from milton last week with a young man going to auburn over there four star and marquise but this this is athletic and smart as a defense as i've seen in a long time aidan freeman's had a lot of chances to return punts tonight he gets another one here yeah that's a big-time punt fair catch called for right at the 20. and that's where the wildcats will uh start the drive here with a minute to go so very late in the third quarter and jeff you know washington's feeling good but we saw how quickly escambia can change things scoring two touchdowns in under three minutes to start this quarter and you know the wildcats know they they can't relax they're a long way from pedro no i mean they are and once again they've left a lot of points on the field but hey you know what it is what it is at this point you're only up six points now scambia all they had to do was score kick a field goal or an extra point but at this point you've been able to throw the football however you want to that's where put your weapons out there let your speed go out and have a heyday i mean once again you cannot be scared you can't try to hold on to it i don't expect coach wood and i think they're going to come out firing on all cylinders yeah amyl still going to roll out he's got a man misses him since deandre smilov was the target man he missed him badly yeah as i guess it's too open yeah well that's that's maybe the worst throw we've seen tonight from steel for sure so it'll be second down and 10. yeah so i guess the sophomore is human he is that's the first sign right there of human life that we've seen now uh he's made some of the toughest throws i mean where he's got to thread the needle and then wide open right there couldn't get it done right by the way that punt it was a heck of a punt yeah that was our man ethan usuka yusuka came down as you said came down from washington state and this is not going to get bullard trying to reverse it there did a nice job keeping his feet but it didn't matter it's a loss it's going to be third down just once again a scammy we talked about them making some some adjustments on defense and they've done that they've shut down almost shut down completely the entire running game as you see right here after the game coming up at 11 print football final with dan and steve love it love it went home and watched it last week they got some good games coming up this week really is a great show to watch so fun third and 15 now this may be the last play of the quarter steel's going to throw it deep he's got a man oh my goodness oh that's deandre smiley was the target and i mean fingertips jeff just overthrew him gosh by what a foot let's get another look here i really don't know an inch watch this right here oh my goodness he's gonna think about that laying in bed tonight you're right it wasn't a foot it was about three inches oh my goodness just an incomplete pass though fourth down fourth and 15. so obviously that means punt time for washington with 12 and a half seconds or so to go here in the third quarter and uh it's going to put a scam be in a good place to start the fourth quarter because i think they're going to get pretty good field position here yeah not sure what's going looks like washington's going to take a timeout they are boy i tell you you know coach whidden doesn't want to take a timeout with 12 seconds to go in the corner but it gives you an indication jeff of how important this moment is knowing that they want to do their best to not give escambia a great place to start no you want to make sure special teams people forget about special teams but look it's one of the things that can change the game on a dime you have a bad snap or a bad punt maybe a guy doesn't you know your returner doesn't return it correctly maybe you don't block it correctly and somebody sneaks through block punt there's so many things that can go wrong and it's so easy you get teams that play really good special teams their teams will be playing deep into november so you can see the situation here washington is up six so they're up a touchdown not a touchdown an extra point though which may prove to be significant with just under 13 seconds to go here looks like we could have an exciting fourth quarter jeff you've been tracking other games all night you got anything west florida's up 24 nothing wow pensacola catholic right now and west florida's a team that escambia beat last week in a very close game 24-20 and tate and phs are tied at six so that's kind of what we expected for that game it's gonna be two teams that are trying to rebuild right now in niceville blowing out crestview 56-14 some of those highlights of course maybe all of them featured tonight on prep football final and here we go not a good punt at all takes a good bounce but it'll be about the 41-yard line of washington that's where escambia starts this drive and there will be enough time for one more play in the half and uh that wasn't what they were looking for not for your wildcat cause that's real good field position for scamby to get things going yeah absolutely and the uh looks like the baker and j game has went final baker 18 j royals 13. 13. baker getting it done they always seem to get it done first and ten prim back now quarterback which is notable it's been uh jojo blackman plenty he's got the ball here though here's blackman and it's going to be a pickup of about seven that'll be the final play here of quarter number three and what has proven to be a very exciting game and we've still got a quarter to go and it's only six points between washington and escambia and escambia trailing as the ball stay with us folks for the final quarter coming up next [Music] we are back folks it's friday night rivals and it's going to be an exciting fourth quarter i have no doubt 20 to washington up but escambia's got great field position blackman back at quarterback [Music] he's just tough to bring down look at him go folks he's incredible turns nothing into something huge another big gain it's going to be first and goal jeff he is something man that's 20 yard gain where he should have been sacked for a loss of about two or three yards and honestly the only thing that surprised me is that he didn't score yeah i mean look boom no in trouble here no i think i'm gonna go back this way yeah yeah look here's an opening all right here we go look at the look at the blocks great job blocking that's when boy that's a lot of confidence because those guys know just look get it in his hands and let it work you know jeff it's a good point you're making when when you're blocking for a guy like blackman you can never stop because you can't assume he's going to get tackled you just have to keep blocking because he's probably going to break stuff and all of a sudden you feel like whoops well you know he's not going to throw the football either so you don't have to worry about any of that you just go out there and block folks it's a lot of fun first and goal got some movement there booker t looking to make a big stop and let me tell you calling on booker t that's a specific shout out to false start offense false start with scammy that's a shout out totally first down and goal to jade brown the uh head female basketball coach here at washington she tweeted me said christian can you at least once call us booker t instead of washington she said our motto who we be booker t so coach brown glad you're watching thank you very much and there you go booker t looking to make a big stop booker t in the house that's right roy jones jr obviously a famous alum here as well always says pensacola in the house and you know what he is i talked to him about that very proud alumni here from booker t washington a lot to be proud of first and goal great job great job terrific pursuit from that washington defense they got to come up big here and that's a great way to get things going eldrick robinson the second right there the second how about it i guarantee eldrick robinson the first is proud of that young man tell me this defense is as athletic as there is they're not the biggest but they are the fastest and they are not afraid to hit you so second down with about 11 10 to go here we are in the fourth quarter escambia trailing but knocking they do have second and goal rainey's back in back at the 14. randy prem the quarterback and we've got a good time uh it's time out yeah two seconds left on the play clock got it they can't lose more yardage there no so because it is goal yeah so as scampi said let's just burn the timeout there which they will do see some scores right here how about it nice feel over crestview navarre gulf breeze that's a great game of our gold breeze looking forward to those highlights tonight on prep football final scammy academy up over north you in the fourth there tate now taking the lead over phs west florida surprising score that is it really is where is that game do you know that is a belief at catholic tonight is that right oh man catholic you know they beat pine force last week 12-7 without scoring an offensive touchdown looks like they may go into week three without an offensive touchdown so uh the crusader faithful at gorecki lebeau stadium they're not pumped i can assure you but back here in northeast pensacola we've got escambia trying to tie and maybe take the lead as they've got an end goal situation but thanks to a penalty uh they are back at the 14. so it's second and goal but from the 14-yard line and they're ready to get cruz in again we'll see who the quarterback is looks like it's going to be prim it's been premier blackman of course prim is the starting quarterback but jojo blackman is such an explosive offensive player he's had chances to play quarterback and has done real well this time he'll serve the receiver position watch him in that slot position right there they're gonna run the football run right up the middle and pick up several but down about the nine it'll be third down and goal from the nine yard line all right here we go third and goal i think regardless at this point uh you know coaches coach bennett's gonna go for this so you got two opportunities do you take a maybe a short safety route get you a little bit closer to the end zone and then go forward or do you try to go deep twice here i think uh i think you run some high low you know i think you do i think you say let's snap it to jojo blackman and see what happens i say let's just throw it up to joe yeah exactly look at this yeah they got an interesting package here there we go jojo yeah i was gonna say one on one that's where you want them so jojo's out wide prim at the qb then we've got three more receivers here on the near side that's the way prim wants to go and it's gonna be picked off and folks he's got nothing but blue agreed in front of him [Applause] he is taken down that's a huge play number 21 santonio coleman makes the play i don't know where that pass was going but a huge momentum switch here as escambia knocking on the door and instead it's a big turnover it's going to be first down washington out near midfield jeff san antonio don't call me running back coleman look at this right it reads the eyes and that's one thing when you have a young quarterback you cannot stare down your receiver and you know what he's going to learn from that but san antonio said hey i ain't no rook i've been doing this quite some time young man honestly when he picked it off i thought it was a touchdown i didn't think anybody was going to catch him but they did and that's good turnover belt baby booker t style that's a big play and he knows it big smile he deserves it awesome all right now here's washington you want a chance to be able to start to salt this game away and find a way to put that ball in the end zone for six with under 10 to go they're gonna run it up the middle here that's greg bullard who does get out wide and picks up about six second down and four and that's just what the doctor ordered a nice start to the drive but again because he didn't score on that pick it means that that is scamby county oh county escambia gator defense can hold but you know it's still it's 2014. not much has changed this has been a game of pure emotions on both sides who's hot who's not right now booker t is looking good another run up the middle here and bowlers look at him go cut after cut long and long first down down to the 40 yard line that's a great run from greg bullard the senior and that's what i'm talking about remember just last drive washington had the football they think we're getting nothing on these runs these teams are built on pure momentum you're seeing how momentum and how attitude affects this right here big turnover and washington's attacking first and ten eric smith out wide here but they're to run it again it's bullard again and he picks up about four or five more keep doing it if you're washington run the clock get some yards thank you very much yeah i mean once again i you can't be too cute keep running the football at that big offensive line remember they love to be able to just run block for people but also it's it's drawing that defense for escambia in don't forget about number five mr smith jr over there this time a quick little pitch but he's oh wow that's a terrific play that's coming in aidan freeman we do have a flag aiden freeman's had a big night looks like he was going to lose yards there but turn it into a game there is a flag i think it's going to be a holding on mr eric smith jr [Music] boy it's uh that's that's a killer right there too if you do get a holding call yep it's gonna be holding saw the signal there not the official but clearly it's going to be a hold so that's going to negate the play here we go during the folding offense second down now so we've seen it a lot a game turns into a loss and uh let's check it out here on our 44 yard line heating and air instant replay let's see if we can get number five in there i'm not real sure maybe he grabbed yeah i mean you see right there looks like jojo blackman's grabbing his jersey like he grabbed me i don't know well it's second and 14 from the 44-yard line still good position for washington with just about nine minutes to go can they finish this thing off this is exactly what coach wooden was talking about earlier this week can they beat the teams they're tough to beat the teams that maybe people don't think they should we'll find out soon enough going deep and wide open that's past interference baby how about it ladies and gentlemen that is uh i mean you throw your hands up i get it you know it saves a touchdown however you want to look at it but sean blackwell the db right there he's a senior player from the replay get your head around young man look all you gotta do is flip your head no name the ball was actually terrifically underthrown so i'm saying if he turns around he might have a shot at the pick it was not going to be a touchdown although he did have some separation there did aiden freeman for a moment but pass was under thrown clear pass interference no arguing that during the play pass interference on the defense an eligible man downfield on the offense those videos are offset wow how about that wow that's just i'd be interested to see coach is so mad what man is an ineligible man down field level we get another look of the line there confused i didn't see anybody that don't mean it wasn't there hey you know what i like that right there amyl still you see him clapping he's like hey forget about it let's move on this is this young man's a sophomore acting like a senior out here tonight he knows how big this game with the statement once again it's been since 2011 since booker t has taken down a scamia second down and 15. mcgill under some pressure and he's going to get huge defensive play that's number six coming up taylor taylor with a big week last week another huge play here and that's going to make it third and very long as the clock rolls at 8 40. can't help but watch that clock no one washington trying to pull off tonight tabari taylor's another young man that will be playing on saturdays you can bet your bottom dollar on it that young man is uh highly touted i mean he's just got an iq he's got the build to go play linebacker the only thing get just a hair faster but you saw the explosiveness taking down a young man like steele third and about 22. [Music] chance for a big moment for washington ores gambia here is going to go over the middle it's picked off though grossly underthrown and here comes the scambia jefferson folks i see you later how about that that's herschel jefferson picks it off sticks with it the game is tied a chance to take the lead for escambia we got a flag after the play probably another celebration penalty and i'm gonna tell you right now i have bragged on amyl steel all game long he had eric smith jr running wide open across the middle of the field but did not settle tried to make the big play watch it again watch this right here you're gonna see it eric smith jr is running across you can't see in the picture right there but wide open i mean but he tried to make the big play and be the hero and there's no sense in that but once again he's a young quarterback he's going to learn from this but you hope it didn't cost his team the game right here well i don't know mr jefferson currently has the play of the game i'll say that don't forget this either that's two defensive touchdowns now tonight for scambia so the washington defense has done its job they've held that escambia offense to a single score but that doesn't mean we're not about to be tied to 20 although looks like this was not after the play dead ball unsportsmanlike conduct head coach escambia 15-yard penalty being forced him to try so it is a touchdown it's a touchdown okay so that's on coach bennett did he say head coach he did a lot of times that can be on a certain player maybe it was a coach on the side oh so that's kind of like the default phrase i'm not sure who it was over there i think i didn't see it in the replay but i don't know but i know this this is big okay so now it's 20 20. all right so this is big time right here 35-yard extra point attempt mr yusuke who has an incredible leg coach said he'd let him kick 60 yarders it's up nearly blocked he's got it wow he does have an incredible that thing was good from 50. and a scam being now up 21 20. it's friday night rivals folks 7 50 to go a one-point game don't go anywhere can washington respond you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people we're live we're back we're enjoying a one point game escambia now leading at 21-20 we are at washington high school the wildcats now trailing jeff let's talk about this for a second this is an interesting game because this is the sort of thing you see a lot a team that has been outplayed to my estimation all night and escambia has the lead and isn't that the kind of thing we see when a team that is just usually good finds a way to be in a game whereas a team that has been getting better and is trying to sort of cross over that hump has to be asking themselves how are we losing this game right now and the question is can they respond well it comes down to the fact we talked about washington looked like early on they belonged like the attitude they played with the swagger as they say they were playing with escambia was distraught they came in here just sleepwalking i mean uh washington had the foot down on the pedal and ever since then it looks like washington has kind of went back and you give credit to the the defensive adjustments and offensive adjustments they made but boy this is not the same booker t team we saw early on no no jalen lewis now back and that's a big kick that's gonna be we've seen him all night aidan freeman it's gonna be a touch back though so washington will take over at the 20. jeff they have not had a lot of trouble moving the ball i mean their offense has been effective although we talked about it all first half coach whidden talked about it when we interviewed them they don't have the points they probably should and even coach bennett said we should be down 30 and as a result they're down a point well it comes down you should have been down by 30 but you weren't you hung in this football game and that's what coach wood no matter what happens here is going to tell his team because hey when you play the good teams like you said they're going to find ways to stay in the ballgame even when it's not their best there's greg bullard looking for something finding nothing maybe maybe a yard oh do we have a fumble here now they're going to blow this one down don't think they know what's that i don't think they really know i mean look i i'm in between now i'm going to make that very clear but there's been some blatant calls that are very questionable to say the very least but uh you know what it doesn't matter it just you feel like escambia has been the beneficiary of a few questionable calls they have been and it is what it is those are facts we're talking about early in the third quarter when washington threw it out wide they ruled it a backwards pass and as a result this game he took it back and then washington had a big play they called the legal man downfield those were the two plays that were questionable that might be what i was talking about hey but here's the thing you go back and you look at it emil steele making that interception he could i mean he had a wide open man he's got to make a better decision there and he didn't so you know what you move on you still the thing is washington as far as they should be ahead they're lucky to be in this ball game with the way escambia's played in the second half and now they have an opportunity to go down and score and take the lead that's going to be a penalty i think on the scambia they did not get their player off the field we'll see if they throw the flag it's a nice play there it's like they'll just first down either way exactly a long and long first down after a terrific run and now to the 41-yard line did he get the first yeah he did they're gonna move the chains maybe the 42 yard line well here you go i mean like you said before coach wooden said i mean they can move the football but they haven't been able to put it in the end zone yep low snap well handled by emily bullard again picks up about three maybe that time took a shot to the head gets up gets rolling second down and seven with 6 53 to play boy you know eric smith jr and jojo blackman at the bottom of the screen number one first gambia number five for booker t right here those are two the two best athletes on the field and it's not even close look you got double coverage help over the top it's gonna be down in the backfield there under through it a little bit makes the catch but not able to do anything with it of course that's aerial still so the brothers again there amiel to ariel but not gonna be any good because he caught it with his knee on the ground well emil once again under throwing the receiver you gotta give you're gonna make that long throw you gotta get it out there young man and give him an opportunity he had some open grain ahead of him so now third and ten a loss on the play there you got trips to the bottom of your screen right here eric smith junior at the top of the screen all alone danielle is in some trouble again he may just want to unload it but it looks like it may have gotten all the way out of bounds or recovered by washington that's a great play that ball rolled yards from where he was but it's a huge loss and now washington trailing by a point will be forced to punt and scammy's gonna get some good field position here's another look yeah this is the difference early on amyl running around he was making plays things have changed now this defense is just look at look at that again wow number six to barry taylor we talked about him early on this young man's gonna be playing on some saturdays and uh that's the difference in the ballgame early on they got away with that made plays with his feet running around escambia has closed it down once again great defensive adjustment high snap over his head all the way back to the end zone and still some he's he should just kick it he's not going to though and escambia is going to get it first and goal from the three-yard line jeff when it rains it pours well i mean it's as simple as you know we've seen bad snaps and look at this boy that says it all bad snaps on field goal uh you know an extra points we've seen some low snaps we saw low snap earlier on on special teams with a punt i mean it comes back to haunt you we talk about special teams coach whidden well he he knows how many missed opportunities it's got to get better i mean this is little things little things i mean you're talking about they punt the football go play defense and they got an opportunity to get it back this is just unacceptable well i can tell you right now so okay it happened if you're washington 5'4 to go you've got to be thinking hold him to a field goal four point game touchdown takes the lead well the thing is if you do give up a touchdown here and they they kick the extra point there's still one store away that's true two-point conversion eight point difference i mean once again as bad as as booker t has played escambia's played great in the second half when you look in the first half it's a matter of halves here escambia's dominating here in the second half washington looked great in the first half boy oh boy look at this loaded backfield yeah straight snap there does not get into the end zone to about the half yard line it looks like it looks like number three i'm not sure if that's number three or the the number 32 to coveny shine it's the big pack we were talking about earlier let's get that jersey rolled up a little bit so it'll be second and goal from the two yard line it looks like they're gonna do it again here he comes again this time he's outside and this time he gets in that's an ascend performance touchdown and escambia now leading at 27. rather checked that 28 to 20. 27 27 28 coming on there wow he's looking and looking there we go look at the big foundation i mean he's like you can typically you just let your big fella run straight forward he said not coach i got a little bit of speed i'm gonna go to the sideline i'll get in don't worry don't worry all right so this is a big extra point we expect them to make it they have an outstanding field goal kicker in yusuke if he makes it they're up eight it's still a one possession game with five minutes to go ah look at the leg yeah he's got an incredible leg and probably an incredible feature you know i asked coach ben and i said how far will you let him kick from he kind of laughed again he said 60. i said 60. he said absolutely you can see why he missed 28-20 is the score can washington respond we're going to take a break folks can't wait to find out stay with us you're watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan morgan for the people [Music] we're back we're glad you're with us 5 10 to go in washington in some trouble they were leading 13-nothing at the half it felt like it should have been more they certainly wish it was more it wasn't it's been almost all of scammy in the second half and that's going to be a touch back nonetheless jeff all that said the wildcats have been able to move the ball tonight they are currently down a touchdown and a two-point conversion if your coach wouldn't you just got to keep your team thinking this ain't over let's figure this out this is exactly the kind of thing that puts them in a position to make the point that they are for real you want to talk the talk well you know what talk is cheap finish the job let's go out here you know what we should have been winning by more oh so what it's passed us at this point right now we're down by eight with five minutes left to a team to win to the state championship last year and we proved that we belong on this field now just go out and get it looked like some movement didn't see a flag and that's freeman had a lot of receptions tonight for a scam beyond defense just continue to pursue that quarterback man when you when you break down that pocket and the offensive line for washington's done a good job tonight but when he they allow him to be able to run around they have made some fantastic tackles that snap drops to the ground and that cost him some time and that means a huge defensive play there that's number six for escambia javari taylor what a night he's having as well and jeff i don't know if you saw it but the snap dropped out of his hand there for a minute amy l wasn't able to hold it he picked it up but it was too late right there i mean just the timing yeah disrupts everything you better be on cue when you're facing this defense and tabari taylor told you he's come on the second half big time play right there third and long now with 4 30 to go feels like a very different game another dropped snap that's not a good idea young man and that's gonna be picked off was he in bounds there is a flag on the play as well he caught it in bounds there's a flag on the play we'll have to wait and see because this could be a pick and a scam maybe big time in business then during the play pass interference defense wow 15 yards results could be a first oh that is big yeah washington and i'm gonna tell you it continues right now amielle steel young man if you're coach win you tell him do not do that again he's already made one errand pass that look you can't just throw it up unless you're gonna throw it out of bounds it's just this is i know once again i've said i was impressed he's a he's a 10th grader coming in here big moment the biggest game of hit look at this year obviously there's no bigger game right now until you get to the playoffs at this point but you just can't throw it up for grabs well in jeff consecutive plays you dropped the snap this time he's able to hold it he is he is a different yeah he's falling apart a little bit here so he's worried here he hears footsteps he's been hit a little bit he didn't get hit in the first half this is where that that young young he's a young talented quarterback but he is young and uh this is where you're seeing it step up and i'm gonna tell you right now that was herschel jefferson who nearly had to pick and it would have been a pick six which means it would have been jefferson's second pick six of the night had a huge play about 15 minutes ago but none of that happened it's second and ten i'm gonna tell you something's a little bit different now washington blew out tate last week escambia was in quite the barn burner with west florida so a close game against a really good team and uh last week was a little bit of an inferior team for washington that could be playing a role here over the middle this is gonna be caught and that's a big confident pass and a cocky little spin on the football that's emiel to ariel they are brothers they look real good on that play and that's what washington needed flipping the field hey when you're looking for some comfort go back to family family will never leave you right there happy thanksgiving oh my god four minutes to go washington needed that they got it now down to the 35-yard line they're going to try and get it all right here oh-ho-ho-ho mercy passengers there we go a beautiful pass by the way i mean that's that's what you got to do that's the difference when you get that look it's one pass away he comes back another confident throw to none other than big bro over there aerial steel play pass interference on the defense 15 yards all right so remember that here's the play again we'll see if we can spot the past interference amy hell just unloads it he never turns around and that's that i mean that's a big no-no gotta at least make a play on the ball he doesn't so now down to the 20-yard line right at the line there for the red zone and washington continues with 3 49 to go folks the clock is really ticking now when you're playing corner you put an arm up there when you get next to a guy and then you turn around look and find the ball that way you can use the other arm to swat it not doing that tonight we're going to run it this time bullard gets the corner and he picks up about six thought he was in some trouble there in the backfield but able to get the edge it's like he lost yards right there no i don't think so yeah he lost about [Music] yeah he didn't lose yards on the play as a whole yeah he picked up like six but it's all coming back so this has been killer for washington this has been absolutely killer here in the second half that brings them back to the 34 they were on the 20 folks now back to the 34 and they don't get a first down until they're down to the 10. so and this is probably looking like your last drive unless something crazy happens so three four to go i would agree field goal ain't gonna cut it nope so it's first down and 24. the upside jeff is when a field going gonna cut it this late in the game you know it's four down territory kind of takes the pressure off they're going to start it there with a pass to bullard who stays in bounds trying to no he doesn't does go out of bounds at about the 30 or the 31 but it's a little bit of a gain got a few yards back now second down at about 19. a little surprised they haven't gone back to eric smith jr i mean you got a 6'4 guy over there lined up against a 510 corner i mean no disrespect i know it's jojo blackman i get it but at the same time i mean best on best that's what you want exactly i mean that's the thing i'm sure for uh amy l it's like i don't know if i want to throw it over there not with jojo playing d second down 19. bullard up the middle this time picks up a couple so it's going to be third and very long jeff you look like you disagree with the call he knows his offense better than i do i mean no i'm just the distance that you have to get i know it's four down territory obviously it's a little surprised i mean the running game yeah you pick up a few yards here but you've been able to dominate in the air i mean show your quarterback you have some trust and go throw the football you've got so many weapons third down and long about 17 on the 29-yard line and they may want to talk about it there's a flag is it a flag or a timeout there's a flag right there didn't turn his mic on gotta go against the wildcats so it's going to go against the wildcats it's going to be third now and even longer than it would have been about 24. it looks like maybe 30 maybe 22. [Music] great defensive play right there by herschel jefferson he has had a heck of a night tonight coming across and using that arm the opposite arm right there to swim across to knock the ball away perfect timing i mean look at this watch his trail trail he's wait he's baiting him it just doesn't get any better than that great job by herself jefferson so it is fourth down about 25 and i mean jeff i guess they got to go for right i mean yeah you could punt it you know you got 255 you got two timeouts i mean once again you got a six five six four receiver i'm assuming you put two guys on them i i don't know i think maybe if they were on their own side of the field but they're going to go for it obviously did he get it no mercy that is a great pass a terrific defensive play but man what a pass that was nearly it was a beautiful ball it was absolutely it was but it's a turnover on downs as well and that's going to give us gambia a huge opportunity to close this thing out with a couple of first downs 248 to play they're up eight they now have the ball as you said washington has two timeouts and jeff regarding the punt or no punt you know maybe if if washington's on their own 30 then they have to punt but because they knew they could throw the enzyme i think it's worth the risk either way i mean you can go out there and trust your defense because they have a very opportunistic defense uh you got a six-four but once again i believe they should have been attacking eric smith jr a little bit more and i know that look it's easier said than done look i've been on that side coaching uh it's it's not just hey just throw it to this guy like a madden football game but the flag here they've just had so many missed opportunities tonight rather was that encroachment i believe that was uh the encroachment of delay of game the encroach of game personal foul delays there you go was it really a personal foul no no no just throwing everything don't just say stop first down now and 15. all right wildcat defense got to step up and that's a good rip it away got to rip it away right here and that's where obviously coach and his squad and rep ended over their offensive coordinators telling those guys get the football put two hands cover it and just roll i mean where they wherever they want to do we that's fine play clock at 30 game clock at 2 30. scammy is going to do their best to roll that thing down washington chooses not to use one of their two remaining timeouts yet that's a huge defensive play a big loss it'll be second and 19. [Music] i think you're going to be able to get one opportunity to get the ball back here maybe if they get a stop that's a huge way to start it can't assume they throw the football i wouldn't put it past them but it looks like they're gonna call a timeout scammy yeah i was gonna say washington didn't did they wouldn't have made sense to you know wait 30 seconds and then call it but that helps that's good news for the wildcats because it bought them about seven extra seconds that's how much time was left on the play block so with 209 to go late in the fourth quarter escambia's got the ball on an eight point lead that's a good place to be but they also face second down in about 18 and washington looking to make a big stop here and find a way to get the ball back maybe with a minute or so to go and try to hope for some home field magic got some scores navarre over gulf breeze 35-21 that is final another final milton 28-nothing over pace not big surprise a big surprise tonight is west florida 31 pensacola catholic zero and floomington that is a final these are all finals and flemington 35 base side academy 17 and ea the cougars over there taking down northview and west summerford 27-22 and last final tate 13 phs-6 ea it's in the game they were in the game tonight second down now and very long about 18. look at the pack look at the zip jojo blackman who makes the pass they're going to call timeout i'm sure now washington does with 203 to go so they save their timeout moments ago puts them in a good spot now because it's gonna be third and sixteen and if they can get another stop here in call timeout they might get the ball with about a minute and a half minute 35. we gotta be thinking about our player and play the game well you know there are a few contenders i tell you jeff um a play that we cannot ignore is what happened early on in the third quarter when the scamby was trailing 13 nothing they scored quickly on the bomb to blackman i'd say that bomb is definitely one of the contenders because that put a scan beyond the board for the first time and then almost immediately after of course was the pass that was deemed a backwards pass escambia picks it up runs it back almost 50 yards and just like that they took the lead so it was that little two and a half minute window to start this half where everything changed and to me those are the two biggest plays of the game right now yeah you know what that very well might be our closet by design play of the game and player of the game at this point could be look this game isn't over by the way let's make that we may still have our play of the game so you know what i'm going to hold off big big big play here washington not only needs to stop at scammy they need to do it quickly third and about 16. [Music] blackman's going to keep it he's just going to run on some clock tecmo bowl style um folks he gets the end he goes able to get some yards back but not enough it'll be fourth down and 10. washington will get the ball and i'll tell you what else blackman goes out of bounds and that stops the timeout saves that timeout for washington so a very big stop from the wildcat defense and it's going to give the offense a chance for some fireworks here in the final two minutes of the game jeff yeah we've seen jojo blackman run around and great job by eldrick robinson right there the second the young man's had a heck of a game and this is huge i mean him running out of bounds that is not a senior moment for mr jojo blackman if anything just if you know you're going to go out go down before roll out of bounds that's fine but uh hey that's an extra timeout that booker t you'll take at this point sure will we're gonna get the ball back no punt but a good punt gonna be a nice balance it goes out of bounds at about the 30 rather than the 24 yard line so washington knows what they have to do at this point jeff it's forget about field goals forget about punting with a minute 47 to go down a touchdown and two-point conversion with one timeout it's go go go and see what we can do yeah absolutely this is um hey this is what you want to be like you said with coach wooden before he said we i won't know what type of team i have until we face some adversity here you go you're down by eight the best you can do is tie at this point and i can tell you right now uh they would take that in a heartbeat this has been what a what a game of halves i mean you talk about two fantastic teams no matter the outcome of this game this is two of the best teams in our area no doubt about it what is jojo blackman doing now no twice he's kind of gone to the grounds like he's doing a little dance looks like he's doing some rolls i'm not sure what that was you're hip with the new dance style is that something i i won't say what it is but oh yeah oh okay okay well aware okay here we go ariel gets hit as he's letting it go it's not a fumble it's an incomplete pass jeff it looks like they're trying to just throw the bomb that surprises me a little bit well that's his go to and uh that's you know you got a young quarterback just wants to throw it deep i think at this point look crossing patterns have had some success he's had some open guys running across the middle a little surprised that uh he hasn't looked for that because look you don't have to get it all back in one play got a minute 42 with a timeout left there's a nice play that's out to smith that's going to be a pickup of almost 10 and he does get out of bounds which of course is a very big deal clock stops at 137. i did not see washington take that second timeout they took it because they had two before they had two they took one and they have one left well yeah i get that i'm saying when did they take it though doesn't matter here's blackman against the edge get out of bounds gets out of bounds at the uh 46 yard line when i think it was uh second or third down for escambia washington had a big stop they called it immediately so that they could get the ball back with as much time as possible then they would have had to call their final timeout but blackman went out of bounds and saved it for washington i believe you i don't remember so i believe it's not there so it happened and they're gonna go all right here we go and this may be it block them with the pick off that'll probably do it folks you gotta wonder why they're going for everything here look at blackman look at him he's literally look at him what's he doing what does washington do what is happening that was because i didn't know what to say well with a minute 13 to go looks like the scammy is going to get out of here with a win and jojo blackman with a very big play a very big pick off in the second week in a row he makes a defensive play at the end of the game might be our player of the game let me tell you what jeff i think if you had asked me five days ago who our player of the game would be i'd have told you uh i'd have bet a lot of money that it'd be mr blackman he's been impressive and jeff for the second week in a row he's made a late game interception so he's not only doing it on one side of the field and people are starting to file out too man this wildcat crowd has got to be bummed jeff this really until the last quarter even when they were trailing this felt like washington's game and this is what coach whidden wants to do is get over the hump and win these sorts of games and i'm sure he's going to be looking at that film and thinking about it all night and all week what did we do how did we blow this well and once again it comes down to the quarterback you know he's done a great job and they've lived and they died tonight by the quarterback and look emil steele's got a bright future he's just in 10th grade but at the same time making some some throw even that throw right there if you're going to throw that deep ball throw it towards the sideline where it's only your guy gets a shot at it throwing in in the middle of three different guys that works maybe in backyard football it's not going to work whenever you take on the escambia gators no once again the this is not over this is not a team do not ride off the washington wildcats this is a week two all right this is week two they're gonna be just fine listen to that point let me say also you know i'm saying what did washington do to lose this which is not fair to escambia because they had to come from behind and they surely did they did a heck of a job they were trailing 13 nothing and had almost nothing working in the first half and coach bennett clearly made some adjustments although don't forget one very significant adjustment was before halftime when they moved prim away from the quarterback position let blackman run quarterback a little bit and he got things rolling now prim moved back to the quarterback position in the second half they kind of mixed it up a little bit but that was a big change momentum-wise and looks like escambia will not have to have another play that'll do it they're going to get out of here with a win 28-20 and jeff you know the wildcats are bummed tonight they they had this one in their sights yeah they really did and for escambia like you said hats off look teams that are this good you took hats off to this coaching staff by the way going in and making some adjustments and the defense just played different guys like tabari taylor i mean these were difference makers for them now we didn't know what the heck we were gonna say they got shut out in the first half they come up and put out 28 points in the second half i mean yeah you talk about the backwards pass we can harp on stuff like that but washington had every opportunity to take it they just couldn't pull away and that's what makes escambia so great why coach bennett has been coaching for quite some time well and you know listen giving up uh putting up rather 28 points on a very good wildcat defense you know what actually let me take that back that's not the case because two of those scores were defensive touchdowns for a scammy so in actuality that washington defense gave up a couple of touchdowns not four but putting up 28 points on the wildcats in the second half is the kind of thing that you know coach wins gonna hate because they love to hold people to little to no points we got a lot to do still player of the game play of the game trophy presentation we'll get to all of it here coming right up stay with us for friday night rivals as we wrap things up watching hill kelly dodge chrysler jeep ram friday night rivals presented by morgan and morgan for the people friday night rivals you're looking at mike bennett a very happy man the head coach of the escambi gators they win it tonight on the road 28-20 against washington coaches we were talking moments ago setting up this interview you said look i can't believe i'm talking to you i don't know how we won this game uh i i think you have a point there were times there where this seemed like this was washington's game to lose and yet you guys notoriously really really good find a way to win and you come out with a win tonight well you know it's our kids i mean you know the thing about it the kids we have coming back and that you know they they know how to win i mean they just know how to win and and uh but we were very very undisciplined tonight we we did some things that we normally don't do you look the first half washington out played us they outplayed us i mean it could have been easy 30 to nothing and um you know but we hung in there and made some plays and um uh came back second half you know i just don't look man i've been i've been down a lot more than this and came back and won a football game and you know we got some breaks and um got some turnovers and you know we got back into this thing coach when you're talking to your team you're down and you're telling them hey guys look this thing isn't over i've been down more than this do you do you feel like they buy into it do you doubt whether they're really hearing that or clearly tonight they were no i you know i know my guys are here because everybody's looking at me and and i didn't have any coaches with you know i have about one of these meetings a year with no coaches i wish i could have went inside but you know if everybody could hear me i had to be real clean on it but um um you know they understood what i was talking about and you know i always prefer you know i can always go back to the game and jojo was playing in it um that we were down by to navarre and came back and beat them we were down by 20 and and won the football game and and um and i tell our guys man we're never out of anything you know our offense and you know we're potent offense we we just hadn't got on track yet but we got a we got a lot of play makers and we just got to get on track coach if you'll indulge me one more question on the note of jojo blackman the guy's incredible he ran quarterback tonight some he makes a huge play on defense at the end there with the interception and oh by the way catches a bomb for a touchdown you and i talked the other night you say christian he's special he's not like other players and we saw it again tonight he's very special um he can do a lot of things and um you know my opinion i mean he's been he's been a starter since since he's a freshman yeah i think he's the best football player in northwest florida and all the things he can do i mean he he can you know the only thing he can't do is probably play offensive line but other than that he can play so um you know y'all know he does kick too so can't we we decided but we just don't have to put him out there this year well there's still a few games left great teams find a way to win tough games and you guys did tonight coach mike bennett from escambia coach congratulations there's your trophy i appreciate it i wish my team was here but they told me we had to go to the bus so that's what we did understood out of respect for kobe thank you coach congratulations again thank you guys appreciate you having us on tonight yes sir thanks coach mike bennett he'll make sure that uh his team gets that hardware again he told us during the commercials at christian uh they told us we got to get on the bus immediately after the game and that's why he wasn't surrounded by players like he normally would have been it's a big win and remember jeff he told us at halftime he's never seen an escambia high school team play worse on offense or defense they find a way to turn that around in the second half so let's get to it now and talk about our play of the game and this was it early in the second half the pass that may not have been a backwards pass but that's when it was ruled picked up and run back for a touchdown and even though it's gambia scored just before that to me jeff that was the biggest play of the game and of course closets by design brings us this section yeah i mean cloud spy design we appreciate them by the way but this is uh controversial hey but nonetheless it swung the game so it is what it is they swung the game and now we move on to our player of the game and of course this from hill kelly now jeff this is not going to be a surprise jojo blackman does it all this was a big touchdown early on in the third quarter and that was when things really started changing for escambia he also of course had a couple of big run backs as a kickoff for turner right here was a huge play this is how the second half started and don't forget he makes a pick at the end which he did last week as well he also ran quarterback some you're seeing it here he was everywhere jeff and he was awesome offense defense special teams i'm sure i even saw him make the gatorade over there in the cooler and it was some dang fine gatorade i mean he can do it all and this young man once again is going to be playing on saturdays you know what he's got a lot of season left but it's going to be a lot of fun to watch him play for the gators no doubt about it so so there you go folks that'll do it for friday night rivals from washington high school northeast pensacola escambia comes in gets a very big win they finish this thing out 28 to 20. don't forget tonight on channel 3 at 11 o'clock it's prep football final with dan shoeguard steve nissam highlights from all the great games and next week we've got a scammy again only this time we're going to be at their house and the catholic crusaders who took a tough loss tonight will try to redeem themselves we thank you so much for watching we sure do appreciate that have a great week thanks for enjoying friday night rivals [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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