Football --Eastern Wayne turns back C.B. Aycock

By Justin Hayes
Published in Sports on October 14, 2017 7:30 PM

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The setting, trimmed at the edges with appropriate measures of senior night pomp, went from siege to sprint in a blink on Friday, as Eastern Wayne erupted for 34 third-quarter points en route to a 55-30 triumph over ECC and Wayne County foe Charles B. Aycock.

Tied at 14 after CBA wideout Jordan Woodard housed the hosts for a 71-yard touchdown on a floater from Tyler Daniels, the Dubs went to work, scoring in nearly every way imaginable.

Senior Junious Tyson got matters started in high style, weaving and darting and flashing see-you-later speed on the very next play for a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

But he was far from finished.

Moments later, No. 9 was at it again, taking a handoff from quarterback Ezekiel Best and waltzing 53 yards to the barn for his third touchdown of the game.

Brian Shannon's 40-yard pick-six of Daniels on the ensuing CBA possession added to the outburst, as did Anthony McNair's touchdown run with 3:52 remaining the the stanza.

Best and Sharpless, quiet for most of the evening, capped the barrage by hooking up on a 49-yard strike that brought the house down and effectively ended matters for CBA.

Five touchdowns.

Three on offense, one on defense and one on special teams.

Not bad for a group that, according to head coach Leander Oates earlier this week, said should be "embarrassed" by its recent play.

"We pretty much took a whole day and didn't go on the field for defense, because we watched film for the whole practice," Oates said. "They needed to see why 80-some points got put on the board (versus South Central last week)... we went through every play almost two or three times."

The lopsided outcome clearly bothered Aycock head coach Steve Brooks, who lamented missed opportunities after his team tied the affair early in the third stanza.

"After we tied it, if we could've gone down and tacked," he said with a shake of his head. "But we went backwards... against a good football team, that can't happen.

The victory moved Eastern Wayne 4-4 on the season and 1-3 in league play. Aycock dropped to 1-8 overall in 0-4 in matters of conference significance.