What We Saw: Dillon 27, Socastee 7

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MYRTLE BEACH |</strong> Dillon has long since proved that have two big weapons running the ball could be valuable.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Friday was another reassurance.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One week after starter <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='346196' first='Jamarion' last='Fling']</strong> rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns, this time it was <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1025778' first='Domanick' last='Felton']</strong> doing the bulk of the damage. The Wildcats' "other" junior tailback had 137 yards in the first half and finished with 169 and a pair of a touchdown runs in a 27-7 win at Socastee. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He bounced off defenders, broke tackles and ran by others.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“We work hard every day at practice to get two percent better every day. We work together. If one goes down, we take up for each other,” Felton said before describing how he was able to break so many first-half tackles. “I just ran hard, ran through it, ran through the contact.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Felton (pictured) had an injury-plagued sophomore season in which he missed five games and finished with 292 yards and three scores. He was previously thought to be the primary tailback at Dillon for some time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>However, in his absence, Fling grabbed the reins, popping off for 1,584 yards and 34 scores last fall. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With both of them healthy, it appears the Wildcats might have a true two-headed monster in the backfield again.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“We knew Dom is one of our best players,” coach Kelvin Roller said. “He might be the fastest guy on our team. He is a legit 4.5 guy. He just needs to play and get more and more reps. He's gotten better as he's gotten stronger this offseason. He's just got to get some more opportunities. It's just hard when you've got a player like Fling. We've got to get Dom the ball any way we can.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Friday, that meant handing him the ball and seeing what he could do. He made it count, as evidenced by what he did with seven carries last week against Scotland County (16 yards) vs. what he did in his first seven against Socastee (137, touchdown).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It also as if Fling wasn't effect. He starts at corner, punts, holds on kicks and returns kicks and punts. If that wasn't enough, he, managed 64 yards on the ground and 17 receiving yards in addition to his defensive and special teams duties. &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The biggest part of all it is was this: If a second goal of non-region games is about getting things on film for future opponents to worry about, Dillon's one-two tailback punch did the trick against a Class 5A program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>OTHER DILLON STANDOUTS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1165163' first='Zamaurious' last='Robertson']</strong> was injured in the second half and was pulled from the game for mostly precautionary reasons after leaving the field under his own power. However, the two-way starter had already put in some quality work.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Robertson put the Wildcats ahead for good when he hauled in a 15-yard slant route for a touchdown with 7:27 left in the second quarter. His second touchdown - less than 5 minutes later - was even more impressive.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On a mid-range pattern near the sideline, he spun in the air, caught the back-shoulder pass, wheeled again and raced into the end zone from 39 yards out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That pass came from quarterback <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1573996' first='Rahmond' last='Hamilton']</strong>, who finished the night 10-of-17 passing for 144 yards and those two touchdowns and another 25 rushing yards. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Socastee managed roughly 17 yards of offense in the second half, thanks to a number of lost yardage plays and minimal gains. A lot of that had to do with Dillon. Linebackers <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1267317' first='Daniel' last='Capehart']</strong> and <strong>Tristan Blue</strong> were around the ball all night, with each of them getting into the backfield somewhat regularly.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Capehart added a second-half punt block.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SOCASTEE NOTES</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While the loss hurt, the bigger impact might have been injuries to star receiver <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='413888' first='Josh' last='Brown']</strong> and starting quarterback <strong>Christian Royals</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Royals opened the game seven-of-12 for 99 yards, a touchdown and an interception. However, on a scramble near the Dillon sideline in the second quarter, he was injured and left the game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Then, with a little more than 2 minutes to play, Brown took an end around up the right side and was part of a nasty collision between players on both teams. Brown needed to be helped off the field. The extent of either injury was not immediately known.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1158009' first='Jonathan' last='Goswick']</strong> took over the spot at quarterback after the injury to Royals; the two had previously connected on a 40-yard touchdown pass, the Braves' lone score of the night.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->