Dutch Fork Blasts Spartanburg 56-14

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SPARTANBURG | </strong>Dutch Fork had a bit of a slow start against Ridge View in Week 2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>They made sure to avoid that problem in Week 3.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Silver Foxes scored on the first play of the game, had a sack on their first defensive snap, and raced to a 14-0 lead as they beat Spartanburg 56-14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That first play was a beauty, a 45-yard strike from [player_tooltip player_id='1823705' first='Jaxon' last='Knotts'] to a wide-open [player_tooltip player_id='2106772' first='Corey' last='Miller'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2106772"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":2374688,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a9b896aa85c7"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">The Silver Foxes don't list a ton of sophomores on their varsity roster. So when you see a guy like Miller make an immediate impact, you tend to trust your eyes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He's got enough speed to be a legitimate downfield threat, and good enough hands to be a threat in traffic. He found ways to get open against an athletic Spartanburg defense, and was a big factor for Dutch Fork.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Silver Foxes have a ton of weapons everywhere on offense. For an underclassman like Miller, his presence as a starter tells you more than we can.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"I saw it on film, and I knew they were going to come out in man and take my brother (Maleek)," Miller said. "So I knew it was gonna be wide open. It felt pretty good to get that one."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That was one of two touchdown grabs from Miller in the first half, the other coming in traffic in the end zone and accompanied by a punishing hit. After some discussion, it was ruled that Miller had possession long enough for the score to count.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"I feel like I got two steps in," he said. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That made it 21-7 in the second quarter, and the Silver Foxes pushed it to 28-7 in short order when [player_tooltip player_id='1818414' first='Josiah' last='Robinson'] (pictured) recovered his first of two first-half fumbles to set Dutch Fork up deep in Spartanburg territory. Those two takeaways were among four created by Dutch Fork in the first half. [player_tooltip player_id='1818121' first='Jakobei' last='Allen'] also recovered a fumble and [player_tooltip player_id='1823715' first='Charles' last='Price'] had a leaping interception to stop a Spartanburg drive. They grabbed three more takeaways in the second half, all of which led directly to scores. Robinson returned his third fumble recovery of the night 83 yards for a touchdown, [player_tooltip player_id='2106153' first='Alijah' last='Grupee'] had a 15-yard interception return for a score, and [player_tooltip player_id='1673760' first='BJ' last='Platts'] recovered a fumble that set up a 17-yard score by [player_tooltip player_id='1821111' first='Quintin' last='Wilson'] one play later that made it 49-17 and triggered a running clock.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"Hey, I used to play a little running back freshman year," Robinson said with a laugh. "I started cramping a little bit, but I had to fight for it."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Dutch Fork defense was huge from the start. [player_tooltip player_id='409882' first='Jaden' last='Wuerth'] had a sack on the first defensive snap of the game, a strip-sack on the last play of the first half, and forced a fumble. Robinson added six tackles to his two takeaways, and the swarming defense held Spartanburg to just 42 yards on the ground.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"We strain in practice every day," Robinson said. "No matter how tired we are. We push, and we keep going."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Despite the first-half margin, the Vikings' defense did a lot of good things early as well. <strong>Isiah Johnson</strong> and <strong>Tmoni Sims</strong> combined for a great stop on the goal line. [player_tooltip player_id='1858266' first='Isiah' last='Lipscomb'] came up with a big tackle for loss. [player_tooltip player_id='1816541' first='Jayden' last='Brown'] played good downfield defense on a couple of deep shots. <strong>Takorean Kennon</strong> blew up a screen that looked sure to go for a big gain early and added a fumble recovery on special teams. And [player_tooltip player_id='1506366' first='RJ' last='Estrich'] had an interception and returned it to the 10-yard line to set up Spartanburg's only first-half score, a TD run by QB [player_tooltip player_id='1579471' first='Aryan' last='Desai'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->