This past Friday night, Coach Strickland and the staff of the Ware County Gator football team traveled to Cairo for the season opening scrimmage. The game started a bit late due to a lightening delay. Once the ball was kicked off, it was all Gators for the three quarter Varsity scrimmage. The Gators came away with the victory by a score of 46 - 7. Game stats are below. Stats for all regular season games and playoff games can be found on maxpreps.com.
Ware Vs. Cairo 8/11/2023
Rushing
Dae'Jeaun Dennis 10 for 85 yds 3 TD's
RJ Boyd 10 for 71 yds 1 TD
Zhai Solomon 3 for 11 yds
Passing
Luke Hooks 8 of 21 for 131 yards 2 TD's
Slade Sweat 3 of 7 for 25 yards
Receiving
Quintin Orange 5 for 104 yards 1 TD
Luke Hooks 1 for -3 yards
Tayshaun Franklin 1 for 14 yards 1 TD
Dae'Jeaun Dennis 1 for 9 yards
Ahmad Merday 2 for 12 yards
Trevon Cobb 1 for 9 yards
Cole Cox 1 for 7 yards
Total Rushing 167
Total Passing 156
Total 323
The Gators open the regular season at home in Memorial Stadium in Waycross, GA this Friday 8/18/2023 as they prepare to play Appling County. Kickoff is set for 7:30PM. Ware County is 18 - 16 Vs. the Pirates. The game last year in Appling was cancelled due to lightening. The Appling County Pirates are coming back from a 2022 Semi Final Appearance in the GHSA State Playoffs (AAA), while the Ware County Gators are the reigning 2022 GHSA AAAAA State Champs. This one is sure to be exciting, so be sure to get to Memorial Stadium early. Gates and concessions will open at 6:00 PM. Tickets will be $10.00 at the gate and will also be available on gofan.co.
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