Lee High School Football: Generals lose heartbreaker at home

District play opened tonight for the Lee Generals (2-2) as they took on the Middleburg Broncos (1-3) in the Backyard. The Generals started slow allowing the Broncos to jump out to an 8-0 lead, but the defense was able to put points on the board with defensive back Quran Hafis returning a fumble for a touchdown. The ensuing point after attempt clanked off the upright making it an 8-6 game. Later in the second quarter the Broncos were able to score again, heading to half with a 15-6 lead.

After half the Broncos continued their scoring momentum extending their lead to 21-6. Generals Quarterback Isaiah Dunning however found some rhythm with Receiver Devin Mitchell connecting for a touchdown with the Generals converting the 2-point attempt. With the Generals offense starting to click the Broncos answered with a touchdown of their own, maintaining their lead at 28-14 just before the end of the 3rd quarter.

The Dunning-Mitchell connection wasn't over though as Mitchell was able to break double coverage on a long pass in the back corner of the endzone for a Generals touchdown. Jordan Bell, filling in for injured kicker Darren Hayes, was able to convert the point after attempt closing the gap to 28-21.

With the game intensity picking up the Generals defense held strong and looked to have momentum when defensive back Chris Mobley recovered a fumble with just over 6 minutes left in the game. The Generals however threw an interception quickly ending the following drive. The defense again held strong forcing the Broncos to punt the ball away, giving hope back to the Generals. Unfortunately a holding call in the end zone on the ensuing drive resulted in a safety for the final score of the game making it 30-21.

	1	2	3	4	F
LEE	0	6	8	7	21
MIDDLEBURG	8	7	13	2	30

The Generals will next travel to Terry Parker (1-3) to take on the Braves in district play on Friday, September 27, 2013 at 7:00pm.

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