ATLANTA – Just call it “Sam Williams Night.’’
Baylor’s junior tailback did it all on Friday night as the Red Raiders rolled past Greater Atlanta Christian, 44-22, in a high school football game.
Williams ran for 325 yards on 13 carries and scored four touchdowns as the Red Raiders improved to 2-1 on the season.
Williams had touchdown runs of 61, 87, 83 and 39 yards.
Baylor also got a safety when John Mackey tackled the Greater Atlanta Christian quarterback in the end zone and a late touchdown from Brandon Pickett.
Taylor Tanner kicked five point-afters Friday for the Red Raiders.
Baylor and Greater Atlanta Christian were tied at 7 after the first quarter, but the Red Raiders put 16 point son the board in the second quarter.
Greater Atlanta Christian pulled within 30-22 after three quarters, but Baylor put the game away with two more scores in the final quarter.
Baylor, coached by Phil Massey, lost last week to Montgomery Bell Academy.
Next Friday in a key Division II game, the Red Raiders will play host to Brentwood Academy. Brentwood is coached by former Baylor and McCallie coach Ralph Potter.
STATISTICS
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
¬--------------------- -- -- -- -- -------
Baylor….…..…..…..…………..7 ..16 ..7 14 -- 44
Greater Atlanta Christian….…..7 ….0 15 ..0 -- .22
GAC—Blake Sutherland 1 run (Robert Bottletti kick)
BAY—Sam Williams 61 run (Taylor Tanner kick)
BAY—Safety, Baylor’s John Mackey tackled GAC quarterback in end zone
BAY—Williams 87 run (Tanner kick)
BAY—Williams 83 run (Tanner kick)
BAY—Brent Murray 27 pass from Charlie Wilson (Tanner kick)
GAC—Sutherland 43 run (Bottletti kick)
GAC—Sutherland 3 run (Bottletti kick)
BAY—Williams 39 run (Tanner kick)
BAY—Brandon Pickett run (Tanner kick)
Statistics:
…………………………………………Bay………….GAC
First Downs….. ………………………....11……….......24
Yards Rushing…………………………..378………….259
Passes Comp-Att-Int ………………….3-5-0………8-19-0
Punts (Number-Ave) …………………2-44.5….……2-34.5
Penalties-Yards ………………………..3-26…………5-50
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)