SANFORD — Missed opportunities proved costly for St. Pauls in Friday’s road nonconfernece tilt against Lee County, with the Yellow Jackets topping the Bulldogs 41-19.
“We left a lot of meat on the bone,” St. Pauls coach Mike Setzer said. “I think we were in the red zone four times and didn’t capitalize. We have to get back to executing on both sides of the ball. I felt like we were pretty evenly matched, but they capitalized on opportunities and we didn’t.”
Malachi Locklear scored a kick return touchdown for St. Pauls (1-1), Jakhi Purcell had a touchdown reception on a screen pass from Theophilus Setzer and Quintell McNeill had a touchdown run.
Lee County (2-0) scored first before the Bulldogs scored their own first-quarter touchdown, and the Yellow Jackets led 8-6 after the opening period. Lee county scored two more touchdowns in the middle stages of the second quarter before St. Pauls pulled back within one score with 4:28 left in the first half, and the 20-13 tally remained until halftime.