Nease @ St. Augustine

Network: FSN
Announcers: Paul Kennedy, Steve Walsh
Format: DVD (2 disks)
Quality: 9.5 (Directv Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out... Includes some halftime.

Game Notes

Nease Panthers strike late to beat St. Augustine 24-21.

Zach Tronti (Brown) bulls in for a 2-yard TD run late in the game as the Panthers end the Yellow Jackets' run of wins in the series. Tronti rushes for 210 yards and 2 TDs, and adds a 26-yard TD reception from junior Ted Stachitas (Wake Forest).

After Nease leads 3-0 as defenses dominate the 1st half, the 2 teams trade the lead through the 2nd half. Quinterrence Cooper (Western Kentucky) hits Rai-Shawn Wilson for a 26-yard TD pass to give the Jackets the lead. However, Nease regains it with the Stachitas-to-Tronti TD pass. Cooper responds with a 25-yard TD pass to Nick Hudson early in the 4th quarter.

Nease goes up 17-14 on Tronti's 75-yard TD run, before Cooper answers with a 33-yard TD run. Cooper finishes with 146 yards passing and 62 yards rushing.

Nease includes OT James Wilson (Florida), OT Clyde Yandell (Georgia Tech), OG James Nicholson (Charleston Southern), DE Danny Russell (UConn), LB Ben Cowell (Jacksonville), CB Mario Butler (Georgia Tech), junior LB Riley Haynes (Wake Forest), junior RB Graham Bates (Arkansas State), junior S Hunter Bates (Northwestern), sophomore DT John Gallagher (Wake Forest), sophomore DT Frank Souza (Wake Forest).

St. Augustine includes junior WR Kuwaun Jakes (Western Kentucky), junior K Caleb Sturgis (Florida), junior DB Rashaad Reid (Georgia Tech), junior DB Rashard Hall (Clemson), junior DB Carlton Lewis (Clemson), junior DT Brandon Whitty (Western Kentucky).