Standout QB is Indians' demise at Williamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG, KY — Oneida made the one-hour trek across KY Route 92 to take on the Yellow Jackets here Friday night with a defense that was giving up an average of 133 yards of total offense per game.
But Williamsburg quarterback Thomas Frazier accounted for nearly three times that amount by himself as the Yellow Jackets defeated the Indians 21-0.
Frazier accounted for 373 yards of total offense and was a part of all three Williamsburg touchdowns. The senior quarterback rushed for 127 yards on 15 carries, and completed 20 of 35 passes for 246 yards. Frazier rushed for a touchdown in the first quarter, and found Chase Hamblen, an all-state prospect at receiver, for two additional touchdowns through the air in the second and fourth quarters.
Oneida’s offense, meanwhile, was limited to 136 yards of total offense and four first downs. Adam Jeffers led the Indians with 95 yards on 16 carries. Quarterbacks Coty Younce and Torrey Slaven teamed up to complete four of nine passes for a season-high 50 yards.
But Oneida had just one scoring opportunity against the Yellow Jackets, earning a first and goal from the five-yard-line early in the third quarter. Williamsburg would hold and force the ball over on downs, however, on a night when the Yellow Jackets’ defense limited the Indians to just three plays of 10 yards or better — runs of 29 and 49 yards by Jeffers and a 28-yard pass from Slaven to Preston Watson.
Williamsburg took the game’s first possession and immediately put together a scoring drive, with Frazier finding a gap for a 43-yard run on the second play from scrimmage. One play later, a 22-yard pass play set up a first and goal from the Indians’ six-yard-line. Frazier capped the drive from one yard out two plays later, giving Williamsburg a 6-0 lead after the extra point attempt failed.
After an exchange of punts, Oneida would record its initial first down of the evening when Slaven completed a 28-yard pass to Watson on a third-and-10 from the Indians’ 15-yard-line, advancing the ball to Oneida’s 43-yard-line. But there the drive stalled, and Oneida punted the ball back to Williamsburg.
The ‘Jackets took possession at their 25-yard-line and put together an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that was capped by a 10-yard touchdown pass from Frazier to Hamblen, putting the ‘Jackets up 14-0 with 10:58 remaining in the half after Frazier carried the ball in on the two-point conversion.
Williamsburg would have two additional opportunities for touchdowns in the first half, but both times saw its drive stall inside the red zone. The first drive saw the ‘Jackets earn a first and goal from Oneida’s seven-yard-line, but throw three consecutive incomplete passes before a 29-yard field goal was missed, giving Oneida possession at its 20-yard-line with 2:43 remaining before the intermission.
A 29-yard run by Jeffers advanced the ball into Williamsburg territory for the first time on the night, but Oneida would fumble the ball away to the ‘Jackets three plays later, giving Williamsburg 40 seconds to add to its lead.
Following a 39-yard pass from Frazier to Hamblen, Williamsburg had the ball at the Oneida 15-yard-line. Two plays later, Frazier and Hamblen teamed up for an apparent touchdown pass, but the play was called back due to a holding penalty. With five seconds remaining, Frazier would complete a 23-yard pass to Hamblen, but the receiver was pulled down at the Indians’ four-yard-line as time expired.
Oneida began the second half with a three-and-out, but quickly regained possession when a Frazier pass was intercepted by Oneida at its 21-yard-line. On the ensuing play, Jeffers broke free for a 49-yard run. A personal foul penalty against the ‘Jackets tacked on 15 additional yards, advancing the ball to the Yellow Jackets’ 15-yard-line.
Runs of one and nine yards by Jeffers gave Oneida a first and goal at Williamsburg’s five-yard-line, but after a five-yard illegal formation penalty against the Indians, Oneida was uanble to punch the ball into the endzone, turning the ball over on downs at the ‘Jackets’ four-yard-line.
Williamsburg would put together a pair of first downs before being forced to punt the ball after a third-down pass was broken up by Zach Lambert.
Oneida was forced into a three-and-out, but got the ball back a few plays later when Brad Christiansen intercepted a Frazier pass at the Indians’ 30-yard-line on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Oneida was again forced into a three-and-out, despite a 17-yard pass from Slaven to Christiansen on third-down.
Williamsburg would take possession at its 35-yard-line and put together a lengthy drive that was capped by an eight-yard touchdown pass from Frazier to Hamblen with 2:21 remaining.
Oneida’s final possession of the game resulted in another three-and-out for the Indians.
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