Carter King ran for 41 yards and caught 4 passes for 67 yards in the Eagles’ game against the Spartans. The #2 seed Eagles host the first round of the NCISAA playoffs Saturday at noon.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School – Rabun Gap finished the regular season with a hard-fought 27-22 win at home against Camden Military Academy on Saturday.
The Eagles scored twice in the first quarter to take a 14-0 lead. However, the Spartans responded with two second quarter scores and led 15-14 at the half. Carter King took a pass on the second play of the second half 49 yards to set up Dallas Earnhardt’s one yard run. Earnhardt hit Niko Harrell on a 20 yard pass for his second touchdown of the game to give the Eagles a 27-15 lead. Camden added a touchdown run of 39 yards to pull within five points. The Eagles defense came up with several big stops late in the game to preserve the win.
Harrell finished with 4 catches for 76 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 41 yards. King also had 4 catches for 67 yards. Earnhardt finished 11 of 18 for 159 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 36 yards and one touchdown. Aaron Appleton led the defense with 15 tackles and one for a loss. Gavyn Jones added 8 tackles and one for a loss. Danny Xu came up with 7 tackles, one for a loss, and one sack. Linus Williams had 7 tackles, one for loss, and one pass break-up. Carter King also recorded 7 tackles and one pass break-up.
Rabun Gap (9-2) earned the #2 seed and will host #7 seed Village Christian on Saturday, Nov. 8, at noon in the first round of the NCISAA playoffs.
