Saturday sting: Yulee's Hornets force fumbles, beat Tradition Prep in weekend football

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Two early defensive touchdowns and contributions from several players on offense helped Yulee turn a long road trip into a winning visit to Port St. Lucie as the Hornets pulled away early in a 43-6 high school football win over Tradition Prep Saturday.

The Pirates, winners of three straight games for the first time in program history, made two early stands in the red zone on defense that included an interception in the end zone by sophomore Jeremiah Michel but Yulee’s defense two plays after the takeaway got an even bigger defensive play.

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Khalil Peavy’s forced fumble was picked up by MJ Mobley, who ran in from two yards out to give the Hornets a 7-0 lead.

Peavy forced another fumble two plays later and Coen Brehmer would cash in on a 1-yard touchdown run and just three plays after going up 14-0, Shamarion Gibbs picked off a pass from Tradition Prep quarterback Mason Brown and ran 49 yards for another touchdown as Yulee scored 22 points in a span of just over three minutes of game time.

Touchdown runs from Teonte’ Artis-Croxton and Ethan Myers and a touchdown pass from Nikao Smith to Sage Newberry in the second quarter put the Hornets ahead 42-0.

Brown hit Zion Drummond on a 24-yard touchdown connection on the final play of the first half and for the game.

With 5:46 remaining in the fourth quarter, the lights went out at South County Stadium and the two teams agreed to end the game.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: High school football 2023: Yulee-Tradition Prep in Port St. Lucie