The St. Augustine HS Yellow Jackets varsity football team traveled to Jacksonville last Friday to play district 6A-4 opponent the Ed White High School Commanders football team.  The game was dominated by the Jackets offense and defense in the first two quarters of the game, helping the Jackets finish the half with a 28-0 lead.  The Jackets scored on 20 yard TD run by Dexter Brown and 3 TD passes from Quarterback Austin Reed (#14) for 5, 10, and 30 yards to Cedrin Daniel, Karim Brown and Lonell Harris.

The Jackets offense continued their momentum in the third quarter when running back Dexter Brown caught a 10 yard touchdown from Reed.  After the Jackets held on the Commanders next possession, the Jackets engineered a drive capped off by a 23 yard TD run by Frequan Sparrow.  The defense showed their dominance in the 4th quarter when Jackets defensive back Chip Davis picked off a Commander pass and returned it 42 yards for the final Jacket touchdown of the game. 

St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets quarterback Austin Reed (#14) finished the game throwing 14-17 (82%), 155 yards, 4 TD’s.  He has now throw 77-105 (73.3%), 1,387 yards, 17 TD’s/2 Int’s. on the season with a 146.9 QBR.  The Jackets finished the game with a 49-7 win to improve to 6-0 on the season, 2-0 in district play.  Next up for the Jackets is Nease High School on Friday, October 20th.  To see Austin’s highlights from the Ed White HS Commanders football game click HERE.

The St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team traveled to Ponte Vedra High School last Friday to play Ponte Vedra High School, the Florida Class-5A runner ups from last year.  The Jackets cruised to a 41-0 victory in a game that was postponed from September 8th due to Hurricane Irma.  This was the second straight shutout for the Jackets defense who also scored a shut out the previous week in a 52-0 win over Englewood HS (Jacksonville).

During the SAHS victory over the Ponte Vedra Sharks, Jackets quarterback Austin Reed (#14) completed 14 of 20 passes for 255 yards and 3 Touchdowns, each to the same receiver Karim Brown (#8).  The game improves Austin’s throwing stats to 63-88 (72%), 1,232 yards, 13 TD’s/2 Int’s, for the first 5 games of the season to lead St. Johns County in Passing and 2nd overall passing per game in NE Florida. 

Next up for the Austin and his St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets teammates is fellow Class 6A, District 4 opponent Ed White High School on Friday, October 13th.  To watch Austin’s throwing highlights from the SAHS vs PVHS game click HERE.

The St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team made easy work of District 4 (6A) opponent Englewood High School on Friday night (9/29) defeating the Rams by a score of 52-0.  Most of the starters on offense and defense for the Jackets were pulled by the end of the second quarter to give time to the reserve players.  The Jackets lead at halftime 38-0 on a shut-down defense and good running performances by Dexter Brown and Fequan Sparrow.  In addition, Jackets quarterback Austin Reed (#14) made a good opportunity of his 4 completions having three of them go for touchdowns to Karim Brown (2 – 45 & 30 yards) and Cedrin Daniel (1 – 9 yards).  Reed also had a touchdown run for 42 yards in the second quarter.

Quarterback Austin Reed who exited the game in the middle of the 2nd quarter finished the game 4-5 passing, 111 yards, 4 TD’s (3 pass, 1 run). Click HERE to see video highlights of quarterback Austin Reed from the Englewood game.  The Yellow Jackets improve to 4-0 (1-0) on the season and travel to play Ponte Vedra High School on Friday (10/6).

On Friday night (9/22) the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team played the highly rated Bartram Trail HS Bears (Florida Class 7A) and their two QB attacking offense with Joey Gatewood and Riley Smith, two of the highest publicized QB’s in the State of Florida.  The game was the first for the Yellow Jackets since Hurricane Irma put a hold on the season two weeks earlier.  That didn’t stop the Yellow Jackets from jumping out to a touchdown on their first drive of the game on the arm of Jackets QB – Austin Reed (#14) connecting to Karim Brown on a 22 yard TD.  The Jackets jumped out to a 21-7 lead in the 2nd quarter when Jackets defensive back Jaden McDowall intercepted a Riley Smith pass and returned it for a 70 yard touchdown.  The Bears quickly responded with a score of their own and brought  the game to a close 21-14 at the half.

The score remained 21-14 until the 4th quarter when the Bears took advantage of a strong run defense and slowed the Jackets.  They were able to score on two consecutive drives to lead the game 28-21 over the Jackets with less than 4 minutes left.  That’s when Jackets QB Austin Reed and the rest of the offensive passing game took off.  Taking the ball from the Jackets 30 yard line, Austin completed 2 passes out of 3, including a 59 yard touchdown to Karim Brown (his 3rd of the game) to tie the game at 28.  The Bears were unable to drive the ball to score or kill the clock to send the game into overtime, so they had to settle for a punt from their own 45 yard line. 

The punt by the Bears was a good one that rolled to the Jackets 14 yard line where the Jackets had to start from with 29 seconds left.  The Jackets once again relied on QB Austin Reed and the Jackets passing game to get them down the field into field goal position.  Austin completed 3 straight passes of 11, 30 and 20 yards to get the Jackets to the Bears 25.  After a Bears penalty, the Jackets kicker Elijah Ryan attempted the field goal from 37 yards out and put it right down the middle to win the game 31-28 and improve the Jackets to 3-0 on the season and 19-0 all time over Bartram Trail.  The streak survives for another year!

St. Augustine High School Quarterback finished the game as the passing leader going 19-29, 373 yards and 3 TD’s in the win.  Next up for the SAHS Yellow Jackets are District opponent Englewood High School (Jacksonville).  Click HERE for quarterback Austin Reed’s passing highlights from the Bartram Trail game.

Game winning FG – Elijah Ryan, Austin Reed on the hold

The St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team resumes the regular season of play this week after two weeks off of playing games due to Hurricane Irma.  This game stoppage comes after the Yellow Jackets traveled to Pedro Menendez High School on Friday, September 1st and dominated the Falcons by a score of 65-14.  During the game, the Jackets gained 520 yards of total offense, including 363 rushing yards.  SAHS quarterback Austin Reed (#14), coming off a huge 337 yard, 4 touchdown game the week before against Baker County HS, completed an efficient 9-9 passing, 157 yards.  Austin’s completion to WR Lonell Harris for 43 yards was the longest pass of the game.  Click HERE for video highlights of Austin’s passing.

During the break, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team had their game against the Ponte Vedra HS Sharks (5A), scheduled for 9/8, postponed until Friday, October 6th, and the game against Flagler Palm Coast HS (7A), scheduled for 9/15, completely cancelled due to the aftermath of the storm.  Play for the Jackets resumes this Friday night (9/22) against the Bartram Trail Bears (7A) at home in Brumley Stadium.