The seventh game for the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity football team was the most dramatic of all of the games so far this year.  The game featured the undefeated, 6-0 Jackets, playing their long time rivals the Palatka High School Panthers football team, 4-2, at home in Brumley Stadium.  It didn’t take long for the Panthers to score on their first possession when their QB hit an open receiver down the left side for a 25 yard TD pass.  The Jackets countered with a 39 yard touchdown pass from Austin Reed, #7, to his receiver Karim Brown, #8, on a fade route down the sideline to take the lead 7-7.  The Panthers added two more touchdown runs of 75 yards and 53 yards on their next two drives to take the lead 20-7.  The Jackets soon after found the Panthers end zone on a touchdown run by fullback Martrell Storey, #9, after establishing a long, ball controlled series on offense.  The Panthers returned to the end zone before the first half on a 50 yard touchdown pass down the middle of the Jackets defense to go up 27-14 at the end of the first half.

The second half of the game started with another score by the Panthers, this time by the defense, when Jackets quarterback Austin Reed, #7, was hit by an untouched blitzing linebacker as he went to throw the ball, resulting in a Panthers interception return for a TD to increase their lead to 34-14.  Soon after, the Jackets got all aspects of their game going as the defense came alive to stop the Panthers on each drive.  The Jackets offense added two rushing touchdowns and special teams added another on a kickoff by Nick Lawler, #15, to tie the game late in the 4th quarter at 34-34.  The Jackets defense held the Panthers on their next drive to a punt attempt, which was blocked and returned into the Panthers end zone by Josh Peterson, #22, for the Jackets.  The Jackets held on to their lead to finish the game out 41-34 and improve their season record to 7-0.

St. Augustine quarterback Austin Reed, #7, finished his seventh start of the season completing 10 passes for 192 yards and one touchdown.  The final game for the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets JV football team is a road game Wednesday, October 22nd against the Creekside High School Knights football team.

On Thursday, October 8th, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets junior varsity football team played the Matanzas High School Pirates for their annual homecoming game at Brumley Stadium in St. Augustine.  Wearing their home maroon colored jerseys, the Jackets started the game moving the ball well on offense, but were unable to get any points on the board in the first quarter.  The Pirates defense scored on the Jackets first offensive play of the second quarter when their left defensive end stripped the Jackets running back of the football and returned it 25 yards for the first score of the game.

The St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team got things going in the second quarter on the arm of quarterback Austin Reed, #7, who hit his wide receiver Karim Brown, #8, on a 63 yard post pattern down the middle of the field for a touchdown and a 7-6 lead.  The Jackets scored again in the quarter after a long drive put the Jackets on the Pirates 4 yard line and running back Martrel Storey, #9, ran off tackle to give the Jackets a 13-6 lead.  The final touchdown of the game came in the 3rd quarter when Karim Brown, #8, caught a quick turnaround pass from Austin and ran the ball 38 yards down the sideline for the final TD of the game and a 19-6 lead.  The defense played an excellent game shutting the Pirates offense down for their first shutout of the season and helping the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets football team to improve to 6-0 on the season.

Quarterback Austin Reed, #7, completed 9 of 18 passed for the game with 187 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.  The next game for the JV Jackets football team is their final home game on Thursday, October 16th at 6:00 p.m. against the Palatka High School Panthers.

On Thursday, October 2nd, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity Football Team visited the Nease High School Panthers in a district rivalry game.  The game was dominated by both the offensive and defensive units for the Jackets.  The offense started their first drive with two passes accounting for 75 yards, ending in a three yard run by running back Varius Woodard, #4.  A little later after the Jackets offense failed to convert on a 4th down play, the Panthers got their only score of the game on missed coverage on a Post pattern by the slot receiver, down the middle of the field.  The extra point attempt was failed.

The rest of the game was dominated by the St. Augustine High School Jackets defense, who held the Nease Panthers Football Team scoreless through the remaining three quarters.  On offense, running backs Varius Woodard, #4 (2 TD’s), Martrel Storey, #9, and Nick Lawler, #15, all scored on rushing touchdowns to increase the halftime lead to 28-6.  The second half started with a sustained Jackets offensive drive, capped off by a 40 yard touchdown pass from Austin Reed, #7, to Karim Brown, #8.  The final touchdown of the game was scored by running back Clay Shaw to end the game 41-6 and improve the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets JV record to 5-0 on the season.

Yellow Jackets Quarterback Austin Reed, #7, had another successful night leading the Jackets offense completing 9 of 14 passes (65%) for 181 yards and 1 touchdown.  The next game for the Yellow Jackets is their Homecoming game against the Matanzas High School Pirates, being played on Wednesday, October 8th @ 6:30 p.m. at Brumley Stadim at St. Augustine High School.

Last Thursday, September 25, 2014, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity Football Team hosted the unbeaten Ponte Vedra High School Sharks Football Team at Brumley Stadium in St. Augustine.  The Jackets jumped out to a quick lead on a strong running performance from full back Martrell Storey, #9, who broke a 25 yard TD run on the Jackets first drive.  The Jackets increased their lead in the first half of the game to 20 – 7 on an effective passing game and a strong running game that added another touchdown run from Storey and Varius Woodard, #4, to end the half.

In the second half the defense continued to dominate the high powered Ponte Vedra Sharks offense, that came into the game averaging 45 points per game, holding them to one touchdown in the 3rd quarter and a total of 13 points for the game.  The Jackets offense continued to move the ball on the ground and in the air on the arm of quarterback Austin Reed, #7, who connected with Martrell Storey, #9, on a 40 yard pass play for another Jackets touchdown and sealed the game up with a 26 – 13 final score to improve the Jackets record to 4-0.

Quarterback Austin Reed, #7, finished the game completing 10 passes for 167 yards and 1 TD, 0 interceptions.  The next game for the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity Football Team is on Thursday, October 2nd at the Nease High School Panthers football stadium.

On Thursday, September 18th, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity football team defeated the Bartram Trail Bears JV 12-6, in a very tough defensive game for both teams.  Controlling the ball for most of the first half of the game, the St. Augustine Jackets got the first touchdown on a short run by sophomore running back Martrell Story, #9.  The Jackets were without a kicker and had to try to convert extra points by running plays from scrimmage, instead kicking.  After missing the extra point play attempt, the Jackets led 6-0.  The Jackets continued the control of the ball in the second quarter and marched down the field with a strong running game led by Storey and Varius Woodard – #4, and a 22 yard pass from quarterback Austin Reed – #7, to Karim Brown – #8, to get the ball into scoring position inside the Bears 5 yard line.  Jackets quarterback Austin Reed – #7, hit his tight end on a pass running a bench route to increase the score to 12-0 to end the half.

The second half was dominated by both defenses after the Bartram Trail Bears established a time consuming opening drive in the third quarter and scored on a run to reduce the St. Augustine Jackets lead to 12-6.  The Jackets were unable to get any 2nd half points on offense, as the defense had to hold back the Bears offense on a late drive in the 4th quarter to win the game 12-6, and increase the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets JV record to 3-0 on the young season.  Quarterback Austin Reed – #7, completed 8 passes in the game for 85 yards and one touchdown.

On Thursday, September 11th, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity football team traveled into Clay County to face the Ridgeview High School Panthers Junior Varsity football team from Orange Park.  Coming into the game, both teams were undefeated with the Panthers averaging 36 points per game on offense and allowing only 9 points per game on defense.  The Jackets scored touchdowns on their first two drives due to a strong running game from Martrell Storey and Varius Woodard and a very efficient passing game lead by quarterback Austin Reed, #7, to take a 14-0 lead.  The Jackets defense had to overcome several second quarter penalties and make a strong defensive stand on a Panthers 1st and goal from the Jackets 3 yard line to hold the Panthers to only a field goal in the first half.

The Ridgeview Panthers made the game close after a Jackets turnover resulted in a long Panthers drive for a touchdown to cut the Jackets lead to 14-10.  On the Jackets next possession, quarterback Austin Reed, #7, engineered a long, time consuming drive that ended in a 10 yard touchdown pass from Reed to Varius Woodard, #4, that increased the Jackets lead to 20-10.  The St. Augustine defense continued to perform well holding the Panthers on their last offensive drive.  Needing first downs to finish the game, the Jackets established a long drive, kept alive by two 20 yard passes to pick up first downs and run out the clock in the game for a St. Augustine Jackets 20-10 road win to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Quarterback Austin Reed, #7, performed very well managing the offensive game and completing 72% of his passes (13-18) for 150 yards, 1 touchdown/1 interception .  Austin completed passes to 7 different receivers during the game including: Emerson Kabus, Varius Woodard, Deven Gray, Karim Brown, Martrell Storey, Tyrek Russ, and Daniel Peterson.  The next game for the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets JV football team is Thursday, September 18th at St. Augustine High School Brumley Stadium for the JV Jackets 2014 home opener against the Bartram Trail High School Bears JV football team at 7:00 p.m.

On Thursday, September 4th, the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets Junior Varsity Football Team began their 2014 regular season play against their local school rivals the Pedro Menendez High School Falcons.  Playing under the lights at Pedro Menendez Stadium, the Jackets quickly got out to a 21 – 0 first quarter lead due to a strong running game, setting up passing opportunities for the offense.  The Jackets finished the first half 28 -0 as the dominating Jackets defense kept the Falcons offense to several negative and no yardage drives.

The St. Augustine Jackets JV Football Team continued their offensive and defensive dominance throughout the game, including a great special teams play when the Jackets defense blocked the Falcons punt attempt, and freshman linebacker Buddy Rowe scooped it up and returned the blocked punt for a Jackets touchdown.  The only score for the Falcons offense came on their last offensive play of the game with a long run for a touchdown as the 4th quarter ended in a 48 – 7 win for the Yellow Jackets JV team.

Austin Reed, Quarterback #7, started the game for the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets Football Team and completed 6 of his first 6 passes, including two touchdowns in the first half.  He finished the game 8 – 10 passing, 124 yards, 3 touchdowns – 0 interceptions.  Austin’s longest pass of the game was a 32 yard pass that went for a touchdown to receiver Varius Woodard.  Austin spread the ball around in the game completing passes to 4 other receivers including: Tyrek Russ, Devin Gray, Emerson Kabus, and Daniel Peterson.  The Jackets start the season 1-0.