Photos: Salisbury High Hornets win big in 2AA championship game
Published 4:04 am Friday, May 7, 2021
Salisbury's defensive coordinator Mike Herndon gets the Hornets fired up before kickoff Thursday night. JOSH BERGERON/SALISBURY POST
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury High’s team captains, from left, Jackson Murphy, Zae Clay, Vance Honeycutt and Brandon Broadway line up before Thursday’s game
Vance Honeycutt tries to elude two St. Pauls defenders. Salisbury's quarterback rushed for four touchdowns and passed for another on his way to being named the game’s MVP. JOSH BERGERON/SALISBURY POST
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury’s Jackson Murphy, 4, helps hold back rushers Friday during an extra point attempt.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury quarterback Vance Honeycutt, 3, reacts to a penalty called during the first half of Thursday’s 2AA state championship game.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury coach Brian Hinson grabs a frustrated Vance Honeycutt during a conversation early in the 2AA championship game.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury players Brandon Broadway, 19, Zae Clay, 9, and Kevin Hayes, 99, get some coaching on the sideline Thursday.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury linebacker Amare Johnson, 34, chases down St. Paul’s receiver Waltay Jackson.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - A St. Paul’s receiver and Salisbury defender jump for a pass Thursday as Salisbury defensive back Deuce Walker, 13, looks on.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury’s Jymikaah Wells, 6, extends the ball over the goal line Thursday as he runs past a pack of St Pauls defenders and into the endzone.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - St. Paul’s Kemarion Baldwin, 23, breaks away from a Salisbury defender from a big gain early in Thursday’s contest.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - JyMikaah Wells, 6, extends a stiff arm to a St. Paul’s defends Thursday as he rumbles for a big gain.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury High fans react to a call early in Thursday’s 2AA championship game.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury’s Zae Neal, 10, takes down St. Paul’s William Ford Thursday during the 2AA championship game.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury’s Jalon Walker, 11, takes down a St. Paul’s defender Thursday. The ball popped out, but it was called an incomplete pass.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Salisbury High players crowd around coach Brian Hinson as they celebrate Thursday’s 2AA state championship victory.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Quarterback Vance Honeycutt and kicker Wade Robbins high-five fans after the Hornets won the 2AA state championship on Thursday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Honeycutt was named the game’s MVP.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - At right, Salkisbury’s Nicholas Hall, 92, jogs to receive his award for outstanding defensive players as his teammates cheer him on.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - JyMikaah Wells, Salisbury’s running back, accepts an award Thursday for outstanding offensive player of the game.
The Salisbury Hornets turned a tie game into a blowout over St. Pauls High School Thursday with a strong defensive performance in the 2AA championship game at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, .
With 11:54 left in the first half, the score was tied at 14 after a St. Pauls offensive lineman fell on a fumble in the endzone. The Hornets wouldn’t let the opposing Bulldogs score after that.
Quarterback Vance Honeycutt’s performance gave a big boost to the Hornet’s offense. Honeycutt ran for four touchdowns and tossed a fifth to Jalon Walker. He topped 100 yards rushing and throwing. For his performance, Honeycutt was named the game’s MVP.
The final score was 42-14.
