Dillon Christian suffering close losses

     By Dennis Brunson

           hssr.com Associate Editor

           Dillon – Donell Stanley’s second season as the football head coach at Dillon Christian School is going much like his first. There have been several close games, but not a lot of victories.

           The Warriors were 3-8 last season with three of those losses coming by one, three and 12 points. So far this season, DCS, a SCISA AA school this year after playing at the Class A level last year, is 1-4-1 with a 3-point loss to AAA Florence Christian School by a 30-27 count to start the season and a 28-27 loss to AA St. John’s Christian on October 4.

           The other losses were 19-0 to AAA Trinity Collegiate and 29-8 to AA Hilton Head Prep. Dillon Christian’s win was 34-6 over Carolina Academy while it tied Lee Academy 7-7 in a game that was called due to inclement weather.

           The losses to St. John’s Christian and Hilton Head Prep were Region 1 losses.  Dillon Christian has three region contests remaining. The Warriors play at Bethesda Academy on October 11 and at Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach on October 25 before playing host to Pee Dee Academy on November 1 to end the regular season.

           Senior running back Jackson Outlar is the leader of the Warriors offense. He had rushed for 551 yards and scored five touchdowns on 69 carries through five games He had also caught seven passes for 195 yards and three touchdowns.

           Senior quarterback Avery Sherman has completed 29 of 57 passes for 416 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 146 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries.

           Senior wide receiver CJ Bailey has 12 receptions for 110 yards, senior Walker Chavis had two catches for 63 yards, senior Tye Carroll had four catches for 22 yards and junior Hayden Moody had four catches for 22 yards. .

           Junior middle linebacker Kaden Locklear was leading the defense with 37 tackles and three fumble recoveries. Junior defensive lineman Wyatt Locklear had 33 tackles, while Sherman, a cornerback on defense, senior defensive lineman Chris Wilcox and junior defensive lineman Braxton Cummings all had 23 tackles.

           Junior defensive lineman R Bracey had a team high two quarterback sacks among his 20 total tackles. He had also caused two fumbles and recovered a fumble.

           Bailey, a cornerback, had an interception as did Sherman. Bailey also had two fumble recoveries and had 18 tackles. Chavis, a strong safety on defense, had 20 tackles and a sack