Falcons Use Balanced Offensive and Turnovers by the Defense to Upset No. 5 Hurricanes 31-21

Fulton moving on up (KNS Article):

Perhaps those early season lumps the Fulton High School football team took are paying off.

The Falcons, who started the season 0-3, upset Morristown East 31-21 Friday night in a non-region game at Fulton.
Fulton (2-3) opened the season with losses to Oak Ridge, Anderson County, and Chattanooga Tyner before beating Stone Memorial last week.
"We played a tough schedule early, and it's paying dividends," Fulton coach Buck Coatney said.
Morristown East (4-1), ranked No. 5 in the state in Class 4A, was going for its first 5-0 start in school history. The Hurricanes fumbled five times and lost four.
"We had four turnovers (total) in our first four games," Morristown East coach Dwayne Hatcher said. "Tonight we had three in the first half. You won't beat anybody doing that, let alone a quality opponent like Fulton."
Morristown East played without leading rusher Tee Howell, held out with a leg injury. He is likely to return next week against rival Morristown West.
His absence didn't detract from what Hatcher saw from Fulton.
"Those people who think Fulton is down, well, they're coming," Hatcher said. "Nobody better feel any false sense of security."
Fulton sophomore Ben Winters completed 8-of-17 passes for 114 yards with one interception. Courtland Styles caught five passes for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Morristown East fumbled four times in the first half and lost three, but the Falcons didn't capitalize on the first two turnovers.
Early in the second quarter, Hurricanes quarterback Tyler Turner fumbled the snap in the backfield and Fulton's Shaquan Andrews returned it 18 yards for a touchdown.
The Hurricanes started at their 48 after Jared Broyles' 30-yard kickoff return and scored six plays later on Dee Dee Johnson's 36-yard touchdown run. It was 7-all with 7:55 left in the half.
Fulton took a 14-7 lead on its next drive when Styles caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Ben Winters.
On their next drive, the Falcons drove to the 14 and Alexander Haun kicked a 31-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the half for a 17-7 lead.
The Hurricanes got cut the deficit to 17-14 on Turner's 30-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Wills with 4:15 left in the third.
Fulton fullback Javonte Cotner scored on two-fourth quarter runs for a 31-14 lead.

Teams---Q1--Q2--Q3--Q4--Final
Fulton--0---17--0---14---31
MoEast--0---7---7---7----21

Scoring Summary

First Quarter
Second Quarter
FUL--S. Andrews 18 fumble return (Haun Kick)
ME--D. Johnson 37 run (McDaniel kick)
FUL--C. Styles 23 pass from B. Winters (Haun Kick)
FUL--Haun 31 FG
Third Quarter
ME--T. Willis 30 pass from T. Turner (McDaniel kick)
Forth Quarter
FUL--J. Cotner 8 run (Haun Kick)
FUL--Cotner 12 run (Haun kick)
ME--D. Johnson 32 pass from T. Turner (McDaniel kick)

School---Penalties---Penalty Yds---1st Downs---Poss. Time
Fulton-------2-----------15------------15--------26:13
MoEast-------0-----------0-------------11--------21:47



Individual Leaders

Rushing Leaders:
D. Thomas--17 attempts for 61 yards
B. Winters--14 attempts for 53 yards

Receiving Leaders:
C. Styles--5 receptions for 69 yards
J. Williams--3 receptions for 41 yrads

Passing Leader:
B. Winters--8 for 17 att, 110 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD

Leading Tacklers:
Q. Vinson--11 total; 4 solo and 7 assisted
J. Cotner--7 total; 2 solo and 5 assisted
A. Hamilton--7 total; 7 assisted