Green Sea Floyds comes up short in battle with Hemingway
Tony Sullivan is still waiting for his team to get over the hump.
For the second straight game, Green Sea Floyds brought a fight to a team ranked in Class A’s Top 10 before coming up short, losing Friday night 18-12 to No. 7 Hemingway.
The last time the Trojans played – before a two-week break because of the effects of Hurricane Matthew – they lost 28-8 to No. 2 Lake View.
“We are a lot better, but we’ve just got to win the game. That makes you better and right now we haven’t done that,” Green Sea Floyds coach Tony Sullivan said. “We’ve got to pick up the pieces. We’ve got three games left with Hannah-Pamplico, Creek Bridge and East Clarendon and [we’ll] try to win those out with a winning record and go into the playoffs. We’re still a good football team. I still think we can do a lot of good things the rest of the season and in the playoffs. We’ve just got to quit hurting ourselves.”
The Trojans played the Tigers to a 6-all draw at halftime. However, Hemingway ran a fumble back for a touchdown late in the third quarter and capitalized on another Green Sea Floyds fumble en route to a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to go up 18-6.
The Trojans pulled to within one score late in the fourth, but an onside kick was unsuccessful and Hemingway ran out the clock.
“It was back and forth, a good physical football game. We just shot ourselves in the foot again: two turnovers that cost us. Both of them were in negative field position on our side of the field. We’ve just got to quit doing that,” Sullivan said. “Everybody says we’re improved, and we are. We’re an improved football team from where have come from in a long time. We’re competing, we’re in games.”
Green Sea Floyds (3-4, 0-2 Region VI-A) returns home next Friday to play Hannah-Pamplico in the first of two straight home contests.
“We’ve got the next two games, so I’m excited about that,” Sullivan said. “I think it will be good to come back home and hopefully get two good wins in front of a good crowd.”
This story was originally published October 22, 2016 at 12:21 AM with the headline "Green Sea Floyds comes up short in battle with Hemingway."