THOMASVILLE, GA  |  The Night Hawks closed out their 2024 Flag Football home schedule this weekend with with an important victory over St. Thomas and a dominating win against Florida Memorial.  With the two victories, the Thomas has assured itself of the third seed in the upcoming Sun Conference Tournament.  Thomas owns the tie-breaker over the two teams that trail them in the standings, St. Thomas and Webber International, due to their head-to-head victories against both.  

Friday - Thomas 26, St. Thomas 6

The Night Hawks face off against the Bobcats this past Friday at 12:00pm at home. This was a must-needed conference win for the Night Hawks. And our ladies killed it.
 
Starting QB, Alexa Wilson, quickly realized her legs were going to help Thomas win this game. Wilson had 75 rushing yards. Her quickness was the reason why the Night Hawks saw the end zone first. To end the 1st qtr, Gisele Jones caught a TD in the end zone to make the score 6-0, and with the PAT being good, it was now 7-0.
 
The defense held it down, making the Bobcats punt the ball away on most of their drives. Janae Scott had a phenomenal game with 5 tackles and 2 break up passes. To end the first half, freshman rusher Kaitlyn Herb batted the ball down while it was being thrown and she caught her own tipped ball and returned it to the end zone, for a pick-six. The end of the half the score was 19-0 in favor of TU.
 
To begin the 2nd half, Nakerra Brown caught a 13 yard pass from Alexa Wilson, which now made the score 25-0, and with the PAT being good it was 26-0. Nakerra Brown ended the day with 2 touchdowns and 31 yards.  With two sacks during the game, freshman, Kaitlyn Herb, tie the Night Hawks single-season sack record at 23. 
 
That was the last TD of the game for your Night Hawks. The defense stayed strong but let one touchdown go in the 4th quarter. Your final score 26-6.

Saturday - Thomas 52, Florida Memorial 0

This past Saturday, the Night Hawks absolutely destroyed Florida Memorial, for their last home game of the season.
 
The defense did what they do best and that was shut out the opponents offense. Emilia Sadun, a senior rusher from Ecuador, got 2 sacks in, while giving the opponents offense no time to get any reads in. The FMU offense ended with only 53 passing yards and 9 completions.
 
However, it was the opposite for the Night Hawks offense. Alexa Wilson ended her day early, with 4 passing touchdowns on 15 out of 20 completions. She got 149 passing yards as well, all these stats were recorded in the first half. The first half ended with a score of 26-0. Aliyah Wood, starting slot receiver had a phenomenal half with 50 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns.

Once the second half came around, all the starters were off the field cheering on the 2nd string offense and defense. The reserves showed no mercy, matching the starters with 26 more points on the scoreboard.
 
Tara Llorente, back up QB, threw for 56 yards, and completed a TD pass to Isabella D'Apice. Llorente also rushed for 36 yards and had 2 rushing touchdowns.
 
The final score was 52-0 in favor of TU. During the game, freshman Kaitlyn Herb broke the single-season sack record, with her 24th sack on the season.  Also in the game, sophomore quarterback, Alexa Wilson, surpassed the 7,000 career passing yardage mark.  This week, the Night Hawks play their last regular season game, against conference opponent Life University, on Thursday at 5pm, in Marietta, GA.
 
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