Stop sleeping on Olympic. No. 11 Trojans stop No. 10 Ardrey Kell, win league title
The Olympic Trojans won the SoMeck 4A championship on Friday night — finally — with a 34-21 win over Ardrey Kell.
It was Olympic’s second league championship in 13 years. The Trojans won a share of the league title during the spring 2021 COVID season.
Olympic struck first after Ardrey Kell won the toss and deferred. DeAngelo Hall caught a quick slant over the middle and took it to the end zone, trucking a defender in the process.
The Knights did not waste any time answering, as Joshua Switzer returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown.
After a series of Trojan scores, Ardrey Kell recovered a muffed punt setting the Knights up with excellent field position. Beylor Morgan would do the rest, scoring from 8 yards out. That got Ardrey Kell back into the game, down 17-14.
Ardrey Kell fumbled the second-half kickoff, but the defense only allowed a field goal after Olympic got the ball at the Knights’ 35.
Then the Knights responded with a long drive that ended in another Beylor Morgan touchdown. Ardrey Kell went up 21-20.
But that would be the Knights’ last lead.
Chasing history, Olympic would take the lead back in a minute and a half. Reese Graham ran 34 yards into the end zone and another touchdown put the game away.
PHOTOS: Ardrey Kell at Olympic
This story was originally published October 21, 2022 at 9:54 PM.
